Chapter 25: Going to be Promoted Again

  How to properly place the prisoners of war became the biggest problem after the war, and before this issue was resolved, Guo Lin did not dare to enter the city with his troops. The armored regiment had more than 300 people, plus the cavalry regiment, which was less than a thousand, and there were more than a thousand Australian soldiers from the 17th Brigade who were captured in the military camp. After being guarded, Guo Lin handed over the post-war affairs to the deputy commander of the regiment, Jiang Yunzhi, and he himself took Hans Lieutenant General on an armored vehicle back to the logistics base, where the communication device on the armored vehicle had a signal to communicate with the commanding officer.

  For the armored regiment to achieve such remarkable results in such a short period of time, Zhong Yi was unstinting in his praise. It's worth noting that this is a case of one battalion fighting an entire brigade, with over 300 men taking on more than 2,000, despite being at a disadvantage in terms of weaponry and tactics. (An Australian infantry brigade consists of four battalions, without any regimental structure, with each battalion having over 500 men, while the Red Guard troops retained the 三三 (three-three) formation used by the PLA, with each battalion having over 300 combat personnel, not including logistics and supply units.)

  Guo Lin again mentioned that the Australian army reacted slowly in the battle, because Hebal got the brigade commander Hans drunk the day before, so the 17th Brigade didn't have time to build an effective defense line and organize a retreat. Commander Comrade burst out laughing, "In this battle, Hebal should be credited with the first achievement."

  Zhong Yi's conversation with Hans was relatively pleasant. Colonel Sir didn't have a noble status, he was the son of a small farm owner, and only relied on his own talent and diligence to be admitted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Britain, where most students were nobles' children, and after graduation, he insisted on returning to Australia for development. Hans didn't have the idea of white supremacy that nobles had, but instead was very supportive of Zhong Yi's idea of building a multicultural Australia, so he agreed to continue to restrain the prisoners of the 17th Brigade and accept Zhong Yi's command, but Hans proposed two conditions: first, the soldiers of the 17th Brigade would never point their guns at white compatriots in Australia; secondly, he requested a duel with Baron Heber. Colonel Sir had always been resentful of his old friend's betrayal.

  The commander comrade readily agreed to the first condition, but expressed no support, no opposition, and no encouragement for the duel, and even came up with a lot of traditional Chinese reasons such as "harmony is precious" and "harmony generates wealth" to persuade him. Hans indicated that this issue could be temporarily set aside, but it was far from over. Subsequently, Commander Zhong ordered the cavalry regiment to enter the mining area, declaring the mining area to be under military control, confiscating firearms, and cracking down on all private armed forces of mine owners. Baron Hebal happily accepted this task in order to escape the angry gaze of his old friend Hans.

  The armoured regiment remained in the original Australian 17th Brigade's camp to rest and reorganize, while dispatching Red Guard officers to assist Hans in reorganizing the 17th Brigade. As a result, the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area fell silent once again. Although the sound of cannons had ceased, this small town born out of gold mining faced another massive exodus after the end of the gold rush at the end of last century. Mine owners and white workers fled Kalgoorlie in droves because the masters of the military camp outside the city were now yellow people wearing strange uniforms, even the white cavalry on duty in the mine area wore those strange clothes.

  Soon, Karagulya was almost deserted, but the armored regiment still did not take any action, as if allowing the white people to escape.

  Just a few days later, Donnas, the white owner of the Hanna Hotel on Hannan Street in Kalgoorlie, discovered that many Aboriginal people were entering Kalgoorlie under the protection of infantry wagons. The racial riots had just subsided, and seeing so many Aboriginal people again, Donnas and several hotel employees who stayed behind due to high salaries were frightened. They were not afraid of the yellow soldiers, as they had entered Kalgoorlie several times in the past few days, trading peacefully with gold for what they needed. What they feared was the Aboriginal people, who had been killed by whites during the riots and whose surrounding tribes had been cleared by the army after it arrived, forcing them to leave their homes. If the yellow soldiers were there to occupy, then the Aboriginal people must have come back for revenge.

  It turned out that Dunnas' worries were unnecessary, the Red Guards only accommodated the natives in empty rooms and even asked the remaining whites to confirm whether the owner of the house had escaped. As long as there was still someone living in the house, neither the Red Guards nor the natives would touch it. Dunnas had a pleasant conversation with an officer, who said they were waiting for orders from their highest commander, which most likely would be: private property in Kalguly City would be protected, but the property of those who fled Kalguly City would be confiscated and handed over to those in greater need.

  Dunnas understood that this was an army that preached equality among all races, and under their management, the natives became human again, and whites were no longer superior! This wasn't hard to accept, in fact, not every white person insisted on white supremacy, as long as they could do business, Dunnas didn't mind making money from people of different skin colors.

  Yes, Dunnas understood it correctly. Zhong Yi is using this banner to "invite" the indigenous people back from the desert, of course, the word "invite" must be marked with a bitter tone, because the elders of these tribes are still "guests" in military camps. It's not that Zhong Yi's policies for the indigenous people are bad, on the contrary, the indigenous people's demands are really not high, they just want a space to survive, away from the white people who harm them, and they don't even dare to hope to become human again. They are afraid of those so-called civilized humans, including the Red Guards who "invite" them to move back to cities with tanks and armored vehicles.

  The Red Guards didn't have the patience to stay in the native villages for a long time preaching racial equality, so in order to complete the tasks assigned by their commanders, they had no choice but to "invite" the natives back and let time slowly soothe their frightened hearts.

  In the original plan, Zhong Yi wanted to gather some indigenous tribal elders for a good talk, but the problem is that Zhong Yi doesn't have time now. The troops are on an expedition outside, and the commanders who stay in the Red Alert base are even busier, for no other reason than promotion tasks!

  Just as the troops arrived on the other side of the Magres Mountains and had just established a logistics base, Zhong Yi received a notification from the female anchor: The mission to promote to lieutenant colonel has been activated.

  Promotion in military rank mission:

  Task duration: 15 days

  Activation condition: Red Alert troops actively attack enemy targets outside the control range

  Mission objective: Occupy a city or an effective resource area, with a base that can use funds up to one million.

  Mission Success Rewards: Commander promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, unit expanded to battalion-sized, activation of Field Hospital building, activation of Sub-Base Vehicle Icon.

  Penalty for mission failure: Prohibited from promotion within one year

  Mission countdown starts now

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