Meanwhile, Alidinar in the city felt utterly wronged! No one could possibly agree to such an unreasonable demand from the East Africans. He had summoned immense courage and fought the British through blood and sweat, only for the East Africans to pick the peaches from behind and demand his surrender. Where was Allah? Allah was unjust!
While Farsheng waited for the Darfurians' reply, Darfur's upper ranks throughout Fashir City were also discussing countermeasures. Clearly, in the end, the Darfurians still harbored a trace of luck and wanted to test themselves against the East Africans.
Boom boom... bang...
Boom, crack...
East African mortars and grenade launchers rained fire relentlessly upon Fashir City. Before long, Fashir's crude walls were completely shattered, and part of the city blocks were reduced to ruins.
Grenade launchers were still used by some East African Army units, especially as squad-level fire support. Of course, the main reason they had not been completely phased out by the East African Army was that there was simply no pressure to do so.
East Africa had produced grenade launchers in great numbers in the past because its military-industrial capacity had been inadequate. Moreover, before its resources had been effectively developed, no matter how richly endowed East Africa was, it could only stare helplessly.
Thus, Ernst had brought out weapons like grenade launchers specifically to bully the natives of the African continent.
In the early days, the deterrent value of grenade launchers far exceeded their practical combat value. No matter what, a grenade launcher still counted as "artillery," and it could give the natives an immense shock. Once several grenade launchers were set up, no native force with a stubborn will to resist could hold out.
Of course, their portability and ease of disassembly also made grenade launchers popular with early East