The Killing Machine "Maxim"

East Africa's past opponents, aside from that batch of "Hechingen Military Academy" students who had taken part in the Franco-Prussian War, had basically never encountered the tactic of lining up to be shot dead.

The Portuguese had been capable of it, but during the last East Portugal War, Portugal had wished it could split one soldier into two. There had been too few colonial troops, while the Black auxiliary troops lacked such capability.

The tactic of lining up to be shot dead was not something just any army could pull off. First, the army had to possess strong discipline and coordination; second, its soldiers needed exceptional courage.

Neither of those qualities had been present in the Black auxiliary troops hastily assembled by Portugal. On the contrary, when East Africa had previously fought the Ndebele Kingdom, the Ndebele people had used a "half-finished" version of the tactic.

Although the Ndebele people had become history, their organizational ability had undeniably been quite strong. What was regrettable was that they had encountered firearms far too late; otherwise, they should have been able to recreate the tactic of lining up to be shot dead.

Faced with this "novel" tactic that the East African National Defense Army had basically never seen before, some soldiers of the Ninth Brigade were indeed somewhat bewildered, especially the new recruits from Far East Empire immigrants, who could not understand it at all.

"Why are those 'British' lined up so neatly? Are they preparing to go die?"

"Idiot, those aren't British. They're Indians from British colonies. Look at their Black skin—they're only a little lighter than East African Black people. Those white-skinned officers are the real British."

"As for why they're lined up in such neat ranks, that just shows how little you've seen. This tactic was actually extremely