Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 560

Lake Rukwa is a seasonal lake whose area varies significantly with the seasons. It is 150 kilometers long and 25 to 30 kilometers wide during the rainy season, and sometimes completely dries up during the dry season.

The amazing thing is that even so, Lake Rukwa is still rich in fish resources, but Tanganyika has not had time to develop Lake Rukwa, so Lake Rukwa is unknown.

To say that Tanganyika is actually blessed with abundant fishery resources, not only occupies half of the North Sea, but also has the largest Lake Victoria in Africa, which is why Rock covets Tanganyika.

Fort Helmut, built between Lake Ruqua and the North Sea, was part of Von Trota's plan, like Fort Honor.

After the Fort Honor Rebellion broke out, the commander-in-chief of Tanganyika at the time, Von Trota, immediately ordered the garrison of Fort Helmut to execute all the workers of Tetra ethnicity and to kill all the unfinished Fort Helmut. Blow it up to avoid being used by Honor Hold rebels.

Therefore, the current Fort Helmut is a ruined wall, which is useless in the eyes of the Germans. However, in the opinion of Zhong Duxing, the head of the teaching group of the second division, Fort Helmut is just right for the teaching group to set up positions.

The teaching regiment of the Second Division has a total of 800 members. In wartime, plus auxiliary troops, the total number of members is about 3000.

Compared with the second division of Tanganyika, although the number of the teaching group is at a disadvantage, the level of equipment and training is far superior to that of the second division of Tanganyika.

Moreover, the auxiliary force of the teaching group is composed of the Nyasaland militia, and this part of the people can also charge into the battle at a critical time, so in terms of troop strength, the overall gap between the two sides is not too big.

"This is the first battle of our northern Rhodesian division going abroad. We must fight with the prestige of our northern Rhodesian division. If anyone embarrasses our northern Rhodesian division on the battlefield, don't blame the brothers for not being sympathetic and killing themselves. It can also earn a martyr’s family status for the family.” Although the Northern Rhodesian Division has been reorganized into the Second Division, Feng Duxing still uses the name of the Northern Rhodesian Division habitually.

In fact, this is also the tradition of the British army. The three regiments of the newly formed First Cavalry Division also had their own names at that time. Nyasaland cannot have troops, so this name is only an internal code name.

It doesn't matter now. After joining the Southern African Federal Government, the Nyasaland Commando Group no longer has to hide.

All the members of the Nyasaland Assault Regiment had already written their suicide notes before they set off, and they were ready to die on the battlefield. Feng Duxing, as the head of the regiment, set an example, and held his breath for a long time.

Since Fonta Rota took office and the conflict between Tanganyika and Nyasaland broke out, the regiments under the Northern Rhodesian Division have also been agitated. Martin has received blood letters from his subordinates almost every day asking for battle. This time the General Staff chose The Nyasaland Assault Regiment went out, and the other regiments of the Second Division were all kinds of envious and jealous. If they lost, it would not only lose the face of the Assault Regiment, but also leave evidence for the Germans.

In order to deceive others, including Feng Duxing, all the officers and soldiers of the assault group used oil paint to blacken their exposed skin, and then changed into various clothes, so that the assault group looked almost the same as the Honor Hold rebels.

The officers participating in the briefing had different expressions. The commander of the first battalion in charge of frontal defense and the commander of the second battalion in charge of outflanking were all beaming, while the commander of the third battalion in charge of the reserve team was full of resignation.

There was no way around this, the assault regiment wanted to fight a beautiful battle of annihilation, and Feng Duxing also had to keep a troop on hand to deal with all kinds of emergencies.

"Once again, no matter under any circumstances, we must not abandon our comrades in arms. We must not leave any evidence for the Germans, otherwise we will not only face pressure from Germany, London may also abandon us. Remember, we One was a secret operation. Even if we wiped out the second division of Tanganyika, we may not get the honor we deserve, but this is a test of our assault regiment. I hope you will do your best to play the role of our assault regiment. Military prestige—" Randall Wesley, Chief of Staff of the Assault Corps, also came from Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, but his resume was not as dazzling as that of Derek Dodd.

As the chief of staff of the assault regiment, although Randall Wesley is well aware of the training level of the assault regiment, but the training level is one thing, and it is another thing to actually go on the battlefield.

Before the Franco-Prussian War, the French army seemed to have a good level of training, worthy of the status of "the world's first army", but after the war broke out, the French army collapsed thousands of miles, and gave up the title of "the world's first army" .

It was through the Franco-Prussian War that Germany became a blockbuster, and it was in the limelight for a while.

Therefore, although Randall Wesley has confidence in the assault regiment, he still has some worries. Although the assault regiment has also experienced the test of Natal's counter-insurgency, the Natal rebels and the Tanganyika German army The quality is different, it’s okay to win this battle, if you lose——

The consequences could be disastrous.

"Okay, let's get ready, remember, adjust the firepower appropriately, don't scare the Germans away all at once—" Feng Duxing reminded again, in case the first battalion responsible for the frontal battle was fully fired, That might have scared the Germans outright.

Measured by the firepower standards of this era, the firepower equipment of the assault regiment can be called abnormal. When the First World War broke out, the United States, the world's most powerful firepower, had a division equipped with only 800 machine guns, and a teaching regiment of [-] People, equipped with more than one hundred light and heavy machine guns, the firepower density is almost three times that of the US military during World War I.

If you add the super revolver equipped to the squad level, if the Germans dare to form a dense formation, they will come and die as many as they come. The assault regiment is fully capable of turning Fort Helmut into a meat grinder like the Somme .

When the officers held the pre-war mobilization meeting, the officers and soldiers on the front line were also setting up their positions.

Although the Northern Division of Rhodesia does not have many opportunities to participate in the war, various confrontation exercises are often held internally, so the setting of the positions is different from the linear positions popular in European countries.

Compared with the linear position, the assault regiment's position is closer to the trench position in the late period of World War I. It is more layered, more conducive to firepower, and can provide better protection for soldiers.

The only downside is that such positions require more civil engineering work to construct, hence the shock regiment's auxiliary units.

To put it bluntly, the auxiliary troops have to carry ammunition when the troops are transferred, dig trenches before the battle, carry the wounded and carry the corpses during the battle, and clean the battlefield after the battle, which is much more tiring than the regular troops.

Nyasaland's troops did not have a direct artillery unit at the battalion level. In order to strengthen the firepower of the first battalion, Feng Duxing deployed the artillery company of the regiment to the position of the first battalion, and added the [-]mm mortars equipped by the first battalion. Firepower is still good.

The position of the first battalion, the artillery position is located at the left rear of the position.

Here I will introduce the terrain of Fort Helmut. The surrounding area of ​​Fort Helmut is hilly terrain. Mortars had no effect, but the field artillery equipped by German troops had a great impact.

To put it simply, after the battle started, the mortars of the first battalion could directly attack the attacking troops, but the artillery units of the Tanganyika Second Division could not suppress the first battalion with firepower.

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The Tanganyika Second Division has no artillery units at all. The entire Tanganyika German army is only equipped with twelve outdated artillery pieces, and they are all immobile on the fort of Usumbula. As for the more advanced field artillery However, the German government can't even guarantee the local regular army, and it simply doesn't have the strength to equip the colonial servant army.

That's why Feng Duxing was so confident, because Feng Duxing couldn't think of a reason why Tanganyika Second Division could defeat the assault regiment.

Chen Pang is a machine gunner in a battalion, a company, a row, and a squad. It can also be seen from the designation that Chen Pang can be regarded as the best machine gunner in a battalion. The Asaran Army Academy once wanted to transfer Chen Pang to the Army Academy as an instructor, but it was a pity that Chen Pang couldn't speak English so far, so he couldn't make the trip.

A machine gun team of the Nyasaland army is usually composed of three people, one machine gunner and two deputy shooters. If you are killed in battle, the deputy shooter must keep an eye on it in time, and considering the importance of firepower, the machine gunner will definitely be taken care of in battle, so the machine gunner is a high-risk profession, and the usual salary is also very good, even the trenches are not used. Dig yourself.

Of course, this time because of the special circumstances, it was not the militia that dug the trenches, but the Honor Hold rebels.

"It doesn't work here, the width of the trench has to be increased, put a few more sandbags in the front, and there is no need to reserve shooting holes—" A deputy shooter was teaching Mumu's men to dig a trench. Most of the subordinates do not understand English, let alone Chinese.

In traditional machine gun positions, the firing holes are directly opened in front of the position, and can directly shoot at the attacking troops.

The assault regiment uses crossfire, so the firing holes are located on the side of the position, and there are no openings at all in the front, which reduces the possibility of machine gunners being directly attacked.

Such a position is mainly based on the trust in his comrades. As a super shooter, Chen Pound is very confident in his shooting skills, and has sufficient confidence to ensure that no enemy can pass through the shooting range.

Similarly, Chen Pound also had confidence in his comrades in shooting. While Chen Pound was protecting his comrades, his comrades were also protecting Chen Pound.

"Damn the weather——" Deputy shooter Tang Yi wiped his military boots distressedly. Although the assault group did not wear military uniforms, they still wore the military boots they were issued. This habit could not be changed for a while.

(End of this chapter)