Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 583

The reason why cannon fodder is cannon fodder is because Chen Ben is cheap.

The treatment of the Tanganyika Servant Army is far inferior to that of the previous Southern African Servant Army. Strictly speaking, the First Cavalry Division and the Rhodesian Northern Division are actually Servant Army, but the equipment of the First Cavalry Division and the Rhodesian Northern Division Compared with the British regular army, it is not bad at all, and even has a slight advantage in the equipment of heavy weapons.

The Tanganyika servant army is not good, not only in terms of equipment, but also in terms of logistics, treatment, benefits, and even admission recipes. Compared with the local regular army, there is a big gap, so don’t expect how strong the Tanganyika servant army is. With high combat effectiveness, it would be nice if they could line up in a neat formation and attack the lion group's position.

Of course, with the combat method of the Tanganyika German army, an attack of this scale did not pose any threat to the Lions at all. Within one and a half hours after the start of the battle, Alva Butler launched four attacks successively, investing Nearly [-] troops, but did not play the slightest role.

It can't be said that it has no effect at all, at least Alva Butler has fully realized that with conventional means, even if the No.30 Sixth Division is mobilized, it probably won't achieve better results.

"General, we must stop our attack now. Wait until nightfall to see if there is a chance. Maybe we can bypass the position of the rebels in Fort Honor during the night. The telegram we just received indicates that the defenders of Dodoma have already put in their last reserve team. Chief Aaron has been killed, and Chief of Staff Scott is seriously injured and unconscious. If we can’t get to Dodoma in time, maybe tomorrow, the 89th Infantry Regiment will be wiped out.” Jackson Dick, Chief of Staff of No.30 Sixth Division I don't want to make unnecessary sacrifices. From the beginning of the battle to the present, the firepower of the lion regiment's position has not weakened in the slightest. The four attacks are the closest to victory. The attacking troops have charged to less than 50 meters from the front position of the lion regiment, but then He was repelled by the frontline officers and soldiers of the Lions Corps with grenades.

"Jack, don't worry about the casualties of the servants, and don't worry about the 89th Infantry Regiment. Carefully observe the position of the Lions. Don't you think the Lions are very effective in matching firepower?" Alva Butler didn't care about the servants at all. Casualties, if something can be gained through this battle, then even if the entire army of the 89th Infantry Regiment is wiped out, it will be considered worthwhile for the entire army to be wiped out.

"It's like this. The lion group's position is set up very cleverly. Their machine guns are not directly in front of the defense position, but they open the shooting holes on the side of the position, so that we cannot directly attack the machine gunners, and their machine guns The machine gunners can unscrupulously strafed the attacking line, so we suffered heavy casualties, not only because we did not have artillery support, but purely in terms of tactics, we were far behind the Fort Honor rebels." Jackson Dick as a staff officer Long, of course also know how to think.

If you don't consider the current southern Africa, all countries in the world, Germany's staff system is the most mature.

However, the biggest problem with the German General Staff is the rigid system. Due to limited conditions, most of the German staff have no front-line combat experience, so most of their understanding of war comes from the textbooks of military academies. This situation seems irrelevant in peacetime It is important, but in wartime, it will seriously affect the judgment of staff officers, which in turn will affect the command of the military chief.

The same is true for Jackson Dick. This is actually the first war that Jackson Dick participated in, but the Lions gave Jackson Dick a great shock. If the guesses within the Tanganyika German Army are correct, they will support them behind the scenes. The Honor Hold troops are indeed Nyasaland, so the Lions have performed so well, how powerful should the Nyasaland troops be?

You can't think deeply about this issue. If you think deeply, you are not loyal enough to the empire.

"Keep attacking!" Alva Butler still needs to know more about the Lions.

"General, I'm afraid we can't do it. The Tanganyika Sixth Division has been completely disabled, and there are no more than 1000 troops that can continue to participate in the attack. If we force the Sixth Division to launch an attack, it may cause soldiers to panic." Mutiny—" Jackson Dick had no choice.

In fact, most of the casualties of the Sixth Division were not caused by the Lions, but by the No.30 Sixth Division's military law team.

If it was the German army that launched the attack, then maybe Alva Butler would still have compassion. For the colonial servants, Alva Butler would definitely not feel bad, just as he said, when necessary, Alva Butler · Butler can even give up the 89th Infantry Regiment, which is all composed of German Bayern, let alone the Colonial Servants.

"I know that the Sixth Division suffered a lot of casualties, but they haven't completed their mission yet. Tell Gaskol that even if the Sixth Division is wiped out, they must consume as much as possible of the Honor Hold rebels." Alva It is not a joke that Butler insists on going his own way. It is not a joke that one will be successful. At this time, the value of life cannot be reflected at all. Only by attacking can the value of the colonial servant army be fully reflected.

Gascoll was the commander of the Sixth Division, as was the case with the colonial servants. Even if most of the soldiers were African natives, the officers must be white.

"Okay—as you wish—" Jackson Dick left the command post, ready to give the order.

Just as he walked out of the headquarters, Jackson Dick heard the roaring shells.

"Concealment—" Someone near the command post immediately warned, and Jackson Dick was immediately protected by the guards.

In just a few seconds, about a dozen shells exploded near the headquarters. Several soldiers hiding in the same foxhole were unlucky. One shell directly hit the foxhole, and all the soldiers died. .

The first reaction in Jackson Dick's mind was that the firepower of the Lion Regiment was too powerful, and it was not something that the No.30 Sixth Division could compete with. You must know that even if it is the regular German army, a division is equipped with only a dozen artillery pieces. That's all, so it is necessary to mobilize more than a dozen artillery pieces to carry out a saturated attack on an area, and the regular German army rarely uses this method.

"Jack, are you okay?" Just as Jackson Dick rushed into the headquarters, the disgraced Alva Butler greeted him proactively. It seemed that Alva Butler was not hurt.

Jackson Dick finally felt relieved. Alva Butler's military rank is major general. Although the general will inevitably die in battle, if a German general is killed in Tanganyika, it will definitely be a blow to the morale of the Tanganyika German army. A big blow.

"I'm fine, Alva. We have to make a decision now. The Fort Honor troops have more firepower than we imagined. We can't be passively attacked." Jackson Dick talked for a long time without a specific plan.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Alva Butler wasn't too surprised. It is normal for the Honor Hold troops to have Nyasaland's support and have strong firepower, but firepower is not the only factor that determines the outcome, Alva Butler has never been superstitious about this.

"What I want to say is that we should return to Safe Harbor now. I don't know what you think, but I think that the current No.30 Sixth Division has no hope of breaking through the positions of the Fort Honor troops—" Jackson Dick didn't even pay attention, When he mentioned "Honor Hold Rebels" now, he had subconsciously replaced it with "Honor Hold Troops."

This can also be regarded as recognition and respect for the Honor Hold troops.

"Jack, we have reasons why we cannot retreat." Alva Butler did not agree to retreat.

"Alva, Dodoma is not Berlin." Jackson Dick doesn't think Dodoma is so important. If Berlin is besieged, then Jackson Dick will try his best to go to Berlin, but it is obviously a trap now. If If you continue to fight, you will have to invest in the No.30 Sixth Division. In this way, the consequences will probably be unacceptable to the No.30 Sixth Division, and even the German General Staff.

The title of "World's No. 30 Army" really kills people, which sounds good, but if Germany loses Tanganyika, then the No.[-] Sixth Division will become Germany's sinner.

Jackson Dick could now imagine what kind of verbal criticism would be faced if the No.30 Sixth Division lost the battle.

"Jack, we are not the Tanganyika servant army." Alva Butler's worries were similar to those of Jackson Dick.

About half an hour later, the German army launched another attack on the position of the Lions. This time Alva Butler finally used a regiment of the No.30 Sixth Division, but the result was still very bad.

Thanks to the wireless telegraph that Tanganyika had finally begun to equip, Erich von Falkenhayn was informed of the situation at Dodoma that very evening.

The essence of siege and aid is not that soldiers are expensive and fast, but that they hit superior forces and cause heavy casualties to the enemy.

Therefore, after the Honor Fort troops captured most of Dodoma and surrounded the 89th Infantry Regiment at the railway station, they basically stopped attacking.

At this time, there were actually less than [-] German soldiers in the encirclement who could persist in fighting. Although the Honor Fort troops had suffered huge casualties in capturing Dodoma, they could complete the task in a single charge against troops with less than [-] soldiers.

But this result is absolutely unacceptable to Erich von Falkenhayn. If the 89th Infantry Regiment is really wiped out, it will not be long before Erich von Falkenhayn leaves Tanganyika up.

Therefore, Erich von Falkenhayn temporarily suspended the negotiation with Mumu, and took the initiative to visit Roque at Roque's mansion, hoping that Roque could mediate from it.

"Of course, but General Falkenhayn, you also know what the Fort Honor troops want. If we don't meet the requirements of the Fort Honor troops, then everything we are doing now will be useless." Rock was very stable at this time, So what about the future chief of staff of the German army?

(End of this chapter)