Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 893 Heroes

Albert I became king of Belgium just before the outbreak of the World War. The young king did not understand the true meaning of jungle society, so even though Albert I strongly opposed it, Frenzi and Foch still agreed that it is necessary to unite all people in the world who yearn for justice. The people of the United States stand together against the evil alliance group.

Leaving the headquarters in Ypres, Rock began to inspect the frontline troops.

Like the Anglo-French allied forces, the expeditionary force in southern Africa also suffered heavy losses in the previous phase of the battle.

So far, Southern Africa has sent eight reorganization divisions to France, and adding the three brought by Roque this time, there are a total of eleven.

Among the eleven divisions, apart from the 201 and 202 dispatched by Fort Honor, and the 301 dispatched by the Kingdom of Mozambique, which had 5000 troops, the troops dispatched from southern Africa were all reorganized divisions with around 8000 troops.

When Roque came to France, there were still 5.6 troops handed over by Martin to Roque. It was only less than a week, and only a little over 5.6 of the 5 were left. The cruelty of the World War is evident.

"The worst was the 103rd Division. Now there is only one battalion left in the army. It was merged with the 101st Division and 104th Division to form the current 101st Division. The situation of the division is better, but it is also a heavy loss. 201 of our regiments have been beaten to withdraw their designations. Since the outbreak of the World War, we have lost a total of 301 soldiers and 102 were killed.” Paul Cocker looked sad, and the southern Africa has paid a huge price, but it has not received the credit it deserves.

In the propaganda of the British War Department, the casualties in southern Africa were uniformly recorded in the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force, so the British Expeditionary Force suffered 26 casualties in the Battle of the Marne. In fact, if the southern African army is not counted, the British are now in The total number of French troops was less than 26. When Frenzi had the most troops, there were only 12 divisions, which added up to less than 22.

"List 201 and 301 separately. If the number is insufficient, they will be withdrawn to the rear to rest and wait for replenishment. The six African divisions will also be restored. If they suffer heavy losses, they will wait for reinforcements to be replenished. They cannot merge troops at will." Rock is really helpless, Martin is competent Commander, he perfectly executed Rock's goal of improving his record, but he was a bit ruthless. If such a loss continues, Southern Africa will not be able to sustain it.

After all, it takes time to train troops. Rock will not send troops who have not received complete training to the front line to fight like Falkenhayn. Even if an African division is formed in southern Africa, it will only be sent to Europe to fight after rigorous training.

"Then the only troops we can fight now are the 11nd Cavalry Division, the 202th Division, and the [-]nd Division." Paul Coker had a headache. If Rock's request was followed, the three merged divisions would all withdraw from the front line , then there will be a huge gap in the defense line of the British and French allied forces.

The combined three divisions still have more than 5 people, which is an indispensable force for the British and French allied forces.

"Withdraw, use the existing three divisions to fill the line of defense." Rock made up his mind. As long as he doesn't rush forward, Rock still has confidence in the southern African army. The reason why the southern African army suffered heavy losses before was because they left their positions Take the initiative to launch an offensive. If it is just a defense, it will be very difficult for the German troops to break through the positions of the southern African troops.

Just like the battle that just happened with the Second Cavalry Division, even if the German army paid ten times the price of the Second Cavalry Division, they still failed to break through the defense line of the Second Cavalry Division.

"Over there at the War Department—" Paul Cocker worried about the pressure from London.

"Never mind, we are powerless to launch an attack now—" Rock refused all unreasonable demands. Although Rock would not argue with Joffre and Frenzi, Joffre and Frenzi would never even think about ordering Rock.

"Actually, it's not impossible to attack—" Don Juan, commander of the Second Cavalry Division, is a first-year graduate of the Nyasaland Army Academy. He participated in the battle between Fort Honor and Tanganyika. After the establishment of the division, Don Juan resumed his military status, and his current rank is lieutenant general.

"The strength of the German army is very weak, not even as good as the Tanganyika German army. We captured some German prisoners of war in previous battles. They all just joined the army after the outbreak of the World War. They only stayed in the training camp for a month. They were sent to the battlefield without even being proficient in basic formation training, and it was easy for us to defeat them.” Don Juan didn’t know much about the German army, and the Second Cavalry Division hadn’t faced any real challenges yet.

"Don't be careless, the strength of the German army is still very strong. It will be winter soon. After a winter, the current recruits will mature quickly, and the combat effectiveness of the German army will increase exponentially by then." Rock did not underestimate the German army. It is impossible to fight against countries all over the world with such little strength now.

To put it bluntly, this is a zero-sum game. The army equipped with a large number of automatic weapons and occupying a favorable position will always be the dominant side on the battlefield.

The real strength of the German army has not yet been shown. The advantage of the German army is its powerful artillery force. The British are limited by conditions. Although the artillery is not inferior to the German army, there are not enough gunners and the number of artillery is insufficient.

Although the French artillery is not much worse than the German army, there is a problem with the idea of ​​​​the French army's artillery construction. It lacks large-caliber artillery to fight against the German army. No matter how fast Miss Seventy-Five fires, her arms are not long enough to hit the German artillery positions. It didn't work either.

It is a pity for Roque that the British and French allied forces have not noticed this problem until now. In another time and space until the end of the World War, the divisional artillery units of the French army are mainly 75mm field guns, and are not equipped with large-caliber artillery. .

Compared with the stubborn French War Department, the British War Department has noticed this problem, but it takes time to train artillery, and it takes time to produce more artillery. The military factories in the British mainland and Nyasaland are working overtime , but the gap caused by not paying attention to the army all the time cannot be made up in a short time.

It is not difficult to find from the previous stage of combat that even with relatively complete trench protection, even if the proportion of automatic weapons and equipment is unmatched in Europe, the Second Cavalry Division still suffered heavy losses in the battle against the German army.

More than 500 people are nothing compared to the losses of the British and French allied forces, but when it comes to an army, more than 500 people are a whole battalion.

"Our troops are also stepping up their training. More reinforcements will arrive in France before the end of the year. If our troops can be restored, our strength will exceed 20. In addition, we can send more artillery to France. If you come from France, if you are only responsible for fire support, the artillery unit is trustworthy.” Paul Coker also knows the shortcomings of the southern African army. Compared with the German army, the southern African army suffers from artillery. Without artillery, southern Africa It is difficult for the Chinese army to pose a real threat to the German army.

"The Ministry of National Defense has ordered the formation of six artillery divisions, mainly equipped with 120mm howitzers and 155mm howitzers. The biggest problem now is the insufficient production of artillery." The way the African army participated in the war was clearly defined. The front-line troops participating in the war were mainly composed of Africans, and white and Chinese soldiers formed a support force to participate in the battle, and the artillery was a support force.

"That's great. Before enough artillery arrives in France, what we have to do is to stabilize the line of defense." Paul Coker was in Egypt before the outbreak of the World War, and he had no doubts about the Ministry of Defense's combat plan after the outbreak of the World War. unfamiliar.

When he came to the Second Cavalry Division, Rock had another task, which was to award honors to the officers and soldiers who had performed outstandingly in the previous stage of combat.

In order to better motivate morale, the Ministry of National Defense of Southern Africa established a medal system after the outbreak of the World War. This medal system is divided into six levels, from the highest Southern African medal down, followed by the Medal of Honor and the Medal of Victory , the Medal of Heroes, the Medal of Valor, and the Medal of Loyalty for all combatants and the Medal of Contribution to the wounded.

This time, six officers and soldiers of the Second Cavalry Division were awarded the Hero Medal, 25 officers and soldiers were awarded the Warrior Medal, 310 officers and soldiers were posthumously awarded the Hero Medal, 240 were posthumously awarded the Warrior Medal, and [-] were awarded the Contribution Medal.

"Second Lieutenant Steve performed very well in combat. During the three-day battle, he single-handedly killed at least 125 German soldiers, including more than forty officers. As for why it is 125, it is because we only counted 125. The actual There should be more than 200 people on the ground, he is our best precision shooter, a team is responsible for cooperating with Lieutenant Steve in combat, one is responsible for finding targets, one is responsible for statistics of battle results, and one is responsible for loading bullets for Lieutenant Steve." Tang With pride in his relief, the precision marksmen of the [-]nd Cavalry Division played a huge role in the battle. The Lee Enfield rifles they used were precisely calibrated and equipped with quadruple scopes.

The role of snipers cannot be ignored. The reason why the British and French allied forces suffered heavy casualties has a lot to do with the officers being sniped by German precision shooters.

The Anglo-French allied forces in this period were not aware of this problem. When the troops attacked, the officers had to lead the charge. Many officers did not know enough about war, and they dressed up like going to a banquet. As a result, they became German precision shooters on the battlefield. focus target.

The consequences of losing command of the attacking troops are very serious. Even if the British and French allied forces are aware of this problem, there is no solution in a short time. The soldiers of the British and French allied forces are used to fighting in the current mode. It is more difficult to change tactics. It will be possible only when all the current officers and soldiers are dead.

It sounds a bit cruel, but it is actually like this. By the second year of the outbreak of the World War, there were no veterans left when the World War broke out. The recruits grew up rapidly in the war, but they still couldn't keep up with the consumption of the front line.

"Second Lieutenant Steve, congratulations. You have become the first soldier in southern Africa to win the Medal of Heroes. As the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force in southern Africa, I am proud of you!" Rock buckled the Medal of Heroes made of pure gold In Steve's neckline, Southern Africa lacks everything but gold.

(End of this chapter)