Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 981: Rush for Me

Carnot is the prominent part of the entire front of the British Expeditionary Force. In the previous phase of the battle, the British Expeditionary Force paid a huge price of 17 casualties. play a decisive role.

Roque chose Karneau as an important breakthrough. The offensive forces of six divisions attacked the German positions at three different locations, and there were three divisions in Karneau.

These three divisions are all from India. They have never participated in the previous battle and maintained a miraculously complete organization. After Rock gave the order to attack, the soldiers of these three divisions collapsed almost instantly. They didn't expect it at all. Even if they behaved so badly, they weren't bad enough.

In order to boost morale, Rock sent enough whiskey to the three divisions, as well as cigarettes mixed with some kind of stimulant, which would make those Indian soldiers forget their fear.

It sounds a bit immoral, but this is a common motivation method used by the army nowadays. The reason why the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army were able to attack the German army in a neat line despite the shelling and machine gun fire of the German army was because whiskey and "cigarettes" played an important role. played a role.

In this regard, Britain is already a habitual offender, France is also a veteran, and Germany is no less inferior, but these facts are not recorded in any literature. In all literature, alcohol is used to improve morale, but alcohol can make people calm. Facing death?

Alcohol can only turn people into a puddle of mud.

"Drink, drink as much as you want, drink as much as you want, and rush over to kill all the Germans after drinking. Don't think about being lazy or deserting. Anyone who dares to stop will be punished by military law. I will stand I have been watching you from behind, don't let your family be ashamed of your cowardice, soldiers should die on the battlefield, long live the king!" The officers had to boost their morale as usual before setting off, and a bearded captain was especially excited, He probably drank a lot too.

Before the outbreak of the Battle of the Somme, including the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, when the British Expeditionary Force attacked, the officers had to act with the troops.

The German army now also has snipers, and officers holding command knives are the key targets of sniping, so the casualty rate of officers has remained high.

Now the expeditionary force has also learned to be smart. After Rock became the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, he no longer ordered the officers to act together with the troops. This order immediately won the support and love of all generals and mid- and low-level officers.

It is much more difficult to train an officer than to train a soldier.

British officers are either high-quality talents who graduated from military academies, or they are noble children. They are brave and full of sacrifice, but they don't want to die for nothing.

Just as the bearded captain was boosting his morale, several machine gunners were setting up machine gun positions before the starting position. These general-purpose machine guns were not prepared for the Germans, but for possible deserters. If there are really soldiers in the attack If they run away, the supervisor team will shoot without hesitation.

"Sir, will you act with us?" an Indian soldier asked boldly.

"Of course, I will always be with you, remember what you have learned in the past few days, rational use of every bunker, whether it is a tree stump, or a bomb crater, may save your life, forget about those stupid Offensive line, destroying the enemy is your only mission, no matter what method you use.” The bearded captain emphasized that before the attack, Rock still sent veterans from southern Africa to teach these Indian soldiers some life-saving things, how much can they learn? It depends on the individual's understanding. In any case, the performance of the troops will be better than before.

The reason why Rock needs more time is mainly to let the officers and soldiers adapt to the new tactics. In the previous offensive, the Anzac Army used the tactics used by the Southern African Expeditionary Force in the Garibaldi Peninsula. The ridicule of the British generals, as a result, the casualties of the Anzac Army were significantly lower than that of the British Fourth Army, and the progress was significantly greater.

Carnot is the record of the Anzacs.

"Give me another bowl!" A bleary-eyed Indian soldier still wanted to drink. If he must die, then drunk death may be a better choice.

"Even if you die, you will die on the way to attack—" the bearded captain sternly said, trying to get himself drunk to escape the attack is impossible, it is really a display of the supervising team, after the order to attack is given , Those who remained in the starting position were all deserters.

No one will reason with you on the battlefield. Even if you are facing the heavy machine gun fire when you give an order, you must charge when it is time to charge. Otherwise, how can you call it "cannon fodder".

"Give me another bowl, and I can hit Berlin in one breath!" The Indian soldier was indeed drunk, and challenged the bearded captain with his neck stuck.

"Hahahaha—it's great, this kind of spirit is needed, let him drink as much as he wants." The bearded captain laughed. At this time, Britain was indeed rich, and a bottle would cost 15 cents in peacetime. Ling's whiskey was opened and he could drink it freely. A bottle of 8000 troops only cost 13500 pounds per person, which is not worth mentioning compared to the 25 billion annual military expenditure of the United Kingdom.

In the first year of the outbreak of the World War, Britain's military expenditure was 15.6 billion pounds, which was the lowest among all participating countries.

Even if it was the lowest, it made the British government feel overwhelmed, but no one thought that this was the year when the British military expenditure was the least during the World War. Since the second year, the British military expenditure has not been less than 25 billion pounds. Considering that the second Boer War cost only 2.2 million, the British government almost went bankrupt. The consumption of the world war on the economy can be seen.

When the bearded captain mobilized before the war, the artillery positions in the rear were shelling the Germans.

Hundreds of heavy artillery fired at the same time, the power was earth-shattering, and the German positions were shrouded in violent explosions and billowing smoke, just like hell on earth.

"No one can survive the bombardment of this intensity—" An officer held a telescope with lingering fears. Fortunately, this was an attack by the British army. If it was the British army's position that was bombarded, then these Indians should have died by now. It collapsed, and even the supervising team could not prevent the escape of Indian soldiers.

"The Germans are rats hiding in the ground, if only they could be wiped out so easily-" The bearded captain was heavy-hearted, as several planes with Union Jacks on their wings whizzed past. , Flying towards the German positions, the bearded captain took off his hat and waved it at the plane, cheering loudly.

The plane did not respond at all, and flew over the German positions roaring. Several German biplanes took off to meet them. The formation of the expeditionary planes immediately dispersed. It seemed chaotic, but careful observation showed that the planes were flying around the German positions. .

The speed of several "strong winds" was not fast, and the German biplanes immediately caught up with the low-altitude dogfights, which was the main method of air combat during this period.

However, the low-altitude "strong winds" are all decoys. Higher in the air, two "strong winds" are looking for opportunities. There are many solid or hollow red star patterns painted on the fuselages of these two strong winds. The red star pattern represents an enemy plane shot down, and the hollow one represents damage.

One of the planes has solid red stars painted all over its fuselage.

The German biplanes that were chasing at low altitude had not yet found a chance to shoot, and the two "Strong Winds" hovering at high altitude had already begun to dive.

The "Strong Wind" fighter plane with stars painted on its fuselage shot a short burst and hit a German biplane. The German pilots didn't even have a chance to open the parachute, and the plane disintegrated directly.

The "strong wind" that succeeded in one blow did not fight, and when it flew out of the combat area at low altitude, it was spotted by another German biplane.

The biplane trying to avenge its comrades also failed to find a chance to shoot. Another "Strong Wind" with 12 solid red stars on its fuselage also shot down the German biplane directly with a short burst.

The air battle lasted only a short 5 minutes. All eight German biplanes were shot down, and the six "Strong Winds" of the Expeditionary Force were unscathed. Dive down and shoot, and return to the voyage smoothly after all the bullets are fired.

The shelling stopped suddenly at this point.

According to general procedures, the cessation of shelling means that the ground troops have begun to attack.

However, the attacking troops, which were already in full formation at the starting position, did not receive an order to attack.

"What's going on?" The bearded captain was at a loss.

"Could it be that the attack was cancelled--" Another officer had expectations and regrets on his face. The regret was that if he didn't attack, he would have no credit, and the expectation was because of his humbleness. It was better than being killed in the attack.

"Don't dream, it's impossible. Our commander is Lord Nyasaland. Do you think he will change his decision?" The bearded captain felt that it was not that simple.

Sure enough, just after the shelling of the British Expeditionary Force stopped, the hidden German artillery positions began to shell the front of the German positions, attacking the infantry units that were normally attacking.

The German army had just started shelling, and a reconnaissance plane that was reconnaissance at high altitude turned around and ran away. When it flew to the artillery position of the expeditionary force, the pilot of the reconnaissance plane dropped an orange-red tin bucket.

Three minutes later, the artillery of the British Expeditionary Force began to counter the German artillery. According to statistics after the war, the German army had 3 heavy artillery groups in Carneau, 156 of which were destroyed in this artillery battle.

How difficult it is to train an artilleryman, you can understand how distressed the Germans are.

Anyway, if the Southern African Expeditionary Force lost 87 heavy artillery units, Rock would be heartbroken.

Seeing that the German bombardment became more and more sparse, the British Expeditionary Force still did not stop the bombardment. The attacking troops at the starting position finally received a call to attack. The soldier with the bayonet yelled: "Rush, rush over, and kill all the Germans!"

Give me a rush, which is different from "follow me".

　It’s too difficult for me. I get up at 02:30, make breakfast after writing two chapters, the dog still eats after eating, and walks the dog after eating. At noon, my sister’s father-in-law invites my father-in-law to drink, and I have to accompany him. The time is divided. Fragmented, hope to come back in the afternoon and put Chapter 3 yards out--

　　

　

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