Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 982 Two Big Pit

To be specific, before the Battle of the Somme, the British Expeditionary Force fought with "follow me". The officers took the lead and attacked the German positions with the troops. In order to show their bravery, the British officers usually dressed up beautifully. , like a big cock going to a party.

Since the outbreak of World War II, the total number of casualties of the British army has exceeded one million. On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the British army suffered 6 casualties. The courageous British are almost dead. Now when the British Expeditionary Force attacks , The officer's password has changed from "Follow me" to "Follow me".

Under the double stimulation of alcohol and "tobacco", the soldiers didn't notice this slight change at all. After the bearded captain gave the order to attack, the Indian soldiers whose eyes were bloodshot and red all raised their bayonets and jumped out of the trenches. There is no neat thin red line, nor is it a line of skirmishers for temporary training, just attacking the German positions in such a chaotic manner.

The German machine guns had already started firing at this time. Although the starting distance was relatively far from the German positions, the German machine gunners were inspired by mortars and invented a method of shooting at the sky, and then the bullets used inertia to cause damage. It was a bit unlucky The Indian soldiers were hit as soon as they jumped out of the trenches, and they fell to the ground instantly like a punctured balloon. Some people were not hit by the bullets, but they still fell to the ground. These are smart guys. They are Want to use this method to escape the attack.

Smart guys on the battlefield usually die quicker. With red eyes, the bearded captain dragged down a trembling Indian soldier lying on the edge of the trench, and yelled at the Indian soldier, forehead to forehead: "What the hell are you doing?" What? Why don't you attack, have you forgotten what I just said?"

"First-first-first-sir, my eyes can't see, I'm blind—" The Indian soldier was trembling and weeping bitterly, his trousers were wet and dripping.

This reason sounds reasonable. Some people do have some incredible things when they are extremely nervous.

"Really—you're blind, very good, very good—" the bearded captain gritted his teeth and looked fierce, took out a pistol with his backhand, rubbed it on his trousers and loaded it directly.

"I'm all right, sir, my eyes are all right, I'll attack right away, this is the power of God, I'm all right—" The Indian soldier immediately came to his senses.

"God let you die!" The bearded captain didn't give a chance to correct his mistakes at all, and shot directly at the soldier's forehead with his pistol.

Bah!

The 9mm Browning Hi-Power pistol is well-deserved, and the bearded captain has blood and brains all over his face——

"Who else is blind, tell me, and I will help him out!"

Several "corpses" not far from the trench immediately began to squirm.

In the headquarters further back, Rock and a group of generals were observing the German positions with binoculars.

It can be clearly seen from the telescope that after the shelling of the expeditionary force began to extend to the rear of the German position, Indian soldiers rushed up like a tide, and then retreated like a tide.

Several British generals put down their binoculars to look at Rock.

Rock's binoculars were not put down, his lips were tightly pursed, and he didn't mean to speak.

An officer on the starting position stood up and brandished a pistol, shouting at the retreating Indian soldiers.

The panicked Indian soldiers had no idea what happened in the trenches just now.

tom tom tom—

The heavy machine gun of the supervisory team finally opened fire, and the muzzle was a foot long. The Indian soldiers who escaped did not die at the gunpoint of the Germans, but were shot by the supervisory team in this way of execution.

Rock finally put down the binoculars in his hand, his eyes were closed.

"Order the troops, continue to attack!" Rock's voice was colder than the snowy night in December.

"Yes, my lord!" An Qi's voice was equally cold, the staff's hand shaking the phone handle was shaking, and the generals looked at each other, looking at Rock with complicated eyes.

"Gentlemen, abandon all illusions. This is a life-and-death war. Either the glory of the British Empire will continue, or we will live in the shadow of the Germans from now on. There is no third possibility." Rock put the telescope in his hand Handed it to Paul Coker beside him, and returned to the chair behind the desk to close his eyes and meditate.

"General Gough, order the troops to continue to attack and kill all the Germans!" The voice of the staff officer on the phone was howling.

General Goff is the commander of the British Fifth Army.

"Yes, please tell the Marshal that the Fifth Army is determined to complete the task." Goff's voice was as loud as a loudspeaker.

Another batch of troops entered the starting position.

The soldier shot by the bearded captain fell before the starting field, the wound on his forehead was still steaming, and he fell on his back to the ground with his back to the German position. It seemed that he was not killed during the charge.

All the soldiers passing by the corpse walked around, looking at the bearded captain who was sitting on the ground blankly next to him, his eyes were full of fear.

The bearded captain didn't speak, his eyes were fixed on the pistol in his hand. The company he led was wiped out just now, but he, the company commander, was still alive.

A captain who also had a mustache came to the bearded captain and handed the bearded captain a cigarette.

The corner of the bearded captain's mouth twitched, probably trying to smile at the mustache captain, but it was uglier than crying.

The two captains smoked silently until the cigarettes were exhausted, and the bearded captain threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his feet, then patted the mustache captain heavily on the shoulder: "Good luck!"

"It's the same for you—" the mustache captain had an indifferent expression, and when he stood up, he faced the soldiers with a stern voice: "—drink, drink as much as you want, drink as much as you want—"

An hour later, the expeditionary force finally rushed to the German position and completely submerged the defenders. Shocking cheers and applause resounded in the headquarters.

Although the troops suffered heavy casualties, in previous battles, the expeditionary force had never attacked a German position in such a short period of time.

Considering that this is still an Indian army that has been criticized by the generals for a long time due to its weak combat effectiveness, the victory is becoming more and more rare.

"General Goff called, the troops have occupied the German positions, killed more than 5000 German soldiers, captured 1200 German soldiers, and the troops suffered about 6700 casualties, and the front line advanced 1.5 miles—" When An Qi reported, Rock was eating For lunch, although he is the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, Rock's lunch is also very simple, a box of canned soybeans, a piece of fish, and a glass of milk.

During the battle, Roque never drank alcohol. As a commander, Roque didn't need courage, but more sober mind and keen judgment.

"Order the troops to stay put and guard against the German counterattack—" Rock is not greedy, as long as there is progress, he is not sure whether the numbers reported by Goff are accurate, and it is normal for the numbers to have errors.

After all, the battle has just ended, and it is normal to have a little error in the statistics so quickly, as long as it is not too much.

Later on, the Germans did try to prevent a counterattack.

It's a pity that under the surveillance of the reconnaissance plane, every move of the German army is under Rock's control. Before the German troops preparing to attack have assembled at the starting position, the near-ground support plane of the expeditionary force roared in. High-explosive bombs and The incendiary bomb package fell from the sky, and the German army preparing to attack had no ability to resist. Now the German army is not equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns.

The Battle of Verdun was in progress when the British Expeditionary Force resumed its offensive.

Nivelle used Manjing, who had been dismissed some time ago, and handed over an army to Manjing's command.

Manjing continued to play his butcher style and forced an attack on the German positions, causing heavy casualties.

Pétain was very angry, and Nivelle's use of Manjing was a blatant violation of Petain's order, but Petain had nothing to do with Nivelle and Manjing, because Nivelle and Manjing were both Joffre's confidantes.

Petain could only strictly order Nivelle and Mangin to forbid troops to attack the German army without authorization.

Unmoved, Nivelle and Manking are planning a larger attack, this time Nivelle and Manking are going to bypass Petain, hoping to get Joffre's approval.

As Verdun and the Somme entered the close phase, fighting continued on other fronts.

In distant Italy, the Battle of the Isonzo River has been fought for the sixth time. Neither the Kingdom of Italy nor the Austro-Hungarian Empire has the ability to defeat each other. The Italian army is weak, and the troops often prepare for two months, and the attack can only last for three days.

If it was on the Eastern or Western Front, it would be at most the scale of a battle, not the scale of a battle at all.

But for the overjoyed Italians, they can't wait to exaggerate every attack into a battle. Since joining the war in July last year, the Kingdom of Italy has organized six battles on the Isonzo River. There is nothing to gain except for the record of several 10 people.

Condela was recently married, he and his new wife were on vacation and no one would be allowed to disturb him, usually Condela would give his operational orders in a very detailed manner, no matter what was going on at the front, Condela would not allow the generals to improvise.

Even so, the Italians still couldn't beat the Austrians, and the Italians actually had the face to ask Britain for a loan for material assistance, otherwise Italy would stop attacking.

Faced with such an ally, the British government was also very helpless. Edward Gray knocked out his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach.

What makes Roque feel helpless is that Italy is not the only big hole in the Allied Powers. In July, Romania finally decided to join the Allied Powers. London is therefore elated and believes that the Allied Powers will add a big boost.

On the surface, this is indeed the case. After all, Romania has 50 troops. Even if it is not good enough, it can hold back some Allied forces.

General Alexeyev, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Empire, did not think so. He believed that if Romania did not participate in the war, then the Russian Empire would not need to allocate troops to defend the Romanian border.

Now that Romania is participating in the war, although it is joining the Allied Powers, the Russian Empire must also be prepared to avoid a repeat of the Schlieffen plan.

(It’s not too late, I’m really hardworking, I’ll give myself a few compliments——)

(End of this chapter)