Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 987 People Are Different From People

To be fair, before Roque served as the British Expeditionary Force, only the German general staff could truly play a staff role in the warring countries. The British and French staffs were all showing off, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire didn’t even bother to show off. Kondra With all the promises, the staff has no power to participate in decision-making.

After Roque became the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, the role of the staff department became more and more important. In order to conceal the fact that the Battle of the Somme had actually failed, the British War Department also regarded the attack launched by Roque as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force as the Somme. Part of the Battle of the Somme, so at least on the surface, although Britain suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Somme, it has opened up the situation in Belgium, invaded Belgium, and wiped out 10,000+ German troops. This is still an unprecedented victory.

After Operation Victory Horn, although the Allies claimed that the German army lost more than 20 people, in fact it was less than 10.

Since the Battle of the Somme, the German army has lost more than 30 people, which is basically the same as the loss of the British and French allied forces. Considering that the Battle of the Somme was initiated by the British and French allied forces, the attacker would have suffered a bit. This exchange ratio This is acceptable.

Of course, according to the consistent policy of the British and French allied forces, the losses of the German army were doubled in the propaganda, and the losses of the British and French allied forces were halved in the propaganda. At least one fifth of the German population was found dead in battle.

Regardless of what the media of the Allied Powers promoted, the capture of Ypres did not complete the campaign goal determined by Rock, and the expeditionary force had to continue to attack in order to occupy all the ports along the Belgian coast.

"It is difficult for us to continue to attack. Bruges has four German divisions defending, and Ghent has six divisions. The recent weather has been erratic, the roads are muddy and the river is swollen. This is not good for our armored forces. The method of the troops, our armored forces have suffered a lot, and now there are less than 200 tanks that can be used to continue the offensive." Paul Coker frowned, Henry Wilson was dispatched to Paris by Rock, Paul Coker Hall actually assumed the role of chief of staff.

The losses of the armored forces are not all battle damage. Although the tanks produced in southern Africa are more reliable than the "water tanks" developed by the British Admiralty, there is not much difference in essence. They are still weapons of the same era, and the engines should explode. When the cylinder explodes, it will still break down when it should break down, and the track will break when it should break.

The tanks produced in southern Africa performed well on the battlefield, mainly because Rock has prepared better logistics for the armored forces. Tanks can be repaired in time after damage, and non-combat losses have been reduced as much as possible, so now there are still tanks. Nearly [-] tanks can fight, otherwise, I am afraid that half of them can still be activated now.

In terms of performance, the "Light Cavalry" is still a light tank after all. Although it is fast, its armor thickness and weapon system are not strong enough. Of course, rifles and heavy machine guns cannot penetrate the armor of the "Light Cavalry". Tanks pose a certain threat. So far, the tanks damaged in battle are basically caused by grenades and mines. The German army lacks active weapons to deal with tanks.

However, considering the strong industrial capabilities of the German army, it is estimated that this advantage will not last long. It is not difficult to change the light artillery of the German army into a direct-firing gun. If the current "light cavalry" is directly hit by the 76mm field gun equipped by the German army, The result must be a hit, and Rock will get more results before the Germans find a real way to deal with the "light cavalry".

"To stop our armored forces, manual digging is not enough. Order the troops to continue attacking according to the original plan. We must conquer all the ports in Belgium." The role of exercises is underestimated.

Regarding the confrontation between infantry and armored forces, southern Africa has conducted many exercises. In order to deal with the armored forces, the infantry racked their brains.

The method of digging pits has appeared many times in exercises in southern Africa. Therefore, among the accompanying infantry fighting with the armored troops, some people carry various explosive packages with them. If necessary, the accompanying infantry can blow up the obstacles in front of the tank troops at any time. Lose.

"We have the cooperation of the Royal Navy. Can we organize a landing behind the German defense line and attack Bruges and Ghent from behind." Paul Cocker has rich experience and has the cooperation of the fleet. It is not easy to land behind the German defense line if you dare to dispatch.

"Then contact the Royal Navy. We also have the air force to cooperate. If necessary, we can send airborne troops behind the German army." Rock is informal, as long as he can defeat the German army.

Under the premise of owning bombers, it is logical to form a paratrooper unit. The technical content of parachutes is much simpler than that of bombers. Rock has long been prepared for this. The 31st Division that has just arrived in France is an airborne unit, and all officers and soldiers of the division have accepted it. Parachute training.

When Rock and Paul Cocker were trying to find a way, the fighting on the front line never stopped. The large-scale battle was also composed of countless small-scale battles. There was no real truce at all on the Western Front. occur.

Huang Hai's new partner is Horace, a third-class soldier who just joined the army after the outbreak of the World War, and only arrived in France half a month ago.

Huang Hai's military rank has been promoted to Sergeant Sergeant. His hand was injured in the previous battle. Although the injury looked serious, it was actually not a serious problem. After receiving a simple bandage, Huang Hai returned to the army to continue fighting.

The Second Cavalry Division desperately needs experienced veterans like Huang Hai.

"Sir, the coffee and bananas you want—" Horace respected Huang Hai very much. On the night of the German army's night attack, Huang Hai and his partner Fox performed very well. Fox died bravely and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Warrior. I was awarded the Medal of Heroes, which is the highest honor that soldiers of the expeditionary force can get.

"Thank you, sit down and rest for a while. When the battle starts, you will never find a chance to rest." Huang Hai was nice to Horace, but he was not very enthusiastic. After the Second Cavalry Division joined the battle, Horace Huang Hai's fourth partner, Huang Hai felt that he had no extra enthusiasm for Horace.

This sounds a bit cruel, but it is the truth. Every time a partner is changed, it is a parting of life and death. When the first partner died in battle, Huang Hai was very sad. When the second partner was discharged from the army due to injury, Huang Hai only had some sadness. When he died in battle, Huang Hai was numb.

Witnessing his comrades leave one by one is also very cruel for Huang Hai, so many soldiers will become mentally disturbed after the war is over.

"Sir, I'm not tired. It's my honor to serve you." Horace smiled brightly. In fact, he was not yet 20 years old. He didn't even have a beard on his face. His appearance was more than unshaven. It's been at least half a month. The Yellow Sea without construction is much stronger.

Huang Hai didn't speak, he twitched the corners of his mouth as a smile, and quietly drank coffee and ate bananas, which confused Horace. The current Huang Hai is really different from the legendary "Killing God".

"Huang, get ready, we will leave in half an hour." When the second lieutenant platoon leader passed by Huang Hai, he specially greeted Huang Hai. Ordinary soldiers do not enjoy this treatment. Although Huang Hai is not a sergeant major, he is definitely a sergeant major. qualified candidates.

Huang Hai didn't answer, and raised his hand in a somewhat perfunctory military salute, holding an unfinished half of a banana in his hand.

Huang Hai, who has experienced life and death, is very careful when eating, chewing every bite many times before swallowing it, even the soft and waxy bananas.

"Sir, are we going to fight the Germans later?" Horace's face turned red with excitement, he pulled it out of the scabbard, inserted it in, and then pulled it out——

"Maybe, but you don't have to look forward to him, you will get bored soon—" Huang Hai was not excited, his eyes and voice were full of indifference.

"Why?" Horace was puzzled. The recruits always had endless questions. After they experienced one or two battles, the questions would become less and less, and then they would become as taciturn as Huang Hai.

"Killing, or being killed, stabbing a bayonet into an enemy's chest, or just watching the enemy stab a bayonet into your chest, is actually a very boring thing." Taste, he drank the last sip of coffee, shook the cup and put it in the satchel, as easy as going home after work.

"I haven't killed anyone yet, but I have killed sheep at home. Once two thieves came to the farm. My father, my two brothers and I came out with guns. The two thieves were scared like chaff, but We didn't make it difficult for them, they were two very hungry children who had no choice but to steal something to eat, and my father later gave them some eggs." Horace didn't talk too much, it was because of excessive adrenaline secretion in the body caused by physiological excitement.

"Is there someone in southern Africa who is starving and becomes a thief?" Huang Hai left southern Africa for Port Elizabeth several years ago, and he doesn't know much about the current southern Africa.

"The father of those two children lost his farm and then shot himself. We sent those two children to the orphanage, and the orphanage will take care of them." Horace had a normal expression, an irresponsible person They are found everywhere, and Southern Africa is no exception.

"There's still a gun, why do you want to commit suicide—" Huang Hai shook his head speechless. Many people in the umbrella company were forced to become mercenaries. Huang Hai didn't understand the mentality of those who committed suicide.

All I can say is that people are different.

(I'm sorry yesterday, I will resume updating today, and I will come back after the injection at noon——)

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