Redemption of WWII

Chapter 130 Deploying Troops

Colonel Wallace, commander of the Wiltshire Infantry Regiment in England, is a typical Englishman. 【】Honor, mission, and responsibility as a soldier have always been the school's principles in the army.Wallace School is over fifty years old.It's a very embarrassing age in the British officer corps.Although the retirement age for officers of the British Army is 60, it is more difficult to be born as a general before the age of 60.

There is a rule in any country, that is, if the military rank reaches the level of general, there will be no such thing as retirement, that is to say, as long as you have obtained the rank of brigadier general or above during your lifetime.Then you will be called Your Excellency General forever.

Being a general is the dream of every professional soldier, including Wallace of course.But Wallace, who is upright, has always had a little less luck.Of course, this is also one of the characteristics of most British officials.

At this time, Wallace was puzzled by the order in his hand. He saw that the order read, "Here, the German-Italian coalition forces broke through our army's 'Ah Lehmann' defense line yesterday. The situation is very critical. Please go to Naifa with your troops." Construction work between Mount Jia and Mount Afulai, and cooperate with the 83rd Tank Regiment to resist the German attack. Cairo is safe, and the responsibility for the city defense of your department is temporarily handed over to General Cormyr of the Egyptian Defense Force. Hurry up." And then the final signature "John, Weir Here."

Ever since he received this order, Principal Wallace has been restless.Colonel Wallace couldn't understand why the British army of more than 20 was defeated by the Germans within a few days.The Wallace School of the armored division equipped with new American tanks is also very clear.In the past, the Germans basically gave in when they saw the British tanks, and those American tanks even claimed to exist in the desert.

But this kind of troops armed with equipment piled up with countless money can't even stop Rommel's broken tanks. How can this not make Wallace puzzled.

And Wallace is also very dissatisfied with this order.The reason is simple, the British Wiltshire Infantry Regiment is a rear guard.The guard force is also a nice name for the reserve force.

Things have gone from bad to worse in England since the war with the Germans.Not to mention that Britain claims to be an empire on which the sun never sets, but in fact the number of regular troops is not very large.That's less than 100 million people.And these people will be distributed throughout the vast colony.

Therefore, in the early days of World War II, the British army had more than 30 troops fighting in France.And these more than 30 troops are also the property of the British patchwork.At that time, there were only less than 3 army divisions guarding the British mainland.Had it not been for the last moment, Prime Minister Churchill had tried his best to use all the small boats to transport those British Army troops back to Dunkirk.The empire on which the sun never sets can only use the boy scouts to guard the safety of Great Britain.

Although hundreds of thousands of troops are enough to guard the British Isles of more than 20 square kilometers, the Germans chose to attack the weakness of the British Empire in other places.That is the Suez Canal.The Suez Canal is the most important transportation route in the United Kingdom, and it is also one of the places that the British Empire must not give up.

In the face of Rommel's aggressive military attack, the whole of Egypt and the Suez Canal are at stake.Under Churchill's negligence, he had to mobilize part of the army guarding the mainland, as well as troops mobilized from various colonies.In addition, a large number of reserve forces are used.into the Egyptian battlefield.

But after several battles, the British found out.The appearance of those reserve troops on the battlefield has become a great weakness in the battle.These reserve forces are composed of some retired veterans plus a large number of recruits.Those veterans are very capable of surviving on the battlefield, and they can always be found at the forefront of the retreat.

However, those recruits who had just walked out of school suffered a large number of casualties.And there seems to be a phenomenon of holding together between veterans and recruits.These questions have troubled the commanders of the rear guard troops.In the end, the British had no choice but to mobilize a large number of guard troops to station in the city, just to maintain law and order, and replace those capable troops.Of course, there is no need to equip these rear guards with the heavy weapons of the field infantry.

The reason why Wallace School is distressed is not entirely because of these.In fact, Colonel Wallace had long wanted to take the army to the front to stand against the Germans.As a senior officer with the dream of a general, Colonel Wallace is eager to fight.Because Colonel Wallace clearly realized that if he wanted to get into the position of general before retiring, even if it was just a brigadier general.That can only be done by relying on military exploits.

At this time, Wallace did not want to take his hands to stop the Germans.Take an army with only light weapons and a small amount of mortars to stop the German armored forces armed to the teeth.This is different from looking for death.

School Wallace really didn't want to accept this task.But there is another saying that "military orders come like mountains", and Wallace School can't do things that disobey the orders of the superiors.Not only Wallace couldn't do it, but the entire British army couldn't do it as long as the officers graduated from the military academy.

Before his departure, Principal Wallace wrote a letter to his wife who was far away in London, the letter said.

"Dear Anne, I am going to take the troops to the front soon. This is probably the last time I will write to you. This time our regiment has a very difficult task. We are going to stop the Germans. We are now on the front The situation is very bad. Originally, our regiment was not suitable for fighting the Germans. We did not have heavy weapons. In addition, the composition of our regiment's personnel is not very ideal. Although I have worked hard to integrate the situation in the regiment, the military situation The urgency did not leave me much time. As a soldier, I can only take my subordinates to carry out this dangerous mission. You don't have to worry about me. If I unfortunately die in battle, all my property will be left to you. Please write on my tombstone the words 'Given a choice between loving my country and loving my wife, I will choose my wife next time'. Well, take care. Love you Wallace."

Colonel Wallace set off from Cairo with the determination to die, but Colonel Wallace was surprised to find that there were quite a lot of troops heading to the front line along the way.From the armored combat vehicle regiment guarding Cairo, to the anti-aircraft artillery and air defense units guarding the airport, and those large numbers of city defense infantry units without heavy weapons.All people have one goal, that is to block the Germans.

The entire defense force of Cairo, except for the Cairo British Army Command and the logistics hospital, is basically all in the west of Cairo.It is strange to say that the riots of the Egyptians in Cairo subsided as the British army left the city, and no one could understand what was going on.

Just talking about the British army that went out of Cairo to defend against the enemy, tens of thousands of people in total were crowded on a simple road west of Cairo and marched westward.This brought about a problem, that is, the already very simple roads simply couldn't bear tens of thousands of people marching at the same time.As a result, the entire road became a mess.The reason is simple, each unit was ordered to march west to fend off the Germans.As for who comes first, the headquarters has no order at all.

All unit commanders called the headquarters to resolve the issue.In a short time, the headquarters' answers reached the hands of the various commanders.The above is very simple, "Tanks go first, others give way."

This is good, all the infantry commanders had to organize their troops to get out of the way.Make way for those armored units.Looking at the commanders on the armored vehicles dismissively.All the infantry secretly scolded their mother in their hearts.

Just when these British blocking forces were about to reach the position set by the headquarters, the commander of the British armored force at the front suddenly found that there was something black ahead that was incompatible with the surrounding scenery.The Sahara Desert is all based on yellow, even the plants and animals that grow in the desert.Where did so many black objects come from?

The armored commander was very puzzled, but due to the long distance, the telescope looked very blurry.However, the armored commander still has a lot of eyes, and instead of rushing towards those black objects, he sent 2 armored vehicles to go out to investigate first.As a result, as soon as he walked not far away, he saw a burst of flames from some of the black objects, and then saw a few bright objects drawing beautiful arcs, running directly towards the two armored vehicles that were driving.

Before the British armored commander could react, two armored vehicles exploded violently.Two squads of British soldiers were torn to pieces by the explosion before they even had time to climb out of their vehicles.

"The Germans, the Germans." Only then did the entire British armored force wake up from a dream.And the armored commander felt that even his back was drenched in cold sweat from the fright. Fortunately, he didn't directly advance towards those black objects just now.If he recklessly ran into the range of the Germans, he might become a victim of the Germans at this time.

If you change to another armored commander at this time, you will attack those Germans.

If it were a German commander, it would definitely divide his troops into two groups and outflank the opponent's two wings.

And if it were the Soviet commander, it would also make all the armored forces launch a desperate frontal attack against the cannon.

And if it were the commander of the United States, if such a situation happened, it would probably call for air support immediately.

However, after the armored commander of the British army received the news that the Germans appeared in front of him, the first thing he did was to send a telegram to the headquarters tens of kilometers away.