0p0 Third Reich Episode 339
Third Reich Episode 339
Before the order to further expand the attack surface arrived, the Bliss regiment had already fought for more than 4 minutes against the British troops on Height 30, followed by artillery support.Several assaults were nothing more than taking down a few blocking points on the British army's preset peripheral defense line.The two full-strength attacks that rushed to the ground of the British army's main formation also returned in vain, and they had to withdraw from the outer line of defense of the British army in the end.
Even the outer defense line is so difficult to fight, why should they penetrate other people's main positions and take the No. 4 highland?
"Colonel, our third battalion has already launched an attack on the southeast of Highland No. 4 as required, but the effect is not satisfactory."
"The Second Battalion broke through the middle of the outer position of the No. 4 highland, but the British troops on the two wings have not yet taken it, and they are unable to launch a further attack on the British main position!"
"What kind of bullshit tactic is this!" Bliss, who was unhappy at the beginning, looked outside the command headquarters at the bottom of No. 4 Highland, which was under constant fire, and finally couldn't help but yelled.
The attack from the very beginning was not smooth, and the messy style of multi-point attack was a big taboo for military strategists.
Now, it is necessary to further divide the troops and continue to expand the offensive surface?To take down this high ground, you must organize your forces and concentrate on a key attack.As for the attacks at other locations, it's almost a feint, casting a net everywhere, and the attack force is insufficient everywhere, what is this called?
It's all right now. The British army's outer positions have finally been captured, but because of the division of troops, the Bliss regiment has no follow-up troops to support the expansion of the next battle.Just relying on the second battalion with huge losses and the last remaining company-level reserve team in the regiment, if you want to continue to challenge the main position of the British army, it is simply courting death!
And most importantly, because of the lack of French officers, Bliss, the reserve company and guard company, is still commanded by his adjutant and part-time company commander.In other words, to mobilize this reserve guard company, Bliss had to separate out his adjutants so that French officers could lead them in battle.
"Regimental Commander, we can't go on like this!" A staff officer who was also transferred from the French Continental Army said anxiously: "We must shrink our troops, otherwise, we will not be able to attack successfully at any point of engagement!"
Bliss stared at the No. 4 highland in the distance, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and finally made up his mind: "Send a telegram to the commander of the third battalion assigned to the southeast, and ask him to take the troops immediately Back to..."
"Wait, Captain!"
The telegraph operator of the Bliss Regiment suddenly strode into his command post and shouted excitedly: "The battle plan has succeeded! The division commander personally sent a telegram, and for us from the first line of defense on Height 3, Supplementary troops have been mobilized nearby, let us continue to implement the next stage of the mission."
"Regimental Commander, the British are finished this time!" The telegraph operator handed Bliss a telegram from the master's headquarters, while expressing emotion to the regimental commander with a smile on his face.
Picking up the telegram, Bliss quickly digested the contents of the telegram.
Just as their team seemed to be attacking Highland No. 3, the armored reconnaissance battalion and infantry battalion led by German General Rommel had attacked against the southeast of Highland No. 4 under the noses of the British army, and completely wiped out No. The garrison and the 4th and 24th divisions of the British army attacked the two Australian battalions at the junction of the attack positions, and quickly launched a further in-depth assault.
At the same time, Major General Stephen also personally led the remaining 2 battalions in his hands, and left Height 3 to launch a counterattack.
As for the French troops left on the No. 3 Heights, they are nothing but four infantry battalions that have suffered heavy losses in defensive operations, and a small amount of artillery directly under the division.
The 4th battalion of French troops left behind may be equivalent to the strength of a reorganized battalion when added together.The reason why they stayed was, on the one hand, to continue to stick to the first-line position of No. 3 Heights, so as to prevent the British army from jumping over the wall and launching a breakthrough here, and easily took No. 3 Heights.At the same time, it is also to protect the low-mobility, but important and scarce artillery unit of the 5th Colonial Division.
"Regimental Commander, do you want to go to the 3rd Battalion......" The staff officer who suggested to shrink the troops earlier reminded in a low voice.
"Report, the battalion commander of the lower 8th Battalion was ordered to bring the rest of the troops to support." A French officer with the rank of major also came to the frontline headquarters in Brisbane at this time.
Because he was stationed at the north of the first line of defense in the direction of the Bris regiment on the 3rd highland, the major who was closest to Libris took less than 20 minutes to lead the troops to the south of the 4th highland. Reese's attack position.
And what he brought was the 8th Battalion with about one reinforced company left.Although not many, but for the current Bruce group, it is not too small.
"3rd Battalion?" After only being stunned for about two seconds, and then looking at the major in front of him, Bliss jumped up and shouted: "Quick, go find the transmitter for me, and ask him not to send a recall 3 Battalion telegram, tell me the 3rd Battalion to act according to plan! Quick, quick!"
Grasping the telegram that had just been received, the second half of the battle plan, Bliss's previous dissatisfaction and depression expression had been swept away, and his eyes began to shine.
What exactly does Chapter 521 of the main text do?
In the headquarters of the British army's attack position, Johnson and his Australian colleagues are receiving bad news one after another.
"The connection between our army and the No. 4 highland garrison was cut off by the sudden appearance of German troops. The two Australian battalions deployed at the junction were quickly wiped out by the German army!"
"There is an enemy situation in the southeast of the No. 4 highland, and the French army on the south wing will further expand the offensive area!"
"The French army on Height No. 3, once again launched a large-scale attack and launched an attack on the right wing of our army's position!"
"Master, Highland No. 4 is being attacked by the French army from more than a dozen combat points in two general directions. They are completely entangled! They are sending a telegram for help!"
"..."
All of a sudden, the battle reports of the German and French allied forces attacking on all sides came one after another.
"Snap!" The major general from Australia angrily took the telescopic pole next to the sand table model table in his hand, and threw it hard to the sand model of the No. 3 highland on the sand table.
With the smashing of the telescopic rod, this simple sand table model made of sand and wargames was turned into splashing sand and scattered in all directions.
The trapped Australian major general stared hard at his red eyes and looked at Johnson with a ferocious expression.
He lost two battalions at the junction of the attack position and No. 4 Heights, and was severely damaged by one battalion on the right wing of the attack position. The troops stationed at No. 2 Heights were also mainly Australian troops under his command. Supplemented by a small number of British troops.
In just over an hour, he had completely lost 2 battalions and was severely damaged 4 battalions. That is to say, nearly two-thirds of his troops suffered huge casualties!
Now, between the British attack position and No. 4 Heights, an elite German army that had just achieved a great victory is missing.
This German army may appear in any direction at any time, causing 2 traumas to the British army.
The No. 4 highland, which was finally taken down before, was also besieged by enemies everywhere.Although the French army only launched offensives on their south and southeast sides, the combination of these two attacks has cut off the garrison on the No. 4 highland, and withdrew to about 30 degrees south-east of the British army to attack the main position. route.
In other words, even if the troops on Height No. 4 abandoned their position and retreated, they would not be able to compete with the British troops on the attack position, and could only flee in the opposite direction.
The most irritating thing is that the 2 battalions that could have been transferred to rescue by the Joint Department were quickly wiped out by the German troops who launched a surprise attack at the beginning, which made it impossible for No. 4 Heights to receive reinforcements in a short time.The French army, which was recently launched by the British army on the south wing of the main position, disrupted their pace of sending troops from here to assist No. 4 highland.
The major general in Australia, with both hands firmly grasping the edge of the table where the sand table model is placed, his hands are full of veins, as if he wants to overturn the table.
It seems that after the German officers took over the command, the tactics of this group of French became more cunning.His opponent, like a fox in the desert, resorted to all kinds of cunning tricks to disrupt the battlefield and make the British army's headquarters dizzy.
He never dreamed that ever since this small group of German troops came to the battlefield, such an earth-shaking change would take place in the originally one-sided battle situation.In just over an hour, the all-out German-French allied forces reversed the roles of the offensive and defensive sides. From the passive defense, they quickly and powerfully transformed into the attackers who control the initiative!
Originally, Johnson and his Australian colleagues could still accept the fact that less than one regiment of German troops joined the French defense line.Although we know that the German army is very powerful, no matter how powerful they are, it is impossible for them to use less than one regiment's strength to turn the world upside down.
As for the increase in the strength of the French defense line, that is not a big problem.After all, the 5th Division of the French Army has suffered a lot of casualties these days, and they are probably approaching the end of their strength.
Had it not been for the arrival of the German army, Height 48 would have changed hands within 3 hours.And if the German army helps the French army to fight trench warfare, in front of the British Commonwealth army, which has the upper hand in strength and artillery, it is only the time limit for the highland to change hands at most, plus 48 hours for superposition.
In this way of thinking, when they saw the French army increasing their troops to the first line of defense from the rear, Johnson and the others subconsciously thought that the German army had added troops to the second line of defense for the French army, so that the French army had enough power to strengthen the strength of the first line of defense. .
As the French army, which was still on the defensive, dispatched a regiment to launch an offensive on the No. 4 highland, the originally clear situation suddenly became chaotic.
The first thing that made Johnson and the others stupefied was the French army's meaningless attack on Height No. 4 itself, as well as the French army's unreasonable non-focused attack mode.
According to this unreasonable style of play, it is almost impossible for the French army with a small force to take down the No. 4 highland where the British army with the same force is stationed.And even if the incident was extremely bizarre, their unreasonable and non-focused offensive really won the No. 4 highland, but the loss they paid for it was not worth it.
In other words, even if the French army took Height No. 4, they would not be able to hold on to the heavy losses.On the contrary, the wasted consumption of such a large number of troops will speed up the time of their demise.
At that time, Johnson's mind was completely confused, and they couldn't imagine the significance of the French army's doing so.
However, it seemed that from that moment on, more and more unreasonable things became more and more bizarre.
It was guessed that the German troops who should have stayed on the second line of defense on Heights 3 suddenly appeared at the junction of the British troops and wiped out the Australian troops placed there to connect the two positions.
At the same time, the French army, which had made little progress in its offensive due to the dispersion of its forces, actually further divided its forces and launched a wider offensive on the southeast of No. 4 Heights, making their offensive spearheads weaker and more dispersed.
Then, as if the troops at the bottom of the French army's box also appeared on Johnson's attack on the south wing of the main position, launching an attack regardless of the outcome.
What is the connection between the three latest changes, which makes Johnson and the others have a hard time guessing.