0p0 Third Reich Episode 334
Third Reich Episode 334
The staff officer nodded half-understood, as a response to the battalion commander's words.
Although the fact that there are no bullets is true.
However, those bullets were not used up by them hitting the enemy.
Because he didn't want to fight and couldn't find a better reason to slip away, the Italian battalion commander had his troops shoot empty guns at the sky on a whim, and fired up all the ammunition in order to announce their retreat.
The bullets have all been fired, so it should be justifiable to retreat like this, the Italian battalion commander thought so.
The staff officer participated in the battalion commander's "empty gun operation". He was not the only one. The whole battalion participated in this operation to justify the retreat.
After all, the imagination of the Italians is endless, and they can always find various reasons for themselves to avoid war.
In addition, although the French came to supervise the Italians, although the leader agreed, this is still a bit too nonsense.
The Italian military officers all believed that the French War Supervisor should not have the guts to attack the deserters from Italy.
It's not their own troops in France. No matter how they want to be shot, there should be a lot of barriers.
So, under the connivance of this thought, the escaped Italian captain and battalion commander led his men across the machine gun position of the French War Supervisor, preparing to slip back to the rear.
However, when they passed the machine gun position of the French War Supervisory Commissioner, the Italian officers and soldiers did not expect that the French officers came to make some inquiries and accusations.
The way the French answered was a burst of rapid machine gun fire, plus the screams of the Italian soldiers accompanying the Italian officers.
"Damn it, they fired directly!" The Italian captain yelled at the top of his voice, "These Frenchmen are too arrogant, come and stop me!"
"Battalion Commander, I can't stop it!" The staff officer beside him responded loudly, dumbfounded: "You have ordered the soldiers to shoot up all the bullets, and our weapons are all empty!"
"I ordered you to shoot out all the bullets?" In the confusion, the battalion commander pulled the staff officer over and asked incredulously.In his opinion, it was impossible for him to make such a stupid decision.
"Battalion Commander, you gave the order." As the soldiers beside him fell down one by one, the staff officer knew that time was running out, so he made a final report very quickly: "You said that the bullets should be fired. Only by lighting up can we retreat with honor."
Hearing this, the Italian battalion commander finally remembered why he gave that order.
But when he gave the order, he didn't expect that the French War Supervisory Committee in the rear would come for real!
In remorse, the Italian coward, and his cowardly staff officer, were sieved by the machine gun bullets that were swept away without any objection, and left the war forever...
A few hundred meters away, after cleaning up a battalion of Italian soldiers who thought they were smart and fled triumphantly, the officer representative of the French War Supervisory Committee began to signal for the next battalion of Italian soldiers to be taken up.
The Italian soldiers in the battalion behind saw the horror of the battalion in front in the waiting area not far away, and they were already trembling with fright.
So, almost like driving sheep, the French drove these Italian soldiers to the British troops on the Ejlai position with ease, making their own contribution to the friendship between France and Italy.
At the same time, dozens of kilometers away, Berente happened to be dealing with an Italian major general who had fled because of fear of fighting.
Because the opponent's level is too high, it can be regarded as giving Mussolini enough face to be handled by Berente, who is the governor of France.
"Our troops have run out of ammunition, and there is no way to continue fighting. The retreat is a matter of course!" The Italian major general roared aggressively: "I did not give the wrong order. This is an honorable retreat."
Because this guy was born in a village on the border between Italy and France, he didn't even need a translator to communicate with Berente.
It seems that the Italians like to make such excuses, some of them like to say that the ammunition is exhausted, and some of them like to say that the ammunition will soon be exhausted.
Of course, among the reasons Berente heard these days, the most bizarre one is: "I couldn't find the crowbar for the ammunition box, and if I couldn't open it, there would be no ammunition, so I retreated."
For these cowards who didn't even have any creative excuses at all, Berente instructed the war supervisors to shoot them all, so there was no need to report.
And when Berente ordered his guards to pull down and shoot this coward who was also arrogant and made excuses for his cowardice, but a slightly higher rank, the Italian general finally made some remarks that Berente had never heard before. .
Realizing that the other party was not joking, and that he was really going to be serious, the Italian major general immediately yelled in horror: "No, no, no, I am an Italian general. I have fought in Egypt, and I have shed blood in Libya. You guys Can't treat me like this, I demand the above!"
It's a pity that Berente frowned alone, and continued to wave his hand unmoved: "Pull it down, it's dead."
"That's right!" The Italian general seemed to have thought of something again, and hurriedly shouted and added: "My wife's cousin's wife is the prime minister's lover, and the prime minister will definitely pardon me. So please, give me another chance Bar!"
"This..." I have to say that the Italian major general's chaotic relationship network really moved Berente a little bit.
When Berente didn't realize it, his adjutant also stepped forward two steps, walked up to his ear and whispered a suggestion: "General, why don't you let go of this complicated Italian major general first. Just follow what he said, and then Give him a chance and let him take the Italian troops to attack the British at Ejele."
After understanding this sentence, the Italian major general immediately responded excitedly in French: "Yes, yes, give me another chance."
Body 5 Chapter [-] The Reinforcements Finally Arrived
After waking up from a coma, Major General Stephen sighed and said, "Actually, I knew that the Italians were unreliable. As early as a few days ago, the Italians took advantage of us to fight against Germany." At that time, they sneaked into the southern border of our country. At that time, the Italian army, whose strength was several times that of ours, was chased and beaten by our three divisions. Now, it seems unrealistic to expect them to rescue our army."
Major General Stephen used to be a lieutenant colonel and deputy commander of the army under Berante's command. It was because Berante urgently needed personnel after that battle that Steve was promoted to major general and division commander of the Colonial Division.
Not long after, Stephen met the Italians again, but this time as a friendly army.
But the fact is that, no matter what, as long as there is Italy on the side, it is not always so easy to win the battle smoothly.
This group of Italians always seemed to like to make trouble for themselves or their superiors, or make up some ridiculous reasons to escape the battlefield.
Just like their chiefs let their soldiers fire their guns into the sky to finish the bullets, this seemingly impossible behavior in the German or French army, but in the Italian army, there are many, many more.
But now, it seemed impossible for Stephen to rely on the group of Italian troops who could not protect themselves. The only thing they could rely on was themselves!
Stephen, who was refreshed, quickly ordered that the French soldiers try not to leave the trenches to fight, so as to preserve their existing strength.
At the same time, Stephen also urgently concentrated all the mortars of the whole division on the first-line defensive position on the No. 3 highland to fight the outpost.
It has to be said that the performance of the French army in mobile warfare is not satisfactory, but in trench warfare, they still have a lot of excellent experience and theory.
Because of the cover of fortifications, the British army had to use curved weapons such as mortars to hit the French soldiers in the trenches.The British soldiers who were also attacking, except for a small part because they were too numerous to be completely blocked by tanks and armored vehicles, were killed by French machine guns and rifles, most of the other casualties also came from French mortars. Cannon bombardment.
The rifles and machine guns in the hands of the French soldiers have never stopped. They know that the current situation is very dangerous, but they cannot break through.Because the rear is the eastern oil field of Algeria, they must guard this small high ground.
But their hope of survival can only be pinned on the unreliable Italian army, which can break through the encirclement of the British army and occupy the flank of the British attacking force.
Now the French soldiers can only fire bullets mechanically, trying to delay the capture of Height 3 by the British army as long as possible, preferably until the slow Italians arrive.
Bullets flew across the battlefield, and various shells exploded one after another.Since there are only two fortifications built on this small highland, the first line of defense can only accommodate two battalions of troops at the same time for defense.
Once there are too many people, unnecessary casualties will be increased due to excessive density.
Therefore, Stephen was added to the front trenches battalion by battalion.This is the so-called refueling tactic, where one battalion wipes out another battalion and goes up again.
This kind of tactic is actually a taboo for military strategists in defensive warfare, but Major General Stephen really can't do anything about it, because Height No. 3 can only allow this force to be deployed.Moreover, according to the in-depth research of the French army on field warfare, this style of play is already the most suitable style of play at the moment.
In addition to the two companies withdrawn from Height 4, plus the reconnaissance company that had withdrawn to Height 3 before the vanguard of the British army surrounded Height 3, and the original deployment on the left side of Height 3, The two companies that withdrew to the high ground because of the loss, plus the [-] or so people of the second regiment who were withdrawn after the British armored forces broke through the position... At this time, the No. [-] high ground has already It is overcrowded.
The No. 2 highland, which was originally defended by only two regiments, is now crowded with almost the remaining soldiers of the Fifth Colonial Division. Fortunately, Stephen built a lot of shelters and anti-gun holes in advance, which barely accommodated them. many people.
And because the entire highland was overcrowded, all the remaining French colonial troops that did not participate in the war became reserves.They had to replace the two battalions on the front line to maintain the two lines of defense on this high ground after casualties occurred in the two battalions on the front line.
In fact, all the black soldiers serving as the reserve team were very panicked, and all the white officers of the 5th Division were also trying their best to cheer up the soldiers.