My Italian: Chapter 657 Disadvantages of 2-line combat

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] After the shelling ended, a British military officer held his command knife high in his right hand and held a pistol in his left hand, shouting the slogan of attack, and at the same time he was the first to step out of the trench. .

At that time, I heard from veterans that the one they fought before was terrible. There were only more than 80 people left in a company before they captured Paris, and more than half of the casualties. Later, they replenished a lot one after another, and when their batch of supplementary soldiers arrived, their 3rd company returned to full strength.

At this time, Koppel observed another wave of soldiers rushing out of the British army's position in the distance. Why did the British go crazy? It would be difficult for such a desperate attack today.

When the soldiers of Britain, France and Germany were engaged in a **** battle around Paris, General Kluck, the supreme commander of the Paris area, had already sent a telegram for help to the chief of the general staff, General Mao Qi.

At this moment Bartley expressed his doubts.

Koppel, who had been a primary school teacher before the war, was called up shortly after the war began. After a period of training, he became a qualified soldier, so he was sent to the 7th Army in February this year and became a soldier in its subordinate 31st Division, 2 Brigade, 1 Regiment, 2 Battalion, 3 Company, 2 Platoon and 1 Squad. And there are several others assigned with him.

But another 150,000 did not wear uniforms at all, they entered the assembly area in the form of labor uniforms. This was unexpected by the German intelligence agencies, and the British and French troops actually slipped in as laborers. Moreover, in order to prevent exposure, these pretend laborers actually went to work such as digging trenches, repairing roads and bridges. Britain and France really took great pains to conceal the number of troops.

The German officers and soldiers in the bomb defense cave also came out one after another, ready to meet the enemy's attack.

However, the mistakes made by the intelligence department have hurt Xiao Maoqi, because he only prepared 150,000 army reserves.

At this time, seeing that the enemy had entered the range, the squad leader Bartley gave the order to fire. Koppel aimed at a British soldier and pulled the trigger, and the man fell down. At the same time, intensive gunfire sounded from the entire trench, and German soldiers were relying on the trench to shoot.

"Yes, I'll take someone there right away."

Soon the enemy launched shelling, shelling for three consecutive days, they suffered a lot of casualties, more than 30 casualties. Their casualties continued to be too high. He heard from others that some companies lost more than half of them. The main cause of their casualties is heavy artillery, especially large-caliber artillery of 150mm and above, which does not need to hit as long as it is within a certain range, it will cause casualties.

Some people may say that since they know that the other party is going to attack

And Britain and France didn't think about completely concealing their intentions, because it couldn't be concealed at all.

"Fire."

At this time, the crisp sound of machine guns rang out. This was the only suppressive weapon in the company, the Revery light machine gun. It is said that it is imported from Italy, but the caliber is not the Italian 6.5, but their German 7.92 caliber.

Koppel saw with his own eyes that one of his comrades was shocked to death by a 170mm artillery shell six meters away from him at a distance of ten meters from him. And he was also affected, but nothing serious.

Faced with General Kluke's request, Moltke of course sent reinforcements immediately. In fact, Britain and France were preparing to launch an offensive in Paris, and the German intelligence agencies had already noticed it. After all, it was necessary to gather an army of millions of people. As long as the Germans were not blind, they would definitely be able to see such a large movement of personnel and supplies.

At this time, the observer soldiers on the ground roared and blew a shrill whistle at the same time.

Koppel quickly followed his squad leader to the third row on the right, and the Brit was almost within range.

"The enemy is attacking!"

Just as he was waiting for the enemy to come up, he heard the voice of the platoon leader, Second Lieutenant Hans. "Batley took your squad and went to the third row of positions. The three rows of artillery holes were attacked by large-caliber shells. UU reading www.uukanshu.com"

Although the battle on the Western Front did not achieve the goal of directly withdrawing France from the battle, Moltke did not lose all the trust in the Kaiser's heart because of the capture of Paris, so he still served as the chief of the general staff.

The attacking British officers and soldiers continued to rush towards their position with their backs bent, even if people kept falling down, they didn't care.

Koppel also took his Mauser 98 to his station. At this time, his heart had calmed down, and under the blessing of God, he was not hit by the shell.

It's just that Britain and France are concealing another item, and they are very successful, that is, concealing the number of people. German intelligence agencies and aerial observations estimated that Britain and France had prepared 650,000 troops to attack Paris. In fact, the German intelligence agency's estimate was correct, and there were indeed 650,000 soldiers in military uniforms assembled.

Rows of British soldiers followed the officer with weapons, shouted and rushed out

"Let's gather together."

"There is also a squad in the first platoon. You should take people there, or Captain Otto (company commander) will be angry."

Through the teaching of veterans, Koppel has grown rapidly, and in more than two months, he has looked similar to other veterans. What he lacks is a real battle consideration.

"Just us in the same class?"

Although I didn't say it later, the soldiers present understood that there was no one in the third row.

Then, with the help of veterans, they learned a lot about the battlefield. For example, when encountering shelling suddenly, squat on the ground and don't lie down or stand. Also, don't smoke when you are on duty at night, otherwise you may become the result of the opposite party and so on.

"attack!"

As a result, in the face of Britain and France, which have done their utmost concealment work, the German intelligence agencies were much worse. At least they didn't find anything wrong with it.