The battle has just begun, and August Donne has an ominous sign in his heart.
As a senior Tanganyika officer, August Dorn's level is still high. The 2nd Tanganyika Division also fought against the Glory Castle rebels before. Although compared with ordinary Africans, the Glory Castle
The quality of the rebels is better, but not much better. The most intuitive manifestation is that they tend to get hot-blooded, and it is common to shoot at a distance of five or six hundred meters.
This time it was different. Helmut Fort clearly showed traces of fortifications. The starting position of the 2nd Tanganyika Division was only about 500 meters away from Helmut Fort, but the attacking troops advanced 300 meters.
Whether there was any counterattack by the rebels of Fort Glory made August Dorn wonder if the position of Fort Helmut was a mystery.
Obviously not, because August Dorn, who was using a telescope to observe the Helmut Fort position, accidentally discovered that someone on the Helmut Fort position was also using a telescope to observe the attacking German troops.
August Dorn's biggest regret at this time was that the Second Tanganyika Division was not equipped with artillery. In fact, at this time, artillery should be used to conduct a fire attack on the Helmut Fort position for more than half an hour, and then invest.
Ground troops can achieve the best results.
They actually had to use artillery to deal with the Africans!
As soon as this idea appeared in August Donne's mind, he immediately threw it away, making him feel a bit ridiculous.
But everything that happened next fully proved that August Donne's worries were not unnecessary.
The general-purpose machine gun equipped in Nyasaland has a theoretical rate of fire of 600 rounds.
Of course, no one keeps pulling the trigger during a battle. A box of one hundred rounds can be fired in ten seconds. Therefore, skilled shooters are still accustomed to using two or three bursts of fire, so that they can maximize the use of general-purpose machine guns.
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The machine gunner's burst fire can best reflect the level of the shooter. Top shooters like Chen Ling can use tracer bullets to shoot perfect two or three bursts.
The defensive position of the assault regiment is based on each machine gun position to build an airtight fire network, so the rifle shooters will not point it out until the machine gun fires.
Chen Ling's position is located at the forefront of the entire position, so the battle starts from Chen Ling's place.
Although the attacking German troops were small in number and could not be considered a dense formation, Chen Ling relied on his rich experience to find the best opportunity to fire.
Ta-ta-ta, tap-ta——
The sound of the universal machine gun was like a typewriter, crisp, sweet, and full of rhythm. To August Donne's ears, it was like the drums of death.
At the moment of firing, a small group of German troops was completely within Chen Ling's shooting range, and for that brief moment, they lined up in a line within Chen Ling's shooting range.
Chen Ling opened fire without hesitation, using less than twenty rounds of bullets to kill all six German soldiers.
This efficiency is not much better than that of a special shooter who uses a rifle to accurately call names.
The moment he heard the gunfire, August Donne realized that something was wrong.
The sounds of the general-purpose machine gun and the Maxim are different. The general-purpose machine gun has a crisp "tat-tat-tat" sound, while the Maxim has a heavy "dong-dong-dong-dong" sound. The difference is still obvious.
The Rebels of Fort Glory were equipped with some Maxims before, but they were never equipped with general-purpose machine guns.
However, August Donne did not doubt the identity of the enemy at this time. No one could have imagined that Nyasaland would brazenly send troops into Tanganyika to help the Tanganyika rebels despite the disapproval of the world.
If this matter is exposed, it may lead to an all-out war between Britain and Germany.
Compared with August Donne, the German troops participating in the attack felt more profoundly.
Linear tactics compete with courage and bloodshed. Even in the face of a hail of bullets, you must move forward bravely and not retreat.
But this "bravery" has its limits. If the casualties are heavy and they are unable to continue the attack, the soldiers will not go forward and die one after another.
The German battalion in charge of the attack was crippled in less than a minute after the battle began. More than half of the soldiers were killed within ten seconds of the battle. Then the attacking troops were completely suppressed and could not move forward at all.
There are also German soldiers who try to fight back, but are often accurately named by the precision shooters of the first battalion as soon as they emerge from the bunker.
In fact, even if they counterattack, they will not be able to find a target for counterattack. In addition to the machine gun positions, the first battalion has foxholes. Each precision shooter has prepared at least two to three foxholes, and will change places every time he fires a shot.
There would be no chance for German soldiers to fight back.
The machine guns that pose the greatest threat to the German soldiers will not be directly attacked by the German soldiers because of the positioning. Every time the German soldiers take a step forward, they will be shot by machine guns from both sides, as well as scattered attacks by precise shooters from the front. In this way
The fighting method left the German troops at a loss as to what to do.
I have never fought such a frustrating battle, let alone in Africa. Even in the Franco-Prussian War, the German troops had never encountered such a situation.
Even under such circumstances, August Donne was still unwilling to order the troops to withdraw from the battle. On the contrary, he was still urging the troops to move forward in an attempt to obtain more information.
At this time, we can see the advantage of the general-purpose machine gun over Maxim. The battle has already begun for most of the day, but the Maxim equipped by the Second Tanganyika Division has not yet completed the preparations. The gap is very obvious.
You must know that the machine gun shooters of the 2nd Tanganyika Division are also white people. This kind of technology cannot be used by Africans.
"Order the troops to continue to move forward, otherwise the military law enforcement team will enforce the law on the spot. We want to get more information from the enemy!" August Donne was fierce, even if it was a pile of people, he would break through the enemy's defense line.
"General, the situation is not good -" Deputy Division Commander Marshall Thomas looked solemn. He had been observing the defensive position of the "rebels" at Fort Helmut just now. To be honest, the "rebels" at Fort Helmut showed a serious attitude.
Ability that shocked Marshall Thomas.
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The Nyasaland Arsenal can now produce tracer bullets, so when soldiers prepare ammunition boxes in advance, in order to give the shooters enough reminders, a tracer bullet will be loaded on every fifth bullet on the ammunition chain.
In this way, during the battle, the shooter can adjust in time according to the trajectory of the tracer bullet, causing greater damage to the enemy.
One or two machine gun positions, this situation is not obvious yet, but dozens of machine gun positions fire at the same time, and what appears in front of Marshall Thomas is an airtight fire net.
A web of firepower woven with tracer bullets and death.
"The rebels of Fort Glory have no such ability, absolutely not, otherwise we would not have been able to defeat them before -" Marshall Thomas hit the nail on the head.
"Then who are the enemies across from us?" August Donne roared angrily, then seemed to realize something, and his face suddenly turned pale.
"Impossible, Nyasaland people don't dare-" Marshall Thomas muttered to himself. Although it was unbelievable, this seemed to be the only reasonable explanation.
"Now is the time to protect our glory. No matter what, we will know when we take the position." August Donne cheered up and finally truly paid attention to his opponent.
So the second attack of the German troops was launched under the cover of Maxim heavy machine guns. Although the Second Tanganyika Division was equipped with a little less Maxim, all the Maxim heavy machine guns added up to only six.<
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In the past, six Maxim heavy machine guns were enough to deal with African indigenous people.
In 1893, a mere 50 mercenaries under Cecil Rhodes relied on four Maxim heavy machine guns to easily repel a siege of as many as 5,000 Zulu warriors and killed 3,000 of them. p>
In 1898, during the Battle of Omdurman in Sudan, as many as 20,000 monk soldiers were attacking and fell in front of the Maxim machine gun position.
The Second Tanganyika Division originally wanted to rely on Maxim to once again create a myth in military history, but unfortunately this time the Germans would definitely not be able to do so.
As soon as the heavy roar of the Maxim heavy machine gun sounded, it was hit by mortar fire.
The artillery position of the first battalion was composed of six 90-mm caliber mortars and twelve 60-mm caliber mortars. The eighteen mortars only fired one three-round surprise attack.
The machine gun position of the Second Division was shrouded in smoke and fire, followed by the explosion of ammunition. The scene still looked very spectacular.
But in the eyes of August Donne and Marshall Thomas, this scene was like a bolt from the blue.
This battle was unwinnable, and the ambitions that had just been aroused in the hearts of August Donne and Marshall Thomas disappeared together with the machine gun positions.
"We must retreat. This is not an enemy we can defeat." Marshall Thomas is now very sure that there must be "unknown forces" directly involved in the civil strife in Tanganyika.
Considering the situation in Tanganyika, it is self-evident who this "unknown force" is.
"Not now!" August Donne was very reluctant, but he still had no choice but to order the troops to retreat.
The "rebels" at Fort Helmut even have artillery, and it seems that there are quite a lot of them. This battle is impossible to fight. August Donn now has sufficient reasons to retreat. He must immediately deal with this situation
Report to Governor Erich von Falkenhayn and Governor Leutwein.
However, it was difficult to withdraw even if you wanted to. At the same time that August Dorn ordered the retreat, a large number of cavalry appeared on the flanks of the 2nd Tanganyika Division. This was not the second battalion of the Assault Regiment responsible for the detour, but the real
Honorfort Rebels.
"Retreat, retreat immediately!" August Donn did not dare to hesitate. The Germans and the Teterans now had a blood feud. If August Donn was captured by Nyasaland troops, then maybe Auguste Donn would
Stern Donne can also receive treatment that matches his status.
But if he is captured by the Glory Castle rebels, August Dorn's fate may be tragic.