The reason why cannon fodder is cannon fodder is because Chen Ben is cheap.
The treatment of the Tanganyika Servant Army is far inferior to that of the previous Southern African Servant Army. Strictly speaking, the First Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesian Division are actually servant armies, but the equipment of the 1st Cavalry Division and the Northern Rhodesian Division is relatively different.
It is no worse than the British regular army, and even has a slight advantage in heavy weapons and equipment.
The Tanganyika Servant Army is not that good. Not only in terms of equipment, logistics, treatment, benefits, and even the admission recipes, there is a big gap compared with the local regular army, so don't expect the Tanganyika Servant Army to be very strong.
With their combat effectiveness, it would be good if they could line up in a neat formation and launch an attack on the Lions' position.
Of course, with the way the Tanganyika German army fought, an attack of this scale would not pose any threat to the Lions. Within an hour and a half after the war started, Alva Butler launched four attacks successively, committing
Nearly five thousand troops, but it has not had the slightest effect.
It cannot be said that it has no effect at all. At least Alva Butler has fully realized that with conventional means, even if the 36th Division is deployed in full force, it will probably not achieve better results.
"General, we must stop the attack now and wait until nightfall to see if there is any chance. Maybe we can bypass the rebel position of Fort Glory at night. According to the telegram just received, the Dodoma defenders have put in their final reserves. The regiment
Commander Aaron has been killed, and Chief of Staff Scott is seriously injured and unconscious. If we can't get to Dodoma in time, then maybe tomorrow, the 89th Infantry Regiment will wipe out the entire army." Jackson Dick, Chief of Staff of the 36th Division
I don’t want any more unnecessary sacrifices. From the beginning of the battle to now, the firepower of the Lions’ position has not weakened at all. The one of the four attacks is closest to victory. The attacking troops have charged to less than fifty meters from the forward position of the Lions. However,
Later, they were repelled by frontline officers and soldiers of the Lion Regiment using grenades.
"Jack, don't worry about the casualties of the Servant Army, and don't worry about the 89th Infantry Regiment. Carefully observe the Lions' position. Don't you think the Lions' firepower combination is very effective?" Alva Butler didn't care about the Servant Army at all.
In terms of casualties, if we can gain something from this battle, then even if the 89th Infantry Regiment is completely wiped out, it will still be considered worthy of being wiped out.
"It's like this. The Lions' position is very cleverly set up. Their machine guns are not directly in front of the defense position, but the shooting holes are opened on the side of the position, so that we cannot directly attack the machine gunners, and their
The machine gunners could shoot at the attacking lines unscrupulously, so we suffered heavy casualties, not only because we did not have artillery support, but purely from a tactical point of view, we were far behind the Honor Castle rebels." Jackson Dick served as a staff officer.
Of course, he also knows how to think.
If we do not consider the current situation in southern Africa, among all the countries in the world, Germany has the most mature staff system.
However, the biggest problem of the German General Staff is that the system is rigid. Due to limited conditions, most German staff officers have no front-line combat experience, so most of their understanding of war comes from military academy textbooks. This situation seems irrelevant in peacetime.
It is important, but in times of war, it will seriously affect the judgment of staff officers, and in turn affect the command of military chiefs.
The same is true for Jackson Dick. This is actually the first war that Jackson Dick has participated in, but the Lions gave Jackson Dick a great shock. If the current speculation within the Tanganyika German Army is correct, there will be support behind it.
The Fort of Glory troops are indeed Nyasaland people, so the Lions have already performed so well, how powerful must the Nyasaland troops be?
You can't think too deeply about this problem. If you think too deeply about it, you are not loyal enough to the empire.
"Keep attacking!" Alva Butler still needs to learn more about the Lions.
"General, I'm afraid we can't do it. The Sixth Division of Tanganyika has been completely crippled, and there are no more than a thousand troops that can continue to participate in the attack. If we force the Sixth Division to launch an attack, then maybe the soldiers will be
The mutiny——"Jackson Dick couldn't help it.
In fact, most of the casualties of the 6th Division were not caused by the Lions, but by the Military Law Corps of the 36th Division.
If it were the German troops who launched the attack, then maybe Alva Butler would still feel pity. For the colonial servants, Alva Butler would definitely not feel sorry for him. Just as he said, when necessary, Alva Butler would
·Butler's company, the 89th Infantry Regiment, which is entirely composed of German Bayerns, can be abandoned, let alone the colonial servant army.
"I know that the Sixth Division has suffered heavy casualties, but they have not completed their mission yet. Tell Gascoll that even if the entire Sixth Division is wiped out, they must consume as much as possible on the Glory Castle rebels." Alva
·It is no joke that Butler insists on going his own way, and one general will achieve great results and wither away thousands of bones. At this time, the value of life cannot be reflected at all. Only attack can fully reflect the value of the colonial servant army.
Gascoll is the commander of the Sixth Division. This is the case with the colonial servant army. Even if most of the soldiers are indigenous Africans, the officers must be white.
"Okay - as you wish -" Jackson Dick left the command post, preparing to give the order.
Just as he walked out of the headquarters, Jackson Dick heard the roaring artillery shells.
"Hidden——" Someone immediately issued a warning near the headquarters, and Jackson Dick was immediately protected by the guards.
In just a few seconds, about a dozen artillery shells exploded near the headquarters. Several soldiers hiding in the same foxhole were unlucky. One artillery shell hit the foxhole directly, and all the soldiers died.
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Jackson Dick's first reaction was that the firepower of the Lions was too powerful and could not be competed by the 36th Division. You must know that even the German regular army only equipped a division with more than a dozen artillery pieces.
That's all, so it is necessary to mobilize more than a dozen artillery pieces to carry out a saturation attack on an area. The German regular army rarely uses this method.
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"Jack, are you okay?" As soon as Jackson Dick rushed into the headquarters, the disgraced Alva Butler took the initiative to say hello. It seemed that Alva Butler was not hurt.
Jackson Dick was finally relieved. Alva Butler's military rank was major general. Although a general would inevitably die in battle, if a German general was killed in Tanganyika, it would definitely have a negative impact on the morale of the German army in Tanganyika.
A huge blow.
"I'm okay, Alva, we have to make a decision now. The firepower of the Fort Honor troops is beyond our imagination, and we can't be passively beaten." Jackson Dick said for a long time without a specific plan.
"What on earth do you want to say?" Alva Butler was not too surprised. The Fort Honor troops are supported by Nyasaland, and it is normal to have strong firepower, but firepower is not the only factor that determines victory or defeat. Alva
·Butler has never been superstitious about this.
"What I want to say is that we should return to Safe Harbor now. I don't know what you think, but I think that the current 36th Division has no hope of breaking through the Fort Glory troop position -" Jackson Dick didn't even pay attention.
When he mentioned "Glory Castle Rebels", he subconsciously replaced it with "Glory Castle Troops".
This can also be regarded as recognition and respect for the troops of Fort Glory.
"Jack, there is a reason why we cannot retreat." Alva Butler did not agree to retreat.
"Alva, Dodoma is not Berlin." Jackson Dick doesn't think Dodoma is very important. If Berlin is besieged, then Jackson Dick will try his best to move towards Berlin, but it is obviously a trap now. If
If we continue to fight, we will have to invest the 36th Division. The consequences of this will probably be unacceptable to the 36th Division and even the German General Staff.
The title of "the world's best army" really kills people. It sounds good, but if Germany loses Tanganyika, then the 36th Division will become Germany's sinner.
Jackson Dick can now imagine what kind of verbal and verbal criticism the 36th Division will face if they lose the battle.
"Jack, we are not Tanganyika's servants." Alva Butler's worries are actually similar to Jackson Dick's.
About half an hour later, the German army launched another attack on the Lions' position. This time Alva Butler finally used a regiment of the 36th Division, but the outcome was still very bad.
Thanks to the wireless telegraphy that Tanganyika finally began to equip, that night, Erich von Falkenhayn learned about the situation in Dodoma.
The essence of encirclement and reinforcements lies not in the high speed of the troops, but in hitting the superior force and causing heavy casualties to the enemy.
Therefore, after the Glory Castle troops captured most of Dodoma and surrounded the 89th Infantry Regiment at the train station, they basically stopped attacking.
At this time, there were actually less than a hundred German soldiers in the encirclement who could continue to fight. Although the Glory Castle troops suffered heavy casualties in order to capture Dodoma, they could really complete the task with a single charge against less than a hundred troops. p>
But this result was absolutely unacceptable to Erich von Falkenhayn. If the 89th Infantry Regiment was really wiped out, it would not be long before Erich von Falkenhayn left Tanganyika.
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Therefore, Erich von Falkenhayn temporarily suspended negotiations with Mumu and took the initiative to visit Roark at his residence, hoping that Roark could mediate.
"Of course, but General Falkenhayn, you also know what the Fort Glory troops want. If we don't meet the requirements of the Fort Glory troops, then everything we do now will be in vain." Rock was very stable at this time,
So what about the future Chief of Staff of the German Army? The situation is stronger than the person, so you have to bow your head when it is time.
