War is so cruel, the winner wins everything and the loser gets nothing.
However, everything is unexpected, and sometimes outstanding performance on the battlefield may not necessarily lead to the glory you deserve. Ford Lu, the commander of the 105th Division who has already participated in the war, has been very depressed these days.
"We need more artillery to cooperate in operations. Without artillery, we will not be able to defeat the enemy." Ford Lu was at a loss. Thinking of the overwhelming artillery fire of the Fifth Army, he had nightmares.
In previous battles, most of the battle losses of the 105th Division were caused by the artillery of the German Fifth Army. This was also due to the fact that the trenches of the 105th Division were dug better, otherwise the losses would have been more serious.
Even without artillery to cooperate in the battle, the 105th Division performed very well in the battle. The one-to-one exchange ratio was the best record achieved by the Allied forces since the outbreak of the World War. Although this record has yet to be confirmed, and it was the 105th Division who took the initiative.
Withdrawing from the battle was technically a failure, but the media of the Allied Powers still couldn't wait to publicize it, promoting the battle of the 105th Division as the greatest victory of the Allied Powers since the outbreak of the World War.
Of course, during propaganda, almost all media deliberately downplayed the colonial nature of the 105th Division, and no newspaper mentioned that almost all soldiers of the 105th Division were Africans.
"Impossible, let alone the artillery, we don't have enough bullets. We don't know when we can send them over yet -" Chief of Staff Hausman looked depressed. Not only did the 105th Division not receive the award, but they couldn't even supply bullets.
The War Department even questioned why the 105th Division was depleting its ammunition so quickly.
Rock can't do the same thing as the United States, which requires the British to pay for even the basic equipment of the troops. When the 105th Division came to France, at least the soldiers still carried their rifles with them, but they didn't carry many bullets. Now they urgently need to be supplemented by the War Department.
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This is the consequence of equipping too many automatic weapons. The general-purpose machine gun has a rate of fire similar to that of the Maxim, about 600 rounds per minute. After a battle, a general-purpose machine gun can fire at least a dozen boxes of bullets. Although the machine gun of the 105th Division is not as good as
The 1st Cavalry Division of the Northern Rhodesian Division is equipped to the squad level. Compared with other British troops, the 105th Division is also equipped with a relatively large number of machine guns. In the last battle, in just four hours, the 105th Division's
The troops participating in the war consumed 1,500 boxes of bullets.
Consumption does not mean that they must be shot out. When the troops withdraw from the battle, the unfinished bullets are abandoned on the battlefield. The army of the British Empire does not have the tradition of adding a millet to a rifle to eliminate an enemy with one bullet. When fighting,
There are enough bullet tubes, you can have as many as you want.
"It doesn't matter if the bullets arrive a few days later. We only have three brigades, and one has been disabled. We can't join the battle until additional troops arrive." Ford Lu was not in a hurry. After the 105th Division withdrew from the battle, he was in Dele, far away from the front line.
Resting, Dele was safe in the rear of Paris.
This is really not the fear of the 105th Division. Five divisions of the British Expeditionary Force are also in Dreux. Although British newspapers are touting the excellent performance of the British troops on the battlefield, the actual situation is like this. The battles at Mons and Le Cateau
After that, the British Expeditionary Force has been retreating, all the way to the Marne River. A battalion of the Second Army ran 55 miles in one day and one night. This speed can be used to participate in the Olympic triathlon.
Unlike athletes participating in the Olympic Games, soldiers have to carry more than 70 pounds of equipment and supplies with them when they retreat, which translates to almost 32 kilograms.
"No supplementary troops have been sent in a short time -" the expression on Hausman's face was even more depressed. The 105th Division was different from the British Expeditionary Force. The supplementary troops of the British Expeditionary Force only needed to cross the Channel to reach France. The supplementary troops of the 105th Division only needed to cross the Channel to reach France.
It would take at least half a month to get there by boat from southern Africa.
"Isn't that right? You can't fight without supplies, and you won't have enough troops without supplementary troops. It would be perfect if the weather could be better. Don't mention it, the French dates are quite delicious, and we can also grow them in southern Africa.
Some." Ford Lew felt very comfortable. After the 105th Division arrived in France, France had to pay for all the logistics supplies. Ford Lew was now eating dates and drinking champagne, and his treatment was very good.
Dates are a specialty of French North Africa, and champagne is a local specialty of France. Although the wine produced in Cape Town is known as the champagne of southern Africa, it feels that the champagne produced in France is more authentic, but Ford Lew definitely does this.
deny.
"Is it because the mangoes are not fragrant or the grapefruits are not sweet? In North Africa, mangoes cannot survive, so we can only grow Elaeagnus angustifolia. We only grow Elaeagnus angustifolia in Southern Africa because of the swelling in our skulls." Hausman didn't speak Sichuan dialect, but that's probably what he meant.
"Chocolate is really good, you can buy some and send it back." Ford Lou laughed. He was more arrogant than the French with champagne, and more skinny than the French with fruits. The Feng Shui treasure land in southern Africa is really not a lie, the mineral deposits underground can be mined for hundreds of years.
, as long as you can think of fruits, they are all native products of southern Africa.
The "special" here means particularly high output.
"We are different in southern Africa." Hausman looked disdainful. Although Europe prides itself on being the "center of the civilized world", it does not have luxury goods, fashionable clothes, or high-end cars. The people do not even have enough food to eat.
Know what to be proud of.
After the outbreak of the World War, all participating countries have started martial law. There is no problem for now, and supplies are still abundant. Prices are expected to be higher next year. By then, British families will also start eating potatoes with salted fish, and France will not be much better.
At this time, we can see the geographical advantages of southern Africa. Although it is a bit far away from Europe, it is not disturbed by the war and has laid a good agricultural and industrial foundation. British overseas consulates can sell whatever goods they produce to Europe, so there is no need to worry.
Anti-dumping investigation, so after the world war, it is really uncertain where the center of the "civilized world" will be.
"What else can we do? Our trip to France cannot be in vain." Ford Lew has a good attitude, or in other words, everyone in the British Expeditionary Force has a good attitude. Anyway, it is the French and the Germans who are fighting life and death on the battlefield.
"Have you forgotten what the Lord said? There is nothing else in France, but there are quite a lot of handicrafts-" Hausman's expression was ambiguous, and Ford Lu suddenly realized.
"Yes, yes, that's it. I need to get some handicrafts back. I still need a few paintings in my study, and I also need vases to decorate the living room, preferably vases from the Qing Dynasty." France, one of the top three powerful countries in the world, under Ford...
There was only so much value in Lu's eyes.
The top three in the world here do not include the United States. The strength of the United States has not yet been demonstrated. Without enough orders, American companies will not expand blindly, unlike companies in southern Africa.
Although the United States also has some orders, compared with another time and space, more orders are in southern Africa, especially in terms of military supplies. The British purchase orders are all in southern Africa, and the French purchase list is more for southern Africa.
, but the United States has received more orders from Germany, so in this time and space, the United States will still participate in the war, but compared with another time and space, the harvest will definitely be greatly reduced.
Hausman didn't speak, and his eyes fell on the vase that was as tall as one person at the door. The white vase was painted with a maid in blue shirt standing by the window half-covering her face with a round fan. On the round fan was embroidered a colorful and lifelike flower.
Butterfly, Hausman knew that these vases were all fired, but he didn't know whether these patterns were painted before firing or after firing.
Although the 105th military camp was a temporary camp on the outskirts of Dreux, as commanders of the 105th Division, Ford Lew and Hausman both lived in a hotel converted from a castle.
It has to be said that these European families that have been passed down for unknown generations do have a rich heritage. Any inconspicuous decoration of a castle would probably be eligible to enter a museum in southern Africa.
There is no need to envy them. After all, they have been accumulated for countless years. Although southern Africa started relatively late, the opportunity has come now. In Dele, the officers and soldiers of the 105th Division cannot be too presumptuous, but if they hit Germany, or in
In the German-occupied areas, the 105th Division need not worry.
Anyway, no matter what damage is caused, it can be blamed on the Germans. The only thing that needs to be worried about is skin color. Africans have very powerful chromosomes, but now France has also recruited more servant troops from the colonies, even if there is a fatality.
, you can also rely on France's colonial servant army.
Later, Ford Lew and Houseman went to the British Expeditionary Force headquarters to attend a dinner held by the headquarters. The world war did not affect the mood of the expeditionary force generals to have fun, just like the dignitaries in Paris.
, the officers and soldiers on the front line are fighting bravely, and the dignitaries of Paris are also fighting in the wine pools and meat forests. Even if the battle line is getting closer and closer to Paris, it will still not affect the bright lights of Paris at night.
Entering September, the performance of the British and French coalition forces on the battlefield did not improve. Crook's First Army crossed the Marne River on September 3 and continued to advance. Paris became increasingly dangerous, but the French government appeared at this time.
The problem is that the former Prime Minister Louis Bardo resigned after the war broke out. After the new Prime Minister came to power, he found that the job of Prime Minister was not easy to do and might be used as a scapegoat, so he resigned after only three days. The current Prime Minister Gaston
I don't know how long Doumergue can work. Sooner or later he will resign.
Compared with France, which was too busy to take care of itself, Germany was once again shrouded in the halo of the protagonist. In East Prussia, a Russian officer died in a battle. In his body, the German army discovered the battle plans of the two Russian armies.
A subsequent telegram from Russia confirmed the authenticity of the combat plan. This was not a smoke bomb released by the Russian army. It was really the combat plan of the two armies. As for why the important combat plan was carried by a frontline commander,