"The attack went very smoothly. My men have just broken through the first line of defense of the British army on the outside." Alfred laughed as soon as he walked into Sundero's headquarters.
As the only unit in the entire 5th Norwegian Division equipped with a small amount of German weapons and equipment, Alfred's reinforced battalion was used as the main force from the beginning and put into the front line. It didn't matter if we didn't fight, it was a big victory.
Come.
Although they knew that the German army had launched a large-scale offensive in the south, the British and French forces were struggling to cope with the crumbling southern defense line. However, Sundero and Alfred were not expecting to break through the British northern defense line so easily.
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That was the British defense line, and it was just broken through by the Norwegian army!?
After two seconds of silence, Sundro said with relief: "This is a good thing. It shows that the Germans are fighting fiercely in the south, so the British army can only leave very little force to deal with us."
"In other words, even if we take the opportunity to press the main force now, it will be difficult for the British army to come up with support troops to deal with it. In this way, we may be able to achieve a bigger breakthrough in the north in a short time." Sundero smiled.
Get up: "This is a great fighter!"
"Yes, this is a great opportunity for us to complete our victory in one battle." Alfred encouraged: "Division Commander, before the enemy has reacted, quickly put the main force of the division into the battlefield."
Alfred's reinforced battalion of about 700 men can still break the British army's outer defense line. If it joins Sundero's entire division, the British army's northern defense zone will be in danger.
After thinking for less than two minutes, Sundro issued the exciting order: "Order all the officers and soldiers of the 5th Division to be ready. Ten minutes later, the leading troops entered the battlefield. The follow-up troops entered the battlefield one after another after capturing the enemy's equipment.
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Although Sundro's 5th Division now has a large number of people, as many as tens of thousands, but those who actually have weapons to use are less than 4,000. The rest are militiamen without regular weapons.
Because of this, when Sundro issued the order, he did not put all 10,000 troops into the battlefield at the beginning. Instead, he only pressed the main vanguard of less than 4,000 troops. The remaining troops could just be used after cleaning the battlefield.
, armed with captured British equipment, and then put into the subsequent battles.
Small countries have their own style of play, and this is how the Norwegian army plays.
"Well, the only ones our division can fight are the vanguard troops. It would be a good idea for the follow-up troops to wait until they get weapons before attacking." Alfred nodded, agreeing with Colonel Sundero's command method.
"So..." Sundero went straight to the point and asked Alfred: "To what position have your people advanced now?"
"The British army's second outer line of defense." Alfred replied: "As long as we get the coordinated support of the subsequent troops, my people can launch a strong attack and capture this line of defense."
Alfred's words were not a casual assurance, but were spoken after his reinforced battalion had already achieved evenly matched results on the British army's second outer line of defense.
Looking at Alfred, who was confident that he could achieve a breakthrough, Colonel Sundero touched his chin: "Okay, since you are so confident, I will ask the support troops to cooperate fully."
Glancing at Alfred, Sundlo said slowly: "Try to fight as fast as possible. I estimate that the German army will not take long in the south. At least, we Norwegian soldiers should not fall too far behind the German friendly forces."
"Yes!" Alfred stood at attention and saluted: "I will never embarrass the Norwegian army. Give me another three hours, and I will personally lead the troops to break through the two lines of defense of the British army."
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Just when the Norwegian 5th Division in the north was still complacent about breaking through the first line of defense of the British army, the German 30th Division in the south had already penetrated the core defense line of the British and French allied forces.
"First company commander!" Captain Hoffman clasped the helmet on his head with his backhand and shouted loudly: "Take your people to move over from the side and occupy the high ground on the left!"
On the high ground pointed by Hoffman, a machine gun position previously hidden by the British army was spitting out dazzling tongues of fire.
Because they were not discovered in advance, at least 10 of Hoffman's battalions were killed by the Vickers heavy machine guns on the British hidden positions. Moreover, this number is still increasing.
"Hidden! Be careful!" Hoffman shouted anxiously, ignoring the dust on his face: "Spread out, don't pile them together!"
After all, the British army comes from a superpower with an excellent military tradition. Even if the combat qualities of the soldiers are not satisfactory, the tactical level of the officers is not inferior.
Just now, a machine gun position cleverly arranged in the middle of the back of the highland, and then the attacker's blind spot, escaped the sight of the German battalion and became a fatal ambush. When the German advance position reached the parallel line of the highland, this
The originally concealed machine gun position suddenly opened fire, instantly breaking up the German charge formation.
This is the foundation of a superpower. Even though the physical training of soldiers may have been lax, the quality of the officers has been ensured. Simply put, in terms of the layout of defensive positions, the use of battlefield tactics, and the distribution and concealment of firepower,
British officers have all received adequate training.
Looking at Europe, only the German Army has the ability and quality of its officers to be on par with those of the British Army. Although France also wants to do this, it has never succeeded. As for Italy, the fourth strongest country in Europe, given its generally low military
Cultural quality barely guarantees that the abilities of senior officers are barely passable.
The quality of the army cannot be improved overnight. Generally speaking, the quality of the army is inextricably linked to the level of officers, and the level of officers is often related to the cultural level of the people.
Before World War II, Italian officials made a statistics for comparison: the Italian army had 330 illiterates per 1,000 people, the French army had 68 illiterates per 1,000 people, and the German and British army recruits had an average of 1,000 illiterates.
There is only one illiterate person."
This is why the tactical execution capabilities of the German and British armies are among the best in Europe. The massive popularization of national education has left these two countries with the foundation to become superpowers.
However, after the United Kingdom became a superpower, it became more and more lax, gradually neglecting the training of individual soldiers, and only maintained the training of the officer level. Germany, which was defeated in World War I, worked hard while ensuring the two-way training of officers and soldiers.
Training avoids the situation of "explaining that the battlefield is as fierce as a tiger, and the combat operations are 0.5".
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" With the precise operation of a company of soldiers, they used three lightweight 40mm grenade launchers to destroy the British army's small heavy machine gun position in a targeted manner.
