The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Captain, what should we do?" A soldier shouted to Avery.

Avery didn't know what to do, because this was a situation he had never encountered before.

Montgomery had organized several exercises after taking office... He was the kind of person who liked to take all problems into consideration before the war, so he simulated various possible attacks by the German army in the exercises and found corresponding solutions.

After that, Montgomery told his subordinates: "If you encounter a problem that you don't know how to solve, check the exercise manual, it will tell you what to do!"

However, Montgomery's words soon failed, because the situation now was unsolvable and there was no answer in the exercise manual... Although Captain Avery didn't check it, he knew very well that there would be no solution in the exercise manual.

After thinking about it, Avery shouted: "Mortar!"

"Mortar..." Several British soldiers quickly prepared the mortar.

"Idiot!" Avery cursed angrily: "I'm talking about the 3-inch mortar!"

Several British soldiers were stunned, and then replied: "Yes, Captain!"

Captain Avery was helpless... Although his order just now was not clear, an idiot also knew that the maximum range of the 2-inch mortar was only 400 meters, which could not pose a threat to the German snipers at all.

But this does not seem strange. The British 44th Infantry Division was a relatively late-established unit. Many of them were inexperienced recruits. All the combat skills they had were two months of training in the recruit camp... In fact, even many veterans in the British 44th Infantry Division had only experienced the Dunkirk evacuation.

From this perspective, the British army was in urgent need of training.

The 3-inch mortar shells soon hit the 500-meter range in front of the position with a whistling sound. With a burst of "boom boom", radial smoke and dust rose in front of the position, and some mines near the smoke and dust were detonated.

"Did we blow them to death?" a soldier asked.

No one could answer this question, because no one knew the result.

"Keep bombing!" Captain Avery ordered, and then more than a dozen shells were fired.

But everyone knew that this was not a solution.

If the German sniper was killed, then the British mortars would waste shells if they continued to bomb. Although the British had much more ammunition than the Germans, they could not afford such carpet bombing without a target.

What's more... their bombing was actually just to cover up their inner insecurity, and this insecurity could never be filled, because no one could guarantee that another bullet would suddenly shoot out of the desert and penetrate their heads.

After thinking about it, Avery raised his head to the British sniper, signaling him to test the enemy.

The British sniper understood, took off his helmet and put it on the rifle, and then slowly stretched out of the trench.

There was no gunshot, and the British sniper's hanging heart was half relieved.

Then the British sniper changed his position and repeated the action just now, but there was still no gunshot.

Several other British soldiers were also doing the same thing as the British sniper... There was still no movement on the other side!

What the British didn't know was that the German snipers had a rule: If you are not 80% sure or there is a possibility of being discovered by the enemy, then don't shoot!

The reason for this rule is very simple. They are different from ordinary snipers... Ordinary snipers can shoot and move to another place, so let alone 80% sure, as long as there is 10% sure, it is worth pulling the trigger, because the price is just one bullet, but it may be exchanged for an enemy's life.

But the German snipers lurking in front of the position cannot move, and they have to lurk for a whole day... They have plenty of opportunities to shoot and kill the enemy, so there is no need to take risks for those difficult and low-probability targets.

"I think we have solved them, Captain!" The British sniper said while sticking his head out and observing with a telescope. He tried to find some evidence near the mortar explosion point, such as blood or corpses.

But at this moment, a bullet "banged", pierced the telescope and then shot into the head of the British sniper through the eye... The British sniper fell to the ground without a sound, with a blood hole in his left eye, and red and white things gushed out like a fountain.

"Damn it!" Captain Avery shouted: "Mortar, keep shooting until they are blown up to the sky!"

Avery thought that the mortar was the nemesis of the sniper, because the 3-inch mortar had a maximum range of more than 2,000 meters, which allowed it to bomb suspicious areas out of range.

Even if the gunner didn't know where the enemy was hiding, the lethality of the shells was very wide, and maybe a blind cat would catch a dead mouse... Anyway, the German sniper was powerless with the mortar out of range.

But Avery soon found out that he was wrong, because there was a whistling sound of shells from the direction of the German army, and then a shell exploded near the mortar position.

Captain Avery, who had experienced World War I, knew that this was a test firing of the enemy artillery, so he quickly grabbed the phone and shouted: "Evacuate the position, quickly!" But it was too late. After a whistle, dozens of shells instantly turned the British mortar position into a sea of ​​fire. One of the shells even caused the mortar shell to explode. So there was a loud "bang" and the entire mortar position was shrouded in billowing smoke and dust. "Fuck it!" Captain Avery cursed.

Captain Avery's attention was completely attracted by the tragic situation of the artillery position. He did not realize that his head had been exposed outside the trench, so a bullet hit his helmet with a "bang" sound... "Captain!" "Captain!" ... The moment the captain fell, the British soldiers were terrified. "What should we do?" Someone shouted: "Will the Germans rush up?" "No!" A lieutenant took over the command: "They will not charge at the defense line, otherwise it will not be just like this. So... you just need to lie down to survive, understand?" "Yes, sir!" These British soldiers never dared to stick their heads out again, not even to try. "What should we do next, lieutenant?" the soldier asked. The lieutenant thought about it and replied: "Report to the superiors and ask for instructions!" Another meaning of asking for instructions is to throw this problem to the superiors. But the superiors also did not know how to solve it, so they reported it up one level at a time, all the way to Montgomery's headquarters. But Montgomery was taking a nap at the time, and the staff did not dare to wake him up.