The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"General!" De Guangan reported to Montgomery: "We suffered more than three hundred casualties last night!"

"What?" Montgomery couldn't help being stunned after hearing this: "Did a German sniper do it?"

"No, General!" Degungan replied: "They sent commandos at night to attack at close range with mortars and grenades!"

Montgomery frowned.

He really didn't want to face these detailed issues, but he had to face them, because these details seemed like tactics, but when they expanded on a large scale, they turned into strategic issues...

If the loss is 500 people every day, even if the British army is prepared to lose more than 200 people in the future, it will be more than 2,000 people in ten days. Over time, this will become an astronomical figure that cannot be afforded.

More importantly, the German tactics gave the British army a sense of powerlessness...tanks could not drive into their own minefields, artillery carpet bombing kill rate was too low, and aircraft were even less effective.

The taboo on the battlefield is that we have no choice but to be beaten passively in the face of the enemy's tactics, because this will put the entire army in a mentality that "the German army cannot defeat our own side and will lose". Simply put, it will affect morale.

In fact, there is really no good way to deal with this tactic. Just like during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Volunteer Army used tunnels to engage in cold shots during the day and crawled out of the tunnels to sneak attack on the U.S. military at night, causing unrest for the U.S. military.

It's like digging holes and blowing up trenches when fighting Vietnam... This can actually be called special operations.

If there is any countermeasure, it would be to "treat the other person his own way"... The best way to deal with special operations is special operations.

Montgomery was worthy of being a famous general. He quickly thought of this and said, "Why can't we do the same?"

"What?" Degangang couldn't help but widened his eyes: "But, General, this requires soldiers to be able to lurk all day during the day. We don't have such soldiers!"

"Then hurry up and train!" Montgomery said angrily: "The Germans can do it, why can't our soldiers do it?!"

Facts have proved that Montgomery's words are wrong. What the Germans can do, the British army may not be able to do...

Degangan released the training plan to the next step, and the British officers and soldiers were frightened:

"I don't see the point, General!"

"This is simply sending those soldiers to die. Congress will not agree to this inhumane approach!"

"Just because the Germans are crazy, doesn't mean we have to be crazy like them!"

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In the end, Montgomery had no choice but to compromise, because this was indeed a bit "inhumane". When the matter was reported back to Britain, it would inevitably cause an uproar, and Montgomery might be questioned like Churchill.

So naturally, this important task fell on the shoulders of the Australian and New Zealand troops.

Australia and New Zealand are actually the two countries that are most likely to be used as cannon fodder. The reason is that their status is neither high nor low...

The British are superior people, and of course they cannot do such difficult and dangerous tasks.

The African, Indian and other colonial armies are inferior people. Although they can do it, they cannot do it due to reasons of culture, quality and willingness... It is difficult for the African Army to even teach them to line up in order, let alone disguise and then lie down He had been motionless on the battlefield all day.

Indian soldiers may be able to do it, but many of them have unimaginable endurance under the influence of the idea of ​​"suffering in this world and enjoying happiness in the next." The problem is that their thoughts have all the elements of randomness.

This is also related to their religion. Hinduism preaches that people are born into three, six or nine grades. High castes are destined to be high castes, and low castes are destined to be low castes from birth. Everything is destined.

So since everything is doomed, why should we restrain ourselves?

So just do what you want, say what you want, just like animals without thinking too much... This is the reason why Indians have bad habits such as laziness, making excuses, lying, arrogance, and unpunctuality. one.

This kind of adaptability is reflected in the military, that is, they have very bad marksmanship, because they have a similar idea to Africans who believe in witch doctors. They believe that whether they can hit the target or whether they can survive on the battlefield is a hit. It is destined and not something you can achieve by practicing hard at ordinary times.

Of course, in addition, it has something to do with their low cultural level. They don't know how to calculate wind deflection and measure things in advance.

Therefore, the only ones who can take on this "important task" are soldiers from Australia and New Zealand.

As second-class citizens, the Australian and New Zealand armed forces readily accepted this task in order to show their loyalty to their masters, and even regarded it as an honor: Looking at the entire military, only the Australian and New Zealand armed forces are capable of this task, and there are many What a value!

In fact, two words should be added before this value..."use".

Of course, the snipers trained by the Australian and New Zealand armies are not at the same level as the German snipers on the battlefield. This is partly because the German K98K has better accuracy and is more suitable for sniping, and partly because the German army accepts The training is more professional and comprehensive.

In addition, the Australian and New Zealand armies were rushing into battle, so the two armies made almost all the mistakes that German snipers made during exercises and training, and were often suppressed and beaten by the Germans on the battlefield.

But objectively speaking, this approach is still effective... Snipers are a bit like landmines. Even poor quality mines can have a blocking effect when buried on the ground. The same is true for Australian and New Zealand snipers. Although they are of high quality, Not as good as the Germans, but as long as they are disguised and hidden in the position, the German snipers cannot attack with confidence.

But the German strategy was not that simple.

Just when Montgomery was secretly relieved that the situation on the front line had improved, Degangan sent another telegram, saying: "General, one of our warehouses was attacked last night and all the supplies were looted!"

"How did they move so much supplies under our noses?" Montgomery asked.

"They didn't move away!" Degangang replied: "These materials were distributed to the local people!"

Montgomery couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and asked: "Then what?"

He knew there was more to it. If it were just like this, this question wouldn't be worth mentioning at all.

"The guerrillas are becoming more and more active!" Degangan said: "The railways are bombed frequently, small groups are often attacked, and the number of assassinations of soldiers increases... Originally we thought this was just the Egyptian underground organization taking advantage of the fire to rob. , but this raid on the warehouse was very professional, and we have reason to believe that they were trained and supported by the Germans!”

Then Montgomery understood that the problems he had to face were not just on the battlefield.