The decisive battle against the Third Reich

After the mine-clearing tanks came the main attacking force of the British army. Dozens of tanks of various models covered a regiment of infantry and charged towards Highland Zero.

This should be said to be a tentative attack by the British army. They hope to explore the firepower and defensive weaknesses of the German army or further clear the obstacles in front of the defense line to allow subsequent troops to advance faster.

The artillery shells were still roaring on the high ground. Instead of weakening, they were intensifying. Many of the shells hit the reverse slope... It was obvious that the British mortar troops had also joined the bombing.

Soon, the bombers flew in groups over the highlands and dropped bombs. Suddenly, the entire battlefield was filled with the screams and explosions of bombs. The soldiers hiding in the tunnels seemed to be loaded down one by one. A small worm enters the bottle and rolls and shakes in the stormy waves.

In the darkness, Qin Chuan felt that someone had vomited, because the vomit had splashed on him, and there was a sour smell in the air, but he could not find out who had done the "good thing", and he could not speak or give orders at this time. How meaningful it was, because the explosion of artillery shells and bombs had covered up most of the sounds. Qin Chuan could only wait in the tunnel, waiting...

With a "boom", a shell exploded at the entrance of the tunnel. The thick smoke with the smell of gunpowder blocked the only light and rushed into the tunnel like the devil's black hand. A cough was immediately heard in the tunnel. Voice.

The bombing lasted for more than twenty minutes, and a sharp whistle finally came from outside the tunnel. Qin Chuan immediately waved his hand and led the soldiers out of the tunnel.

This is a tactic used in tunnel warfare.

Generally speaking, the soldiers stay in the trenches to hide, just like Qin Chuan did when he defended along the Alexander Line.

The disadvantage of this is that it cannot effectively protect against artillery, because the most it can do is lay a layer of camouflage net on the trench so that the enemy artillery cannot determine the location of the trench... But this is obviously unreliable, because the enemy only needs to launch a charge. It's easy to detect this.

Then, the enemy's artillery shells will hit the trenches in pieces. Many of these shells can even penetrate directly into the trenches, such as mortars with curved trajectories.

Therefore, at this time, the offense and defense often need to confront each other head-on.

For example, artillery is used to suppress the opponent's artillery, and the artillery battle will soon extend to the battle for air supremacy... This is a regular offensive and defensive battle.

Before the US military entered the war, the German army was able to fight regular offensive and defensive battles. Even because of Rommel's proper use of tactics, that is, using inferior forces to launch attacks, it achieved victory again and again.

However, after the U.S. military entered the war, since all air power was tilted towards the Allies, regular offensive and defensive warfare was tantamount to suicide for the German army... Allied aircraft would blow up any German artillery unit that dared to fight back, and German fighter planes were Don't dare to attack easily even when you are at a disadvantage.

Therefore, irregular defensive warfare such as tunnel warfare has its place.

German soldiers were not defending in trenches, but hiding in tunnel fortifications. In this way, they can still preserve their effectiveness even when the enemy has complete air and artillery superiority.

But there will be a problem.

The soldiers hiding in the tunnels do not know when the enemy will rush to the high ground or to what position they rush to. They may even occupy the high ground with a single charge. The soldiers hiding in the tunnels still know nothing.

The solution to this problem is to establish a reconnaissance team.

This reconnaissance group consists of a company. They generally do not participate directly in battles. Their tasks are reconnaissance and warning... Their tunnels are built near the mountain top position or near the ridge. (The so-called ridge line refers to the line on the top of the mountain where you can see the positive slope when you stick your head out.)

When the enemy is bombing, the reconnaissance team is responsible for observing and guarding the mountaintop position and the ridge area... Even if there is a danger of being killed, they must be outside, and as many as they are killed must be replaced. Only in this way can we Always keep your eye on the enemy.

Then, when the enemy advances to the danger line or the bombing reaches a quasi-safe stage, the reconnaissance team will send a signal to the main force in the tunnel to come out of the tunnel for defense.

This is the quasi-safe stage... the enemy bombers have dropped their bombs and left. Tanks, cannons, etc. can only hit the forward slope. Only a small number of mortars and howitzer shells can hit the reverse slope and cannot cause large-scale damage to the German army. Kill.

Qinchuan led the soldiers to climb up to the top of the mountain along the traffic trench that was almost blown into a small ditch. Looking down, groups of British soldiers were moving toward the high ground in skirmish formations.

"They should be Australians!" Bazel said to Qin Chuan who caught up.

Qin Chuan understood what Bazel meant. The British did not have the guts to directly attack the highlands under such circumstances.

"It's time for you to show off!" Bazel patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder.

Qin Zhong waved his hand, and the soldiers of the French battalion entered the position with rifles.

This is a very strange way of fighting. French soldiers and German soldiers fight in a mixed manner... France is the French battalion, and Germany is the second company where Qin Chuan is located.

The soldiers of the French battalion were on the front line, and the second company, under the leadership of Bazel, served as a backup force.

This was Qin Chuan's suggestion because he planned to have the French battalion perform a special mission in the near future.

Needless to say what this mission is, soldiers disguised as Free France, or more specifically "Fighting France" sneak into Gafsa to fight. (Note: De Gaulle's government was originally called "Free France" and later changed to "Fighting France")

This is undoubtedly a dangerous mission. If the French battalion has not been tempered and has not even killed anyone... I am afraid that it will be revealed in a few seconds.

Now is a training opportunity for the French camp.

The sound of artillery gradually weakened. This was because the British soldiers were close to the position on the top of the mountain. If they fired higher, the shrapnel exploded by the artillery shells would inevitably hurt their own people.

So in the puffs of gunpowder smoke, the British troops who were divided into several groups and used the terrain and craters to cover each other and advance, loomed in front of the French battalion.

Behind these British troops, a row of tanks was waiting at the foot of the mountain. Anti-aircraft machine guns and mortars were aimed at the front of the British troops and adjusted to provide them with cover at any time.

"Hold on!" Qin Chuan said, "Just like what you did in training, aim at the target and pull the trigger, and then you can win this battle!"

The more difficult and dangerous the situation, the more Qin Chuan will simplify it, because Qin Chuan knows that only in this way can these new recruits relax.

As for whether they can pass this test, it depends on themselves.