Although Jack Churchill also has the surname Churchill, it cannot be said that he has nothing to do with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, but they are also completely unrelated.
The Prime Minister is from a serious aristocratic background. His father, Randolph Churchill, is the third son of the seventh Duke of Marlborough. Among the nobles outside the British royal family, there are only 20 dukedoms. The Duke of Marlborough is in the order of titles.
Ranked tenth.
Although their family was already a declining ducal family at the time, and Randolph only received a title of lordship, he married the daughter of an American millionaire, and the Churchill family became more powerful again. Lord Randolph also succeeded in marrying the 37-year-old
At that time, he served as the then British Chancellor of the Exchequer and accumulated a lot of political wealth for his son, later Prime Minister Churchill.
But this has nothing to do with Jack Churchill. His father was just an engineer in the British colonies. Although his family conditions were not bad, they had nothing to do with being wealthy, let alone being in the upper class.
Perhaps the only legacy Jack Churchill's father left to him and his two younger brothers was to send all three of them to military schools.
However, Jack Churchill was obviously not as outstanding as his younger brother. His younger brother graduated from the same military school as him and had similar service experience. However, at this time, his younger brother was already a major general in the British Army and his superior, but he was still
He was just a middle- and lower-level officer trying to make a living for himself on the battlefield in France.
At this time, he was the cavalry battalion commander of one of the three newly formed armored divisions of the British Army that was trapped. He was ordered by his superiors to serve as the vanguard to clear the way for the larger army.
This is not an easy job, and it is very difficult to do.
Because at this time, every road in France was filled with defeated French troops. Even if they had strong modified military horses and could ride the horses to drive away the crowd, it was still extremely difficult for them to squeeze a way out of the crowd.
It can barely move forward, but the speed is as slow as a turtle crawling, let alone the rapid passage of heavy equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles.
Although they were not unable to attack the French who had surrendered in front of them, Jack Churchill did not want to raise weapons against the allies who had been fighting side by side before, so his cavalry battalion could only rely on the strong physique of modified military horses.
The French on the road pushed to both sides to clear a path for the troops behind them to pass.
But the efficiency of this turtle-speed movement can be imagined. Soon Jack Churchill's cavalry battalion encountered a German force that rushed in front of them to block them.
Jack Churchill did not dare to neglect, and immediately drew out the Scottish sword he carried with him, and ordered his subordinates to follow him and charge towards the Germans.
He clearly understood the situation at this moment. If they were blocked here by the Germans, the only result waiting for them would be annihilation by the German army. Jack Churchill had no intention of surrendering.
Fortunately, with the appearance of the German army, the defeated French army that originally blocked Jack Churchill's advance route quickly moved out of the way, avoiding being killed by stray bullets and giving Jack Churchill's cavalry battalion room to charge.
The modified military horses started to run. Because of their tireless characteristics, they did not need to worry about the physical exertion of the war horses like traditional cavalry when charging. In addition to avoiding falling horses due to high-speed charging, they could completely make the war horses continue to run.
Charge to maximize the advantage of the cavalry.
Jack Churchill thought so and did so. He led his subordinates to form a wedge formation and launched a charge against the German blocking position.
The main equipment of the British cavalry is carbines and sabers. Originally, according to tactical regulations, they should use sabers to charge at this time, but Jack Churchill asked the cavalry to hold carbines with bayonets installed as lances.
to use.
And during the charge, they continued to shoot at the German troops.
Several soldiers who had not thrown away the mortars and other heavy firepower they carried with them in the rout also quickly dismounted, built a simple artillery position, set up a few mortars, and faced the enemy.
The German positions launched an artillery bombardment, providing fire cover for Jack Churchill's charge.
Under such an attack, the small group of German troops who blocked them were quickly defeated. After Jack Churchill rushed into the German position, he chopped down at least four people with his Scottish sword, which really demonstrated his personal strength.
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But he did not have any joyful emotions or thoughts at this time. He just said to a cavalryman beside him: "Send a message to the regiment commander and division commander immediately. The Germans are catching up. We must speed up!"
The cavalryman took the order, and soon turned around with another cavalryman and rushed towards the large army in the rear. Jack Churchill thought so and did the same. He led his subordinates to form a wedge.
formation, and launched a charge against the German blocking position.
The main equipment of the British cavalry is carbines and sabers. Originally, according to tactical regulations, they should use sabers to charge at this time, but Jack Churchill asked the cavalry to hold carbines with bayonets installed as lances.
to use.
And during the charge, they continued to shoot at the German troops.
Several soldiers who had not thrown away the mortars and other heavy firepower they carried with them in the rout also quickly dismounted, built a simple artillery position, set up a few mortars, and faced the enemy.
The German positions launched an artillery bombardment, providing fire cover for Jack Churchill's charge.
Under such an attack, the small group of German troops who blocked them were quickly defeated. After Jack Churchill rushed into the German position, he chopped down at least four people with his Scotch sword, which really demonstrated his personal strength.
.
But he did not have any joyful emotions or thoughts at this time. He just said to a cavalryman beside him: "Send a message to the regiment commander and division commander immediately. The Germans are catching up. We must speed up!"
The cavalryman followed the order and soon turned around with another cavalryman and ran towards the large army in the rear.
And Jack Churchill did not stay where he was. While he asked people to step up their efforts to deal with the newly captured German positions, he asked some cavalry to disperse for reconnaissance to find out the movements of the German army. At the same time, he also sent the remaining cavalry to continue to fight for the enemy.
Large troops open the way.
But this time, Jack Churchill could no longer worry about the defeated French army on the road. He let the cavalry under his command charge up, and if they knocked down the French on the road, it would only be bad luck for them.
After all, under such circumstances, the British could hardly save their own lives, so how could they care about the lives of the French?
