The First Aztec Mercenary Division shipped from the Americas actually included the "assistant defense" troops stationed by the Navy Department in Aztec. Originally, these regular troops of the Navy were preparing to withdraw from the Aztecs and maintained
The task of federal interests in the Aztecs was handed over to a paramilitary force composed of local Chinese to cooperate with Lin Youde's propaganda. This time, it would be better to form a force directly with the Aztec mercenaries recruited locally.
, put it on a ship and ship it to Europe.
Because of this, the unit commanders and most of the mid-level officers are Chinese.
The person who served as the division commander at this time was He Laoliu, a combat hero from the Marine Corps and Nanyang Army era. The old man was over sixty this year, but he did not look old at all. His back was straight. He stood in the French artillery observation post.
Unconsciously, he used a telescope to observe the German positions.
The French lieutenant who was originally responsible for indicating targets for artillery in the observation post was quite surprised. His surprise was not because such an old man was still serving, because during World War I, there were many old generals in each team. What surprised him was that such an old man was still serving.
An old general who should obviously stay in the rear headquarters and being cared for by a group of orderlies actually ran to the front line in a fierce firefight. This French lieutenant has been a soldier for some years, and this is the first time he has faced such a situation.
situation.
"Thanks to the French's desperate charge," He Laoliu said to his staff in Chinese, "the German machine gun positions have been exposed, and we don't need to conduct probing attacks ourselves."
"Yes." He Laoliu's deputy nodded. "This alone can save us thousands of casualties. We really have to thank the French."
"I think there is a good attack path just in front of us." He Laoliu put down the telescope and showed the adjutant with his finger, "From this crater to that crater, there is a ditch that can be used in the middle." Only a small distance will be exposed.
Under German machine gun fire."
"Well, yes. Are we going to send out the commando team now?,...
"No, no," He Laoliu waved his hand, "This is the territory of the French. Let's look at the faces of the French first. Why don't we dominate the guests and usurp the host like this? Besides, fire support and so on." Fight for as much as you can, as much as you can.
Reduce our casualties."
At this time, someone yelled and cursed from the trench outside the observation post.
Everyone's eyes were directed to the door of the observation post. As if he had calculated the timing, General Vinny, who was commanding all the French troops in the current area, walked into the observation post. He was also an old man in his sixties, and the French general had a round belly.
, his cheeks were full of fat. He held a white handkerchief to his nose and his face was full of disgust.
"Why is it that no one cleans out the corpses? Are you happy that the plague starts to spread in the trenches?" General Winnie scolded the adjutant behind him, and then raised his head and looked at the Chinese general in front of him.
At this moment, the French soldiers present suddenly no longer wanted to follow Pooh's order, and the Chinese soldiers and staff instantly became very proud - they were also generals, the contrast was too obvious.
"This is actually quite normal." Although France has been in constant turmoil for the past hundred years, it can be regarded as an old capitalist empire. Once anything is related to "old" cars, it means there must be something pedantic. Therefore, the French army has people like Pooh in their mouths.
There are many mediocre generals who were born with golden spoons. On the contrary, Lin Youde's Nanyang Army was created from scratch, and most of the senior generals were beaten. Naturally, they have a completely different aura from those with golden spoons.
He Laoliu frowned when the French commander looked like that, but he immediately turned his face away and covered up his momentary disgust and contempt by talking to him: "What did this pig just say?"
The French did not prepare a Chinese translation at all." So He Laoliu had no scruples, which made the Chinese staff laugh and feel very bitter.
Fan Yi said to He Laoliu: "Sir, he is complaining about why the dead bodies in the trenches were not cleaned up in time."
He Laoliu smacked his lips and whispered: "It seems that we are still prepared to rely on our own strength to attack the enemy."
He Laoliu's adjutant immediately agreed: "I think so too."
At this time, the French people began to say polite words. He Laoliu guessed what was going on by looking at his expression, so he put on a friendly and cordial expression and listened patiently to the string of retroflex sounds.
After the Frenchman finished speaking, he started to turn around. After only two sentences, He Laoliu signaled that he could stop. Then he went directly to the topic: "Your Majesty Commander, we are preparing to launch a counterattack against the enemy in front of us and regain the lost position. I hope
You can provide artillery support."
After talking about it, Winnie said: "Our military artillery has a particularly serious consumption of artillery shells and no longer has the strength to provide support, and the artillery units under the group army are not under my command."
After hearing this, He Laoliu shook his head and said, "Then we will do it ourselves."
At this time, the radio soldier who had been in the observation post reported to He Laoliu: "If you contact Mr. Lin, you can provide us with naval gun support, but the caliber is not large, so don't expect too much."
"Okay, okay." He Laoliu was overjoyed when he heard this. He habitually touched the badge with Lin Youde's head on his chest. "It's not a big caliber. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine. It's fine." He ordered the troops to prepare to attack.
General Vigny soon left because he couldn't stand the smell in the trenches. Among his adjutants, only de Gaulle, who had recently been transferred to the army staff because of his military exploits, chose to stay.
De Gaulle was Pétain's favorite disciple, and the principle of defensive counterattack that Pétain believed in was generally despised among French generals, as was Vinny. The fat general always felt that De Gaulle was very annoying, so he was happy to kick the young man out for the time being.
Leave your own headquarters.
De Gaulle did not understand Chinese. Fortunately, the Chinese troops included Indian soldiers, so many orders were translated into English and issued.
De Gaulle first noticed that the Chinese command system was very different from the French army. He almost didn't see the messengers running around. All orders were given via radio. He probably figured it out. Five people in the observation post were wearing headphones.
Among the radio soldiers, four were responsible for liaison with specific units, and the other was obviously in contact with the higher-level agency of the division headquarters. De Gaulle guessed that this higher-level agency was probably Lin Youde, Minister of the Navy of the Chinese Federation, who was in Paris at this time.
De Gaulle also found that most Chinese soldiers were not preparing for an attack. On the contrary, they were busy making themselves more comfortable climbing in the trenches. De Gaulle knew that this was generally to enable them to shoot more accurately when firing rifles. The same action
The French army would only do this when conducting defensive operations.
Just when de Gaulle was looking confused, a roar came from the sky.
A round of artillery shells landed behind the German position in the distance.
De Gaulle realized that this was a trial.
The second shot fell in front of the German line. The Chinese general in the artillery observation post looked very anxious. He gestured with the operator and the older officers with his hands, and spoke at a very fast speed that de Gaulle could not understand.
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The third shell accurately landed near the trench controlled by the Germans.
Immediately afterwards, the barrage fell.
The number and caliber of the artillery were not large, but it was obvious that the Chinese artillery was very accurate. Just as de Gaulle was praising him, China began to attack.
They dispatched a small team of only a dozen people. This lightly-armed team jumped out of the trench nimbly, then quickly rushed into the bomb crater not far from the trench, and then hid in the bomb crater for a while before jumping up and charging.
Down the next crater.
The Germans finally discovered this small unit. The German soldiers ignored the Chinese who were still conducting barrage bombardments and began to sweep at the Chinese advancing troops.
Almost at the same time, the squadron lying in the trench also began to fight back.
De Gaulle heard the firing sound of a heavy machine gun that was heavier than the French Maxine. He guessed that the Chinese should be equipped with a heavy machine gun with a larger caliber than the Maxin, but his attention at this time was completely
Focusing on the battle situation in front of him. He held his binoculars high and paid close attention to the progress of the Chinese commandos. He saw three people being swept down and others crawling forward, rolling from one bomb crater to another.
Although the Chinese suppressive firepower was very fierce, the Germans still fired tenaciously. The few commandos were hit one after another and lay on the ground motionless.
However, one man successfully reached the front of the German lines.
He started throwing grenades.
Explosions more precise than artillery fire exploded one after another in the German trenches.
At this time, the Chinese sent a second commando team.
This time, the German army, which was harassed by grenades, asked three commandos to rush into the crater in front of the trench.
The Chinese artillery fire quietly stopped at this time, which obviously made the Germans judge that the Chinese were about to launch a large-scale attack, and they decided to kill the Chinese commandos who came to the trenches first.
A large number of German soldiers jumped out of the trenches, only to be neatly knocked down by submachine guns. The Chinese machine guns on this position kept roaring, supporting the small force of only four people in front.
At this time, the Chinese sent a third commando team. Each person in this commando team carried something like a long bamboo pole behind their backs.
De Gaulle relied on his military instinct to judge that it should be some kind of explosive.
This time, half of the commandos arrived in front of the German-occupied trenches.
Five minutes later, a violent explosion occurred on the German position. Even without a telescope, De Gaulle could see that many German soldiers and various weapons were blown up into the sky.
The Chinese general who was in the same room as De Gaulle roared with joy, which shocked De Gaulle. But then the general did something that shocked De Gaulle even more: he grabbed the guard's submachine gun and pulled it skillfully.
He fired the gun, then directly opened the wooden roof of the artillery observation post and jumped out.
De Gaulle said: "F*ck"
He suddenly felt that his blood was boiling all over. A simple summary of that feeling was: Even an old general like Damn, I'm so embarrassed.
So he pulled out his pistol, discarded his binoculars, jumped out of the trench, screamed and rushed towards the German position.dd