Peter shouted angrily: "We have been here for such a long time, and now we are actually asked to attack the German supply base Cavassone. God, what do they want to do?"
Kurogie picked up the order and looked at it, and frowned: "There are many Germans there, and once the Sichuan Brigade goes deep, it will not receive artillery support and may be surrounded.
Pete, didn't you argue with your reason?" "I have reported it to my superiors three times." Pete looked very helpless: "But every time those damn bureaucrats always said to me, "Pete, Mr. Colonel, this order" Oh my god
, order? What can I do?”
Kurogane shook his head.
Although as the war continues, the US military's command has been improved a lot, but sometimes there are still naive commands that rely entirely on imagination.
Those staff officers who formulate combat missions rarely pay attention to the "real" situation on the front line. Instead, they like to lock themselves in a room, look at the map, and rack their brains to formulate some ridiculous "plans...".
When a plan... failed, the staff began to hurriedly formulate another new task that was completely unattainable.
But what can you do? Those "bureaucrats" in Pete's words always think that they are the most correct and wise...
Although Peter was full of complaints, he still had to hand over the position to friendly forces for defense. He took the soldiers of the Sichuan Brigade to start this ridiculous "mission"!
The two wings were covered by the French, but the French were completely untrustworthy. From the beginning of the war, they were driven from here to here and there again like monkeys by the Germans.
If it weren't for the British, maybe the whole of France would be flying German flags now!
And the damn road was full of potholes, and the soldiers were stumbling as they walked. If they weren't careful, they could easily stumble into those shell holes and fall to a bruised face.
Curses kept coming from the team. If the superiors did not break the law, then those guys in the staff would definitely be dragged out by the American soldiers and beaten up severely!
There were some sporadic battles along the way, but they were not very fierce. The Germans focused their main energy on the frontal battlefield and did not pay much attention to this small force.
If you want to reach Cavasson, you must first pass through the Pechison Line of Defense, where there is an entire division of German troops!
Even if Peter tried hard, he really couldn't figure out how to use a brigade of troops to fight an entire German division!
Should the soldiers be strapped with grenades to blow up the German positions? God himself would be beaten to a pulp by his subordinates as soon as he raised this idea.
"Colonel, there is a battle in Pechissen." Second Lieutenant Malone from the vanguard company came over and said nonchalantly.
"Battle? How could there be a battle there?" Peter was a little confused and asked someone to bring a map. He looked at it for a long time but still couldn't figure out why.
Hell, Pechisena isn't the main battlefield.
"How many people are attacking Pechison? Our people, or the French?"
"How do I know?" Ma Long shrugged: "The fighting was very fierce. I don't want my people to die."
"You should be sent to a fucking court-martial and hanged!" Pete cursed angrily: "Get in touch with the attacking troops immediately, or I will kick your ass and order you to charge!"
This obviously frightened Ma Long, and he ran out in despair.
Kurogie was really helpless when he saw this. Where are the soldiers and where are they fighting? It seems that whether they win or lose, they have nothing to do with them!
"Hey, Colonel, I brought you the commander of the offensive force!" About an hour later, Malone excitedly brought a colonel to Pete.
"Colonel Pete of the Tychon Brigade!"
"Colonel Danny, 17th Army Brigade!"
Danny had obviously heard of Pete's name: "Are you that Miracle Insurmountable Pete of Meepans?"
Pete was overjoyed that someone knew his "famous name": "Danny, why are you here?"
For this question, Danny actually couldn't answer: "I can only blame the damn map. I was going to Vinion, but God knows how I ended up here. The intelligence was completely messed up. I thought there were only a few Germans there, but I thought...
The charge broke through here, but when the attack started, I found that the Germans were far more numerous than I thought."
Peter deeply agreed: "There are Germans there who are afraid of an entire division."
"A whole division?" Danny's eyes widened: "God, that's what your intelligence said? There is no whole division, at most there is only one regiment of Germans!"
Peter and Danny looked at each other and saw that the information they had was completely different?
Before entering Europe, the U.S. battlefield intelligence system had just been formed, and even those so-called battlefield intelligence personnel did not receive any training at all.
The American Expeditionary Force in France recognized this shortcoming and called the War Department to request that intelligence personnel be sent to France before their unit departed so that they could participate in a special intelligence training course. The course initially included a quick introduction to the front lines, and later
Entered the U.S. Expeditionary Forces General Staff College in Langreux, France.
However, the war has already reached this point, and it is too late to pay attention to battlefield intelligence work. Some ridiculous "information" has emerged one after another.
Peter took the "information" provided to him by the Oak News Office and looked at it hastily, then crumpled it into a ball angrily and threw it to the ground.
"What about you, where are you going?" Danny asked casually.
"Cavazon." Peter replied without curiosity.
"That's just right." Danny became excited: "If you want to go to Cavazon, you have to pass here. Peter, take your people to help and deal with those damn Germans!"
Pete has no choice but to help them.
The Sichuan Brigade quickly joined the battle.
There was indeed only one German regiment guarding Pechison, and it was fighting against the 17th U.S. Army.
After the fierce fighting of the brigade, the Germans' disadvantages were quickly exposed: they had serious problems with their ammunition supply.
And look at those American soldiers, firing bullets and throwing grenades desperately without any scruples.
Markian, the German commander in charge of the position, was angry and helpless. The Americans on the opposite side were not worthy of being called an army in his eyes, but their ammunition was too reckless. If he could have that much,
Arms, Markian is fully confident that he can hold on here for the first half of the year or even longer.
But there are never ifs on the battlefield...
The U.S. military discovered the problem of the Germans' insufficient ammunition and began to pounce on them. The German soldiers behaved very bravely. They continued to inflict heavy damage on the Americans with the limited ammunition in their hands.
"Damn Germans" Danny held the telescope and kept mumbling curses.
Suddenly, his cursing stopped, and then he suddenly fell to the ground. The poor colonel was hit by a stray bullet that flew from nowhere!
"Danny!" Peter quickly picked up Danny: "Medical officer, medical officer!"
"God, it hurts." Danny's wound was bleeding profusely, and he said painfully: "Pete, I'm going to die..."
"Hell, hell, you won't die, no!" Pete shouted loudly: "Live, you must live, this damn war is almost over!"
A bitter smile appeared on Danny's face: "I can feel God calling me, Pete, promise me, seize the opposite position and take the soldiers out. They should live well!"
Peter nodded with difficulty.
A smile appeared on Danny's face, and then his body shook rapidly a few times, then stopped moving again.
The medical officer who hurried over checked it, then shook his head regretfully at Peter and made the sign of the cross on his chest.
After putting down Danny's body, Peter stood up. Although he and Danny had just met, Danny was also an American officer after all. How could he suddenly be killed in battle like this?
This is the highest-ranking officer killed in action since the U.S. military entered Europe.
"Peter." Heitie patted Peter on the shoulder: "Now that you are the top military officer here, you must gather the forces of the two brigades and give them unified command. The Germans are running out of ammunition, so go and occupy the position!
"
Peter nodded slowly.
The subsequent battle was not fierce. The Germans, who had used up their last bullets, sent an officer to negotiate.
The German commander Markian put forward some demands that were not excessive, and Peter accepted them in full. Then Markian led his troops to put down their weapons, walked out neatly, and handed over the position to the Americans.
Peter felt a little regretful. If Danny could persist a little longer, he might be able to see victory.
Maybe I was really lucky. I might not have been able to get through the Pechison Line of Defense with my own strength, but Danny and his 17th Brigade got here by mistake because of the wrong map and wrong intelligence.
And helped Pitt consume the German power to the greatest extent.
However, the Pechison Line of Defense is not his destination. He has only one destination: Cavassone!
How many Germans were waiting for him there? One division? Two divisions? Or many German divisions? Peter had no idea of victory at all.
Just do whatever you can to win, at least you have tried your best.
Peter comforted himself in his heart.
"In Cavazon, too, there is only one regiment's strength!"!.