The decisive battle against the Third Reich

"Otto!" After observing the high ground for a while, Major General Allen said to the staff: "Give the coordinates to the artillery and air force. It's time for them to play their role!"

"Yes, sir!"

Following a call, the sky soon resounded with the whistling sound of artillery shells. Each artillery shell exploded into radiating dust and smoke on the hilltop position and the front slope of the highland. It plowed back and forth several times and exploded for ten minutes.

Then twelve more bombers descended from the sky with the roar of their motors and dropped a row of bombs on the reverse slope.

This kind of bombing intensity was a bit shabby for the US military, so when the gunfire stopped, Allen yelled: "Damn it, why did you stop? Let them continue bombing!"

"General!" the staff officer replied: "We don't have enough ammunition, and they have to leave the shells for other troops!"

Allen knew this. The U.S. military could only use one small port, and this small port needed to serve the 2nd Armored Division. Therefore, the artillery shells could only be transported back and forth by transport boats, which allowed the U.S. military to be transported ashore and put into use. There isn't much ammunition for fighting.

"Okay!" Major General Allen said: "Let the mortars be ready for fire cover. It's time for us to take this high ground!"

After a burst of mortar shells, Major General Allen sent a company of troops to attack the high ground.

Qin Chuan, who was looking down with a telescope from the position on the top of the mountain, was a little unimaginable when he saw this scene... These Americans actually wanted to take over this high ground with only one company! !

This fully shows that the British army did not tell the US military relevant intelligence, that is, how the Germans would use these mountainous operations.

But this doesn’t seem surprising. From a British perspective, the greater the casualties the American army suffers on the battlefield and the less smooth the attack, the more beneficial it will be to Britain’s international reputation, because they can tell the world... Look, The war is not as simple as you think. The British army performed much better than the American army.

This is one of the reasons why Montgomery left the offensive direction with poor terrain and poor supplies to the US military. At the same time, Montgomery did not explain the details of tunnel tactics to the US soldiers clearly. The only thing the US soldiers knew about was Eisenhower, who had never been there. There were no verbal warnings from the general who had never seen the tunnels on the battlefield.

Of course, the rebellious American soldiers would not take these verbal warnings to heart.

More importantly, Major General Allen has been worried about the German armored divisions... Because he is worried about the armored divisions, when he encounters infantry and there are only dozens of scattered infantry on the top of the mountain, he will naturally relax psychologically, thinking that They are just some "shrimp soldiers and crab generals" of the Germans, so they naturally underestimate the enemy.

This was beyond Qin Chuan's expectation. He asked the armored division to hide just to allow the armored division to launch a counterattack at a critical moment, but he did not expect that it also played a certain intimidating role among the Allied forces... Several Allied forces include The British troops, including all of them, were worried that the German armored division would suddenly appear in front of them.

As a result, everyone felt lucky and underestimated the enemy when encountering German infantry.

"Put the enemy closer and then fight!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Don't let any of them go!"

"Yes, Captain!" Kuen responded, and then conveyed Qin Chuan's order.

Qin Chuan then took his rifle and observed the group of American soldiers through the scope.

Although the U.S. military has little combat experience, their tactics are still quite practical on the battlefield... This is mainly because the United States is an industrial and technological powerhouse. Once the country becomes strong, the next thing to consider is people-oriented issues, that is, they will How to think about how to minimize casualties on the battlefield.

Of course, any country's military will consider this issue. But some countries are thinking in the wrong direction, such as France's absolute defense theory, the Soviet Union's human sea tactics theory, Britain and Japan's decisive battle tactics theory, etc.

Needless to say, France's absolute defense theory proved to be a joke from the beginning, and France paid a heavy price for this wrong theory.

The Soviet Union's human wave tactics cannot be said to be wrong. It can only be said that it still had certain value for a country like the Soviet Union during World War II.

The decisive battle theory of Britain and Japan believes that as long as the enemy and we win a certain key battle in the battle, they can force the other side to the negotiating table and win the final victory. This is essentially the thinking of World War I. Therefore, Japan In World War II, there were often tactical victories but complete strategic defeats.

Obviously, these are relatively weak tactical theories.

Throughout World War II, there were actually only two countries with more advanced tactics.

The one that takes the lead is Germany... He covers almost all modern advanced tactical theories, such as armor tactics, special operations, etc.

Even modern coordinated tactics of sea, land and air actually originated from Germany's "Blitzkrieg"... "Blitzkrieg" required a high degree of coordination between armored forces, intelligence collection, aerial reconnaissance, infantry, and paratroopers.

The United States uses the "superior firepower" doctrine, which simply means using superior firepower to suppress the opponent so that it can achieve maximum results with minimum casualties.

Therefore, the United States pays more attention to individual rifle firepower and logistics transportation... "Superior firepower" can almost be said to be based on piles of bullets and artillery shells. Once the logistics cannot keep up with the US army, it will be at the mercy of others. This is also the reason why on the battlefield to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, as long as the volunteers interspersed and surrounded the U.S. troops, they immediately retreated.

At this time, the US military in front of Qin Chuan was a US military with insufficient logistics. Although they all held M1 semi-automatic rifles, their individual firepower was much stronger than that of the German army.

The American company was divided into several parts, covering each other and leaping towards the high ground... Compared to the British army, their formation was more dispersed.

This is actually in line with their respective equipment characteristics: what matters in combat is unit firepower. The British "Enfield" rifle has a slower rate of fire than the "M1 Garand" rifle, so British soldiers need more people per unit area to form sufficient firepower. Attack the enemy, while the US military can be more dispersed to reduce possible casualties.

Kuhn may have noticed this. He looked towards Qin Chuan and whispered: "This is a test for marksmanship!"

Kuhn is right. If the firepower cannot match that of the US military, the bullets fired by the soldiers must be accurate enough.

However, Qin Chuan is not worried, because most of his subordinates are elite soldiers who have come down from the battlefield. They are not something that these American soldiers who have just come out of the training ground can deal with them.