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Chapter 217 Countermeasures

"General!" De Gungan reported to Montgomery: "We suffered more than 300 more soldiers last night!"

"What?" Montgomery was stunned when he heard this: "Did the German sniper do it?"

"No, General!" De Gangan replied: "They sent commandos at night to attack with mortars and grenades!"

Montgomery couldn't help but frowned.

He was really reluctant to face these details, but he had to face them because these details seemed like tactics, but if they were developed on a large scale, they would become strategic issues...

If five hundred people are lost every day, even if the British army is ready to make more than two hundred people in half in the future, more than two thousand people will be lost in ten days. Over time, this is an astronomical figure that cannot be borne.

More importantly, the German tactics made the British army feel powerful and had nowhere to use... Tanks could not enter their minefields, and the cannon-carpet bombing had a low killing rate, so the plane would not have any effect.

The taboo on the battlefield is that when facing the enemy's tactics, one's side has no choice but to be beaten passively, because this will put the entire army in a mentality of "the German army cannot defeat it, and will definitely lose", which will simply affect morale.

In fact, there is indeed no good way to deal with this tactic. Just like during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the volunteers used tunnels to fire cold guns during the day, and crawled out of the tunnels at night, attacking the US military, causing peace to the US military.

It's like touching holes and burying trenches when fighting with Vietnam... This can actually be said to be a special combat.

If you really want to say that there is a countermeasure, it is to "treat the person with the way he is."... The best way to deal with special operations is special operations.

Montgomery is a famous general. He soon thought of this and said, "Why can't we do this too?"

"What?" Degangan couldn't help but widen his eyes: "But, General, this requires the soldiers to lurk all day during the day, and we don't have such soldiers!"

"Then hurry up and train!" Montgomery said angrily: "Why can the Germans do it, why can't our soldiers do it?"

As it turns out, Montgomery's words were wrong. The British army may not be able to do what the Germans could do...

De Gangan released the training plan next, and the British officers and soldiers were frightened:

"I don't think it's any point, General!"

"This is simply sending those soldiers to die. Congress will not agree to such inhumane practice!"

"The Germans are crazy, which doesn't mean we have to be crazy like them!"

...

In the end, Montgomery could only compromise because it was indeed a bit "inhumane". The incident was transmitted back to the UK and it would inevitably cause an uproar. By then, Montgomery might be questioned like Churchill.

So naturally, this important task fell on the shoulders of the Australian and New Zealand troops.

Australia and New Zealand are actually the easiest to be treated as cannon fodder because their status is just right...

The British are the best people, so of course they cannot do such difficult and dangerous tasks.

The colonial army in Africa, India and other countries are inferior people. Although they can do it, they cannot do it due to their culture, quality and willingness... The African army even wants to teach them to line up neatly, let alone pretending and lying on the battlefield without moving for a whole day.

Indian soldiers may be able to do it. Their endurance of many people is unimaginable under the influence of the idea of ​​"suffering this life and enjoying happiness in the next life". The problem is that their thoughts have everything that goes with the flow.

This is also related to their religion. Hinduism advocates that people are born into different levels. High castes are destined to be high castes. Low castes are destined to be low castes when they are born. Everything is destined.

So since everything is destined, why should you restrain yourself?

So they do whatever they want and say whatever they want, just like animals, don’t think too much about things... This is one of the reasons why Indians are lazy, make excuses, lie, be arrogant, and not punctual.

This kind of character that goes with the flow is reflected in the military, which means that they have a very bad shooting skills because they have the idea of ​​Africans believing in witch doctors, believing that whether they can hit the target or whether they can survive on the battlefield is destined rather than relying on their daily efforts to practice their own efforts.

Of course, in addition, it also has something to do with their low cultural level. They will not calculate wind bias and measure these things in advance.

Therefore, the only one who can take on this "heavy task" is the soldiers of Australia and New Zealand.

As second-class citizens, the New Armed Forces accepted this task happily in order to show their loyalty to their masters, and even regarded it as a kind of honor: only Australia is the entire army, and the New Armed Forces are competent, which is so valuable!

In fact, two words should be added before this value... "Use".

Of course, the snipers trained by the Australian and New Army are not at the same level as German snipers on the battlefield. On the one hand, this is because the German K98K has better accuracy and is more suitable for sniping. On the other hand, it is because the German army received more professional and comprehensive training.

In addition, the Australian and New Zealand armies still rushed into battle, so the two armies made almost all the mistakes made by German snipers during exercises and training, and were often suppressed and beaten by the German army on the battlefield.

However, objectively speaking, this approach is still effective... Snipers are a bit like landmines. No matter how poor the quality landmines are buried on the ground, they can block them. The same is true for Australian and new snipers. Although their quality is not as good as the German army, as long as they disguise themselves and hide them in the position, German snipers cannot fight with confidence.

But the German army's strategy was not that simple.

Just as Montgomery was relieved about the improvement of the situation on the front line, DeGanggang sent another telegram, saying: "General, one of our warehouses was attacked last night and the supplies were looted!"

"How did they move so much supplies under our noses?" Montgomery asked.

"They didn't move!" Degangan replied: "These supplies were distributed to local people!"

Montgomery couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "What?"

He knew there was still somewhere else, and if it were just like this, this question would not be worth mentioning at all.

"The guerrillas are becoming more and more active!" De Gangan said: "The railways are frequently bombed, small groups of troops are often attacked, and the military is assassinated to rise in numbers... We originally thought this was just an Egyptian underground organization robbing by fire, but this sneak attack on the warehouse is very professional, and we have reason to believe that they are trained and supported by the Germans!"
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