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The Third Empire - Chapter 546

Published at 19th of October 2021 11:51:10 AM


Chapter 546: 546

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Is it too cruel to use people as shields, tie them in front and block bullets for your side?

In the war, the victory or defeat is the most critical. History books are written by the victors. No one needs to say who is inhuman.

In World War I, some troops did this, but at that time, they were French. They tied German prisoners and civilians to charge in front of their chariots. Who has investigated the responsibility of the French?

What war has nothing to do with civilians is nonsense. Everything is based on the principle of victory! In order to win, various means can be used.

World War I poison gas bombs are an example.

Now, in order to persevere, skorzner must do everything possible to delay the action of the French army. Of course, he knows what it means that his troops control here. He will bear ten times or even a hundred times the attack of the French. If he doesn't play some tricks, how can he persist until the reinforcements arrive?

Just this human shield can block each other for a few hours!

As for the life safety of these human shields, the decision is up to the French commander of the other party to see how the other party handles it.

This is definitely a headache choice.

As the commander-in-chief, Darlan is in this state now. Originally, he was confident that he could beat down his first attack, but he was beaten back by his ass!

The reason is very simple, because the Germans madly used civilians and prisoners as shields to block their attack!

How can this be?

"Germans, it's too much. It's a flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions." Next to Darlan, Pierre, the commander of the Army Reserve Division, shouted almost at the top of his voice, like a rooster.

This approach is indeed excessive, but now is not the time to discuss the Geneva Conventions. In fact, when there is a real war and envy, whatever means can be used. Now this behavior of the Germans is the most effective for them.

Germans need time. Delaying time is good for Germans. Darlan knows that he must not fall into the trap of the other party, that is to say, he must make a quick decision!

"Ten minutes of shelling." Darlan said: "after the artillery coverage, we will attack again."

Darlan's words immediately stunned the people present.

Artillery coverage! What does that mean? Most of those people will die!

Even from the experience gained in World War I, it is quite necessary to carry out artillery coverage before the attack. Artillery can disintegrate the other party's will and consume the other party's effective strength. Especially now, the German airborne troops rush here and simply can't effectively arrange all kinds of fortifications.

However, in the first attack, Darlan did not order artillery coverage, because he was afraid of accidental injury.

And now, it's going to be hurt by mistake!

"General, if we attack with artillery fire, those hostages captured by the Germans..." Pierre didn't say anything. Just now he was just shocked, and now he understood.

Instead of letting those hostages be killed in the exchange of fire, it's better to use cannons now. After all, there is no need to face each other in the attack of cannons, and there is no need to see how the hostages fall under their guns, which will bring a great burden to many people.

It's better to use cannons than bullets to kill the hostages.

"Execute the order." Darlan said: "we don't know any hostages. Now, we only know that a group of Germans control our vault, which contains thousands of tons of French gold."

There is nothing to hide. Let the soldiers know why they fight.

Those people were supposed to guard gold. According to the truth, they should bravely and tenaciously resist the German attack and die until the last person. Now they are alive and have to go to the military court afterwards.

Now, their heroic sacrifice can give them a good ending.

As a admiral, as the general who saved the whole French Republic at this critical juncture, Darlan had no choice but to make up his mind!

It's time to sacrifice now!

"Execute the order. I'm the Supreme Commander here." Darlan went on to say that he gave the order, and that he should be responsible for any accident in the future.

What responsibility is greater than losing thousands of tons of gold? As long as the gold is rescued, he will have no fault. If the gold is not recovered, his best outcome is to die here.

What are the lives of just a few prisoners? It can be said that now if Darlan is used as a human shield, he will also order to fire. If you want to blame them, blame their lives!

Darlan's order was issued. After receiving the order, an artillery battalion belonging to the Reserve Division immediately began to prepare.

In the history of World War II, France was purely a role of playing soy sauce. During the whole war, it did not do anything eye-catching. It was thought that France was shouting the slogan of the most powerful army in the mainland, but it was nothing.

Of course, it's not like this. France actually has some good equipment, such as its artillery.

For the ground suppression artillery of 65 to 155 mm calibre, France was the first in World War I and World War II, and no other country can compare it.

For example, the m1897 75mm field gun.

From the name, we can know that this kind of artillery was finalized for service in 1897. Now, it is definitely grandpa level.

Moreover, the range and weight of this gun are average, but the anti sky is the firing speed, which is comparable to that of other guns!

How fast? The firing rate is 15 to 18 rounds per minute. It can be said that the bolt rifle is not so fast! It is almost twice the fk96 77 field gun of Germany in the same period.

Even now, this kind of firing speed is very adverse. At the same time, this kind of grandfather level artillery is still active in the battlefield. Now the reserve infantry division is equipped with 18 such artillery. At the same time, they only have this kind of artillery. Other advanced artillery should be supplied to the front-line troops first.

After receiving the order, the artillery prepared nervously and orderly.

They pushed their 75mm field gun forward slowly. This field gun is actually a kind of cannon. It has a straight trajectory and an effective range of only 8500 meters. Therefore, it needs to move forward in order to attack effectively.

They didn't know that at this time, the 50 mm tank gun opposite was aiming at them.

A grapevine properly covered the Panther 2 tank, and some leaves in front were cleared, leaving a clear shooting range. From the high magnification aiming system, the tank hand can easily see the situation opposite.

"A grenade, load!" Shouted the conductor.




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