Chapter 546： make a prompt decision

Is it too cruel to use people as a shield and tie them to the front to block bullets for yourself?

In war, victory or defeat is the most important thing. History books are written by victors, and no one needs to say that anyone is inhumane.

During World War I, some troops had done this before, but it was the French at the time who tied German prisoners and civilians to their chariots to charge. Who held the French accountable?

Any war has nothing to do with civilians, it is all nonsense, everything is based on victory! In order to win, various means can be used.

The gas bombs during the First World War are an example.

But now, in order to persevere, Skorzene must do everything possible to delay the action of the French team. Of course, he knows what it means for his troops to control this place. He will bear ten times, even A hundred times the French attack, if he doesn't play tricks, how can he persist until reinforcements arrive?

Just this human shield can block the opponent for several hours!

As for the safety of these human shields, the decision is up to the opponent's French commander, depending on how the opponent handles it.

This is definitely a headache decision.

As the commander-in-chief, Darlan is now in this state. He was confident that he could be beaten with 100% confidence in the first attack, but he was beaten back by his ass!

The reason is very simple, because the Germans used civilians and captives as shields frantically and blocked their attack abruptly!

How can you do this?

"Germans, it's too much. This is a flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions." By the side of Darlan, the commander of the Army Reserve Division Pierre almost yelled like a rooster.

This approach is indeed very excessive, but now, it is not the time to discuss the Geneva Conventions. In fact, when the real war starts and when the jealousy is met, any method can be used. The Germans now Behavior, for them, is the most effective.

The Germans need time. Delaying time is beneficial to the Germans. Darlan knows that he must not be caught by the other party. In other words, he must act decisively!

"Ten minutes of shelling." Darlan said: "After the shelling is covered, we will attack again."

Darlang's words stunned the people present.

Cannon fire coverage! what does this mean? Most of those human shields will die!

Even if it is the experience gained from World War I, before the attack, it is necessary to carry out a covering attack with artillery fire. Artillery fire can disintegrate the opponent’s will and consume the opponent’s vital forces. Especially now, the German airborne troops hurriedly arrived. Here, it is simply impossible to effectively arrange various fortifications.

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

And now, just to accidentally hurt!

"General, if we carry out artillery strikes, the hostages who were captured by the Germans..." Pierre didn't say anything. He was just shocked just now, and now he understands.

Instead of letting those hostages be killed in the crossfire, it’s better to use cannons now. After all, cannon attacks don’t need to face each other and don’t look at how the hostages fell under their guns. This will bring great impact to many people burden.

Instead of using bullets to kill the hostages, it is better to use a cannon.

"Execute the order." Darlan said: "We don't know what hostages are. Now, we only know that a group of Germans control our vault. There are thousands of tons of French gold in it."

There is nothing to hide, let the soldiers know why they are fighting.

Those people were originally guarding the gold. According to the truth, they should bravely and tenaciously resist the German attack, and died until the last person. Now they are alive, they will go to a military court afterwards.

It's not as good as now, their heroic sacrifices can still give them a good ending.

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

If mercy is not in charge, now is the time to make sacrifices!

"Execute the order, I am the highest commander here." Darlang continued, he gave the order, and if something happens in the future, he should also be responsible.

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

What are the lives of some prisoners? It can be said that if Darlang is now being used as a human shield, he will also order to fire. To blame, blame them for their bad lives!

Darlang's order was issued, and after receiving the order, an artillery battalion belonging to the reserve division immediately began preparations.

In the history of World War II, France was purely a soy sauce player. During the whole war, there was nothing to attract people's attention. People thought that France was chanting the slogan of the most powerful army on the mainland. In fact, nothing. Not Of course, it is not like this. France actually has some good equipment, such as its artillery.

In terms of ground suppression artillery with a caliber of 65 to 155 millimeters, France was well-deserved first in World War I and World War II. No other country can compare it.

For example, the m1897 75mm field gun.

From the name, you can know that this type of artillery was in service in 1897, and now it is definitely of the grandfather level.

Moreover, the range and weight of this gun is average, but the rate of fire is against the sky, no other artillery can match!

How fast is it? With a rate of fire of 15 to 18 rounds per minute, it can be said that bolt-action rifles are not so fast! It is almost twice the size of the German fk96 77 field gun at the same time.

Even now, this rate of fire is against the sky. At the same time, this grandfather-level artillery is still active on the battlefield, and the current reserve infantry division is equipped with 18 such artillery. At the same time, They can only be equipped with this kind of artillery, and other advanced artillery should be given priority to the frontline troops.

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

They pushed their 75mm wild artillery and slowly pushed forward. This wild artillery is actually a cannon with a straight trajectory and an effective range of only 8,500 meters. Therefore, it has to advance a little bit. , To be able to attack effectively.

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

A piece of vine covered the Panther 2 tank just right, some of the leaves in front were cleared away, just leaving a clear shot boundary. From the high-magnification aiming system, the tanker can easily see the situation on the opposite side. .

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