Chapter 548 Immediate Decision (Plus 9)

Is it too cruel to use people as shields, tie them to the front, and block bullets for one's own side?

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

During the First World War, some troops once did this, but it was the French who tied German prisoners and civilians to the front of their chariots and charged. Who has held the French responsible?

Any war has nothing to do with civilians, it's all bullshit, everything is based on the principle of victory! And in order to win, various means can be used.

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

And now, in order to persevere, Skorzeny must do everything possible to delay the actions of the French army. Of course, he knows what it means that his troops are in control of this place. He will bear ten times, even A hundred times the French attack, if he doesn't use some tricks, how can he persist until the reinforcements arrive?

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

As for the safety of these human shields, the decision rests with the French commander of the other side, and see how the other side handles it.

This is definitely a headache.

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

The reason is very simple, because the Germans actually used civilians and prisoners as shields and blocked their attacks abruptly!

How can you do this?

"It's too much, the Germans. This is a blatant violation of the Geneva Convention." Beside Darlan, Pierre, the commander of the Army Reserve Division, almost shouted and shouted like a rooster.

This kind of approach is indeed excessive, but now is not the time to discuss the Geneva Convention. In fact, when a war really starts, when you get jealous, you can use any kind of means. Now the Germans do this Behavior, for them, is the most effective.

What the Germans need is time, and delaying time is beneficial to the Germans. Darlan knows that he must not fall into the trap of the other party, that is to say, he must make a decisive decision!

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

Darlan's words immediately stunned the people present.

Artillery coverage! what does that mean? Those human shields will die most of them!

Even if it is the experience gained from World War I, it is quite necessary to carry out a covering blow with artillery fire before attacking. Artillery fire can disintegrate the opponent's will and consume the opponent's living strength, especially now, the German airborne troops have arrived in a hurry. Here, it is simply impossible to effectively arrange various fortifications.

However, in the first attack just now, Darlan did not order the artillery fire to cover, because he was afraid of accidental injury.

And now, it's about getting hurt!

"General, if we carry out artillery strikes, those hostages taken by the Germans..." Pierre did not continue, he was just shocked, but now, he has understood.

Instead of letting those hostages be killed in the exchange of fire, it is better to use cannons now. After all, the attack of cannons does not need to be face-to-face or to see how the hostages fell under their own guns. This will bring great harm to many people. burden.

Instead of taking out the hostages with bullets, it's better to use cannons.

"Follow the order," Darlan said. "We don't know what the hostages are. Now, we only know that a group of Germans have taken control of our vault, which contains thousands of tons of French gold."

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

Those people were originally to guard the gold. According to reason, they should bravely and tenaciously resist the German attack and die in the battle to the last person. Now that they are alive, they will also have to go to a military court afterwards.

It is better now that their heroic sacrifice can give them a good ending.

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

Kindness does not command the army, now, it is time to make sacrifices!

"Execute the order, I am the top commander here." Darlan continued, the order was given by him, and if something happened in the future, he should also be responsible.

What responsibility is there, bigger 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, the best outcome for him is to die here.

What are the lives of some captives? It can be said that if Darlan was used as a human shield now, he would also order to open fire.

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

In the World War II in history, France was purely a role of soy sauce. During the whole war, there was nothing to attract people's attention. It makes people think that France is shouting the slogan of the most powerful army in the mainland. no.

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

It is said that the ground suppression artillery of 65 to 155 mm caliber, France is the first in World War I and World War II, and no other country can compare.

For example, the M1897 75mm field gun.

From the name, it can be known that this type of artillery was finalized and served in 1897. Looking at it now, it is definitely at the grandfather level.

Moreover, the range and weight of this cannon are average, but the rate of fire that defies the sky, no other artillery can match!

How fast? The rate of fire is 15 to 18 rounds per minute. It can be said that no bolt action rifle is so fast! It is almost twice that of the German FK96 Type 77 field gun of the same period.

Even now, this rate of fire is very unbelievable. 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 pieces. At the same time, They can only equip this kind of artillery, and other advanced artillery should be given priority to the front-line troops.

After receiving the order, the artillerymen prepared in a tense and orderly manner.

They pushed their 75mm field gun and slowly pushed forward. This field gun is actually a cannon with a straight trajectory and an effective range of only 8,500 meters. Therefore, it needs to be pushed forward a bit. , in order to be able to attack effectively.

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

A piece of vine, just right to cover the Black Panther 2 tank, some leaves in front have been removed, just leaving a clear field of fire, from the high magnification aiming system, the tank operator can easily see the situation on the opposite side .

"One grenade, reload!" shouted the commander.