Chapter 231: Charge
Seeing three green flares rising into the sky, the raiding troops, who had been dormant for a long time, immediately launched a charge towards the barracks in various vehicles.
The soldiers who had already prepared in the barracks also replaced the empty cartridges in the magazine with the live ammunition issued earlier, and then quickly entered the various "exercise" positions, waiting for Smart and Nuri's troops to send them to the door.
A few minutes later, billowing smoke and dust appeared in the sky not far away, and soon a "distinctive" convoy came into view of the soldiers.
The reason why it is "distinctive" is because the vehicles that make up this team are really wonderful.
The 15 British Studebaker US6 trucks that were temporarily equipped with steel plates to make a cameo appearance in a wave of "armored vehicles" were relatively regular, but the dozens of motorcycles and bicycles next to them forced down the entire team.
True, none of the hundreds of Iraqi soldiers made more than four wheels, and the most wheels in their convoy were only a few "triple jumpers", and more were two-wheeled motorcycles and bicycles.
The reason for this is not because Iraq lacks cars, in fact, the degree of mechanization of the Iraqi regular army is not low, and when they besieged the British Royal Air Force base, they sent 1 infantry brigade, 2 mechanized battalions, 1 mechanized artillery brigade, 1 field artillery brigade, 1 machine gun company, 1 mechanized signal company, and 1 anti-aircraft mixed company.
Although these units were beaten by a group of flight cadets and ground crews at the British Royal Air Force base, apart from the combat effectiveness, it is enough to see how high the level of mechanization in Iraq really is from these units.
And the reason why the current army is all "motorized" is because of Nuri.
Nuri was extremely cunning and very intelligent, and he could definitely consider the potential danger when he dared to come to Iraq, which was under the British sphere of influence, considering Lyon's scheming.
And if a person knows that there is danger ahead, but still dares to go, there are only two possibilities, one is that the person may have a problem with his brain, and the other is that this person is very smart and sure that he can escape in any situation.
And Lyon obviously does not belong to the former category, so if he dares to come to Iraq, it proves that he has enough hole cards.
And a person has hole cards to face unknown dangers, it is nothing more than two situations, one is extremely strong, and the other is with a group of people with strong skills.
Lyon clearly does not belong to the former.
So Nuri came up with an answer - the combat effectiveness of the three hundred men who were Leon's sword guards would probably be terrifying.
This made the cunning Nuri cautious, and after thinking about it, he decided to replace all the armored vehicles he had prepared and let the soldiers attack on motorcycles and bicycles.
"If you can beat it, you can beat it without riding an armored car, and if you can't beat it, you can't beat it even if you take an armored car. If you want to die, let the British die. Nuri sneered and muttered to himself, "Or when the British have almost exhausted the Lyon army, I'll let my elite troops come up." How do you say this in Chinese? Sandpipers and mussels compete, fishermen profit! ”
When the British saw the "jumbled" Iraqi allies, their hearts were broken, but they quickly adjusted their mentality.
After all, bicycle units are not uncommon, and even the British Royal Army and even the powerful German Wehrmacht have dedicated bicycle units.
However, most of the bicycle units of various countries are used for reconnaissance, small-scale infiltration, communications, and airborne landing, and it is the first time they have seen bicycle troops deployed on a large scale in such an important battle as now.
Fortunately, the British were well prepared, and they secretly converted all their trainer planes, plus the original fighters, so that they were confident that they could defeat any Iraqi air force that came to support Lyon.
Nuri's troops, for them, are just icing on the cake.
Speaking of the scene, the soldiers of the Führer Guard did not appear flustered in the face of the menacing Anglo-Iraqi soldiers, but lay in the trench with the STG-44 in their hands and did not move, as if it was not a fierce enemy army rushing towards them in front of them, but a group of ants.
Compared with the calm robot-like Führer Guard, the Iraqi soldiers lying on the side become a stark contrast.
Like the German soldiers, they lay in the trenches with their guns in their arms, but their bodies were not as "quiet" as the German soldiers, but trembled slightly.
Although the reason for their trembling was not fear but the excitement of the battle, the mere fact of physical control was enough to show that they were not the slightest bit worse than the Germans.
Soon, the Anglo-Iranian troops in the charge came to a distance of about 400 meters from the position, which is also the usual engagement distance.
As the British and Iraqi troops advanced 400 meters, a burst of gunfire like fried beans suddenly broke out on the German position, which had been silent.
The German soldiers used their STG-44 assault rifles to fire a series of accurate 3-5 short bursts, inflicting massive casualties on the Anglo-Iraqi forces.
In the face of the accurate fire of the German soldiers, the British soldiers did not suffer much damage because they added temporary armor to the trucks, but the Iraqi soldiers were not so lucky.
The British troops were "steel guarding human flesh", while the Iraqi troops were "human flesh guarding steel", so they paid huge casualties in the face of the deadly bullets of the German army.
"These guys are really a bunch of idiots!" Looking at the friendly troops who kept falling next to the car, the British officer who led the team angrily smashed his fist on the platform in front of the co-driver of the truck, and said angrily with a red face, "What did Nuri send them for?" Sent to death? Did he send them to die? ”
"I think Nuri sent them to be human armor for us." The soldier driving the car also laughed and sneered, "But these armors are obviously not very durable." ”
"These idiots! It will only drag its feet! If they weren't on their bikes, we wouldn't have dropped to 20 km/h! The officer muttered angrily, then opened the window next to him, gritted his teeth and poked his head out, shouting in jerky Arabic to several Iraqi soldiers next to his car: "Damn! Follow us in your broken cars! Tell the rest of you soldiers too! Go and follow us! ”
"Okay, okay!" The Iraqi soldier replied with a look of horror, and then shouted a warning to the other Iraqi soldiers as he rode his motorcycle to the back of the truck.
Slowly, the Iraqi soldiers who had been beaten by the Germans as rabbits all hid behind the British trucks, leaving the German soldiers with no good way to inflict further casualties on the coalition forces.
Although the coalition convoy reduced its charge speed to 20 kilometers per hour in order to take care of Iraqi troops, the distance of about 300 meters passed in just over 50 seconds.
Soon, the convoy rushed to a stop about 100 meters from the German position, the convoy could no longer go further, and if it drove further, it might be cared for by the grenades of the German soldiers.
The soldiers in the car jumped out of the car after the car stopped, loaded their rifles with bayonets and prepared for the last 100 meters of assault.