"Otto!" After observing the high ground for a while, Major General Allen said to the staff officer: "Give the coordinates to the artillery and the air force, it's time for them to play their role!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

With a shout, the sky soon resounded with the whistling sound of cannonballs, and one shell after another burst radiating dust and smoke on the hilltop positions and positive slopes of the high ground, plowing back and forth several times and exploding for ten minutes.

Then twelve more bombers descended from the sky with the roar of motors and dropped a volley of bombs on the anticline.

This kind of bombing intensity was a bit chilling for the U.S. military, so Allen scolded when the artillery stopped: "Damn, why stop?" Let them keep bombing! ”

"General!" The staff officer replied: "We don't have enough ammunition, and they have to leave the shells for the other troops!" ”

Allen knew this, the American army could only use a small port, and this small port needed to serve the 2nd Panzer Division, so the artillery shells could only be transported back and forth by transport boats, which allowed the American army to transport not much ammunition ashore and put into battle.

"Okay!" Major General Allen said: "Prepare the mortars for fire cover, it's time for us to take this high ground!" ”

After a burst of mortar shells, Major General Allen sent a company of troops to attack the high ground.

Qin Chuan, who was holding a telescope at the top of the mountain and looking down, was a little unimaginable when he saw this scene...... These Yankees actually want to take this high ground with only one company!!

This fully shows that the British army did not tell the US military relevant information, that is, how the Germans would use these mountains to fight.

It may not seem surprising, however, that from the British point of view, the greater the casualties and the less successful the attack of the American army on the battlefield, the better it would be for Britain's international prestige, because they could tell the whole world...... Lo and behold, the war is not as simple as you think, and the British army is much better than the American army.

This is one of the reasons why Montgomery will leave the direction of attack to the American army in the bad terrain and poor supply situation, and at the same time, Montgomery did not explain the details of the tunnel tactics to the American GIs, and the only thing the American GIs knew was some verbal warnings from Eisenhower, a general who had never been on the battlefield and had never seen a tunnel.

Of course, the arrogant American GIs would not take these verbal warnings to heart.

More importantly, Major General Allen has always been worried about the German Panzer Division...... Because he was worried about the armored division, when he encountered the infantry and there were only a few dozen random soldiers on the top of the mountain, he would naturally relax psychologically, thinking that it was just some German "shrimp soldiers and crab generals", so he naturally had the heart to underestimate the enemy.

This was unexpected by Qin Chuan, he made the armored division concealed just so that the armored division could launch a counterattack at a critical moment, but he didn't expect it to play a certain deterrent role in the allies...... Several Allied units, including the British, were worried that the German Panzer Division would suddenly appear in front of them.

As a result, everyone had a sense of rejoicing and underestimating the enemy when they encountered the German infantry.

"Bring the enemy closer and fight again!" Qin Chuan ordered: "Don't let any of them go!" ”

"Yes, Captain!" Kuhn answered, and then conveyed Qin Chuan's order.

Qin Chuan immediately took his rifle and observed the group of American GIs through the scope.

Although the U.S. military has little combat experience, their tactics are quite practical on the battlefield...... This is mainly due to the fact that the United States is an industrial and technological powerhouse, and once the country is strong, the next thing to consider is the question of people-oriented, that is, how they will think about how to minimize casualties on the battlefield.

Of course, the military of any country will think about this issue. However, some countries are thinking in the wrong direction, such as France's absolute defense theory, the Soviet Union's theory of man-sea tactics, Britain and Japan's decisive battle tactics, and so on.

Needless to say, the French doctrine of absolute defense proved to be a joke from the start, and France paid a terrible price for this erroneous theory.

The Soviet Union's crowd tactics cannot be said to be wrong, it can only be said that it still has a certain value for a country like the Soviet Union during World War II.

The theory of the decisive battle between Britain and Japan is that as long as the enemy and us win a key battle in the battle, they can force the other side to the negotiating table and win the final victory.

Obviously, these are relatively weak tactical theories.

Throughout World War II, only two countries had more advanced tactics.

One of the things that stands out is Germany...... He encapsulated almost all modern advanced tactical theories, such as armored tactics, special operations, etc.

Even the modern tactics of sea, land, and air coordination actually originated from Germany's "blitzkrieg...... which requires a high degree of coordination between armored forces and intelligence gathering, aerial reconnaissance, infantry, and paratroopers.

The United States, on the other hand, uses the doctrine of "superior firepower," which simply means to suppress the other side with superior firepower so that it can achieve the greatest results with the least casualties.

Therefore, the United States pays more attention to individual rifle firepower and logistics transportation...... and its "superior firepower" can almost be said to rely on the stacking of bullets and artillery shells, and as soon as the logistics cannot keep up with the US army, it can only be slaughtered by others. This is also the reason why on the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea, as long as the volunteers carried out interspersed encirclement of the US army, the US army immediately retreated.

At this time, the US troops in front of Qin Chuan were the US troops with insufficient logistics, although they were holding M1 semi-automatic rifles in their hands, their individual firepower was much stronger than that of the German army.

The American company was divided into several parts, covering each other and leaping towards the high ground...... Compared to the British army, their formation was more dispersed.

In fact, this is in line with the characteristics of their respective equipment: the combat is about unit firepower, and the British "Enfield" rifle has a lower rate of fire than the "M1 Garand" rifle, so the British soldiers need more people per unit area to form enough firepower to hit the enemy, while the American army can be more dispersed to reduce possible casualties.

Kuhn may have also noticed this, he looked at Qin Chuan's side and whispered, "This is a test of marksmanship!" ”

Kuhn was right, if the firepower was not as good as that of the American army, the soldiers were required to shoot bullets accurately enough.

However, Qin Chuan was not worried, because the vast majority of his subordinates were elite soldiers who had rolled down from the battlefield, and they were not something that these American soldiers who had just come out of the training ground could deal with.