Stupid?!

After everyone heard Lord Gott's words, they couldn't help but have some doubts.

In this situation, what else can be done to make a difference?

Lord Gott did not sell it, and immediately stated his idea: "If we were to play in the usual way, we would not be able to repel the German attack even if we brought together all the land forces on our home. In that case, we might as well spread out our troops......"

Spread out! Isn't this more difficult to form combat effectiveness?

When many generals heard this, they couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.

Although Lord Gott was the most experienced general in the German army. But the response he proposed was not at all as convincing as his tall title.

"Commander Gort, our regular army units are already scarce, and if we separate them again, it will be even more difficult to form a combat effectiveness." A major general who was anxious couldn't help but refute his boss immediately.

The generals present here are basically high-achieving students who have graduated from regular military academies. And no matter which country's military schools, they will give their students the same basic truth: in war, once the weak side divides its troops, it will have a huge negative effect. No matter what kind of troops they are, they can only exert their due combat effectiveness when they are used intensively. Unless there are plenty of troops, no qualified general will distract his own forces in the face of a strong enemy.

However, Goth did not immediately refute the anxious major general, he just waved his hand lightly and motioned for the major general to stop talking.

"It's not like I'm not unaware of the question you asked. Hear me out first......" Lord Gort paused before revealing the mystery, "I don't mean just our entire army, but only the undernumbered regular army. ”

Split only the regular army?

Hearing this, many generals who reacted quickly realized something.

After all, there is formality, and there is informality. Since Commander Goth said that it was only for the regular army, then among the home defense forces, those that did not apply to this article naturally belonged to the irregular national guard.

Sure enough, Gott continued: "The National Guard has always had very limited combat effectiveness because of the lack of training time, lack of weapons and equipment, and lack of competent officers to command. In a campaign, with fortifications, we could not even count on the National Guard, with 10,000 troops, to hold back the attack of 1,000 enemy troops. ”

"And the reason for this is the three points I mentioned above!" Goth tapped on the table, and said.

Indeed, the three reasons he just mentioned are basically the common problems of the National Guard's temporary recruitment of militias.

After all, people with a little military literacy, including those who were called back to the army, reserve soldiers with a certain foundation, were transferred by Churchill to form a new government army.

From the very beginning, the only sources left for the National Guard were those "white melons" who had no foundation.

Sure enough, when listening to Gort's words, almost all the generals couldn't help but nod secretly.

This is something that goes to their hearts!

Those British politicians who do not understand military affairs always think that the expansion of the National Guard Army by hundreds of thousands can play a big role anyway. Not to mention more, at least it is possible to pile up people and block the pace of the enemy's attack, right?

But only these remaining British generals, who were not captured at Dunkirk, understood that if they really counted on the National Guard cannon fodder, they could block the attack of the Central Powers. The most likely outcome would be the collective surrender of the National Guard, which had been driven to the front line......

What are you kidding, even these professional soldiers, there are more than 200,000 people who have chosen to surrender. How can the militia, who have been armed for a few days, do better?

After arousing the resonance of everyone, Goth continued to elaborate on his "stupid method": "The shortcomings of the National Guard cannot be changed immediately. But at least, we can try to make up for ......"

Gort stretched out three fingers of his right hand and analyzed: "The first point is about the scarcity of equipment in the National Guard. We cannot draw this from the army, after all, the army has long had a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition. In the army, many newly organized units have been fully assembled, but not even half of the equipment is in place. Therefore, I am ready to produce as much as possible and equip the National Guard with heavy weapons such as the Iron Palm Bazooka. ”

Gort's "Iron Palm" bazooka in the sky is actually an improvised anti-tank weapon developed by experts of the British Empire in a desperate situation, similar to the Iron Fist bazooka of the Third Reich in history.

It's just that the British Iron Palm Bazooka, which has just been developed, is almost rudimentary compared to the German Iron Fist Bazooka.

Its main body, which is an ordinary iron pipe, is equipped with an improvised gun latch, which becomes a launcher that can push grenades.

Because it was a temporary invention and was in great demand, this weapon, which had many places to improve, was immediately mass-produced and sent to the National Guard without a crosshair for aiming and without a special shell.

The lack of a crosshair means that his accuracy is basically none. And the absence of shells, replaced by grenades, meant that the British militiamen had to draw the fuse and fire quickly in a very short time.

After all, if the fire is finished, the poor creatures will be blown to slag by the grenades they pulled.

However, this dangerously stressful psychological pressure, combined with the extremely short aiming time, will further reduce the already low hit rate.

Therefore, this iron-clad bazooka is just a waste of brilliant creativity.

Although this weapon is very unreliable, everyone from the soldiers of the National Guard to Lord Goth has to believe in its practical value. After all, they don't have much left to trust.

Having determined a substantial plan to replenish the rights and interests of the Iron Palm Bazooka, Lord Gort continued: "The second and most important point. About the incompetence of the officers under the fighting qualities of the National Guard. I intend to improve the overall combat quality of the regular army by splitting it up and inserting it into the sequence of the National Guard. ”

I see!

Now, everyone finally understood Lord Gott's intention to split and deploy the regular army.

Rather than carefully deploying a sparsely deployed regular army, it is better to break up the regular army and mix it into the militia, and strive to merge into a large number of troops with acceptable combat effectiveness.

Although the results may not be very good, no one expects the integrated National Guard to have the same combat effectiveness as the regular army. They only need to have the level of barely being able to rely on positions and fortifications and be able to fight defensive battles, and it is enough!

Speaking of which, wasn't it the same stupid method that Belante used when he fought with the British army in Algeria?

Almost all of them, at this moment, have been rekindled with the golden idea of their commander. As for the third flaw of the National Guard, it seems that it has become understandable.

Sure enough, even Goth didn't bother to address this third flaw. He just summed it up and mentioned: "As for the shortcomings of the insufficient training of the National Guard, when the time comes, let the young men be on the battlefield, fighting and training in actual combat!" ”