"Captain, what are we going to do?" A soldier shouted at Avory.

Avery didn't know what to do, as it was something that had never happened before.

Since taking office, Montgomery has organized several exercises for his troops...... He was the kind of person who liked to take everything into account before the war, so during the exercises he simulated various possible German attacks and found solutions to them.

Afterward, Montgomery told his subordinates: "If you have a problem that you don't know how to solve, check out the exercise manual and it will tell you how to do it!" ”

However, Montgomery's words quickly went bankrupt because the situation was unsolvable and could not be answered in the exercise manual...... Although Captain Avery didn't look it up, he knew there was no way there would be a solution in the exercise manual.

Thinking about it, Avery shouted, "Mortar! ”

"Mortar ......" several British soldiers quickly got the mortar ready.

"Stupid!" Avery couldn't help but scold angrily: "I'm talking about a 3-inch mortar!" ”

Several British soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Yes, Captain!" ”

Captain Avery was helpless for a while...... Although his order just now was not clear, the idiot also knew that the maximum range of a 2-inch mortar was only 400 meters, and it could not pose a threat to German snipers at all.

However, it seems not surprising that the British 44th Infantry Division was a relatively late formation, many of them inexperienced recruits, and all the combat skills they possessed were two months of training in the recruit camp...... In fact, many of the veterans of the British 44th Infantry Division had only experienced the Dunkirk retreat.

From this point of view, the British army was in dire need of training.

The 3-inch mortar shells soon smashed into the 500-meter range in front of the position with a whistling sound, and with the explosion of the "boom", radiating smoke and dust rose in front of the position, and some mines near the smoke and dust were detonated as a result.

"Did we blow them up?" A soldier asked.

No one can answer this question because no one knows the outcome.

"Keep bombing!" Captain Avery gave the order, and a dozen more shells fired.

But everyone knows that this is not the way to go.

If the German sniper was killed, then it would be a waste of shells for the British mortars to continue to bombard. Although the British army had much more ammunition than the German army, it could not afford such a carpet bombing without a target.

Not to mention...... They bombed like this only to cover up their inner insecurity, which can never be filled, because no one can guarantee that another bullet will suddenly shoot through their heads in the desert.

After thinking about it, Avery raised his head at the British sniper and motioned for it to test the enemy.

The British sniper understood, untied his steel helmet and put it on his rifle, and slowly stretched out of the trench.

There was no gunshot, and the British sniper's hanging heart couldn't help but let go of half of it.

Then the British sniper changed positions and repeated the action just now, but there was still no gunshot.

Several other British soldiers were doing the same thing as British snipers...... There is still no movement on the other side!

What the British didn't know was that the German snipers had a rule: if you are not eight points sure or there is a chance that you will be detected by the enemy, then do not shoot!

The reason for this guideline is simple, they are not the same as ordinary snipers...... Ordinary snipers can change places with one shot, so not to mention eight points of certainty, as long as one point of certainty is worth pulling the trigger, because the price is nothing more than one bullet, but it may be exchanged for an enemy's life.

But the German snipers lurking in front of the position could not move, and they had to lurk all day...... They have a chance to shoot their enemies, so there's no need to risk them for targets that are very difficult and have little chance of hitting.

"I think we've got rid of them, Captain!" The British sniper poked his head out and held up his binoculars as he spoke, trying to find some evidence near the mortar bombing site, such as blood or corpses.

But at this moment, a bullet "horn" sounded, pierced the telescope and then shot into the head of the British sniper through the eye...... The British sniper fell to the ground before he could say a word, a bloody hole in his left eye, and something red and white was bubbling out like a fountain.

"Damn it!" Captain Avery couldn't help but shout: "Mortars, keep shooting until you blast them into the sky!" ”

Evry thought that mortars were a sniper's nemesis, because 3-inch mortars could reach a maximum range of more than 2,000 meters, which allowed them to bombard suspicious areas outside of range.

Even if the gunner doesn't know where the enemy is hiding, the shells have a wide range of lethality, and they can even hit a dead mouse with a blind cat...... Anyway, German snipers could not do anything with mortars out of range.

But Avery soon found out that he was wrong, as there was the whistling of shells from the direction of the Germans, followed by a shell that exploded near the mortar position.

Captain Avery, who had come from the First World War, knew that this was a test firing of enemy artillery, so he hurriedly grabbed the phone and ordered loudly: "Evacuate the position, quickly!" ”

But it was already too late, after a whistling, dozens of shells instantly blew up the British mortar position into a sea of fire, and one of the shells even caused the mortar shell to detonate, so only a loud "boom" was heard, and the entire mortar position was shrouded in billowing smoke and dust.

"Fuck it!" Captain Avery couldn't help but curse.

Captain Avery's attention was completely drawn by the tragic situation of the artillery position, and he did not realize that his head had been exposed with the trench out, so with a "horn" sound, a bullet hit his steel helmet......

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

……

The moment the captain fell, the British soldiers were terrified.

"What should we do?" Someone shouted: "Will the Germans rush up?" ”

"No!" A lieutenant took over the command: "They won't charge the line, otherwise it wouldn't be more than that." So...... You just have to lie down to survive, you know? ”

"Yes, sir!" These British soldiers no longer dared to poke their heads out, not even to be tempted.

"What are we going to do next, Lieutenant?" The soldier asked.

The lieutenant thought for a moment and replied: "Report to your superiors and ask for instructions!" ”

Another implication of asking for instructions is to throw the issue to the superiors.

But the superiors also didn't know how to solve the problem, so they reported it one by one, all the way to Montgomery's headquarters.

It's just that Montgomery was taking a nap at this time, and the staff didn't dare to wake him up.