"Then what do you say, what do the French want to do?" The Australian division commander said to Johnson with some impatience.

"What the hell do the French want to do......." Johnson muttered to himself, a little difficult to answer for a moment.

Perhaps, this has something to do with the appearance of German troops.

"Germans!" Johnson seemed to have a flash of inspiration and understood something.

That's right, how did you forget about the Germans?

Judging from the situation, the German troops that broke through the British blockade from the outside should now also be on Heights 3. Then, the strength of the troops on this high ground will also have an extra German army.

Judging from the status of Germany and Vichy France, the status of the German army should be much higher than that of the French army. In this way, perhaps the abnormal troop movement of the French army can be explained.

Most likely, the German commander wanted to place his troops in the second line of defense on Heights 3, which was originally garrisoned by the French. The arrival of the German army will inevitably free up the French troops originally stationed.

As a result, these French troops, who were driven out of their positions by the Germans, were transferred to the first line of defense to block the British advance for the Germans.

What a calculation! Even in the same encirclement, since the Germans could still come up with a way to let the French army stand in the way, Johnson, on the basis of his own tacit guess, suddenly looked down on these clever Germans.

According to the original deployment of the French army, although they will lose their positions sooner or later, they can at least earn a more appropriate casualty exchange ratio.

However, it seems that the Germans felt that it would be better for them to defend a more well-established second line of defense. As for the French army, it would be good to throw it to the first line of defense and fight the British army casually.

"I think that the French army can transfer a large number of troops to the first line of defense, and it should be the German army that replenishes their forces in the second line of defense......." Johnson slowly explained his analysis to the Australian division commander.

"Report! The French launched an artillery bombardment of Heights No. 4. In addition, our garrison troops on Heights 4 received news that they had spotted some of the French forces concentrating to the south of them. Suddenly, a hurried debriefing from a staff officer interrupted Johnson's reasoning.

What the hell are these French trying to do?

Even if the Germans freed up some garrison forces for them, with the little troops freed up by the French army, it was impossible to launch a counterattack against the British troops who had already occupied Heights 4 and recapture this heights?

According to reports from the repulsed German troops, the total number of German units that stormed the encirclement would not exceed one regiment. In other words, the French army will not have more than one regiment to free up its troops.

So, this free-handed French regiment, instead of taking advantage of its geographical advantage in the defensive line, but instead used it to attack the British troops stationed on Heights 4, which occupied a geographical advantage, was not accelerating their death?

Let's not talk about the French troops, after experiencing the joint oppressive offensive of the 24th Division of the British Army and the 26th Division of the Australian Army for several days, how much offensive power is left. After all, a unit should lose its offensive capability after the casualty rate exceeds 10%, let alone recruit these newly trained black colonial troops.

As far as the offensive forces used by the Algorithm Army are vacated from the second line of defense, and the troops that have not suffered heavy casualties before and still have offensive capabilities, then they should not use them in this way.

When the war is strong, the French army, which is still struggling to defend, wants to attack the British army, which has a favorable position, is not this self-defeating?

"What the hell do you see?" The Australian major general anxiously urged Johnson.

After all, while they were thinking, the defenders on Heights 4 had already been strangled with the French attacking troops. However, it is said that it is a strangulation, and it is only because the French offensive forces adopt indiscriminate, that is, there is no key attack, which leads to the reason for the occurrence of war everywhere.

If, after a long period of training, the British and Australian officers and soldiers, who are regular professional soldiers, cannot even stop the African temporary conscription led by a small number of French officers, then they can really die.

The war of strangulation is chaotic. Because the French army launched a multi-point attack, the entire troops on the No. 4 Heights were pulled to fight at multiple battle points, and it was extremely difficult to command.

However, the war is clear. Although the French army attacked at many points, they did not have an advantage in any of them, and these black soldiers might be able to fight well with the help of fortifications when defending. However, in an attack that relied on the flesh to fight without support, their attacks could simply be described as disorganized.

In terms of the only two months of military training that these black soldiers have received, it seems that they can do this, which is still remarkable. However, this is a longitudinal comparison, and once compared to their Commonwealth counterparts, these soldiers are at best a little better militia, and that's it!

Glancing at the anxious Australian Major General, Johnson smiled slightly: "Is this hard to see?" ”

Obviously, he came to a conclusion, so he had to start pretending.

Without letting the Australian division commander wait too long, Johnson said unhurriedly: "The French army's combat mode this time reminds me of a German general. ”

"Who?" The Australian Major General wondered. He couldn't understand what the French army's operations would have to do with the German generals.

Shaking his head, Johnson snorted, and then gave the lonely Australian division commander a popular science: "German general, Rommel!" ”

The division commander, who was far away in Australia and had only recently been transferred to Africa, did not know, and Johnson did not bother to explain in detail the glorious combat history of Rommel's promotion to a famous general.

Because he was a British general, he knew more about his rival Germany. In the words of China, "it is often your enemy who knows you best."

With Johnson's understanding of Rommel, who has become famous in Europe, if he had to tell the major general from Australia about Rommel's war history, it would not be a day or a night. In this case, will there be no war?

Choosing the most important point, Johnson quoted the famous war quotes he had seen Rommel mention in his book "The Tank Offensive" published after the end of the Spanish Civil War:

"Whether it is offensive or defensive, it is necessary to deploy firepower from the front."

The French launched an artillery bombardment of Heights 4, revealing that their first line was suddenly more powerful than before, which was initially corroborated by Rommel's famous statement.

"No matter how small the caliber of the weapon is, no matter how small the number of weapons is, we must always support the attack with fire as much as possible."

This is also confirmed by the concentration of artillery fire by the French army to support the attack on Heights 4. Prior to this, the French army, accustomed to trench warfare, usually concealed artillery positions and used them only for defense.

The above two points alone are enough to show that the tactics of the French army have undergone earth-shaking changes compared to before.

"This is by no means the French in command!" Johnson said firmly through the great changes shown by the tactics of the French army: "There must be a different person in command, and judging from the command style of this person, it is very likely that this person is a certain German officer under Rommel!" Only a German commander could have been so aggressive. The French army used to be our allies, and I understand that this is not how they fought! ”