"The offensive is going very well, my men have just broken through the first line of defense of the British army on the perimeter." As soon as Alfred walked into Sundelow's headquarters, he laughed.

As the only unit in the entire Norwegian 5th Division to be equipped with a small number of German weapons, Alfred's reinforced battalion was initially put into the front line as the main force. It doesn't matter if you don't fight, this fight will be a big victory.

Although it was known that the Germans had launched a major offensive in the south, the Anglo-French forces were struggling to cope with the crumbling southern defensive line. However, it was so easy to break through the British northern defense, which neither Sundellow nor Alfred expected.

That's the British line, and it was broken through by the Norwegian army!?

After two seconds of silence, Sundelo said with relief: "This is a good thing, it shows that the Germans are fighting fiercely in the south, so the British army can only leave a small amount of strength to deal with us." ”

"In other words, even if we take the opportunity to press the main force up now, it will be difficult for the British army to come up with support troops to deal with it. In this way, it may not be long before we can make a bigger breakthrough in the north. Sun Deluo laughed: "This is a great fighter!" ”

"That's right, it's a great opportunity for us to do our job." Alfred instigated: "Division commander, while the enemy has not yet reacted, quickly put the main force of the division into the battlefield." ”

Alfred's reinforced battalion of about 700 men could still break through the British army's outer defenses, and if Sundlow's entire division was added, the British army's northern defense zone would be in danger.

After thinking for less than two minutes, Sun Deluo gave that exciting order: "Order all the officers and men of the 5th Division to get ready, and in 10 minutes, the vanguard will be put into battle." Follow-up troops, after capturing enemy equipment, entered the battlefield one after another. ”

Although Sun Deluo's 5th Division is now large in number, as high as tens of thousands of people, it is less than 4,000 people when it has weapons in his hands. The rest, all the militia without regular weapons.

Because of this, when Sun Deluo gave the order, he did not put all 10,000 troops into the battlefield at the beginning, but only pressed the main vanguard of less than 4,000 people. The rest of the troops, just in time, could be armed with captured British equipment after cleaning up the battlefield, and then put into the battle at the back.

Small countries play with small countries, and this is how the Norwegian army plays.

"Well, our division can only fight the vanguard. It's a good idea for those follow-up troops to wait for their weapons to attack again. Alfred nodded, agreeing with Colonel Sundelow's command.

"So......." Sundello asked Alfred straight to the point, "where are your men advancing now?" ”

"The second line of defense of the British army." Alfred replied, "With the coordinated support of the follow-up troops, my men will be able to launch a strong assault and take this line of defense." ”

Alfred's remarks were not casual assurances, but came after his reinforced battalion had already made a close match on the British second perimeter line.

Looking at Alfred, who was confident that he could achieve a breakthrough, Colonel Sundlow touched his chin: "Okay, since you are so confident, I will let the support troops cooperate." ”

Glancing at Alfred, Sundelo said slowly: "Try to fight as fast as possible, I estimate that it won't take long for the German army to be in the south." At the very least, we Norwegians should not be too far behind the pace of our German allies. ”

"Yes!" Alfred stood up and saluted: "I will not disgrace the Norwegian army." Give me another 3 hours, and I will personally lead my troops to break through the two lines of British defense. ”

.............

While the Norwegian 5th Division in the north was still complacent about breaking through the first line of defense on the British perimeter, the German 30th Division in the south had already penetrated the core line of the British and French forces.

"A company commander!" Captain Hoffman clasped the helmet on his head with his backhand and shouted, "Take your men from the side and occupy that high ground on the left!" ”

On the high ground that Hoffman was referring to, a previously hidden machine-gun position of the British army was spewing blinding tongues of fire.

As a result of the lack of early detection, Hoffman's battalion was killed by at least 10 people from Vickers heavy machine guns in the British hiding position. And it's still increasing.

"Hidden! Beware of concealment! Hoffman ignored the dust on his face and shouted anxiously: "Spread out, don't pile them together!" ”

After all, the British army came from a superpower with a fine military tradition, and even if the combat qualities of the soldiers were not satisfactory, the tactical level of the officers was not inferior.

Let's just say that now, a machine gun position cleverly arranged in the middle of the back of the heights, and then the blind spot of the attacking side, evaded the vision of the German battalion and became a deadly ambush. And when the German advance position reached the inside of the parallel line of the heights, this previously hidden machine-gun position suddenly opened fire, and the German stormtrooper formation was broken up in an instant.

This is the essence of the superpower, even if the physical training of soldiers may be lax, but the quality of the officer level is emphatically guaranteed. To put it simply, British officers have studied in place in terms of the arrangement of defensive positions, the use of battlefield tactics, and the distribution and concealment of firepower.

And looking at Europe, the only German army is left that can match the ability and quality of officers with the British army. Although France also wanted to do this, it has not been successful. As for Italy, the fourth largest country on the European continent, given the generally low cultural quality of the country, it barely guaranteed that the ability of senior officers could barely pass.

The quality of the armed forces cannot be improved overnight. Generally speaking, there is an inseparable relationship between the quality of the military and the level of the officer level, and the level of the officer level is often related to the level of national education.

Before World War II, the Italian government made a statistic to make a comparison: the Italian army was 330 illiterate per 1,000 people, the French army was 68 illiterate per 1,000 people, and the German and British recruits were on average only one illiterate per 1,000 people. ”

This is why the Germans and the British are among the leading in Europe in terms of tactical execution. The massive spread of national education has left the legacy of these two countries to become superpowers.

It's just that after Britain became a superpower, it became more and more lax, gradually neglecting the training of individual soldiers, and only maintained the training of officers. Germany, which was defeated in World War I, ensured the two-way training of officers and soldiers while lying on their back, and avoided the situation of "explaining that the battlefield is as fierce as a tiger, and the combat operation is 0.5".

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! "With the precision of the soldiers of the company, they used three lightweight 40mm grenade launchers to destroy the small heavy machine gun positions of the British army in a targeted manner.