Chapter 210: Despair (Part II)
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"Damn the Irish! Damn the English! Damn the Welsh! Damn the Austrians! Damn the Spaniards! Damn the Yankees! These despicable and shameless invaders, all go to hell! ”
Somewhere on the front line of the Dumfries Line, a bespectacled Scottish soldier crouches on the edge of a trench with an Enfield bolt rifle, muttering curses to the enemy in pieces.
The Irish were put first because they were the ones who started the war, and they declared war on the grounds that Scotland had unilaterally violated the agreement, and in addition to sending troops directly to attack Scotland, they also paid and contributed to encourage England to enter the war, and recruited a group of so-called "international volunteers" to join the war. Once the battle is over, no matter what the victory or defeat is, it will definitely be a mess of life and wreckage!
The English were placed in second place, not only because they were the largest contributors to the war, but also provided the most direct springboard for the Coalition to invade Scotland. As soon as the cannon sounded, hundreds of thousands of English soldiers took the lead and swarmed in, and the snow-white St. George's flag was once again stained with the blood of the Scots!
The Welsh were placed in third place, because in the late thirties, Scotland had seen Wales as a natural ally, providing them with a lot of assistance during a very difficult period for their own economy, and after the Irish army occupied Wales, Scotland had long supported the Welsh resistance in the hope that they would one day drive out the invaders, but over time most Welsh people were "bought" by the increasing prosperity of economic trade and increasing social welfare, and they not only forgot their hatred. He also willingly embraced the Irish monarch, even joining his army, obeying his command, and turning his guns to his former friendly neighbors!
As for the Austrians, Spaniards, and Americans, they are nominally "volunteers", but in fact, they all come for the purpose of brushing up on experience and practicing skills. The Austro-Hungarian land heavy artillery, the Spanish anti-aircraft artillery units, and the Americans' self-propelled radar and howitzer groups were all directly involved in the battle, especially the technical weapons of Austria-Hungary and the United States, which contributed a lot to the coalition offensive.
In addition, Germany, which did not directly send troops to the war, also gave great help to the coalition side in terms of arms and materials - most of the combat vehicles equipped by the English army were purchased from the Germans, and the main weapon of the English armored forces was the upgraded model of the "Teutonic Knights", on the other hand, on the Scottish side, most of the combat vehicles were long-outdated British goods, plus self-developed and produced, purchased from the United States and Soviet Russia in the early years, and recently obtained from Japan, Pieced together it was not enough for two standard German panzer divisions......
In the trench, an elderly native non-commissioned officer said loudly in Scottish with a northern accent: "Brothers, our ammunition is getting less and less, and the rear supplies are not being delivered, and we have a clear conscience to hold out until now!" Next, let's run out of bullets, run out of grenades, don't think about fighting with the enemy with bayonets, and retreat directly to the rear! If you don't have time to retreat and are caught up by the enemy, what to do, you each decide! ”
In the ears of the anxious Big Max, these words were tantamount to the warm breeze in the middle of winter and the cold drink in the summer, which made his whole person feel energetic all at once. Having just survived the bombardment of the coalition forces, and then facing the flood-like ground offensive of the coalition forces, with no air supremacy, lack of artillery support, and basic interruption of logistics and supplies, there is no hope of victory in this battle!
"Who is it? Who is shaking the morale of the military? Shut up! A native Scottish officer roared, "For thousands of years, there have been only Scots killed in battle, and no Scots who have escaped!" ”
At this moment, the Japanese who supervised the war brandished his swords and shouted in his yin and yang tone: "It is useless to rely on lessons to deal with cowardly cowards and war-fearing cowards!" Only knives and blood can make the soldiers see the reality clearly - fighting bravely, there is still a glimmer of life, turning around and running away, it will be a dead end! ”
Big Max's position was relatively close, and he heard what the Japanese said very clearly, so he frowned and glared, and scolded "madman" in a low voice.
On weekdays, the soldiers have had enough of this tireless guy, and they all use abuse and ridicule in private to relieve their anger, and in this war that has nothing to do with Japan, this guy's crazy performance is even more in line with the image of a "madman".
The Scottish native officer, like the soldiers, obviously disliked the self-righteous Japanese very much, but because of the form of supervision set by the military leadership, he could only take a detour, not a hard top. He took a whole breath and said loudly: "Listen well, no one is allowed to retreat without my order!" For deserters, the Warlord has the right to kill them directly! ”
In the last sentence, he deliberately changed the pace of his speech in order to remind his soldiers that he had retreated without permission, and gave the "madman" the excuse to kill the deserters.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the coalition attacking forces approached the defensive line, several anti-aircraft guns deployed on the front-line positions let out a stubborn roar. These lightweight, easy-to-use direct-fire guns have been used as standard infantry weapons since the rearmament of Scotland, and they are easy to use against light tanks, armoured vehicles, and ordinary fortifications, and can also take out the earlier models of "Teutonic Knights" and "Celtic Knights" at close range, but they can only be used to tickle the opponent in the face of upgraded "Teutonic Knights" and even new-generation vehicles such as "Irish Tiger" and "Irish Leopard".
The defenders' light anti-aircraft guns did not pose a substantial threat to the attacking coalition vehicles, but this did not mean that the Scottish army's defensive line would be crushed by the coalition vehicles. The Japanese, who had suffered a great loss in the face of the Soviet army's steel torrent, have developed several long-range and powerful anti-aircraft guns over the years, and exported them to Scotland very generously, and even sent special instructors to train Scottish gunners. Although the guns were too small in number, and Scotland did not have the capacity to produce the corresponding ammunition, they did well in the fierce battle around Dumfries, at least on the first day of the war. More than half of the coalition vehicles that were destroyed in front of the position were due to him!
The Scottish soldiers in the forward position nervously and appreciatively waited for their "heavy can opener" to strike, but the expected thunderous roar did not appear for a long time, but their first-line trenches were constantly bombarded by enemy field artillery and chariot guns.
Shout...... Rumble!
The coherent sound of shells coming and eventually exploding is one of the most basic factors on the battlefield, sometimes far away from you, like thunder on the horizon, sometimes so close to you that you feel like you are going to kill yourself.
Big Max was lying on the edge of the trench, and before he had time to congratulate himself on the fact that he had survived a few more minutes on this difficult battlefield, he heard the gurgling roar of the Brown machine gun and the Taisho 11 machine gun from the nearby machine gun bunker. The former has been in service for less than 20 years, and its accuracy and reliability are not bad, but the continuity of firepower is weak, and the latter has been in service for nearly 30 years, and its accuracy is not bad, and its reliability and continuous output are ridiculously weak.
"Rifleman, fire! Fire! The brave live, the cowardly die! ”
Native Scottish officers walked up and down the trenches, shouting the Scotsman's usual phrases.
As soon as Big Max raised his head, the steel helmet on his head was hit by an oncoming bullet, and under the huge impact, the buckle on the steel helmet almost strangled him to death. His ears were buzzing, his head was blank, and his vision was filled with smoke of gunpowder, flying dust, and falling bullet casings......
It didn't take long for the poor creature to finally regain some consciousness, and by the time he struggled to get up, his ears were filled with the rumbling of engines and the grinding of tracks. Based on the experience of the previous day, the enemy tanks may have advanced to the front of the position. If you look around you, there are still Scottish soldiers fighting in the trenches, but there are far fewer of them than before, and those who "disappeared" were either buried in the earth raised by the explosion, or dragged away by their companions or medics......
Big Max dropped his deformed steel helmet, picked up a good one, and hurriedly put it on, and at that moment, he saw the Japanese man who had been cursed countless times, this guy had round eyes, empty eyes, and blood all over his chest, presumably pierced through the chest by shrapnel.
"Hey, isn't this our company's warlord Yamada fool? He's going to die, too? A Scottish soldier next to him seemed to have discovered a new world.
"yes, Yamada is dead!" Big Max replied stunned.
"What are you waiting for?" The Scottish soldier shouted, "Captain Jorgensen! Captain! Yamada is dead! ”
In just a few moments, the native Scottish officer staggered to the scene with a bloodied face. Seeing the corpse of the Japanese, he blurted out: "This guy will die too?" ”
"Captain, the Warlord has been killed, and we have run out of bullets, and there is not a single shot left! Do we need to fight the enemy's chariots with our bayonets? ”
"Yes! The blasting grenades are gone, the explosives packs are gone, and even the Molotov cocktails are gone! Sir, let's retreat! ”
"Retreat, sir! If we don't retreat, we'll all be gone! ”
Hearing the pleading of the soldiers, the native Scottish officer looked up and left and right. After repeated attacks by the enemy, there were no soldiers left in this section of the position. He wavered, and the order to retreat was almost on his lips, but he hesitated and hesitated, because he knew very well that once the order to retreat was given, the entire company and even the soldiers on the surrounding positions would give up the battle, and this kind of disorganized retreat was likely to cause the collapse of the entire defensive line.
So, he gritted his teeth and said: "No, without the order of the superiors, even if all the people are killed, we can't retreat without authorization!" ”
A second ago, Big Max was still holding the hope of withdrawing from the position alive, but at this moment, he was desperate, completely desperate. With all their soldiers, ammunition, and even fighting spirit exhausted, this time they could not stop the enemy's attack in any way. You must know that most of the Scottish Army's most qualified and most powerful veteran units have been engaged in battle at the Dumfries Line and Stronghold Elsdon, and if these living forces are exhausted in the first two days of the war, what will the Scottish army use to stop the iron hooves of the coalition forces next?