Commencement of Action (2)
The breakfast of the next day made Lieutenant Colonel Memphis and Sun Qian very unhappy, and Marshal Petain, the old fox, obviously wanted to take back the command of this operation, but he did not say anything, and he wanted Lieutenant Colonel Memphis to say it first.
Lieutenant Colonel Memphis was not ambiguous, and took this opportunity to bargain before returning command of the operation.
Looking at the two who were far away, Marshal Petain regretted for a while, these were two difficult little foxes, but fortunately, he took back the command in the end.
"Hmph, I'll give you some benefits now, and if you don't do well, don't blame me for finding the back account." , Marshal Pétain muttered to himself.
Marshal Petain, having finished breakfast, made another arrangement, and then hurried back to Paris, where there was still a lot of work to be done, and he had been delayed here for too long.
For Lieutenant Colonel Meng Fei and Sun Qian, this was a pleasant trip, and after some bargaining, the biggest result they achieved was to have a communication team, which could call for support anytime and anywhere, which was no different from a life-saving charm for them.
After some thought, Sun Gan decided to take only two squads of people up in the early stage, and he asked Sun Xing, who was most familiar with the environment, to choose two squads in a row. The rest of the company was led by Lieutenant Memphett to meet them in the woods opposite the checkpoint.
On July 1, 1917, Sun Qian set off with a platoon, a second squad, and a communications crew of the Allied machine guns.
Sun Qian violated the conventional mode of action and planned to act during the day, because through observation, they found that the German outpost on the opposite side had run out of supplies today, and at noon they would go to the outpost next to them to eat, and the time was at least one and a half hours, enough for their small army to climb the cliff.
The lurking torment made the coalition communications team that followed them complain, and Sun Gan was not used to these old soldiers, and taught them a hard lesson in front of everyone.
Looking at the honest coalition communications team, Sun Qian finally reassured himself, if this operation was exposed because of their stupidity, there would not be such a good opportunity in the future.
At noon, the soldiers of the German outpost lined up on time to walk to the opposite side, they attached great importance to such a meal, regardless of the relationship between the top leaders, for the low-level soldiers who had been on duty in such a wilderness for a long time, such a meal was their few entertainment, how could everyone give up.
After seeing that the people at the German checkpoint were all walking away, Sun Gan grabbed the members of the communication team who were going to follow the climbing group, and Sun Gan was furious, is this the performance of a soldier who has been fighting for several years?
It went smoothly and the climbing team climbed the cliff in less than an hour. Sun Qian immediately arranged for everyone to rush to the bottom of the cliff as fast as possible.
"Brother Xing, I'll take the lead, your palace, pay attention to safety, if we haven't all gone up before they come back, hide on the spot and wait until night to find a way to go up, you must pay attention to safety." , Sun Qian instructed Sun Xing to say.
"Don't worry, young master, I know what to do, you should be careful, the situation above is more complicated, you must be careful." , Sun Xing agreed.
Sun Gan's worries still became a reality, and the coalition communications team directly pulled back, these guys were simply dragged up, and their communication equipment was also delayed for a lot of time. If it weren't for the rest of the people at the bottom, Sun Qian was really afraid that they would be exposed.
In the second half of the night, after the remaining Sun Xing and the others were carefully pulled up by everyone, Sun Qian finally put his heart down.
There was no word all night, except for a bastard who snored and was directly given a hammer by Sun Xing, there was no accident.
After dawn, after reaching the specified communication time and sending a message to the Allied Command that all the troops had reached the summit safely, Sun Qian had the mind to put the German defense line on both sides of the cliff.
Sun Qian found that the old-fashioned Germans had allowed them to build this line of defense in a decent manner, and there was not a single flaw except for this cliff. They had to observe little by little.
"Young master, this can't be done, our artillery mirror is not a perspective eye, we can only see things on the surface." , Sun Xing found that their observations were not effective.
"Well, I also found out, if you look at the bunker at 3 o'clock, a platoon of troops has just come out, and it's obvious that it's empty underneath." , Sun Qian also said.
"What should I do?" , Sun Xing asked.
"Let's observe first, just these superficial things have to be marked for a while, and the plane can also reconnoitre, but it is not as detailed as ours." , Sun Qian said calmly.
"Okay, everyone, let's all move, pay attention to their respective reconnaissance positions, and the guards are going now, they must do a good job of concealment." , Sun Xing directly assigned the task to everyone.
I have to admit that the obstacles crisscrossed by iron piles and barbed wire, as well as a large number of fortifications, made Sun Qian's brows furrow. Especially after a few days of observation, they found a lot of hidden fortifications, and there should be a complex network of transportation underground. One of the team members noticed that a German officer had just entered the bunker in front of him, and the direction in which he finally came out was actually running to the bunker a kilometer away. The most important thing is the issue of supplies, they have not seen any rear supply carriers in the past few days, which proves that there are sufficient supplies inside the defense line.
After reporting all these situations to the coalition headquarters, Sun Qian also waited for the next order from the coalition headquarters. The Allied command told them to go deep behind the line of defense to see if they could find a flaw in the German army.
This stumped Sun Gan, now that he is such a person, and he still has the oil bottle of the communication team, Sun Qian is really not sure at all. After some thought, he made his first request to the coalition command.
The first was the personnel, and he demanded that the entire A Company be transported somehow. In this way, he will have enough manpower.
The second is the translators, and the number should not be small, at least one for each class. And it also has to have a certain combat ability.
The third is weapons, except for special weapons for a small number of personnel, all weapons must be German standard equipment, and it is best to have more light firearms such as submachine guns and 2 guns with continuous firing functions.
Finally, there are military uniforms and documents, a full set of German military uniforms and a batch of documents, so that their activities behind enemy lines can be easier.
In addition, after everything was ready, the coalition forces had to make a feint so that they could move backwards.
The Allied Command quickly agreed to Sun Gan's request, but asked them to be as meticulous and fast as possible, and the Allied Forces also wanted to break this line of defense earlier.
Lieutenant Memphett made a great contribution, discovering that the German guard was drawing water from a depression at the bottom of the cliff, and saw an opportunity to add sleeping pills to the water. In the end, he successfully climbed to the top of the cliff with troops and supplies.
Seeing that all the staff came to the top of the cliff safely, Sun Qian was also happy.
After assigning the task to the squad and platoon leaders, Sun Qian left Sun Xing at the top of the cliff.
"Brother Xing, don't go to this mission, you just guard here." , Sun Qian directly stopped Sun Xing, who was about to speak, "Brother Xing, there is a reason why I keep you here, on the one hand, once we are exposed, the Germans will definitely track down our origins, and in terms of concealment, your skills are definitely stronger than ordinary people." In addition, you and I are both yellow-skinned, and if we both go out, the risk of exposure will also increase. ”。
"Okay, young master, you must be careful. If something happens to you, I'm going to turn them upside down. Sun Xing said with red eyes.
"Okay, I'll be careful." , Sun Qian comforted Sun Xing and said.
In the early morning, while the German soldiers on both sides of the cliff were sleepy and tired, Sun Qian set off with his company.