Chapter 140 The Great War is about to begin
Time passed quietly in the footsteps of the black mercenaries led by Sameer, and it took them nearly a month to join up with the British militia surrounding Victory, Sunrise, and Sunset, despite the extensive use of horses and wagons. The person who led these coins was also an old acquaintance of Sameer, Charlie's army henchman, Colonel Sander. When I exchanged feelings with Charlie's subordinates before, soldiers against generals, and Sameer against Xandar was Xander.
Sameer still has a very good impression of Xandar and is quite a talented young man. Sameer is in his thirties, and Xandar is only twenty-eight, so he is naturally a young man. It's because there is no strong family force behind it to support it, and I have suffered unimaginably until now. Only a few years ago, he colluded with Charlie, who lacked army henchmen, and only then did he enter an important position in the army. The only drawback is that the edges and corners have been smoothed out by the dark officialdom.
This is not a good thing, a soldier without edges and corners is not a qualified soldier. Therefore, if Shandal is playing a tailwind battle and a defensive battle with a small gap, it will definitely have no problem and will even surprise you. However, if you fight against the wind and your own forces are not very strong, Xander's performance will be mediocre. It's not that he doesn't have enough brains, but that he has lived on thin ice for many years, so he doesn't dare to take risks, he doesn't dare to gamble on victory, and when he commands, he doesn't seek merit but no fault.
Sameer looked at the line and did not exceed his expectations. The 30,000 militiamen did not have much combat effectiveness, not only were they poorly equipped, but they were also not disciplined at all. Even in broad daylight, they don't stay in the defensive position, but gather in groups to chat and fart. Sameer, who is strict with his subordinates, naturally can't look down on it. However, the encirclement line was still very well built. It is not close or far from the place where the new town of the three major companies is located.
If you get close, you will be attacked by the company's troops. Before the Hessian mercenaries arrived, the militia could not stop the attack of the company's elite troops. If the loss of strength is too great, it will cause a lot of trouble for the subsequent attack. If you are far away, you will not be able to monitor the enemy's movements, and you will not be able to provide first-hand information, which will have a greater impact on the subsequent battles. A line of defense that is not close or far away, just enough. There has never been a formal exchange of fire with the enemy, but you will still encounter an exchange of fire when you get close to the scout.
Naturally, they also knew that the company was training new recruits. Speaking of these recruits, the last batch of training has also begun. Recruit training is divided into three stages under Xiao Lin's summary. The first is the disciplined training of walking in unison, followed by the most important shooting training, and finally the physical training. Naturally, the training time was not enough, and he didn't expect Sameer to come so quickly. Physical training is combined with official construction.
Now, there are 10,000 new soldiers, all of whom are building defenses outside the three new towns. The North American continent is not as good as the Chinese continent, and the Chinese continent also has a variety of high and low city walls built by the Chinese people with money to borrow, and there are only some wooden walls or wooden fences built by ordinary civilians in the North American continent at most. These things can't even be stopped by the white man's own regular army, and naturally they can't stop the Hessian mercenaries who have formed combat effectiveness after changing their outfits.
When the new town was expanded, those wooden fences and wooden walls blocked the place, Xiao Lin thought about it, and naturally ordered it to be demolished. Combat defense, Xiao Lin believes that a complete trench defense line is much better than the city wall. 10,000 recruits, 5,000 recruits, were working in full swing outside the three new towns. Although it is not possible to equip large construction equipment such as excavators, shovels and gravel hammers and crushed nails are sufficient.
In just three days, a trench three meters wide and one meter eight deep was built. Moreover, inside the trenches, there were a full five anti-artillery holes. One trench is naturally not enough, and in the coming days, at least three more trenches will be built. Moreover, there were three artillery positions as well as ninety machine-gun positions, and the reason why even three times the number of positions was also just in case. If the enemy's artillery is not disabled at the first time, the convoy artillery and machine gunners will become the main targets of the enemy.
The heavy fist II artillery is the most Makqin heavy machine gun, but Xiao Lin fought this time to defeat the enemy's help. As soon as Sameer arrived, he naturally began to plan more reconnaissance activities. After Adolf's teachings, Sameer knew that the better he was prepared and the clearer he was about the enemy, the smoother the battle would be. And the most elite scouts in his hands are the cavalry and short-lanced melee soldiers of the Hessian mercenaries. In one go, he sent out thirty groups.
Sameer could have thought of it, and it was naturally impossible for Shawlin not to think of it. Compared to Sameer, Sholin's scouts are absolutely professional. Whether it is from the clothing, firearms, night vision device infrared and field rations, the Night Owl Special Reconnaissance Battalion has completely destroyed the infantry and cavalry cameo scouts in his hands. Moreover, Xiao Lin thought in advance that Sameer would send scouts, and the Night Stalker Special Reconnaissance Battalion had already been scattered in advance.
Three towns, three lines of defense, and a hundred night owl warriors in ambush in each place. A total of thirty sniper groups were also divided equally, and those with strong combat effectiveness matched those with weak combat effectiveness, and the ambush positions chosen were all inevitable for the enemy's reconnaissance fighters to pass through. A gilly suit, plus a special field camouflage uniform, hidden in the grass, is really invisible. After waiting for a full day and a night, I ate three servings of field rations and compressed biscuits, and finally waited for the enemy.
Unlike the enemy scouts they easily eliminated before, these scouts have made great progress. Previously, those British scouts did not have any sense of camouflage at all. Although they will not wear those brightly colored British lobster military uniforms that are very conspicuous in the forest. But it's just a change of ordinary folk clothes, and the color is not 100% green or white in winter, black and white. This entry will naturally be easily discovered by the guards soldiers.
But now, because it's winter, everyone is dressed in white. Moreover, on the clothes and hats, some snow was smeared. At first glance, it's really not easy to spot. Of course, it is still not as good as professional military camouflage and gilly uniforms. Several people quietly passed through the snowy part of the forest, walking on the snow without making much noise. In the forest at night, there is no shortage of animals that come out at night.
Owls are a major feature of North America, and the eagle calls the wolf, and there seems to be no problem. However, for the sniper team, this sound is really obvious in Thailand. One of the most important tasks in the training of the Night Stalker Special Reconnaissance Battalion is to distinguish the sounds of the wild. This person's potential is unlimited, and as long as he trains and learns regularly, this ability is still sufficient. Especially for those Indian warriors who are used to fighting in the forest and wilderness, these abilities are not difficult to develop at all.
Some excellent Indian hunters have even honed this ability in the forest a long time ago, and Xiao Lin's father-in-law, Eagle, is such a person. So, as soon as these people walked through the snow, a sniper team lurking fifteen meters away noticed that something was wrong. The observer quietly turned his head in response to the sound, just in time to see the third of the five enemy scouts come into his sight. He was not surprised, stretched out his hand, and lightly tapped his companion's shoulder three times, one heavy and two light, indicating that there was an enemy.
The sniper immediately understood, and did not move, just like that, the five enemies let go. They are the most advanced beings, mainly responsible for putting the enemy in their pockets, closing the net in the final attack, and pulling the pocket formation. When the enemy had passed, the observer took out the walkie-talkie when a wolf howl sounded.
"Eagle's Nest, Eagle's Nest, I'm Eagle One, I've discovered the enemy's whereabouts, continue to monitor, don't rush to close the net first. ”
"Eagle One, Eagle One, Eagle Nest has been received, continue to monitor, no need to reply. ”
The voices on both sides were very soft, and there was no abnormality. After waiting for half the night, a total of ten groups of scouts entered, and the first batch of these people were the cannon fodder for the temptation, just to go to the people behind them to thunder. In the past, the soldiers would fight directly when they found the enemy scouts, but now that they have not encountered an attack, they are naturally happy, and there will be the idea that there is no enemy. Misled by those in front, the enemy is coming in waves.
In this era, except for the people in the company, I am afraid that there will never be a military radio. Naturally, the scouts had detected the enemy's information and had to return to their own camp to be effective, so the fighters didn't care if they saw the specific information or not. After waiting for an hour, and no more enemies entered the night owl encirclement, the warriors began to put the finishing touches. The place where the enemy reconnaissance group was located, it had long been reported to them by the people of the sniper group.
Ordinary soldiers with Type 5 or 6 semi-automatic rifles quietly touched the place where the enemy was. The enemy is naturally not mediocre, and someone actually discovered them in advance. Sam led the team to command, responded urgently, and commanded the fighters to fight.
"Everybody, pay attention, sniper team, start attacking immediately, don't let anyone go. ”
"Yes!"
At the sound of the order, gunfire rang out in the forest between all the British troops and the company convoy. Naturally, it was impossible for Sameer not to hear it, and as soon as the gunshots rang out, he knew that something was wrong. Immediately let the herald run out, anxious for all the cavalry, ready to go to meet the scouts sent out. And the recruits of the escort team have also begun to assemble, and this time it will definitely not be a big battle, so it is good for the recruits to go through the experience. Kent also began to move forward from behind Sam with his new barracks, cooperating with the strangulation of the scouts.