Chapter 734 Attack (2)
The situation at this time is very dangerous to the expeditionary force.
The troops rushing in front were temporarily blocked by the German army, and the subsequent troops could not keep up because of German artillery fire. It can be imagined that once the German army recovered or the dividing line between the enemy and us was more obvious, then the German tanks and armored vehicles could play a role again. At that time, the Expeditionary Force, which had only light weapons, would suffer the worst casualties in history... No matter how good the soldiers of the Expeditionary Force were, their flesh and blood could not compete with steel after all.
But Zhang Chi had no choice but to do anything at this moment, and he seemed to be able to wait for that moment.
However, at this moment, a shout suddenly came from the direction of the sand dunes.
Zhang Chi looked back in surprise and saw that the South African soldiers of the 1st South African Division had already rushed up at some point. If it were just the 1st South African Division, it might not be able to solve the problem. The key point is that the South African soldiers of the 1st South African Division were walking vigorously in the desert, and the anti-tank trenches were not a problem for them, that is, they did not need to rely on the sections filled by the German army to pass through.
This surprised Zhang Chi because most of the anti-tank trenches were five or six meters deep, and the two walls were vertical. Except for the better sections of roads that were bombed by German artillery fire, it was generally difficult to pass quickly. However, the South African soldiers did not take it seriously at all. They jumped down and then climbed up from this side in less than a minute, holding guns and shouting, following the squadron behind the German defense line.
Later, Zhang Chi learned that this was related to the fact that many South African soldiers were accustomed to not wearing shoes... Most Africans were barefoot since childhood, even if the sand in the desert was hot by the sun. Not wearing shoes for many years made them grow thick cocoons on the soles of their feet. This cocoon protects their feet from harm like their shoes.
This also makes their feet very flexible and suitable for climbing in the desert. Therefore, the anti-tank trenches may be a difficult obstacle for the Expeditionary Army soldiers, but it is a piece of cake for the South African soldiers.
What's even more powerful is that although the combat effectiveness of South African soldiers is very poor... to be precise, it should be a long-distance battle, because they don't understand and can't learn any coordination, tactics or aiming, but their close-knit combat ability is no less than that of veterans such as the Expeditionary Force.
One reason is that they move very flexibly in the desert.
This is also related to their feet, or it can be said that they have grown up in the desert. They run and move faster than soldiers wearing shoes. No wonder some people say, "Barfoot is not afraid of people wearing shoes."
Another is that South African soldiers have been hunting and gathering since childhood, which is somewhat similar to the primitive people.
When hunting, they will inevitably fight wild animals, and sometimes following prey requires them to walk in the desert for a long time, so they invisibly cultivate the fighting ability, physical strength and endurance of South African soldiers.
So although South African soldiers were clumsy when they were in the barracks, and even stood in a row, they were all weird and stubborn, but if they were really angry, they would be like beasts.
In fact, Zhang Chi did have the illusion that the wolves were attacking the German army at this time... Many South African soldiers simply lost their rifles and held a baton in their hands.
The road ahead was blocked by armored vehicles, it didn't matter. I climbed up in a few seconds and then jumped over and jumped into the German group and stabbed them.
There were too many people in front of me, it didn't matter. They climbed onto the tank in a few strokes and then jumped down and pulled the trigger at the German army... Although they still shot randomly, they were only a distance of more than ten meters or even several meters, so I'm afraid it would be difficult to hit the target.
What made the German army even more frightened was that when the South African soldiers launched the attack, they made the German officers and soldiers feel panic and at a loss.
This sudden change quickly gave the Expeditionary Force an advantage. Of course, Zhang Chi would not miss this opportunity and shouted: "Brothers, kill!" Then he led the Expeditionary Force soldiers and the South African soldiers to cover up and kill the German army.
The German defense line soon collapsed under the attack of the Expeditionary Force and the 1st South African Division.
In fact, it was not until this time that Zhang Chi discovered that the Expeditionary Force and the 1st South African Division were actually very good at medium- and long-distance combat, while the 1st South African Division was better at close combat. Just like now, the South African soldiers always took the lead in rushing into the German team to create chaos with their flexibility and speed, and the squadrons following behind could calmly shoot the Germans one by one... In terms of effect, this is actually a common infiltration war used by the Japanese, but the 1st South African Division was just a random battle without training.
However, if you want to create chaos, you really need to mess around indiscriminately.
When the commander of the 1st Division of South Africa, Brigadier Jack almost couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this scene...
"God, what happened?" Brigadier General Jack said to himself: "Are these South Africans crazy?"
Brigadier Jack's feelings come from several aspects:
One is that the South African soldiers' attack was spontaneous, which means they did not have the consent of Brigadier Jack.
Why did it spontaneously launch an attack? Needless to say, Disoya shouted at the soldiers of the 1st Division of South Africa: "The Chinese are here to protect Africa. We cannot watch them bleeding and remain indifferent. The warriors of our Prok tribe decided to fight with the Chinese. Who will be with us?"
"us!"
"us!"
"And we!"
...
So there was no need for Brigadier Jack's command at all. Brigadier Jack didn't even know this. He was still worried in the command center whether the defense line would be broken through. Whether he wanted to lead the troops to retreat first!
And Disoya waved his hand and tens of thousands of African soldiers from the 1st South African Division rushed towards the German army at a critical moment.
Another thing that made Brigadier Jack sigh or could not understand was that he had been fighting with these African soldiers for so many years, and he never knew that they were so capable of fighting, and jumping up and down the battlefield was like a monkey.
Not long ago, Brigadier General Jack and all the British officials believed that the South African 1st Division was the most promising and hopeless force, but now this concept has been completely overturned.
In fact, it was not just Brigadier General Jack who were the British officers of the 1st South African Division who did not believe it. When the information reached Montgomery Command, Montgomery and others were all stunned.
Chapter completed!