Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 511: Offense (1)

The colonial army does not mean inferior. In the French army sequence, the colonial army once occupied a very important position.

No colonial nation will be tamed from the beginning. Colonial plunder is soaked in blood from its bones. The Republic needs a steady stream of benefits from the colonies. Colonial forces are an important tool to protect these benefits.

France specially designed uniforms and equipment adapted to the local environment and climate for her colonial troops, so that these French warriors can fight locally more efficiently. In terms of details, I am afraid that only the British can compare with the French. Germany The National Defense Forces is far behind on this issue.

This small force belongs to the second battalion of the Third Colonial Infantry Regiment. The headquarters of this force is in Siem Reap. It was transferred to Banteay Meanchey Province by a superior two weeks ago.

Generally speaking, some local soldiers will be recruited in this kind of army, but the colonial military high-level stubbornly believe that the short Khmer is not suitable for the army to fight. In contrast, they prefer the Vietnamese people, who are generally nourished. Yes, they are more aggressive in character, and there are no major language barriers. After training, they are very obedient to the orders of their superiors.

However, the Khmer people are extremely hostile to the Vietnamese people, and they also hate the Siamese. These three countries and nations have hatred and contradictions accumulated over a century. Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, most of the colonial troops stationed in Khmer were purely French.

Captain Danielle is the company commander of the second battalion, but now he only has this platoon. One of the remaining platoons escorted a group of important baggage to Delek, and the other followed the regiment. Sunbathing in the city of Siem Reap.

Speaking of this, this is still a light-motorized infantry platoon, but the actual organization is not what you imagined. Because the size of the army is too large, the change and formation are very chaotic. The boundaries of the French motorized troops have been blurred in practice. This can refer to the mobile troops that are purely motorized marches, or they can refer to the ordinary troops that use cars to transport their luggage. It can generally refer to all infantry units equipped with cars.

This infantry platoon of 65 officers and soldiers is equipped with a Citroen half-ton truck. Obviously, this small truck is not for manned marches, and they are not for the Indian army, otherwise only a motorcycle is enough.

Now this blue-gray pickup truck is loaded with the belongings of the entire platoon, various ammunition, spare weapons, field cooking utensils, and field rations enough to eat the entire platoon for three days. Towed a Haqikesi SA34 25mm anti-tank gun.

This small cannon was just shipped from the country. The anti-shield and barrel are also painted with the tri-color camouflage paint of the local army. As the first anti-tank gun officially designed by France, this weapon was in the early days of the war. The performance is quite satisfactory. Although the effective range is only one kilometer, the armor-piercing capability of forty millimeters is sufficient to destroy most of the German armored units.

The French army was equipped with a large number of such artillery, and even supported a group of British expeditionary forces. Eventually, these artillery all fell into the hands of the German army. In history, the Germans gave it a PAK112 (F) equipment number as a supplementary firepower for the second-line troops, and also sold a lot to allies, such as the Romanian and Finnish troops.

But now that history has changed, the Germans simply don't like this kind of small artillery, so apart from leaving a few for research, they all returned to the French army. Super Bandit

The French army also found that this thing is outdated in performance. Now the whole world seems to be engaged in heavy tanks. However, France built a full 6,000 of these guns at the time. Even if they were lost in the war, the rest There are almost five thousand, and it would be a shame if all were abandoned.

It turned out that the Germans found a business opportunity. Although this thing is not very good in range, the accuracy is really good. It can be almost anywhere within a kilometer. It is easy to operate, has a high rate of fire, and can destroy Wasn't this the power of most light tanks in the world at that time what the Chinese government needed most?

The total weight of this gun is only 480 kilograms. Two strong soldiers can drag and run. It is powerful enough to kill all known Japanese tanks, and the blasting bombs can also be used to hit bunker.

The German army deliberately added SA24 to the weapons trade catalog, so when France sent troops to the colonies, it installed almost half of this gun by the way.

The Chinese side is really interested in this kind of French artillery. The first batch of 200 was ordered. After the trial is ready on the battlefield, it will be considered whether to follow up the purchase.

Because this batch of artillery is no longer German trophies, the French became the supplier this time, and the German side was quite happy to pay for the French franc, so that this business made Petain, who was suffering from financial stress. The government has discovered a new world.

The French colonial forces also received a batch of this artillery to strengthen the colony’s anti-tank firepower. Anyway, there are still half ships over there.

In the past, the colonial forces have been under pressure from the armored units of the Siamese and Japanese forces. Compared with these two countries, the armored units of French Indochina are almost insignificant except for the number.

The British armored vehicle of the Siamese Army. The main equipment is the Carden Royd tracked machine gun and the Vickers six-ton ​​tank. Although they are lightweight units, they are not produced by the French during World War I. Renault FT17 can match, not only the difference in quantity, the two sides are not the goods of the same era at all.

In addition to this batch of 25mm anti-tank guns, the original French army in French Indochina has also received a lot of heavy equipment. For example, the anti-tank battalion of the Third Colonial Infantry Regiment received a batch of the latest forty Seven-millimeter anti-tank guns, the artillery battalion of the infantry regiment is supplemented by a bunch of big guys with a caliber of seventy-five or even one hundred and five millimeters. This was originally supposed to be equipped with direct firepower for the brigade-level and even the division-level direct firepower. This time, the War Department allocated them to the colonial regiment’s artillery.

The Paris side is obviously ready to do a big fight in Asia. According to unreliable news, the British also have some ideas. According to Danielle’s guess, this may refer to the Malay Peninsula.

"Mr. Captain!" The signalman stood beside the Citroen and called out the company commander.

"What happened." Danielle dropped the cigarette **** in his hand and strode over. Troubled Times, Chaoge, Beauty, Conspiracy

"It's Major Dua. The Siamese bombed the air station of Shishaofeng half an hour ago." The signalman handed the headset to Danielle.

"It's me, Danielle, good afternoon, Mr. Major." Danielle took off his helmet and placed it on the hood, then buckled the headset on his head.

"Yes, Mr. Major, I understand, Mr. Major. How could this be? Is it serious? I know... But the strength of my current hand... OK, Mr. Major, you know I’m not that Meaning, ok, no problem at all. Yes, long live the Republic and long live France!" Danielle took off his headset and signaled the signaller to turn off the microphone.

"What's wrong? I heard that the Siamese Air Force bombed Shisha Feng?" Lieutenant Barr asked from the side.

"Yes, half an hour ago, but it was not a city, but an air station in the suburbs. The casualties there were serious and the entire base was almost destroyed." Danielle put on his helmet~IndoMTL.com~ Fasten the belt of the lower jaw.

"Are the Siamese crazy? This is war." Lieutenant Barr's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yeah, second lieutenant, there is going to be a war. The above ordered our company to move to the border immediately and get my map bag." Danielle said to the orderly standing on the side, the soldier hurriedly Spread his legs and ran towards the company commander's officer marching bag.

The company commander took the map from the panting orderly and laid it on the hood of the Citroen.

"Our current location is near here, and the river we just passed by. Let us get here now." Danielle pointed to a point on the map.

"Song the post, it's less than a hundred meters from the border." Lieutenant Barr frowned.

"I’ve been there. It was originally an old-fashioned barracks with a pentagonal shelter wall. There is a simple runway 200 meters away from the south, where light aircraft can land. Thirty Khmer soldiers were stationed there. , Now I don’t know how much is left. Our task is to rush to this post before dark, and then stay there until the follow-up troops arrive.” Danielle put away the map, folded it into one, and reinserted it. In the map package.

"The above means, where will the Siamese attack?" Barr asked.

"Now we can't judge what follow-up actions the Siamese Army will have. I think there is a possibility of this. Assemble the troops, second lieutenant!" Danielle raised his chest and ordered the second lieutenant.

"Yes! Mr. Captain." Barr slammed his heel and saluted the company commander.

The next moment, the sharp and short assembly horns of the French army echoed along the highway.

PS: Yesterday’s title should have been in "Prologue", but it was written incorrectly. I have a chance to change it again.

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