Chapter 317 Army Landing

Edward Shen, also known as Shen Billy, his deeds were even made into a movie.

However, because of Shen Billy's Chinese identity, his heroic deeds were soon forgotten.

After the war, he didn't even have a formal job. He made a living by doing manual labor and odd jobs. Finally, at the age of 57, he died of poverty in a cheap hotel he rented. His only legacy was 5 shillings.

Charles needed such a person around him. He had keen insight and faster reaction ability than ordinary people, and even a sixth sense cultivated by long-term hunting.

With him around, if there is an enemy suddenly appearing in front of him, Charles doesn't need to do it himself.

Thinking about it, Charles turned around and asked Richard: "I just need a guard, Colonel."

"Of course no problem." Colonel Richard responded hurriedly, but then hesitated, he glanced at Shen Billy: "But he doesn't know French, it seems not suitable to be your guard..."

Shen Billy rushed forward, his tone a little nervous: "I can learn, Colonel, this is not a problem. And it seems that there is not much to learn, just simple communication."

Colonel Richard cast his eyes on Charles.

Charles agreed: "No problem, we don't lack translators."

So the matter was settled.

On the way back to the western defense line, Charles asked Shen Billy through the translator: "You seem to be reluctant to stay in your own unit?"

"Yes." Shen Billy did not deny it, he looked indignant: "I do better than many people. Maybe you think I am bragging, Colonel, but I am telling the truth. The instructor is also a rookie in my eyes. If he is my enemy on the battlefield, I can easily kill him. However..."

Shen Billy glanced at his military rank.

No need to explain, Charles understood what was going on in an instant, discrimination, double standards, unfair treatment.

With his special skills, he should have led a team or even organized a special forces, but he is still a corporal until now.

Shen Billy seemed to know that he would have no future in the Australian army, no matter how good his performance was, so he thought of following Charles to the French army to try his luck.

Charles smiled.

If it were someone else, he might still have no chance to succeed, because France also had such a problem, but it just happened to run into Charles.

You are lucky!

...

On this day, the Ottoman army did not launch an attack as Charles guessed.

But Tijani seemed very annoyed. He walked around in the command center, saying as he walked:

"Originally we were surrounding the enemy, but now the enemy is surrounding us!"

"The front and rear lines of defense are only more than 200 meters away from us. No matter which side we attack, the enemy's artillery fire can bomb our backs, and the machine guns can shoot at our backs."

The second line of defense where the French army is stationed is roughly composed of two trenches in the east and west, which are more than 100 meters apart.

If the French army jumps out of the trenches and attacks the enemy in the west, the enemy in the east will, as Tijani said, machine guns and artillery will shoot at the backs of the charging French army.

Such a charge is obviously not feasible, and it may be worse than the attack of the Ottoman army.

"General." At this time, the communicator came in and reported: "General Winter sent a telegram, saying that the colonel's guess is likely to be correct. The seaplane detected that the enemy was training to throw grenades with wooden sticks."

Tijani said "hmm", took the telegram, glanced at it, and handed it to Charles, frowning even deeper.

Charles took the telegram and looked at it, and said indifferently: "This may be a good thing."

"Good thing?" Tijani looked at Charles puzzled: "How can this be a good thing?"

Charles did not answer directly. He pointed to the "A" corner on the west side of the defense line and said: "We can boldly guess that the enemy on the west side will deploy its main force close to our defense line to avoid the battleship's bombardment."

"No, Colonel." Tijani looked up at Charles: "This is not a hypothesis, but a fact. It is obvious that the enemy's main force is in front of us!"

The enemy on the west side did not build a trench, but a complete defense line composed of three trenches.

Even if each trench needs 2,000 people to defend, there are 6,000 troops in these three trenches.

That must be the main force of the enemy in corner "A", both in terms of quality and strength.

"Then." Charles pointed to the east side of the defense line on the map: "Why don't we land here?"

"You must be crazy!" Tijani looked at the point Charles pointed out: "If we want to land here, the transport ship must go deep into the Gulf of Saros and withstand the attack of the enemy's three-sided coastal defense artillery!"

Before, the landing troops fought from west to east, so that the transport ships could stay away from the "death zone" in the Gulf of Saros. Now Charles said that they wanted to land at the east end of the defense line, which was simply suicide.

However, Charles replied calmly: "I didn't say the fleet landed."

Tijani was confused: "But if there is no fleet, how can we land?"

"Army." Charles said firmly: "Ourself!"

Tijani laughed: "Ourself? That's the sea, Colonel, can we swim across..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly realized: "You mean, amphibious landing ship?"

Charles smiled but said nothing.

Tijani half opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time. Suddenly he sat down and stared at the map, then exclaimed:

"God, the enemy's defense line is too close to us, only two or three hundred meters away."

"They thought this line of defense was in front of us, and we definitely couldn't get around it."

"They forget that we have amphibious landing craft that can bypass their defenses from the sea and attack their flanks or even their rear."

"At that time, the flanks of their defense will be attacked from two or even three sides..."

As he spoke, Tijani excitedly hugged Ciel's shoulders and shook them:

"That's great, Ciel, you're such a genius!"

"The results of the previous landing battle will be repeated again, and the enemy will unknowingly make the same mistake."

"These fools, they didn't expect that the amphibious landing ship could land from the flank!"

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Charles was speechless for a moment. Didn't you also not expect it?

This may be due to people's stereotypes. Everyone thinks that amphibious landing ships like Shire can land from sea to land.

They didn't expect that this thing could have another form: traveling from land to sea, and then from sea to land.

That's why Ciel said, "This might be a good thing."

If the enemy did not build such a line of defense in an attempt to compress the French army's living space, "A" corner is several square kilometers, and the defenders are scattered on various terrains. Even if Charles wanted to penetrate, he would not know where to penetrate. Once he penetrated, he would be in the enemy's position. in the surrounding circle.

Now, the enemies are concentrated in front of them and distributed linearly, creating an excellent opportunity for Ciel!