Chapter 321 Trust

Shen Billy led the sniper company to spend several hours in the "sand" trenches to familiarize themselves with the terrain, and sometimes built sniper positions and communication trenches by themselves.

"We are different from ordinary soldiers." Shen Billy told his subordinates: "When the battle starts tomorrow, if an ordinary soldier lies on our sniper position, can we still fight with him to make him give up his position?"

The subordinates laughed.

"So, we must have our own sniper position." Shen Billy said in a cautious tone: "And there must be multiple sniper positions. You have to change positions after firing a few bullets. This is very necessary. It concerns your lives!"

Shen Billy asked the sniper company to set up sniper positions in the open space behind the defense line, where it is convenient for snipers to run and not to occupy space with ordinary soldiers in the trenches.

In addition, ordinary soldiers in the front-line trenches will also attract enemy firepower and attention, and the direction of machine gun output is also where these people are more.

Even sniper positions are set outside the "sand" trenches.

Shen Billy analyzed the map:

"Imagine that tomorrow, after the battle begins, our soldiers will jump out of the trenches and charge at the enemy."

"What will happen if your sniper position is directly behind the 'sand' trench?"

The soldiers were all stunned.

None of them had thought about this. They might not be able to see any enemy at that time because their sight was blocked by their own backs.

So, the sniper position was immediately changed to the commanding heights and the flanks of the offensive surface.

After making these preparations, they rehearsed the cooperation between the observer and the shooter again. Shen Billy finally gave an order: "Sleep, and must sleep!"

Sufficient sleep can ensure the quality of the next day's battle. This is common sense.

The soldiers can understand, but this is the most difficult thing. Most people did not do it, including Idris.

And Shen Billy just leaned on the sandbag, and soon he snored evenly.

Shen Billy often spent the night in the wild when hunting kangaroos in Australia. This was nothing to him.

The only drawback is that I should have had a good meal of roasted kangaroo meat and fell asleep in the warmth of the campfire and the crackling of burning dry wood.

…

At five in the morning, before dawn, Shen Billy was awakened by the roar of the ship's guns.

Shen Billy turned over and stood still in the trench. He held the rifle and carefully looked in the direction of the shell explosion, feeling a little strange.

Since the Ottomans approached and built trenches, the fleet has given up the uninterrupted bombing of the "A" corner, which makes no sense.

But now, the fleet suddenly started shelling again, and the bombing position is still the "A" corner.

What's the use? Shen Billy frowned.

Then, Shen Billy found that one amphibious landing ship after another drove out from the shelter and gathered towards the beach under the crowd of soldiers.

Shen Billy was stunned, and then he understood.

"Smart guy!" Shen Billy smiled and shook his head: "He plans to use amphibious landing ships to bypass the sea!"

The bombardment of the naval guns was, of course, to cover up the sound of the motor of the amphibious landing ship.

Then, Shen Billy understood why Charles arranged the sniper company here.

The "sand" trench is the most important main attack direction, which cannot be lost, and the enemy's machine gun is the biggest stumbling block on the road to success for the French army.

"Second Lieutenant!" Idris's excited voice came from the darkness on one side of the trench: "It's Charles, I see Charles. He is looking for you!"

Shen Billy said "Oh" and ran in the direction of Idris with a rifle.

Charles carried a rifle on his back, which seemed to be inconsistent with his rank of colonel and his identity as a staff officer, but Shen Billy heard that Charles's shooting skills were quite good. He had killed more than a dozen enemies in previous battles.

Shen Billy had no doubt about this. If Charles didn't understand guns, he would not have invented the tactic of a two-person sniper team.

"Colonel!" Shen Billy stood up in front of Charles.

"Are you ready?" Charles asked.

"Yes, I'm ready!" Shen Billy answered confidently.

"Very good." Charles nodded: "Prepare for battle, launch the attack at 5:30!"

"Yes, sir." Shen Billy responded, and then asked in confusion: "Colonel, don't you ask about the preparations?"

"I believe you can arrange it." Charles replied, patted Shen Billy on the shoulder and left.

Shen Billy stood there for a long time.

He had never received such a level of trust. From childhood to adulthood, no matter what he did, he would be questioned or belittled, even though he had done well enough.

But Charles, not only did he not ask how he did it, but he let go and handed over such an important task to himself, and maintained absolute trust.

This made Shen Billy a little uncomfortable.

Shen Billy turned his head to look at Charles' back, and unconsciously thought of a question in his heart:

He is already 30 years old. He has been working hard in the wild with a gun since he was a teenager, but what is the purpose of all this?

Is it to make money, or to get promoted?

Or is it for life?

Or, what he really wants is just the recognition of others.

Unconsciously, Shen Billy's eyes have become red. He feels that he has made the right choice. He got what he wanted. This is what he wanted!

…

Charles didn't know that Shen Billy was struggling with his thoughts, or he could say that he was sighing.

The reason why he trusted Shen Billy was not because of anything else, but because he was Shen Billy.

This guy was the sniper with the most kills in World War I. He killed 150 targets in the four months of service in Gallipoli, and the final confirmed result was actually 201 people, and he was a new recruit who had just joined the army.

(Note: 150 people are when there are observers around, and there are also sniper kills without observers)

More importantly, he also invented the two-person cooperation sniping tactics, which has been used to this day.

If Charles doesn't believe in such sniper talents, who else can he believe?

Charles walked into the "sand" trench that he had heard of long ago, carefully poked his head out and looked towards the enemy's defense line with a telescope. The enemy's machine gun positions were vaguely visible in the moonlight, and some were even piled with sandbags with only a small hole exposed.

This will be a severe test for Shen Billy, Charles thought, but it shouldn't be difficult for him.

At this time, Tijani and several signal soldiers came to Charles, raised their heads in the direction of the beach, and said, "It's ready."

"Yeah." Charles responded softly.

That was the elite force of the 105th Infantry Regiment, with only 400 soldiers. They were hiding on the seashore with the amphibious landing craft covered with canvas.

As long as the order was given, they would rush to the sea at the fastest speed and then go around the enemy's flank.

Charles turned his eyes to the east, where a little white was faintly visible.