767 Fire

Sixty kilometers from the Goba Heights, Lemnos was the forward base of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force closest to the front line, and the supplies needed by the front-line troops were sent from Cyprus to Lemnos and then to the front line where they were most needed.

The temporary headquarters of the Anzac was on the island of Lemnos, and after the Anzac came to Europe, they were first transferred by Winston to Alexandria, Egypt, and did nothing for three months before being sent to the Garibaldi Peninsula, and the commander Brad Nancy did not expect that the Anzac had just entered the battle and made such a fatal mistake.

"Bastard! Quan Te is a stupid pig, you are stupid enough, the captain of the transport ship is even more stupid, the first mate who looks at the compass should be shot, no one is allowed to retreat, no matter whether they can complete the task or not, they will die on the beachhead! "Brad Nancy's eyes are red, he has betrayed the trust of all Australians and all New Zealanders.

When the Anzac left Sydney, the people of Sydney prepared a 100,000-strong farewell ceremony for the Anzac, and every Anzac soldier was greeted with flowers and applause, and many handsome young men also received warm kisses from the girls.

The Anzac soldiers came to Europe with great ambition to achieve glory, and no one expected to start in such a wrong way.

Ever since the Anzac landed on the Garibaldi Peninsula, there has been a heavy atmosphere of seriousness in the command, with heavy casualties among the front-line soldiers, unhappy rear-command staff, and beautiful young female secretaries tiptoeing to avoid making noise and attracting a reprimand from Brad Nancy.

"General, a telegram from Lord Nyasaland—" The adjutant sent a telegram from the General Headquarters.

Brad Nancy was not angry and dragged him over, and instead of blaming Brad Nancy and the Anzac, Roque in the telegram encouraged the Anzac to continue to work hard to hold their ground, and promised to give the Anzac greater support.

After reading the telegram, Brad Nancy's expression was complicated, and his mood was even more complicated.

The generals of this era really have different styles, and when facing the mistakes of their subordinates, different generals have obvious differences, and Roque is a tolerant and gentle type, and there should be encouragement and punishment.

Frenzi is the type of pushing the boat with the current, his subordinates will attack if they want to attack, and if they fail, they will take the initiative to bear joint and several responsibility, and they will never blame the individual; If you want to resign, you will be approved directly, and you will not be retained at all, regardless of the reason for resigning.

Xia Fei is another kind, no matter whether his subordinates make mistakes or not, as long as they disagree with their own opinions, or they will endanger their own authority, or they will lose the battle, then they will be dismissed.

Even if his subordinates strictly implemented Xia Fei's orders, so the battle was lost, and the fate of the subordinates who were waiting for them was dismissed.

If the battle fails, you have to find a scapegoat.

"What does Lord Nyasaland say?" Major General Kyle Gray from New Zealand is curious, and Brad Nancy hands the telegram to Kyle Gray, who sighs after reading it.

"Don't think too much, even if the command tells us to retreat, we can't retreat now." Brad Nancy gritted his teeth, and the Anzac had no way out but to keep fighting.

"Yes, the shame of our own mistakes must be washed away with victory with our own hands." Kyle Gray could also see the true meaning of Roque's telegram, and some things were not too obvious, if the Anzacs dared to retreat, then Roque would dare to take Brad Nancy and Kyle Gray to court-martial.

"Send a telegram to Albert and Broad, don't have any illusions, if they die in battle, I'll take care of their families—" Brad Nancy threw away his illusions, and even if the army was wiped out, at least the Anzac proved their mettle.

"I'll take the reserves to support—" Kyle Gray was not a coward, a coward in the British Expeditionary Force, who was thrown into the City of Cowards to plant grapes during the Second Boer War.

"There's no hurry, you can't put it in the reserves right now." Brad Nancy insisted that the landing force should be kept as long as possible before the landing force was exhausted, and that it should not be committed until it was absolutely necessary.

After reading the telegram, Albert tore off his tie, loosened the collar of his shirt, poured a large sip of wine into his mouth, and then ordered all the men on the beach to be left behind to cooperate with the battle.

"All the officers went to the front, the soldiers shot the officers on the top, the officers on the top of the people, the people on the top of the people, the people on the top of the operators and the medics, the lightly wounded immediately returned to the front line, don't skimp on bullets and grenades, fuck the Ottomans in the ass!" Albert roared in front of the tent with his pistol, ready to die a glorious death.

Neither Albert nor Brad Nancy expected that the support promised by Roque would come so quickly, and before the warships covering the landing force arrived, the bombers sent by Roque arrived.

Not a four-engine heavy strategic bomber, but a ground support aircraft with only one engine that looks little different from a fighter.

Compared with fighters, the biggest difference between a near-ground support aircraft and a ground support aircraft is the aerial bombs and incendiary bombs in the belly position.

Limited by the level of engine power and the number of pylons at this time, the ground support aircraft could only carry a maximum of two 200 kg bombs, and if it was of the 50 kg class, then it could carry six.

The weight of the incendiary bombs was fifty kilograms.

In addition to aerial bombs and incendiary bombs, the ground support aircraft also have machine guns, which can be used for ground strafing after dropping bombs, but the lack of spare ammunition is not conducive to long-term combat, and in addition, the performance of the ground support aircraft and the fighter is not much different.

In order to enhance the deterrence of the ground support aircraft, the air intake of the ground support aircraft is equipped with a sound device that can make a loud sound, and when it dives against the ground, it will emit a loud screeching sound, which is the idea of the Ju87 dive bomber known as the "Stuka".

By the time Albert was preparing to fight to the death, six ground support planes had already arrived over the Goba Mound, and these ground support planes had taken off from Lemnos Island, and Brad Nancy had no command of the air force.

The air force involved in the Battle of the Dardanelles was transferred directly from southern Africa by Roque, British planes were only used to defend the homeland, and France had its own aircraft to participate in the war.

Including artillery shells, it can also be dropped by air, as long as the shells and seals are delivered separately.

The commander of the six near-ground support aircraft was Air Force Major Zhang Heng, who once again confirmed when he flew over the Goba mound: "Is the Goba Heights down there?" Are you sure? ”

After the Anzac got the wrong position, the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force has increased their vigilance from top to bottom, saying that they often walk by the river without getting their shoes wet, and that the first time they fell into the river was accidental, and the second time they fell into the river was stupid.

No one wants to be a fool to be ridiculed.

"Sure, it's definitely Goba Heights down there, I've been here many times—" Gao Ming, the navigator and bombardier, was very sure, thanks to the Air Force for its reconnaissance of the Garibaldi Peninsula in the early stage, and Gao Ming had long been familiar with the nearby terrain.

Tom Tom Tom –

Zhang Heng fired a point shot to attract the attention of other near-ground support aircraft, reversed his thumb and gestured downward, and then flew away to find a suitable position to prepare for a dive.

Other ground support aircraft followed closely, and the Ottoman Empire also had an air force, or planes purchased from Nyasaland, but after the outbreak of the world war, Nyasaland stopped trading with the Ottoman Empire, and the little aircraft purchased by the Ottoman Empire had been exhausted in the previous battle with the Southern African Air Force, so there was no need to worry about air supremacy.

Even if the Ottoman planes slipped through the net, a small number of planes would not pose a threat to the expeditionary force air force, and there was an escort formation of three fighters in the air not far from Zhang Heng's squad to prevent the Ottoman air force from sneaking attack.

When the ground support aircraft carried bombs, their flexibility was greatly affected, and they were powerless to fight back against the fighters.

However, after throwing away the auxiliary fuel tanks and bombs, the flexibility of the near-ground support aircraft is also good, and it can still fight with the fighters, and then the pilot's ability will be tested.

The strength of the pilots in southern Africa is recognized as the best in the world, which has been confirmed in the Italo-Turkish war, when the southern African pilots who participated in the Italo-Turkish war were still novices who had just obtained their pilot licenses and had not undergone rigorous flight training, and now the pilots of the expeditionary force air force are veterans of more than 200 hours of flight training.

When Angel first got her pilot's license, she almost came to North Africa.

After circling twice, Zhang Heng found a suitable position, and the ground support plane roared in with a huge scream.

"Steady, steady-" Gao Ming lay on the scope to aim, and kept reminding Zhang Heng to stabilize the fuselage.

When the circular position built by the Fifth Army on the Goba Heights was enclosed by a scope, Gao Ming decisively dropped the bomb, dropping a 50-kilogram aerial bomb and an incendiary bomb at the same time.

There was no need to be reminded at this time, the fuselage of the ground support aircraft, which had been reduced in weight a lot, was suddenly raised a lot, and Zhang Heng tried to pull up the nose of the plane, and he had to do it twice more to drop all the bombs.

However, there seems to be no need to do it again, the power of the 50-kilogram aerial bomb is greater than Zhang Heng and Gao Ming imagined, and there are many shells and bullets piled up in the positions of the Fifth Army, and as a result, after the incendiary bombs are thrown down, the Goba Heights become a sea of fire, and the ground is full of small fire people running around with fire.

If you can't run a few steps, the terrible thing about the incendiary bomb is that if there is solid combustion on your body, then unless you cut off this piece of meat, even if you jump into the water, the flame will not be extinguished.