Lake Ruqua is a seasonal lake that varies significantly in size with the seasons, from 150 kilometres in length and 25 to 30 kilometres wide during the rainy season, when it sometimes dries up completely.

Miraculously, even so, Lake Rukua is still rich in fish, but Tanganyika has not yet had time to develop it, so Lake Rukua is not well known.

To say that Tanganyika is actually blessed, the territory is very rich in fishery resources, not only occupies half of the North Sea, but also has the largest Lake Victoria in Africa, so Roque will covet Tanganyika.

Built between Lake Ruqua and the North Sea, Fort Helmut was part of the Vontrotta project, as was Fort Laudes.

After the rebellion at Fort Glory, the then commander-in-chief of Tanganyika, Von Trota, immediately ordered the garrison of Fort Helmut to execute all the workers of the Taitellan origin and blow up all the unfinished Fort Helmut to avoid being used by the rebels of Fort Gloria.

Therefore, the current Helmut Fort is a ruined wall, which is no longer of use value in the eyes of the Germans, but in the opinion of Zhong Duxing, the commander of the Second Division Teaching Regiment, Helmut Fort is just right for the Teaching Regiment to arrange its position.

The total number of members of the 2nd Division's teaching regiment was 1,800, and the total number of people in wartime was about 3,000 with the addition of auxiliary troops.

Compared with the 2nd Tanganyika Division, although the teaching regiment was inferior in numbers, its equipment and training level were far superior to that of the 2nd Tanganyika Division.

Moreover, the auxiliary force of the teaching regiment is composed of the Nyasaland militia group, and this part of the people can also charge into battle at a critical time, so in terms of troops, the overall gap between the two sides is not large.

"This is the first battle of our northern Rhodesian division going abroad, we must play the prestige of our northern Rhodesian division, if anyone disgraces our northern Rhodesian division on the battlefield, don't blame the brothers for not being merciful, and they can earn a martyr's family status for their families if they cut themselves off." Although the Northern Rhodesia Division had been reorganized into the Second Division, Feng Duxing still habitually used the name Northern Rhodesian Division.

In fact, this is also the tradition of the British army, the three regiments of the new 1st Cavalry Division also had their own names at that time, and the teaching regiment of the Northern Rhodesia Division was also called the Nyasaland Commando Regiment, but because Nyasaland could not have troops at that time, this name was just an internal code.

It doesn't matter now, after joining the Federal Government of Southern Africa, the Nyasaland Commando Regiment will no longer have to hide it.

Before setting off, all the members of the Nyasaland Assault Regiment had already written a suicide note and were ready to die on the battlefield.

Since Vontrotta took office, Tanganyika and Nyasaland broke out in conflict, the regiments under the northern Rhodesia division are also in turmoil, Martin can receive blood letters from his subordinates almost every day to fight, this time the General Staff chose the Nyasaland assault regiment to go to the battle, and the other regiments of the second division have all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred, if they lose, not only will they lose the face of the assault regiment, but it is the most important thing to leave evidence for the Germans.

In order to hide people's eyes, all the officers and soldiers of the assault regiment, including Feng Duxing, used oil paint to dye the exposed skin black, and then changed into various clothes, so that the assault regiment looked almost the same as the rebels of Fort Glory.

The officers who attended the briefing had different expressions, the commander of the first battalion in charge of frontal defense, and the commander of the second battalion, who was in charge of outflanking in a roundabout, were full of joy, and the commander of the third battalion, who was in charge of the reserve, was full of unwillingness.

There is no way to do this, the assault regiment is going to fight a beautiful war of annihilation, and Feng Duxing also has to keep a force in his hands to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations.

"Again, no matter under any circumstances, we must not abandon our comrades-in-arms, we must not leave any evidence to the Germans, otherwise we will not only have to face German pressure, London may also abandon us, remember, we are fighting in secret this time, even if we completely annihilate the 2nd Tanganyika Division, we may not get the honor we deserve, but this is a test for our assault regiment, I hope you will do your best to fight the military prestige of our assault regiment——" The chief of staff of the assault regiment, Randall Murphy. Wesley is also from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, but his resume is not as impressive as that of Derek Dodd.

As the chief of staff of the assault regiment, Randall Wesley is well aware of the training level of the assault regiment, but the level of training is one thing, and it is another thing to actually go to the battlefield.

Before the Franco-Prussian War, the French troops seemed to have a good level of training and were worthy of the status of "the world's first army", but after the outbreak of the war, the French army collapsed and handed over the name of "the world's first army" to others.

It was through the Franco-Prussian War that Germany made a splash and was in the limelight for a while.

So although Randall Wesley has confidence in the assault group, he still has to worry about it, although the assault group has also experienced the test of the Natal counterinsurgency, but the quality of the Natal rebels and the Tanganykard army is different, and it is good to win this battle, in case it loses-

The consequences are unimaginable.

"Okay, let's go and prepare, remember, adjust the intensity of the fire appropriately, don't scare the Germans away all at once-" Feng Duxing reminded again, in case the first battalion responsible for the frontal hard shoulder opened full firepower after the start of the battle, it was really possible to scare the Germans away.

When World War I broke out, the United States, which had the most powerful firepower in the world, was only equipped with 300 machine guns in one division, and the 1,800 people in the training regiment were equipped with more than 100 light and heavy machine guns, and the firepower density was almost three times that of the US military during World War I.

If you add the super revolver configured to the squad level, if the Germans dare to put on a dense formation, it is to die as many as they come, and the assault regiment has every strength to turn Helmut Castle into a meat grinder like the Somme.

When the officers held the pre-war mobilization meeting, the officers and soldiers on the front line were also setting up positions.

Although the Northern Rhodesian Division did not have many opportunities to participate in the war, it often held various confrontation exercises internally, so the setting of positions was also different from the linear positions that are popular in European countries at the moment.

Compared with the linear position, the position of the assault regiment is closer to the trench position of the late World War I, which is more layered, more conducive to firepower, and can also provide better protection for the soldiers.

The only drawback is that such a position requires more civil engineering work to build, so the assault regiment will have auxiliary troops.

To put it bluntly, auxiliary troops have to carry ammunition when the troops are transferred, dig trenches before the battle, carry the wounded and carry the corpses during the battle, and be responsible for cleaning the battlefield after the battle, which is much more tiring than the regular troops.

In order to strengthen the firepower of the first battalion, Feng Duxing equipped the regimental artillery company with the position of the first battalion, and the 60 mm caliber mortars equipped with the first battalion were equipped with the first battalion, and the firepower intensity was still good.

The positions of the first battalion, the artillery positions were located in the left rear of the position.

Here we want to introduce the terrain of Fort Helmut, the vicinity of Fort Helmut is hilly, Fort Helmut is built on a hill with a rather high terrain, and the left rear of the position of the first battalion is an anticline, which has no effect on mortars, but has a great impact on the field artillery equipped by German troops.

Simply put, after the start of the battle, the mortars of the first battalion could directly hit the attacking troops, while the artillery units of the 2nd Tanganyika Division could not suppress the fire of the battalion.

And so on –

The 2nd Tanganyika Division had no artillery units at all, and the entire Tanganyika German Army was only equipped with 12 artillery pieces that were almost old, and they were all unable to move on the batteries in Usonbula, and as for the more advanced field artillery, the German government could not even guarantee the local regular army, and it did not have the strength to equip the colonial servant army at all.

That's why Feng Duxing was so confident, because Feng Duxing couldn't think of a reason why Tanganyika's 2nd Division could defeat the assault group.

Chen Liang is a machine gunner in a battalion, a company, a platoon, and a squad, and it can be seen from the number that Chen Ling can be regarded as the best machine gunner in a battalion, and has won many rankings in the internal evaluation of the northern Rhodesian division.

A machine gun team of the Nyasaland troops, usually composed of three people, a machine gunner plus two sub-shooters, the machine gunner is mainly responsible for anti-machine guns, and the sub-shooter is responsible for carrying spare barrels and bullets, if the machine gunner dies in battle, then the sub-shooter must be targeted in time, and considering the importance of firepower, the machine gunner will definitely be taken care of in battle, so the machine gunner is a high-risk profession, and the usual treatment is also very good, and even the trenches do not have to be dug by themselves.

Of course, this time, because of the special situation, it was not the militia that dug the trenches, but the rebels of Fort Glory.

"Not here, the width of the trenches should be increased, put a few more sandbags on the front, and there is no need to reserve a shooting hole-" A deputy shooter is teaching Mumu's men to dig trenches, in fact, it is useless to say so much, most of Mumu's subordinates do not understand English, let alone Chinese.

Traditional machine-gun positions have firing holes directly in front of the position, and can directly strafe at the attacking troops.

The assault regiment used crossfire, so the firing holes were located on the side of the position, and there was no opening in the front at all, which also reduced the possibility of direct attack from the machine gun shooters.

Such a position is mainly based on the trust of his comrades, as a special shooter, Chen Ling is very confident in his marksmanship, and has full confidence to ensure that no enemy in the shooting range can pass smoothly.

Similarly, Chen Pound is also confident in the archery skills of his comrades, and while Chen Pound is protecting his comrades, his comrades-in-arms are also protecting Chen Pound.

"Damn the ghost weather-" The deputy shooter Tang Yi wiped his military boots distressedly, although the assault regiment did not wear military uniforms, but still wore military boots, this habit could not be changed for a while.