Adolf Hitler wrote in his autobiography a few years later that fate hinted that he would become a brave man in the future when he survived the world war.

In fact, everyone who survived the world war was brave.

In the cold and damp fields of Flanders, the Anglo-French-Belgian army was engaged in a desperate struggle with the German army, a village in Lombard Deside, captured by the Germans on October 1, and was captured by the French a day later, again captured by the Germans on October 5, and recaptured by the Anglo-French troops on the 7th, and the sad village of the 8th was captured by the Germans again, and then changed hands twice before the Germans firmly defended.

By the time the Germans had stabilized their defenses, all the houses in the village had been completely destroyed, and fierce battles had taken place in every part of the village, with bullet casings on the ground and the corpses of soldiers killed on both sides of the war.

Every forest, every river, every village, every house was fighting, and the whole of Flanders was tormented by the flames of war.

When Roque arrived in Paris, the 2nd Cavalry Division did not stop in Paris, but went directly to Calais to rest, and after three days of rest, the 2nd Cavalry Division officially entered the war, their line of defense was in Hrufeld, with the 7th Division of the British Expeditionary Force on the left and the 65th Division of the French Ninth Army on the right.

After the mercenaries of the umbrella company were reorganized into the second cavalry division, Hank Wesley, a cowboy from Texas, became a second lieutenant company commander in southern Africa.

Just because it's hard to accept doesn't mean it's unacceptable.

"Why are we called the damn pirate regiment, infantry regiment or rifle regiment, or carbine regiment?" On the way to France, Hank had already complained countless times, and this time he finally brought his cowboy revolver, and even if the 2nd Cavalry Division did not provide the 0.45-inch ammunition used in the cowboy pistol, Hank would not give up the cowboy.

"Don't you think the name Pirate represents our spirit, we have nothing, we are galloping across the sea, as long as we see something, we will directly snatch it back-" Hank's partner is still Oscar, and their battalion commander is the former squad leader Bill.

The Second Cavalry Division is not all mercenaries, there are many Persian soldiers recruited from the Sinai Peninsula, compared with the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company, these Persian soldiers are better managed, they are not afraid of death, they are meticulous in carrying out orders, and the Umbrella Company also has scum mercenaries, and the discipline of the Persian soldiers is still quite good.

The point is that the management is strict, under the umbrella, mercenaries who do not follow discipline are at most expulsion, and there are few more serious punishments, which is not the case in the army, and the violation of orders is to enforce battlefield discipline.

"Gentlemen, take heart and don't let the Germans take the position, or even if you don't die at the hands of the Germans, I will kill you with my own hands!" Bill's emphasis on discipline was that the 2nd Cavalry Division was equipped with more machine guns, grenade launchers and mortars, artillery was equipped at the regimental level, and Hank's company had nine light machine guns and two heavy machine guns, plus two grenade launchers.

The 2nd Cavalry Division had 140 companies and 70 machine guns per 1,000 men, which was not the best in southern Africa, but it was a world of difference compared to European armies.

At the outbreak of the World War, the British had an average of 1.32 machine guns per 1,000 troops, compared to 1.51 for the French and 4.41 for the Germans.

In another time and space, until the fourth year of the outbreak of the World War, the number of machine guns in the most extensive U.S. military was only 47.8 per 1,000 people.

So after inspecting the positions of the 2nd Cavalry Division, Ferdinand Foch was impressed by the number of machine guns in the 2nd Cavalry Division.

According to the custom of the Southern African army, when Hank's company arrived at the combat position, it first built a well-established defensive position.

Digging trenches does not need the officers and soldiers of the second cavalry division, Britain has no ability to send more expeditionary forces, there is no shortage of labor, the second cavalry division is also assigned to a unit to cooperate with the operation, the 135th division from India, the 135th division is the same as the British regular army is 18,000 people, although they are also troops, but they are not responsible for combat missions, only responsible for digging trenches and transporting materials, the British War Department did not even include the Indian army in the British army sequence.

"Did you dig a trench? Not even a dog can get in, the standard trench must be two meters wide and two meters high, a foxhole every two meters, a machine gun position every ten meters, and the firing holes of the machine gun position must be reserved in accordance with the standard position, all reworked! Hank was very dissatisfied with the work of Indian sappers, saying that they were "sappers" and exalting them, which was an insult to the sapper class.

The trenches dug by the Indians are about 50 centimeters wide, 1.5 meters long, and only 20 centimeters deep, which is just enough for the Indians to accommodate one person, but it is a little smaller for the Second Cavalry Division, which is generally more than 1.7 meters tall.

"There's no need to dig that deep, maybe you'll have to give up here tomorrow, so these trenches won't take long." The Indian captain with a turban and a big beard spoke eloquently, and it sounded like there was nothing wrong with it, and it was normal for positions to change hands in Flanders.

"Nima, when did our umbrella company give up its position? I'll kill you in the special beep! Hank felt humiliated, abandoning his position had never happened in the umbrella.

"You—how can you curse—" Captain Turban was astonished, presumably in his conception that Southern Africa was on par with India, or rather inferior to India, in the British Empire.

The Indian army, like the southern African army, also came all the way to Britain to show its loyalty, and it was already holding back the fire if it was not taken seriously by the Ministry of War, and now it was actually scolded by a second lieutenant, and the captain's face was indeed unbearable.

"What's wrong with scolding you? Daddy is American! "Hank is proud, if he is a purebred British, Hank will be more restrained, even if it is India, there are many Indian workers in Port Elizabeth, who are engaged in the lowest jobs, and the working environment is very bad.

"I'm going to complain about you!" This is probably the most serious threat to Captain Turban.

"Whatever, dig the trench for Dad now." Hank doesn't care about complaints, and the servant army must have the consciousness of the servant army.

As he spoke, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded over the position.

The Germans began shelling.

Before Hank could react, Oscar pulled Hank down the trench.

"Spot the enemy and prepare for battle—"

"Kick the Germans in the ass—"

"Kill the Germans, don't embarrass our umbrella—"

The officers' high-pitched voices rang out one after another, and Hank kicked Captain Turban away and looked into the distance with his binoculars.

It was true that someone wearing a German uniform was advancing towards the troops of the 2nd Cavalry Division, but to Hank's surprise, it seemed that the Germans were not attacking, but some kind of mysterious ritual.

About a kilometer from the position of the 2nd Cavalry Division, a German unit was advancing, wearing Brotherhood hats, some with flowers on their hats, holding hands, forming a dense formation and singing military songs.

If this is a parade, Hank can understand, but this is a special battlefield, and the Germans actually appear like this, which makes Hank wonder where he is.

"Don't be stunned, machine gunners and grenadiers are ready, wait for the enemy to come within five hundred meters, bullets and grenades are ready, two hundred meters to fire freely, fifty meters to throw grenades, if the enemy is not dead, then do not hesitate to pick up the sapper shovel, whether you bite with your teeth, or cut with knives, or spit on the Germans, in short, kill the enemy all-" Bill's voice echoed across the battlefield, mixed with heavy German artillery fire.

About five minutes, or a little longer, the artillery units of the 2nd Cavalry Division began to counterattack.

The 2nd Cavalry Division was armed with 120mm howitzers, which had a longer range and greater power than the German 105mm howitzers, and soon the German artillery was suppressed, and the attacking German soldiers were already in the range of heavy machine gun fire.

"Fire!" Bill's voice is particularly high-pitched, and the word "fire" in English is an open voice, and the howl is still very imposing.

The heavy machine gun was already impatient, the muzzle of the gun was half a foot long, and the pre-loaded bullet chain was filled with tracer rounds every four rounds, and the shooter could better aim and shoot with tracer rounds.

The grenade launcher also began to roar, compared with the heavy machine gun, the grenade launcher is an absolute killer for the infantry, the explosion range of the 40 mm grenade is about the same as that of the defensive grenade, although the effective range is 15 meters, in fact, the shrapnel flies to a hundred meters away and has lethality, the key is that the fire speed of the grenade launcher is very fast, it can reach about 100 rounds per minute, and the shooter should also pay attention to controlling the rate of fire in order to ensure the supply of ammunition in the rear.

At this time, the 135th Division was busy sending bullets to the front line, and they couldn't do this job well, the German artillery had been suppressed by the artillery of the Second Cavalry Division, and only a small number of shells fell on the positions of the Second Cavalry Division.

No matter how unbearable the performance of the 135th Division was, the German troops could not put pressure on the position of the 2nd Cavalry Division at all, and the battle lasted only 20 minutes, and the charging German soldiers were killed and wounded at all within the firing range of their rifles.

This is standard cannon fodder.