72. New Offensive
In less than twenty minutes, a large group of British officers came over, and the one who walked in the front was a British major general.
"Captain Ernst, I am Major General Monlington, the commander of the 42nd East Lance Division of the British Empire." The British Major General came to Wang Weiyi and was solemn.
"Mr. General, Captain Ernst Breme, Supplementary Battalion of the 16th German Bavarian Infantry Regiment!"
When the name sounded again, the British generals couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning, and the reaction was exactly the same as theirs.
"The Demon of the Somme", they finally stood face to face with the Demon of the Somme.
Major General Monlington seemed to have never heard of this name: "No matter what your position is, to your mercy and fearless expression, without your integrity and mercy, there will be many broken families. Please allow me to express our most sincere gratitude and gratitude to you on behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the 42nd East Lance Division of the British Empire."
After saying that, his hands were raised: "Captain Ernst Bryme, upright, fearless, merciful, and when the war is over, you will be a friend of the British Empire!"
"Captain Ernst Bryme, upright, fearless, merciful." The officers of the 42nd East Lance Division shouted loudly.
From this moment on, Ernst Bryme, who once brought great trauma to the British, has been respected by the British.
The officers of these European countries have completely different thinking from orientals like Wang Weiyi. On the battlefield, they will fight with red eyes and never stop, but once they meet outside the battlefield, they will even sit down and have a cup of coffee or tea together for a while.
Wang Weiyi was driven by instinctively to do such a thing, but he never thought about what impact this incident would have on the future...
The British's view of the "Somme Demon" has completely changed. They must admit that the other party will still be a very difficult and even hateful opponent on the battlefield, but at this moment, they only respect him.
Major General Monlington even invited Wang Weiyi to sit in his military camp for a while and taste the tea that he had sent from London, but Wang Weiyi smiled and politely declined the request.
"Since that's the case, then I think we can only see you again after the war is over." General Monlington said with a little regret: "Captain, I hope you can live to that moment. If you are unfortunately captured, please be sure to tell the British army that you are a friend of the 42nd East Lance Division."
"I will, general, but I don't want to be a prisoner." Wang Weiyi smiled and said, "See you on the battlefield, general."
"See you on the battlefield." Monlington nodded solemnly: "The 42nd East Lance Division will be the greatest honor to defeat and capture Captain Ernst Bleme!"
This is the greatest way to respect someone you respect!
"I will also do my best to defeat your 42nd East Lance Division." Wang Weiyi also said loudly: "Goodbye, General."
"Goodbye, Captain."
The British soldiers of the 42nd East Reims Division looked at their respectable enemy and left their sight.
In fact, at this time, the British could have forcibly detained Ernst Bryme or even killed him, but they would never do so. Because this only made them laugh at them and completely lost their reputation. Even the morale of the entire army might be disintegrated.
Guderian, who had been following Wang Weiyi, was the most excited one. He never thought that a German officer could get such great respect from the enemy.
Only Baron Ernst Alexand von Breme could do this...
The capture of the D9 position set off a new wave of counterattack by the German army. From the counterattack that started on the 19th and stopped until the 20th, the German army once again stubbornly pushed the compressed defense forward three kilometers again.
This is an amazing achievement!
After the Battle of the Somme broke out, the Allied forces went through a lot of hardships and suffered countless casualties before they seized some positions of the German army. However, the German army only fought back with just one counterattack, but then they took the positions back from the British.
Now, a superstitious statement is spreading among the German army:
Only Captain Ernst Breme appeared on the battlefield, which was the guarantee of the victory of the German army.
His outstanding performance in this counterattack made Wang Weiyi remove the word "agent" from his head. He is now a veritable battalion commander of the supplementary battalion. And he is only one step away from the most difficult major rank.
Inspired by such victory, the German General Staff began to plan a new offensive to win the Battle of the Somme.
The two sides were exhausted before, and no one could continue to expand their results. However, with the victory of the counterattack on October 19, the morale of the German army was rekindled.
The German army planned to invest in the first, second army, and part of the fifth army, with Crown Prince William August as honorary commander-in-chief and General von Bello as commander-in-chief, and attacking the Allied Position centered on Barrel.
In order to win this autumn offensive, the German army concentrated the powerful forces of 19 infantry divisions, 1182 artillery pieces and 226 aircraft.
Wang Weiyi's supplementary camp is just a small part of it.
"The attack will not be successful." Xiaoling was not optimistic about the German autumn offensive at all: "It will soon be rainy and muddy, and all battles will become extremely difficult. If you can't fight, you will stop attacking, and then the Battle of the Somme will come to an end."
Wang Weiyi actually knew the result. But what can I do? He is just a small battalion commander. Can it still affect the decision-making of the Supreme Command?
"Rider, a new mission has arrived..." Xiaoling's words suddenly interrupted Wang Weiyi's thoughts: "The military base shows that you have a new mission. The second phase of the 'Soomer Mission' will achieve a new merit in the Battle of the Somme..."
"What's the specific?" Wang Weiyi asked absent-mindedly.
"There is no specific instructions." Xiao Ling's words were also helpless: "It's just that you can get a new merit, but there is no new instructions on how big this merit will be... And strangely, the self-renovation and upgrading of the base has been stopped for a while."
Wang Weiyi is too lazy to care about the matter of the Tsinghua Military Base.
Although this mysterious and weird military base has given me a lot of help, it has also brought me great trouble.
Chapter completed!