Chapter 1017 Masada
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In the northern suburbs of Limerick, on the training ground of Enke Barracks under the New United Kingdom Army, the wooden single-story viewing platform was almost full of suits and ties. Some of them had white hair, some had fat belly, some had smart belly, some looked smart, and some were old-fashioned; some were holding umbrellas, some were wet in the rain, some were looking forward to it, and some were full of emotion...
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, the well-equipped soldiers were stepping in a long four-way column. Before they could approach, there was a clear commotion on the viewing platform. People stretched their necks one by one, some muttered words, and some started applauding early.
The soldiers walking upright, wearing subtropical wide helmets of the New United Kingdom Army, wearing subtropical macula camouflage combat uniforms, carrying Hubert-type semi-automatic rifles, general-purpose machine guns and single-soldier bazooka, except for the lack of st-assault rifles, this is basically the standard light weapon equipment for the New United Kingdom Army troops stationed in the subtropical region.
As early as the First World War, people had realized the shortcomings of traditional pure infantry units that were slow to transfer, weak penetration defense capabilities, low combat toughness, etc. The powerful countries were committed to the construction and development of armored troops, motorized troops, and mechanized troops. Even infantry units that had not been upgraded have increased the number of field artillery, combat defense artillery and baggage transport vehicles. This team, which was larger than ordinary infantry regiments, did not have a cannon, a chariot or even a mule and horse, the uniform military appearance and high morale could not cover up this awakening problem...
The inspection has not yet ended, and the suits and ties in front of the viewing table are already whispering and talking nonstop.
The old man in the middle of the front row was not very good-looking, but he was the pioneer of the Zionist movement, David Ben Gurion, chairman of the Zionist Executive Committee. Next to him, a general with gray hair and wearing multiple medals on his chest held his head and chest up, proudly reviewing the soldiers passing by.
The elderly Ben-Gurion said with his lips trembling: "The Jews will always thank you, General Randolph, for you trained us an elite and brave armed force, and the last time the Jews had such a proud regular force goes back to the past year..."
The General Randolph replied with a proud look: "These young men are all good at enduring hardships and obedience. Most of them are diligent and studious, so they can complete our weekly regular training courses within a week, and they are all good!"
According to the secret agreement signed by the New United Kingdom Government and the Zionist Organization, the New United Kingdom has successively provided Jews with various forms of military assistance, including rigorous weekly training for famous Jewish youths in accordance with the new United Kingdom's recruit training standards.
After the outbreak of the Three Kingdoms War of New Aoi, the New United Kingdom carried out military mobilization accordingly, and a large number of reserve personnel were re-entered. Even so, the military training for this group of Jewish youths always maintained the original rhythm and intensity, and the guns, cannons and ammunition required for live-fire drills were also guaranteed. In this way, the weekly "retreatment practice" of the Jewish youth was completed in a lot of day, and the best among them were selected as reserve non-commissioned officers. In addition to normal training, they also learned a simplified version of the non-commissioned officer course.
"They are the best among the younger generation of Jews!" Ben Guriondo, "General, I hope you can pass on the valuable experience of years of war to them."
General Randolph raised his lips: "If they could stay under my command for a year, especially young officers and non-commissioned officers, they could learn a lot from me about defeating the enemy and protecting themselves on the battlefield. Just this week, they learned only basic combat skills. To put it bluntly, they could manipulate various weapons and equipment to understand roughly what the Taoist war looks like. In my opinion, the training cycle should be extended to the week. Don't underestimate the extra month. I can guarantee that after they go to the battlefield, the casualty rate will drop at least."
Ben Gurion sighed helplessly: "General, I believe your suggestions are kind-hearted and objective. If it were not forcing the situation, I would be happy to have them stay in Ireland for a month or two more. But now, our national independence movement is in a dangerous period of life and death. Since the war broke out and Italy blocked the Mediterranean route, the Arab army has launched a series of attacks on us, and many of the towns we had recaptured before have fallen back to Arabia again.
In the hands of man. Now, even our victory place, Rehovot City, was captured by the Arab army, and the multiple data points outside Tel Aviv were abandoned because the guards ran out of ammunition, and most of the Jewish armed forces were withdrawn to Tel Aviv. Although our defense in Tel Aviv was very strong, if the situation could not be improved, it could become a contemporary Masada Fortress... General, do you know the story of Masada Fortress?"
General Randolph shook his head.
As a native and Catholic Irish, a professional soldier who devotes most of his life to the Irish army, it is normal not to understand Jewish history. Even if he has been with a large group of Jewish young people for more than three months, it is difficult to quickly integrate with the particularity of Jewish religion.
"According to the records of the Jewish War, Masada was first reinforced as a fortress at a certain period of BC or the century. From BC to BC, Herod of the Great further strengthened and expanded Masada, building two magnificent palaces, a bathhouse, a ditches system and surrounding walls. Although Herod of the Great of the Great, she successfully maintained the relative independence of the Jewish dynasty in Israel. Since his death, in order to strengthen control over the Jewish region, the first emperor of the Roman Empire, Odavi, sent Roman officials as governors since the first year, which led to the intensification of the conflict between the Romans and the Jews."
"About the first year, the Jewish uprising army defeated the Roman garrison and controlled the holy city of Jerusalem. At the beginning of the uprising, the hero Ben Gary led his troops to seize Masada. The Roman governor was in a hurry to the Roman emperor and the infamous Nero, and was reinforced by the Roman legion led by the general Vespaxian. The following year, the Galilee region in the north was pacified by Vespaxian. Just as Vespaxian marched to Jerusalem in the south, Roman emperor Nero died suddenly, Vespa withdrew his troops and retreated back to Egypt, and became emperor in Egypt a year later. The next year, he led a large army back to Rome and officially became the emperor of the Roman Empire. After ascending the throne, Vespaxian sent his son Tito to continue suppressing the Jewish uprising. Three elite Roman legions besieged Jerusalem."
"In the first year, Jerusalem fell, the Jewish temple turned into ashes, the rebels were massacred, and the entire territory was covered with crucified crosses, so that 'there was no place to establish another cross, and no cross could be used to nail people', 70,000 Jews were sold to slaves. The rebellious leader Ben Gary was also killed, and his nephew Liashar escaped from Jerusalem by chance and established the last base of the Jews in Masada. Since then, Jews hunted by the Romans have come here one after another, and Masada became the last stronghold and persisted in the struggle for three years."
"This period was also the most heroic, tragic and glorious period in Masada's history. In the first year, the Roman Chiang Kai-shek army Flavis Sylva led the 10th legion to siege Masada. The Romans used stone crossbows to throw stones at the Jewish camp located at a high place, and built a huge earth slope on the west side of the Masada cliff, successfully shortening the relative height difference of the capturing Masada to meters. Before the general attack, a large number of slaves were used to push the giant siege carts onto the edge of the Masada wall, and used siege siege siege to break the wall, and prepared to launch a fire attack. Finally, after seven months of siege, the Jewish defenders were at the end of their lives and were forced to make the final choice of fate."
"According to records, when Masada was about to be defeated, Liashar summoned all the remaining people, and he said, "We are the first to rise up to resist Rome and the last to stop the struggle. Thank God for giving us this opportunity. When we were righteous calmly, we are free people. No matter how much the enemy wished us to be living prisoners, they had no way to stop us. Unfortunately, we were unable to defeat them... We will no longer resist at dawn, thank God for allowing us to freely choose to die noblely with the loved ones. Let our wives die without being ravaged, let our children
Haven't died as a slave! Burn all the property together with the entire castle. But don't burn the food, let it tell the enemy: Our death is not because of lack of food, but from beginning to end. We would rather die for freedom than for slaves!’ Afterwards, the Jews chose to commit suicide collectively. They chose ten warriors as the executors of suicide. Everyone hugged their wives and children, lay on the ground, and volunteered to accept the mercy of their comrades. After killing everyone, the ten warriors selected one of them with ceramic fragments, killed the remaining nine people, and the last one set fire to the castle and committed suicide."
After Ben Gurion finished narrating these, General Randolph had changed his expression. He said regretfully and admirably: "This is an extremely tragic story, especially the last scene. I hope that such a tragedy will never happen again."
Ben Gurion said: "Precisely because we do not want such a tragedy to happen again, we urgently need these young men to return to Tel Aviv and defend our last stronghold."
General Randolph nodded and expressed his understanding. In fact, the reconnaissance plane that took off from the Tel Aviv city airport flew over the city-ring defense position defended by tens of thousands of Jewish militias and thousands of Irish foreign soldiers, and flew south along the coast, wherever he went. Not long ago, Jewish armed forces joined forces with the Irish foreign corps to fight an annihilation battle around Rehovot, which severely damaged the ace troops of the Arab government army and greatly improved the Jewish War of Independence.
The situation was, but after the outbreak of the Three Kingdoms of New Austria and Italy, the Mediterranean shipping line was interrupted, and the Arab Kingdom and Syria launched an attack on the Jewish armed forces that announced the establishment of a Jewish state in the Palestinian region. At the beginning, Jewish armed forces and Irish foreign corps held various strongholds to resist the repeated attacks of the Arab coalition. However, as time went by, the scale advantage of the Arab coalition gradually emerged, and the casualties and ammunition consumption of the defenders increased day by day, and the situation became worse.
Chapter completed!