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Chapter 1017 Masada

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    Unless there are special circumstances, generally speaking, rainy weather is not suitable for military parades.  On the northern outskirts of Limerick, at the Enke Barracks training ground of the New United Kingdom Army, the single-story wooden auditorium was almost filled with people in suits and ties. Some of them were white-haired, some were bald and some had fat bellies.  Some looked shrewd, some were old-fashioned; some were holding umbrellas, some were soaked in the rain, some were waiting eagerly, and some were full of emotion With the sound of clattering footsteps, neatly dressed and well-equipped people  The soldiers came in four long columns. Before they could get closer, there was already an obvious commotion on the viewing platform.  People stretched their necks one by one, some muttered something, and some started clapping early.  The soldiers walking with their heads held high, wearing the subtropical wide-brimmed helmets of the New United Kingdom Army, wearing subtropical yellow spot camouflage combat uniforms, carrying Hubert-type semi-automatic rifles, -type general-purpose machine guns and -type mm individual rocket launchers on their shoulders.  Issued with ST-assault rifles, this is basically the standard small arms equipment of the New United Kingdom Army's troops stationed in subtropical areas.  As early as the First World War, people had realized the shortcomings of traditional pure infantry units such as their slow transfer speed, weak penetration capabilities, and low combat resilience. The great powers were committed to building and developing armored units, motorized units, and mechanized units.  Troops, even infantry units that have not been upgraded, have increased the number of field artillery, combat defense artillery, and baggage transport vehicles.  The team in front of me is larger than an ordinary infantry regiment, but it does not have a single artillery piece, a chariot or even a mule or horse. The uniform military appearance and high morale cannot conceal this sobering problem  ¡­ The review has not yet ended, and the people in suits and ties at the front of the viewing platform are already whispering and discussing.  The old man in the middle of the front row is plain-looking, but he is David Ben-Gurion, the pioneer of the Zionist movement and Chairman of the Zionist Executive Committee.  Next to him, a general with gray hair on his temples and many medals on his chest held his head and chest high, proudly inspecting the soldiers passing by in formation.  The old Ben-Gurion said with trembling lips: "The Jews are forever grateful to you, General Randolph, for training us an elite and brave armed force. The last time the Jews had such a proud regular force,  It goes back to years ago" General Randolph replied with a proud face: "These young men are all able to endure hardships and obey well. In addition, most of them are diligent and eager to learn, so they can complete our weekly work within a week.  Regular training courses, they are all good!¡± According to the secret agreement signed between the new United Kingdom government and the Zionist organization, the new United Kingdom government has successively provided various forms of military assistance to the Jews, including in accordance with the new  The United Kingdom's recruit training standards require a week-long rigorous training for a Jewish young man.  After the outbreak of the New Austrian-Italian War, the new United Kingdom carried out military mobilization accordingly, and a large number of reserve personnel re-entered service. Even so, the military training for this group of Jewish youths always maintained the original rhythm and intensity, and the live-fire drills required  Guns and ammunition are also provided in sufficient quantities.  In this way, the weekly "retreat training" of the Jewish youths was completed day by day, and the best among them were selected as reserve noncommissioned officers, and in addition to normal training, they also studied a simplified version of the noncommissioned officer course.  "They are the best among the younger generation of Jews!" Ben-Gurion said, "General, I hope you can pass on your valuable experience of many years of combat to them." General Randolph raised the corner of his lips: "If they can stay under my command  After a year, especially young officers and non-commissioned officers, they can learn a lot of experience in defeating the enemy and protecting themselves on the battlefield. In this week alone, they only learned more basic combat skills. To put it bluntly, they can learn a lot.  Manipulate various weapons and equipment and have a rough understanding of what war is like. In my opinion, the training cycle should be extended to three weeks. Don't underestimate the extra month. I can guarantee that after they go to the battlefield, they will suffer no casualties.  The rate can be reduced at least." Ben-Gurion sighed helplessly: "General, I believe your suggestion is well-intentioned and objective. If it is not forced by the situation, I would be happy to let them stay in Ireland for an extra month or two.  , but now, our national independence movement is in a critical period of life and death. Since the outbreak of the war and Italy's blockade of the Mediterranean route, the Arab army has launched successive attacks on us, and many of the towns we have recaptured have fallen into Arab hands again.  ri. Now, even our victory site, the city of Rehovot, has been captured by the Arab army, and many data points outside Tel Aviv have been abandoned because the defenders ran out of ammunition, and most of the Jewish forces have withdrawn.  We arrived at Tel Aviv and held on. Although our defense in Tel Aviv is very strong, if the situation cannot be improved, it may become a contemporary Masada Fortress General, do you know the story of Masada Fortress?¡±  General Randolph shook his head.  As a native Irishman who believes in Catholicism, and a professional soldier who has devoted most of his life to the Irish army, it is normal for him not to understand Jewish history.  Even though I have been living with a large group of Jewish young people day and night for more than three months, due to the special nature of the Jewish religion, it is difficult to quickly integrate into them.  "According to the records of the "Jewish Wars", Masada was first fortified as a fortress in BC or some time in the 20th century. Between BC and 2000, King Herod the Great further strengthened and expanded Masada and built  With two magnificent palaces, a bathhouse, a system of ditches, and surrounding walls, Herod the Great, although brutal and violent, succeeded in maintaining the relative independence of the Jewish dynasty in Israel. Since his death, he became the first emperor of the Roman Empire.  In order to strengthen his control over the Jewish areas, Octavian began to station Roman officials as governors from AD 1, which intensified the conflict between Romans and Jews. ""Around AD 2, the Jewish rebel army defeated the Roman garrison and took control of the holy city of Jerusalem.  At the beginning of the uprising, the hero Ben Galli led his troops to capture Masada. The Roman governor asked the Roman Emperor, the notorious Nero, for reinforcements. The following year, the Roman legion led by General Vespasian arrived.  The Galilee region was pacified by Vespasian. Just as Vespasian was marching to Jerusalem in the south, Roman Emperor Nero died suddenly. Vespa withdrew his troops and returned to Egypt, and proclaimed himself emperor in Egypt a year later.  , led the army back to Rome the next year and officially became the emperor of the Roman Empire, Vespasian sent his son Titus to continue to suppress the Jewish uprising. "" AD.  , Jerusalem fell, the Jewish temple was reduced to ashes, the rebels were massacred crazily, and crosses were scattered all over the territory, so that "there was no place to erect any more crosses, and no crosses could be used to crucify people anymore", and 70,000 Jews were sold  As slaves. The leader of the uprising, Ben Gary, was also killed. His nephew Ashar escaped from Jerusalem and established the last Jewish base in Masada. After that, the Jews who were hunted by the Romans came here one after another.  "This period was also the most heroic, tragic, and glorious period in the history of Masada. In the year AD, the Roman army of Chiang Kai-shek was Flavius-Silva.  Led the Tenth Legion to besiege Masada. The Romans used stone crossbows to throw stones at the Jewish camp on the high ground, and built a huge earth slope on the west side of the cliff of Masada, successfully capturing Masada.  The relative height difference was shortened to meters. Before the general attack, a large number of slaves were used to push the giant siege vehicles to the edge of the Masada city wall, and they used siege rifles to break the city wall and prepare for a fire attack.  After the siege of May, the Jewish defenders were exhausted and forced to make a final decision about their fate. ""According to records, when Masada was about to be captured, Li Ashar summoned the remaining people and said: 'We are the first.  He rose up against Rome and was the last one to stop fighting. Thank God for giving us this opportunity. When we die calmly, we are free people. No matter how much the enemy wants us to be prisoners alive, they can't stop us. Unfortunately, we can't.  To defeat them We will no longer resist at daybreak, thanking God for the freedom to choose to die nobly with the ones we love, for our wives to die without being ravaged, and for our children to die without being slaves.  Die!  Burn all the belongings along with the entire castle.  But don't burn the food, let it tell the enemy: Our death is not due to lack of food, but from beginning to end, we would rather die for freedom than live as slaves!  ¡¯ After that, the Jews chose to commit collective suicide. They selected ten warriors as the executors of suicide. Everyone hugged their wives and children, lay on the ground, and voluntarily accepted the merciful sword from their comrades.  After killing everyone, the ten warriors used pottery shards to draw lots to select one of them, and killed the remaining nine. The last one set fire to the castle and committed suicide.  " After Ben-Gurion finished narrating this, General Randolph had already changed his expression. He said with regret and admiration: "This is an extremely tragic story, especially the last scene. I hope that such a tragedy will never happen again.  Appear.  " Ben-Gurion said: "Because we don't want such a tragedy to happen again, we urgently need these young men to return to Tel Aviv to defend our last stronghold.  General Randolph nodded and expressed his understanding. In fact, the reconnaissance plane taking off from Tel Aviv City Airport flew through the defensive positions around the city held by hundreds of thousands of Jewish militiamen and thousands of Irish Foreign Legion soldiers, and flew south along the coast.  , there were ruins everywhere they went. Not long ago, the Jewish armed forces joined forces with the Irish Foreign Legion to fight a battle of annihilation around Rehovot, inflicting heavy losses on the ace troops of the Arab Kingdom's government forces and greatly improving the Jewish War of Independence.  situation, but after the outbreak of the new Austrian-Italian War, the Mediterranean shipping line was interrupted, and the Arab Kingdom united with Syria to fight in Palestine.The Jewish armed forces that declared the establishment of a Jewish state in the Stansted region launched an attack.  At the beginning, Jewish armed personnel and the Irish Foreign Legion held on to various strongholds and withstood successive attacks by the Arab coalition. However, as time went by, the scale advantage of the Arab coalition gradually became apparent, and the casualties and ammunition consumption of the defenders increased day by day.  The situation is getting worse day by day.  (End of this chapter)
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