Chen Dao was in mid-air, and out of the corner of his eye, he was surprised to find that Garand had also joined the crowd to make a noise. This unrighteous winter melon face, wait for me to go back and clean you up, Chen Dao said scoldly.

In the end, it was Raeder, the initiator, who rescued Chen Dao, and Raeder gave an order, and Chen Dao "landed safely" under the cover of everyone.

As soon as Chen Dao stood firm, Raeder walked up to Chen Dao, straightened his waist, and raised his right hand to salute Chen Dao.

"On behalf of the German Navy, I thank you for all you have done for the Navy, and please accept my respects."

Seeing Raeder's actions, all the naval officers stood up and saluted Chen Dao.

The etiquette of the Yide ** team must be that the subordinates salute the superiors first, Chen Dao did not dare to trespass, and hurriedly saluted Raeder.

"Marshal, I am a rear admiral, not a rear admiral, and it is my duty to safeguard the interests of the Navy."

・・・・・・

Walking out of the Navy Headquarters building, a cold wind blew, Chen Dao shivered involuntarily, and raised his hand to tighten his neckline.

A few snowflakes fell on Chen Dao's cheeks, Chen Dao looked up at the sky where the snowflakes were flying, and then at the snow-covered earth, and muttered, "Is there really a snowstorm?" ”

Garland frowned and said: "It's better not to have a blizzard, otherwise our training program and shipbuilding program will be postponed." ”

"That's the little things, it doesn't affect the big picture. This blizzard calms people down. After Chen Dao finished speaking, he got into the car.

The blizzard that Brauchitsch had talked about was still coming. On November 11, heavy snowfall fell in some countries in Western Europe, and then turned into a blizzard, disrupting power supply to tens of thousands of homes in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other countries, and severely affecting transportation.

In Chen Dao's office, Garland looked at the snowflakes flying outside the window, and said worriedly: "Due to the impact of the blizzard, the German shipyard has now been suspended, and the service time of the Zeppelin is about to be postponed again. ”

Chen Dao said disapprerovingly: "This is force majeure, and it's useless for us to be in a hurry." We just do what we can. ”

"Now I can only ask the pilots and sailors to do some physical training, and the tenders for land-based fighters and long-range reconnaissance aircraft have been sent to various aircraft manufacturing companies, and they are preparing, but we still have to wait until good weather to test the performance of the aircraft."

Chen Dao nodded and said: "That's all we can do at present, the marshal has approved our army building plan, you urge Messerschmidt and Junkers to produce ME-109T and Ju-87C as soon as possible, both are aircraft that have been finalized, what are you delaying?" ”

"I will."

To Garland's dismay, the heavy snow had been falling intermittently for more than a month, and it was often the Navy Air Corps soldiers who had just cleared the roads and grounds after the snow had stopped, only to find that the sky was overcast again.

Forced to be helpless, Chen Dao and Garland had to apply for a fund under the banner of exercising physical fitness, and purchased a batch of winter outdoor equipment for the soldiers of Hainan Airlines, and winter sports such as skiing and skating were immediately carried out vigorously.

On December 10, a telegram from the Czech Republic was placed on Chen Dao's desk, and Chen Dao was overjoyed when he read it, and immediately sent a leave of absence report to the naval command.

In the afternoon, Chen Dao took Captain Bach and four orderlies on the train to Berlin, where he would transfer to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon of December 15, outside the main gate of the regimental headquarters of the Herman Goering Motorized Rifle Regiment, Corporal Meyer and two paratroopers led by a box gun were standing guard on duty.

The snow has stopped, the wind has stopped, but the weather is still cold. Corporal Meyer and the two paratroopers were pale from the cold, but they still stood straight on either side of the gate.

"Hiss, hiss" Corporal Meyer kept twitching his nose, sucking the snot rushing down from his nostrils back into his nose so that it wouldn't flow into his mouth.

However, the snot pounced on Corporal Meyer's lips again and again, under the strong force of gravity.

The roof leak happened to rain overnight, and the battle with snot had just entered the stalemate stage, and Corporal Meyer's stomach betrayed him, and it gurgled loudly. It was also under the effect of gravity that all evils flowed down the intestines and hit Corporal Mayer's chrysanthemum.

After fighting the rebels on the upper and lower sides for more than a dozen rounds, Corporal Meyer finally couldn't help but say to the soldiers beside him: "Walter, I'll go to the toilet and I'll be back soon." ”

After saying that, Corporal Meyer ran back to the sentry box with his legs between his legs, took out a roll of toilet paper, and ran to the toilet while wiping his nose.

No sooner had Corporal Meyer disappeared than Walter heard a faint creaking sound, which grew louder and louder, rapidly rising to the level of noise.

Walter followed the prestige and was surprised to find a convoy of murderous heading straight for the camp gate.

The convoy consisted of four armored vehicles, and Walter clearly saw that a cannon was mounted above the cab of one of the armored vehicles he led, which appeared to be a 37mm battle defense gun, and Walter quickly made a judgment.

The convoy was getting closer to the gate, and Walter saw that the three armored vehicles behind him had a machine gun on top of each of their cabs.

It was the MG34 machine gun, and Walter immediately recognized the model of the machine gun when he saw the round barrel with numerous holes.

The convoy stopped in front of the railing of the camp gate, and a man poked his head out of the cab of the armored car at the head and said: "Raise the railing, I want to go in." ”

Walter glanced suspiciously at the man who appeared to be an officer, and he was very surprised by the officer's tone, which seemed to be as casual as returning to his own home.

Walter inexplicably walked up to the armored car and said, "May I ask you who you are, ah・・・・・・ Lizheng." ”

The officer jumped out of the car, and Walter was surprised to find that the officer, who looked to be in his twenties, turned out to be a major general. Walter and his companions hurriedly saluted with guns.

The officer returned the salute and said, "Private of the first class, raise the railing, my car will go in." ”

"Show me your ID, General." Walter said.

The Major General took out a document from his chest pocket, looked at it and changed his face, stuffed it back into his pocket, and said to Walter: "I'm Heinz von Rosen, your regimental commander, raise the railing, I'm going in." ”

Walter and his companion looked at each other, wondering if the captain had returned. After Chen Dao went to the navy to take up his post, the day-to-day affairs of the Herman Goering regiment were taken care of by Mantufer. For more than a month, the officers and men of the regiment formed an unwritten rule. They called Mandol the head of the regiment, and Chen Dao, the official head of the regiment, as "the head of the regiment".

Looking at the rear admiral's uniform on Chen Dao's body, Walter recognized it for a while and confirmed that it was a naval uniform, and he was even more sure that the rear admiral in front of him was the legendary regiment commander.

Walter stiffened his head and said: "I'm sorry, General, I have never met you, and according to military law, we only recognize documents, please show your military ID." ”

"You don't even know me! You," Chen Dao was furious, and after glancing at the two soldiers a few times, asked, "Are you new here?" ”

"Yes, General, we just finished our boot camp training last month and were assigned here." Walter said nervously.

Chen Dao was speechless for a while, and said that he was in a hurry to go to the Czech Republic, and only brought his navy officer ID. Now because he doesn't have an officer ID, he is blocked by two small soldiers in his regiment at the entrance of the barracks and can't enter.

"I'm Captain Bach, and this is my ID, and I can prove that he's our regimental commander." Captain Bach came to relieve the siege.

Walter confirmed that there was no problem with Captain Bach's papers, and said in embarrassment: "Captain, you can go in, but ・・・・・・"

"Who are you? Ah, Commander. Corporal Meyer returned victoriously after successfully destroying the two "rebels", and after seeing the appearance of the general at the door, he hurriedly stood up and saluted in surprise.

"Are you ・・・・・・ Corporal Meyer? The sixth company of the second battalion of paratroopers? Chen Dao asked hesitantly.

"It's me, Captain." Corporal Meyer didn't expect Chen Dao to remember him, and his joy was overflowing, and he suddenly felt that the weather was not so cold.

"Quick, raise the railing and let the regimental commander in. Hurry up and call the regimental headquarters and inform Lieutenant Colonel Mandolfer. Corporal Meyer ordered.

"Tell Lieutenant Colonel Mandol to have Major Schubert assemble the second battalion in the playground, where I will wait for them." Chen Dao ordered.

Soon, Chen Dao saw Mandol who was hurrying in the playground.

After saluting, Mandolfil pointed to the four armored vehicles in surprise and asked, "Are these armored vehicles ours?" ”

"This is the first batch of Type 251 armored vehicles produced for us by the Škoda Arsenal, of course, ours. Christmas is coming, and they are my Christmas present to the group. ”

Mantofil walked to the half-track led by surprise, pointed to the 37mm anti-aircraft gun at the front of the car and said: "This sub-model should be Type 251-10, and the three equipped with machine guns are Type 251-1?" ”

"Correct." Chen Dao said with a smile.

"These four cars are ours?" After Major Schubert gathered the soldiers, he walked up to Chen Dao and asked.

"Of course, here's the manual, you can take it and look at it."

Major Schubert took the instruction manual and read it, "The Type 251 half-track armored transport vehicle, weighing 8.5 tons, can carry two drivers and 10 infantrymen, and the Type 251-1 has a machine gun in the front and tail. "Schubert circled around a Type 251-1 armored car, and sure enough, he saw a machine gun in the rear and above the cab.

"Model 251-10, with a 37mm anti-aircraft gun on the roof." Chen Dao pointed to the armored car led by Chen Dao and said.

"Four armored vehicles, one for the platoon headquarters and one for each of the three infantry squads, just enough to equip a platoon. You're really a great gift to us. Mandolfil said with a smile.

"A small gift, not worth mentioning." Chen Dao said modestly, "Schubert, take your people to the shooting range, I have a gift for you." ”

Ten minutes later, on the shooting range. Chen Dao ordered: "Schubert, send two squads over and go to the rear compartment of the armored car to move the boxes inside." ”

A few minutes later, forty wooden crates were neatly placed in front of the queue of the 2nd Paratrooper Battalion.

Chen Dao used a crowbar to pry open a long crate and pulled out a rifle that neither Mandolfer nor Schubert had ever seen.

"This is my second Christmas present to you, the M1 semi-automatic rifle, which can be fitted with an eight-round magazine."

Chen Dao said as he took out a magazine and stuffed it into the gun, then pulled the bolt to load the bullet, aimed at the target and pulled the trigger, and the eight bullets were exhausted in a few seconds.

"This rifle has a very fast rate of fire, and I think it's very good suppressive firepower, and it has instructions in it, so you can take it and take a look."

Mandolfer and Schubert each picked up an M1 semi-automatic rifle, and Mandolfel padded the weight of the M1 and said, "It's a bit heavy. ”

"I think so too, and I think eight rounds of magazine is a bit too small for a semi-automatic rifle." Chen Dao said.

After the end of the Polish campaign, Chen Dao, who was accustomed to AK47, was not interested in the Mauser 98K rifle with a low rate of fire, but he couldn't find a suitable semi-automatic rifle in Germany, so he had to buy 10 M1 semi-automatic rifles from the United States through the black market, and then threw them to the Mauser Arsenal for copycats, no, it was an improvement.

After the Mauser Arsenal dismantled the M1 rifle and studied it, the original 7.62 mm rifle cartridge was changed to the German standard 7.92 mm caliber, and the slightly flawed air guide was improved, and then 200 prototypes were produced.

"A total of 200 sample guns, all of them are here, you try them out immediately, and then feedback the trial experience to the Mauser Arsenal, and then improve it, before the start of the French campaign, our regiment will all be reloaded." Chen Dao said.

"My gifts have been delivered, I wish you all a Merry Christmas. You try out the M1 rifle first, I'm going to visit Marshal Goering. ”

As Mandolfer and Schubert took the paratroopers to try out the New Year's gifts that Chen Dao had given them, Brauchitsch and Halder frowned at the stack of papers on the desk in front of them at the Army Headquarters.

"This is the fourth time that Manstein has submitted this plan, what the hell does he want to do?" Halder said disgruntled.

"We can't let him do that anymore, we have to find a way to stop him." Brauchitsch said.

"This plan is also archived, I'm not in the mood to look at it. As for Manstein, let him go to the Eastern Front. Halder said.

Two days later, Army Group A commanded. Manstein looked lonely and stunned at a dispatch order that he would complete within a week and then go to Poland to take up the post of commander of the 38th Infantry Corps.

From the chief of staff of the commander of the army group to the commander of the army group, he was transferred to the commander of the main party, and it seemed that the promotion was actually a demotion, and of course Rundstedt knew the inside story, so he comforted his beloved subordinates.

"I'm so disappointed that the command is using this tactic against you."

"Even if I am asked to go to the Eastern Front, I will make my plan come true." Manstein said undiscouragedly.

"But it's a special Christmas present." Manstein then smiled bitterly.

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