Chapter 46: Interlude (I)
Since the last coup d'Γ©tat in Munich, the Wehrmacht has recognized its lack of mobility. To this end, Lyon specially invited BMW (that is, the Bavarian Maschinenfabrik under the name of Lyon), Porsche, Henschel, Mercedes-Benz, Krupp, Siemens and other companies to design and manufacture an infantry fighting vehicle for the German army, so that the Wehrmacht can cooperate with the tank regiment to form a mechanized unit with high mobility and strong assault capability.
In fact, if you only need to design an infantry fighting vehicle, you don't need so many companies to participate together, only one Porsche company is enough to be competent, and the reason why Lyon invited almost the entire German heavy industry community is because Lyon hopes to let every capitalist loyal to Germany get a piece of the pie as much as possible, so that when a war breaks out in the future, all companies will participate in the war, and will not stab their own country in the back like the First World War.
This is what Lyon said to Hitler: tying the capitalists to the chariot of the state, with both glory and loss.
The above companies are all super-large enterprises, so as soon as they received the request of the National Defense Force, they immediately began to jointly design, and in less than half a month, the rough plan came out.
The infantry fighting vehicle on the drawing weighs 8 tons, the engine is provided by BMW, the body is supplied by Porsche, the running gear is supplied by Mercedes, the gearbox is supplied by Henschel, and Krupp, which is famous for producing artillery, provides it with a 20mm cannon.
The car can theoretically withstand the fire of a 13mm heavy machine gun on the front and the 7.92mm light machine gun on the sides. Satisfied with the proposal, Leon named it the No. 1 Infantry Fighting Vehicle "Wolf", ordered the immediate construction of a prototype, and applied to Congress for a grant to purchase 180 Wolf infantry fighting vehicles in the future to form the first mechanized infantry regiment of the Wehrmacht.
This mechanized infantry regiment would form the Wehrmacht's 1st Grenadier Division, together with Manstein's Panzer Regiment and two other motorized infantry regiments equipped with new trucks.
The New Year of 1924 came as promised.
After Christmas and New Year's Day, after Lyon arranged the reorganization plan of the troops, he took two months off and went out for a walk with Sophia.
It's been seven years since Leon came into the world.
In the past seven years, Lyon has planned to go back to his homeland countless times to see what the motherland needs help that has not yet risen, but he has not been able to do so for various reasons.
This year is different, now Lyon, as the supreme commander of the Wehrmacht, and the Wehrmacht has cleared all internal obstacles and is on the right track of healthy development, Lyon can go where he wants to go without any scruples.
After discussing with Sophia, the first stop of their trip was Lyon's hometown, a small city in southern China, where they would stay for a week before continuing their trip.
After packing the necessary luggage, the two took a cruise ship and started the journey.
Of course, on the surface, it is the trip of the two, but in fact, there are at least hundreds of Gestapo in the dark who are closely protecting the two.
After a few days of turbulence at sea, the two set foot on the territory of the British Concession. Looking at the English on the street, Leon sighed with emotion, the current motherland is still in weakness, and a large area of the country is still occupied by foreign powers in the name of renting, but the motherland will one day stand up and become like her in her previous life, and no country can easily bully her at that time.
After staying in the concession for a day, the two took the train to their destination.
Lyon rejected the Chinese plan to arrange a special train or a VIP car for Lyon, and instead bought two ordinary tickets and squeezed them with ordinary people on the coal-fired steam-powered train that was unique to this era.
For Lyon, this gives him a taste of home.
The train made a rhythmic "clang" and headed towards the town, and Leon, who was sitting in his seat, couldn't help but think about the scenery speeding by outside the window.
Xia Wen in the previous life has walked many times on this journey, but Xia Wen has never paid special attention to the scenery along the way.
In that era, everything was about speed, and the speeding high-speed train would not leave people with the opportunity to enjoy the scenery carefully.
Now, a train with a speed of less than 40 or 50 kilometers per hour makes 400 kilometers a long time, giving travelers plenty of time to enjoy the scenery outside the window.
Compared to the previous life, 400 kilometers is just over an hour for high-speed rail. Leon, who missed his hometown while enjoying the scenery along the way, slowly changed, his originally cold heart gradually warmed up, and the smell of blood brought to Leon by killing too much also became much lighter.
Sophia on the side seemed to notice the change in Leon's temperament, she hugged Leon's arm, rested her head on Leon's shoulder, and smiled happily.
The two of them looked at the scenery and the other looked at the people who watched the scenery, and the two maintained this posture and unconsciously passed for a long time, until a foreign language mixed with the crying of a child pulled the two of them back from their respective hearts.
Leon gathered his emotions and frowned in the direction of the voice, where a young foreigner who looked like a European was talking angrily to an old Chinese, and a child was sitting on the ground crying.
Leon couldn't understand what the foreigner was saying, and he looked at Sophia beside him suspiciously. Sophia has learned foreign languages since she was a child and knows seven Chinese, she listened carefully for a while, and said to Leon with an ugly face: "He speaks Polish." It seems that because the grandmother's grandson accidentally spilled water on the Pole, the Poles began to scold the grandmother and her grandson, and the scolding was very ugly. β
Leon was furious when he heard this, and although he didn't understand what the Poles were saying, he understood that the old woman had been apologizing.
He stood up and walked over to the Pole and asked politely in English, "Hi sir, do you speak English?" β
The Pole stopped insulting and looked at Leon suspiciously: "Yes, I can speak English." β
Leon continued: "Then do you understand Chinese?" β
The Pole nodded and said, "Of course I understand, otherwise why did I come to China?" β
Leon's face gradually sank, since he could understand Chinese, he kept insulting the old woman and the children on the ground on purpose.
He said to the Poles with a dark face: "Then why are you still insulting them here?" Don't tell me you can only understand Chinese except for apologies! β
The Pole understood that Leon had come to help the old woman, and he waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I'm in a bad mood, so I want to scold them, what's the matter with you?" For the sake of the white people, I advise you to leave this matter alone. β
Leon's angry teeth itched, but good qualities made him endure it, and he said, "Are you still a gentleman?" Your parents didn't teach you manners? β
The Poles said indifferently: "Gentleman's politeness? That's not for the yellow-skinned monkeys. β
Hearing this, Leon couldn't hold back any longer, and punched him in the face, and the Pole looked at Leon in surprise, then said a word in Polish, and rushed up to scuffle with Leon.
Several Gestapo, who were originally just hiding in the crowd and faintly surrounding the two, hurriedly rushed up to separate the two, and then the two Gestapo protected Leon and retreated, while the remaining Gestapo beat the Pole severely.
In a few moments, the Pole was beaten by the angry Gestapo, with a bruised nose and swollen face, and his face was covered in blood.
In fact, it is not surprising that the Gestapo is so ruthless, after all, the god in his mind and others are scuffling together, and if his group of full-time protectors don't beat him to death again, then after he goes back, he doesn't say whether Ludwig can let them go, and he will be embarrassed and embarrassed and dare not go out to meet people.
"Hey, don't beat him to death, keep your breath." Leon told the Gestapo to stop, and if they continued to fight like this, maybe the man would be killed.
"You bastards! Know who I am? Damn it, I'm going to kill you! As soon as the Gestapo stopped, the Poles, who had been lying on the ground wailing, began to curse again.
"I don't care who you are." Leon glanced coldly at the Poles on the ground, and then said to the Gestapo beside him, "If he continues to curse, you will continue to beat and kill me." β
"You should ......" The Pole, who just wanted to curse, heard this, forcibly held back the second half of the sentence, pointed at Leon and others and said, "I am the military attache of the Polish Embassy!" I swear you're done! β
Leon kicked him in the stomach when he heard this, and the Pole curled his waist in pain, unable to speak.
Leon saw that he was quiet, turned to the confused grandmother, and said in pure Chinese: "Grandma, are you okay?" I apologize to you on his behalf. β
The old grandmother nodded sluggishly, and Leon turned to the group of Chinese gathered around and said: "Next time there is such a thing, you will beat him, don't let people from other countries bully." This is on the land of your own country! β
The Chinese on the side looked at Leon a little unresponsive, this is a foreigner? How to the Chinese?