Lieutenant Frank did not know that in the large village of Salz, the Belgian troops he fought against were the last Belgian troops still fighting. As for the rest of the Belgian troops, they had already disengaged with the Germans.

In fact, Frank's military rank was the lowest among the graduates of the same period at the Berlin Military Academy.

The reason is simple, because Frank was not interested in traditional large corps operations, his interest was in the study of special operations!

This is a new military discipline, although in the First World War was not taken seriously by the warring parties, by the 30s of this century, the military academies of various military powers are invariably popping up some soldiers interested in special operations.

Their theoretical basis is that, on the premise of acknowledging that great men made history, they must never ignore the possibility of small people making history. For example, the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian little man in Sarajevo, which triggered the First World War, can you say that the little man can't make history? Since the weight of an ant can cause the balance to tilt when the balance is in equilibrium, then on the strategic scale, the surprise attack of a small army that is specially trained, well-equipped, and has extremely high combat quality at a critical moment can certainly tilt the strategic balance!

It's no wonder that Frank couldn't be promoted to the rank of general like his classmates, and the topics he studied were too biased.

But he never regretted that the world war provided a broad stage for activities, the British special forces had already begun to take shape in the last world war, and even their Chinese counterparts in Asia (who had the opportunity to write an extra story for China's first special forces) were already showing their skills, how could the history of special operations of the German forces be blank?

On the European battlefield, Germany's individual weapons had begun to become dominated by automatic firearms, and the firepower of heavy weapons was further improved after the capture of a large number of Polish artillery. (Most of the Germans' home-made guns were self-propelled guns that pursued high mobility, and the performance in caliber was reduced.) And part of the artillery of the Polish army, especially the large-caliber artillery purchased from France, slightly compensated for part of the shortcomings of the German army)

If it is said that the strength of a conventional army should be mainly reflected in the strength of firepower, then special operations rely on the strength of firepower, the psychological quality of its members, and the ability and skills of individual combat.

Speaking of fire suppression, Frank will never forget the battle he witnessed in 1939 at the Far East Military Observer Mission, the Battle of Nomenkan!

It was a contest of steel, big industrial production, will, flesh and blood.

According to the information obtained later, General Zhukov, commander of the First Army of the Soviet Army in the Far East at that time, concentrated four tank brigades, 300 aircraft, and 250 artillery pieces, so that the Japanese Army, which had always been arrogant, could be regarded as experiencing what modern warfare was.

Frank, who was in the Soviet camp, witnessed the scene of the roar of the sky swarm, the roar of the artillery on the ground, and the explosion of the Japanese position into a sea of fire by large-caliber shells. The intensity of this kind of fire strike was unprecedented for the Japanese soldiers, and it was also something that Frank had never seen at that time.

In that battle, Frank witnessed that in the depths of the unobstructed Great Gobi, on a frontage of more than ten kilometers, flying dust swept the land, thousands of Soviet tanks overwhelmingly came, and the tracks of the tanks mercilessly crushed the spirit and will of the Japanese soldiers, burying the arrogant northward ambition of the stupid empire of Japan in the wind-blown and sandy Mongolian Gobi. According to the official statistics of the Soviet Union obtained by Germany, the Japanese army suffered more than 50,000 casualties in this battle, but the Soviet army suffered less than three casualties.

However, after the French campaign, Frank also witnessed the terrifying firepower of the German army, and the combined force of land and air strikes that were greater than those of the Soviet army.

In conventional warfare, the Third Reich was at its peak. Special operations, which are still rarely widespread.

However, Frank has always been very ambitious, and although he commanded conventional troops, he has never forgotten the special operations theory he studied back then.

So, today he organized a death squad full of non-commissioned officers and a small number of officers, each of whom was equipped with an MP40 submachine gun and 300 rounds of ammunition for submachine guns, and of course a Mauser combat pistol pinned to his waist and a German Munich saber. In addition to this, Frank also ordered all flares and 40mm grenades in the company to be concentrated in this assault squad. Of course, no one knows what grenade launchers can do other than fire flares, because their grenades have run out and have not been replenished, which means that there are no grenades to fire.

Soon, the battle at the east entrance of Salz village began, and in an instant, the few remaining MP40 submachine guns of the German army rang out with a large number of G43 semi-automatic rifles and Mauser pistols. In an instant, tongues of fire erupted from the muzzles of the guns, as if they were about to bury the Belgian troops, and they were spread round after round.

The German feint troops in the east were tasked with creating a huge movement at the east entrance of the village at all costs to attract all the main Belgian forces, so they were now fighting very hard.

However, a bluff is a bluff, and even if you use a thousand times the effort, your number is only a company after all, and the firepower is also the firepower of a company after all.

Major Bauer of the Belgian reinforced battalion was not fooled, and judging from the density of the gunfire, the Germans had at most two companies of troops, so he sent only two companies to meet the battle, leaving two companies to guard the headquarters west of the village.

I have to say that being able to lead the troops to fight alone, and the only rear guard unit of the Belgian 13th Division to stay behind the Salz village hall, this Major Bauer is not an idiot, in the end, he is a bit of a brain.

However, Bauer's judgment was based on his knowledge of the Belgian army's firepower configuration. If he knew that the Germans in the east who fired such firepower were not two companies, but a unit with a large number of submachine guns and less than a complete company, it is estimated that he would not be as calm as he is now.

At the same time, Frank, the German lieutenant, soon realized that the situation was not good. The firepower of the Belgian army in the east was significantly less than he had predicted, indicating that the other side was not completely fooled.

But the battle has already begun, and they cannot stop, and if they cannot solve the Belgian command in a short time, they will only face heavy losses.

All hopes were pinned on this 30-member "officer-non-commissioned officer special forces" of the German army that he personally led.

At the critical moment, Frank, who has many years of experience in special operations, immediately stepped forward, and he once again drew up a new combat plan with astonishing speed. This time he divided the small force into two parts, ten men remained at the west entrance of the village and equipped them with all the flares, and the remaining twenty men climbed up the cliff by rope from the north entrance of the village, bypassing the Belgian defenses and giving them a devastating blow to the headquarters.

Frank set the time for half an hour later at 22 o'clock, and the "Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, Special Forces" would launch an attack on the village west headquarters on time. Time is running out for them, and every minute wasted means one more blow to the brothers in the east of the village.

The clock ticked 21:59, "Ten seconds left!" 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, fire! Runek, the leader of the ten-member team at the west entrance of the village, looked at his watch and counted down.

With this fire, they attracted the remaining two companies of the enemy's garrison headquarters. Much like when he implemented the Scythe Harvest Plan, Frank used a second raid to attract the Belgian reserves. There may be ambushes after ambushes, and the Belgians still don't have a long memory after being hit by the Ardennes Forest.

For a moment, the muzzles of electric guns spewed flames towards the group of Belgians who had no long memory. If they hadn't completely lost their brains and found cover in advance, they would have been wiped out by this powerful firepower by now, and they would have disappeared into this world in an instant.

"Brothers, take out the flares!" Runek roared, "Focus on shooting in the face of these Belgian idiots!" Fast! ”

"Whew! Swish! ...........For a while, 10 flares were fired into the crowd at the Belgian army.

The Belgian soldiers were stunned by the sudden flare, and for a moment they did not react, and they all stared at the flare, watching the blinding light emitted. Then, one by one, they covered their eyes and fell to the ground screaming in pain.

"Ahh One by one, the Belgian soldiers wailed.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Runek smiled proudly, laughing at his tactical success, laughing at his own time for Chief Frank, and at the same time, laughing at Chief Frank's ingenuity.

The use of concentrated flares was a new tactical invention that Lieutenant Frank had previously thought of, and he called it "flashbang tactics".

Meanwhile, Frank and his men had managed to climb the cliff, bypassing the defending Belgian army and reaching their headquarters.

At the gate of the headquarters, the Belgian sentry standing here suddenly felt a white light flash in front of his eyes without noticing, and several people fell down before they could shout. The German non-commissioned officer who attacked was indeed a master, and the saber he threw was plunged into the sentry's neck with great accuracy, causing a burst of blood to gush from the severed carotid artery of several Belgians. The team jumped to their feet under the leadership of Frank and quickly rushed into the headquarters of Major Bauer of Belgium.

"Don't move!" Frank led the way with a loud shout and quickly raised the MP40 submachine gun in his hand.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Bauer sighed heavily and raised his hands helplessly.

"Surrender." Bauer shook his head and said in a deep voice to several staff officers, "We lost. ”

Someone said before that there are few battle scenes, so this will make up for you