CHAPTER XVII
"Okay, don't swear, you've sent it twice, and I'm sure you have the ability. Oh, how long do you want to talk here, we're short on time right now, and I haven't even said hello to the other officers. ”
Müller touched his cheek and smiled embarrassedly, and he nodded to Hans and the others in a hello. Then he introduced Xu Jun to the group of officers behind him, many of these people Xu Jun knew each other, Mueller didn't have to spend that amount of saliva, but these officers had been assigned new positions, so they must be reported to Xu Jun clearly, and some of them were transferred or promoted from other units in the past two days, and Xu Jun was not very familiar with them.
"This is the commander of the "Greater Germany" mechanized infantry regiment von, Colonel Stockhausen, they met us the night before yesterday on the night you left, now we are completely familiar with each other, the losses of the "Greater Germany" regiment are almost zero, but the command still added some additional troops to them, and now the strength has completely surpassed the other mechanized infantry regiments. ”
Feng, Stockhausen stepped forward and nodded elegantly, this is an old officer in his fifties, maintaining an elegant aristocratic temperament and a neat military demeanor.
"Ahh It's Oberst, it's a pleasure to meet you, and it's a great place to be in Berlin...... I haven't seen you in four months. How are you now? Xu Jun found the information of this old commander in his memory, and Jack knew him when the "Greater Germany" regiment was formed. Xu Jun is now smiling and in touch with Feng and Stockhausen.
"Hehe, thank you for your concern, I'm not bad now. Your Excellency, my Deputy Führer, you are still in good spirits. To be able to fight under your command is the glory of the "Greater Germany" regiment! Xu Jun and the old guy looked at each other and laughed.
"This is the new commander of the 25th Panzer Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Haron, who was originally the commander of the first battalion of the 25th Panzer Regiment, and after Colonel Luxembourg was transferred last night, he is now the commander of the regiment. He was a master commander of the armored corps, and all the soldiers of the 25th Panzer Regiment embraced him. ”
Xu Jun looked at the officer in front of him, he looked only thirty years old, he was very handsome and chic, wearing a straight armored special uniform, with a second-class iron medal on his chest, a tank assault medal and a medal for war wounds, and his boots were spotless, looking like he was shrewd and capable.
"Congratulations, Lieutenant Colonel Haron, it's all up to you in armored combat in the future."
"Thank you very much for the promotion of the general, I will work hard."
Clean, Xu Jun felt very happy that he had such subordinates. Although Luxemburg is capable, but in the end it is an old man under Rommel, and it may be difficult for him to control him, so just in case, he was simply transferred to Kleist as a staff officer, and he can not only support his own strength without being said by others to suppress the old man, it is really a double win.
"This is Second Lieutenant Sanders of the 38th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and now he is the acting battalion commander of that battalion, the 38th Armored Battalion has suffered heavy losses, although in the past two days the army headquarters has sent a lot of soldiers and armored vehicles to supplement it, but the new and old soldiers and officers have not yet been completely run in, and the 38th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion has not been able to return to its previous state in a short period of time."
Xu Jun nodded, smiled and said to the young lieutenant: "I remember that you are the only surviving officer of that battalion, I hope you can exert all your strength in your post, keep the honor of the 25th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and don't let your old bosses and comrades die in vain." ”
"Obey, General, I will not let their blood be shed in vain, the 38th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion will always be the most reliable eye of the 7th Armored Division!" Sanders replied excitedly and loudly, tears already beginning to groom in his eyes. Xu Jun nodded approvingly and patted him on the shoulder.
"This is the current commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment, Major Daggs, he was originally my deputy battalion commander, he was in charge of the defense line on the right flank when he was in Arras, you have seen him, he is a good hand in the battle, and now I appoint him as the commander of the 7th Regiment, although the losses of the 7th Regiment are also very large, but now it has been replenished and is fully staffed, and all the veterans have been distributed, and now it has completely recovered its combat effectiveness. The same goes for the 6th Infantry Regiment, which is still under my personal command and will serve as your immediate guard in the 7th Panzer Division, and I hope you still trust these soldiers as always. ”
"How so, of course I have unconditional trust in my soldiers, I have long been impressed by the perseverance of the Sixth Regiment, and I am very satisfied with your arrangement." Then Xu Jun shook hands with Daggs to congratulate him. The rest were all battalion and company-level officers, all of whom had been promoted to the rank of first rank like the previous ones, and now they all looked at Xu Jun with gratitude and admiration.
Just when Xu Jun and those officers were greeting each other lively, several other JU52s had also slowly docked, and the group of staff officers and secretaries walked off the plane with their respective luggage and walked over to Xu Jun and a group of them.
Xu Jun introduced several division-level and regiment-level senior commanders here to the staff officers of the Army Command Operations Bureau, and let them familiarize themselves with the rest.
Then Xu Jun said to Mueller: "Mueller, you have received my order." ”
"Yes, General."
"So when will the troops move."
"It's basically ready, as long as you pack it up, you can leave immediately, and you have to load the command equipment and headquarters supplies into the car, it should be ready in half an hour, general."
Xu Jun nodded, and he turned to Hans.
"Hans, you go and make sure that the other two forces will be able to meet us on time."
"General, I have already confirmed it on the plane. They had already set off last night, and although they were infantry divisions, they should be able to reach the rendezvous point on time at their current pace. ”
"Oh, that's good, but you'll have to send another telegram and remind them that they have to stick to the schedule and get there on time."
"Understood, General."
Hans led a staff officer towards the Advanced Communications Company, which was busy carrying communications equipment from the plane. Xu Jun turned his head to the group of officers and said.
"Gentlemen, you all read the orders of the High Command last night, and I am sure you are well aware that time is very short, so please put aside those high-sounding things now, and let us start acting immediately. The commanders immediately returned to their units and ordered the soldiers to be ready for the start within half an hour, and all the personnel were in place. Half an hour later, we will set off for the meeting point. Now, gentlemen, take action. ”
Then Xu Jun saluted the officers solemnly. No one expected that Xu Jun would immediately give the order to prepare to set off as soon as he arrived. But when they saw Xu Jun's grim face, they knew that they were playing for real now. Those officers knew that time was very urgent, but they didn't expect it to be so urgent, so that Xu Jun didn't even have time to go into the house to drink saliva and rest. They hurriedly stood up and returned the salute.
"Yes, Your Excellency."
One by one, the officers scrambled towards their respective units.
The soldiers lined up at the airfield also heard their commander's orders, and they also rushed towards their tents. The whole camp instantly became like a boiling kettle, noisy and steaming.
Half an hour later, all the troops were ready to go, the roar of trucks and tanks was deafening, and the cyan exhaust from the engines filled the entire camp.
Xu Jun stood in front of his Type 251 half-track armored command vehicle, looking at his majestic troops, and felt indescribable excitement in his heart. This is his own army, he will rely on this steel army to realize his ideals and ambitions, although the road ahead of him is full of obstacles and dangers, but Xu Jun firmly believes that he will lead this army to the ultimate victory, he and his army will be invincible.
"It's time to go, Colonel Muller!" Xu Jun gave the order to Mueller.
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Müller immediately replied, and then he turned and ran to his command car without looking back.
Müller leaned half out of the turret of his Type 221 wheeled armored command vehicle, raised his hand at the huge convoy, and shouted into the microphone on the headset: "German Army, forward!" After speaking, he waved his raised hand vigorously forward.
"Let's go!"
"Let's go!"
At the same time, the commanders of the units gave the order to set off.
The engines of the armored vehicles of the 38th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion spewed out thick green smoke at the same time, and then rushed towards the dirt road ahead.
The second to depart after the 38th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion was the convoy of the 7th Infantry Regiment, which was now almost a mechanized infantry regiment. The Army Command really gave Xu Jun face and replenished a large number of off-road trucks and half-track personnel carriers to the Seventh Armored Division. Now that the infantry were almost all on mechanized vehicles and no longer had to march on foot under the scorching sun with heavy backpacks and rifles, the morale of the soldiers was unbelievably high.
Now the soldiers are full of gratitude and admiration for Xu Jun, in order to show their love and reverence for Reinhardt. Feng. General Stader's boundless loyalty, in order to wash away the shame of being inflicted heavy losses by the enemy, and in order to regain the glory of the 7th Infantry Regiment, they vowed to tear all the enemies in their way to shreds and trample into the hard earth.
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