Standing on the position left by the British, Hoffman faintly raised his watch to confirm.

"This group of British policemen can't hold out for even 30 minutes." Putting down his watch, Hoffman, who was already a captain, had a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.

Also a good warrior unearthed by Hans from the Battle of the Buzula River, Hoffmann once held a forward position with a company of troops, repelling numerous charges by Polish troops several times his size.

By making full use of the five MG33 machine guns, Hoffman's troops successively eliminated the strength of no less than two battalions of the Polish army, and remained stubbornly in the position when only 13 wounded men remained in the company, fighting alone with the will to die.

In the end, if it had not been for Lyon's troops to meet their retreat, which had lost contact with the rear, perhaps they would have shed the last of their blood on that high ground so soon.

This is a fierce general! When Hoffman was rebuilding the troops, the first thing that came to mind was to promote Hoffman and Lyon.

Lyon's unit was expanded into a battalion directly under the division, and he was promoted to lieutenant battalion commander. Hoffman took the thirteen surviving officers and soldiers as the backbone of a newly built infantry battalion, and was also promoted to lieutenant battalion commander.

And now, Hoffmann and his troops have proved to be not only stubborn in defense, but also brave in attack.

"A round of artillery bombardment, a battalion-level charge, crushed the vanguard regiment of the British army, which should normally be the main force of the whole army." Hoffman laughed in front of his three company commanders: "I'm a little confused, whether it's because we're too strong, or because these British policemen are too weak!" ”

Hoffman's repeated references to the British Army as British police officers were not his original name. It is rumored that this name originated in Germany with the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck. It is said that a reporter asked what would happen if the British Army landed and attacked the German mainland, but Bismarck replied jokingly: Let the German police arrest them.

And this sarcasm of the British Army was adapted to Reinhardt's mouth: Army? Isn't there only a group of part-time army police officers left in Britain besides the air force and navy?

Now, the term "British Army" as the British police has become popular in Germany. Hoffmann himself was one of the German soldiers who particularly liked this name.

"The British troops are indeed too hard to fight, and if you want me to see it, it is no problem for one of our divisions to annihilate two of them." Hoffman's lieutenant also laughed happily.

This adjutant had fought with Hoffmann in the Polish campaign. When Hoffman was a company commander, he was the deputy company commander. Later, Hoffman was promoted to battalion commander, and he continued to be his adjutant.

Seeing that the adjutant who had been with him for more than 4 years was also extremely happy today, Hoffman showed a relieved smile. It was the first time they had achieved such a brilliant result in an attack. In the previous Polish campaign, not to mention the victory of the offensive, they had fought hard in the defense of the highlands on the Buzura River alone, and the living people were all wounded in the field hospital, and they could not launch another attack.

The soldiers were busy cleaning up the battlefield, collecting and carrying weapons and ammunition discarded by the British. Lose your armor! This is a very appropriate word to describe the defeated vanguard of the British.

In order to flee faster, the retreating British did not even bring the most basic weapons, and after reducing all the weight they could, they fled to the rear where they thought they were safe.

Suffice it to say that one of Hoffman's battalions, completely captured enough weapons and ammunition to equip two battalions. It's a pity that they are all light weapons, except for dozens of Vickers heavy machine guns, Hoffman They didn't even find a single artillery.

Of course, it was also due to the fact that the British Expeditionary Force, in order to ensure its operational strength, did not carry heavy weapons when pursuing the Norwegian troops they thought were inferior, and Hoffman's 30th Division happened to have heavy weapons to provide artillery support. This allowed them to defeat a regiment of British troops with great ease.

But when he thought about it, the Norwegian troops, who were the allies on his side, would be defeated by a group of "British policemen" who were so much worse equipped than the German army, and they could not stop the British even a little bit by occupying the territory, Hoffman felt incredible.

Frowning, Hoffman touched his chin and said while thinking: "The people of the first company stayed and continued to clean up the battlefield, and the people of the second company sent the British weapons that had been packed to the Norwegian Royal Guard battalion that accompanied them, it is estimated that their equipment should not be better than this, and it is necessary to change their outfits and strengthen them a little." ”

"Yes!" The commander of the second company did not feel sorry for these light weapons at all, and accepted Hoffman's order without hesitation, anyway, he didn't look down on these captured weapons, and the Norwegians would give them if they wanted, which could be regarded as strengthening the combat effectiveness of the allies.

"Oh, yes!" Hoffman suddenly stopped the commander of the second company, who was about to leave, and said, "Wait a minute, leave those Vickers heavy machine guns." It would be enough to send those Enfield rifles to the Norwegians. ”

"Battalion commander, it's not convenient for us to keep these heavy machine guns. Anyway, we also have G43 semi-automatic rifles and MP40 submachine guns, and the firepower needed to deal with the British is already enough, so don't keep these heavy machine guns. The second company commander reminded.

"You think it's the firepower of these heavy machine guns that I'm valuing?" Hoffman waved his way and said: "Speaking of machine guns, we now have a lighter and easier to use general-purpose machine gun MG42, why use the British to leave these clumsy machine guns." ”

"Then why do we still carry these things left by the British?" The commander of the second company apparently believed that what Hoffman said was logically contradictory to his previous orders.

"I didn't say that I kept it for myself," and finding that his meaning had been misinterpreted, Hoffman corrected: "I want you to distinguish between them, and then let the third company be sent to the division headquarters separately." ”

"At the division headquarters, there are a large number of transport vehicles provided by the Norwegians, and it is completely easy to carry these heavy machine guns. After all, it is a considerable amount of heavy firepower, and I think the division headquarters should use it if it wants to deploy defense. "Hoffman, who experienced the Battle of the Buzula River, did not forget to prepare for a possible defensive battle in the future, even in the midst of a big victory.

This is called being bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope. At the beginning of the Battle of the Buzura River, they gathered all the good weapons that could be used for defense, among which the machine gun was a particularly important good thing.

Now, although these captured British heavy machine guns are not needed for the time being, in line with the principle that something is better than nothing, Hoffmann decided to leave these possible equipment in the hands of the Germans. After all, the effect of the German army is definitely much better than that of the Norwegian army. If they didn't need it until the end of the war, they could leave these weapons they didn't like and give them to the Norwegians.