Chapter 8: Hydra (II)
Hydra, this is the code name of Xu Jun's latest legion.
In recent times, Xu Jun's lieutenants suddenly discovered that the Führer, who would become the greatest leader in German history, had for some reason suddenly developed a strong interest in ancient European mythology.
Now, whenever he has free time, this guy buries himself in the pile of old documents, and often can't drag it out.
In fact, Xu Jun knew in his heart that he was not interested in these things, he had already read these documents and materials thousands of times in the future, and he could even memorize all the articles. He is looking for a refuge for his soul, and only when he reads those ancient histories and legends can he forget the cruelty and helplessness of reality.
During this time, he issued hundreds of orders, and behind each order was dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of lives. Whether they are arrested or investigated, the fate of these people will change with their orders, and most of them will disappear from this world.
Xu Jun knew that most of them could be said to deserve it, but there would definitely be innocent people who were implicated, but the cruel reality made him have no time to screen these people one by one, and he had to complete this work in the shortest possible time.
For the sake of Germany's survival and for himself to survive, he had to make choices, and he had to give these orders, even if they would be condemned by his conscience in the future.
Coupled with the ongoing campaign of France and the war against Britain that would soon unfold, the High Command had countless things waiting for him to decide, and the fate of the German army was in his hands, and his every signature would determine the future of Germany. All this accumulated pressure made Xu Jun feel a little breathless, and now he could only find a pure land for himself to be relieved and relaxed from those ancient stories.
Xu Jun embodied his new hobby in the naming of new units, and he inadvertently developed a new naming mechanism for the German ** team. If the naming of the Cyprus Legion was the product of a flash of inspiration, then the naming of Hydra was a deliberate one.
The legendary hydra Hydra is a fairly powerful monster in Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Typhon and Orkna and the sister of Cypressus. Although she was the second prey of the retarded Hercules Hercules, she was the only one of the savage fast heads who needed the help of others to take out in his idiotic hunting career, and she was as strong as Cyporus.
Not only that, but the savage big guy died under her venom in the end, and it can be said that the last one to laugh should be this guy with nine heads. Hydra also became one of the Guardians of Hell after his death, guarding the Gates of Hell with Cypraus, and as the Führer's second direct legion, Xu Jun gave his Guards this name.
The Hydra Regiment also had a name used in formal settings, the Guards Regiment of the Führer of the Third Reich, known as the First Mechanized Mixed Army of the German Army. In order to distinguish herself from the Wehrmacht's First Army, the German army generally referred to her only by her code name, Hydra.
Despite being called the Corps, Hydra is now only the size of an Army Mechanized Division. Not only is the composition of Hydra's subordinate units very complex, but also the equipment is also very special, coupled with the title of the Führer's Guard on its head, which makes the Hydra Legion the most gorgeous, conspicuous and magical in the German Army sequence, and it is also the one that those enemies are most afraid to encounter in the future battles.
The complexity of the composition of this unit is indeed the first in the whole army, and she is definitely not sorry for the title of mixing. Her main body was the two most elite armored battalions selected by the German Army, and the best of them became the glittering Führer's direct armored battalion.
She also had a mechanized artillery regiment from the border garrison. A long-range communications battalion from the Naval Communications Forces. A motorized reconnaissance battalion and a command battalion with a complete set of command systems of the army group headquarters were shoehorned into the base camp.
A fully mechanized engineer battalion and a mechanized boat bridge battalion are the most standard army units.
A newly formed tank destroyer battalion, this one is stranger, they are from the Air Force. A reinforced logistics battalion of 400 trucks, including the sanitary, postal, veterinary, supply, gendarmerie, and other logistical departments, was carefully selected by His Excellency Marshal von Brauchitsch from the three army groups and dedicated to the great Führer.
The above is normal, but Hydra's infantry units are really chaotic, and although the two motorized infantry regiments are standard army formations, they are personnel from various units.
Two regiments of six battalions of motorized infantry, two of which were made up of Waffen-SS Storm commandos, who turned out to be "Adolf." The survivors of the "mechanized infantry division" of Hitler's SS elite banner (in fact, there was only one regiment) were carefully screened, and the new Führer generously pardoned the crimes of these loyal and fanatical fighters.
In fact, these people were only deceived and did not participate in the premeditated attacks on Xu Jun and Hitler, so there are no heinous crimes. But then again, the mere fact that two battalions of infantry in this unit were involved in the attack on Hitler and resulted in the death of the Führer was enough to send the entire force to the penal labor camp from top to bottom, from the commander-in-chief to the grooms.
This is still light, according to the will of the high command, even if they are all shot, it is not too much, and no one in Germany will have any opinion on this. While everyone suggested the complete elimination of the former Führer's named force to prevent future troubles, Xu Jun pardoned the crimes of these soldiers.
In his opinion, these soldiers were among the best in the Waffen-SS, and they were trained to compare with the most powerful units in the army, so it would be a pity to wipe them all out like this. Moreover, most of the soldiers among them were loyal to the Germans, and could not find any reason to destroy them except for their simple-mindedness, and it seemed too child's play to shoot them by the names of their troops, and it was better to take advantage of them than to sacrifice them in vain.
The will of the Führer is the supreme order, "Adolf. The mechanized infantry division of Hitler's SS was nominally disbanded and eliminated, but most of her soldiers remained, and they joined the new Führer Guard.
Of course, the fanatical Nazis and Hitler's die-hard loyalists, as well as the crazy and stupid SS officers, were carefully screened by the Gestapo and sent to the special hard labor camps for them, and now almost all of them have gone to Valhalla under the special care of the military guards.
There are benefits to being simple-minded, and the soldiers who survived were all touched by the kindness of the new Führer. They knew that the mistake they had made was enough to doom them all, but what they didn't expect was that the new Führer would forgive them and transfer them to his own Guards with such trust. The fact that the new Führer not only saved their lives but also retained their most precious honor, allowing them to raise their heads again in front of others, made the Waffen-SS members full of gratitude to Xu Jun from the bottom of their hearts, and they were willing to go to the trouble for this great leader.
And when they were just transferred to the Guards, Xu Jun also found a special time to visit them. The young Führer's handsome appearance, noble and coercive temperament, kind attitude, kind words, and even that sensational speech completely conquered the hearts of all of them, and their attitude towards Xu Jun changed from gratitude to fanatical worship, just as they worshipped the corporal in the past, and in their hearts this apostle of God became a god-like existence.
At that time, Xu Jun did not expect that these two Waffen-SS infantry battalions would have a huge impact on other SS units in the days to come.
The remaining four infantry battalions were all of different compositions, one was a paratrooper battalion selected from the Airborne Forces, and these elite German fighters were not discouraged by being transferred to the army, but were proud to be the Guards directly under the Führer.
From the moment they entered the barracks, the paratroopers began to desperately show their dignity in front of their Führer, hoping to make a deep impression on the Führer's heart.
The biggest opponent of the paratroopers is a battalion of mountain infantry units, these mountain infantry are not fuel-efficient lamps, strict training makes them have the strongest physique and the most agile skills in the German army sequence, they also have the strongest team spirit and the strictest discipline in the German ** team, but now the biggest hobby of these mountain infantry is to dangle in front of those equally fierce paratroopers, showing off their strong chest muscles and edelweiss pinned to their military caps.
The remaining two battalions were regular German infantry units, all composed of the remaining soldiers of the units that had been crippled in the previous phase of the battle, and they were all masters who had gnawed bones and smashed over the southern wall, and the command did not understand at first the Führer's intention in selecting these remnants of the defeated soldiers, but before long they admired the Führer's foresight.
These soldiers and officers were fully reinstated and trained to become an elite force full of combat experience and as normal as a meal.
It was not easy to bring together these elite troops from various departments, and it was a thousand times more difficult to get these guys to cooperate with each other skillfully and fight like a regular army than to gather these troops, Xu Jun threw this difficult task to his chief of staff, Weierle. The old fox had almost been exhausted, and the chief of staff had been exhausted by the mere development of new tactics for the mixed force.
These troops were not the same in terms of training, and even their own marching and fighting habits were different, and even the unification of their uniforms and insignia became a headache. In the end, it was the Führer's order that all troops wore standard army uniforms, but they could wear the rank insignia of their respective branches on their uniforms, and the weapons were still according to their original configuration. In addition, everyone wears a uniform regimental armband on their uniform, and a light blue shield with a hydra coiled in the middle.
Although Hydra is called Hydra, it seems more appropriate to call it a hydra, and all European texts depict Hydra as a dragon with nine heads, probably because of the relationship between dragon and snake in ancient Greek.
Xu Jun had his own plan to gather these troops together, he wanted to use this army as an experimental object, from the battle of the Hydra Legion, to find out new tactics for each branch of the army to cooperate in combat, and also let these troops find out their own shortcomings in the battle, so that they could learn something that would help them from other troops.
This is an unprecedented experiment in the history of the German ** team, and Xu Jun believes that the combined tactics of various arms found by the Hydra Legion in the battle will definitely be of great help to his future operations. At that time, the German ** team will be truly integrated into a whole, instead of a plate of scattered sand like the current various arms pouring into each other.
Xu Jun deeply knows that the future battle will be a thousand times more difficult and cruel than now, if he does not make all preparations now, then the German ** team will sooner or later shed the last drop of blood. Now his immediate Guards has almost all the units of the land arms, and there are paratroopers who are strong in individual combat and good at using light firepower to attack and defend fortifications. Mountain infantry with good mobility and a strong will to fight, as well as team spirit.
Fanatical and courageous, the Waffen-SS surpassed ordinary troops in explosiveness and tenacity. Experienced, familiar with a variety of regular tactics, balanced army infantry units. The technical and tactical forces have matured, and the invincible army armored forces. A tank destroyer unit that has just been formed, but believes that it will be surprisingly powerful. Fierce firepower, well-trained army artillery. There are various other logistics and reconnaissance units. How these troops will make Xu Jun feel in the battle, Xu Jun has been looking forward to that moment.
"Pull on the side of the road." Xu Jun commanded into the intercom.
"Yes, sir." Randolph hurriedly pulled the tank to the side of the road and stopped.
The other three No. 3 tanks of the battalion command platoon also hurriedly followed the long car and stopped on the side of the road.
"Sir, why are we stopping?" Hans asked curiously.
"I want to wait for Verle's troops to catch up and take a break. With the exception of my direct battalion, the rest of the troops continued to advance. ”
Xu Jun took off his headphones and got out of the turret, the silver tank shell shook under the strong sunlight near noon, he was a little dizzy, he quickly jumped off the tank and stood in the shade of the tree on the side of the road.
The tank battalion directly under the Führer left the road in an orderly manner after receiving the order, they neatly parked on the side of the road to make way for the follow-up troops, the well-trained tankers did not receive the order to let them rest, so no one left their tanks, the tankers sat quietly in their tanks and waited for the commander's next order, The tank commanders, on the other hand, stood upright on their towers and watched happily as the convoy of their brother troops drove past them.
"It's not just the result of training, Hans. Look at these soldiers. ”
Xu Jun smiled and waved at a group of Mercedes-Benz three-ton trucks passing in front of him, and the paratrooper soldiers on board also smiled and waved to their commander, as if they were not on their way to the battlefield but just going on an outing.
"It's a kind of self-confidence, it's an innate kind of self-confidence. German soldiers are the proudest and most powerful fighters in the world, and they deeply believe in this. They are willing to give everything they have for their country and nation. ”
"Yes, sir." Hans replied with a nod.
"These are the best fighters in the German team and it's a pleasure to be able to fight with them. Sir. Doagan said on the side.
"That's right." Xu Jun took out his cigarette case from his pocket, he took out one and put it in his mouth, Hans quickly took out a lighter and lit it for him.
"They put their precious lives in the hands of us officers, and they believe in us, so they completely entrust themselves to us, officers. Therefore, we must take every order we give seriously, we must not live up to the trust of the soldiers, and we must not let these lovely soldiers lose their lives because of a stupid order from the commander, which is a point that all German officers must remember. Xu Jun said leisurely after gently exhaling a puff of cigarette.
"We remember." Hans and Dogan couldn't help but straighten their chests slightly.
At this time, a BMW senior officer sedan drove up to Xu Jun with a body of dust and stopped, and the actual commander of the Hydra Regiment, Xu Jun's chief of staff, Wei Erle, jumped out of the car, followed by his communications corps and two command staff officers.
"Your Excellency, Marshal." Weierle walked forward quickly, and then nodded respectfully to Xu Jun.
"I'm rushing to the front to find you, and the situation has changed with a new report from the headquarters." Weirle said with a serious expression.
"Is it an urgent order from the army group headquarters?" Xu Jun saw that Weierle was holding an envelope in his hand.
"Yes, sir. They specially sent a staff officer to send it on a motorcycle, and the situation was so serious that they did not dare to send it by radio. ”
"You've seen it." Xu Jun took the envelope from Weierle's hand, and then pulled out the document from inside.
"Yes, sir, it seems that the situation is not good, and although I am sure that the French troops will not cause any trouble to our legion, I think you should get out of here as soon as possible to avoid any unnecessary danger."
"It seems that my guess is correct, and this is the best proof of this." Xu Jun handed the document to Hans with an indifferent expression.
"Sir, this will soon be the focus of this battle, I hope you should get out of here as soon as possible, the headquarters has sent you a special plane. Leave the battle of the Legion to us. Wehrle said loudly.
"I'm not leaving, I'm going to be with my soldiers." Xu Jun replied coldly.
"But......" Weierle just wanted to refute, but was stopped by Xu Jun's serious eyes.
"Don't try to get me to leave my soldiers, especially when I know there is danger, I won't leave them to hide in a safe place and watch from afar, I'm going to fight with my soldiers. If you want to stop me, you can give it a try. Xu Jun said coldly, with an irresistible momentum in his tone.
"I see, sir." Once again, Weirle nodded respectfully.
"Drive the command vehicle over, I want to liaise with the high command. Pass my order so that Guderian must end the battle in front of him in half an hour. Xu Jun ordered loudly to the adjutants.
"Yes, sir." The adjutants hurriedly replied loudly.
"Order the troops to stop advancing and prepare to retreat, the terrain here is unfavorable for defense, and the whole army will move towards the village of Shahr and build fortifications."
"Yes, sir."
"Let the Finlay tank sniper battalion be transferred to the left flank of the troops, let them choose the ideal position to build a position to cover the retreat of the whole army, now is the most useful time for them, I hope they don't let me down."
Then Xu Jun climbed into the communication car of the corps headquarters that had just arrived. Weierle hurriedly took the microphone from the hands of the communication corps and gave orders to the troops, and Xu Jun's adjutants also ran to the other two communication vehicles.
The efficiency of the German team was immediately evident at this time. The convoy stopped moving forward and began to make a slow U-turn, and the troops in front began to regroup.
The cannon in the distance was still roaring intensively, and it seemed that Guderian could not end the battle on his side for a while, after all, the more than forty French tanks were not targets that would not resist when they stopped there.
As Verrle shouted loudly over the radio, a large group of steel monsters sprang up from the rear team, and then rushed down the road in front of Verrle towards a wooded area on the left flank of the legion.
"Fenris? The Führer's expectations for her seem really high, and I hope they don't disappoint the Führer. Wehrle muttered as he looked at the twenty huge tank snipers.
This tank sniper, which has never appeared before in history, is the product of Xu Jun's first use of his mechanical abilities in this world, and it will be put to the harshest test in the upcoming battle.
Whether the demon wolf in Norse mythology could really give the enemy a ferocious blow as her founder expected was a question shared by all the German officials present at the time.
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