With the intermittent sound of anti-aircraft guns behind him, Lyman carried his pistol and finally found something that excited him in the light mist. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A weapon case with German written all over it! There is also a special parachute on the box, which is larger than a human parachute.

Lyman ran quickly, then used his dagger to lift the small nail from the box, and desperately opened the lid on it.

Then, a fresh oil fragrance wafted out. Keeping a firearm can be a complicated task, and a good weapon requires careful care.

It's like a delicate flower, or a beautiful woman, and the weapon is almost the same thing.

The Germans were exemplary among the great powers in this respect, and their care and use of machinery were world-class.

Even today, decades later, looking at some of the standards of the German military industry back then, they were very advanced, and the rules reached a level that made people unstoppable.

Lyman opened the case and saw a neat row of Mauser 98K rifles inside, as well as a separate case on the very side.

He ignored the Mauser 98K rifles, which he looked down on, and instead carried the handle of the rope knot on the separate case and carried the separate case out.

Then he crouched on the ground, opened the separate box again, and took out the STG-44 assault rifle newly equipped for the troops.

Originally, the weapons box that was dropped by this kind of airdrop only contained grenades or Mauser rifles. Similarly, there is another type of case for the STG-44 assault rifle.

However, during the subsequent training, it was found that some units could find a box of STG-44 assault rifles, while others could only use the Mauser rifles they had scavenged.

Until the technology of being able to make it possible to parachute guns in the same airborne with paratroopers, it seems that such an approach will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Therefore, Germany deliberately customized a batch of these wooden boxes, mixing the two weapons into the boxes, so that the troops could find more suitable weapons for them to fight.

Finding an STG-44 assault rifle and stroking the smooth handguard and butt on it, Lyman calmed down a little.

After all, he had found his weapon, found something that could protect him from his fears on this treacherous battlefield.

He stuffed the pressed magazine from the box into the magazine pouch that hung from the armor belt on his chest, then picked up the assault rifle and inserted a brand new one.

"Whoa!" Pulling the bolt on the body of the gun and letting the bullet press into the chamber, Lyman was truly ready for battle for the first time since landing.

Then he decided to keep the box and at least wait for the other soldiers to take some of their guns before leaving the place.

The fact that there is a whole box of brand-new weapons here means that at least one squad of soldiers has not found a weapon, which means that a squad of soldiers has no way to fight.

Just thinking about these questions, there was a sudden sound of shredding through the grass not far away, and Lyman didn't know whether it was an enemy or a comrade, so he could only lean on the edge of the weapon box and prepare for battle.

"Flash!" Through the early morning mist, seeing a seemingly non-existent figure, Lyman lowered his voice and asked.

"Thunder!" After hearing this shouting on the other side, there was obviously a movement to lower his body, and then he whispered back.

As for why the German plan of action for the airborne landing on the island of Malta was commanded by lightning and thunder, it was simply because the Führer asked Stud to do so.

Someone insisted on using this classic password from Normandy because of the bad taste from the aftermath, but this so-called "feeling" is now only known to him.

Hearing the other party's command, Lyman's nervousness calmed down slightly, and he removed his gun, waiting for the other party to slowly approach.

Soon, he found that there was not a single German paratrooper on the other side, but seven or eight paratrooper comrades gathered together.

"Oh my God, you're lucky to have come down with the weapon case." The other party glanced at the STG-44 assault rifle that Lyman was holding in his hand and said enviously.

On the other hand, these soldiers were not slow to divide the remaining Mauser 98K rifles in the box.

"We are from the 2nd Company, Corporal Schekov. You are? A non-commissioned officer with a rank sorted out his weapons and introduced himself to Lyman.

"I'm from the 1st Company, Kos? Lyman! Lyman held out his hand and shook it briefly.

Because paratroopers need to be airborne, in the process, it is often found that the commander cannot be found for the time being or the commander is killed.

Therefore, paratroopers have the habit of obeying the supreme commander nearby, after all, the formation of combat effectiveness in the shortest time is the condition for paratroopers to win or survive.

"On our way here, we came across an anti-aircraft gun position of the British." The corporal pointed in the direction they had come and said to Lyman: "Let's go back!" ”

This was the obvious tempo of the matter, and it seemed that they were going to destroy the nearby British anti-aircraft gun positions.

"Acting with us?" The other party politely asked Lyman's opinion.

However, at this time, Lyman could not have any opinion of his own, so he could only nod his head and agree to act with the other side - until he met his own troops, or they met a larger officer and asked them to go on other missions.

Soon, the German paratroopers were next to a British anti-aircraft machine-gun position that was firing incessantly into the sky.

The tracer bullets can be clearly seen even in the mist, like fireworks that meander upward, flying in a curve towards the sky.

As for how many British soldiers were in this machine-gun position, it is not something that the German paratroopers who had just approached here knew.

The other party didn't seem to realize that there were enemies around him, and he kept firing at the sky, not hiding his meaning at all.

Lyman, with his weapon, had shortened the distance to less than thirty meters, and he even heard the shouts of the English, and the fragmented English was very uncomfortable.

Two German paratroopers who were with him attached bayonets to Mauser rifles, which were not as effective as the STG-44 assault rifles at close range, and had to be solved with bayonets.

"Three! Two! One! Above! After whispering the countdown, Lyman and the two soldiers leaped from their hiding place and rushed to the British anti-aircraft machine gun position that was firing at the air.

Their movements were soon discovered by the British sentinels who were on guard, and they panicked and fired inaccurately.

As with the Germans, what Lee they equipped? Enfield rifles are bolt-on rifles that lack suppressive power at close range.

Although the design emphasized the rate of fire, this famous British gun was limited by the construction of a bolt rifle, and could not be compared with semi-automatic or automatic rifles.

So after knocking down a German paratrooper rushing next to Lyman with one shot, the other side was shot in the head by Lyman before he could fire a second shot.

At this time, Lehmann and the attacking German paratroopers also discovered the scale of the position, which was a ring of fortifications, with trenches and reinforced sandbags.

A dozen British soldiers also had an anti-aircraft machine gun, completely unaware that the Germans had approached this distance......

Before the British soldiers could react, Lyman took full advantage of the rate of fire of the assault rifle, and he swept down half of them before the other party could shout the word surrender.

"Suddenly! Dodo! "While the British were still pulling the bolt, the continuous bullets allowed these hapless guys to appreciate the power of assault rifles three years earlier.

The dense bullets broke the will of the British to resist at once, and half of them fell instantly, so that the remaining half immediately gave up resistance.

"Surrender!" "Surrender!" Even though German and the British are not spoken, this does not prevent the rank and file soldiers from being self-taught.

Soldiers in the belligerents quickly mastered common words, such as surrender and, of course, the international gesture of raising their hands.

Lehmann almost forgot to change the empty magazine with his weapon, and the remaining German paratroopers with bayonets remembered the wounded who had just been hit by the bullet.

The soldier who was hit by a bullet from a British sentry was lucky, the bullet hit him in the shoulder, which was not fatal in this case.

As long as the German paratroopers successfully captured the island, it was still possible to treat such injuries.

So Lyman's mood has also become a little better, at least they haven't suffered large-scale losses yet.

Soon, the battle here attracted more German paratroopers, some of whom were armed, others who were less fortunate and had to fight with their bare hands.

Lyman found his superiors and met his troops, and then the dozens of paratroopers gathered together launched a tentative attack on the surrounding British positions.

They seized several positions of British anti-aircraft machine guns and also destroyed a British anti-aircraft gun.

These attacks caused the British to begin to retreat, and the scale of the German paratroopers and the high combat effectiveness shocked the British defending the island of Malta, and the other side abandoned part of the position, so that the Germans could end their confusion and calmly assemble.

On that day, at 7 o'clock in the morning of the 23rd, most of the 3,000 German airborne troops landed safely and controlled a fairly large area.

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