Chapter 325 Begins

President Truman basically didn't talk to Parks about military matters, but only about Parks' family life. [Full text reading] Collection ~ Top * Point * Book City Book Friends Whole ~ Litty ~ For this regard, Parks didn't want to say anything. But now that the president asked, he had to talk about his parents who hadn't met yet, all by virtue of the memories and fragments that had been fused together. But the situation of Parkes' father still made President Truman sigh. But he still said some words of hope that Parks would be able to show his abilities and contribute to the country in the Pacific theater, and finally had breakfast together. President Truman hurried away. That was until a sì guard told Parks that President Truman had left Berchtesgaden. But this Parks already knew that President Truman was in a hurry to go to Botsdam to attend the Three Kingdoms Brain Conference.

Now only General Taylor and General Weissman were left in the whole hall and on the balcony of the 1st day, and the president's guards had left, and only some gendarmes were guarding the vicinity of the hotel. The three of them sat down at a table, and then the orderly brought a delicious coffee.

General Taylor and General Weisman chatted about it, and it was nothing more than an exhibition and form of the European theater and the Pacific theater. And General Weisman's mouth also revealed the idea of fighting side by side with the 1O1 Airborne Division. But General Taylor wasn't very interested in it. Major Parks, however, had nothing to say, and could not interject. Because there are things that he already knows in advance, and there is no need to show his so-called foresight at this time. This is not wise.

Of course, in the end, the topic could not be avoided by Major Parks, because the purpose of all three of them was this. General MacArthur could not have sent General Weisman here to observe an exercise for no reason.

"I sincerely admire the achievements of the 1O1 Airborne Division, and in fact, these achievements are based on your leadership," General Weisman took a sip of coffee and said to General Taylor, "General MacArthur has also noticed this, and has entrusted me to talk to you this time and convey my respect and greetings to you."

"Thank you very much" General Taylor also raised the cup of coffee, gestured to General Weisman, took a sip, and put it down, "Please also convey my congratulations to General MacArthur on his achievements, the war in the Pacific has been completely biased in his favor"

"Yes, and, General. It is like this, for Major Parkes, almost all Americans know about his achievements. He's a terrific officer," Weissman said, then nodded and smiled at Major Parks, "Major, this isn't flattering you, it's a fact. So, General MacArthur wants me to consult with you, General, whether I can let Major Parks lead his commando team to the Pacific theater of operations. I think that now that the war in Europe is over, and the Black Panther Assault Company is the elite of the 1O1 Airborne Division, and even more so in the US Army, such a company should have a place for him."

Obviously, one of the purposes for General Weisman's visit this time was the Black Panther Company, and it could also be said that it was the only purpose. The previous observation of the exercise was nothing more than an assessment of the company's combat capabilities, and if the intended operational objectives could be achieved, then he would open his mouth to General Taylor. If he doesn't live up to his name, then he will go back empty-handed. But after an exercise, the combat capability of the Black Panther Assault Company has been very clearly demonstrated, and it can be used to carry out any special operation needs, which is exactly what General MacArthur needs.

"I know, what you mean, I can tell you very clearly, General, the Black Panther Assault Company is not only a unit of the 1O1 Airborne Division, but also a unit of the US Army. If there is no problem with the War Department, I have no problem here. I'm also very happy to have the opportunity to work with General MacArthur," General Taylor smiled slightly, and then added, "And you also have to convince Major Parks that the Black Panther Company is also his unit, isn't it?" He shrugged his shoulders slightly and spread his hands toward Weisman.

Asking for Major Parks' opinion? Obviously, this is just a reminder to General Weisman not to forget the commander of this company. This has fully taken care of Parkes's face. In any case, as long as the War Department agreed to the transfer, Parks would have to immediately take his company to the Pacific theater of operations, which no one could change, not even General Taylor.

"I don't have a problem here, General, I'm a soldier, it's my duty to obey orders," Parks also picked up his coffee and gestured to the two generals, "But General, our equipment needs to be strengthened." To fulfill the needs of the special operation, our small arms are a problem, the brothers cannot do those tasks with rifles, we need automatic weapons, which I mentioned in the report on the formation"

"Automatic weapons?" Weisman couldn't help but laugh, "We have the Thomson submachine gun, it's very good, it can do almost anything in the Pacific theater." No problem, this" It was clear that he had agreed too quickly, a little overstepping, and soon he realized the problem, and then smiled apologetically at General Taylor with some embarrassment.

"If it's just a submachine gun, of course there's no problem, General Weisman is right" General Taylor smiled at Parks, obviously he took care of Westman's face, and then winked at Parks, "This afternoon will surprise you, Major Parkes, we have a new batch of military supplies, some of them are new automatic weapons, and other rooms, maybe they will meet your needs"

General Taylor was right, and by the afternoon of the same day, Parks had seen the new automatic weapon, and he took General Taylor's warrant with him, and then received a new automatic rifle with his brothers in the assault company.

And when Parks received this batch of automatic rifles, he couldn't help but exclaim, isn't this the Ak automatic rifle he designed? However, the shape design has been changed, and the butt has become a folding type, similar to the butt of the improved Akc-74 rifle of the later generations, and the internal structure of the entire rifle is more similar to that of the later Chinese Type 81 automatic rifle. It adopts gas conduction type and bolt rotary locking, which can carry out single and continuous shooting. And that's what Parks mentioned in the design. And the rifle can shoot grenades, and it is possible to install a sight, as well as a muffler. Such a weapon is exactly what Parks needs, but what makes Parks entangled is that the magazine is not the kind of arc magazine that he was familiar with in his previous life, but the general straight magazine of the US military, of course, this is related to the fact that the bullet also uses a small copper core taper, but the bullet capacity has shrunk, only 25. Of course, there is also the use of the drum in the machine gun version, which solves the problem of supporting firepower very well. And now, as long as the members of the company are familiar with these weapons, then they will soon become a killing weapon on the battlefield. And the name of this rifle, which actually made Parks cry and laugh, is called P45. If the guess is right, this should be Virginia's personal bad taste. He abbreviated the first letters of Parks and Virginia's names. No matter how tangled Parks was with the shape of the gun, it was still his own work.

In fact, in the shooting training that day, during the test firing of Parks, he was very satisfied with the accuracy and range of the weapon, and the range was hugely lethal to a single target of 4oo meters and a group target of 5oo meters, and still had a certain lethality within 2ooo meters. This result is satisfactory, and the bullet feed is relatively faster than the arc magazine, which makes the shooting faster, but the speed leads to a decrease in accuracy when firing continuously.

The brothers were very satisfied with such weapons. Christensheng received a machine gun for the squad, and the cartridge capacity in the large drum reached 75, and this capacity drum made it enough for the operation of the machine gun with only one person.

"I love this thing," are Christenson's words, and to be honest, it gives him the kind of freedom to shoot at will, without having to be confined to a bulky old machine gun, where one shoots and one feeds. Of course, it is not only Christenson who is satisfied with the weapon, in fact, every brother who has used a new firearm likes it, although the accuracy is not as good as that of the M1 rifle when shooting alone, but the feeling of continuous shooting like a storm makes them feel hearty. Even those who, like Kaber, have used Thomson submachine guns, are in love with this automatic weapon.

And those improved Garand M1Do.3o inch sniper rifles were assigned to each squad, and now each squad will have a fixed sniper, and this improved sniper rifle xìng can be a little distant from the later generations, but it is enough for the existing company. Of course, there are many other weapons and equipment and so on.

The members of the company have been throwing bullets at the target for the past two days. Parks knew that the hit rate was fed with bullets. He was not stingy in this regard. In the past few days, Parks has been received by General Weisman again, and this time, he has made his intentions clear.

"We need your company, Major Parks, now," General Weisman said straight to the point, "and the War Office has agreed to General MacArthur's request that you have one day to prepare, and tomorrow you will be transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations." ”

"What kind of mission is it?" Parks knew that such a day would come, so he was not surprised at all, MacArthur sent a general, apparently not to watch his own exercises.

"I can't tell you this for the time being, not even the location." Weisman nodded at Parks, "I beg your pardon, Major. You'll know when the time comes."

In the afternoon, Parks delivered an order that the company would move to the Pacific. At that moment, the team members, who were still in the excitement of testing a new weapon, suddenly fell silent. Yes, the day will come sooner or later, but when it came, many fell silent. Everyone has their own ideas. But now they can only do what they are told.

Parks and Wales went to the battalion headquarters of the 5 battalion of the 6 2o2 regiment. He had to say goodbye to Major Winters and Captain Nickerson, and the friendship that had been forged during the battle made them feel reluctant to leave in the moment of parting.

"I hope we can meet in the Pacific," said Major Winters, who could not say anything, and although his expression was somewhat gloomy, he nevertheless expressed his hope. He had already submitted a report to the above, and he hoped to go with the 13th Airborne Division, which was about to leave for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Nickerson handed four glasses of wine to each one.

"Ding", and they were bumped together to make a crisp sound. This time, no one said for what, for what? This in itself is not clear.