Chapter 466: An Unexpected Gift
Kuozhidub, Lin Jun has full confidence in this "Stalin's eagle" -- before Sergei returns to the combat unit, he will definitely be able to make the "Golden Dragon" fighter representing himself continue its myth and make the fascists frightened!
"Captain, you just use your division commander's landline, and the next achievements will be added to your Eagle 13, lest the imperialist air force say that we are doing tricks. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"Yes, Marshal."
"Putting the merits of a few people on one person" -- this is the usual practice of Western countries to slander the Soviet Air Force in the future, and Lin Jun is not like giving people a handle.
It seems that rumors have used this trick in the Flying Tigers, but a small number of American pilots buy it in dollars from their peers, and both sides are very happy, because for every Japanese plane shot down, the national government gives American pilots much higher rewards than their own pilots.
Where there is profit, there is a market - the iron law of capitalism, even in war.
Kori Dub took something out of his pocket and put it down on the table in front of Lin Jun: "Marshal, this was found on a Junker that we shot down during training yesterday. ”
Lin Jun smiled: because there were a few small things in front of him that should have belonged to some dead person: a Luftwaffe officer ID, an Iron Cross with a ribbon, and an Iron Cross without a ribbon.
Pokryshkin glanced at his captain, "I was going to report in the cafeteria just now, but the marshal came, and there is a short sword in my dormitory, so go and get it now." ”
The old pilots of the First Division all knew what Lin Jun liked, and this kind of commemorative little thing was Lin Jun's favorite - a marshal of the Soviet Union, who always had a little liking. Lin Jun has no other "bad hobbies" except for this collection preference, which is much more "incorruptible" than Budyonny's "War Horse Complex" and Voroshinov's "Musical Complex".
"A person is not complete without a hobby" - Stalin once joked about it, in front of Budyonny and Voroshinov and others: he himself loved wine.
Lin Jun's status is what he wants, only these little things are not available casually, although he can loot them with great fanfare, but that is not his style.
Kuri Dubu went out without Lin Jun's objection, apparently to get the short sword. "Kozhdub knocked down?" Lin Jun picked up the document and opened it to see that the German pilot in the photo was very handsome.
"Yes, just a dive."
Pokryshkin briefly described yesterday's situation and did not hide the behavior of the two stunned young men: he knew that the marshal would not be angry about it.
"It's interesting, it's so engaged." When he heard that there was a "duel" so that he didn't notice that there was a real enemy plane approaching, Lin Jun felt a little funny - it was really two "stupid donkeys"!
"Marshal, a Luftwaffe captain, participated in the Battle of Britain." Gusev had just received the military card, and he could read German, "There is a record of his service on it, and both of these medals are a trump card for his aerial defeat in the air against the British Air Force." ”
"Trump? Shot down a British plane, he was a fighter pilot? ”
"Yes, Marshal, it should be more than ten, and the conditions for obtaining this Nazi Knight's Iron Cross are measured by the number of enemy aircraft shot down by the Nazi Air Force, and it must exceed ten enemy planes to meet the standard." Gusev's precise narration.
"Fighter ace on the bomber, interesting."
At this time, Kori Dub walked in and handed Lin Jun a beautiful Luftwaffe officer's short sword, and the workmanship was really exquisite.
I found the two stunned young men and learned about the situation at the shooting down site -- the German captain should have been thrown out at the time of the crash, so he was not burned to black coal. The rest of the people on the plane weren't so lucky, and there was basically nothing left after a fire.
Except for the German officer's personal belongings and a pile of rotten aluminum, nothing was left for the few who rushed over.
"Marshal, we still have a few small things left, including pens, watches, ......"
"Except for valuables and confidential documents, you can keep them, my troops don't have to hand in everything. By the way, the watch is not a valuable item, I don't care if it is made in Kyiv or imported from Switzerland. Lin Jun interrupted the statements of the two young men - all seizures will be handed over to the public? That's nonsense, there weren't so many rules during the war: let them keep those little things, and besides, they all have such a habit of taking advantage of small things, and it's the same with being a marshal.
According to the "unwritten rule" set by Sergei, the general small items found from the corpse should be handed over to the pilot who shot down the plane, and if he is not sure, he will keep them for himself, which means that these things in front of him are all Kozhdub's. But the captain was not interested in the bits and pieces, though the German watch could still walk after falling from such a height.
Sergei knew Lin Jun's preferences, and Kozhdub, who had been his wingman, was also very clear, and immediately confiscated those things that Lin Jun liked: of course the young people had no opinion, belts, boots, pens, cigarettes, silver cigarette cases and wallets, etc., enough for them to share with the ground crew comrades who contributed together (some people used this to attack the blood bats, but don't be surprised that the soldiers of the Soviet army have this habit, the whole world is the same, they always leave something for themselves to souvenir, this is a fact: they all fought with their own lives, Can't they be allowed to find a little souvenir for themselves? )。
In fact, the pilots still violated the "rules": the ground crew leader left a small platinum ring, which the others did not see - he planned to give it to his fiancée.
Lin Jun didn't bother to care about those small violations - if there were a few big gold bricks on the plane, the comrades would hand them in, and they knew the severity.
"Marshal, this is not the short sword of a Luftwaffe officer, it is the short sword of the Nazi National Socialist Air Regiment, this man is quite qualified." After studying the short sword, Gusev said, and pointed out a few obvious marks on the short sword to Lin Jun, "This should be an early product, very exquisite." ”
Signaling that the two stunned young men could go out. As soon as the two walked out of the room, one of them said, "I was startled just now, and I don't know what to do with it." ”
"The old comrade told me that the marshal likes those, otherwise the captain would not have scavenged it at first sight."
The two shook their heads, and they escaped a catastrophe: they didn't think much about the marshal's preferences at all: this is normal, and the marshal is still very reasonable.
"This fascist is really interesting, fighter pilots, short swords of the National Socialist Air Regiment, even the medals are officially issued originals, not imitations to be bought in designated stores." This is Lin Jun saying "interesting" in a row.
Lin Jun carefully looked at the two Iron Crosses in his hands - one was the Iron Cross of the First Class, and the other was the Knight's Iron Cross, both of which were genuine: In order to facilitate the preservation and protection of the awardee during the war, the German army could go to the designated store to buy imitations with the award certificate so that they could wear them in peacetime.
The Germans were very thoughtful and in line with the character of the Germans: everything was detailed and exhaustive, and the Red Army did not prepare any imitations for its medals, but later generations were full of imitations, and it seemed that the whole world was copying the medals and medals of the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, and the collectors were dazzled.
Lin Jun was a collector in his previous life, and he studied the Soviet medals very thoroughly - even the Gold Star Medal and the Order of Lenin, and he would be a fool if he didn't study it anymore. Even with him, he collected a lot of German medals, including a genuine German Knight Iron Cross, more than a dozen Iron Crosses of the first degree, and dozens of ribbons, medals and other medals of the second degree!
The Red Army soldiers left those trophies back then, and finally flowed into Lin Jun's hands, whether they were genuine or not, he could see at a glance: in his previous life, there were even many collectors who had to ask him to "long eyes" (the meaning of identification. It's just that after joining the army, he rarely showed his hand.
The kindness of Pokryshkin and Kozhdub Lin Jun accepted: it is rare for the Air Force to have such a capture - Gusev put everything directly into his briefcase.
Lin Jun could think with his toes: When this battle is over, the officers below who know their preferences may pull a truckload of "souvenirs" for him, and it is estimated that the silver on the medal alone can be sold for a good price in the precious metal trading market in the United States!
With a lot of power, he can get anything he wants - maybe in the future, Lin Jun wants the Iron Cross of the first class on Hitler's chest, and the people below will find a way to get it for him. But Lin Jun's interest in collecting this kind of items in the past two years has not been as good as before, and the reason in the final analysis is "power"!
But he had his own plans: perhaps, many years later, he could open an exhibition hall in Zhukov, and the objects on display would be the personal collection of Marshal Plunyakov.
The merits and demerits of the merits and demerits let future generations comment: "General Xu has given his collection to the museum, then I can too, at least no one will come to scold me." Probably many years later, people who visit will say: This marshal can really collect, there are all kinds of miscellaneous things! ”
Lin Jun's thinking is very simple: sometimes simplicity is the truth, who dares to say that he is greedy? ――Everything is public, the family doesn't even have savings, and even those collections will be donated, what can you say about him? (To be continued.) )