Chapter 4 Hitler's Troops
Just do it.
The hollow iron pipe is easy to find, the material used to build a small tent is inside, the iron pipe material is very good, not thick or thin, if the iron pipe is thick, the iron pipe will have great resistance in the water, if it is thin, it is not good for people to breathe.
By five o'clock in the afternoon, the soldiers drawn from the Second Army had already assembled at the headquarters of the Guards, and the people gathered were not only elite, but also swimming.
There are not many people, and Hitler has only 52 people in total, which is completely enough, but the target is too big to hide. Fifty-two people were organized into five squads in a reinforced platoon, and Hitler was the squad leader of one of them, and the platoon commander was originally a deputy battalion commander, who was temporarily transferred to be the person in charge of the mission.
They tried it on the Isère, which is more than three meters deep and the river is not turbulent. Bock called a reconnaissance plane to reconnoitre, and the place where they went into the water was only 300 meters from the place where they came ashore, and the most dangerous place was the two machine gun points on both sides of the river next to the French trench, as long as they passed the range of machine gun fire, it would be safe.
At four o'clock in the evening, when people are most tired and want to sleep, it is at this time that the first shift of the reinforced platoon wears swimming goggles, does not wear a shirt, ties a stone, and dives into the Isère River, and does not make a sound at all except the sound of entering the water.
Tonight's moon is gone, there are no stars, the whole sky is hung with a black curtain, I can't see what kind of brilliance will be behind the black curtain, what kind of world will be, maybe behind the curtain, there will be a different world, there are creatures in that world, there are joys and sorrows, and there are people looking at this direction, guessing what kind of world this direction will be.
The dark night was perfect for Hitler and their actions.
It was already October, the weather was very cold, and at this time they did not wear shirts, even if the Europeans and Americans were strong in cold resistance, and as soon as the cold wind blew, Hitler still shivered.
Three minutes later, Hitler also went into the water, and the river was even colder, making people's hearts almost stop, and Hitler could only grit his teeth and persevere. There is some mud and sand at the bottom of the river, but fortunately there is not a lot of it, not enough for people to sink into.
A searchlight suddenly shone on the surface of the river, Hitler quickly stopped all movements, and one stood unsteadily and almost fell.
"Don't be discovered! Don't be discovered! Hitler thought silently, nervous, that if they were discovered, they would surely die!
Fortunately, the river here is relatively muddy and undetected, and the lights shine elsewhere, and everyone continues to move on.
Finally, they walked through the most dangerous places, and after a while, the first ten people met on the shore, and Hitler went ashore and quickly did fifty push-ups, it was too cold, and in the army, if you complained about the cold, then the commander would definitely let you do push-ups, because after doing a few push-ups you will find that it is not so cold.
The next three squads came over soon, and the special mission reinforcement platoon was assembled!
According to the plan, they went to Ruidang village by two roads, three of which were led by the platoon commander, Hitler's squad and the other by the deputy platoon commander. The deputy squad leader of this other squad is Manniu, and he also participated in the operation.
The deputy platoon commander glanced at his watch: "Time is pressing, it's half past four, it's about five kilometers away from Ruidang Village, we have to arrive at Ruidang Village before five o'clock, let's go." ”
If it's dark after five o'clock, many early risers may come out and be easy to spot.
Walking quietly through the forest, the group skirted the town of Ypre and headed for the village of Raida.
The deputy platoon commander was at the front, and he used to do business in the northern French city of Amiens, so he was more familiar with the geography here.
At dawn, they finally came to the hill next to the village of Ruidang. This small hill is a barren hill and inaccessible to people, so it is best to ensure concealment. However, the platoon commander still ordered to be careful, sleep during the day, and do fortifications in the evening.
Hitler had not had time to get acquainted with the members of his squad, who were hidden in the trenches, and now that he had free time, he decided to hold a squad-meeting to get acquainted with the members of his squad.
"Let's introduce ourselves first." The squad formed a circle and handed out a cigarette to each of them, which was given to Hitler by the old squad leader a few days ago, and he had not had time to smoke it: "Let me introduce myself first, my name is Adolf Hitler, a native of Linz, originally in the Ninth Army. ”
"The Ninth Army?" The second lieutenant deputy squad leader lit the cigarette: "I heard that your Ninth Army fought fiercely in the Battle of Ypre a few days ago. ”
"Yes, more than 30,000 people died, and there are only three people left in my class." Hitler said that the battle of the previous few days was indeed tragic, and an army was reimbursed in this way.
"I think your Ninth Army has been used as cannon fodder by the General Staff." The deputy squad leader said: "The General Staff first asked you to consume the strength of the French, mainly to paralyze the enemy. ”
Hitler nodded, and agreed with what the deputy squad leader said, after letting them use more than 30,000 people as cannon fodder, the French thought that the German casualties were too heavy and they would not attack again in the town of Ypre, so that it would be much easier for the Germans to attack the town of Ypres again, and the Ninth Army was obviously used as cannon fodder, but what could be done? The military order is like a mountain, on the battlefield, if the commander asks you to die, you must die, who will count the account of these 30,000 unjust souls? Looking for the General Staff? Looking for High Command? Looking for Fakingham? Looking for Emperor Wilhelm II?
He can't afford to mess with everyone, for these upper-class people, the death of one person is a tragedy, the death of ten people is a tragedy, but the death of 10,000 people is just a number!
The deputy squad leader said: "My name is Weiklich, I am from the 7th Guards Infantry Regiment, and my hometown is Hamburg......
After the introduction of the deputy squad leader, one of the soldiers said: "I am also from the Guards, and I know you, deputy squad leader, you have won the first place in the shooting of our group army, won the Iron Cross of the second degree, and you are a top student from the Berlin Military Academy." ”
"It's all false names." Weikrich modestly responded: "I joined the army without graduating from the Berlin Military Academy, and I am not a person from the Berlin Military Academy. ”
When Heatley heard this, he was taken aback, but he didn't expect that this person, who looked polite and polite on the outside, actually won the first place in the shooting competition of the group army, and he also came out of the Berlin Military Academy.
Real people don't show their faces.
Among the 19 German field marshals in World War II, six came out of the Berlin Military Academy, in addition to the famous generals Hindenburg and Ludendorff in World War I, as well as Schlieffen, the formulator of the "Schlieffen Plan", the "genius of guerrilla warfare" Forbeck, and Guderian, all of whom came out of the Berlin Military Academy.
The Berlin Military Academy is also known as the Grosslichfeld Military Academy, which produced five field marshals in World War II, and it can be said that the students of these two military academies are the backbone of the German army and the core of the entire German armed forces, and 70 percent of the army generals have studied in these two schools.
Although he was surprised by Weiklich's origins, Hitler also became competitive, and he also won the first place in the shooting competition. However, now that the troops are in hiding, it is inconvenient to shoot, so he suppressed this idea.
The people of a class quickly introduced themselves, all of them briefly, and the time was so short that Hitler could not understand the abilities of these people except Weiklig.
"Come, is there a fire? Borrow a fire. The deputy platoon commander came over, smoked a cigarette, and said: "Then I will also introduce myself, my name is Geze, a native of Nuremberg, I used to be a platoon commander in the 56th Division, and I was able to participate in this mission because I thought I had sold German sausages in this area." ”
"So sir, you used to sell sausages." Hitler joked.
"That is, the sausages made in my hometown are delicious, and when the war is over next year, I will invite you to come to my hometown to eat sausages." Geze laughed, looking very approachable.
"Sir, how do you know that the war will be over next year?" Hitler asked, remembering that the First World War had been fought for four years.
Weikrich took a puff of his cigarette: "Germany has fought wars in the past for no more than a year, for example, the Prussian-Danish War has been fought for no more than a month, the Austro-Prussian War has been fought for seven weeks, and the Franco-Prussian War has only been fought for two months, so people in the army think that this war will not last more than a year." ”
Hitler nodded, what Weikrich said made sense, the previous wars were not fought for long, and this time the war must be over soon.
However, Hitler knew that they had despised the will and perseverance of the Entente, and that this time France would not surrender as easily as it had in the last Franco-Prussian War.
After the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, France ceded two states to Germany and paid five billion francs in reparations, and every French face was sprinkled with tears of humiliation, and almost all French people received revenge education in their childhood, and Germany was their eternal enemy, this sentence was forever engraved in their hearts. For this war, they have been preparing for decades.
Even if the Germans conquered Paris, conquered Marseille, captured Bordeaux, captured the entire territory of France in Europe, the French would not have surrendered!
Geze looked at the Isel River below the mountain and said with a smile: "I have been to this river before, and that time it rained heavily and the water was raging, and I was washed into the Isère River, but fortunately I held on to a log so that it did not sink to the bottom, and then I followed the flood all the way to the sea, fortunately there is a reservoir on the coast, otherwise I might have to go to the North Sea to swim around." ”
Geze's words caused everyone to laugh, and Hitler also laughed, fortunately there is such a reservoir, otherwise he would not have seen this Geze today.
Suddenly, Hitler was shaken, as if he had been electrocuted: "Reservoir? ”
The story of Cao Cao's flooding suddenly flashed in his mind.