Chapter 505: Iron-Blooded Germany (1)
Zhang Cheng has been in this era for so many years, and he doesn't remember everything in modern time and space very clearly. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info his mobile phone was completely scrapped last year, which means that he no longer has any contact with the time and space he once lived in. All the stories of the past can only be remembered in the mind.
However, Zhang Cheng, who was still a little sentimental in his heart, got an unexpected surprise at the beginning of the year, and his two confidantes Lin Run'e and Taeyeon were pregnant almost at the same time.
This huge surprise made Zhang Cheng, who originally thought that he might have lost his fertility when he traveled through time and space, was ecstatic, and he immediately forgot about the fact that he had been cut off from the era in which he was born. Now Zhang Cheng, like all men who are about to become fathers, is wholeheartedly devoted to his children.
It's just that Xu Xuan, as the main wife, didn't move, which inevitably caused a little estrangement between several people. But fortunately, the feelings of several people are deep, and their mood has recovered after some adjustments. For Xu Xuan at this time, everything on the distant battlefield is not as important as being able to conceive Zhang Cheng's child as soon as possible. It's a woman's nature.
Zhang Cheng naturally knew what Xu Xuan meant, and he was more by Xu Xuan's side during this time. However, Zhang Cheng is at the helm of the entire Ming Empire after all, and now the Ming Dynasty is at war. He said that he couldn't stay with a woman all the time. He still has a job of his own.
Zhang Cheng, who was in a good mood, went to visit his two pregnant red faces, and after taking care of them to sleep, he had lunch with Xu Xuan. Subsequently, Zhang Cheng, who did not have a trace of concern, set off to the Supreme Command to wait for the moment of the start of the battle.
On the front line of the Europa battlefield, the distant horizon gradually turned white in the early hours of the morning, and the bright starlight began to fade away. With the first rays of sunlight in the morning, everything on the earth begins to recover. Naturally, there are also those humans who claim to be the masters of the earth.
On a hillside outside Frankfurt, an important town in eastern Germany, there is a German-built radar station. About a platoon of Germans was stationed here to guard the radar station and monitor the Ming air power that could strike at any time.
As the first rays of sunlight appeared in the morning, the heavy iron doors of the radar station were opened, and two German officers and soldiers yawned and walked out of the radar station to the grass next to it and began to release water while waiting for the company's dining truck to bring them breakfast.
All the German officers and soldiers knew that the Ming was about to attack them, and they had been waiting for the attack to come. However, more than a month has passed, and there is no sign of the Ming army being dispatched. The German army, which had been in a state of mental tension for a long time, would inevitably relax somewhat.
"Frank, it's your turn to take a vacation tomorrow, are you going home?" A German soldier who had finished draining the water straightened his clothes with his neck held high, and asked his companion in a loud voice.
"Hmm." German Corporal Frank, who looked to be in his thirties, nodded, turned to look at the road down the hillside, and said, "I haven't been home for a long time." This time I finally got the opportunity to take a vacation, and I must go home to see the children. ”
"Oh." His companion also came to the side and looked at the road shrouded in morning fog at the foot of the hillside, expecting the company's food truck to come over soon to fill his already hungry stomach, "Remember to help me buy some good things to come back, cigarettes or alcohol, whatever brand it is." ”
The supply of the German army was still barely good. At least the officers and soldiers will not be starved or deprived of ammunition replenishment. However, for some luxury goods that are not produced in Germany, or are produced in very small quantities, it is difficult to fully replenish the troops.
In particular, the number of things that were most popular among military personnel, such as cigarettes and alcohol, was very small. Even with the strong support of the Americans, it can only meet the supply needs of a small number of elite troops. After all, the number of German troops was very large, and they could not fill the needs of everyone.
However, there is no shortage of powerful and well-connected people in any country in this world. Some of the most eye-catching figures have established black markets in major cities. Sell all kinds of scarce goods on the black market in exchange for all kinds of valuable items. As for where these scarce supplies came from, no one knows, and no one will trace them. Although everyone can vaguely understand what is going on.
Corporal Frank's hometown was in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, which was an important transit point for German supplies. Naturally, the black market there will definitely sell all kinds of scarce goods, and they are very rich in variety and quantity.
"Everything is going up in price right now." Frank shook his head, "The rich people have gone to the United States, and the price of the black market changes every day. The money you give is simply not enough. And. Frank looked a little nervous and whispered, "I received a letter from Berta the other day, she said that the black market no longer accepts marks. ”
"What?!" The German soldier on the side had an expression of disbelief: "Don't accept the mark? Are you kidding? So what are these allowances and salaries paid to us? Do you keep it to wipe your butt? ”
No wonder he was excited, as everything in Germany, including brown bread, was now available in limited quantities. Originally, ordinary people everywhere could only barely make ends meet, relying on buying some high-priced materials in the black market to get a little better.
But once the black market stops taking marks, what will they do in exchange for butter and eggs and much-needed medicines? How should their families live? How can the elderly, the wife, and the children continue to live in such a situation?
In fact, it is also normal for this to occur. The Germans had now used all their forces in the war, and the country's production and economy depended entirely on the aid of the Americans.
There is an extreme shortage of supplies in the entire market, and almost everything is insufficient. Most of the shops have empty counters. Even the cars running on the streets are made of burnt wood. Germany now has basically nothing but wood.
The banknote marks issued by the Germans were gold marks with gold as a margin. In this treacherous situation of extreme inflation, the Germans simply did not have so much gold to pay the wages and benefits that the mark gave to such a large army and production workers.
In desperation, the Germans had no choice but to abandon the peg of gold to the mark and directly began to print paper money on a large scale to fill the huge financial hole. This is to quench your thirst by drinking, but you can live for a while if you drink it now, and if you don't drink it, you will die immediately.
No one dared to publicize this, because everyone knew that once the news got out, the entire German financial system, which was already in danger, would collapse immediately. The wealth and life savings of the vast majority of ordinary people will be reduced to ashes. This is because it is basically impossible for ordinary people to hold large quantities of precious metal items such as gold that can retain their value.
Once they learned that everything they had turned into waste paper to wipe their butts, the Germans might be able to do anything. A revolution broke out across the country. Life is not impossible. Moreover, you must know that the vast majority of the officers and men of the German army are composed of ordinary citizens. What's more, it's still a time of war, and if the news leaks out, the country will be doomed.
Although the general public does not know it for the time being, this matter cannot be hidden from the well-informed big people. These bigwigs don't care what happens to the country, and the country is not theirs. They will only care about the interests in their own hands. For these big people, as long as they have money, they can continue their luxurious life as a superior person wherever they go.
Soon, the black market everywhere refused to accept the mark, which immediately made the lives of all the German civilians worse. And many of the wealthy people who got the news quickly exchanged their mark notes for gold, boarded a passenger ship to the American continent, and left the war-torn homeland. Their lives will go on. But those ordinary people don't have much choice.
Although he has been kept in the bones, no one is a fool. This matter simply cannot be concealed for too long. Once the matter is exposed, the angry German people will tear their government to shreds. But soon the worried German government will not have to worry, and the powerful Ming army will come to their rescue.
'Buzz~~~' The terrible siren suddenly sounded from behind the two German soldiers who were waiting for breakfast, and several of the two people whose expressions changed greatly turned to look over. The radar station behind him had already sounded the air raid siren. Moreover, the radar stations that only needed to transmit the message sounded the alarm, which is enough to see how great the intensity of this air attack was.
"It's over~~~ I can't go home next time." Corporal Frank had a desperate look on his face. As a veteran, he certainly knew what the siren meant. The Ming army has come to kill!
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Frankfurt is an important city in Germany with a developed economy and a large population. On the perimeter of the city there are many large factories, even for the production of new tanks. Although most of the factories had been destroyed by the Ming army's strategic bombing, the Germans still hid a large number of factories to continue production.
It is also a very important rail and road transport hub. To the south are Dresden and Prague. A short distance to the northwest is Berlin, the capital of Germany. Although it is not a satellite city of Berlin, it is definitely an outpost of Berlin. Therefore, the Ming attack corps that was directly aimed at Poland was bound to take this important city.
At about 7 o'clock in the morning of 29 May, more than 1,000 Ming warplanes flew over Frankfurt and dropped a large number of bombs on the important German defense line, barracks, headquarters, and communications centers. It dealt a huge blow to the German troops stationed here.
Subsequently, five infantry divisions from the Kingdom of Korea, nearly 100,000 horses, under the cover of two Ming armored divisions and hundreds of large-caliber heavy guns, launched a fierce attack on the German positions outside Frankfurt. (To be continued.) )