。 "Seeing that bush is not, fire there!!"

In a jungle on the South Sea Islands, pointing to a position in the distance, an officer said to the machine gunner beside him. [Netizens shared

Hearing the commander's order, the machine gunner did not hesitate, and with the help of his assistant, aimed the muzzle of the gun at the bushes, and immediately clicked the trigger.

When the trigger was struck, the bullets from the machine gun rained down on the trees, and it was at this time that many bullets flew out of the trees and hit the heavy.

"Damn, there's someone..."

After bowing his head and dodging the flying bullets, the officer cursed.

Originally, the officer felt that something was wrong in the bushes, and it always felt as if something was hidden in it, so the officer ordered the machine gunner to go there a few shuttles first. Now that I look at it, there is really a problem.

"Sir, do you want a few shots?"

After firing all the machine gun bullets out of the shuttle, the machine gunner suggested while the assistant was there to change the bullets.

"Not bad!"

The officer nodded, then shouted behind him.

"Call the gunner to me!!"

After a while, a mortar man came running with a 60mm mortar.

"Sir?"

"See the bushes? Throw me a few shells over there!! ”

Following the officer's hand, the artilleryman looked over and nodded when he saw the bush that was flying bullets.

"Understood."

After aiming the muzzle of the cannon at the bushes, it didn't take long. A mortar shell had already fallen.

"Boom!"

There was an explosion, and faintly, the officer seemed to see something flying out.

"You're here for fire cover, the rest. Follow me!! ”

After giving such orders to the gunners and machine gunners, the officer shouted to those behind him.

"Rush with me!!"

The officer is only a platoon commander, and he has to take the lead in the charge when necessary.

So when they heard the officer's order, the remaining dozens of people, except for the machine gunner and gunner, hurriedly rushed forward after shouting.

In the process of running towards the bushes, several soldiers with grenade launchers kept firing 40mm grenades from the launchers into the trees.

And after the shelling, the resistance in the grove seems to have weakened considerably.

"Grenade !!"

After rushing to a closer distance. The officer shouted loudly to his subordinates behind him.

Hearing the officer's order, the soldiers with grenades hurriedly took out the grenades, and then threw them over one by one.

After a while, a series of explosions rang out.

"Rush !!"

After throwing a grenade. The officer rushed forward in the lead.

At this time, several Japanese soldiers rushed out, as if they wanted to fight to the death, but before they could do anything, the officer just pulled the trigger, and the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side had all died under the officer's automatic rifle.

"It's a good thing..."

After killing several Japanese soldiers. Looking at the automatic rifle in his hand, the officer nodded in admiration.

"Sir, when will this be sent to us?"

Looking at the automatic rifles in the officer's hand, after making sure that the remaining enemies were the only ones left who had just been swept to death by the officer. Several soldiers approached with envious expressions.

Not so long ago, the Wehrmacht launched a landing operation on the islands of the South Seas. Since the distance between the Philippines and the Nanyang Islands is not very far, and there are many islands along the way that can be used as coordinates. So this time the Air Force was also involved in the fighting.

Thousands of fighter jets and bombers were dispatched in unison, and the scene was overwhelming. …,

It was under this extremely superior air power that Japan's army and aviation forces, which had just emerged for a short time, were wiped out.

Under the cover of the Air Force, the Marine Corps and Army soon landed on the side of Malaysia, the islands of the South Seas.

After landing on the beach, the landing force quickly launched a beach-grabbing offensive, and in only three days, it took all the Japanese positions on the beach and pushed about 50 kilometers into the coast with the help of the logged armored forces ...

It's just that when the troops advanced into the jungle, due to the inconvenience of the armored troops in the jungle, the troops only had to walk into the jungle on foot to fight the Japanese troops who were hiding in the jungle.

Since it was in the jungle, the role of heavy artillery and aircraft was severely weakened, as was that of armored troops, so in the end, the landing troops could rely on this little force in their own hands.

Fortunately, the equipment of the Wehrmacht was already stronger than that of Japan, and coupled with extremely sophisticated training, there have been no major casualties until now. On the contrary, the Japanese army, which was the opponent, was now losing and retreating.

And in this, automatic rifles, together with mortars and machine guns, played a huge role.

In fact, in the jungle, they are the most useful now.

Especially automatic rifles ...

A semi-automatic rifle is a firearm that can be self-loading and fires in a single shot. The semi-automatic rifle is also used in H? The air-conductive automatic principle invented by S. Maxim uses part of the gas and recoil of the propelled warhead to unload the shell, reload and prepare for re-firing, so it is also called a self-loading rifle. Capable of firing one bullet per trigger-resistant rifle, semi-automatic rifles have more sustained firepower than manual rifles, with a higher rate of fire, shorter reload times and easier handling.

An automatic rifle refers to a rifle that is self-feeding, firing continuously, and has the ability to fire automatically. A rifle that uses part of the gas or recoil of the propelled warhead to uncasing, reload, and fire again, that is, as long as the trigger is pulled, it can shoot continuously until the gun runs out of bullets.

Automatic rifles include assault rifles, heavy barreled automatic rifles, and selective rifles.

In terms of firepower, automatic rifles are significantly superior to semi-automatic rifles and manual rifles. However, if an automatic rifle keeps pulling the trigger, it can shoot continuously until the bullets in the gun are exhausted, but the gun itself has considerable recoil. So it's hard to aim at the target accurately.

If it is a long-range target, it is likely that using an automatic rifle in this way is simply a waste of bullets.

But if it's close, then you don't need to think about it so much, you just need to aim at the target, pull the trigger, and vent all the bullets to suppress the target.

And in the middle of the jungle, it is obviously such a place.

In the history of 1945, the United States implemented a new rifle research program, and the famous firearms designer John ? Garand began to design an automatic rifle on the basis of the M1 Garand rifle. In 1954, a prototype gun was designed for testing and improvement, and in 1957, the United States finalized the name M14 rifle, and in 1959, it was put into production at the Springfield Arsenal. The M14 rifle became the standard equipment of the U.S. team, replacing the M1 Garand rifle, the M1 carbine, and the Browning automatic rifle.

At that time, the U.S. side emphasized the design concept of long-range military rifles. And did not accept the bomb. In 1953, NATO chose 762×51 mm ammunition as the standard rifle cartridge. M14 rifle and use it as ammunition. The 762×51mm NATO standard rifle cartridge standardizes ammunition and rifles, and simplifies logistics.

The M14 rifle was born at an inopportune time, and the United States intervened in the Vietnam War in the 60s of the 20th century. In jungle warfare in Southeast Asia, the M14 rifle is bulky and has limited ammunition for individual combat. Moreover, the ammunition is too powerful, and it is difficult to control the accuracy when firing fully automatically. Not as good as the AK47 assault rifle used in North Vietnam. Reputedly. On the battlefield in Vietnam, some U.S. soldiers would throw away bulky M14s and pick up AK47s to use. In 1963, the U.S. side terminated the purchase of the M14, and in 1967 the small-caliber M16 assault rifle was selected, and the M14 began to be completely withdrawn, which led to the closure of the historic state-owned Springfield Arsenal. A large number of M14 rifles were handed over to the detachment in accordance with the military assistance program. …,

The M14 rifle has the advantages of high accuracy and long range, and in 1969, the United States developed the M21 sniper rifle based on the M14, which was welcomed by the troops. However, it is clear that a long-range rifle like the M14 is not suitable for fighting in the jungle...

The semi-automatic rifles currently equipped by the Wehrmacht are essentially similar to the M1 Garand, so they are naturally inferior to the automatic rifles currently equipped.

After entering the jungle, the automatic rifle played quite well, and many times an automatic rifle could not even press the opponent of a squad to raise his head, which naturally made the officer's subordinates envious.

"Automatic rifles?"

Hearing his subordinates ask, the officer smiled.

"You guys better wait, I heard that the annual production of this rifle is only a few hundred thousand, if you want to change all of them, it is estimated that the war will be over long ago..."

Yes, automatic rifles are much more complex than semi-automatic rifles, although they have one word less than semi-automatic rifles. Therefore, many equipment in the arsenal also need to be eliminated, although China's industrial strength is already very strong, even to the point that it is not inferior to the United States, but it is still not an easy thing for the government to eliminate so much equipment at once, and then replace it with new equipment.

So far, after replacing some of the equipment, the government has only been able to increase production to several hundred thousand branches per year, and if it wants to replace all the Wehrmacht, which has now reached nearly 10 million, I am afraid that it will be necessary to wait until most of the nearly 10 million Wehrmacht are disbanded after the war.

Therefore, so far, except for a small number of elite units that can all be equipped with automatic rifles, the rest are basically officers at the squad and platoon level who are eligible to equip them.

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"How's the battle going on the Malaysian side?"

At the internal meeting of the Guoshe government, Song Dinghan raised his head and asked Wang Yaowu.

"It went well."

Wang Yaowu nodded.

"Although the Japanese seem to want to resist well, the difference in strength between them is too big after all. So the landing force is progressing smoothly at present, and it is believed that it will not be long before the whole of Malaysia will be captured..."

Hearing Wang Yaowu say this, smiles appeared on the faces of the military and political officials present.

However, at this time, Song Dinghan raised his head and said coldly.

"Don't rejoice too soon. Malaysia is just the first step, and it is also a relatively small area in the South Sea Islands, and after taking Malaysia, there will be Indonesia and other areas..."

"We understand this, don't worry..."

Hearing Song Dinghan say this, an official said with a smile.

"By the way, what's the situation on the Songpa side?"

"Over there in Songpa..."

Wang Yaowu frowned.

"The situation on the Songpa side can probably only be described as okay..."

"Not long ago, Shokopa had just faced the Germans once, and in the end they were victorious. But it also paid a lot of casualties. If it weren't for the fact that the opponent didn't have much strength at that time, I'm afraid Songpa would have the heart to withdraw his troops..."

After the first contact, the troops under the command of Cai Ye fought fierce battles with the Germans on several occasions.

The Russians, on the other hand, were taking advantage of the opportunity to withdraw to the area around Moscow. While building a defensive line around Moscow, he was also resting his remaining troops.

In other words, Cai is now almost single-handedly fighting against the Germans.

Cai's Caucasian Corps is only a few hundred thousand, but fortunately, the strength of the Southern Army in Manstein's hands is not too much different from Cai's, so Cai's can barely hold on.

But in a few fierce battles. Cai's loss is not small at all. …,

And they have each other's winners and losers, and it can't be said who has the advantage.

Once, Cai Ye even almost fell for Manstein's plan and surrendered several divisions to Manstein, but fortunately, Cai Ye reacted in time in the end. All the air forces in the jurisdiction were mobilized, and the encirclement was blown out of a gap. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll suffer a big loss.

It is precisely because of this lesson that although the Wehrmacht is stronger than the German army in terms of equipment. But Cai Ye was more cautious.

On the other hand, Manstein, after many battles without taking advantage of anything, although he also kept the occupation in a stalemate, he also knew very well that it was unlikely that he wanted to capture Moscow.

It is not surprising that although Manstein's material problem was solved after all the supplies originally used to attack the British mainland were transferred to the Eastern Front, the personnel problem was still quite large.

Manstein's troops had been understaffed while the Barbarossa Plan was underway, and this lack was exacerbated after the failure of the attack on Moscow. This was true even after Stalin removed Zhukov and Manstein took the opportunity to win a big victory.

By the time it came, Manstein's Army Group South was seriously understaffed.

Originally, Manstein's plan was to take Moscow in one fell swoop before the Russians could react. But now that the Chinese have been involved, the opportunity to do so is naturally gone.

In other words, at least for a short time, Manstein will not see a chance to take Moscow.

It was also for this reason that when the traces of the Chinese appeared, Manstein sent a telegram to Hitler, telling the current situation, focusing on the defeat of Moscow and the emergence of the Chinese.

And the reason for not being able to take Moscow is all blamed on Chinese―――――― although this is indeed the case.

Manstein never questioned Hitler's absolute command of the German team, but was known for daring to publicly contradict Hitler on many issues. Normally this would have led to the dismissal of his official position, but Manstein could prove himself in front of Hitler.

Even after Germany's defeat, Manstein survived until 1973, after which he was sentenced to 18 years in prison for war crimes by the British Court in 1949, but was released four years later for medical reasons. He then became a senior adviser to the West German government, helped establish the new Bundeswehr, and became its honorary chief of staff―――――― simply because the Americans needed Manstein to help them fight the Russians.

In any case, Manstein was still quite wise.

So Manstein knew very well that if he didn't want to be Hitler's punching bag in this situation, he had to find someone who carried the black pot.

Undoubtedly, the best target for carrying the black pot is the Chinese.

In fact, it was indeed because of the emergence of the Chinese that Moscow's plan failed.

And Manstein knew very well that because China declared war on Germany and sided with the Russians and Americans, Hitler had always been quite disgusted with China, so it was undoubtedly quite a smart move to pick out the Chinese as the object of the black pot at this time.

And it is true, after learning that the plan to capture Moscow had to be declared a failure because of Chinese relations, Hitler lost his temper.

Although in the process of losing his temper, Hitler also lost some temper with Manstein, but in the end the problem did not involve Manstein.

In fact, as early as when the Nationalist government sold war materiel to Germany and Russia at the same time, Hitler already hated China. The current incident only reinforces this impression, and for Manstein it escapes a lot of problems.

Manstein knows very well that there are a considerable number of people in the German government who do not like him, such as Goering, such as Hillem, etc...

And the most important reason for this is because he once claimed that the German team should be commanded by professionals, which undoubtedly issued a considerable challenge to the rights of Heelam and others. (To be continued......)

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