Chapter 286 The Swiss-Yanhuang International Route Opens

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First Target Plane, early May 1944, Bern, Switzerland.

The city of Bern was founded in the 12th century and was not largely completed until the 18th century. The earliest wooden buildings in the city were destroyed by fires in the Middle Ages. When it was later rebuilt, the Swiss opted for the stone structure. Across the city, the rubble-paved carriageways, the long arches that line the streets, the old houses with red tiles and white walls, the allusions to the street fountains, the 16th-century clock tower and the late Gothic cathedral of 1421 make the Swiss capital look quaint and quiet inside and out. In addition, it has not been affected by the smoke of World War II for the time being, so Bern at this time is affectionately called a "safe haven" by the European people.

Xu Hui, a native of Hunan in the Yanhuang Mainland, is also one of the few senior intellectuals in Yanhuang who has studied in Europe. After the founding of Switzerland and Yanhuang, he immediately led a few people to take a plane, changed to ships and other means of transportation after several transfers, and finally arrived in Bern by boxcar, and began to take charge of the preparatory work for the establishment of the embassy of the Yanhuang Democratic Republic in Switzerland.

When he first arrived, Xu Hui couldn't help but compare the renovated capital city of Beijing with the city of Bern. Objectively speaking, Bern should be regarded as a very convenient and advanced modern city in Europe. However, compared with the brand-new houses, beautiful asphalt roads, orderly traffic lights, well-distributed exhibition halls and libraries, and convenient network of underground transportation systems, it seems somewhat backward, dilapidated and twilight.

"It seems that Beijing is more advanced and vibrant." Xu Hui, who came to this conclusion, instinctively straightened his chest and straightened his waist.

"Mr. Xu Hui, this is the location and place that my country has prepared for your embassy." William, a German-Swiss man, pointed to a neat Western-style building with a three-story courtyard and walls.

"Well, the location and facilities are nice, thank you very much, Mr. William." Xu Hui, who spent more than ten minutes briefly looking at the environment and facilities inside and outside the house, took off his hat and thanked him.

"Yes, this is also the work directly ordered by His Excellency Drow. Well, in addition, Mr. Xu Hui..."

"What's wrong?"

"If time permits, we can start talking about the purchase of penicillin, which is very urgently needed in Switzerland." William, who had been brewing for a long time and finally said his ultimate goal, asked with a hint of eagerness in his smile.

"Penicillin? Absolutely, this is within the scope of my authorization to go abroad. ”

Soviet-German battlefield, the commander-in-chief of the German army, Manstein's headquarters.

As the war went relatively well, Manstein maintained a well-organized house furnishings and a peaceful atmosphere on the battlefield front. At the same time, Marshal Manstein, who is at the top of the army's food chain, can enjoy extravagant and precious ingredients such as caviar by virtue of the logistics department's logistics resources, which are still slightly wealthy for the officer class.

At this moment, in the reception room of the headquarters, His Excellency Bismarck, who had arrived here from Berlin, was catching up with his "old friend" Manstein, accompanied by Paulus.

"Your Excellency Paulus, I feel like I've gained a lot of weight lately, and it seems that you're doing well." Bismarck joked with a smile.

"Thanks to your strong support for us, the front-line soldiers, including me, can receive sufficient logistical supplies and ammunition replenishment, thank you again! Also, congratulations to you, Your Excellency Bismarck, for receiving the Grand Cross (the highest rank of the Iron Cross) and the 'Knight's Cross of the Order of Gold and Oak Leaves and Two Swords and Diamonds' (the highest rank of the Knight's Iron Cross) from the Great Führer himself. Paulus replied with a smile.

The German medal system in World War II can be described as one of the most complex things at that time, which is basically divided into war wounded, war merits, technical ranks, campaigns and seniority. Among them, the most famous is the Iron Cross, which is the Iron Cross of the Second Class, the Iron Cross of the First Class, the Knight's Iron Cross (including the Common, Oak Leaf, Double Sword Oak Leaf, Gold Double Sword Oak Leaf, Diamond Gold Double Sword Oak Leaf) and (Starlight) Grand Iron Cross.

The Order of the "Grand Iron Cross" was awarded only one in the Second World War, the German Hermann ?? Goering (awarded the title and promoted to marshal). He was honored for leading the Luftwaffe to victory in the Low Countries and French campaigns in 1940 by successfully supporting the Army.

The "Knight's Cross of the Order of Gold with Oak Leaves and Two Swords with Diamonds" was originally intended to be awarded to the 12 most distinguished officers and soldiers of any rank in the Wehrmacht, Waffle, or auxiliaries of any unit or auxiliary force and organization at the end of the Great War and the final victory of the Axis powers. It should also be the highest honor that an ordinary German soldier can obtain. But in World War II, the German soldier Hans?? Ulrich?? Rudel, with his incredible, unbeatable record, forced the German High Command to break with the principle and award it ahead of schedule, because:

Hans?? Ulrich?? In less than six years, Rudel flew more than 600,000 kilometers, used more than 5 million liters of fuel, dropped 1 million kilograms of bombs, fired 1 million rounds of machine gun ammunition, more than 150,000 rounds of 20-mm shells and more than 5,000 rounds of 37-mm shells. The final results included the destruction of 519 tanks, 150 artillery positions, nearly 1,000 other vehicles, 70 landing ships, 2 -3 fighters, 1 IL-2 strike aircraft, the sinking of the battleship "Marat", the damage of the battleship "Red October", and the sinking of another 2 cruisers and 1 destroyer. At the same time, he himself has been shot down 32 times, and has a record of 2,530 combat sorties (an average of more than one sortie a day for 6 years, without vacation or rest). I have to say, this is a man who is 'covered' by God).

The fact that His Excellency Bismarck received these two medals at the same time also showed the eagerness of the two German and political governments to completely tie Bismarck to his national chariot through material exchange and spiritual giving.

"Thank you for your congratulations, and I am deeply honored myself." Wang Fan, who incarnated as Bismarck, said politely.

"Your Excellency Bismarck, I wonder how much supplies you brought this time?" Manstein, who had been looking forward to it for several months, had limited patience, and not long after the old meeting began, he asked expectantly beside him.

"You should already know about tanks and armored vehicles, because of the sudden Normandy landing campaign launched by the Allies, the high command decided to protect it first, so I only brought 1,000 Leopard tanks and 500 Tiger tanks this time."

"What about the rest?" Paulus has also been accustomed to the abundance of supplies for nearly a year. The admiration and reverence of his subordinates brought about by this situation, coupled with the super high cohesion of the troops brought about by the abundant material support, was very important to him, so he also asked at this time.

"In terms of food supplies, I have prepared enough for 4 million troops to consume for six months, and all kinds of gun barrels, shells, and bullet consumables can also be guaranteed to meet the needs of at least four months." Bismarck said calmly, "Of course, the same amount of medical medicines. ”

"Great!"

"Hooray! Sir Bismarck, do you have penicillin there? ”

"Ahem, that's a pity. I don't have penicillin for the time being, but I have inquired, and at this time, except for the Stars and Stripes Republic, it seems that only the newly established Yanhuang Democratic Republic has been successfully developed in large quantities. I have explored the production process of it, but because of their strict security and complicated drug delivery routes, it had to end in failure. But I heard Marshal Goering say that you are not already planning to introduce penicillin by establishing an airway with the Yanhuang Democratic Republic in the name of a neutral country of Switzerland? It just so happens that I still have 200 Junkers 52 transport planes in my hands, and I can sell them to you if I need them, but in terms of price..."

"Rest assured! We had already received a telegram from the Führer the other day. In the past few days, various units have collected and stored a large number of folk cultural relics from Eastern European countries, and the quantity and quality can definitely satisfy you. "Manstein and Paulus are very receptive to the ability to turn the cultural relics of the occupying power, which have no military value, into much-needed munitions on the front line. They gave full play to the serious spirit of digging three feet into the ground, and looted the civil and state collections in the occupied areas of Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, etc.

"That's great!" Bismarck replied with a smile on his face.

Two days later, Yanhuang Continent, Urumqi, Xinjiang.

Urumqi's No. 1 Airport, which has just been newly built and put into use, has now entered a state of first-class standby, and according to the results of the radio contact just now, the first batch of about 30 Junkers 52 transport planes will arrive from the northwest.

"How much longer?" Xiao Yi, the tower chief, glanced at his watch and asked.

"It's about another 15 minutes." Radar information soldier Zeng Yuan has been staring at the radar screen.

"Notify the ground handling team to prepare for bunkering and loading of goods." Xiao Yi, the tower leader, nodded and instructed his assistants beside him.

"Yes!"

"Old Xiao, it seems that everything is going well." Standing beside Xiao Yi, Major General Liu Rong, commander-in-chief of the Air Force Unit of Urumqi First Airport, said.

"Yes, the weather conditions near the airport are good today, and it is estimated that there should be no obstacles and problems for the target group to land."

"Lao Xiao, please tell the ground crew, most of the cultural relics moved down are European cultural relics, don't play the game of 'throwing sandbags'."

"Hehe, don't worry, Lao Liu, they know how to severity. It's just Lao Liu..."

"Huh?"

"I'm curious, how is it that Swiss pilots speak fluent German? And the position where they flew seems to be exactly the same one where the USSR and Germany are at war ...

"Stop! Lao Xiao, don't ask what you shouldn't ask. Forgot about secrecy?! Remember, we are doing business with Switzerland, a neutral country in Europe, and as for what planes they hire and what pilots they hire, it has nothing to do with us, understand? ”

"I see!"

Two days later, the rear hospital under construction by the German army in Ukraine.

"Dr. Raul, this is a new drug." Medic Peter walked over with a cardboard box.

"Penicillin? That's great! Raul exclaimed excitedly as he looked at the penicillin injection with German written on it.

In this way, with the joint efforts of Bismarck and the air route from Switzerland to Urumqi in Xinjiang, a large number of folk cultural relics in Europe and some national cultural relics in the German-occupied areas are moving to the Yanhuang continent at a rapid speed.