Episode 31 The Germans arrive

At the afternoon meeting on May 10, it was announced to Xiaoqiang that the fourteen grids would be demoted by half a level, and the original commander of the political work team.

At this point, Xiang Xiaoqiang had already made his stomach ache and looked for Fourteen Gege in the morning, talked to her, and told her Xiang Xiaoqiang's plans. Therefore, when it was announced at the meeting in the afternoon, Fourteen Gege was not much surprised.

Everyone could see that despite her forced face, her eyes had begun to smile a little, and she was obviously very satisfied.

Immediately afterwards, a new personnel arrangement for the political work team was announced. Colonel Song Ruhai served as the commander of the political work team, and Colonel Sun Jiye served as the deputy commander.

Then, it was announced that the People's Guard Corps would establish a new "Equipment and Training Department", referred to as the "Armament and Training Department", which would be on par with several other units. The minister is Colonel Wang Hexiang.

The main task of the Armament and Training Department is, to put it simply, to be responsible for the continuous upgrading of the People's Guard. Introduction, procurement of equipment, and training of personnel. In addition, cooperation with the advisers of the officers from Germany was also the responsibility of the Armament Training Department.

"Ziteng," Xiang Xiaoqiang finished training fourteen grids, turned his face and said sharply to the stomachache, "In the future, Zhao Fang will work under you, you don't have to scruple or be polite, how to call!" ”

"Hey, hey......" The stomach hurt and quickly nodded and smiled, "You're welcome, no scruples...... If you should call, you will call ......"

While turning his face, he also nodded and smiled at the fourteen grids, flattering like a minion. Fourteen Gege raised his eyes, winked at his stomachache, and smiled slightly.

Everyone present couldn't help but want to laugh when they watched this scene. Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't help it, but because of his identity, he still kept a straight face, coughed, and said to Fourteen Gege:

"Zhao Fang, you are in the security team, you must humbly accept the leadership of Chief Du, you must do a good job of your part, and don't let our people's guard be compared to Dongchang. Do you understand? ”

Fourteen Gege was quite face-saving, just sat there, nodded, and said with low eyebrows:

"Understood, sir."

Xiang Xiaoqiang felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction, smiled and nodded in satisfaction.

……

At about five o'clock in the evening, a train pulled 20 passenger cars and drove into the No. 3 platform of Nanjing Railway Station with a flute.

The entire platform 3 was cleared without a single passenger. Every five meters on the platform, a gendarme stands. These gendarmes carried rifles on their backs, with large-brimmed hats, white gloves, and leather boots, and their eyes did not squint.

Behind them, several officers of the People's Guard, gathered together to talk, from time to time glanced at the long train parked on the rails.

In every window of the train, you can see two curious faces, looking through the glass to the platform. If you pay attention, the young faces behind the glass are all young men with high noses and deep eye sockets.

"Boom!"

The door of the first carriage opened, the iron ladder was lowered, and a People's Guard officer jumped down, turned to the long train behind, pulled out his whistle and blew it violently. The shrill whistle reverberated throughout the platform and into every train of carriages. And then--

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

……

The doors of each carriage opened, and a high-nosed and blue-eyed German ** officer appeared at the door, bending down and lowering the iron ladder.

There was another long whistle from the locomotive ahead, and then, in each carriage, a high-pitched German command was heard one after another:

"Stand up—"

"Stand up—"

"Stand up—"

……

Suddenly, the faces in every window disappeared, and young officers in German uniforms appeared. Another string of German passwords from near and far came out:

"Turn left, right--"

"Turn left, right--"

"Let's go---"

"Let's go---"

"Let's go---"

……

Young German officers jumped from the door of a carriage to the platform with bags and suitcases on their backs. When they came down, they looked around curiously, whispering excitedly.

The Ming gendarmes who were standing straight, although they were still unmoving, their eyes were already curiously turning around, looking at these blonde and blue-eyed foreign officers. The young German officers were also looking at them with novelty.

Soon, hundreds of people had gathered on the platform, and it was quite crowded. The commanders in the German army began to shout the password, and the whole team, although all of them were middle and lower-ranking officers, still stood according to the formation of squads and platoons, and stood neatly and meticulously. Soon, the entire platform turned from crowded to neat, and it didn't look like hundreds of people had gathered at all.

Most of these officers are lieutenants, and a few are colonels. Most of them were Air Force officers in dark blue uniforms, and a small number were Army officers in gray-green uniforms. If there is a comparison of the right military uniforms, it will be seen from the logo that they belong to the armored forces.

A female voice in German appeared over the loudspeaker on the platform:

"Gentlemen of the German Army and Air Force, welcome to the Ming Empire...... Assemble yourselves under the leadership of your respective commanders...... Our officers will arrange for you to leave the station...... After leaving the station, I will lead you to the Daming People's Guard barracks for dinner and help you settle in your dormitory...... After that, we will arrange a shuttle bus for you to Nanjing city...... Gentlemen, tonight is your first night in Nanjing, and the beautiful city will open its doors to you......"

Soon, the German lads on the platform cheered.

The German officers on the platform began to be led by the officers of the People's Guard, and left the station in batches. The front is out of the station, and the back is still getting off the train in batches and the whole team. The radio on the platform is also rolling repeatedly.

The door of the last carriage also opened, and several high-ranking German officers stepped down one after another. In this position, several officers of the People's Guard have long been greeted here.

A few German colonels came down first.

A People's Guard colonel stepped forward, stretched out his hand, shook hands with them one by one, and said with a smile:

"Everyone, welcome to the hard work! I am Li Gensheng, commander of the mobile team of the Daming People's Guard. We're going to be working together for some time to come. ”

Another officer next to him smiled and said it again in German.

The German colonels also shook hands with a smile and exchanged pleasantries.

Li Gensheng greeted them with a smile on his face, but his eyes had already caught his eyes on the door of the carriage.

A moment later, a short German officer, with a low-brimmed hat, dressed in a general's uniform, personally carrying a suitcase, appeared at the door of the car, and quickly jumped onto the platform.

"Ah," a German colonel hurriedly turned to him and introduced with a smile, "Mr. General, this is the commander of the mobile team of the Daming People's Guard, Colonel Li." Colonel Lee, this is my Chief of Panzer Corps of the Third German Reich, General Guderian. ”

When Li Gensheng saw this short little old man for the first time, and he had the rank of major general, he guessed that this was Guderian that Xiang Xiaoqiang had repeatedly described to him.

He hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said loudly:

"Mr. General, on behalf of the Ming Empire and the Ming People's Guard, welcome to you! It's been a great journey! ”

The short little old man nodded, didn't say anything, and it didn't seem to be in a good mood. But instead of saluting in return, he made a more egalitarian gesture: he reached out and shook the hand of the officer, who was one rank below him.

Guderian was also in his forties, but much older than Rommel. Rommel was in his forties, red-faced and refreshed, while Guderian was more like a little old man with his unattractive figure, short figure and chubby face.

"Thank you," Guderian repeated monotonously, just nodding his head, "thank you, thank you." ”

But a few minutes later, when the German armored officers on the platform saw Guderian coming, they all began to cheer. Guderian also stopped keeping a straight face, walked in front of the young men, patted them on the shoulders all the way, shook their hands, looked very happy, and smiled like a child.

……

On the platform, a military band suddenly played a majestic military music. More than 1,300 German officers and men, carrying bags and suitcases, lined up in a neat queue, and consciously stepped on the military music and drums to the astonishment of the citizens of Nanjing, and left the station with their heads held high.

Outside the station, there were already many citizens standing on both sides of the road who admired the excitement, staring at this team that they had never seen before, and there were many discussions.

"Which? Which country? ”

"British."

"Return to the UK, your British ** team wears it like this!"

"German!"

"Tsk, people's military uniforms are beautiful enough."

"Well, it's handsome."

"Hey, that's like the Air Force in the back! It's the Air Force, right? ”

"Oh, it's the Navy! Don't you see the Blues? ”

"The Air Force, it's the Air Force! Navy blue is heavier than this! ”

"Why did so many German soldiers come to Nanjing?"

"I heard that it was negotiated with the general......

……

The railway station is just outside the city to the east, not far from the Xiaoling Guard barracks. More than 1,000 German officers, plus more than 100 officers of the Gendarmerie and the People's Guard, walked for just over half an hour before arriving at Xiaolingwei.

At the gate of the Xiaoling Guard Camp of the People's Guard, two firecrackers with 1,000 rings have long been prepared. Two creeps crouched beside the firecrackers, each holding a cigarette and smoking vigorously in their mouths, grinning as they looked back at the approaching German ranks.

A sergeant next to him also looked at the tall Germans with malicious intent, raised his hands in the air, grinned, and said:

"Ready...... Preparation...... Preparation...... Don't order it, wait until I say it...... Prepare ......"

The German officer queue walked to the door. The sergeant waved his hand vigorously and whispered:

"Point!"

Without saying a word, two firecrackers exploded at the same time. The fire flickered, the smoke filled the air, and the explosion shook the sky.

Now it was lively, and the hundreds of young German officers who walked in front of them lay down on the spot without saying a word, and many of them shouted bitterly:

"Lying down--"

In an instant, a large area fell down.

The hundreds of German officers behind saw that the situation was not right and hurried back. The officer ran a dozen steps, and some of them understood, and the cat looked at the two strings of firecrackers that were exploding, and said something uncleanly.

The hundreds of German ** officers lying on the ground in front of them probably understood at this time, raised their heads, stared at the crackling firecrackers in front of them in a daze, and slowly knelt up.

Inside the barracks, hundreds of People's Guard soldiers laughed happily and clapped their hands and stomped their feet, as if they had never been so happy.