Chapter 9: The First Battle
After Henry left, Licorice and Daniel looked at each other, and then they both sped up eating.
"I'll go back and check the weapon, you'll still have training later, right? Then I'll go first. Licorice said to Daniel after eating.
"It's okay, you go back, I'll go for communication training." Daniel said indifferently.
"Okay, come on, Daniel." After speaking, Licorice turned around and returned to the barracks, took out his 98K rifle and P38 pistol and disassembled them one by one, applied maintenance oil and reassembled them, but still couldn't calm the inexplicable emotions in his heart, so he had to pick up his weapon and walk to the shooting training ground.
This is the Western Front, which is no longer the base of the Greater German Infantry Regiment on the outskirts of the capital, not only is the training ground much simpler, but also the bullets are also limited, and each soldier has a strict limit on the ammunition used for training every day.
In the evening, the Great German Infantry Regiment that had just finished dinner time still had a lot of people here for shooting training, licorice went to the position and picked up the 98K rifle, because the shooting performance during the licorice training was very good, so he also obtained the quadruple scope used by the 98K, this has not been used yet, now is the time to test the gun, if you think that a gun can be accurate after loading the scope, it is simply a big mistake, maybe you can use the machine to aim at the target, after installing the scope can not even wipe the edge.
Because the scope and the gun are not produced together, there are differences in any part, and there will be differences between two parts produced continuously by the same machine tool, not to mention others, so debugging is an indispensable link.
"Bang~~~" licorice aimed at a target of two hundred meters and fired a shot, missed, licorice, who is absolutely confident in his shooting technology at this distance, has not considered human error at all, carefully adjusted, and tried firing again, "Bang~~~~" is still off, but the position of this deviation is different from last time, the last shot is biased to the right, this time it is left, which shows that licorice has just turned around when it was debugged. Licorice lowered his head and continued to adjust, but this time the amplitude was very, very small, and then he picked up the gun and shot again, "Bang~~~~", the deviation was still on the left, but the distance was much smaller, so after shooting again and again, debugging, shooting, debugging, and finally shooting at the center of the target. However, this does not mean that it has been adjusted, because as the bullet flies farther away, the error caused by aiming will be greater, and the same error, shooting at a target of 100 meters may only be a little deviation, and when it reaches two or three hundred meters, it is a very large deviation, and when it reaches 1,000 meters, it may have been deviated to the sky.
"Bang~~~~" continue to shoot the next 400 meters, 600 meters of the target, as the error gradually decreases, licorice was stunned to find that there is no 1,000-meter target here, just when licorice was going to run over and move a target to a thousand meters away, there was already a middle-aged man who did this, he trotted all the way with the target, calculated the distance while running, and then put down the target, retreated to the side and made a gesture to licorice, signaling licorice to shoot.
"Uh~~" Licorice saw the gesture of the big man, hesitated, although he was confident in his shooting skills, but the first time was too short after all, and the distance here was too far, his accurate hit distance was only six hundred meters, and the scope had not been adjusted yet. Licorice shook his head as a sign of rejection of this dangerous behavior, and when Dahan saw it, he did not continue his previous request, but trotted all the way over.
"After my observations and a few tests, I have a certain understanding of your personality." The big man had just trotted over and said to licorice.
"Your test is to stand next to that target and let me shoot at you with a Kar98K rifle that hasn't been tuned yet? I know a little bit about your personality, too! Licorice replied with a look of dismay.
"Hey! Don't be angry, I just made this decision after a lot of observation, you are very confident when shooting, which shows that you know very well where the bullet will land after each shot, and you have adjusted the accuracy of 600 meters when shooting at the 600-meter target, so when it comes to 1,000 meters, even if the human error plus the error of the scope, it will definitely not be able to shoot at me two meters away, unless you deliberately deviate the muzzle of the gun a little, but from the psychological side, you estimate that you will move the muzzle of the gun to the other side when shooting, It's even more unlikely to hit me. Dahan talked eloquently, and unhurriedly analyzed the meaning of his behavior just now, and what analysis and thinking he had gone through before acting.
"I'm starting to hate you a little!" Licorice said bluntly with an unhappy face.
"It's okay, it will change when you need my help on the battlefield, I'm Sergeant Anton Neumann." Dahan said nonchalantly.
"Linus Huber, Private Private, just finished recruit training." Licorice introduced herself.
"I know that this class of recruits has the best shooting results, and by the way, the tactical training is also very good." Sergeant Anton Neumann said with a look on his face that I already knew about you.
"Okay, so what is the matter with you coming to me?" Licorice still felt very uncomfortable and asked loudly.
"Of course there is something, I'll take a look at my future subordinates, do you think this is a big deal? After all, I don't want to be followed by someone who will be held back, especially by recruits, and it's hard to be reassured. Sergeant Anton Neumann said as he handed a document to Licorice.
"So, you'll be my squad leader from now on? My immediate boss? Oh! That's terrible. Licorice took the document and read it carefully, then covered her forehead and said.
"For everyone's sake, I won't remember your mistakes for the sake of meeting for the first time, and remember to respect the chief in the future! Especially your direct officer, otherwise wait for me to put on your little shoes, haha! Sergeant Anton Neumann laughed and said, this is a non-commissioned officer who is very close to his subordinates.
"You're the boss, listen to you." This chief is really bad, Licorice is very helpless, at least now.
After a few days, it was obvious that the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, on this day, the soldiers gathered in the company under the leadership of each squad leader, and the logistics unit spent a few days making emergency food for the entire infantry regiment, which was divided into two parts, the first is "fast food and marching rations", each soldier in the operation can receive a "fast food and marching rations" for soldiers to eat in the case of not being able to eat normally, but they are not allowed to eat without permission, including: 250 grams of biscuits (paper packaging), 200 grams of canned meat (tin box), licorice packed this military ration in his backpack.
Each soldier is provided with two full rations, which are carried by the field kitchen or in the vehicles of the heavy troops, and one ration includes: 250 grams of biscuits, 200 grams of canned meat, 150 grams of canned soup or sausages, and 20 grams of coffee.
Rations and ammunition supplies were distributed, and everyone got on the barrel trucks and set off.
"Two of our three battalions are already on standby at the airfield, ready to drop their parachute to Belgium at any time, and our goal is to cross Luxembourg and advance towards the Belgian fortress with the support of the artillery and sappers of the 10th Panzer Division." On the bumpy car, Sgt. Anton Neumann, the head of the team, slowly recounted the objectives of the operation.
"Hey! Recruits, if you encounter an enemy, you must not lie on the spot, you need to find cover in the first place, and the body must be cat, as low as you can, but not too low, that will affect your ability to move and dodge, don't take off the steel helmet at will. The veteran in the car taught Licorice his battlefield experience, and Licorice listened attentively to these experiences.
The march continued day and night, and Licorice was not attacked along the way, and along the way several squads of German soldiers escorted a large number of enemy prisoners, as well as the roads and bridges that had been firmly controlled, until two days later at Samos.
The three battalions, which were at the rear of the ranks, had not yet reached the place of engagement, the battle was over, and part of the enemy retreated towards Sedan, and part of them were captured, without pause, and continued their rapid march towards the Maas River.
"Hurry, hurry! Look for cover on the spot, don't be stunned, do you see that machine gun position, I'll leave it to you! "The 3rd Battalion of the Greater German Infantry Regiment encountered the enemy as it approached the Maas River, and by the way, just before the 3rd Battalion had returned the 1st and 2nd companies parachuted into Belgium, and now the 3rd Battalion is in full force.
On the chaotic battlefield, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, Licorice looked nervous and found a small dirt slope to hide himself in, and patted the steel helmet on his head with his hand, making sure that it was still alive, relieved, listening to the command of Sergeant Anton Neumann in his ears, Licorice slowly poked his head out to observe, and before he could see anything, the sound of ~~~~~~~~a bullet breaking through the air came from his ears, and Licorice directly retracted his head in fright, looking at his comrades who gradually became cold, The blood had already dyed the nearby soil red, and some blood flowers even splashed on the licorice's body, smelling the smoke and blood in the air, and listening to the machine gun sound outside "Suddenly~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The dust on the dirt slope was constantly being beaten up, and the beating of the heart was getting faster and faster, and sure enough, training was completely different from real combat.
Licorice struggled to calm his heartbeat, but something else came to his ears, "Buzz~~~~~~ Buzz~~~~~~ Buzz~~~~~ "The deep engine sound, "Our tank is coming!" Fight back! "The assault gun company of the 4th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the Great German Infantry Regiment came.