Chapter 59
Fafnir gathered a group of over-energy companions in the barracks, and often had various conflicts and brawls with soldiers from other units in the nearby barracks, and made many new friends as a result. One of the guys had a name that made a big impression on him, "Carl Gustav Schutekhaughan? am I in the legend of the Galactic Heroes? Is anyone really going by that name? But this kid is really black in a fight!" he touched his chin and muttered to himself—he had just been beaten by the man he was talking about. This guy is not small, he is an engineer unit belonging to the division, and he is a combat engineer who uses flamethrowers and explosives a lot on weekdays, but this guy with a strange name also has a quirk. He was extremely fanatical about keeping track of his birthdays, and all of his belongings and weapons were written 911 in an inconspicuous place. "The world is so big, there are really weirdos. Fafnir sighed when he knew it.
The training life in the barracks was intense, and everyone had accumulated a lot of pressure. One day, Faffnier, together with Hoinz Belvigan, a fellow of another chariot company, "Driver", slipped into the barracks of the military band and stole a number of musical instruments, under the cover of the big man Young. Belvigan was also Fafnier's companion when he arrived, he was older than both of them, he was already a 25-year-old young man, but he graduated from the ninth grade with the same education, but after graduating, he found a serious job as a bus driver for the Hamburg bus company. He was drafted into the army in 38, which was different from Fafnier's former 19-year-old and 20-year-old companions. After enlisting in the army, he served as a driver of the 112 armored car in the 251 Infantry Division, and luckily returned to the rear in March 39 to participate in training and drove the No. 3 tank. They were much better than Fafnir in the Polish campaign, at least the 3rd Light Division to which he belonged was still in the front of Army Group South, and got the opportunity to shoot artillery, but unfortunately only a few trucks - as a driver, this is not his record..........
They stole the violin and the trumpet, and when Fafnir used to be called Bo Fu, he used to practice various instruments in his dreams to kill time when he was bored in the Flood World. Violin, piano, and saxophone are all instruments he has practiced for thousands of years. Now he played the violin in the barracks, and after a few years of rustiness at first, he became very proficient—not comparable to a genius like Paganini, but not as good as Heifetz
The musical literacy of the German army during World War II was still very high, and soon the barracks were crowded with people, and O'Brien, the commander of another 37-gun gun next to him, picked up the military horn and cooperated. At this time, the regimental commander, who was reported to have stolen the musical instruments of the band, rushed over angrily with people, the old regiment commander was born in the German Imperial Military Academy before World War I, and musical instruments were one of the compulsory courses, and now he went to the outside of the barracks, and saw a bunch of people outside enjoying the violin and trumpet ensemble, and also stopped to listen to it, and then waited for the music to end
The worst result was that the first victim, Fafnier, was imprisoned for a day, and his order to be promoted to corporal was temporarily clouded, and the accomplices Yang and the "driver" Belvigan and O'Brien did not.
In 1940, Fafnier's unit was attached to the Kleist Panzer Corps, and they assembled and quietly took a train to the vicinity of the Ardennes. At the end of April, the whole army was assembled and quietly hid in the Ardennes forest. Fafnier and they stopped training, just checked the vehicles over and over again, resupplied supplies, and quietly waited for the battle to begin, and it was estimated that Fafnier was the only one in the entire regiment who knew that the battle to destroy France would begin on May 10.
Just after dawn on May 10, hordes of German Ju87 Stuka dive bombers suddenly bombarded airfields, railway junctions, heavy troop concentration areas and cities in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. At 5:30, on a front of more than 300 kilometers between the North Sea and the Maginot Line, German ground forces launched a large-scale offensive against the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, opening the prelude to the invasion of France.
After Army Group B launched an assist and attracted the main British and French forces, the Kleist Panzer Corps of Army Group A, to which Favennier was located, began the main attack. Fafnier's regiment, which belonged to General Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps, was the first to break through into the Ardennes after the battle began.
Fafnier was recklessly driving the new No. 4 tank, and he was still regretting that this was not a long pipe No. 4, "Alas, this short 75 is not powerful, and it will not be until 42 years that the long pipe No. 4 will be opened." The driver is not fun, when can I be a commander?" At this time, Fafnier had been promoted to corporal, and after seeing that the French battle was over, he might be able to get a captain.
"Stop!" ordered the commander, "14 o'clock!400 meters!Enemy infantry group!Grenade fire!" Fafnir made a sudden stop, and the gunner turned the turret and fired a 75 grenade. It was the only time they had fired through Luxembourg that they had passed through Luxembourg at a rapid pace, and along the way they drove their tanks as fast as they could, without any blockage, and without firing, it was like a river of cars.
On 12 May, the Germans crossed the Ardennes Gorge and reached the Maas River, where they easily captured the fortress of Sedan. The whole task of Fafnir's crew was to drive - to reach the outside of the city - to shoot a few shots casually - the infantry to get off the car and attack - the victory Until now, Fafnir as the driver has not fired a few shots, and the whole tank company has not suffered any battle damage, only a lot of messy breakdowns. Fafnir watched the grenadiers storm the fortress from the observation hole, and his keen eye saw the black-handed combat sapper, Carl Gustav Schutkhowjan, who had the name of a legendary figure of the Galactic Heroes, carrying a flamethrower and spraying a long fire dragon into the firing hole of the ground fortifications under the cover of his companions, and the black-handed guy was celebrating triumphantly with his companions. Soon, Sedang fell, and everyone slept well in Sedang City.
The next day, on the morning of May 13, when the leading grenadiers had begun to collect rubber boats and prepare to cross the river, there was a rumbling sound in the sky, and a large number of Stuka and Junkers 88 pounced on the opposite French positions and began to bombard indiscriminately. Favenir climbed into the tank and watched the smoke and dust from the explosion on the opposite side soar into the sky, "Modern warfare is really emotional!! It's much better than that flood brawl!" he smacked his lips repeatedly.
In the afternoon, when the grenadiers began to cross the river, the French on the other side immediately raised the white flag, which Favinier was not surprised at all, and joked with the crew, "What do you call the 100,000 Frenchmen who raise their hands at the same time?" Captain Otto laughed for a long time, and then shouted, "It's our turn!