Battle of the Third Reich

July 26, 1940, as usual, was a sunny day.

Lieutenant Hans of the German Wehrmacht. Rugner sat happily in the shade of the tree beside the checkpoint and ate breakfast happily.

After the last bite of scrambled eggs in the aluminum dinner plate, Rugner wiped the broth of fried sausages and scrambled eggs on the plate with a small piece of black bread, and then swallowed the piece of brown bread in one bite.

With a satisfied expression on his face, the second lieutenant picked up a military aluminum cup full of coffee on the ground and took a big sip, then sulked with satisfaction.

Lieutenant Rugner picked up his tableware and stood up, walking towards the men who were gathering around the bunker on the other side of the checkpoint.

These German soldiers are now lazing on the sandbags and barricades in twos and threes while chatting and enjoying delicious hot meals.

The flames in the marching stove built up with stones have long been extinguished. The air is filled with a fragrance of burning resin mixed with the fragrant and pleasant aroma and fry from the coffee pot on the military folding grill The enticing taste of eggs and fried sausages gives a very warm feeling.

Already in late July, the climate began to get hot.

For those Germans from the north, the current temperature is really too pleasant, and the warm sunlight shines on them. This pleasant feeling almost makes them forget that they are still fighting.

The German soldiers started to change their clothes half a month ago. They took off their gray woolen coats and started to put on their summer uniforms.

The officers seemed to welcome the order more than the soldiers, as if they could show off the medal on their chest every day.

Compared with other German troops on the French front, those besieged troops outside of France are now like a vacation. Comfortable barracks, abundant logistic supplies, warm and pleasant sunshine, ample leisure time, and even daily washing A comfortable hot bath, for a fighting team, this extravagant life is simply depraved.

The officers of the troops also saw this. They did not want these brave and brave soldiers to become weak and decadent because of this comfortable life. This is something they absolutely cannot tolerate.

In order to avoid this problem, the officers racked their minds to keep the soldiers busy, but no matter what new ideas they came up with, the status quo has not changed.

In order to consume the troops' excessive energy and maintain sufficient morale, the headquarters initially planned to use infantry spades and sweat to solve this problem once and for all.

The four infantry divisions built a full circle of fortifications on the outskirts of Paris. The trenches were dug like cracked riverbeds. The ground was filled with dense traffic trenches and firepower points, and the wire fences were bound up like bushes.

But more than 50,000 strong soldiers and a large number of engineering machinery troops did all of this in two weeks, and the wisdom of the group was perfectly reflected here. The outer positions in Paris now look like a battlefield. The fortification museum is general, so that the veterans who participated in the trench war of the last war saw the fortifications and shuddered and burst into tears.

Seeing such a large construction work completed so quickly made the German commanders feel a little proud and gratified, and at the same time a bit worried, because it means that they have to start looking for something to let the idle soldiers Got to do this problem and got a headache.

The land is limited. If you build another fortification, you may have to dig into the city of Paris. This is absolutely not allowed.

Expand the fortifications to the periphery? This is also unlikely. The generals in the headquarters and the group army headquarters in the outer manor will definitely not agree to this. No general is willing to wake up early in the morning and push the window to breathe fresh air. What appeared was a trench and barbed wire and a group of silly soldiers carrying infantry spades.

It may be a good idea to dig an anti-tank trench around Paris, but those first-line commanders don’t know how to explain to their soldiers why it’s worthless in order to block the thirty poor and vulnerable vulnerable attacks in Paris. Their light tanks will let them dig out a ring canal.

The commanders who really didn't want to let the soldiers idle finally finally came up with an idea to organize an infantry patrol with armed exercises outside.

Let the soldiers who are bored to squat and play in the trench fortifications form a walking patrol. The daily task is to make a circle around the ring road of Paris.

At the same time, let the infantry who are not on duty carry out field training in the woods and wilderness on both sides of the ring road. This can not only eliminate the extra energy of these soldiers but also maintain and improve the combat capabilities of the troops. It is really the best of both worlds.

So in the following days, the German armed patrols outside Paris suddenly became more than ants. In the densest period, the distance between the two patrols was only 50 meters. This is no longer a patrol, it looks more like a division-level armed training around the city.

In the thick woods, you can see heavily armed German soldiers carrying rifles and carrying out actual combat exercises. There are gunfire and gunfire everywhere. Although they use training ammunition, they have successfully created An atmosphere of actual combat.

These troops are elite trained strictly and have rich combat experience, so they quickly entered the state. There are several confrontation exercises that are almost as intense as they are close to actual combat. It is inevitable that injury accidents will occur in this enthusiastic training exercise, but no one has died in the exercise so far. The blessing of training.

With these full activities, the morale of the troops can be said to be a dramatic improvement compared to the previous stage.

Moreover, these troops actually found a way to fight shrubbery in these training exercises, and also invented a variety of new tactics. This is something that the commanders who made this proposal had not expected it before. The improvement of the combat skills of the troops made those commanders really dark.

"Sergeant Genel, did you get your salary this month?"

Lieutenant Colonel Deere lit a cigarette with his head down, then raised his hand and threw the burnt match out of the window.

"Oh, take it, sir. How do you think about asking this."

Genel steered the steering wheel skillfully, his eyes carefully scanned the road and the trees on both sides.

Genel was driving for the first time for Lieutenant Colonel De Er. It turned out that the driver had a cold, so he temporarily transferred him from the headquarters team.

This is really not a bad thing. Although the prominent white flag is inserted in the front of the car, and I heard that the Germans were very polite in the previous negotiations, no one can guarantee that those Germans will continue to be so polite. There is a German bullet waiting to get into his head at the next turn.

"Oh, what I want to say is that from the current situation, it is likely that your salary will be paid by them next month."

Lieutenant Colonel Deere pointed his finger in front of him, and a fully equipped checkpoint appeared in the sight of the two French men.

"I don't seem to have taken the wrong path, sir." Genel said tremblingly.

"Actually, whatever you take is the same, Genel."

Deel squinted at Genelle.

The car continued to drove towards the checkpoint quickly. After a while, Deer and they could already clearly recognize the German features.

Some German soldiers were running into the bunker on the side of the road. Deer clearly saw half of the gray artillery shields exposed on the pile of sandbags, and a black barrel pointed steadily in his direction. A horrible 20mm cannon.

Although Lieutenant Colonel Deer knew in his heart that the Germans would not fire at himself, he still felt a little hairy on the back spine. For his unarmored target, this rapid-fire small-caliber gun was undoubtedly the incarnation of death.

"Parking, Genel."

A German soldier stood in the middle of the road gesturing towards the car, and Deer quickly ordered the driver to stop.

"I got off the bus and talked to them. You are waiting in the car."

Dere turned his head and said to Genel, the result was the driver's dreadful eyes.

"Don't worry, we are messengers and nothing will happen."

De El comforted the driver.

"As long as you stay in the car, don't just move around."

Seeing Genel nodding desperately, Lieutenant Colonel Deer smiled bitterly, then he opened the door and slowly got out of the car.

De El adjusted the hem of the military uniform and picked up his military cap and a small flag from the dashboard of the car.

"Hey, I have to repeat it again. This is the first few times, the sixth or seventh. Forget it, no matter how many times I still hate this kind of thing."

Deel shook his head, and then put on a military cap.

Suddenly took a breath and threw the remaining half of the cigarette on the ground. Then the feet wearing shining leather boots slammed Mars. Deer wanted to be more calm in the eyes of the German opposite. This is him The only way to preserve your dignity in front of these Germans.

"I am the messenger of the Paris Army Command and I am here to negotiate."

De El unfolded the small white flag in his hand, and then strode forward to the German soldier.

"I'm Lieutenant Colonel De Er from the headquarters of the Paris Army in France. I want to see the commander of this checkpoint."

De El walked to the soldier, he lifted his chin slightly on his chest, and looked at the soldier's eyes loudly.

In front of the heavily armed German soldiers, Deer tried to maintain the dignity and pride of a French official.

"Sorry, Lieutenant Colonel, your ID."

The German soldier was a corporal. He paid a standard military salute to Deer and then extended his hand.

"Oh, here."

Deel quickly returned a military salute, and then took out the document from the breast pocket of the military uniform and handed it to the German corporal.

"I didn't see you when I came last time, Corporal. Is the commander here Ensign Stray?"

De El took a cigarette case from his pocket, and he took out a cigarette and gently plucked it a few times.

"please wait."

The sergeant didn't answer Deel's question. He just nodded politely and turned to walk to the sentry box.

Soon, the sergeant came with a German lieutenant officer.

"Ah, Lieutenant Colonel Deer, why did you come here this time."

Lieutenant Rugner came over with a surprised expression.

"Oh? Lieutenant Rugner, how did you get here to guard. Isn't the commander here Lieutenant Stray?"

"It seems that you are going the wrong way. This is Highway 4. I have just transferred it, Lieutenant Colonel. I really didn't expect to meet you here, which was beyond my expectations."

"It seems that the problem is with my driver. He still ran the wrong way out of the city, but in fact it is the same way to go. You can meet your troops everywhere here."

De El lit a cigarette.

"This is it. Lieutenant Colonel Dere, are you still negotiating this time? Have you contacted the headquarters?"

"Already contacted, but I went the wrong way, you see..."

De'er looked at Rugner in embarrassment.

"I'll make a phone call first and report this matter. You'll wait here for a while. I have hot coffee here. By the way, let your driver drive the car over."

De El is now sitting on an ammunition box, holding a steaming cup of coffee in his hand.

Genel was standing next to the lieutenant colonel. He also had a cup of coffee in his hand. After the initial period of fear, the sergeant finally relaxed.

Genel found that the Germans were not as terrible as the legend, and to be honest, they were quite easy to get along with. He can now communicate with the German soldiers who were watching in grungy German and the same grungy French, although some obstacles, but finally Can still understand what the other party wants to express.

"Lieutenant Colonel Deel, this German soldier, like me, used to drive a forklift on the pier. Ha ha, I didn't expect to meet my colleagues here."

Genel said excitedly to Dere.

"Really, it's interesting."

Deel answered with a smile.

The French lieutenant looked at Genelle, who was talking excitedly with the German soldier in stammering German, and laughed at the two men's words. Deer couldn't help but feel a trace Sentimental.

He looked at the determined and energetic faces of the German soldiers, as young as Genel.

These soldiers are ordinary people just like themselves. Before putting on this military uniform, they were ordinary workers, farmers, businessmen, company employees, and lived a normal life.

Why should they put on their uniforms and pick up their weapons to go to the battlefield? De El felt he knew the reason.

These are **** politicians, all stupid ambitions, whether they are Germans or French, everyone is just a chess piece in those hands, and now he is still playing the role of a chess piece, a quilt Abandoned chess pieces.

"Lieutenant Colonel Dere."

Rugner came over, he said with a smile.

"I have reported this to the regiment, and I have received a reply. The above commanded me to **** you to the Imperial Command."

"What! Emperor...Imperial Command?"

After hearing Rugner's words, De El jumped up.

What had happened, Derek believed that his mission was not yet to be handled by the German Command.

He had thought that this time the highest can reach Feng. The headquarters of Admiral Bock is already an extravagant expectation. In fact, only one division commander is enough to accept the surrender of Paris.

De Er never thought that this time he would go to the German headquarters to negotiate, and for a time the French lieutenant colonel stood there stunned.

"Come on, Lieutenant Colonel Deel, take my car, your driver will stay here and rest."

Rugner urged loudly.

"Ralph, Hans, Stirling, the three of you will go with me, and the others will continue to maintain the fine ring, Sergeant Rolf, you will be responsible for the things here after I leave, pay attention to the woods, I heard that three The guys in the camp will engage in interspersed exercises today so that they will not break our toilets anymore."

"Observe, Ensign."

"Got it, sir."

"Oh, remember to entertain our French friend."

"Understood, sir, I will take care of his brother like he does, hehe."

"Don't smirk, you guy. Don't sit on the mine box and smoke, I will put on the fuze next time."

Rugner talked to his men and laughed while leading three heavily armed soldiers to the edge of the woods, where a German VW82 military jeep was parked.

"Lieutenant Colonel, get on the train quickly. The headquarters does not like to wait for someone."

Rugner sat on the driver’s seat and waved to Dere. The three soldiers had already made it to the back row and are now busy fixing their 98k rifles to the rifle frame in the middle of the car.

"Did you know? They are just ordinary people, there is nothing terrible. Be careful yourself and wait for me to come back. Be careful not to let them disturb my car. The curiosity of these Germans is very strong. Don't let them break it."

De El told the driver Genel, and after hearing Rugner's call, he quickly agreed, and then turned and ran towards Rugner.

"Sit next to me, Lieutenant Colonel."

Rugner opened the door for Deer from the car.

"Thank you, Lieutenant Rugner."

De El jumped into the car, then waved to Genel, watching the driver smile and salute at himself, the lieutenant colonel premonked that all the instructions in front of him might have been told to the cattle.

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