Battle of the Third Reich

Vol 3 Chapter 31: Close net

At 9 o'clock in the morning on May 28, 1940, the shooting range at the Tournai base in Belgium.

"Bee, pit, pit..."

With a continuous burst of gunfire, the gun target 50 meters away was hit into a sieve. Xu Jun and the officers under his hands clapped hard. Hans lowered his arm calmly, and carried the gun to the group of officers behind him.

"Good fight, Hans, you are the most accurate shot in our group, haha. What do you think of this gun?" Xu Jun shouted at Hans.

Hans came to Xu Jun and answered with a smile.

"My general, don't make fun of me. If you don't have good marksmanship, how can you think of this kind of shooting? I really didn't expect that the old gun in the last war had such a strong firepower after improvement. Compared My Ruger is a toy. It is a little heavier and bigger, and it is a bit inconvenient to carry."

Hans handed Xu Jun the Mauser 1932 automatic pistol in his hand. Xu Jun took the heavy pistol, opened the barrel skillfully and looked at it, withdrew the empty magazine, and then stretched out his hand. Randolph on the side quickly handed over a new magazine. Xu Jun took it and put it on neatly, then looked at the officers on the side.

"Who wants to try it now? The chief of staff? Don't want to shoot a few shots?"

The Chief of Staff Colonel Weiller waved hands and smiled and said that it was no longer necessary. However, the civilian officers who stood beside him tried one by one. They usually did some desk work and could not shoot a few shots a year. Now how can the commander give them the opportunity to have a gun addiction Let it go, and now I stand up one by one and say I want to try it.

"Haha, do you want to play? Don't worry, everyone has it. Lieutenant Hull, get the commander's gun first."

"Comply, General." A young lieutenant agreed, and hurriedly led several soldiers towards the barracks behind.

"Headquarters equipped with guns? General, don't you want to change this pistol for us again?" Weiler was surprised. "For officers, is this a bit too big or too heavy."

Xu Jun turned his head and said with a smile: "Not only officers, every soldier in my regiment will get a pistol of this kind."

Then he took two steps and turned to speak to the doubtful officers.

"I think everyone can see the power of Mauser 1932. Its instantaneous firepower has surpassed all automatic pistols in the world. His range is also satisfactory. Now what our soldiers on the front line lack is in close combat. Continuous firepower. You don’t really want our brave German soldiers to fight against the enemy with bayonet. This pistol will be the last line of defense for our infantry.

You can imagine that when our soldiers rushed at him in the face of an enemy several times his enemy, a reliable and fierce automatic pistol was much more useful than a single 98k plus a bayonet. Although it is a bit bigger and a bit heavier, if it can save your life at a critical moment, then what does it matter if you have these problems?

And it can also strengthen the offensive firepower of our infantry class. Our submachine guns are not many at present. Only non-commissioned officers and officers can be equipped with one. This automatic pistol is a small submachine gun when it is connected to the holster. . We have already seen this point before, so there should be no comments. "

After listening to it, Colonel Weiler suddenly realized that he nodded again and again, but he still had some questions, he asked.

"Now do we have so many of these pistols equipped in every soldier's hand? You know that these pistols are not Army-standard pistols. Can Mauser produce so many pistols in a short time?"

"Yeah, this is the first time I saw this pistol. I used a similar one in the last war, but it was a single-shot automatic pistol, and there was no such continuous firing function." Gen also raised his doubts.

"You don’t have to worry about this. In fact, these are caused by the shortsightedness of the former head of the Army Ordnance Department. He believes that the relationship between the weight and size of this weapon refuses to equip it to the German ** team. But you never I will think of how popular this kind of weapon of Mauser is abroad. Especially in Asia, most of the military there are equipped with such pistols. The biggest customer is China, they ordered more than 100,000 from Mauser Weapons of this kind. But everyone knows that because of our relationship with Japan, China’s recent orders have been cancelled.

There are now over 130,000 of these pistols in Mauser’s warehouse, and its ammunition is innumerable. When I learned the news, I was ready to use the pistols in the first place. Instead of letting them occupy a place in the warehouse, it would be better to let our soldiers have one more excellent self-defense weapon.

And after I studied the methods and experience of the Chinese using this weapon, I found the correct way to shoot this pistol. As Hans demonstrated earlier, the gun was shot at a forty-five degree angle in a single shot, and fired across the body in a burst. This method can improve the accuracy of this weapon. The Chinese are indeed the most powerful people in the world. Their invention makes this weapon more perfect. "

At this time, Lieutenant Hull had brought a large box with several soldiers, then he opened the lid and stood aside to report loudly.

"Report the general that the weapon has been taken."

Xu Jun walked over, picked up a pistol from the box and looked at it, then turned around and said to the officers: "These are the 1932 styles I asked Mauser to customize for my command officers, Reduced weight and reduced the rate of fire during bursts. Since everyone is a staff officer, a general ten-round magazine is enough, so there is no need to distribute a twenty-round magazine. The soldiers will be equipped with A 10-round magazine and two 20-round magazines are available, depending on the situation. Now let’s get your new guns. You can usually bring your original pistols and use them on the battlefield."

The officers promised to go forward with excitement and pick their own guns.

At this time Xu Jun walked to the side and said to Hull: "Lieutenant Hull, thank you for sending me the weapons I need so quickly. When you go back, you will also pass me on to your boss, Todd Ordnance Minister. Thanks to him."

"Thank you for your compliment. It is my honor to work for a great commander like you. I will surely convey your gratitude to Minister Tott. Please rest assured."

"Okay, when will the batch of ammunition I want be delivered."

"At the time of my departure, several military factories were already shipping, and Minister Tot had issued a death order to them. If they had to be delivered here today, they should arrive soon. Please rest assured, General."

Xu Jun said seriously: "You have to know that this special batch of ammunition is very important for our next stage of operations. If it cannot be delivered here today, then the consequences will be very serious. And you have to urge those factories again. Now, it is necessary to go all out to produce these types of ammunition. It does not matter if the other production stops, but you have to ensure the production quantity of these types of ammunition. Do you understand?"

"Obey, general, I will send a telegram now."

"Okay, you go." Xu Jun paid a salute. Hul hurriedly ran to the barracks of the communication company.

After the fall of Gorlin, a lot of positions and industries were left, which led to another battle for the top Nazis. Because he returned to the front line after the meeting, he was unable to participate in the subsequent conference. But what I didn't expect was that the biggest beneficiary in the end was still myself. Gorin's factories and enterprises were placed under his own name, and the position of the fattest four-year plan general manager also fell into his own hands.

I couldn't believe my ears when I knew the news the day before yesterday. It was later learned that Hitler left the position of the head office of the four-year plan, not to mention that he has not expressed his opinion on this position so that several other high-level officials have no way of knowing their own way. If you are interested in this position, who would dare to get involved in this position, then Gorin will be the specimen.

And those factories and enterprises are even more exaggerated, and have not waited for the others to speak out, their own secretary Martin. Bolman turned them around quietly. When the others responded, they couldn't help but sigh. The guy really deserved to be "Cyprus", just like his master, his mouth was quick and ruthless. However, because Goering was defeated by himself, he should be divided into big heads, and everyone should have no objection. And because Goring’s industry has many other than these enterprises, especially a large number of artworks and jewelry, it is enough The remaining few points were scored, so the final result was finally happy.

Xu Jun couldn't help but to his own Martin who hadn't seen it before. Borman was curious. In history he was Hitler's secretary, but now he has become his own secretary. That person is a sly and conspiracy conspirator in history, but he is also a famous loyal dog. When the battle here is over, I really have to find some time to see this Nazi Party chief.

Now that he has the title of General Manager of the Four-Year Plan, the Ordnance Department has actually become his subordinate unit. Ordnance Minister Tott and Gorin have been at odds. This time he completely removed Goring from office is a big help for him, so he is full of good feelings for himself. As a result, when he made those special requests to him, he agreed without hesitation, saving him a lot of trouble.

Now that the situation is clear, the British have restarted their "generator" plan. They have swept a small waterway in the minefield they laid, and they have shipped three ships to Gott yesterday afternoon. But no matter how hard they are now, Gudrian’s armored forces broke through the canal zone’s flood defenses last night and arrived at the city’s outer defenses at Dunkirk this morning. The British port and dock are now within the range of Goodrian’s heavy artillery.

This morning, Guderian used his heavy artillery to cooperate with the artillery school-launched aircraft and had left the three small cargo ships forever on the dock at Dunkerque. According to his orders, Guderian stopped. He is building a strong fortification. The nineteenth armored army is preparing to slowly soak there while drinking beer and blowing the sea breeze to rest. It’s okay to put some artillery in the city and put a little pressure on the British to wipe out their morale. .

And the "Cyprus" legion under his direct control is also on the battlefield in Belgium. Now it has been deeply inserted behind the Belgians along the borders of France and Belgium, separating the British and the Belgians. The Sixth Army is also breaking through the Belgian defense quickly, and is advancing from the entire front to the sea. The casualties of the Belgians are close to about 50,000. They should have reached the critical point he can bear. They are collapsing. The surrender of the Belgian army will only be a matter of a few hours.

As soon as Belgium surrenders, the "Cyprus" regiment will immediately take over the Belgian defense line on the right side of Dunker. By then, the "Cyprus" regiment and Goodrian’s nineteenth armored army will be in Dunke Erke completely locked the port on both sides. Coupled with the entire second Air Force Air Force, the British would have no possibility of escaping. Next, you can sit there and play slowly with those British people.

I am prepared to use the British Expeditionary Force as a bait. In fact, as long as I give the British a glimpse of escape, I can let the Royal Air Force bleed the last drop of blood in that sea area, maybe their navy may also pay Some price.

The fighting in France also went smoothly. Kleist is now happily taking his armor cluster to cut the French First Army into pieces, and now the encirclement of large and small can be seen everywhere on the map of the midfield battlefield.

The British Expeditionary Forces have been compressed into a small area near Dunkirk by the German attack, and they have been completely cut off from the French First Army.

The Fourth German Army was able to siege the four British infantry divisions outside Alaska. They were still besieging the British while sending several troops to the Wei Gang line in France to frighten the French.

I heard that the British had begun to contact the Fourth Army to surrender. They no longer had much ammunition and supplies. The German squad did not attack, and did not even persuade the surrender. This attitude of obviously wanting to starve them made those who The last morale of the British was exhausted.

Now just wait for the Belgians to surrender. At that time, Hou’s own ten-strong array will be regarded as the real closing of the mouth, and the suffering of the British will be regarded as the real beginning.

In the distance, a staff member on duty ran happily with a telegram. After standing in front of Xu Jun, he gasped and reported.

"General von Bock called, the King of Belgium sent a messenger to request a ceasefire, and they were ready to surrender. General von Bock asked you how to answer." Then he sent the telegram.

Xu Jun took the telegram and smiled and said to the staff.

"It seems that you need to exercise more, because from now on we may be several times more busy than before, ha ha ha ha, the show is finally starting."

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