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Volume 1 The Setting Sun of the Empire Chapter 80 The Assistance of Beautiful Weapons

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    On the outskirts of Freiburg stands a military fortress from the Soviet occupation period. Its main body is dilapidated. The collapsed walls, broken crossbars and mottled bullet marks all evoke the memories of those who revisit the place.  20 months ago, Linn left the Upper Rhine Valley with his direct troops and returned to Germany. Here he fought the first battle after returning to the country. At that time, he and the German warriors were like magic soldiers descending from the sky. Many Soviet soldiers were confused.  He lost his life; 20 months later, as the political leader of the Democratic Republic of Germany, Linn came to review the new army. Although he no longer wore military uniforms and weapons, his temperament of hardened steel remained intact.

    Under the three-color flag of black, white and red, more than 4,000 German officers and soldiers who were transferred from the first-level reserve force to active service appeared full of energy and high morale.  At the induction ceremony hosted by the president, they were awarded the designation "6th Rapid Infantry Brigade".  Different from traditional German troops, this is a combat unit whose members all use American-made equipment. Except for the gray uniforms, their helmets, leather boots, pistols and artillery are all American products.  In fact, one week after Lynn's trip to The Hague was successfully concluded, the U.S. Army units stationed in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands secretly began to transfer weapons and equipment to the German Army units in accordance with instructions from their superiors. Within ten days, they had provided semi-automatic weapons to the German Army.  and more than 300,000 automatic rifles, more than 20,000 Browning light and heavy machine guns, more than 9,000 artillery pieces of various types, and more than 26,000 vehicles of various types.  For Germany, whose local industrial scale is less than one-third of what it was before the outbreak of World War II, this is a batch of valuable aid that comes in time!

    Accompanied by senior military generals, Lin En walked past the soldiers who held their heads high, with no trace of fear on their green and immature faces.  Although they lacked sufficient military training, these young Germans did not lack the bravery and loyalty of their fathers.  With weapons in hand, they can't wait to rush to the battlefield to save their motherland from the Soviets - Berlin has long since fallen, and the Soviet troops entering Germany from Poland have occupied Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpok.  Moray, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, the northern flank troops approached Bremen and Hamburg, and the center corps captured Brunswick and advanced towards Hannover.  The southern flank had crossed Saxony into Bavaria.  In order to capture Munich, the seat of the German provisional regime, as soon as possible, the Soviet Union forced the Czech and Austrian governments to declare war on Germany. The Soviet troops that had been on the Czech-Austrian border for a long time demolished the border fence and invaded Germany. The Soviet troops entering from Austria had advanced to  Less than 30 kilometers from the center of Munich.  Artillery shells fell on Marienplatz every day, and government departments could only move into underground bunkers to continue working. Tens of thousands of German citizens worked day and night to build and strengthen fortifications, vowing to turn Munich into Germany.  Leningrad.

    In view of the heavy lessons learned from the dark dictatorship during the Third Reich, Germany under the democratic government canceled the oath of allegiance for recruits to join the army. In order to improve the loyalty of the soldiers, and to allow the recruits to stand in a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak,  Be determined to move forward courageously.  Linn would attend the induction ceremonies of all new units non-stop, so the stay in each place was very short. However, when he saw a young private among the soldiers in the front row who looked a bit like himself in the mirror,  Still stopped involuntarily.

    "May I have your name?"

    The private, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, replied awkwardly: "Jotun Hans Jotun, sir!"

    "Can you show it to me?"

    Without any preparation, Linn asked for the American-made M1 carbine from the private soldier and performed a calibration check using standard inspection procedures.  Judging from the various parts of the firearm, this is a second-hand pistol that has been used for some time.  Fortunately, it has been well maintained and is still a reliable helper on the battlefield.

    The private watched in stunned silence as Lynn fiddled with the carbine. He was far more amazed than surprised - the young president was a hero of the people who fought against the Soviet occupation.  He led the Baathist armed forces to fight to the death with the Soviet army many times, but after all, this is not a common German weapon, and he can handle it skillfully. If he had not been prepared in advance, it can only be said that this is a quite remarkable leader.

    After resetting the magazine and bolt, Linn solemnly handed the gun back to the private: "Although I personally prefer Mauser submachine pistols-two of them can be used together to achieve close combat advantages, but in regular army combat operations,  A carbine that can fire continuously is more powerful. Get familiar with it, take care of it, and it will pay off on the battlefield."

    The private quickly stood at attention and said: "Yes! Sir!"

    Lin En nodded and looked at the soldiers on the left and right.  The impromptu action he just made has left a very good impression on the simple soldiers, and can even refresh their spirits. However, the combat effectiveness of an army is mainly based on various comprehensive factors.  At present, the weapons provided by the United States are enough to equip twenty early-standard American infantry divisions. If 20 infantry divisions are established step by step, even if a considerable number of veterans are added, these infantry divisions will definitely be embarrassed to fight the Soviet army head-on.  And this time the German armyThe Joint Staff did not adopt the organizational reference materials provided by the US military liaison officers. They were like smart chefs, making full use of the materials at hand to cook unique delicacies - 4 elite main assault divisions and 12 defensive line defense divisions.  and 6 fast mobile brigades.  The reason why these rapid troops did not continue to be called "motorized", "mechanized" or "armored" is that on the one hand, they fully adopted American-made equipment, and on the other hand, most of the vehicles were converted into weapons carriers, carrying rocket launchers,  Recoilless rifles, mortars and other weapons were used to take advantage of the geographical advantages of local operations to carry out flexible and changeable maneuver operations, especially taking advantage of the gaps between various Soviet units to carry out bold insertions.

    The completely different equipment characteristics and tactical habits make there a big difference between American and German weapons. It takes time to adapt to and use them skillfully, and it also takes time for recruits to grow into qualified soldiers. However, the battlefield situation no longer tolerates German recruits.  Got training at the rear.  Due to the large losses in the previous stage, the situation of the German armed forces at the front can already be described as "bad".  In L¨¹neburg, southeast of Hamburg, the defensive position of the German 3rd Army was breached by the Soviet army, and the remaining troops withdrew to Hamburg. Just one day later, the Soviet army captured Norderstedt, north of Hamburg, cutting off Hamburg and Kiel.  Due to the land connection between them, the German Navy had no choice but to abandon its number one naval base. Hamburg was subsequently attacked by the superior strength of the Soviet army. The development of street fighting was very unfavorable to the German army. As a last resort, the Joint Staff ordered the Hamburg garrison to pass the sea route.  With the defeat of the Hamburg Defense War, the situation in Bremen, the last port in northern Germany, has also become precarious. Once all ports are lost, Germany's efficiency in receiving Western aid will be greatly reduced; in Nuremberg in the south, from Luckenwalde  The retreating German 2nd Army and the remnants of the 4th Army failed to withstand the successive onslaughts of the Soviet heavy armored corps. Not only did they lose this strategically important city, they also lost a large number of troops and technical weapons in the battle.  The military forces defending Munich in the north urgently need to be supplemented, otherwise the wartime capital will soon fall into Soviet siege; only in central Germany, the elite imperial troops conducting mobile operations with Hannover as the center successfully contained the Soviet offensive and prevented it from attacking Hannover.  The attack was launched, but this was also achieved when the center of the Soviet battlefield was dispersed to the two wings.  For the German Army, whose overall strength is at an obvious disadvantage, the more than 300,000 well-equipped recruits are a key force at the strategic level and the best hope for reversing the current war situation.

    Before being assembled and sent to the battlefield, most German recruits only received two to four weeks of basic training with the help of American military instructors, and their tactical literacy was very weak.  Due to the increasingly frequent Soviet air raids, it took a week for some newly formed German troops to move from the training camp in western Germany to the front line. Compared with their companions who went to the battlefield quickly, these troops were undoubtedly lucky.  Soldiers march at night and train in the woods or under camouflage nets during the day. Every additional hour of training time increases their chances of surviving on the battlefield.

    Defense is often an ideal way to train new recruits. After arriving at the front line, many newly formed German troops did become "firefighting teams" in the hands of commanders, plugging leaks in the defense line that was riddled with holes.  In Bremen, five defense divisions using American equipment filled the eastern and southern suburban defense lines. Together with the troops who retreated from Hamburg and the 6th Imperial Expeditionary Corps hastily formed from the Nordic garrison forces, nearly 300,000 German troops were invested.  The massive defense of Bremen.  Although the number of troops appears to be very considerable, many of the German troops that participated in the previous stage of the battle were already depleted and full of wounded soldiers. They were in urgent need of rest and replenishment. The combat status was not ideal. The greatest significance of the German army's move was to attract the northern flank.  The main force of the Soviet army, 2 tank corps, 1 mechanized corps, 5 infantry corps, plus the artillery unit directly under the front army, 400,000 heavy troops rushed towards Bremen.  When the mighty Bremen War kicked off, the German army had already assembled two main assault divisions with beautiful equipment and three fast mobile brigades north of Hannover, plus the 1st and 2nd Imperial Expeditions that had been hurriedly rested.  The Corps used 160,000 elite troops to outflank the Soviet troops in the Bremen area.  Two fast mobile brigades cooperated with the armored forces of the Imperial Guard, advancing rapidly overnight, and arrived at the southern suburbs of Hamburg with a surprise force.

    And stormed Soviet military depots, supply points and transport vehicles along the way, causing the Soviet northern flank corps to lose its stable logistics supply.  After dawn, the German air defense forces, which began to install American surface-to-air missiles, blocked the Soviet aviation forces with covertly deployed air defense firepower, causing a positive change in the battlefield situation in northern Germany.

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