The Third Reich in Desperation

Third Reich Episode 216

He also wanted to find a chance to take a commemorative photo at the Eiffel Tower in Paris!Maybe, I will have a chance to be on the promotional page of the social worker newspaper because of how handsome this photo is...

"Company commander?" The voice of the tank driver pulled Lengerheimer back from his fantasy: "You are not in a daze, are you? We are still on patrol, so we should remain vigilant."

"......" Lengheimer, who had been educated by his subordinates, put down his binoculars, turned his head and said loudly: "I still need your reminder, of course I know that I should stay vigilant. I was just a test You guys, see if you can spot that I'm pretending to be in a daze."

"This..." The driver was left speechless by the brazenness of Lengerheimer, the company commander and commander.

With such an officer on the stand, what else can he say? !

"Ahem" After coughing twice, Lengerheimer picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance again: "Well, you have performed well and passed my test. It is not in vain for us to test you deliberately pretending to be in a daze .”

Hearing that Lengerheimer was still talking nonsense in a serious manner, several crew members couldn't laugh or cry, and simply didn't bother to talk to him, and kept silent by coincidence.

"You're not talking..." Lengheimer, who noticed this, said, "It's embarrassing."

Still no one paid him any attention.

"Okay, okay, you won. I admit, I was really careless just now..." Lengheimer finally couldn't help being discouraged and was about to admit that he was out of position during the patrol.

However, before he could say anything, a surprising discovery caused Lengerheimer to stop chatting immediately.

"British battleship!" Lengheimer suddenly shouted hoarsely.

British battleship? !The other three crew members who were originally relaxed, waiting to see Lengerheimer's joke and hear him pull down his face to admit his mistake, were also frightened by the roar of the captain.

When a tank meets a warship, in terms of tonnage, it is equivalent to a snail meeting a scalper, and others can step on it with one kick!

"They said they didn't find us, do you want me to turn around and go back immediately..." the driver reminded Lenghheimer again.He didn't want the captain to be in a daze again at such a time, if it was delayed until the escape time, there would be a big trouble.

"No!" Lengheimer didn't stay in a daze this time, but instead reacted quickly and firmly ordered: "Taking advantage of the night, we have now entered the range where the two sides can shoot each other. For us with a shorter range In other words, this is an opportunity! And if we are found by them on the way to escape, then we may still be within their range, but they will be out of our range. At that time, we really have no chance."

This guy, he doesn't want us to shoot British battleships, does he? !The gunner in Lengerheimer's car crew thought with a look of surprise.

"Let's fire at this battleship!" Lengerheimer, who was holding a telescope, yelled loudly: "I can see clearly that it is the Union Jack, a British battleship. You can't let it run away!"

What are you afraid of? We have a tank, why do we still have the ability not to let someone else's warship run away?!

Someone should thank God for letting us go!

The three crew members stared at Lengerheimer in astonishment.They want to find out, isn't the driver of his car looking stupid because he reads the encouraging propaganda of the Social Worker Daily every day?!

The heroic deeds publicized in the Social Worker almost described the German army as the reincarnation of Superman.

These propaganda deeds are okay to fool civilians who have never been on the battlefield, but if they are seen by soldiers who have experienced the cruelty of the battlefield, there are countless flaws.

Leaving aside what I saw before, will the Poles "be really stupid enough to use cavalry to chop tanks"?

Let’s just say that I read the report a few days ago. Why did the Social Worker always say that the Foreign Legion is the most authentic unit in the entire French army?

I remember that the reason mentioned in the comments at the time was that the French Foreign Legion was composed entirely of foreigners, so they generally did not surrender.If the French were mixed in, it is estimated that they would surrender after firing two shots.

Although the French surrendered quickly, it was not to the point of surrendering with two shots.If it were really that easy to fight, wouldn't they have joined forces in Paris by now.

"Company commander...do you really want to fire?" Lengerheimer's gunner couldn't help but talk: "Once we open fire and expose it, it will be too late to escape."

"Escape? Why did we escape?" Lengerheimer put down the binoculars, sat back in the tank, closed the top cover and said, "Didn't you open the previous issues of the Social Worker? Our plane was sunk in Norway Passed a British battleship and made headlines. If we can sink one today, we should be the first tank team to sink a battleship, and it should also be on the headlines of social workers!"

It's over, the driver is really stupid to read the social worker newspaper.

Whoever makes him an officer, let him go crazy for a while.

Besides, if it succeeds, it seems to be a very exciting and proud thing.

Text 3Chapter 17 Hitting the Dragon Spirit

What Lengheimer and the others encountered was a destroyer of the British Royal Navy.To be precise, this is an auxiliary destroyer converted from a freighter.On this destroyer named "Long Ling", it is equipped with 2 quadruple machine guns and 2 dual machine guns, which pose little threat to Lengerheimer's Panther tanks. 2 single-barreled 20mm Oerlikon cannons.

In other words, what Lengerheimer and the others really have to worry about is the two single-barreled 20mm Oerlikon cannons.

But there is another good news that the British warship had evacuated most of its crew because it ran aground.Only one second lieutenant officer of the Royal Navy was left, plus three soldiers.

The four members happened to be sent to the beach on a reconnaissance mission at the time of the evacuation.And when they turned around and returned to the battleship, their carefree captain had already taken everyone on another modified destroyer, and the lifeboat with the pulling rope, and left early.

As a result, these four unfortunate British soldiers had to guard a stranded modified warship, foolishly waiting for the officer to remember them, and then wait for the officer to send someone to pick them up.

Unpacking a pack of chocolates, the British second lieutenant, who was the leader of the four, gnawed on the chocolates and complained: "Are these unreliable and damned comrades frightened by the Germans? Even a few of us didn't return home." Didn’t even the ship know?”

He brought the chocolate with him, and it was regarded as a kind of welfare food for officers in the British Royal Navy.

Of course, there is another piece of good news, that is, not only the second lieutenant on board has food in his hand.Except for the food that the four of them had brought with them before, a lot of food in this hastily discarded warship did not have time to move away.

Because when retreating, the German armored forces had advanced to a coastal town about 5 kilometers away from the port of Pronay, so the British sailors on board were extremely panicked.Not to mention the food, they didn't even have time to disassemble the weapons on the warship, and they only took away part of the ammunition.

As for the leftover British group of four, they were lucky enough to meet the luck of misfortune. They had both food and weapons and ammunition.

With food and fresh water reserves enough for four people to eat for a whole month, as well as powerful shipboard weapons, the British second lieutenant made a decisive decision. Everyone stayed on the warship and never left.

Since the ship has run aground, it will not be moving position.So the four simply put away the fixed anchors to prevent the Germans from climbing onto the ship along the chains.Similarly, the four of them put away the springboard between the ship and the shore for people to get on and off, so as to prevent the German troops from rushing onto the ship through the springboard.

In this way, this modified warship is equivalent to forming a certain degree of high isolation from the land.This height is a gap that is difficult for German infantry to cross.The British second lieutenant is sure that if the German army dares to attack by force, he can use the single-tube 20mm Oerlikon cannon on the warship to bombard the enemy from a distance.

And once the German army got closer, the 4 people on the ship could also use the 2 machine guns that were disassembled and gathered in the direction of the shore, forming a firepower net to shoot and kill the enemy soldiers.

The British second lieutenant was convinced that with the equipment on the warship, even if the German army sent a company of infantry, he could repel it.The only thing to pay attention to is whether the invading enemy can be detected in time.

Fortunately, during the day, the four of them could gather together and hide behind the machine guns on the bow, iron pillars and other bunkers, or bragging in the command room that belonged to the captain before, while guarding the beach.

But at night, the four of them can only take turns to be on duty. Each of them stands guard for two hours and sleeps in shifts.

Fortunately, the iron chains of the anchors and the springboard connecting the ship and the shore were all put away in advance, even if the small German troops sneaked over in the dark.If they didn't make a big noise, they wouldn't be able to get on the boat.

And if these Germans make a big noise because they want to board the ship, the 3 people who are asleep on the ship will wake up, and then the 4 people will work together to eliminate this possible German sneak attack force.Because it was a surprise attack, the size of this force would not be too large, and the second lieutenant was confident in destroying them.

After a few bites of the remaining chocolate, the British second lieutenant yawned and said, "Bob, this is the first time to implement the shift system we discussed in the afternoon tonight, and you will be on duty for one shift. I'll take a nap for a while. You can come and wake me up in an hour to take over."

Bob, who is a bit fat, nodded, swallowed and said, "It's okay for me to be on the first shift. It's okay to leave me a piece of chocolate to refresh myself. In case I get sleepy, I can also eat two bites of chocolate to refresh myself."

Because he is not an officer, Bob does not have chocolate, a special welfare food for officers.Bob, who is tired of eating compressed biscuits and poor-quality cans, drools every time he sees officers receiving chocolates.

Fat people have this problem.Otherwise, how would you become fat?

"I don't have a few pieces of chocolate here, so I'll share them with you. I won't have anything to eat tomorrow." The second lieutenant shook his head and refused Bob without hesitation.

So, under Fat Bob's complaining eyes, the second lieutenant took the other two sailors to sleep with peace of mind.

The second lieutenant didn't think there was anything wrong with his stingy behavior. Fatty, eating less is good for the body, and it's for his own good.Not everyone can eat and drink like their prime minister, Mr. Churchill, with a big belly.Soldiers are different from politicians, too fat affects their performance.

Besides, when Churchill was not in politics, his figure was superb.