Chapter 17 German Infantry Regiment
Siberia in midsummer is like a vast ranch with lush vegetation everywhere in sight. Goshawks soaring carefreely in the blue sky, horses galloping in the vibrant wilderness, the winding clear river water glows like gemstones, it passes through a bend in the wilderness, and a large camp stands on the flat ground near the river beach. It is adjacent to a long double-track railway, with tall wooden stakes and barbed wire as walls, and towering watchtowers stand in four corners. Machine guns are set up in all directions on the tower. In the sunset, guns are carried on
The armed Soviet soldiers were on duty around the camp, facing the east, the direction of the large logging field, and a long queue came towards the afterglow of the sunset. Some soldiers with live ammunition occupied the hills on both sides and stared at the guys in the team with cold eyes. They shaved their heads without exception. Most of the young people survived the severe winter. They had strong arms and strong torso, and they carried axes and saws - these tools with certain lethality made the detainees maintain a high alert most of the time.
Woo woo...
A long whistle sound came from the railway line. Many people were looking around curiously in the walking queue, but no one stopped without authorization. Soon, a train with a red flag and five-star logo on the front of the train slowly stopped on the platform next to the camp. Unlike the trains that had come to ship wood and ore in the past, this open carriage was filled with people, and the frustrated faces and lost eyes seemed familiar. Seeing the identities of these people in the carriage, the walking team and many people in the camp suddenly became excited.
They whistled, laughed and mocked, and expressed their gloating emotions under the gun. When the pedestrian team arrived at the camp, the poor people who had just been driven out of the car were still lined up by the railway. They seemed to have carried a lot of luggage with them, and the personnel in the camp gathered in the familiar whistle. An officer wearing a Su-style military cap and a red collar walked up to the simple platform built of wood, snatched his throat at the loudspeaker, and said in not very standard German: []
"German prisoners of war, I have to call you this now, but the next person among you who volunteer to change their identities will become my German comrades. According to Order No. 129 of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, imperialism led by the United States and Britain took the initiative to provoke war, which is a declaration of war on those who love peace and respect freedom all over the world. Every person who pursues justice and truth should take up weapons to fight them. In the past year or more, foreign prisoners of war who have received labor reform in the Soviet Union performed well and had a considerable change in their thoughts. Therefore, we decided to accept people with correct ideological awareness to join our international combat column, give you an opportunity to use combat to make up for the faults of previous wars, help you return to the motherland and rescue your compatriots from the occupation rule of the United States, Britain and other countries. Now............ Those who swear to break with everything in the past, please raise your right arm if you volunteer to join the international combat column!"
In the open space in front of the wooden platform, there were at least seven or eight thousand people. Most of them were captured soldiers of the German Wehrmacht. In the first two or three seconds, they were still understanding the words of the Soviet officer on the stage. Then, people raised their right hands in unison, and the sound of the friction of their sleeves whistled like a wind. The Soviet officer on the stage glanced a few times in the crowd and said loudly with great satisfaction: "Welcome, German comrades!"
Since the opinions were unified, and the custodian and the custodian had been together for a long time, things became relatively simple. Except for hundreds of people who did not raise their hands, the rest were allowed to return to the barracks and bring their personal belongings, and then walked out of the camp in one by one in a labor formation to go to the railway platform. On the way, they happened to pass by the people escorted into the camp.
In the past, they were opponents who hated each other on the battlefield and wanted to kill them quickly. At this time, they did not have a smile to eliminate their grudges. The former German officers and soldiers who walked out of the camp with their heads held high and became victors. The American and British officers and soldiers who were arrogant not long ago could only accept the punishment of fate dejectedly. A train could not accommodate the thousands of people leaving the camp. The Soviet officers issued an order through the platform radio: the first team of labor team to the sixth team of labor team first, and the rest were waiting for the next train here.
Although there was still filth left in the train carriage that was not available for removal, the new people still crawled into the carriage happily. They quickly filled every freight carriage, and the rest had to wait next to the railway for the arrival of the next train, but they were neither impatient nor angry, but just waited quietly with a little nervous mood. The camp behind them was buried not only for 14 months, but how many companions lost their lives to escape from here, how many companions could not survive hunger, cold, disease and high-intensity labor. The mortality rate of prisoners of war announced by the Soviet Union was a charitable number, but no one could calculate the real mortality rate.
Woo woo...
With the long whistle, the train slowly started, and it would drive west along the rails, which was the direction of Europe and the direction of the motherland. The people in the carriage whose military uniforms were worn and white were cheering, and among the crowds that were temporarily left beside the rails, a tall and thin middle-aged man looked particularly unique. He held his chin slightly, his eyes were so calm that there was no trace of restlessness in it. His waist was straight and his legs stood together. In this posture, he looked like an officer who was calmly waiting for instructions from his superiors. The train gradually disappeared and eventually disappeared from sight. The atmosphere of cheering and cheering gradually cooled down. Many people around him spontaneously surrounded the tall and thin person, but they did not get too close, but left a proper space.
"General!" someone asked respectfully, "Did the Soviets want us to work for them?" The time before was not enough to think about it before, and survival was the most. The only motivation for raising his right hand. The tall and thin man turned to look at the person who asked. He was his subordinate during the war, and he did not escape at the end of the war, and he was still full of respect for himself in the prisoner-of-war labor camp. Now, the general looked at his subordinate with a recognized look and said gently: "We have all sworn allegiance to the same person, but he is dead. It is enough for us to remember that we are a German."
A simple sentence is full of helplessness towards fate, but their choice today does not mean that they will follow tomorrow. Everyone has rekindled their longing for the future. They are different, but they point in the same direction in the dark...
Four hours later, the sky was full of stars flashing above the head. The cool breeze on the summer night made people feel very comfortable. A one-eyed monster finally appeared on the horizon in the distance. It huffed and huffed. Just as the people waiting in place looked ahead, the radio speaker on the platform suddenly rang: "General Carl Gotman, General Molink Schneider, and General Rudolph Dietrich, please come to the radio room on the platform!"
This was first said in Russian, then changed his voice and said in German. The waiters next to the railway tracks turned their curious eyes to the platform. They saw three middle-aged people who had already taken off their seals, epaulettes, military troops logos and medals of honor walked onto the platform one by one. One of them quietly wore an extremely simple iron cross on their chests. Any medal with ten thousand characters must not be retained in the prisoner-war camp, and this one is obvious
It was obtained by the owner before the Nazis were in power, and the medal was clean and flawless. The Soviet detentioners had concessions to be retained. The first person waited at the door of the radio room for a while, and walked in together until the other companions arrived. People outside looked at the radio room curiously and nervously, fearing that something unexpected happened at this time. Some people also noticed that the train coming from a distance was much longer than the previous one, and perhaps enough to transport more than half of the remaining people away.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the train was about to stop, and a calm and deep voice sounded from the iron horn, saying in standard and fluent German: "I am Karl Gotman, who has just been appointed as the commander of the 19th Infantry Regiment of the Soviet International Combat Column. The 7th, 8th and 9th Teams are temporarily listed in this infantry regiment. According to the former military positions, the officers are asked to maintain order. The soldiers obey the command and help each other. They start from the front of the train to board the first to nine cars."
Although the train did not stop completely, the direction of the front of the train was obvious. Almost one-third of the people next to the tracks began to move forward, bustling but without any confusion.
Immediately afterwards, a hoarse and trembling voice changed into the iron horn. The speaker suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "I am Moline Schneider, Commander of the 20th Infantry Regiment, Labour Ten, Eleven, and Twelve Teams are temporarily under my command. We will get on the train from the 10th to 18th."
Although the officers said before, the soldiers followed the command, but the people included in it spontaneously abide by such rules, and the other thirds were also orderly during the movement. Looking at this scene, many of the Soviet soldiers on the platform showed complex eyes. They knew that these former opponents came from hundreds of teams of different numbers, and had not conducted even the simplest training between them, whether before or after being captured, and the qualities they showed at this time were surprising and admirable. It is good to fight side by side with such an army, but geopolitics and national character destined that Russia and Germany could not become real brotherly countries. Perhaps one day those present would be re-listed on the opposite side of the battlefield, so such an army would become a headache opponent.
"I am Rudolph Dietrich." The third voice was quite old, but the man was not so old. He had no unnecessary feelings. He simply announced the order to form a new force. The last four laborers were included in the 21st Infantry Regiment, which was one-third larger than the first two, and the allocated carriages were also two more. During the process of boarding, people also noticed that this train with up to 30 carriages had two fronts, so there was no need to worry about the power. The constraints of the tracks would also allow them to work together to drive the carriages to their destination. Does this indicate that two groups of people of different countries, different ethnic groups and even different beliefs could work together on the battlefield for the purpose of common survival?
This may become a question that many German generals who have re-sustained their mission to think hard this night.
A few days later, Norway, Tromso.
"Based on the Soviet army's organization, 40 infantry regiments are only 70,000 to 80,000, which is enough to form a corps!" With the new information transferred from the base camp, Lin En blurted out his first reaction.
"The Soviets did not lack weapons equipped with these troops. They confiscated a large number of guns, guns, and ammunition after the war ended, and most of them were brought back to the country with machine tools and equipment. Did they have expected the situation today at that time?" Heinrich, who was transferred from a senior staff officer and inspector of the Imperial Base Camp to commander of the "Tromso Public Security Camp".
Lieutenant Colonel Trenkole immediately responded to Lynn's words.
Alter, who still serves as the commander of the Northern Task Force.
Colonel Stephenfin is not only Lynn's salon drinker, but also has many common topics in military affairs. His wives are also good friends, both public and private.
He said at the top of his voice: "Don't think about the good intentions of the Russians. I think they are just letting our compatriots go to the battlefield to be cannon fodder! Official Galgo, we suggest that the intelligence department seize the time to contact the German officials in the infantry regiments! Let them know our existence, so that they can give the Soviets a heavy blow to the opportunity to find acre in the future!"
The reason is obvious. Without Stephenfen's reminder, Lynn was also ready to make suggestions to the base camp. It is estimated that the Head of State and Rommel also considered this when they learned about the information. Modern warfare fights national strength, and national strength can be divided into economy, industry, technology and personnel, etc. Among them, professional combatants cannot be replaced by any factor. According to the standards of World War II, cultivating a soldier only takes several weeks of training. However, cultivating a qualified soldier not only requires long training, but also requires the help of veterans and the influence of actual combat. Cultivating a qualified non-commissioned officer or even a qualified officer is a more complex and long process, not to mention the training of outstanding non-commissioned officers, outstanding officers and generals. When Germany surrendered in 1945, the domestic economy had already been
After collapse, most of the industrial facilities were destroyed by Allied air strikes, and the rest were dismantled and pulled away by the Soviets. Only those soldiers who were forced to put down their weapons were a useful treasure for the revival of the Empire. Now this huge wealth is divided into two, and most of them are trapped in Soviet prisons and labor camps. Others are detained in Western Allied prisons and labor camps. Due to the detention conditions and the mentality of the detention workers, the living environment of these captured people is quite harsh. Fortunately, more than a year has passed, and the overall mortality rate has not reached such an astonishing level. The spiritual will of the officers and soldiers has not reached the point of being completely destroyed. The revival of the Empire is certainly based on disc aircraft and cutting-edge technologies such as nuclear weapons as strategic deterrence, but a strong enough army is still the absolute guarantee for its resurgence!
Trenkole followed and analyzed: "Professional officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers are all equipped. These infantry regiments can form combat effectiveness in a very short time. I guess the Soviets' plans are far more than these 40 infantry regiments. Once these troops go to the front line, the Soviet counterattack will be launched. At that time, I don't know how many of our compatriots will die under the Allied air strikes and artillery fire!"
Lynn paced back and forth in the room, and he speculated: "The prisoners of war who had been imprisoned for more than a year were re-armed and organized into regiment-level troops. The Soviets took a lot of risks. If these infantry regiments turned against each other or even joined forces, they might change the situation of the Soviet army in an instant. But the Soviets still did this, and they must have deep considerations. By the way, the United States is afraid of our forged Soviet nuclear threat. The Soviet leaders do not know this. They are afraid that the United States will be on the battlefield.
The use of atomic bombs, so after severely damaging the Allied Southern Line troops, it did not take advantage of the situation to launch a large counterattack. This time, German prisoners of war formed combat troops, which can increase the combat forces on the front line and dilute the strategic destructive power of the US military when using the atomic bombs. Secondly, it can increase the hatred of the German people towards the US-British allies and form favorable psychological propaganda war weapons. There is reason to believe......The Soviet Union will also form more German infantry regiments or even artillery regiments, and as the war develops, there may be dispersed armored troops."
Trenkole frowned and touched his cheek and said, "The war finally burned to ourselves. If the Soviet counterattack passed through Poland, wouldn't Germany become a battlefield again? General Galgo, do you think there is such a possibility?"
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say!" Lynn stopped in front of the wine cabinet, took out four wine glasses, picked up the crystal glass bottle containing whiskey and poured half a glass of wine into each of the wine glasses. Drinking whiskey without ice in summer was a fierce performance, and there was no emergency official service, Stephenfin, Trenkole and Oliver, an officer of the Tromso Defense Command.
Major Kowag each took one cup. When clinking the cups, Lynn suggested: "Pray for our fellow citizens!"
All three of them answered: "Pray for our fellow citizens!"
After taking a sip of wine, Lynn suddenly felt that his thoughts were much clearer. Before returning to the base camp, Rommel said that the empire made a "large investment" within the Soviet Union, secretly helping a political faction that was not advantageous to climb the peak of power by taking advantage of the war. However, he refused to disclose the specific situation of this political faction. Lynn was curious, but at the same time felt that the possibility of such cooperation continued and gaining fruit was not high. However, from the current situation, the hatred between the Soviet Union and Germany had faded with the end of World War II and the outbreak of the Eastern and Western War. As long as the two sides can successfully cooperate on the battlefield, the empire would have a greater chance of achieving this political speculation, and then less pressure from the east when the empire returns to the world stage.
"If the Allies also release the Germans who are in custody to form combat troops, there will be situations in the future when the Germans and Germans meet on the battlefield. Wouldn't we betray each other?" Stephenfin said worriedly in his loud voice.
"I don't think this situation will happen!" Trenkole immediately denied, "The Allies and the Soviets will not let this situation happen. It is not that they have a kind heart, but that they will use psychological warfare in advance to decide the victory or defeat - to make the German team in the opponent's front turn against each other, or the German team on their own turn the gun.
Chapter completed!