Chapter 37 Military Power

After the Nuremberg Prison was attacked and many senior war criminals escaped, the main line of the development was exactly the same as Lynn expected. Although the Germans destroyed the Allied communication facilities in the Bavarian state, the impact of these actions on the alliance system was like an adult bitten by a mosquito in the arm. What he cared about was not the itching feeling or the ill-looking feeling brought by the mosquito bag, but whether this inconspicuous little thing had some potential to cause a serious epidemic.

If there is such a potential danger, hidden dangers should be eliminated before it occurs. Therefore, the Allied troops stationed in Germany not only organized layers of blockade and network-like searches at a blast, but also actively searched for the truth with German intelligence personnel and civilians who defected to their own side. In this case, as long as the attack is involved, the supporters and rescued personnel are slightly wrong during the retreat, it is entirely possible that they will fall back into the hands of the Allies.

There are still 4 days left before Christmas in 1946. The cruel and bloody war between the Eastern and Western camps has caused many families to fall into the situation of losing their families and their homes at any time. "Prayer" has become the absolute theme of this Christmas. Lynn doesn't know whether the senior officials of the empire far away in Nordic Europe are also praying - although it is not impossible to act forcibly, he never promised to send someone back safely before Christmas.

After noon, the wind and snow all over the sky finally showed signs of weakening, and the snow on the ground next to the road had reached nearly fifty centimeters thick. I heard local residents say that this was the largest snow in the past five years. Sitting on the street on the second floor, holding a hot coffee, this action commander who had been through many battles but had never won was a little distracted. Snowy day, small town, this scene reminded him of the memories of fighting on the Eastern Front more than a year ago, the roar of the "butcher" and heavy boots, the unknown comrades in the same trench, and the white goatee family - thinking of the little Kacili who called her father when she saw the soldier, she always felt a sense of pity and sadness in her heart; thinking of Alice, who was shy, weak and lingering, she couldn't help but express her inexplicable longing.

These old acquaintances who share life and death or meet by chance, are you all okay at this moment?

A sound of footsteps came from the other side of the stairs, which sounded agile and heavy. After a moment, someone began to clumsyly say the German "Please show your ID" with his tongue.

When the soldier in beige uniform came to the table, Tanze, who was sitting opposite Lynn, looked up his head calmly and said in relatively fluent English: "Sir, we are staff members of the German Red Cross. This is the ID and the commission documents. May I ask...what happened here? We were originally going to Munich, and we had breakfast here. Then we were told that the road from here to any city was blocked, the railway was temporarily suspended, and even the telephone and telegram were interrupted. Now we can only stay here at a loss, not knowing when we can continue our work."

"German Red Cross?" The young and handsome British man looked at the documents and documents that Tanze took out very seriously, and glanced at Lin En's face. In this defeated country that was still in a state of ruling, the three teams of the United States, Britain and France squeezed out the Soviet Union and became the occupier and manager. The management area they divided was not like a cake cut. Some places set clear boundaries, some places were blurred, and some places were still blurred.

It belongs to the most complex "communist zone". These political situations and war situations are already terrible. Non-governmental organizations such as the Red Cross are not easy to be conscious, which makes the professional soldiers of the allied countries feel that they are powerful and not as good as fighting on the front line. For the understanding and research of this situation, Lynn sat so calmly in this small town, only 17 kilometers away from the city of Nuremberg, without any worries about the road closures outside and repeated cleaning upside down.

The self-introduction and small complaints just now stopped. Tanze didn't say much, signaling the other party to check the ID and pass documents he provided.

After checking over and over again the two necessary information for large-scale activities in the allied occupied areas, the British man with a Wiberty revolver on his waist finally stretched his right hand in front of Lynn: "Sir, your ID?"

Lynn cooperated to put the ID directly into the other party's hand, glanced at the other party with a rough look, then turned around and reached out to wipe the fog on the inside of the window, so that he could see the situation outside more clearly.

The Englishman noticed Lynn's movements, and he said meaningfully in English: "This position is good."

Thanks to the nine-year compulsory education and the CET-4 and CET-6 system, Lynn's English basics are much better than German. He said, "Yes, you can see what happens every moment on the street. This should be a spy job, but sometimes the Red Cross people have to do this."

There is no clue from the authentic documents. The British Army Corporal returned the documents and documents politely and said meaningfully: "If you don't plan to change your residence, I can inform you as soon as the blockade is lifted, and you can avoid harassment from temporary raids. What do you think?"

Tanze smiled and said, "Sir, we want to stay here, but this store does not provide accommodation, don't you know?"

The corporal did not continue to say anything, but instead turned his eyes to the briefcase at Lin N's feet: "Lucks?"

"No, the luggage is in the car, this is the investigation data we recorded before." Lynn slowly picked up the briefcase and placed it on the table, unzipped the zipper, and made a "please feel free to go" gesture.

The corporal looked inside, and before he could do it, another British man who went upstairs together seemed to be an army soldier, who was older than the corporal standing at Lynn's table. After checking the oblique angle, the guests at the other table turned around and walked up: "Is there any problem?"

"No, no. These two are from the German Red Cross. After working here, they can't leave and have no place to live. Maybe we can help some more." The corporal summarized the words of a very comprehensive sentence.

"Oh, the Red Cross, there are no prisoner-of-war camps and concentration camps here. We usually don't abuse German civilians casually...Where are you going?"

This kind of slick way of questioning was once what Linen hated the most, but now it is different from the past. He looked at Tanze calmly so that the two of them would not let the two of them rush to answer and leak out in the stupidest way, and they would not have been silent for too long and made the other party suspicious.

As a result, Tanze answered very skillfully: "Make a survey report on the survival of German civilians. We are both responsible for the Bavaria region. After the entire report is completed, we will submit it to the International Red Cross as a reference for providing material assistance to Germany in the near future."

"How is the investigation? German civilians live in dire straits, lack clothing and food, and cannot get medicine supplies, so they do not have enough strength to support the Nazi restoration?" British soldiers said sarcastically incredibly.

The young corporal was obviously well-educated, and he corrected it from the side: "Robers, don't talk nonsense, this is just an investigation that reflects the objective situation, right, two gentlemen."

Tanze put away his ID with a very aggrieved expression and muttered: "The Germans have never been a beggar internationally - they didn't know before, they don't know now, and they won't know in the future."

"It is not shameful to be a beggar, but it is hated to be a robber." said the British soldier unyieldingly.

Tanze did not get angry, but moved his lips silently.

"I don't have to worry about accommodation. If it really doesn't work, we will live in the car. Look, the black Ford over there is our car. Without it, we can't go far even if we want to." Lynn said coldly, "Take this opportunity, we just sorted out the previous investigation materials. Maybe the two officials are interested in participating?"

The British soldier took out the handwritten material form from Lynn's briefcase and flipped a few pages. The corporal's eyes were deliberately looking at it, but he said, "Okay, Robles, I think all the things done by the Red Cross are from a humanitarian perspective. If someone espionage in their name, God will be angry."

It sounded like a warning. Lynn and Tanze sat quietly. The British soldiers roughly read out several stacks of documents and put them back in their bags in disappointment. The corporal said in English, "Enjoy the coffee" and then took the soldiers downstairs.

The temperature outside the house was still very low, and the glass that Lynn had just wiped became blurred again. He looked out and saw two British men leaving the cafe and walking to the grocery store diagonally opposite. The corporal bought a pack of cigarettes, paid, chatted with the owner for a few words, and then turned around and looked at the cafe.

"They don't believe us... they don't believe in any Germans. I think they will find a secret whistle to stare at us!" Tanze judged that although his tone was very low, he could hear it and he was still angry.

"British is indeed an interesting country. They have gentlemanly and conservative habits. It is strange that such a country can dominate the world for hundreds of years." Lynn said gently, "No matter what, the era that belongs to them has passed."

Although he has never fought with the British army on the battlefield, judging from the experience of his comrades, Lynn felt that the British navy and air force were strong enough, and the army's performance could only be ranked second-rate. Alexander may be considered an excellent military commander, but the southern troops with British armored forces as the main force are difficult to fight a stunning battle in adversity. Lynn had a premonition that the Allied winter offensive might become a failed strategy to dress up the Soviet counterattack. Before going through the cold winter and muddy spring, the Soviet army might be able to push the front line.

Entering west of Warsaw and reintroducing the Polish capital into Moscow's rule, the strategic initiative will be firmly in the hands of the Soviet army. However, it is too early to assert that the Soviet army will win. It took more than two years for the Allied forces to destroy the German military industry through strategic bombing. Now the strength of the US and British strategic aviation forces has increased. Over time, the destruction of Soviet industry and even the potential of war will definitely appear and become an important factor in the war situation. The result of both losses is in line with the ultimate vision of Lynn's initial design.

Since the Eastern and Western camps are in a high position on the battlefield, the essence of the war is an ideological confrontation, the empire's forces can take this opportunity to add another boost. Following this idea, Lin En stopped talking, continued a cup of hot coffee, and calmly entered deep thoughts...

Nuremberg Prison was attacked, and many important war criminals fled. The bombshell will sooner or later cause an "earthquake" behind the Allied Front. Before this unpredictable disaster, the Allied officers and soldiers on the Eastern European front were enduring the double pressure of the weather and the enemy. In Belarus and Ukraine, the cold current swept by, and the lowest temperature during the day reached minus 20 degrees. Although the United States, Britain, France and other teams did not experience a large-scale reduction in staff due to the lack of cold-proof clothing, the vehicles were equipped with sufficient antifreeze. However, the harsh climate itself is a physiological and mental destruction. It shoulders the support and continuous role of the front line.

The Allied Central Army was slow to move. The famous 1st Armored Corps of the US Army, the 4th French Armored Army and more than a dozen Allied infantry divisions that were close to full capacity were unable to break through the defense line guarded by the Soviet infantry army, and the meeting with the Southern Army was always 40 kilometers apart. On the northern line, France, which replaced the US and British troops, the Polish army lacked tacit understanding in cooperation with the US and British fleets. Instead, it was firmly restrained by the opponent with a small amount of troops. Pro-Soviet elements in eastern Lithuania took this opportunity to launch an armed riot in the capital and received support from the Soviet paratroopers, which made the Allied generals busy.

In the real focus of the two fronts, Western Ukraine, the famous 5th Soviet Guards Tank Army broke the deadlock with the blood of the officers and soldiers in the snow and ice. The Soviet flank troops, which used this army of war as a sharp knife, successfully copied the encirclement strategy of five months ago. They cut off the supply line of the Allied Southern Line troops in one fell swoop, leaving Marshal Alexander and his more than 800,000 Allied officers and soldiers with the retreat space of only a front line less than 50 kilometers wide. Moreover, the Soviet flanking detour troops and the Marine Corps landed from Aosad were constantly putting pressure from both wings. At the critical moment, the Soviet army forced a large number of planes to throw a large number of flyers to the Allied troops, and used the method of exaggerating the difficulties to shake the soldiers of Allied officers and soldiers. In addition, the Soviet flanking detour troops and the Marine Corps landed from Aosad, were constantly putting pressure on the two wings. At the critical moment, the Soviet army forced a large number of planes to throw a large number of flyers to the Allied troops, and used the method of exaggerating the difficulties to shake the soldiers of Allied officers and soldiers by exaggerating the difficulties.

Qi. As a result, the Romanian troops in the southern front cluster collapsed first. These frightened birds who had been defeated twice by the Soviet army retreated desperately towards the local direction. Romanian political forces also secretly contacted Moscow and were preparing to unilaterally withdraw from the Allied camp. The 300,000 French teams also began to race against friendly forces, resulting in the very bad retreat order that was originally a very bad weather becoming more chaotic. The main force composed of more than 300,000 British troops and nearly 200,000 American troops was squeezed into a hilly area of ​​less than 150 square kilometers and it was difficult to move. The Allied troops left as a rear guard to resist the Soviet front offensive were less than 80,000, which included as many as 22,000 German volunteers!

The former "vampire" elite, the dark night hunter Eric, is still among these 22,000 German volunteer soldiers. He followed the comrades of the 14th Volunteer Infantry Regiment to hold on to the hills in the northern part of Gerlo for two and a half days. The collapse of friendly forces on both wings forced them to abandon the defenders and retreat. Then a battle was fought on the temporary Fortel defense line. Allied troops lacking tanks and air support were defeated by the Soviet army again. The successive defeats have caused Eric to retreat nearly a hundred kilometers from the defensive position of the first battle. Although it was a side fight.
Chapter completed!