Imperial Overlord
: Newspapers on train 304
The border between the Soviet Union and Germany became more tense as Italy declared war on Yugoslavia and Greece, regardless of the diplomatic situation.
The tense atmosphere spread to the whole occupied area of Poland, and even part of the eastern part of Germany was under martial law.
One train after another, set off from various regions of Germany on time, carrying a variety of military supplies, and headed for the Soviet-German border area.
Some trains have quilts and tents, and some have military uniforms and daily necessities such as lunch boxes. Millions of troops are assembled on the frontier, and the daily expense is enormous.
Including toothpaste and shaving cream, cigarettes and soap, candy and alcohol, have become hot consumables, occupying the precious railway capacity every day.
Never underestimate the variety of materials consumed by a unit. Even the wood, paint, nails and white paper are needed by the front-line troops.
Winter is just around the corner, and the Wehrmacht has prepared temporary white smocks over grey-green uniforms for troops on the front lines. As many as a million sets of these smocks were shipped to the front in piles.
Standing on the busy train station platform, Wittmann blankly looked at the busy engineers around him, fixing a tank with an amazing tonnage to the flatbed wagon.
The Leopard tank was designed with full reference to the bearing capacity of road bridges. The 41-ton self-weight is only 5 tons more than the 36-ton maximum weight required by most bridges. It can pass after slightly strengthening the bridge.
This kind of passability has been criticized by the German engineers, but it is much stronger than the Tiger tanks in history.
Of course, there is no comparison now, and everyone is still complaining. Wittmann heard the engineer soldiers not far away, complaining while fixing the Panther tank in front of him.
In the busy station, there were ordinary infantry soldiers carrying luggage and waiting to get on the bus. These soldiers looked curiously at the side of the flatbed wagon through the railing, as if they wanted to see what the canvas covered tank looked like.
Unfortunately, because of the heavy canvas covering, these infantrymen could not see anything but the wide tracks.
The platform where Wittmann was on was not crowded because it was a platform dedicated to equipment. He inserted his big fingers into his armed belt, as if pinching his waist, waiting for the order to get into the car.
The train is about to leave, and the last tank has been loaded onto the deck. On the platform on the other side, the infantrymen all got on the train, and the originally crowded platform was almost empty at once.
In order to facilitate transportation and simple management, soldiers will not distribute weapons during the process of rushing to the front line by train.
Their weapons and other equipment must be collected at the front line. These soldiers were crowded in the carriage, talking and laughing, and they didn't look like they were going to the front line at all.
A railway guard with a crescent-shaped chest badge on his chest came over and handed a record to the 1st company commander beside Wittmann, indicating that all these heavy equipment had been loaded at this small station.
The soldiers of Wittmann's company all came to this small station by train from Berlin. Naturally, their tanks were left in the training camp area on the outskirts of Berlin.
They were instructed to come here to receive new equipment, which they then reported to the 1st Armored Division with.
This 1st Panzer Division is the famous Waffen SS 1st Panzer Division Adolf Hitler's Guard Banner Panzer Division!
With Li Le's intervention, the unit, which was originally expanded into an armored infantry division, has now received the latest tanks and has become a veritable armored division.
Now, the transformation of this armored division has not been completed. It only has a vehicle supply battalion that has just been put in place, and a division headquarters composed of armored vehicles and vehicles.
And now, Wittmann's tank company, responsible for escorting 45 new Leopard tanks to the front line, is the first batch of real tanks received by this armored division.
Obviously, the 1st SS Panzer Division, which received a sufficient number of Panther tanks, would become the most effective armored force on the Eastern Front.
"Please sign! We need to make a record." The railway guard handed the 1st company commander a pen, pointed to the location of the signature on the record, and said.
The company commander of the 1st Company saw that his equipment was loaded onto the train just now, nodded with satisfaction, and signed his name on the record.
After he signed his name, he lifted his legs and walked to the carriage specially prepared for them. It's a little more spacious than the infantry carriages up front, at least it's less crowded.
Wittmann followed behind the company commander, stepping on a ladder on the train that was at least thirty centimeters higher than the platform, and got into the wooden carriage.
Looking at the seat made of wooden boards, the paint has been worn off due to frequent use, revealing the true color of the wood inside.
Although the decoration in the train car is not good, it is clean and tidy and there is no possibility of mess. There is nothing to move here.
Wittmann, who got into the car, sat in the seat that belonged to him, and sat opposite the commander of another tank.
The other members of the crew are in the further back cars, they don't have this kind of treatment, and the conditions are much more crowded than here.
Soon, several railway guards from the small station came up with some boxes, and then stacked these boxes in the narrow corridor, making it even narrower.
"I'm sorry, this is a gas mask to be sent to Poland." The leading railway soldier had an apologetic smile on his face and explained: "No way, the transportation capacity is tight."
As he spoke, the railway soldiers behind lifted more boxes and built a one-meter-high "wall" on the aisle.
Looking at the goods that came up on a temporary ride, Wittman took out a newspaper folded into a square from his pocket and unfolded it to start reading the contents on it.
This newspaper was bought from outside the station, and there were only a few thin sheets. The above content is also very confusing. It is nothing more than another victory in the bombing of Britain and another victory in North Africa.
Regarding the tense eastern front and the Balkans that have been fighting, this newspaper is silent about the rhythm.
Announcement of good news but not bad news, Goebbels, as the Minister of Propaganda of Germany, simply hit the public opinion war to the extreme. If you only read newspapers, maybe Germany is now the happiest country in the world.
Right below the first edition, the only thing that made Wittmann feel that there was still some content was a report on increasing agricultural production.
The above content is that the agricultural sector, at the request of the head of state, will start next month, that is, on November 1, to increase the amount of food distribution per capita.
The improvement is not large, or even very small. But this is the first time the food rationing quota has been increased since the wartime food rationing system was implemented in Germany.
Moreover, as mentioned above, according to the regulations related to the subsidy for joining the military during wartime, the family members of the military have a larger share of the increase, and they can get about two more potatoes every day.
The people in the family should be able to eat more full after this ration increase, right? Wittmann thought so.
Be aware that there is not enough arable land in Germany. After Hitler came to power, he even launched the German version of the "vegetable basket project".
The National Socialists campaigned vigorously to encourage all families to convert their gardens and other land into arable land to grow vegetables.
Even so, in fact, Germany's agricultural products have always been in a state of slight shortage. It provides less food rations to other occupied territories, which is one of the main contradictions of occupied territories.
Under such circumstances, any soft-hearted policy brewed by Li Le cannot be carried out in the occupied areas such as Denmark and France. Substances cannot be changed out of thin air. Where do you want to show your favor for food and medicine?
The train spewed steam, which filled the platform of the small station. The train sounded its whistle, and then slowly began to move forward.
Wittman looked through the window and saw Xiao Zhan kept retreating outside the window. Soon, the platform disappeared, and what flashed past the window was the wooden fence used to separate the rails.
The sound of the train wheels hitting the gap between the rails echoed monotonously in my ears. The fence outside the window soon disappeared, and then there were vast fields and houses in the distance.
In the fields being harvested, the cultivators are busy, and by the end of October, most of the land in Europe has been harvested.
If you just look here, the whole world seems to be a better place. The war is very far away from here, and in the quiet fields, there are quiet and peaceful scenes everywhere.
Everything here is far from the hustle and bustle. Wittmann even saw God, forgetting the newspaper he was holding.
The company commander beside him looked at Wittmann, then took the newspaper from Wittmann's hand, and opened it at www.uukanshu.com.
The newspaper in Wittmann's hand was taken away, and he came back to his senses. However, seeing that his company commander was flipping through the newspaper, he continued to turn his head to look at the busy farming scene outside the window.
The second page of the paper was a blurry photo of a U-boat riding the waves in the Atlantic Ocean.
The headline of the news is very eye-catching "The U-47 submarine set another record, sunk a 30,000-ton transport ship and returned home successfully! 》
I don't know if it's because of limited photography skills or because of the need for secrecy. The submarine was indistinct, and the people standing on it could not see the number.
However, the company commander of the 1st Company, who is very sensitive to the unit of tons, exclaimed in admiration: "Look! This captain named Prien is too powerful... Our tank only weighs dozens of tons!"
The words of the company commander of the 1st company aroused some sighs from the commanders. Some people took out their cigarettes and began to puff, and the car suddenly filled with smoke.
The train was still rocking, making a monotonous noise. Wittmann continued to stare at the receding fields outside the window.
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