The decisive battle against the Third Reich

The transport plane first flew to Paris, filled up with fuel, and then flew to Germany.

This made the soldiers on the plane excited, and from time to time someone shouted excitedly: "Look, that's Neufelden, my hometown!"

“That’s Meisenheim, I worked there!”

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"Captain!" Then the soldiers shouted to Qinchuan: "Frankfurt, Frankfurt is down there!"

Qin Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he had arrived at his "hometown", so he turned his head and looked down. The densely packed houses were looming in the smoke, and the chimneys towering toward the sky were constantly spitting out. Thick black smoke... Frankfurt am Main is the fifth largest city in Germany. Due to its convenient transportation, it has become one of the important industrial cities in Germany. At this time, the people on the ground are probably working nervously, contributing to Germany's distribution in other countries. The army produces the weapons, equipment and supplies they need.

"Captain, have you seen where your home is?" Werner asked.

"Uh-huh!" Qin Chuan replied: "What you see in the sky is a little different from what you see on the ground!"

"Yes!" Dominic replied: "I couldn't find the location of my home either!"

"It's a pity that they didn't equip us with parachutes!" Qin Chuan said, "Otherwise I should invite you down for a drink!"

The soldiers burst into laughter.

Qin Chuan was thinking that if he really went down, he would be embarrassed if he couldn't find his home. Fortunately, he didn't have to worry about this problem.

The transport plane continued to fly northeast. At this time, everyone arrived and it was a little cold. The temperature in Germany was different from that in North Africa. The soldiers were still wearing the African uniforms of the Afrika Korps.

But the problem was soon resolved.

Planes landed in Berlin one after another. It was snowing lightly in the sky. Although the soldiers were shivering from the cold, they couldn't help but cheered after getting off the plane.

"This is Germany, we are back!"

"We can go home, man, it's unbelievable, we're in Berlin!"

"Look, it's snow! It's so beautiful here!"

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Qin Chuan could understand their feelings. They had been under huge pressure from the war abroad for a long time. They did not expect to be able to suddenly return to their homeland. Although it may be far away from their hometown, it is actually more painful to be close. The soldiers were from Berlin. They tried to ask for leave to go back and have a look, but they failed in the end.

"Quiet, soldiers!" A major shouted to the team with a loudspeaker: "Now, line up and enter the house on the east side. You have five minutes to take a shower and then collect your equipment!"

The team first gathered together, and then entered the house on the east side of the airport in company units. There were hundreds of open shower rooms in the house. The order they received was to take off their clothes and stand under the nozzle, and then take the heat of the steam. The water was sprinkled on the naked soldiers.

Qin Chuan couldn't remember how long it had been since he had taken a hot bath, especially after being frozen for several hours on the plane. When the hot water was poured down, almost everyone couldn't help but scream in pleasure.

Unfortunately, the time was only five minutes, and then the soldiers were each given a set of winter clothes to change into according to their military rank.

The equipment should be said to be very sophisticated. In addition to the cotton coat required for winter clothing, the helmet is covered with a special camouflage helmet cloth, and the helmet is lined with a woolen hat, leather boots, leather gloves, and a special cloak, all in gray and white. of.

At this time, the soldiers' eyes showed some fear, and Qin Chuan heard someone whispering:

"Why do they dress us up like this?"

"Who knows? Maybe this is what military uniforms look like now!"

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The soldiers are still lying to themselves. They actually know in their hearts that these are disguises needed for frontline operations. In other words, they will soon be on the frontline again.

Then, the soldiers were led to arrange dormitories with many bunk beds, and received brand-new equipment according to the original configuration... This made the soldiers more determined to go to the front line, because everyone knew that in Berlin It is relatively easy to obtain weapons, but it is very difficult to change equipment on the front line. Therefore, when troops go to the front line and may stay on the front line for a long time, the entire unit will often be replaced with a batch of new equipment.

As a result, the atmosphere quickly became oppressive and dull.

Qin Chuan didn't know what to say to the soldiers, because even he couldn't bear it.

"Captain!" At this time, the correspondent reported to Qin Chuan: "The colonel informed you to go to a meeting!"

Qin Chuan responded, casually put the rifle aside and followed the correspondent out of the dormitory.

The conference room was in a room next to the dormitory, with a long table in the middle. Officers from the First Infantry Regiment walked in one after another and took their seats.

Colonel Slain said with a straight face: "Maybe you have guessed where we are going, yes, we are going to the Soviet Union!"

The German officers sat upright and did not speak. This may be said to be a silent protest.

"I know!" Colonel Slaine said, "This is difficult for us. More than a year without a vacation in North Africa may not be a big deal, because many troops are like us. They are in Poland, France, etc., without a vacation. Several troops can get holidays, we don't have enough troops like the British and Americans."

"Colonel!" Bazel said: "This may not be difficult, but we are a force accustomed to fighting under the scorching sun in North Africa, and now suddenly the Soviet Union, which is dozens of degrees below zero to our north..."

"This is what I want to say, Major!" Colonel Slain said: "This is our difficulty, but we have to do it, because our army was defeated in Moscow, and more than one million Soviet troops are Chasing them... Those are more than 100 divisions that account for 70% of our German troops. Do you know what this means? If we can't hold our ground to block their attack, we are finished, do you understand? "

Colonel Slaine punched the table hard and couldn't help but cursed: "These idiots!"

After walking back and forth in front of the table a few times, Colonel Slain stopped and said: "Now, tell me, are you still thinking about taking a vacation? Are you still thinking about going home? Are you still thinking about complaining that they will leave us? The Soviet Union?"

There was silence in the conference room. After a while, someone answered: "No, Colonel, let us go!"

"Yes, let's go! Otherwise, we can only sit at home and wait for death!"

"Let's go show the Soviets how awesome they are!"

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Qin Chuan knew that this would be the result. It was easy for German soldiers to think about their loved ones, and it was the same for those soldiers.