The Third Reich in Desperation

On the other hand, under Reinhardt's precautions, Gestapo's agents inserted in the Polish Navy prevented their transfer operations, so that the Polish Navy could not escape to Britain after the war began as it historically did.Afterwards, these Polish warships naturally entered Raeder's pocket.

All the possessions in the Polish Navy: 4 destroyers, 13 gunboats, 5 submarines, 10 minesweepers, 1 minelayer, 4 training ships, all incorporated into the naval sequence of the German Third Reich.

Before adding the 4 Zeppelin-class aircraft carriers, 1 new battleship, 4 new cruisers, 12 Z-class destroyers that Reinhardt used its own production capacity to supplement Raeder, and whether Raider was in Reinhardt or West When Kurt was a subordinate, he owned 2 old battleships, 3 old cruisers, 7 old destroyers, and a large number of torpedo boats.The actual strength of the current German navy has even surpassed the French navy, which has never been interrupted, and ranks second in Europe, second only to the Royal Navy of the British Empire!

So Raeder is now very comfortable with Reinhardt making a fortune in silence, and fell in love with this method of quickly replenishing and increasing the number of warships by means of capture.After all, relying on Germany's own production capacity, it will take many years to build a bunch of warships.But in the first battle of Poland, the fleet of a country was acquired within a month, and the size of the imperial navy was rapidly expanded.

Not to mention, as long as Denmark is taken as Reinhardt planned, he can get another 30 lightning strike ships, 7 submarines, and 4 coastal defense ships.

How long will it take to take Denmark?It's only a day at most.

How long will it take to build a warship of the same size as the Danish Navy?One month is not enough!

So this is the summary meeting of striving for production capacity and striving for development.From the beginning to the end, Raeder just came here with the mentality of participating in a routine, and he didn't expect any benefits at all.

And Catherine in the air force happened to be a quiet master, and after a few words, she led a group of air force generals to misfire.There are only dozens of high-level generals of the National Defense Forces left, and the quarrel is about to start!

The head of state sitting on the top also has a headache, and the problem can't be solved at all if he keeps arguing like this.

Therefore, Reinhardt started from the most basic and discussed with the Army on the organization of light weapons and infantry companies. Both the Wehrmacht and the SS sent out an infantry company. Configure direction adaptation, then drill.Finally, based on the performance of the exercise and the comprehensive evaluation of the realizability.Once the evaluation is feasible, it will be adapted according to the weapon configuration and mode of the winning side's exercise force.

Of course, it's definitely not okay to rush at anyone with a submachine gun like that.Although the two sides can plan the weapon configuration of the exercise company by themselves, but the outrageous matching method also knows that it will be impossible to realize the specific adaptation in the future.

If the Führer's SS won by relying on its excellent equipment, then the Wehrmacht can use this as a reason to refit with good things according to the model of the SS exercise company.Therefore, in order to be frugal, no matter how thick-skinned the head of state is, it is impossible for the SS to come up with such a thing as a submachine gun.After all, even if he wins in that way, it is impossible for the head of state to use this as the standard for future adaptations.

But at any rate, the army didn't dare to bet on death this time, and the sequelae of the obvious streaking did show up.

However, the head of state still set a lottery - if the SS wins, the weapons for the armed SS, that is, the regular combat troops of the SS, will be further opened up according to the same standards of the Wehrmacht.Regardless of whether the National Defense Force wins or loses, it can optimize the equipment level of the infantry company according to the weapon allocation method formulated by the victor.

Why did the SS grab the loot in the Polish campaign? It's not poor.Although there are some advanced experimental weapons, this is like a dessert, delicious but not filling!On the whole, the SS is still poor. Apart from faith, they lack everything.

Compared with this kind of request, the generals of the Wehrmacht are really afraid that Reinhardt will make another bet on a streaking parade.

Anyway, they also had confidence in their fighting power, and the bet was not unreasonable, so they simply agreed to Reinhardt.

According to Reinhardt and General Bork, who commanded the Northern Army Group in the Polish campaign (General Rundstede, who commanded the Southern Army Group at the time, had been killed and was unwilling to bet with the Führer, so the Wehrmacht had to send Bork General), the participating companies of the SS and the Wehrmacht each had a week to prepare, and a week later, the two sides saw the real chapter in the exercise field.

There is only so much time, and an infantry company was randomly captured from the previous Polish campaign combat unit. Everything is fair, and there is no such thing as veterans abusing new recruits.

Then, an interesting phenomenon happened.

Finland is fighting the Soviet Union, Norway is preparing for war against Britain, but the Germans are still thinking about conducting exercises!

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"Lyon! Our good chance is here!" Bruce shouted excitedly, waving his fists.

After the Battle of Poland, the 7th company led by Lyon performed well in the battle of the Bzura River, promptly supported the besieged 30th Infantry Division, actively obeyed the orders of the 30th Division Commander Hans, and acted as the spearhead of the division's counterattack And became famous in one fell swoop.

After the war, when the 30th Division began to rebuild, the division commander Hans first named the troops to come, which was the 7th Company in Lyon.For this reason, Hans even had a quarrel with Lyon's original teacher.

Now a company under Lyon's command has become the sharp knife company of the 30th Infantry Division Battalion after supplementary training. It is a famous meritorious company of the whole division!

And their first mission when they joined the new unit was a company-level exercise duel between the Wehrmacht and the SS in the suburbs of Berlin a week later.

By drawing lots, the Wehrmacht was the attacking side and the SS was the defending side.

As a company-level unit most valued by Commander Hans, Lyon and the others seem to be a little bit sorry if they can't make the first contribution after joining.

"This is not on the battlefield, can you not be surprised when you speak!" Leon, who was lying on the bed in the dormitory, turned over and gave Bruce a white look: "It's a rare lunch break, just interrupted by you. "

Leon and Bruce have been roommates since they were in the military academy, and now they are assigned to the dormitory of the 30th Division, and the two of them chose the same room again.Of course, Leon is the lieutenant company commander and Bruce is the second lieutenant platoon leader. Both of them can choose the 4-person officer quarters with better conditions.

However, Lyon and Bruce are used to staying with soldiers, so they chose a soldier dormitory with 4 bunk beds in one room.Leon slept on the lower bunk, Bruce chose the upper one.

"Lyon, I heard that the military department is going to select an excellent unit that has participated in the Polish campaign to conduct a confrontation exercise with the SS." Bruce saw Lyon with a smile, and said while rubbing his hands: "It's all spread outside now. , Our division was favored by the military because of its outstanding combat achievements, and was asked to select an elite company to participate in the exercise. And the first thing that Master Hans thought of was our company."

"Well, that's how it is." Leon nodded calmly and said, "The teacher told me about this alone, and I've been thinking about it recently."

"What else are you thinking about!" Bruce grabbed Leon's shoulder and shook violently: "Think about why we usually have such strict training, and think about how much Mr. Hans values ​​us. Are you embarrassed to participate in the exercise and refuse?!"

Raising his hands to pull Bruce's arms away, Leon sighed and said, "It's not a question of embarrassment..."

"Then why didn't you agree on the spot?" Bruce stared at Leon eagerly and said, "We can definitely win this exercise, let everyone see, the reason why our company is called the Sharp Knife Company!"

Facing Bruce's questioning, Leon showed no signs of impatience.On the contrary, he understood Bruce's mood very well at the moment.

This is not because Leon and Bruce have studied together in the military academy for many years, and it is not because they now share a double bunk bed.The reason why he can patiently respond to Bruce's anxious attitude is entirely due to his understanding of Bruce's hard training of the team on weekdays.

Bruce's platoon is the most elite platoon under Lyon's command.Their training intensity, performance in various subjects, and ability to adapt to battles are all recognized as the best by the entire company.

At the beginning of the Polish campaign, Bruce's platoon had always been responsible for the important task of opening the way for the whole company.And in the process of opening the way, the superb quality and vigilance displayed by a row of soldiers are also obvious to all.

Under Bruce's drill, only one gesture is needed, and the soldiers in a row can quickly release their vigilance within a few seconds.With one order, they can raise their guns and fire at any powerful enemy without hesitation.

These are all accomplished by Bruce's ambition and ambition.

Bruce wants to make meritorious service, which Leon has been quite clear and sure since he was in military school.

"Bruce, listen to me." Leon thought for a while, and finally confessed to Bruce: "To be honest, I don't think our people can defeat a company of the SS."

"Why!?" Bruce looked in disbelief.In his impression, Leon is not a coward who builds up the ambitions of others and destroys his own prestige.

After getting dressed and getting out of bed, Leon stood in front of Bruce seriously and explained: "Bruce, your first row is well-trained. Even if you call it super elite, I don't think it's an exaggeration."

Patting Bruce on the shoulder, Leon lowered his voice and said, "However, not every platoon of ours has undergone your super-intensive training like yours. Although I also think that the other two platoons have trained well, but you You can’t think of them all as your platoon. In terms of combat effectiveness, I believe they are no match for the platoon.”

In Lyon's words, while explaining the reasons for his worries, he also praised Bruce's well-trained and well-trained troops in disguise.After hearing this, Bruce's face really looked better.

"Are you worried that the other two platoons are not strong enough to fight, so you didn't agree?" When Bruce said this, he was obviously much calmer than before.

"You can't say that," Leon shook his head, and continued to explain: "I didn't say that our second and third platoons' combat effectiveness is not high, it's just that they haven't undergone perverted training like your first platoon, so they are average at best. The main force is not super elite."

"Tch, you are still so good at talking, no one wants to offend you." Bruce smiled, and recalled: "It's still the same as when you were in the military academy."

"Of course, there's no benefit in saying bad things behind your back." Leon also smiled happily, then looked at Bruce who had calmed down and said, "Then again, I'm actually quite optimistic about our company's combat effectiveness. It's just that the party The guards are also famous super elites in the empire, and I still don't know what to do when I think of fighting them."

"What's the matter, anyway, an exercise is not an actual battle, and you won't die if you lose." Bruce encouraged Leon: "We are the elite of the Wehrmacht, and the SS is the elite of the Empire. Under the premise of the premise, use a duel to test the extent of our strength. As a soldier, isn't this a peak duel that you dream of? Besides, after so many years..."

In the end, Leon was unable to turn around the persistent Bruce, and agreed to his comrade-in-arms' proposal.

Looking at Bruce who finally left contentedly, Leon, who knew the inside story of the exercise, could only silently smile bitterly.

Bruce, this exercise is not as fair as you make it out to be.The National Defense Forces were not careless in this exercise. They had already tried to coerce and lure them to obtain a batch of semi-automatic rifles from Mauser, and planned to replace the 98k rifles in our company's original infantry squad during the exercise.

If it were placed 20 years ago, the generals of the Wehrmacht would never have thought of such a small means without glory.But now... the whole fuck was spoiled by that bastard Reinhardt!

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