Leon stared nervously at his watch, which was spinning every second, and the muscles on his face were tense to the extreme.
As a company commander of the German Wehrmacht, he and the 7th Infantry Company under his command have been deployed on the German-Polish border. Prior to this, their orders had been to build the "Eastern Barrier" and were responsible for guarding a certain area.
, rotate down to train one category.
All the officers and soldiers of the 7th Company believed that their mission was only to defend and put pressure on the Polish government. And Lyon himself believed that Germany would not send troops to Poland.
It's not that Leon is confident about how smart he is. The basis for his judgment is entirely based on the inertial thinking formed in recent years.
When Germany marched into the Rhineland, annexed Austria, accepted Czechoslovakia, and took over Hungary, at which time did Germany really open fire? Didn't they always deploy troops to suppress it first, and then achieve their goals naturally?
What's more, this time the head of state only focused on the small Danzig Corridor, which was almost insignificant compared to the land area obtained when Austria, Hungary, and Czechoslavia were merged.
In the eyes of a young officer like Lyon, as long as the leaders of the Polish government have some brains, a better attitude, and return the Danzig Corridor to Germany, this matter can probably be resolved peacefully.
After that, the Soviet Union and Poland fought fiercely, which made Lyon even more happy. Now that Poland has already fought with the Soviet Union, it is impossible for Poland to dare to cause trouble with Germany.
Lyon is a small person. He never thinks about big things. He only knows to pay attention to the news in front of him. For example, the war between Poland and the Soviet Union, in his opinion, is a good opportunity for Germany to sit back and watch the fight. As a person
From the perspective of a small person, isn't it the most enjoyable thing in the world to watch others fight?
Unfortunately, it backfired. The head of state issued an order today, requiring the German troops on the Eastern Front to cross the border after midnight according to the established plan to retaliate against the Polish invaders who took the initiative to attack Germany.
Lyon didn't know why the Poles would take the initiative to attack Germany at this time. Aren't they afraid of fighting on two fronts?
However, the newspaper has already published a photo of a group of Polish soldiers who occupied a German radio station on the Polish-German border and were later shot dead. I heard that they also cursed the German government in Polish on the radio and announced that
Polish invasion of Germany.
"These Polish idiots!" Lyon cursed a few times. Their attitude of not returning the Danzig Corridor has been criticized domestically for a while. Now they dare to invade Germany shamelessly! Poland's
Are leaders out of their minds?
At the same time, they were at war with two powerful countries, the Soviet Union and Germany. Even a little guy like Lyon could guess the outcome, but the Polish government didn't know it!
No one questioned whether this inexplicable "Polish invasion" was real, at least no one in Germany raised any doubts. Reinhardt successfully used public opinion to inflame the emotions of the people across the country and let the angry people pay all their attention.
Regarding how to retaliate, the Social Workers Newspaper Office generated twice as many newspapers as usual in one day, and published articles full of righteous words of condemnation.
Germany has been bullied for too long. Britain bullied, France bullied, and now even Poland, which is in the middle of a war and has no time to take care of itself, has not forgotten to invade Germany. This is okay!
00:01
"Company Commander, midnight has just passed, and it is impossible to take back the order. In other words, there are still 9 minutes left, and we will participate in a real war!" The speaker was a platoon commander under Lyon named Bruce. He and Lyon
They are all young officers who graduated from local military academies. They have never seen a real war, and they are all in the same extremely nervous mood at the moment.
Nodding, Leon took a deep breath and said: "More than ten years ago, when I was a child, I always envied the seniors who defeated the French invaders in the Ruhr. Unexpectedly, now I also have the opportunity to go into battle and kill the enemy.
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After saying that, Lyon looked at his watch again - 00:05, and Germany would go to war with Poland in 5 minutes!
The more nervous people are, the easier it is for people to think of things from the past. A few minutes before launching the attack, an experience he had when he was a child suddenly popped into Leon's mind.
It was the first day when the Franco-Belgian forces invaded the Ruhr area of Germany. Because it was the weekend, Lyon, who was in school, happened to be at home that day.
In my memory, my father smoked non-stop that day. After finishing one cigarette, he quickly lit up another one. Soon, the whole room was filled with a choking smell of cigarette smoke.
It is precisely for this reason that Lyon hated cigarettes from that day on and thought that he would never smoke in his life.
But later, after the nascent SS won the battle, his happy father began to smoke one cigarette after another. The young Leon was surprised by this for a while. His father smoked even when he was sad and happy.
.Isn’t it a matter of losing your mind?
Later, Leon also learned to smoke. On the first day he joined the army, Bruce, who was in the same dormitory with him, kept encouraging him to smoke. Originally he didn't want to smoke, but he heard that now every person in the army has a monthly salary.
Everyone can get a free "Flying Fish" cigarette produced by Rhine Company. If you don't smoke, it's nothing. In line with the principle of not wasting, Lyon simply chooses to sell the "Flying Fish" cigarettes that are distributed every month.
Yes, contrary to the historical fact that the German government did not advocate smoking among military personnel, Reinhardt not only did not object, but actually sold the cigarettes himself. He imported tobacco leaves of good quality from Turkey and then processed and produced "Flying Fish" cigarettes himself.
The remaining tobacco leaf scraps from the production of Feiyu cigarettes are used to add some fillers to produce "Qingyang" low-quality cigarettes, which are used as rewards for labor reform prisoners in the Labor and Construction Corps.
Regardless of the low quality of these cigarettes, for those reform-through-labor prisoners who can only receive food to satisfy their hunger all year round, such cheap cigarettes can actually mobilize their considerable enthusiasm for production. After all, under the premise of a fixed environment, human pursuits are limited.
It will become how to make your life as good as possible in the present. This is especially true for savvy Jews.
Of course, popularizing cigarettes may be a very evil thing in peacetime. But in wartime, it would be even more stupid to restrict smoking among soldiers like Hitler did in history.
Imagine that in the years of heavy artillery fire, soldiers were in danger. The brothers who are alive today may only be corpses tomorrow. At this time, someone told them to be careful about lung cancer and take care of their health. Isn't it a joke?
Besides, bullets are flying on the battlefield, bloodstains and mud are mixed in the trenches, and the fighting is day and night. For many soldiers, the only thing that can soothe their nerves and temporarily forget the tragic reality is a cigarette in their hand.
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It would be truly irresponsible to not leave even this little comfort to the soldiers!
In his memory, Leon took out another Feiyu cigarette and prepared to light it. The moment he raised his hand to light the cigarette, the numbers on his watch were clearly visible - 00:09:30, half a minute left, and the war would begin.