Lengerheimer was commanding a tank patrol in the port of Pronay. In his hand, he was holding a copy of the latest social work newspaper - "The Supreme Command takes over as the supreme command organization of the three armed forces."
In the social work newspaper, Lengelheimer learned that a group of weak-willed Junker officers had accepted large amounts of bribes from British spies in an attempt to hinder the frontline troops from pursuing the British and French allied forces.
Judging from the previous "stop advancing" orders received by the frontline troops, the plan of these Junkers traitors had almost succeeded. Guderian's armored forces were abruptly stopped, allowing the British and French to be defeated and had a short respite for a day or so.
Fortunately, it was discovered in time. The Führer had mobilized the Berlin garrison overnight, as well as the officers and soldiers of the SS Führer Division, to wipe out this small group of bad apples. According to newspaper reports, 13 families with Junker aristocratic background were affected.
They were surrendered to the SS. All their property was confiscated and made state-owned, and their children were sent to labor camps in Poland to undergo labor reform.
The newspaper also said that because he had been deceived by traitors and felt ashamed of his country, the former Army Commander-in-Chief voluntarily resigned from the post of Army Commander-in-Chief, and Dai Zui took over as Army Chief of Staff.
Manstein, the original Army Chief of Staff, was temporarily appointed commander of an armored corps under construction.
Before the formation of this new armored corps is completed, Manstein will remain at the Army General Staff to assist Brachitch and hand over the work.
The rest of the newspaper was filled with a lot of praise for the president's prompt decision and brilliance. It was all nonsense, and Lengerheimer didn't bother to read it.
Putting away the newspaper, he opened the top cover of the tank, took out his binoculars and looked at the sea to relax and sort out his somewhat confused thoughts.
Lengerheimer didn't know how much of what was said in the social worker newspaper was true and how much was fiction. Of course, these were not issues that an officer of his level needed to worry about.
However, from this newspaper, he can at least confirm one thing, that is, the armored forces will continue to advance. This torrent of steel that has been stopped will soon start flowing again!
He also wants to find a chance to take a photo at the Eiffel Tower in Paris to commemorate it! Maybe, he will also have the opportunity to appear on the publicity page of the Social Work News because this photo is so handsome...
"Company commander?" The tank driver's voice pulled Lengerheimer out of his reverie: "Are you in a daze? We are still on patrol, so we should remain vigilant."
"..." Lengelheimer, who had been educated by his subordinates, put down the telescope, turned around and said loudly: "I still need you to remind me, of course I know that I should stay vigilant. That was a test for me just now.
You guys, see if you can find out that I'm pretending to be in a daze."
"This..." The driver was rendered speechless by the shamelessness of Lengelheimer, the company commander and vehicle commander.
With such a commander in front of him, what else could he say?!
"Ahem!" After coughing twice, Lengerheimer picked up the telescope again and looked into the distance: "Okay, you performed well and passed my test. It's not in vain that we deliberately pretended to be in a daze to test you.
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Hearing that Lengerheimer was still talking nonsense in a serious manner, several crew members were dumbfounded and simply didn't bother to talk to him, and invariably remained silent.
"You all don't speak..." Lengerheimer, who discovered this, said, "It's so embarrassing."
Still no one paid attention to him.
"Okay, okay, you win. I admit, I was indeed careless just now..." Lengheimer finally couldn't help but feel discouraged and was about to admit that he was in a daze during the patrol.
However, before he could say anything, Lengerheimer made a surprising discovery that immediately stopped his chat.
"British battleship!" Lengerheim suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs.
British battleship?! The other three crew members, who had been looking relaxed and waiting to see Lengerheimer's joke and listen to him pull back and admit his mistake, were suddenly frightened by the commander's roar.
When a tank meets a battleship, it is equivalent to a snail meeting a scalper in terms of tonnage. Others can trample it with just one kick!
"They said they didn't notice us. Do you want me to turn around and go back immediately..." the driver reminded Lengerheimer again. He didn't want the commander to be in a daze again at this time. If he was delayed enough to escape,
Time has become a big deal.
"No!" Lengerheimer was not in a daze this time. Instead, he reacted quickly and firmly ordered: "Taking advantage of the night, we have now entered the distance where both sides can shoot at each other. For those of us with shorter ranges,
For me, this is an opportunity! And if we are discovered by them while escaping, we may still be within their shooting range, but they will be out of our shooting range. At that time, we really have no chance."
This guy, he wouldn't want us to fire on a British warship, right?! The gunner in Lengerheimer's crew thought with a surprised look on his face.
"Let's fire on this battleship!" Lengerheimer, who was holding a telescope, yelled coaxingly: "I can see clearly, that's the Union Jack, a British battleship. We can't let it get away!"
What are you afraid of? Why do we have the ability to run away with a tank and not let someone else's warship escape?!
We should thank God if others let us run away!
The three crew members stared at Lengerheimer in astonishment. They wanted to find out, wasn't the captain reading the encouraging propaganda in the social worker's newspaper every day and going crazy, right?!
The heroic deeds publicized in the social work newspapers almost described the German army as the reincarnation of Superman.
These propaganda stories are fine to fool ordinary people who have never been on the battlefield, but if they are seen by soldiers who have experienced the cruelty of the battlefield, they have countless flaws.
Putting aside what I have seen before, are the Poles "really stupid enough to use cavalry to kill tanks?"
Let me just say that I saw that report a few days ago. The Social Work News commented on why the French Foreign Legion is always the most authentic unit in the entire French army?
I remember the reason mentioned in the comments at the time was that the French Foreign Legion was all composed of foreigners, so they generally did not surrender. If the French were mixed in, they would probably surrender after firing two shots.
Although the French surrendered quickly, they did not surrender just after firing two shots. If fighting was really that easy, wouldn't they have joined forces in Paris long ago?
"Company commander...really want to fire?" Lengerheimer's gunner couldn't help but say more: "Once we are exposed by firing, it will be too late to escape."
"Escape? Why are we escaping?" Lengelheimer put down the telescope, sat back in the tank, closed the roof and said: "Didn't you open the previous issues of the Social Work News? Our planes were sunk in Norway.
We passed a British battleship and made the headlines. If we can sink a battleship today, we should be the first tank crew to sink a battleship and make the headlines of the social worker newspaper!"
It’s over. The bus captain was really dumbfounded by reading the social worker’s newspaper.
Whoever makes him a commander, let him go crazy for a while.
Besides, if it succeeds, it seems to be something very exciting and proud of.