Imperial Overlord

It is already dawn, and although the straight-line distance from the airport is not long, it is not easy to launch an attack.

What's more, the number of German paratroopers near the church is only a small number of less than 200 people. Attacking the airport is definitely a decision made by the University.

However, neither Lehmann nor Borol thought there was anything wrong with this order. They took it for granted that they should attack, and that was the German paratroopers.

The British army deployed a lot of troops near the airport, adding up to at least one battalion of more than 500 people. If you include the ground staff at the airport and the Greek officers and soldiers and American pilots temporarily stationed here, the total number exceeds 1,000.

In the face of five times the force, the German paratroopers still did not flinch. In other words, these German paratroopers who attacked the airport did not know how many people there were in the airport.

"There are machine gun bunkers around, and the firepower is very reasonable." He bowed back to the back of the mound, and the soldiers in charge of the investigation brought back the news of the British army near the airport.

"In the area where we are located, there are about three machine gun positions that cover each other and rifle cover, so the position is very tricky." At the same time as he spoke, he simply outlined the composition of the British army positions on white paper.

This is an important reason why the German Wehrmacht was able to sweep across the world's military teams in the early days of the war. The quality of individual soldiers is generally very high.

Inherited from the 100,000 elites of the German Wehrmacht, after several expansions, the officer selection system is still efficient. At this moment, the German army has reached the peak of the balance between the quality and quantity of the army.

Going forward, with the expansion of the army, the quality of individual soldiers will decline significantly. Although the quality of the army was high before, it was not enough in quantity.

Don't underestimate the seemingly inconspicuous detail of the quality of soldiers. This is definitely an important reason why the mobilization ability and war potential of a modern country are very terrible.

A random college student who only needs two weeks of training to become familiar with the use of firearms and learn some drill skills can become a soldier who can barely use it.

Don't underestimate these trivial things, such as cleaning and disassembling weapons, distinguishing the type of ammunition, distinguishing the situation on the battlefield, judging the number of enemy troops, and using high-tech weapons. in the mind.

As long as the military stipulates, students under the modern education system can completely obey the command and simply judge the basic conditions such as distance and height.

In an old society where people were generally illiterate, it would be a huge project to teach the illiterate to distinguish the types of bullets, to teach them to clean weapons, and to obey discipline.

Therefore, the Third Reich, with a population of only 80 million, was able to mobilize 10 million troops in World War II, and at least 7 million of them were available.

However, in the face of Japan's invasion, China at that time had a population base of 400 million, but it could only win the game with 30 million casualties and casualties.

The difference in playing like this is really embarrassing. Today, once the war begins, our country's ocean-like organization of talents and workers will be mobilized, and the arms produced in one day will exceed Japan's production in one month.

Therefore, when the German soldiers easily sketched the flatness of the enemy's trenches on a piece of white paper, and added their own analysis, the decision-making of the commanders was easy.

You must know that the backbone of this army is the 100,000 National Defense Forces that the old General Sickert personally selected one by one.

In the National Defense Forces at that time, every soldier was a treasure, and every soldier had to have his own specialties. Commanding and dispatching radios, or military logistics maintenance workers, everyone must choose one and learn to be proficient.

In that era, the Germans were carrying heavy Maxim machine guns for exercise. When a platoon leader called for reinforcements, what he called was that a certain battalion was attacked by the enemy.

Now, right now, the skeleton of this army is the elite of those elites back then. And the flesh and blood of this army are millions of well-educated young people.

Speaking of which, I have to mention the German Wehrmacht, plus the rank system of the German SS that is embarrassing and exudes the brilliance of German characteristics.

To know how much the Germans like complicated things, take a look at the complicated rank system of the German army and you can get a glimpse of it.

Just like the complex running mechanism of the criticized Tiger tank, the German military rank system can also be said to be the most complex professional soldier rating system in the world.

How complicated is it? Just soldiers, there are theoretically 5 different levels under 15 different arms classifications.

These 5 levels are soldier, superior soldier, exempt soldier, superior exempt soldier and staff exempt soldier. Listen to this name, is there a feeling of "I don't read enough, don't lie to me"?

In fact, many countries have such complicated settings. For example, the first class, the second class, and the private have such alternative names. Is Germany the only one?

But the weirder thing about the Germans is that the classification of senior soldiers is not a promotion option in the strict sense of "soldier". Senior soldiers and exempt soldiers are two different choices.

To put it bluntly, after one year in the army, if the ability is good, the German soldiers will be promoted to exempt soldiers, and if the ability is not good, they can only be senior soldiers when they retire.

Therefore, here is a very interesting result: in the German ** team, the combat effectiveness of the so-called superior soldiers is not necessarily higher than the military rank of "soldier".

Therefore, it is an incorrect statement to simply use the privates and privates of other countries to distinguish the relationship between the two.

It is precisely because the two could not essentially distinguish between good and bad before, and there is no affiliation at the administrative level, so it is not accurate to use the distinction between Master Chief and Master Sergeant.

What is even more interesting is that when the Chinese translators used the German military rank to translate, they finally translated the exempted soldier rank, which was not an officer, into a corporal officer with command.

This is a very interesting mistake, and this mistake directly led to a well-known misunderstanding that Hitler actually translated into Corporal in translation.

In other words, the great Führer Hitler's actual rank in the German army was an exempt soldier rather than a so-called "corporal".

It is no wonder that the Junkers nobles and the army did not take the Führer seriously. In fact, Hitler was not a lower-ranking officer at all, but a "soldier" who had not yet made it out.

Such a chaotic military rank system, coupled with the traditions of the aristocratic officer corps, led to a large number of military ranks that could not be found in foreign countries, and were born in such a confused manner.

For example, sergeant Wu Jiansui, officers and cadets listening to the ranks that make people suspect that they have gone to the wrong studio, definitely makes people feel an inexplicable despair.

From the point of view of the German rank system, it is not as easy to find a similar reference for comparison, and it is easier for people to understand.

And the various rules and regulations are really confusing: the higher-level soldiers are paid more than the soldiers, but there is no hope of promotion; the staff exempt soldiers are more similar to quartermasters than elite infantry.

The ranks of the German army are still so chaotic, it is no wonder that these complex monsters have made it difficult to see the weapon models and logistics supplies.

Looking at the nation of Germany from such tiny details, it is definitely a "great nation" that uses rigorous classification and tireless refinement and differentiation to drive its own people to death.

"The machine gun positions on the flanks, I wonder if there will be machine guns on the flanks."

It is obviously impossible for the other side to surround the airport with machine gun positions. Therefore, such a machine gun cover position should not have its own flanks.

On the other hand, the terrain on the flank does not allow other machine gun positions to be set up. It is very empty and cannot hide so many British soldiers.

Come to think of it, the small highland next to this airport is the key defense area of ​​the United Kingdom. As long as you get through here, it will be much easier to get into the machine gun from behind.

"Anyway, it's always good to make a detour on the two flanks. Act as planned! When the troops on the left flank have attracted the other's firepower, we will attack here." The company commander quickly made his decision.

He now has only a miserable 40 soldiers in his hands, about the same number as his platoon commander before the jump.

Just 100 meters from the flank of the hillside where the German paratrooper company commander was, Lehmann was lying in the grass, feeling the unfriendly coldness of the land at the end of November.

Although the Mediterranean Sea is known as spring in all seasons~www.wuxiaspot.com~, it is already November, how can it be as warm as the Mediterranean Sea in July?

And it is still early in the morning. On the slightly dry grass, there is still a little dew on it. It is so refreshing.

Because there was a bush blocking the line of sight and some obstructions, when the German paratroopers touched it, the British defenders did not find it at all.

However, after several hours of reaction time, it was obvious that the defense force had been strengthened near the airport, and the British soldiers had also been deployed in the trenches.

Now to attack the airport, we can only rely on the frontal attack. Taking this airfield and allowing subsequent German paratroopers to land on the island is one of the most important tasks for the paratroopers.

This morning there will be German Army landings on the beach and Italian battleships at sea for a really massive attack that will begin in a few hours.

However, at this moment, the paratroopers can only rely on themselves, fighting in the enemy's core area, paralyzing the enemy's command, occupying important facilities, and winning the initiative in the war. (.)