.The Third Reich under the Ten Thousand Characters  Volume 5: Battle of Britain   

The strong wind blew, lifting up the curtains of the tent, and the wind blew into the tent. The marching oil lamp dimmed for a moment, then it lit up again. The wind blew a piece of letter paper placed on the ammunition box, and a gentle sound was heard. The letter paper floated above a camp bed on the left side of the tent. It was soothed by the wind and unwilling to fall.

A corporal from the army bed was lying on the camp bed. He seemed to be dreaming, his face was filled with a happy dream. The wind passed, and the letter paper fell on the sergeant's face. He woke up from the dream and reached out to grab the letter paper. The palms that were about to pinch the letter paper into a ball suddenly relaxed. With a shout, Sergeant Huo's hands supported the edge of the camp bed and sat up, and then put his right hand holding the letter paper in front of him...

"Whose letter?"

The name of the corporal is Borghen. He is a veteran who participated in the Battle of Poland, but he is not old at all. He is very young and is only 22 years old, but he has served for four years.

Borghn then looked at the dim light. The person who was urging the letter was dear Yaghman... Seeing the name Yaghman, Borghn wanted to open his mouth and call, but suddenly closed his mouth and blocked his chest in one breath, causing him to cough.

The other comrades in the tent were awakened and asked questions one after another, but only saw Borghen lying on the bed with a letter and coughing.

Borghn stopped coughing and spoke in displeasure: "Who dismantled Yaghman's letter?"

The three words Yagman are extremely unspeakable taboos. Those who were awakened no longer questioned. They followed the faces of the comrades in the Borg tent and looked back and forth, trying to find the person who opened the letter.

"There are three empty beds. Green is not there, he is on night shift, too?" a privateer asked knowingly in the tone that he might be the murderer.

Borghn is the squad leader of this infantry squad, and he knows better than anyone else who is on night shift. He did not answer the private's question. Instead, he glanced at his wakeful comrades again, then looked down at the watch on his left hand. The pointer on the watch showed that he got up from the marching bed, turned off the marching lights, put on his military uniform, and when he was about to lift the curtain and walk out, he paused, turned back, and said in a commanding tone: "Continue to sleep!"

The soldiers stopped talking. In the darkness, the sound of marching blankets moving was very frequent.

During the war, soldiers who did not take leave were in a state of high tension. Once they woke up in the middle of the night, despite being mentally exhausted and physically exhausted, they almost tossed and turned for a long time before they could fall asleep again.

Saint-Malo is the seaport closest to the Manchie Islands in western France. The Manchie Islands belong to the United Kingdom. The sea lion plan is about to be implemented. Now, German airborne troops are ordered to airborne and raid the Manchie Islands, Saint-Heril Island, and Saint-Peter Port. This is why the Defence Army Army is ordered to station in Saint-Malo.

This national defense army is affiliated to the 12th Army Group A and is an infantry unit. This squad of Borghn is one of the infantry squads of the Rongwei Shengmaluo Harbour. The same platoon of the Rongwei defense army is composed of four infantry squads, which are an infantry platoon with a number of 4,048 people (including logistics). When there are special tasks, this platoon will be temporarily added to a small unit system, which can be an engineering squad or other auxiliary squads.

The weather on the seaside in western France is a little colder than other parties all year round, especially in the late night of July, where the fishy sea breeze can make people shivering.

The temperature difference between the seaside is too large. Borghn's squad has not yet received a winter suit for warmth from the front-line logistics department. Their military uniforms were matched with the summer uniforms received by Torun, a province of Poznan, Poland when they attacked Poland in 1939. They were military uniforms made of fabrics that were easy to dissipate heat. This also made Borghn, who had just crawled out of the bed and walked outside, and was trembling with the sea breeze. He subconsciously tightened his coat and his body shrank. It seemed that doing so could make it warmer, but it was useless. The meager military uniform on his body could not resist the invasion of the invisible sea breeze. He could only turn his attention to the French village next to the barracks with lights.

"Why did that Frenchman turn on the lights all night?" Borghen has always had this question. Because in Germany, in order to save power resources and give factories enough power resources to produce weapons, people always spontaneously turn off the lights at home very early.

Borghn turned his vision to a harbor lighthouse building next to the village. The pilot light of the harbor lighthouse was ordered to be the only building above 8 meters high near Guanta, and the warning point was naturally set on this only commanding height. With the faint starlight, you can see two or three figures walking around the commanding height of the lighthouse, one of which was constantly circling around the cubic circle walkway.

"Green should be on top!" Borghn had always had a headache with a person in the class, and that person was Green. Green was a supplementary soldier who had just been transferred from Frankfurt four days ago. Borghn always suspected that Green had concealed his actual age, because judging from appearance and personality, Green was like an unmature young man, and often did something rude, such as opening a letter from a dead comrade...

Since joining the war, two soldiers have been killed in battle. One is the original squad leader of this squad, a veteran who survived in the first battle. The old squad leader was bombed in bed in an Allied airstrike. He died very cowardly. The point of death was in Lille, northern France; the other is Yagman, who met comrades in the army whom he met during the reserve training. The relationship between the two has always been very good. When Bogman was appointed as the squad leader during the war, the squad where they were located was ordered to attack the west of France. At the intersection of the northern intersection, Yagman was hit in the lungs by stray bullets during the street fighting, and the rescue of the war was ineffective.

The death of the old squad leader made the squad's combat effectiveness in the eyes of his boss. In the eyes of his superiors, his combat effectiveness was suspected to have plummeted. A soldier in the army of 100,000 was killed as a non-commissioned soldier. What combat qualities can some soldiers who served in front-line troops after 38 years?

Yes, even a soldier in the Weimar Republic had to learn the combat skills necessary for the army and non-commissioned officers. Any ordinary soldier in the 100,000 army was held in any country at that time, and was a qualified sergeant, even better than the lieutenant-level officers in some countries.

It is because of the existence of the 100,000 Army of Von Sitke (the father of the 100,000 Army) that the expansion of the National Defense Forces was so efficient. Under the leadership of the veterans, the combat effectiveness of the newly added soldiers did not become unbearable. Compared with the armies of some countries at that time or now, the expanded National Defense Forces still had excellent combat qualities.

How many generals we are familiar with are in the 100,000 army. They have carried a lieutenant-level shoulder stamp for more than ten years? How many generals who came out of the 100,000 army to lead troops and fight became famous after participating in the war?

There are too many examples...

Why is the combat effectiveness of the National Defense Force ahead of the countries? The answer lies in its emphasis on the combat literacy of officers, and it is not difficult to imagine its high requirements for the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Borghn's squad lost his only veteran and was not transferred to the squad leader, so it became a matter of course to be left behind to become a temporary military force. Borghn certainly did not want to adopt the statement that the combat troops were temporarily abandoned. According to the saying, the troops were being renovated.

Because the combat effectiveness of this squad is not trusted and has not been tested, only if it has played its value. Or if the front line is tight, it may be re-entered back to the combat force.

Borghn has been working hard to return to the front line, but he didn't know one thing, that is, a SS military force has set out from Cologne and will arrive in France in the near future to receive the military military. It won't take long for him to return to the line of fire again.

The reason why Saint Maluo arranged an infantry platoon to garrison was a bit complicated because the German Operations Department wanted to establish several radar stations in western France, now that the Sea Lion Plan is about to be implemented. Saint Maluo is close to the British Mankie Islands and is also one of the points where radar stations are needed. Of course, Bogn is not qualified to know the arrangements of the Operations Department.

The camp is not far from the harbor lighthouse, and the French attach great importance to road construction. Even in a small village, residents insist on requiring all roads to be completely repaired. There is such a very flat gravel road between the military camp and the lighthouse.

As soon as Borghen approached the lighthouse, he heard two sounds of the bolt being pulled from the front, and immediately sounded a warning: "People report the order. Or stop and retreat, otherwise we have the right to shoot!"

The warning sound was very far away in the quiet night. At least Borghen could hear it clearly. He stopped moving forward and stood upright on the original flashlight, and the light swayed onto him.

Of course, the soldiers responsible for the bottom of the lighthouse knew Borghen, but don't expect that they would give up the necessary procedures, such as reporting an order to each other...

"Login in England."

"Kick Churchill's **."

The light shining on Borghn did not immediately go out, but after Boghn returned to visit, he did not find anyone else, and then went out after exchanging the command. When he approached, he could see that in front of the door at the bottom of the lighthouse was built with sandbags to hold four people. Two soldiers held Mauser 98k and curled up in a ball and leaned against the cover. Haven't they rested yet?" One of the soldiers asked. He held a rifle in his arms, but he was holding a can box in his right hand and a fork in his left hand. After asking, he also pounded the can and made a metal sound, and took out the food in the can and stuffed it into his mouth.

Borghn's eyes kept staring at the canned food in the first-class soldier. He was completely sure that Green was here. Only the immature boy would wantonly use military supplies to please his comrades. But Borghn still asked: "He's here."

The group seemed to have been talking like this more than once. The two soldiers in charge of guarding made a silly smile, raised the can in their hands and gave a silent answer.

Borghn nodded depressedly, bypassed the bunker and came to the entrance of the lighthouse. He pushed the door and heated the can before eating it. Eating frozen canned food in the cold will cause acute gastrointestinal disease."

The two soldiers turned their heads at the same time and looked at the individual marching cookware placed next to the bunker, and then nodded heavily.

Some feed grass balls were piled up at the bottom of the lighthouse, except for these only one ring-shaped wooden ladder that went straight to the top of the tower.

Borghen stepped on the wooden ladder step by step, making a crunching sound. It seemed that the old wooden ladder board would be shattered at any time. The yellow light bulb was blown by the wind and shaking it at will, adding a strange deep feeling to the interior of the lighthouse full of spider webs.

When he arrived at the top exit, Borghen's hand reached towards the door latch, the door was pushed open from the outside...

Squad leader…”

The shocking sound was a very young private, holding some four boxes of canned food in his hand. He seemed to be suddenly startled. His hands and hands were loosened, and a can of pea soup fell on the board, making a rolling sound of gurgling, but it was immediately held by a big hand...

Borghn did not blame Green. He looked at an empty platform on the top of the boarded compartment, where there was a marching cooking utensil and a can of diesel next to it. Does Green want to cook the cans?

A head suddenly stretched out from the top glass window. He asked loudly through the glass: "Green, who is here?" The man obviously saw Borghen, and suddenly his head shrank again... A very rich midnight snack?" Borghen shook the canned pea soup in his hand, closed the door two steps forward, and then took a can of canned olive oil sardines from Greene's arms. He asked with a smile: "Has Hans agreed?"

Hans is the quarconian officer of this infantry platoon.

Green kept observing the chief's face and found that there was no intention of blame. Then he smiled and replied: "Mr. Sergeant agreed to add a meal to the brothers on night shift. I just helped me to bring the things over and went back to rest immediately. Chief... Hey..., hehe, why are you here?" Green found that Borghen's face became more and more dark and could not explain anymore. He committed the combat regulations.

Borghn was silently helping to heat up the can, waiting for Green to give the food back to his comrades on the night shift, and then he expressed his intention. He took out the letter that had been opened from his inner bag of his coat, and his tone was a little dull: "You are Yagman's fellow countryman. But you can't unpack the letter of the dead comrades without the consent of the superior."

It is the responsibility of the commander to send letters from home for the fallen soldiers. The squad leader was killed and the platoon leader returned. The platoon leader returned, and the company commander died... Then no one came back. Because every family letter sent to the family members of the fallen family requires the signature of the company commander. The battalion officers did not understand the soldiers' family status at all, so it is not a terrible thing to die in the battlefield. The most terrible thing is that the company commander died in the case of heavy casualties in the company, but the company commander also died, that is, no one signed the letter of the family. Of course, the military family members were killed.

Green was about to hand out the hot canned bacon, but after hearing this, he squatted down and placed the canned can in his hand on the board, and then he didn't know what he was sucking in his top breast pocket...

"Sir Corporal, I..." Green did not call Borghen the chief, indicating that he wanted to tell some private matters. He took out a letter from his chest pocket that had not been sealed, and then he didn't know what he was exploring in his collar bag.

Borghn saw it. Green took out more than a thick unsealed letter, it was a broken watch and a wedding ring. Borghn was wondering why Green took out these things. He took the envelope handed over by Green and opened it and looked inside, and found a letter and some imperial marks stacked inside.

Green explained: "I wrote a letter to Mr. Carrisman explaining how many personal belongings Yagman has stored in me. The money inside is the military pay that Yagman saved for half a year, and the 160 Empire Mark and 98 Finney that I sent to Mrs. Shon."

The squad where Yagman is always in a wartime state, that is, the squad has been changing as the point of combat changes, and sometimes stays on the line of fire all month. Frequent battles have left the soldiers without free time to write letters from home or send items back. Even if they have time to write, there is no spare grid in the army's logistics department (the ticket list for soldiers to store goods on the supply transport train) to transport personal items. This is also the reason why frontline soldiers did not send letters from their families for a long time. In the past, the soldiers' families would not think that their relatives had died because they did not receive letters from their relatives. Once their relatives were killed, they would receive a death notice from the Supreme Command within two weeks after their relatives died.

Yagman was killed four days ago. At this time, Yagman's family had not received a notice of death. Since Yagman's troops were in motion, his written death certificate had not even been signed. Yesterday, the letter sent by Yagman's family arrived in San Malo. At that time, Borghn was in charge of guarding the construction of the radar station and did not return to the camp until night. This incident of Green dismantling Yagman's letter occurred.

"Oh..." Borghen dragged a long tail sound. At this time, he no longer wanted to hold Green responsible, because the income of the civilian family in the Third Reich was very small, and a supplementary soldier was willing to take out his military pay to the family of his fallen comrades. This was an extremely selfless thing.

By the month, the monthly salary of ordinary workers in the Third Reich is 112 Empire Mark 32 Small Finney, and a private pays a monthly salary of 118 Empire Mark 29 Small Finney.

A black bread costs different depending on the area. In the relatively remote Odeli, a black bread costs 45 Finney. In the Berlin district, a black bread costs 48 Finney. This black bread is the meal for an adult. The rent also varies from one to another. A most ordinary house in Berlin does not include water and electricity bills, and costs 558 Empire marks per month.

Green is not a non-commissioned officer like Borghn, who has no wartime allowances. Moreover, Borghn knows that Green's family is not wealthy. In such a difficult environment, Green still tries his best to take care of the family of his dead comrades. Borghn seems to think he should do something too.

"After doing what the military officer assigned, we will return to the camp to rest immediately. We have important tasks tomorrow."

Their class will need to be dispatched tomorrow and set up a warning point around the construction of the radar station, which will be a very busy day.

Green stood in the original state and watched Borghn walk down the lighthouse, holding the relics left by Yaghman in his hand.

Sorry, something suddenly affected the progress of the update.

Things have been resolved almost and there will be no more situations without any updates for many days.
Chapter completed!