Yang Mingzhi's ridicule is very interesting, is nature taking the initiative to fight the invaders?

This is, of course, just a joke, and it is undeniable that the Axis powers did not properly assess the troubles they would face before deciding to invade the Soviet Union! The first trouble was the stubborn resistance of the Soviet people, and the second was the climate for which the Soviet Union was responsible.

For example, the failure of the attack on Moscow, the biggest reason for the defeat of the German army is, of course, from the stubborn resistance of the Soviet army, and even the lack of the German army's own logistical capabilities in protracted operations, and the cold wave that began in December has objectively accelerated the collapse of the German army. However, in order to maintain morale, Hitler attributed the defeat to the cold winter of the Russians in his speech, claiming that in the low temperature of minus 40 degrees, the heroic soldiers of the Third Reich were still fighting and they were declaring war on the gods of the Russians!

By exaggerating this tragic atmosphere, the German army's fighting spirit of not admitting defeat was established, and public opinion in Germany did not boil over because of this defeat.

But the fact that Hitler's speech is good does not mean that the German troops on the front line are really so brave and good at fighting!

For example, Koch's brigade under the Fourth Air Force did not manage its own ammunition depots. It can be said that the fact that the bombs did not explode was due to the dereliction of duty of the defenders of the ammunition depot!

Seven fighter planes landed, and as soon as the depressed pilots got off the plane, they began to complain about what they had seen today.

Koch hurriedly trotted all the way to the runway, and Paul complained unceremoniously: "I can't believe my eyes, fourteen bombs didn't explode at all!" To make matters worse, the Russians created a large number of false targets, and they deceived us. ”

"What? Not a single bomb exploded? That's a bomb! Even if you fall to the surface of the water, you can explode quickly! ”

"Yes! But it didn't explode! Even if it fell into the mud, it couldn't be a dud. I now have a strong suspicion that these bombs have quality problems, you know what I mean! Yes, these bombs must have gotten wet! ”

For a while, Koch didn't know what to say, and he watched with joy as the fighter plane returned intact, only to get the bad news that the operation was unsuccessful.

Koch paused for a moment, and said with a stiff face: "It was you who carried out the reconnaissance and did not find that the Russians set a false target, and you have a lot of responsibility." ”

Paul was furious when he heard this, and he retorted: "I confess that I didn't take any more risky investigations!" Obviously, yesterday's reconnaissance Russians almost shot me down, but today they carried out an air raid on the same target, and the Russians burrowed into the ground like groundhogs. We met no resistance, and we didn't find anyone on the ground! We ......" Paul stomped his foot in frustration, and Koch was too embarrassed to say what was going on.

The Russians were indeed very cunning, and the Germans were indeed caught in a trap.

However, the bomb did not explode after all, of course, this is not a spell or curse used by the Russians, there must be a problem with the ammunition!

Koch said indignantly: "Gentlemen, go back and rest first!" I then ordered the garrison of the munitions depot to report to me, and I must investigate the reason why the bombs were all dud. ”

The German garrison at the aviation base had a battalion, they were regular units, subordinate to the 722 division.

This battalion was a logistics battalion, and in wartime they were responsible for escorting the baggage of the 722nd Division, and now they are also scattered throughout the defense area like regular troops. It's just that compared with the main regiment, the officers and men of this battalion are living more comfortably. They did not have to dig trenches on the front line to defend against the Russian attack, they lived in the rear and lived a relatively "pampered" life.

Are there guerrillas in this area? For now, partisans do not exist!

Since the construction of the aviation base, there have been no attacks. The long period of comfort inevitably made the garrison gradually slacken, and they had more time to interact with the peaceful inhabitants of the local area, such as robbery and theft! Most of the time, the garrison received gifts from nearby villages with only verbal threats. Officers rarely restrain these behaviors, except for the very strict management of contact between soldiers and local women.

The soldiers of the garrison were eligible to go to Gomel only on holidays, and they stayed at the garrison most of the time.

The ammunition depot is managed by a logistics platoon, and these 40 or so men are mainly responsible for the aerial bombs used by the fighters. Because this aviation brigade was guarded by several Russians with ammunition depots, which objectively directly led to the loss of the airport, the comeback Koch naturally strengthened the guards here.

The ammunition depot is reinforced with concrete, making it a permanent defensive structure that resembles a semi-crypt. It was so strong that the Germans believed that only a one-ton bomb could penetrate it, and even if the cunning Russians in the swamps came at them, they would never succeed again.

However, when the building was built, the construction workers were not diligent. The so-called workers were forcibly recruited local strongmen, i.e. a large group of young Belarusian villagers.

These Belarusians are indeed afraid of death, and they are not willing to become slaves of the country. They had a special means of resistance, and when the Germans forced them to work, they deliberately deserted in their work, and if they were ordered to build houses, the buildings they built would be flawed.

Some of the villagers, who had served as soldiers when they were younger, knew that the biggest fear of ammunition was moisture.

The Germans were going to build ammunition depots, and if they could soak them in water, they could render them useless!

The period when this fortified ammunition depot was built was relatively low, and when it was built, the Germans had no way of judging how waterproof it was, because there was no rain! Just from its huge gray size, who else would believe it would leak?

Some time after it was built, it was June, and the continuous rains at the beginning of the month finally made the depths of the earth muddy. The semi-crypt design of the ammunition depot makes it easier for stagnant water to seep in, and the only way to do this is to form a waterproof wall with solidified cement.

That's the problem!

When the villagers were laying the concrete floor, they deliberately added wood chips to the mixing! The presence of wood chips caused a porous structure in the concrete floor, and finally in the continuous rainfall, cracks appeared in the ground, and the moisture in the soil successfully infiltrated into the boxes where the bombs were stored!

The defenders of the ammunition depot spent most of their time drinking and playing cards, and they knew almost nothing about the necessity of waterproofing, until someone with good deeds decided to see the real situation of the ammunition depot, only to find that some areas of the ammunition depot were covered with water to their ankles!

The defenders fried on the spot, and they finally thought of the catastrophic consequences of the flooding of ammunition.

However, the only one who knows about this is the forty people in the defenders, and this matter must not be known to the superiors! Platoon commanders and soldiers, who wants to go to court-martial?!

They first moved the ammunition in the water-soaked box to a dry area, quickly wiping the water off the projectile body. The wet boxes were destroyed as soon as possible, and the stagnant water on the ground, they also used various methods to drain it, and left human hands to clean up the stagnant water all the time.

Koch was unaware of the fact that the ammunition depot was flooded, so it wasn't until Paul complained that the bombs were all duds that Koch started to investigate.