Chapter 258
Seventy-six was razed to the ground as it literally sounds, and the Count described the situation in detail in his telegram without any artistic exaggeration.
Each of the three AR196 reconnaissance aircraft can carry two 50-kilogram bombs, and normally one 50-kilogram aerial bomb can destroy a three-story apartment or an unprotected target in the area of a football field. And such a bomb, the No. 76 main building suffered three times, and now there is only a pile of charred and black debris and a six-meter-deep crater in the location of the building, and the third bomb collapsed the solid basement, and by the way, detonated more than a dozen barrels of gasoline stored in the basement by Wu Sibao. At that time, a huge column of black smoke covered half of the sky, and even the lookout hand on the [Prince Eugen] on the Bund could see it clearly.
"I believe that this event will cause an earthquake in the Far East, my Führer," said Werle, who received Stauffenberg's telegram from Xu Jun.
"That's exactly what we want to see, and it's a great warning to those who aren't clear enough." Xu Jun snuffed out the cigar in the ashtray, reached out and rolled down the 30-millimeter-thick bulletproof window, and the cold wind outside the car immediately blew into the car along the gap in the window, and at the same time brought fresh air with the smell of plants.
The convoy had already left the city of Berlin, and the highway was lined with pine forests, and it was not yet snowing, and the car was still lush and green.
"Don't you consider the possible reaction of the Chinese government in Nanjing?" Willle closed the folder and handed it to Tysenhofen, who was sitting opposite.
"We do not recognize the legitimacy of the Nanking regime, everyone knows that it is just a puppet regime set up by the Japanese, and that the Third Reich has not established any official diplomatic relations with Nanjing. Even if they want to protest, I am afraid that they will have to rely on a third country to forward the letter of protest, and the question is, do they have the guts? "When it comes to Wang's puppet regime, the Führer shows a dismissive attitude.
"Personally, I'm looking forward to receiving protests from Nanjing, but can you imagine that a pig that has been bred in captivity will understand what dignity and backbone are?"
"Pigs in captivity? Aptly described, my Führer. ”
In the eyes of the Germans, dogs have always been synonymous with bravery and loyalty, and the Wang puppet regime is not close to any of them, and calling them "lackeys of the Japanese" is simply a kind of love.
At this time, almost all of Wang's armed forces were controlled by a group of Japanese "advisers", and the only ones who could really call on were the puppet police and secret service units. Moreover, under Japan's strict surveillance, Wang Puppet did not dare to develop his own armaments at all, so he could only use the slogan of "peaceful nation-building" everywhere to cover up the dilemma of the Nanjing regime.
The convoy slowly approached the military control area, and the sentry post with black and white stripes often flashed outside the window, and the sentry commander on duty led the sentries to line up in line at the sentry post, erecting their weapons to salute the speeding Führer's convoy. The three-wheeled motorcycles that opened the road were painted with the Führer's flag corps, and the front of the sedan was lined with the Reich's flag, and no one would mistake these beautiful insignia as long as they were properly trained sentinels.
The Kummersdorf Weapons Test Ground is heavily guarded today, and this large weapons test site near the capital is not very secure in normal times, and it is only when high-level officials visit it that it will be as close to the enemy as it is today. The Führer had already visited here several times in the past two months, and since this state of affairs was likely to continue for some time, the High Command simply transferred two more regiments of infantry to be stationed here in order to deal with the occasional surprise attacks of the Reich Führer.
Three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, the guards with loaded guns surrounded the perimeter of the shooting range into an iron bucket, and an unknown number of military police patrols, carrying MP38 submachine guns, leading fat black-backed dogs, viciously walking around the woods.
"This is a finalized mass production model, and these are randomly selected from the latest batches." A major in the Army's Ordnance Office introduced Xu Jun to a row of weapons on a long table.
"How did you get to try it out?" Xu Jun picked up a well-made G3 rifle and loaded it with skillful pulling.
"It's a perfect weapon, my Führer." The Major's attitude was almost flattering, and he did not dare to provoke the weapon designer in front of him as usual.
The mass-produced model of the G3 assault rifle is very close to the classic weapon of later generations in terms of technology, but the material of the weapon is slightly backward, and the performance may be worse than that of later versions. After all, due to the constraints of the technology of the times, the improvement of metallurgical materials involves a wide range of fields, even if it is useless to be in a hurry, it must be done step by step. However, as an automatic weapon to cope with the intensity of combat in World War II, the G3/40 has enough performance to make it stand out from the crowd.
Germany is now not short of copper, so there is no need to develop any steel-shelled bullets, and the production of new ammunition has received a fairly high priority. Mauser's 7.9 mm ammunition is already certain to be replaced by new caliber ammunition, but arms dealers are not at all worried about this, they see a huge market prospect for new caliber ammunition.
Germany has set the standard of weapons for the entire Western world, and the reward will be incomparably rich, and all Western countries in this system will follow the German standard. Any maverick will be isolated, and what will be followed will be the suppression and crackdown of the whole field.
De Gaulle has drowned in the English Channel, and there will be no more nationalist led Free France. Petain's government had already tasted the sweetness of cooperation with Germany, and so was the situation on Chamberlain's side, and the British elites, finding it too risky to be-stirring sticks, chose to kneel down honestly, like their predecessors in history, and the European continent has never been so united in a single figure since the collapse of the Roman Empire.
Britain and France have embraced the standards for the new ammunition, they have also participated in the trials of the G3 rifle, and in the face of this weapon, which can be said to be cross-generational, no matter how proud weapons experts can find a reason to oppose its introduction.
The German rifle would become a symbol of reconciliation and unity among the European nations, Chamberlain told the Cabinet at a meeting.
At the same time, the British Royal Ordnance Company obtained the production license of the new caliber ammunition at the first time, and it is believed that the infantry weapons produced by the British in the future will use this new type of ammunition, which will greatly reduce the logistical pressure between the European coalition forces on the future Eastern Front battlefield.
"Major Schuck, I am very satisfied with the work of the Army Ordnance Department during this time." Xu Jun shook hands with the major cordially, and found that the other party was excited (more likely because of nervousness) and his whole body was trembling.
"My Führer, everything is ready," Brauchitsch reminded him in a whisper as he walked behind Xu Jun with the marshal's staff.
"Keep up the good work." Xu Jun patted the major on the arm as a sign of encouragement, and then, surrounded by a group of subordinates, walked towards the convoy parked on the sidelines.
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