The 21st Panzer Division rested in the barracks for five days, and some of its troops were replenished.

It also makes sense that the 21st Panzer Division would replenish its troops at this time...... The Eastern Front was largely stable, and the Soviet Union did not have the ability to launch a large-scale counteroffensive, which also meant that the Eastern Front did not need as many troops.

Therefore, since the 21st Panzer Division is about to be transferred to the Western Front, it is necessary to replenish the troops here and bring them to the Western Front in formation, and these recruits can also get acquainted with their new comrades-in-arms on the way to the Western Front......

In fact, for the supplementary troops, neither the original troops nor the new recruits who were added in were very reluctant. Because experience tells the soldiers that staying in the old army will have more chances of survival, because everyone is familiar with you and is accustomed to your presence, and knows each other, knowing that only by relying on each other with your comrades can you save everyone's lives as much as possible.

More importantly...... There can still be "friendship points" in the old army, and when you are injured, there is no doubt that there will always be a few friends to help you. But when you see an unfamiliar face in a new unit, you feel uneasy...... Because you don't think they're going to risk their lives to help you at a critical moment, that's the deadliest thing.

But the new recruits who have been added are not all new faces.

For example, there is a special case in the reinforcements that were added to the 1st Infantry Battalion...... The 1st Infantry Regiment is basically a veteran with combat experience, and this is a "special care" for the 1st Infantry Regiment.

According to the usual practice, Qin Chuan talked casually with these recruits, asking each of them about their names, past positions, backgrounds, and how many battles they had fought.

At the same time, other people in the army are listening, occasionally asking a few questions or exchanging ideas, which can promote mutual understanding.

One of these recruits was from Alsace, a stocky man with a mustache.

Kuhn suddenly asked, "Did you work in the recruit company in Darmstadt?" ”

"Yes, sir!" He replied cheerfully, and then looked at Kuhn with surprise: "Captain, you did it there too?" Are we comrades-in-arms? ”

Kuhn was stunned for a moment, and seemed to regret asking this sentence a little, he even decided to shut up and not answer, but when he saw Qin Chuan's inquiring gaze, he replied with some embarrassment: "No, sergeant, we are not comrades-in-arms." In fact, I used to be a recruit under you, and you were the instructor there, weren't you? ”

The sergeant's mouth was half open, and it took a long time before he nervously replied: "Yes, yes, Captain!" ”

"Wow!" Werner couldn't help laughing, he looked at the sergeant and then at Kuhn, and said with interest: "Captain, I guess...... You've been beaten or verbally abused by instructors when you're a recruit! ”

You don't have to guess to know this, because most people come here like this, and it's rare that a few people will run into a good-tempered instructor.

"Yes!" Kuhn nodded, glanced at the sergeant, and said, "We gave the sergeant a nickname, the kitchen brute, because he was always critical of our cleanliness of the kitchen utensils, I remember...... I was in charge of cleaning a large aluminum coffee pot, and the sergeant was reprimanded for finding two small coffee stains in it, and the sergeant solemnly explained to me how important cleaning was to the soldiers, and then I had to spend an afternoon cleaning the kitchen equipment until everything was satisfactory to him! ”

The officers and soldiers around couldn't help cheering, this interesting experience or coincidence brought joy to their boring and monotonous life.

Then many people suggested to Kuhn in a gossip:

"Captain, this is a chance for revenge given to you by God, now you can give him orders!"

"Captain, I think the best way to do that is to order him to clean everything in the kitchen, as you did, until everything is to your satisfaction!"

……

On the other side, the sergeant, the sergeant who had been Kuhn's instructor, stood pitifully there, his face full of lovelessness.

"No, Sergeant!" Kuhn stepped forward and patted the sergeant on the shoulder to make him relax: "Actually, I appreciate you. Because you let me know that for a person to become a warrior, one has to endure those incredible trials without the slightest negligence...... That's probably why I became a sniper! I believe that we will become good comrades-in-arms in the future! ”

The audience was stunned, and then there was applause.

Kuhn did the right thing, not only because of the exculpability of the instructor's training duties, but also because this is the battlefield...... The battlefield is cruel enough, and no one who has been here for a long time will be interested in torturing their own people again.

Even taking a step back, there is a good chance that these own people will be the ones who will decide your life on the battlefield...... Who can guarantee that the next wounded will not be Kuhn, but the sergeant?!

Later, the sergeant proved his courage and Kuhn's vision and approach with practical actions, and later he even became Kuhn's right-hand man.

On the fifth day, the order came down...... All the equipment, including tanks, rifles, etc., were left behind, and the troops headed for the train station.

The main reason why the equipment was left behind, even the rifles, was because of the difficulty of transporting them.

The logistics troops transported ammunition, tanks, etc. to the front, and the front-line troops took the equipment with them when they returned home...... The equipment back and forth is all done useless work on the road.

So, the best option is to leave the troops empty-handed, and go to another front line to receive the equipment of another batch of troops who have been transferred out on leave or something.

The soldiers were all very excited when they heard this order, because they thought that it must be a vacation, so they opened their vodka pots and raised their pots in celebration, and could not contain their excitement and shouted:

"To our holiday!"

"So that we can return home alive!"

……

But only Qin Chuan knew that they were likely to be disappointed.

They may return home, that is, to Germany, but they will not have any holidays.

The reason is that the transportation in this era was relatively backward, and the soldiers of the army came from all over the place, and there was no time to return to their hometown and rush back without half a month or a month's vacation.

On the other hand, Qin Chuan heard that the Americans had begun to bomb France...... This means that the situation on the French side has entered a period of tension.

Therefore, it is impossible for the top brass to give this battle-hardened unit a month-long vacation that can play an important role on the battlefield.

In other words, Germany is just one place they pass through, and if they are lucky, they can see their hometown through the car window.