Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 301: Crazy Wolf (8)
PS: I’m sorry, I’m so tired today, my eyes are swollen, and the screen is bloated. I can only write about this. Second, I can only make it up tomorrow.
This was once the hinterland of the Republic of Poland. Along the Bug River and its tributaries, Poles established large farms.
Gleb feels that the scenery here is no different from the Belarusian or Ukrainian countryside. The green woods dotted on the undulating plains, the earthy roads winding to the end of the line of sight, and as if they fell from the page of a history book. Old village coming out.
This area is as literally sparsely populated. Generally, there are only a few residents in small villages, and there are only eleven or twelve houses in large villages. The level difference between villages and towns is distinguished by whether churches are built or not. of. A church means a small parish. In the Polish countryside where spiritual life is extremely poor, religion has an unmatched influence.
Although it is called a plain area, the ground is actually covered with undulating mounds, and the drop is mostly about ten or twenty meters. It looks like a wave in the sea from a distance. The view is often blocked by sudden hillsides or woods, so if you can’t see the road signs clearly, it’s easy to get lost when traveling here.
Because of heavy snow for several days, the field was covered in silver at this time.
Gleb knew that many of the farmland on the roadside was in a state of desolation, and even many villages were completely abandoned.
At that time, the Soviet Red Army troops approached the Burg River. The local Polish rich peasants and landlords were unable to resist. They had to roll up all the property and savings they could take away, drag their families and flee towards Warsaw. As a result, after the war ended, These people were stopped on the other side of the border and could not return.
The war has seriously damaged the vitality of this country. If there are no other opportunities, it may take several years for this area to restore its former appearance.
The Soviet Union itself has no shortage of arable land. They now have the same shortage of agricultural labor force as Germany. In addition, they have not had time to digest the three Baltic countries that they have just annexed. Therefore, it is temporarily unable to carry out large-scale immigration to the occupied areas of Poland. Early immigration to the surrounding areas of Brest Only the families of military and government personnel, as well as a small number of Belarusian and Ukrainian farmers.
The Poles who stayed in these villages at this time were mostly old, weak, sick and disabled who were unable to escape, or ordinary farmers who were unwilling to leave their homeland. There were also some sturdy rich peasants and landlords who stayed behind, so they were taught how to behave by comrades in the People's Committee of the Interior.
To say that the quality of this Steyr pickup truck is indeed not bad, the military off-road vehicle they produce uses a similar four-wheel drive chassis.
This truck was captured by the Soviets from the Polish Army because an aluminum nameplate was riveted with rivets in the corner of the instrument panel, with the Polish military emblem and equipment number printed on it.
The Polish National Engineering Research Institute (PZIn?) signed an agreement with the Italian Fiat Company in the early 1930s to begin domestic production and assembly of Fiat series cars for the Polish military. Since then, the Polish military's motor vehicles have basically been replaced with this type of "domestic car".
Steyr had previously produced Opel’s P4 sedan under a license model, so in March 7 they tried to convert the P4 into a half-ton pickup truck. As a result, only fifty vehicles were trial-produced, all sold to Poland, In Switzerland and Spain, this truck was one of the fifty trucks, and it was probably expropriated from a private enterprise after the outbreak of the war.
However, the Germans in the car are not interested in studying the origin of the truck. Sweinbach can recognize Steyr's brand as a good one. Right now they only care about when they can get to the destination. And how to complete the mission as soon as possible and return to the base in the West Bank.
The mission of Swainbach's detachment is not as expected. It should be said that there is no additional risk other than going deep into the enemy's territory. This time they do not need to perform special operations such as sabotage and assassination. They only need to arrive at the meeting point on the map within the scheduled time, and then transport the "cargo" mentioned in the plan back to Germany. It's that simple.
The biggest risk is that in the process of performing the task, their identities are accidentally exposed or identified by others, but they have already prepared emergency plans for these situations.
No one can see through and no living person can see through. Although the two are only one word apart, they are completely different in level. And the special forces of these werewolf battalions are usually best at the second mode. .
At this time, the Germans are in the Soviet-occupied area. Of course, it should be tightly guarded to say that the border is like a heavy place. Even three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry are not excessive, but in fact the Bouge River is winding and winding. For hundreds of miles, it is impossible to send troops to garrison every inch of the border. Therefore, except for a few transportation hubs and important ferry crossings, most of the river banks are completely unguarded.
The Soviet border guards will arrange regular patrols along fixed lines along the river bank according to the jurisdiction of each post.
After all, humans are not fuel-drinking machines, and it is impossible to maintain vigorous physical strength and energy for 24 hours. Like the border patrol that the Germans saw before crossing the river, it patrols for half an hour each time, and then rotates every four hours. In other time periods, the two sides of the surrounding river are basically connected. I can't see any personal shadows.
Because it happens to be winter, Polish farmers are reluctant to go out after the heavy snowfall. As long as there are firewood and food at home, they don’t need to go outside to find their sins. At this time, there are not so many special medicines in the 21st century. After catching a cold, it will really kill people.
"The Gavrière church over there, and the priest is Father Dimitri Yefotanovic Razali. I went there once for a service." Gleb pointed to the right. On the soil **** ahead, you can see a small church standing alone on the top of the slope. What makes the Germans feel strange is that the wooden exterior walls of the church are all painted pink.
"Do you think this color is weird? That's because the paint of this color was the cheapest at the time~IndoMTL.com~ and the village was only willing to spend this money. The priest felt that the color had nothing to do with God’s faith. , In the end..." The driver shrugged, causing the Germans around him to laugh.
"What a funny priest, I really want to meet him when I have a chance." Sweinbach smiled and lit a cigarette.
Starting a few minutes ago, houses and people gradually appeared on both sides of the earth-based road. They also encountered two farmers who went out to work, and possibly lumberjacks nearby. They saw a truck of internal soldiers , The two people hurriedly lowered their heads and let them go to the side of the road, not even daring to make eye contact with these soldiers.
The Goddess of Luck is indeed looking after these Germans. They haven't met any patrol team or sentry post along the way, so they didn't give them the opportunity to use the submachine gun they carried.
"After this dirt slope, the village of Gorimmitch you are going to is in the back." Seeing the destination is in sight, Gref also relaxed. He was really worried that he would encounter border guards on the road. Patrol.
He had been a little strange before. The border guards seemed to be very diligent these days, but after meeting this group of Germans today, all his previous questions have been answered.