Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 332: Lunch (reorganized by Yugoslavia)
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When the guests were in the huge and gorgeous lounge of the Chancellery, the German head of state returned to the bedroom on the second floor of the old Chancellery alone.
The new head of state's personal butler, Byrne Fett, had been waiting there for a long time, and then with the help of him and two servants, Xu Jun changed into his second suit today.
This is a dark navy blue men's dress. The top is a large lapel, the length is just over the waist, and the plackets are open on both sides, connected by a gold chain between two buttons. Inside was a white shirt and a suit jacket of the same color, a white silk bow tie between the hard collar of the shirt, and a shiny Knight Iron Cross hanging below.
The marshal’s gold silk epaulettes were worn on the shoulders of the dress, gold ornaments hung on the right shoulder, and a gold sword cross medal was worn underneath, and other military medals and qualification medals were worn on the chest on the left side of the dress. On the left side near the waist and abdomen, he wears a silver armored assault medal and a black war wounded medal. These two medals were obtained by him in the Battle of Dunkirk. For Xu Jun, they are A precious memory and glory.
The lower body of the dress is straight trousers with closed legs, the hem of the trousers is sewn with a golden ribbon representing the rank of the marshal, and a pair of brushed light black short leather shoes are worn on the feet.
This is actually a banquet dress of the Luftwaffe. In theory, the head of the Empire is still the marshal of the Luftwaffe. Because when Goering was secretly executed by Hitler, he had been serving as the commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, and no new person has been appointed yet.
This is not the first time that Xu Jun wore the uniform of the Luftwaffe. He had worn it on the front line in France, but it was indeed the first time to participate in such a high-profile diplomatic banquet. The reason for this choice is simple. , That is, he thinks this dress looks very handsome.
When Disenhofen entered the room for the third time, the hands of the clock on the wall slipped past twelve.
Because of the huge number of guests at this banquet, they are all different from status, position, customs, and tastes. This is the case with the so-called hard to adjust.
In order to reduce the pressure on the chefs in the Prime Minister’s Office, and to make it easier for everyone to communicate and affection during the banquet, the reception lunch was set up as a buffet. Guests can freely access the food and Drink alcohol.
German cuisine has historically incorporated a large number of flavors from European countries, and the taste is closer to normal humans, so there are no maddening dark dishes.
German enema sometimes uses some very local raw materials, such as pig blood and offal. These were originally the favorites of German farmers. The dignitaries present may not be used to it, so the Chancellery’s The chef added a lot of spices to it, and he didn't expect these special enemas to be sought after by most of the guests.
"This taste is very unique. It is completely different from what I ate in Munich when I was young." The British envoy, Viscount Wood, forks two more enemas into his plate, and scoops one from the porcelain bowl on the side. Spoon of thick sauce was poured on it.
"The key is cinnamon and onions, Lord Viscount." It was Prince Paul, the regent of Yugoslavia, who was a notorious prodigal at Oxford University who was also trained as a gourmet.
Prince Paul, as the leader of the Yugoslavia state, led a large-scale envoy to participate in the victory parade in Germany this time.
Because of the different identities and missions on the shoulders, of course the mood will change accordingly. His Royal Highness is now very proud and looks red.
The military of Yugoslavia is being reorganized and trained by German consultants. Just before coming, the government signed a weapon order with Germany worth 10 million marks. Yugoslavia needs to update their infantry light weapons, and also wants to purchase a batch of new artillery, at least to eliminate the antique artillery inherited from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Some Serbian nobles with sensitive smell have already sensed the smell of the coming war, but Yugoslavia is not yet ready to meet foreign enemies. They don’t even know where the enemy will come from. The only thing they can do now is to Domestic forces have been reorganized to eliminate hidden dangers that have long existed.
Serbians have admired the strong since ancient times, especially when they saw Germany wiped out their old enemies and the Italians, they are now full of awe of Germany, just like they feared the Ottomans. The Croats still miss the Habsburg rule. They regard Germany as the successor of Austria and are full of closeness to Germany.
So with the help of the German consultant, the troublesome reorganization problem in the past was solved, because both Serbia and Croatian are willing to obey the orders and requirements of the German consultant. What the German advisory group needs to do is to try its best to level the bowl of water without showing any tendency in daily life, and he will be welcomed by all Yugoslav soldiers.
Now Yugoslavia is forming their first real armored brigade. Before, the entire Yugoslav army had a total of 200 tanks, more than 90% of which were French goods, and a very small amount of Czech products.
Yugoslavia is equipped with a total of eight S1-D light tanks produced by Czech Skoda, which is actually a light tank developed specifically for Yugoslavia based on the chassis of the experimental model MU-4 light tank that Skoda failed to bid for by the Czech Army. tank.
This small tank with a total weight of only 4.8 tons has a low box-shaped war room, and a Skoda 37mm anti-tank gun is fixed forward, and the barrel can be deflected to the left and right. At five degrees, the thickest frontal upper armor of the entire car reaches 22mm. It is powered by a 60-horsepower Skoda six-cylinder engine and the road speed reaches 41 kilometers per hour. This thing is not so much a light tank, but more like a tank destroyer.
The Yugoslav lady also once proposed some improvement suggestions to the Czech factory, trying to purchase a hundred more of this type of hidden button~IndoMTL.com~ but before the Czechs responded, the whole Czechoslovakia was gone in the blink of an eye. .
Yugoslavia also ordered a large number of tanks from France. The relationship between the two countries was not very close in the 1930s, but they also had military cooperation before.
The Yugoslavs first purchased fifty R35 tanks produced in France. As a result, they did not respond well to this tank, mainly because they felt that the speed of this tank was too slow. Nor can it be blamed on the Yugoslav lady for being too impatient, the R35 has a top speed of only 20 kilometers per hour.
I want to mention here by the way. In history, a group of Polish tank soldiers fleeed from Poland to Romania all the way from Poland to Romania. Now it seems that when these people fled, they shouldn’t even see the shadow of the German army, because if they really were If you encounter a German army, you can never run at this speed.
The French made the R35 to assist the infantry attack. This is a very orthodox infantry tank. It does not need to have a high speed, but when faced with the rapid armor tactics of the German army, this slow tank Some are not acclimatized.
The Yugoslav Army also purchased fifty Renault NC27 tanks, which are actually Renault D1 tanks that have been eliminated by the French army. The tanks developed in 1931 are already obsolete. The French Army uses them as " All the training vehicles were thrown to Tunisia, and some of them were sold to Yugoslavia.
And the garbage thrown out by the French is more than that. They also sold 50 Renault FT-17s from the First World War to the Yugoslavs. It's really a blessing for the French to come up with so many antiques that can be activated. If there are no tricks in a transaction, even a ghost can't fool it.
So in history, these Yugoslavian "armored elites" were almost wiped out on the spot in the face of the rapid offensive of the German Army.