Battle of the Third Reich

If the Japanese navy and army personnel are allowed to rank the arms that are least expected to be seen by others, the gendarmerie must be ranked in the top three. If the same investigation is done in the German army, the position of the Japanese military police is definitely left to the SS. Compared with their Japanese counterparts, the German Gendarmerie clearly lacks a little deterrent force.

When the German SS was developed to the extreme in history, it has left the scope of a paramilitary organization and evolved into a national administrative agency. Its powers have covered the original jurisdiction of the police and gendarmerie, and even intervened in production and production. In the field of people's livelihood, it controls a large amount of labor and resources in Germany. Because of the trust of the heads of state, the SS guards a large number of the secrets of the Third Reich. This is also the eve of the end of the empire. Himmler dared to hide Hitler's roots for contact with the Allies alone.

But that's just the history in Xu Jun's memory, and in this time and space, the SS has already embarked on a completely different path from history under the guidance of the new head of state. The Armed Guards Brigade is a pilot combat unit. The training content of this unit is somewhat similar to that of future Army special forces.

From the weapon configuration of this brigade, it can be seen that they are not suitable for regular position operations. This unit is more suitable for high-speed mobile guerrilla combat. From Xu Jun's perspective, the mission scope is somewhat similar to that of the future US military. Rangers troops. The real US Ranger Force was first established in history in June 1942.

The light infantry units of the Tomahawks were wearing gray-green German Army autumn and winter combat uniforms. This was newly made in the French concession clothing factory. The uniforms did not use the black collar of the SS, which made them look now. Like a German army unit.

The epaulettes and collars are still the internal style of the SS, but a new design in Berlin is adopted. The ss logos and ranks on the collars are no longer embroidered with silk threads, but directly use metal stamping parts with chrome-plated surface. The silver flashing is very beautiful. This rank is also available in a black matte version, designed for officers and soldiers to use on the battlefield. The new badge was airlifted from Germany, and the attached command letter signed the name of the national leader of the SS, Himmler, but everyone is more willing to believe that this must be the idea of ​​the head of state.

At this time, the military rank logo worn by the Tomahawk team is the matte version of the combat version. The black ss logo does not look obvious at first glance, but with the temperament and expression of the soldier, it immediately makes people feel murderous.

The officers and men wore m35 helmets with gray-green khaki helmets. The helmets brought to Shanghai by the brigade this time were all painted in black SS military parade, with red characters and white circles on the left side. The kind of coat of arms looks like a bull's-eye from a distance. Of course, it is not suitable for wearing during combat, so you need to add a gray-green helmet. This helmet was not custom-made by the French, but a Chinese garment processing factory was found. It is said that it was led by a senior official in the Special Envoy. As for any other transactions, then Not enough for outsiders.

As mentioned earlier, the Japanese military police are not to be seen. This is also limited to the interior of the army and navy. Among the Japanese people, the military service of the military police is very respected. It was not because the military police had hoped for it, it was because the unit was highly paid.

Normally, a Japanese soldier of the upper ranks has a monthly allowance of eight yen and eight cents. Looking at the military police, the monthly salary of a military guard of the upper ranks is fifty yen and fifty cents, which is more than five times that of ordinary soldiers. The ranks of military police soldiers are equal to those of police officers, and they are not at the same level as ordinary soldiers, so every time the military police recruits, the applicants are rushing, and the competition is extremely fierce and cruel.

At that time, the lowest education standard for recruiting military police in Japan was to graduate from elementary school. After passing the exam and being trained by the military police training center, it would become an awesome military police. Judging from the nature of the work of the military police, they are actually policemen in the army, so their training direction and training subjects are completely different from ordinary army combat troops. In addition to regular military training, they also need to learn various military regulations and police techniques, and the targets they target are mainly various criminal activities involving the army, and then gradually spread to all hostile activities against the Japanese army.

The strength of the Japanese Gendarmerie has always been very weak. Before the end of the war, it was also the time when the size of the Japanese Gendarmerie expanded to the highest level. The total number of Gendarmeries in Japan was only 30,000. The Gendarmerie attached to the occupied areas and even the headquarters of the division is often only the size of the detachment. There is even a sign of a gendarme in many places. The captain cannot even add up to a squad with his men. It is called the Gendarmerie in the Japanese army. .

Because the Shanghai Japanese Gendarmerie has a headquarters here, it is already the largest in East China, but it has only one squadron. This attack on the 76th, the Shanghai Gendarmerie suddenly put in a small team, equivalent to a quarter of the force thrown here.

As mentioned earlier, the Japanese military police bluntly said that they are military police. They also called it internally. The establishment of the Japanese military police was completely born out of the Japanese Police. The first batch of Japanese military police was actually produced by the Tokyo Police. Adapted from the police.

Because of the special nature of the work, most of the equipment distributed by the Japanese military police was deterrence-based, and the actual combat effect was not taken into account very much. As a result, it was a tragedy. The military police are classified as units such as cavalry and armoured soldiers within the Japanese army, so each Japanese military police is qualified to wear a saber and leather leggings, and senior non-commissioned officers can even wear long boots. Each gendarme is assigned to a military raincoat with a hood, which has almost become a symbol of the Japanese gendarmes. The same is also the symbol of this service. One is the hexagonal sunburst on their badges, and the other is the gendarmes with red letters on white background. The armband is there (also in black, but not many.)

The Aoki squad was originally equipped with standard military police. Everyone had a sabre and a southern pistol. For this operation, they specially received a batch of rifles and machine guns from the 13th Army. However, the Gendarmerie did not organize much weapon training. During this year, they have been busy searching for Chongqing agents and Chidang members. When they have time, they are willing to soak in the Jiuchi meat forest in Hongkou Little Tokyo. This kind of combat technology, Normally it is not necessary at all, whoever has the energy to do it by himself.

Not to mention the strong reputation of the Shanghai Gendarmerie. In fact, except for the one-two-eighth Songhu Anti-Japanese War, they were forced to go to the battlefield for a while, and they did not shoot a few times in the following years.

Most of the anti-Japanese people in Shanghai had no weapons. Even among the hidden agents sent by Chongqing, many of them were unarmed in order to hide their identities. Even some armed agents rarely chose to resist stubborn resistance. Most of them saw the situation unfavorable. Kneeled directly to surrender.

If you encounter a ruthless role, let the Shanghai gang deal with the 76th, and the ordinary goods will be handed over to the pseudo police and the concession patrol, and it will not be necessary for the Japanese military policemen to do it yourself. As a result, after meeting the desperate on the 76th, the Gendarmerie uncles suffered heavy losses immediately. After all, they are still policemen, and their combat effectiveness is really limited.