The decisive battle against the Third Reich

Training started the next day.

The instructor was a second lieutenant who lost a leg... This is a major feature of African military schools. Almost all the staff in the school have come off the battlefield and are more or less disabled.

Needless to say, the reason is that the African Corps is extremely short of troops, especially well-trained German officers and soldiers, so people with sound limbs should be sent to the battlefield.

In fact, these wounded soldiers should be sent home to recuperate, but this is not a good idea... Cutting off the supply line not only means that the supplies cannot be transported, but also the wounded soldiers cannot be transported, or at least they have to risk being transported during the transportation process. The dangers of bombing by British fighter planes and sinking by mines.

So some of the wounded soldiers stayed and became teachers in military schools.

The instructor's name was Erwin. His half-broken limb was equipped with a wooden prosthesis, just like the pirate captain in the movie. The military uniform looked a bit weird.

"I know what you are thinking!" The instructor shouted to the students: "Look at me! If you don't want to be like me or worse than me, then work up all your energy to complete the next course!"

After a pause, he continued: "I think you have all discovered that those who can train here are all elites in the army. Everyone has a good record, and some people's experiences are even legendary..."

At this point, the instructor glanced at Qin Chuan: "But when you walk into this school, you are nothing. There are only students and instructors here. Do you understand?"

"Understood, sir!" the soldiers shouted back.

The training subjects were indeed as Qin Chuan guessed, with all arms being passed through, especially tanks.

That is to say, let the infantry learn the driving and tactics of tanks and let the tank soldiers learn the tactics of infantry.

This training method is obviously correct. As mentioned before, infantry commanders can only command infantry to coordinate tank operations well if they know the performance and blind spots of tanks.

On the contrary, only by knowing the tactics and weaknesses of the infantry can the tank commander be able to better provide cover for the infantry or obtain cover from the infantry.

It is easy for Qin Chuan to get started with these. After all, in modern times, people who have passed the driving license and have been driving for several years can master things like steering wheel, shifting gears and braking without having to teach them.

The problem is that most of the tanks in World War II did not have power assist. Driving was a physical and technical job. Shifting gears, braking, etc. all required considerable hand strength. After driving for a while, I was a little exhausted. No wonder I was marching. Some drivers cannot hold on and faint.

So someone asked David how long he had been driving for the longest time.

David replied: "About eight hours, you know, we were on the march at that time!"

Everyone couldn't help but look at David with wide eyes and asked: "How do you persist?"

"It's very simple!" David said: "Imagine that the enemy's plane is chasing you overhead, and it will be bombed as soon as it stops. You can do it too!"

Therefore, human potential is unlimited. Although war is cruel, it also stimulates human potential.

Artillery training is not limited to mortars... Mortar training is already completed when new recruits are recruited. As an officer, you are more required to command the coordination of infantry and artillery, so what you learn is the operation of large-caliber howitzers.

Of course, operating the howitzer is not important, what is important is coordinate calculation... Infantry and artillery collaboration often occurs without professional artillery observers on the front line. At this time, officers are required to guide artillery fire into the correct area.

Therefore, there is a reason why the German army always has extraordinary performance on the battlefield.

In this era, many countries only talk about multi-arms coordination, or think that they only need to mix several arms together and conduct a few exercises to achieve "coordination", but the Germans have already solidly developed the skills of military officers. Got it for training.

It is conceivable that if every grassroots officer has mastered considerable basic knowledge of other arms, then there is no need for superior command and orders at all. They all know how to cooperate with each other, and this is the ability of the army as a whole. Defeat the enemy's combat effectiveness.

Compared with these, Qin Chuan's interest has always been in sniping.

There are many contents in sniper training, such as distance judgment and tactical terrain assessment, or shooting training... However, due to difficulties in supply and the need to save ammunition, shooting training has been simplified to a considerable extent.

As a "novice" who had not experienced systematic sniper training, Qin Chuan learned a lot during the training.

But at the same time, there were many things that confused Qin Chuan.

The woods used by soldiers for sniper training were called the "Shooting Garden."

Instructors here teach camouflage techniques, such as hollowing out a tree trunk to hide inside, covering the whole body with bark to disguise it as a tree, or making a wooden dummy with a helmet on its head sticking out of the trench to attract enemy snipers to shoot. …

This is what the instructor said: "Never bother with these disguises, I mean if you have these resources around you, because they may save your life!"

"But instructor!" Qin Chuan said: "Most of the places where we fight are deserts, where trees are something that attracts attention!"

"Of course!" the instructor replied: "These disguise techniques are used under certain conditions, such as Matruh or Alexander!"

There is nothing wrong with what the instructor said, because the terrain in North Africa is not all desert. But Qin Chuan always felt that something was wrong.

After thinking about it carefully, Qin Chuan believed that there was a big problem in the practicality of these techniques: these disguises cost too much time and were easily injured by stray bullets, such as being covered with bark and pretending to be a tree. A random shell fired by the party may kill the sniper. It can even be said that the result of such camouflage is that it is difficult for a sniper to quickly raise his gun and shoot after discovering the target.

Therefore, the best camouflage on the battlefield should be fast, effective, use the simplest materials locally, and impose as few restrictions on yourself as possible.

At first, Qin Chuan didn't understand why the German sniper training had such rigid, traditional and impractical teaching materials.

Later, after the instructors watched a sniper training film that was used as a teaching material by the German army, Qin Chuan understood... It was a Russian film shot in 1935, with German subtitles. The film introduced the Soviet army For high-level sniper training, the German army studied the content of this movie and trained snipers in a targeted manner.

(Note: There is a 1944 German remake of this Soviet sniper training film on the Internet... "World War II German Sniper Instruction Film". This film was once used by the German army as a tutorial for various sniper schools, and was made public by the United States in 1988. .)