The Rise of the Third Reich

Willy Brandt is currently wearing the combat uniform of the Air Force Paratroopers, sitting in a Fokker 42 transport aircraft belonging to the French Air Force - he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross after the end of the Soviet-German War, and was promoted to He became a sergeant major and even got the opportunity to train as an officer. However, Comrade Brandt, who was opposed to Germany's aggressive war and expansion line from the bottom of his heart, refused the opportunity to become an officer, and also made a request for demobilization.

But his superiors asked him to choose between the officer school and the airborne training school (he was asked to go to the airborne school because the National Defense Forces General Staff ordered to select soldiers and non-commissioned officers who can speak fluent English to go to the airborne), in order to be able to go to the airborne training school earlier. Leaving the German army, which he hated, Brandt had to choose the airborne training school. In his opinion, landing in North America is a matter for the Marine Corps and the Army, and airborne troops should not be allowed to take part. In this way, he would not have to kill Americans for Hitler's ambitions, and of course he would not have to worry about becoming cannon fodder for Nazi Germany's ambition to conquer the world.

He learned to parachute in the airborne school, completed "platoon leader training", and was transferred to the 1st Parachute Division as a platoon leader in early 1945. What he never expected was that his 1st Paratrooper Division would be the vanguard of the invasion of the North American continent!

Just when he regretted his choice, and at the same time repented for the ferocious nature he always showed on the battlefield (he didn't want to kill, but he couldn't help but kill after going to the battlefield). He suddenly found a French soldier looking at him curiously—could it be the weak expression on my face that caught the attention of this French fascist? Thinking of this, Brandt quickly glared at Mitterrand with a vicious look.

This was the vicious look of the murderous Nazi devil. Mitterrand was immediately frightened and he quickly pretended to look down at the time. And time passed by minute by second under his gaze. Soon the red readiness warning light in the cabin came on, and Mitterrand heard someone shouting in German: "Stand up!"

The plane kept shaking, and all the German paratroopers had stood up. They began to check their equipment and helped each other fasten the various equipment they carried. Mitterrand also stood up quickly and walked in the rickety cabin. When he reached the door on the side of the plane, he held the handle next to the door with one hand and the door on the door with the other hand. handle.

"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

The terrifying roar of anti-aircraft guns rang in Mitterrand's ears, and he looked out through the window on the plane door. No smoke clouds from exploding shells were found. It was obvious that the Fokker 42 transport aircraft group was not being bombarded.

However, the plane was still shaking very badly. Mitterrand knew that this was caused by the Fokker flying at full speed.

Seeing everyone standing up, Brandt continued to give his orders loudly: "Check the equipment for the last time! Everyone confirms the parachute! Start!"

"Ended on the 1st!"

"No. 2 is over!"

"It's over on the third!"

"..."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of the shell exploding became louder, and Mitterrand saw black smoke appearing in the sky outside the window that was scary to look at.

It turns out that the plane has already entered the sky over Newfoundland!

The green indicator light suddenly came on, and Mitterrand quickly opened the door of the plane, and the cold wind mixed with the smell of gunpowder smoke blew in his face. He turned around, looked at Brandt with his handsome face that was shaken by the wind, and shouted in stiff German: "You can skydive!"

Brandt waved his hand, and everyone hung the parachute hooks on the suspension rods of the aircraft.

At this time, the plane suddenly trembled violently. Mitterrand heard the sound of the motor changing and immediately shouted: "Quick, quick, quick! Jump quickly..."

The paratroopers on the plane also knew that one of the plane's engines had been hit and stalled. They could no longer wait and must parachute immediately! The paratroopers lined up and jumped out of the open hatch one by one. Mitterrand was disappointed to see the umbrella flowers opening - all the parachutes were not malfunctioning. What a pity!

Just after Brandt jumped out of the cabin door for the last time, Mitterrand heard another terrifying loud noise, and then a fierce cold wind hit, and debris flew everywhere in the cabin! The Fokker 42 tilted to one side and dived in a curve. Mitterrand knew that he was in serious trouble now. It seemed that the plane would not be able to fly back.

"Skydive! Hurry and skydive! Our plane can't hold it anymore..."

Someone yelled at Mitterrand in French. Mitterrand didn't want to jump because there was a war going on below that he didn't agree with at all! But he had no choice but to bite the bullet and jump.

Unlike the fully armed German paratroopers (the German paratroopers' skydiving technology has made great progress now, and everyone can parachute with individual equipment), he is an air crew member of the French Air Force Transport Command, and he carries a self-defense weapon with him. Small pistol. It's not okay to fight with it!

Mitterrand, who was slowly falling to the ground under his parachute, had already planned to surrender as soon as he saw the American freedom fighters. I would rather be a prisoner than an accomplice of the Nazis!

Having made up his mind, Mitterrand quickly landed safely on the ground, got out of the parachute, took off the parachute bag he was carrying and threw it on the ground. Then he hunched over a small bush and used it as cover, and finally began to carefully search for the American freedom fighters who were supposed to be beating up the German paratroopers.

However, he was disappointed to see dozens to less than a hundred German soldiers scattered on a desolate flat land with almost nothing. They had already set up a warning formation, and someone had set up an MG42 machine gun.

As for the American freedom fighters, there is no trace at all - in fact, it is normal to have none. Even though the Americans have deployed more than 200,000 troops on the island of Newfoundland, this island has an area of ​​110,000 square kilometers! It is a middle-sized country in Europe.

It's not a lot to have more than two hundred thousand troops spread out over such a large area of ​​land. Moreover, the Americans did not expect that the Germans would airborne on Newfoundland, let alone that the Germans would directly use transport planes to send tanks to Newfoundland. Therefore, their defense focus was on areas along the coast that were more suitable for landing. The place where German paratroopers airborne was far away from the beaches suitable for landing, so the US military's strength was relatively empty. Of course, it was not completely undefended, otherwise Mitterrand's plane would not have been shot down. Later Mitterrand found out that there happened to be a medium-sized military airport near the German air landing site, so the Americans Some 127mm, caliber anti-aircraft guns were deployed there.

Just when Mitterrand was expecting American freedom fighters to capture him, the Germans discovered him first.

He saw two German soldiers running toward him with FG42 paratrooper rifles. He quickly stood up from the grass, raised his hands above his head, and shouted in German: "French! I am the French Air Force... I am a friend of Germany!" "

Two German soldiers had recognized his military uniform and put away their guns. One of them said to Mitterrand in very fluent French (he was probably from Lorraine-Alsace or Luxembourg): "The password ! Do you remember what the password is?"

"Seagull, the password is seagull." Mitterrand replied quickly.

The German soldier turned his head and shouted to the sergeant major: "One of our own! We are a French friend!"

That sergeant major was Brandt, who hated this war deep in his heart. He was the highest-ranking person among the more than 100 German paratroopers, and he became the temporary commander of this company-level group.

"Let him join our battle!" Brandt had already recognized Mitterrand. "Ask him if he has a weapon? If not, give him a pistol."

After making arrangements for Mitterrand, he recruited several platoon commanders and squad sergeants to his side, and spread a map on the ground. Brandt squatted down, tapped a place marked with an airport symbol on the map with his finger, and said, "We should be near this airport... Our location should be a flat platform, very spacious. , we can land the ZSO523 assault transport aircraft. But I think we should still try to capture that airport, otherwise when the ZSO523 lands, the anti-aircraft guns there will shoot down a lot of those big-bellied aircraft. "

Although Brandt hated the war, he had no favorable opinion of the ruling Nazi-Fatherland Party alliance. But now he is a cog in the German war machine, and he can only act according to various plans and plans that have been formulated long ago. Moreover, he is also responsible for the lives of more than a hundred German paratroopers who are temporarily his own. He cannot let them stay on the desolate gravel ground waiting for the Americans to massacre him. He must take action!

After he assigned the tasks, someone said to him: "Sergeant, a few more brothers are here. They seem to be dragging an LG45 recoilless rifle."

The LG45 recoilless rifle is a 105mm caliber recoilless rifle. It is the most advanced recoilless rifle owned by the German Wehrmacht. The muzzle velocity (armor-breaking projectile) reaches 403 meters per second, and the maximum range is up to 8,000 meters, the effective range of armor-piercing projectiles reaches 850 meters, and the effective range of grenades reaches 3,100 meters. The power is quite amazing!

However, this kind of artillery cannot be airdropped together with the paratroopers, but must be dropped separately. It is hard to say whether it can be picked up by the paratroopers in time.

"Okay!" Brandt glanced at the recoilless rifle mounted on a wheeled gun mount from a distance and nodded: "Take it with you. If you encounter an American tank, use it. Go deal with it. Also...are the signal soldiers here?"

"Here!" Someone responded immediately.

"Try to call the plane in the sky." Brandt ordered. "If we can get a few Fokker 636s to support us, we can capture that airport."