Imperial Overlord

With the intermittent sound of anti-aircraft guns behind him, Lyman carried his pistol, and finally found something that excited him in the light mist.

A weapon box full of German! There is also a special parachute that is larger than a human parachute hanging on the box.

Lyman ran over quickly, then used his dagger to lift the small nail on the box, and desperately opened the top cover.

Then, a fresh scent of oil wafted out. Keeping guns is a complicated job, and a good weapon needs more careful maintenance.

Just like a delicate flower or a beautiful woman, the weapon has almost the same temperament.

In this respect, the Germans can be said to be a model among the great powers, and their care and use of machinery are world-class.

Even today, decades later, looking at some of the standards of the German military industry back then, it was very advanced, and the rules were so unbelievable.

Lehmann opened the box and saw a neat row of Mauser 98K rifles inside, as well as a box on the far side that was placed independently inside.

He ignored those Mauser 98K rifles that he looked down on, but carried the handle formed by the rope on the independent box, and took the independent box out.

Then he squatted on the ground, opened the independent box again, and took out the STG-44 assault rifle newly equipped for the troops.

Originally, this air-dropped weapon box contained only grenades or Mauser rifles. Likewise, there is another case for the STG-44 assault rifle.

However, in the subsequent training, it was found during the airdrop that some troops could find a box of STG-44 assault rifles, while some troops could only use the Mauser rifles they picked up.

It seems that this method will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops until the technology that allows the guns to be airborne at the same time as the paratroopers is mature.

Therefore, Germany deliberately customized a batch of such wooden boxes, and mixed the two weapons into the box, so that the troops could find weapons more suitable for them and put them into battle.

Found an STG-44 assault rifle, stroking the smooth handguard and **** on it, and Lyman became more calm.

After all, he has already found his own weapon and something that can protect him and overcome his fears on this dangerous battlefield.

He stuffed the compressed magazine in the box into the magazine pocket attached to his chest belt, then picked up the assault rifle and inserted a brand new magazine.

"Whoa!" Pulling the bolt on the gun to let the bullets go into the chamber, it was the first time that Lyman completed the real battle preparations after landing.

Then he decided to guard the box, at least let the other soldiers take away some of the guns before leaving here.

There is a whole box of brand new weapons here, which means that at least one squad's soldiers have not found weapons, which means that one squad's soldiers are unable to fight.

Just thinking about these questions, there was a sudden sound of shredding through the grass not far away. Layman didn't know whether it was an enemy or a comrade-in-arms, so he could only lean against the weapon box and get ready for battle.

"Lightning!" Through the early morning mist, seeing a vague figure, Lyman lowered his voice and asked.

"Thunder!" After hearing this shout, there was a clear movement of lowering his body, and then he whispered back.

As for why the German airborne action plan on the island of Malta, the password is lightning and thunder, it is entirely because the Fuhrer asked Student to do so.

Someone insisted on using this classic password from Normandy because of the bad taste from the funeral, but this so-called "feeling" is only known to him now.

Hearing the other party's password, Lyman's nervousness calmed down a little. He moved his gun away and waited for the other party to approach slowly.

Soon, he found out that it was not a German paratrooper, but a group of seven or eight paratrooper comrades.

"My God, you are so lucky that you came down with the weapon box." The other party glanced at the STG-44 assault rifle in Lehmann's hand and said enviously.

Having said that, these soldiers were not slow to divide up the remaining Mauser 98K rifles in the box.

"We are 2nd Company, Corporal Schekov. Who are you?" A non-commissioned officer with a rank sorted out his weapons, and then introduced himself to Lyman.

"I'm in 1st company, Kos Lehman!" Lehman stretched out his hand and shook the other side briefly.

Because the paratroopers need to be airborne, in the process, they often find that they can't find their officers for a while or are killed in battle.

Therefore, paratroopers have the habit of obeying the highest commanders nearby. After all, the formation of combat effectiveness in the shortest time is the condition for paratroopers to win or survive.

"On the way we came, we encountered a British anti-aircraft artillery position." The corporal pointed to the direction they came from and said to Lyman, "Let's go back!"

This is the rhythm of things obviously going to happen. It seems that they are going to destroy the nearby British anti-aircraft artillery positions.

"Act with us?" The other party asked Lehman's opinion very politely.

But at this time, Lyman could not have any opinion of his own. He could only nod his head and agree to act together with the other party-until he met his own troops, or they met a larger officer and asked them to execute other task so far.

Soon, the German paratroopers came across a British anti-aircraft machine gun position that was constantly firing into the sky.

The tracer bullets can be clearly seen even in the mist, like a zigzagging firework, flying towards the sky in a curved line.

As for how many British soldiers there are in this machine gun position, it is not something that the German paratroopers who have just approached here know.

The other party didn't seem to notice that there were enemies around him, and he kept firing at the sky, and he didn't mean to hide himself at all.

Holding his weapon, Lyman had already shortened the distance to less than 30 meters. He even heard the British shouting. The broken English made people uncomfortable.

The two German paratroopers following him installed the bayonet on the Mauser rifle. This kind of rifle is not as easy to use as the STG-44 assault rifle at close range, and the bayonet can only be used to solve the problem.

"Three! Two! One! Go!" After whispering the countdown in a low voice, Lyman and the two soldiers jumped up from the hiding place and rushed towards the British anti-aircraft machine gun position that was firing in the air.

Their movements were quickly discovered by the British sentries who were guarding the surrounding area.

Like the Germans, their Lee Enfield rifles were bolt-action rifles that lacked pressure at close range.

Although the design emphasizes the rate of fire, this famous British gun is still limited by the structure of the bolt-action rifle and cannot be compared with semi-automatic or automatic rifles.

So after one shot knocked down a German paratrooper who was charging beside Lehmann, the opponent was shot in the head by Lehmann before he could shoot the second shot.

At this time, Lehmann and the attacking German paratroopers also discovered the size of the position - it was a circular fortification with trenches and sandbags with reinforced structures.

A dozen or so British soldiers also had an anti-aircraft machine gun, completely unaware that the Germans had approached this distance...

Before the British soldiers could react, Lehmann took full advantage of the speed of fire of the assault rifle. Holding the assault rifle, he swept down half of the people before the other party shouted the word surrender.

"Tutu! Tutu!" When the British were still pulling the bolt, the continuous bullets allowed these unlucky guys to appreciate the power of the assault rifle three years earlier.

The dense number of bullets suddenly broke the British's will to resist, half of them fell down instantly, and the other half immediately gave up their resistance.

"Surrender!" "Surrender!" Even if German and British are not common, this does not prevent the grass-roots soldiers from being self-taught.

The soldiers of the belligerent countries quickly mastered some common words~www.readwn.com~ such as the word surrender-of course, and the internationally accepted gesture of raising both hands.

Lehmann was holding his own weapon, and almost forgot to replace the bullets in the empty magazines. The remaining German paratroopers with bayonets only remembered the wounded who had just been hit by the bullets.

The soldier who was hit by the British Sentinel's bullet was lucky, and the bullet hit him in the shoulder, which was not fatal under the circumstances.

As long as the German paratroopers successfully captured the island, it is still possible for such injuries to be treated.

So Lehman's mood has also become better, at least they haven't encountered large-scale losses yet.

Soon, the battle here attracted more German paratroopers. Some of these paratroopers were armed, while others were unlucky and could only use their bare hands.

Lyman found his boss and encountered his own troops, and then the dozens of paratroopers gathered together launched a tentative attack on the surrounding British positions.

They took several positions of British anti-aircraft machine guns and destroyed a British anti-aircraft gun.

These attacks made the British begin to retreat. The size of the German paratroopers and the high combat effectiveness shocked the British guarding the island of Malta. The other side gave up some positions, so that the German army could end its chaos and gather calmly.

That day, at 7:00 a.m. on the 23rd, most of the 3,000 German airborne troops landed safely and controlled a considerable area.

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Long Ling still has a fever today, so I can only update it once, please understand, thank you for your concern, Long Ling will get better as soon as possible, a lot of code words...