Steel Soviet Union

"It was after arriving at the fire line and just starting to take photos. The escort team was on guard all around. At that time, David and I were looking for cover at the entrance of the alley."

Kalachev's office was temporarily vacated as a dialogue space for Malashenko and Kovanov to explain the whole matter clearly.

Malashenko didn't have much time to listen to Kovanov telling stories slowly, and Kovanov, who knew he had to keep his words short and concise, didn't have any timidity or fear.

As good brother Sulovechenko said, no matter what happens next, it has already happened.

Responsibility must be borne and the consequences must be faced.

No matter how bad everything was, Kovanov, who had regained his calm thinking, had made all mental preparations. The slowly passing time seemed to gradually flow backwards with these words, returning to the original origin before all the unexpected explosions. point.

call out--

Crackling——

"No! It's too dangerous! This is the limit, David! We can't go any further! I'll give you the last thirty seconds to prepare to evacuate!"

Projectiles flying in all directions, dazzling tracer barrages, and thunderous explosions that sounded from time to time, along with huge amounts of high-speed impact projectile fragments scattered everywhere.

Together with all kinds of ricocheting and stray bullets coming from all angles, all kinds of masonry and debris were scattered on the wall of the alley entrance used for hiding. Just being pierced in the face would make people feel stabbed. It hurts.

Kovanov, who was fully aware that this place was too dangerous to stay for a long time, carried out his duties. While keeping an eye on David who was very close to him, he tried his best to protect his safety while still looking around vigilantly. In any direction where there may be sudden danger, hold on to the pistol that has already been pulled out of the holster and loaded with bullets.

In a street fighting place so close to the line of fire, it is not surprising that a fanatical German guy who is not afraid of death suddenly pops out of a certain door nearby and makes random moves. Anyone who wants to survive cannot help but be extra vigilant.

Kovanov's first priority is to ensure the safety of the target, and David's first priority, which he has a secret of his own, still needs some time, at least longer than thirty seconds, to complete.

"It will take a while, please give me some more time! I don't have enough photos, and I haven't completed the task yet! If it doesn't work, you can leave me alone, I can protect myself, don't worry! I have this in my hand !”

The American guy with a camera in one hand and a weapon in the other looks quite confident. He doesn't mind the weapon in his hands at all. He took it out of the leader's arsenal and borrowed it from the Soviets. The twists and turns of the Thompson submachine gun.

Where did the "Chicago Typewriter" come from in the leader's arsenal?

When asked about this, of course it has something to do with Karamov, the "general manager" known as the "mechanical fanatic".

Karamov's hobby of playing with various machines, especially collecting various firearms, has been around for a long time. In the early days of the Great Patriotic War, Karamov, who followed Malashenko on his expeditions, collected He bought a lot of rare firearms from the Germans.

Including but not limited to the ZB26 Czech light machine gun, Somi submachine gun, and even the Mauser C that directly made Malashenko full of emotions.

It's a pity that the situation in the early days of the Great Patriotic War was not good, and we often fought against the odds and bad battles.

These rare firearms that Karamov worked hard to collect were all taken out by Malashenko on the order of Malashenko during a brutal battle, and distributed to the workers' armed forces as support, and they were not confiscated after the war. At that time, we lived a hard life where we couldn't even use a gun. It was completely incomparable to the rich and wealthy life of the leader today.

The days that followed gradually became more prosperous, and Karamov was heartbroken when his inventory collection was cleared once, but in the end he chose to return to his old business, continue to work in his old business, and start from scratch again.

Most of the rare guns that had been cleared before were later captured and replenished, and even some newer rarer guns that were not available before were added.

For example, the American-made Thompson submachine gun captured from the Germans.

What? How did you come here, you ask?

Don't ask, it's just a souvenir brought back from Africa by Rommel's regiment. I just don't know how the Germans usually replenish the 45-caliber bullets for this thing. Anyway, when Karamov got this thing, it came with a whole pack of bullets. , there are hundreds of rounds, enough to fill dozens of magazines.

In other words, this thing was taken to Africa by the US military to poke out the Germans, but unexpectedly the Germans turned it over and surrendered the gun. Then the good-looking Americans refused to admit defeat and poked it back, successfully driving away Rommel's regiment from Africa. But the Thompson submachine gun was taken all the way back to Germany as a trophy.

Then, due to troop mobilization and changes in the front line, a certain unit of the original German Afrika Korps that held this gun was transferred to the Eastern Front to fight fires and withstand the fierce attack of the leader's division.

Of course, this result is the same as that of the vast majority of German troops.

Since the completion of the synthetic adaptation of the Leader Division, no group of German troops has been able to defeat the Leader Division head-on. Therefore, this Thompson submachine gun, which has been used for many times, naturally fell into the hands of the Soviets and became the commander-in-chief of the Leader Division, Kara. Mauve's private collection.

To sum up simply, this Thompson submachine gun went from the United States to North Africa, from North Africa to Italy, from Italy to Germany, and then from Germany to Poland, and finally returned to Germany in the hands of the Soviets and came to Berlin. Awesome experience. During this period, it experienced three owners from the United States, Germany and the Soviet Union, so in a sense, if you say it is a "house slave with three surnames", it is indeed correct. It can be called "Thomson's Bizarre Adventure".

Oh, no, to be precise, this is the fourth owner now.

Because these "domestic slaves with three surnames" are now back in the hands of the Americans, even if they are only temporarily borrowed.

Out of the need for self-defense on the battlefield, Kovanov took David to pick out a weapon that he could use before leaving.

As a result, all kinds of Soviet and German weapons were lined up in the armory. David looked left and right, but he didn't like anything.

It is true that David has actual combat experience, but during his service in the Marine Corps, he only fought against the bow-legged little Japanese in the Pacific battlefield. If you really want to say that you are familiar with weapons, those are American weapons and Japanese weapons. As for Su weapons and German weapons

Sorry, I haven't played it, so I really don't understand.

Every veteran knows that if you go into the battlefield with a gun that you are new to and unfamiliar with its performance and feel, you may lose your life. Both David and Kovanov understand this.

In this case, there was nothing he could do. Kovanov could only help David find beautiful weapons. It was hoped that the leader's division, which had received a lot of equipment and supplies from the US aid, would have American guns available that would make David feel comfortable.

In fact, there is no other way except to find beautiful weapons. You can't let the leader go looking for the little devil's broken gun, right?

Don't say that you don't have that thing, even if you do have it, it will be chopped up by the leader's cooking team and used to set up a pot for dinner, or a handful will be left in the latrine to use as a pole for carrying dung. After all, the length is indeed long enough, and it is easy to use for picking up excrement, and you are not afraid of getting it on your hands. The only valuable role of your little devil's 38 big cover in the leader is limited to this, if there is any.

It's a pity that it doesn't exist now, but maybe, probably, there will be a high probability in the future.

All in all, Kovanov, who contacted "General Manager" Karamov for help, finally got help. Karamov, who loves to collect rare firearms, does have American guns in his hands, and there are many types and more than one type.

Hearing that this matter was personally supervised and requested by Comrade Division Commander, Karamov did not hide it and was very generous. From the many American guns in his collection, he took out the best-performing and retired Marine Corps gun. The weapon Wei was most familiar with, the Thompson submachine gun, was delivered directly to the door by a special car with the gun and ammunition included.

Kovanov, who had settled the matter of self-defense weapons, was still scolding you in his mind that the Yankees were so difficult to serve, but when he couldn't do it, he never thought that he could pick up Thomson's David again. But there was a look of ecstasy on his face.

"Hey! Mr. Major, Thomson and I are old friends. When we were in the Pacific, I used it to knock down swarms of Japanese Japs until I was disabled and retired. Picking it up felt like I was back on the battlefield again. "

Kovanov, who had a dark look on his face, shook his head. It wasn't that he was deliberately throwing cold water on him, but he just followed up with a moderate reminder.

"It's a pity that instead of going back to the Pacific, you came to the Berlin battlefield - the Soviet Union's Berlin battlefield."