Hardcore ruthless starts in the Pacific

"I think the world should unify the language. It's too difficult for people like us from different countries to communicate." Huang Jiu couldn't help complaining.

"What language do you think is better for unification?" Ivan asked with a smile.

"Chinese."

Huang Jiu's answer was quite decisive, almost without thinking.

"It's quite difficult." Yi Wen shrugged his shoulders and said, "This language is too difficult to learn. If I remember correctly, it is because Huaxia is too big, and there are dialects from various places, so the written words can be understood. But those who are riding horses don’t understand?”

"Um......"

Huang Jiu also had to admit that it was too difficult for the world to use Chinese as a unified language, "Dialects are like this, but I don't speak dialects."

"?"

Ivan slowly made a question mark.

Every Chinese person feels that he is speaking official Chinese instead of a dialect, but the fastest way to understand is not to ask him to say it a few times, but to put subtitles on it.

To be honest, communicating with Huang Jiu is much more difficult than communicating with Huang Qing, and every sentence has a strong local accent.

Those who ride horses can't tell the difference, and sometimes they speak faster. It's hard for Yiwen, a native of China, to understand.

He himself felt that he had no accent.

"What are you doing staring at me? I'm not wrong." The old man said carelessly, "Okay, let's not mention this, talk about something else—I'm surprised that you can stick to the rules."

"Is this difficult?" Ivan couldn't help but asked.

"It's hard." Huang Jiu sighed slightly.

Talking and doing are not the same thing. In the past, Bota broke the cowhide. He said what he would do, what rules he would set, and if he did not abide by them, he would be punished heavily. He talked about it almost every day. , when he really needs to act according to the rules, he will treat it as a fart yesterday.

Huang Jiu has been tricked several times. If he hadn't been so strict in defense, he would have squandered all the food he had hidden away. If he didn't keep it all, he would have kicked him out of the resistance organization he worked so hard to maintain on trumped-up charges... Later, as long as food is not involved, he will close his eyes and let Botha to toss about. As long as he controls the most critical things, he will not have much problem in surviving.

Now that there is Yiwen who abides by the rules, Huang Jiu must be a little uncomfortable, and then he feels more and more that his behavior of greeting the Screaming Eagles was extremely correct.

So that Huang Jiu said to Ivan quite seriously: "It's so difficult, I imagined that as long as you can lead everyone to survive and win the battle, I can endure anything... Now, I just want to say, you really It is a treasure brought by God."

"It's an exaggeration, and the treasure you mentioned completely destroyed the atmosphere of today's victory." Ivan half-jokingly said.

When this matter was mentioned, Huang Jiu's expression became serious: "Although I am not involved in the war, but regarding the punishment you imposed... I am here to express my position - I support your approach."

"No matter what, we have to be different from NAZI. Some things cannot be forgiven or tolerated, and we cannot even open a head."

"It's good that you understand my painstaking efforts." Ivan said.

"I think......"

The old man paused for a while, and his tone was a little teasing, "Did you expect the current situation at the moment you made the punishment decision? I admire you quite a lot. Cohesion is reflected in all aspects, but it can be strengthened." It's not that easy...Using such an insignificant punishment to greatly increase the cohesion of the combat troops, you boy...damn, you are born to be a general! Those executives in the United States are absolutely I was blind and left you in this place."

"Where is it?" Ivan said modestly, "The paratroopers, regardless of rank or position, will parachute together when they are in action, even generals must do this, and you also know that falling from the sky is not that simple... If you are unlucky, you will die directly."

"Um......"

Huang Jiu responded, and then as if remembering something, he quickly grabbed Yi Wen's sleeve and said: "The daily information from the eyeliner today is the kind of less urgent news twice a day. I remember listening to it." Clearly, it also talks about the Allied airborne troops, I think it should be very important to you, and you can come to me to talk about the details after you have interrogated the Germans——!"

Evan nodded.

This matter should not be rushed, because no matter what happens, an action force will be needed after all, and no matter how bad it is, two people from the vanguard team must go to find out the truth. Now these guys are strengthening their cohesion in the 5-kilometer off-road, Yi Wen If you don't have time to join them, you won't bother them, and when they finish, they will be exhausted one by one, and they don't have the physical strength to support the action.

Therefore, the affairs of other paratroopers can be postponed until the prisoners are interrogated. After all, it will not take too long to communicate with a few Germans.

After finding the young man who can speak German, Ivan immediately took him and Huang Jiu to meet the captives to ensure smooth communication-Iwen spoke Chinese, then Huang Jiu translated into French, and finally the young man under his command translated into German.

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The Germans who were captured by the guerrillas had a bad face when they surrendered. After all, I saw the attitude of the French towards the wounded soldiers.

At that moment, the Germans somewhat regretted surrendering.

Because the premise of putting down weapons is that there is a way out. Since you have to die if you surrender, then you should fight to the death to pull a few French backs.

"We shouldn't have surrendered, this is a bunch of devils!"

"They locked us here, are they going to find a chance to eat us?"

"Sir, since this is the case, we should find a way to get out!"

"At least, die bravely!"

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Weak soldiers will also show extraordinary courage.

"Okay, that's it!"

It was not only Doppler who escaped who was lucky during the battle, but also Conrad, the squad leader of another infantry squad, who took the lead in surrendering to the guerrillas.

Of course, now he regrets the stupid decision he made.

If it weren't for the tyrannical behavior of a small number of soldiers, although they would mutter about Ivan's handling of the German wounded, they would never have such a fierce resistance idea.

Fortunately, the timing of Ivan's arrival was quite coincidental—the German prisoners had just decided what to do next, and hadn't discussed the details of the resistance in detail.

Simple conversations can be used to curb this kind of meaningless behavior that will bring unnecessary casualties to the guerrillas.

Seeing Ivan, the German squad leader Konrad asked: "Your Excellency, Commander, are you going to kill us?"

Even if you don't understand the language on the battlefield, you can still know that the American Screaming Eagle in front of you is the commander of the entire guerrilla unit, and the behavior of his soldiers to "relieve the pain" of the wounded must be his order. As for the brutality of a small number of people, It was definitely not his will, otherwise he would not have stopped such behavior.

It’s just that when the distrust appeared, Conrad would inevitably think about it—Ivan stopped it just because he and his brothers had just surrendered. If the soldiers below were allowed to continue, the German army who surrendered would continue to resist on the spot.

"I know why you think that."

Ivan does not deny what the soldiers at the grassroots level have done, nor does he deny that the prisoners of war are full of doubts about themselves, "But there is one thing I hope you can understand and understand-don't generalize, what a small number of soldiers have done Things were despised by most and hated by me, so I punished the commanders of these soldiers."

After hearing this sentence, Conrad and his comrades beside him were shocked.

It is impossible to judge whether what Ivan said is true or not, but the German guy who chose to surrender cherishes his life very much, that is to say... he would rather believe it is true, so that he may survive and return to his hometown to reunite with his relatives.

"Whether you trust me or not, some things must be said about our rules here and your future."

Ivan stared at the prisoners of war, with a smile on his face, "You can live, you can live... Although the "Geneva Convention" is almost a joke to me, we will abide by the most basic regulations. After all, you When I came in, I also saw what kind of life we ​​were living, and it was very difficult to satisfy ourselves, so for those seriously injured guys, we have no other choice but to give them a good time."

"Your Excellency Commander, you mean...?"

I understand it, but I don't understand it either.

The Germans frowned and couldn't figure out the meaning of Ivan's words.

"It's simple."

Ivan lit a cigarette and said, "First of all, it is impossible to let you go before the end of the war, and no one can guarantee what you will do to us when you return to the small town of Savigny after you are released. Then, what will you do next?" You have to stay in our base camp for a period of time...you are human beings, and we are human beings, and you always have to eat and drink, and because of limited conditions, you have to work if you want to fill your stomach."

So far, the number of people in the logistics team is equivalent to the number of people in the combat team. Simply put, one logistics person supports one combat soldier. According to the American military system, the ratio is 1:1, which means that one soldier fights on the front line and one soldier in the rear There are 8 support staff to provide various support.

The conditions of the guerrillas are very difficult, it is impossible to have such a luxurious logistics system, and there are not so many materials to support them, but 1:1 is too much to squeeze the logistics... If the troops in Yiwen's hands are the people's army, That doesn't need to worry too much, because the soldiers in this army, even those who need to go to the front line to work hard, will also participate in the labor.

It's a pity not, and even if Ivan tried his best, he couldn't turn it into a people's army, so he could only let the combatants focus on fighting, and leave the rest to the logistics.

Then it is necessary to select personnel from the logistics team to supplement/expand the combat team, which will further lead to insufficient numbers of people in the logistics team, and a lot of work on them will not only wear down the body, but also cause the soldiers who are out of production to not be guaranteed.

Therefore, Ivan thinks that 3:1 is the best ratio, which will neither make the logistics department's work too heavy, but also allow him to have free time to participate in training.

"Labor..." Conrad asked as if confirming, "You mean to let us work here?"

"Yes." Ivan gave an affirmative answer.

After a few seconds, the prisoners of war looked at each other, then lowered their heads and fell into deep thought, with some strangeness in their eyes.

This is a very common thing in wars. Whenever the warring parties capture prisoners, the first thing to do is to interrogate, screen and collect intelligence.

The Soviet Union and Germany on the European battlefield treated prisoners of war in this way, and then the two countries treated each other’s prisoners quite harshly...the United States, which is very rich, and its little brother, the eagle, will not let them Prisoners go to forced labor, and after the interrogation, they are thrown into a prisoner-of-war camp to ensure that they have food, drink, and medical treatment. After the war, there will be a public trial, and the guilty will be punished and the acquittal will be released.

"Why, don't you want to?"

Seeing the bewilderment on the German guy's face, Ivan sighed slowly, "I can't change the rules here for you, even I have to abide by them myself, since..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a French guy who can speak German. After Huang Jiu translated, Yiwen nodded slowly to express his approval.

"Sir, if you are hereby explaining this..."

Conrad said this, "I have been to a prisoner-of-war camp of the Wehrmacht, and I can't forget what the prisoners inside do every day. At that time, I knew that if one day I was captured, I would suffer the same thing." treatment, but you are beyond my knowledge..."

How can the commander-in-chief of an army come to explain this matter to the prisoners of war, it is simply unheard of!

The initial expectation of these Germans was that they would be killed by the French and then dismembered. After Ivan came to communicate with them, they felt that the coolies must be appropriate, but they didn’t know if they could get some food to feed themselves. After dealing with them, the expectations in my heart were washed away like a festering embankment.

Will not die, will not be abused, as long as you work, you can have a full meal?Will they be released after the war is over?

Horse riding... After being a prisoner, is there such a good thing? !

After seeing too much how the concentration camps persecute the Soviets, Poles and other non-Germanic people, even pure German Aryans will think about it—such inhumane treatment, if one day they fall into the hands of the enemy, then Can't experience the same thing?

Now, the guerrillas who captured him treated him so kindly, so we should cherish it! ?

So the Germans expressed that they would trust Ivan, obey all the regulations here, and work as required in exchange for food to fill their stomachs.

"It's good for you to understand, but...the ugly words are first-"

Ivan emphasized, "I don't mind if any of you run away, but the person who chooses to run away is no longer a prisoner of war, but our enemy. Guns and bullets have no eyes...and, we practice here The only thing is that one person makes a mistake and the group is punished. The 8 of you will be divided into 2 groups according to the regulations. Each group is a group. If anyone escapes, then the remaining 3 people will be punished. You will not die here , but you can guess what punishment is more painful than death."

"Besides, you have to supervise each other. Every time someone cheats in the labor, the group that this person belongs to will also be punished, and the other group that reported will be rewarded."

After the translation was finished, the German guy's body visibly trembled. It wasn't the sitting that frightened them, but Ivan's failure to explain the punishment clearly—what experience is it that life is worse than death?

I can only imagine it on my own, the more I think about it, the more I feel like my hairs are standing on end and my hairs are dripping with cold sweat.

What does it mean to accurately control human fear?Only those who know that all fear comes from the unknown will set such rules for prisoners of war!

Not to mention the specific punishment, just let them imagine for themselves, and they will definitely think about the worst... Ivan believes that at this moment, quite a few bloody and violent scenes must have flashed through the brainstorming of the prisoners of war, enough for him to think about it. Scared myself out of my wits.

He also divided them into two groups to supervise each other, not only cutting off the captives' thoughts of escaping, but also cutting off their thoughts of slacking off for a living.

Warriors can try the unknown without believing in evil, but as long as there is hope of survival among the captured German soldiers, no one wants to be a hero.

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"Work from now on, there is no room for bargaining, and then...he is your leader." Ivan pointed to Huang Jiu, "At the same time, I will give you a certain amount of freedom in life, as long as you don't leave here, you won't be running away .”

In the case of insufficient manpower, it is more effective to let the prisoners of war scare themselves to supervise each other than to put on some shackles and send more people to supervise, but it is only limited to the period when the number of prisoners of war is relatively small. It's hard to get it to work.

After planning the future of the prisoners of war, Ivan began to interrogate the prisoners of war individually to ensure that the information collected from these guys was true.

——The name of the commander of the infantry battalion in the small town of Savigny, his attitude towards the guerrillas, the establishment, number, and firepower of the entire army, how many heavy weapons, how many mortars, how many iron fists, whether there are armored vehicles, tanks, small The defensive deployment of the town, the names and resumes of the German veterans who had successfully escaped before.

In just 10 minutes, Ivan gained a lot.

First of all, it is certain that the Wehrmacht Lieutenant Colonel Hans has no interest in guerrillas at all. According to the description of the prisoners of war, he has been in contact with some middle and senior officials in Germany in recent months, hoping to return to the motherland earlier. , it is best to retire directly and return to the countryside to farm.

This is a fairly normal phenomenon. Generally speaking, the people who can become battalion commanders in the German army are Junker nobles. They have controlled the army for a long time since the Kingdom of Prussia. There is not much difference in defeat and still bear it. For Junkers like Lieutenant Colonel Hans who has a family, looking for a way out or protecting himself is the most important thing to do now.

It can be seen from this that Lieutenant Colonel Hans, the commander of the German infantry battalion, is a fairly stable factor. Unless he is forced by external forces, he will not send out a large army to encircle Ivan, because there is no clear order from his superiors, so he has to fight the guerrillas. As far as the lieutenant colonel is concerned, the income cannot be said to be much, it is not at all.

However, there was instability in this German camp.

The guy who can be called a time bomb is called Doppler, and his military rank is the highest point a soldier can reach-superior exempt soldier.

This guy who was injured and retired from the Eastern Front and then re-enlisted with a second-class Iron Cross gave Ivan a headache.

According to the captives, this guy is quite belligerent, and the idea that "soldiers should die for the motherland" is somewhat muddy in the third-line troops... Others are slacking off and taking advantage of it. During the training of the soldiers under his command, every once in a while, he had to give other people blood, trying to maintain the fighting will of the entire infantry battalion.

Lieutenant Colonel Hans saw it. Although he didn't think such a sharpening behavior had any future at all, Doppler always followed the rules... There must be reasons and excuses for punishment, so I just Can let go of high-level exempt soldiers.

This eventually led to the emergence of today's battle.

Hearing these things, Ivan let out a long breath... Today's battle was actually won by luck, not how well prepared his side was and how tricky his deployment was—because Hans The colonel didn't want to cooperate with Doppler, and even punished him slightly for being noisy all the time - if about half of the soldiers in this batch of German troops were trained by Doppler himself, then Ivan's ambush would probably not be fought so smooth.

A vigilant old fritter felt that something was wrong and immediately stopped and looked for cover. However, about half of the soldiers in the team obeyed his orders, and the remaining half would obey the arrangement even if they were reluctant.

Immediately afterwards, two or three people will be sent into the ambush area for reconnaissance. Ivan will not fight, and Doppler will also let the reconnaissance soldiers go to the left and right sides of the road to investigate. At that time, the German army with mortar support may not necessarily attack the guerrillas. If the team hangs up and fights, it will definitely cause a lot of casualties.

Although a tragic victory is a victory, a serious loss will make the entire army lose its follow-up combat capabilities. The most important thing is that the wounded are difficult to deal with... The two Screaming Eagles who are still lying down and waiting for Huang Jiu to contact the surgeon are the most Good evidence - the guerrillas are not in a position to allow the wounded to receive immediate medical attention.

'You bastard, you bastard! '

Although Ivan crazily scolded Doppler as an old dog in his heart, he felt that Lieutenant Colonel Hans, who had long been displeased with Doppler's defeat, should give him a lot of punishment.

Bao Buqi will be sent directly to a military court, but Yiwen will never pin his hopes on the enemy.