This is the last inventory. Jack, come and check it! Okay, wait a minute. Jack dropped the cigarette butt and walked over to check the data on the sheet.
Jack was from Arkansas. He was 27 years old this year. He was the squadron leader of this helicopter cargo transport team. He had first served on the European front line. In today's terms, his years of service were painful and happy. Why did he say so? On the one hand, he could receive a high salary and bonus by staying there. On the other hand, he had to constantly worry about the sudden attack of the bear. During that period of time, Jack could be said to have spent every day in fear.
In order to relieve his sorrow, Jack wrote to his wife almost every day. His wife read too many of his letters and began to worry about him. Fortunately, his wife's family had some ability and used some means to transfer him away from that terrible place.
Now that he was in Vietnam, it could be said that Jack was doing very well. Every day, he would be served lavishly, with alcohol and money. As for how well Jack was doing, it would be explained to everyone in the future.
Speaking of the European front, it was necessary to talk about the Cold War. After the end of World War II, the German armed forces were disbanded. The United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union reached an agreement to permanently abolish the German military. However, after the outbreak of the Korean War, the relationship between the Western countries and the Soviet Union worsened day by day. The United States turned to support the Federal Republic of Germany to rearm in order to launch an all-out confrontation with the Soviet Union in Europe.
In 1950, at the instigation of the United States, French Prime Minister René Pleven put forward the idea of forming a "European Army", striving to legitimately transform the former Bavarian Armed Forces into the Wehrmacht and make it the backbone of the resistance against the Soviet military bloc. The first Chancellor of West Germany, Adenauer, understood this tacitly. He authorized the former First Lieutenant of the Steam Army, Blanke, to coordinate relations with the Western occupying forces. In fact, he was secretly reorganizing the army.
Because the German generals had a lot of experience fighting against the Soviet Union, the US Army in Germany released a large number of war criminals from the army and tried to make them the main force of the future Wehrmacht. Hasso? Feng? Manteuffel, a former general of the armored troops, echoed Blank's words in the Federal Parliament and actively pushed for the establishment of the army to be passed. The former Panzer General who tried to rescue Hitler during the Battle of Berlin? Wenck was sent to Argentina to recruit former Wehrmacht generals, officers, and SS officers to return home. The famous Franz? General Halder (former Chief of the Army General Staff) was also recruited by the US Army War History Bureau in Germany. He was also in charge of intelligence and drew up plans for the war against the Soviet Union.
The West German army consisted of about 500,000 soldiers and 170,000 civilian personnel. The army was mostly heavily armored, and the air force participated in NATO's integrated air defense system. The navy closely monitored the Baltic Sea, escorted NATO ships, and viewed the Soviet Baltic Fleet as an imaginary enemy.
。。 NATO needed people who understood the Soviet Army, so they recruited a lot of random people. In the atmosphere of the Cold War, as long as you had the talent, no matter who you were, you could work there and get high pay. Use all the power at your disposal against the enemy
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For the sake of absolute profit, the secret service agencies that had committed heinous crimes in the past were also used beautifully.
The Soviet government once held a press conference in Moscow to request the extradition of war criminals from the United States. The Soviet Union accused no less than 300 people of war crimes committed on the Soviet-German battlefield during World War II, but the United States ignored it.
The US Army believed that the criminals from World War II had absolute experience, and experience was not something that could be replaced by East German slogans.
Think about it, which country in Europe had a war with the Soviet Union? Which country had a better military system than Germany? The Soviet Union did a terrible job in terms of talent because East Germany would not use ex-convict officers. I have seen some of their senior officers' resumes. The average age of their senior officers was 1520 years younger than the officers of the Third Reich. They had never experienced the test of actual combat, and they could only command the army on paper.
If there was a war, the Soviets would definitely send their officers and not rely on these "young men" in their 40s and 50s to command the army. As a result, in terms of the level of military command, East Germany was already lagging behind.
With the help of these talents, NATO developed a military plan that set NATO to only defend along the Rhine River. They believed that the further east the battle line moved, the more dangerous it would be. The US Army later sent more powerful experts to improve this military plan. Once war broke out, NATO would quickly deploy a large number of troops to Germany. The US Army also developed a corresponding plan to increase the weapons inventory in Europe and strengthen their rapid response capabilities.
Okay, I have gone too far. These things will be explained later in the novel!
* Are there only three machine guns this time? * Jack turned around and asked the US special forces soldier who was smoking behind him. The special forces soldier took two deep puffs before he lazily replied, "I don't know if our commander took the wrong medicine, but he forbade us from attacking the guerrillas during this time, so it's really good to be able to seize three heavy machine guns this time. You have to know that based on our previous record, there's more than this. If you think it's too little, there are still 60 M1 rifles and 27 M1 rifles here."
Jack glanced in the direction of his finger and immediately had a look of disgust. The 60 M1 rifles and 38 M1 rifles were scattered in two wooden boxes. The guns were covered with black blood and mud, and the bayonets placed next to the guns were either twisted or rusted. You'd better keep that junk for your own use!
Jack waved his hand to signal the soldier to take it away. No, no! Please spare me. You want me to carry such heavy things back for the second time? I won't do it. Forget it, bro, just put up with it! It's not like you're going to use these things, so what's the point of paying so much attention to them? Just throw them all into an official's office and you'll get a decent reward. If you're lucky, you might even get a purple star badge!
It's an easy job for anyone. Can't you do it because you drank too much whiskey? Hurry up and give me the money. My brothers are still waiting to buy drinks! It's really a bit difficult for me to take these things. If you have cannons, it'll be fine. But you only have a few broken machine guns and dozens of broken rifles … Jack paused. Take it back and save it up first. Wait for me to come back next time and exchange it.
When the special forces soldier heard this, he immediately became anxious. This won't do. I'm in urgent need of money now. I lost a lot of money last time and I'm waiting to get it back. If you don't give me money, what am I going to use to gamble?
For this problem, the two began to argue fiercely. They argued for a full half an hour but still couldn't solve the problem. Just as they were arguing, a voice suddenly came from behind them. I'll pay for this money on behalf of Jack. I'll pay as much as you say!
The two were shocked and turned around at the same time. They saw a man in a military uniform standing behind them and talking to them with a smile. Who are you? Jack was puzzled.
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