12. Damn cousins!)
Erwin Rommel!
Wang Weiyi never thought that one day he would stand face to face with this famous general all over the world.
"Lt. Ernst, I have clearly seen the outstanding performance of you and your third company in the face of the enemy's new weapons." Rommel looked serious: "It's really surprising that the enemy used new weapons in today's attack. Our positions were broken through several places, but only here, you and your soldiers were so calm and composed."
"Thank you for your compliment, Lieutenant Erwin," said Wang Weiyi politely: "This is just what a German officer should do. If you don't mind, I think we can go there and have a good chat."
Rommel nodded and followed Wang Weiyi to a corner of the position.
The enemy's attack stopped temporarily. Rommel carefully observed the enemy's position with a telescope, and after a while, he let it go: "If I make a good judgment, the enemy will launch a new attack in about an hour."
"Yes, this is exactly the same as my judgment." Wang Weiyi interrogated: "We have ammunition, but it is seriously insufficient in human hands. I think we will fall into a hard battle."
"German soldiers are never afraid of any battle." Rommel still seemed so confident: "Lt. Ernst, have you noticed it? Your B position is very far from my C position. If the enemy launches a large-scale attack, I think we can support each other..."
Wang Weiyi had noticed this long ago.
The B position defended by the third company was very close to the C position, and he thought of it when he first came to the position. However, this tactic was not imagined before, and the second reason was that the battle broke out quickly, and he had no time to contact the C position.
But Wang Weiyi never thought that it was Erwin Rommel in the C position!
"I completely accept this proposal." Wang Weiyi did not hesitate too much: "If this is the case, then our two positions will be connected, and the enemy will be hit by us no matter which side of the attack."
Rommel nodded with satisfaction, but there was still no smile on his face: "Okay, let's talk about the weird thing that the British invented."
The "strange thing" in Rommel's mouth obviously refers to a tank.
Wang Weiyi thought about it: "Lt. Erwin, that's a tank..."
He introduced the tank to Rommel carefully.
The tank was discovered by the British E.D. Swindon, who accidentally found it. If a cannon or machine gun was installed on a tractor, wouldn't it be invincible? In October 1914, the European battlefield in World War I was in a deadlock. Lieutenant Colonel Swindon, who was serving in the British Expeditionary Force, proposed that it was necessary to create an armored vehicle that could open roads on a battlefield covered with barbed wire, cross trenches, and destroy and suppress machine gun fire to break the dull deadlock on the Western Front.
The British Army at that time had no interest in this, but Churchill, who was then the Minister of Navy, was overjoyed and ordered the establishment of the "Land Warship Committee" to personally lead the development of the "Land Warship". In February 1915, the British government adopted Swindon's suggestion and used automobiles, tractors, gun manufacturing and metallurgy technology to make a prototype vehicle in September 1915 and successfully completed the first test. The prototype vehicle was called a "little vagrant". It weighed 18 tons and had a armor thickness of 6 mm. It was equipped with a 7.7 mm "Maxim" machine gun and several 7.7 mm "Lewis" machine guns.
In 1916, the British produced a tank called "Mark I" type tank. Its outer contour is diamond-shaped and rigidly suspended. There are protruding gun seats on the crawlers on both sides of the car. Two tracks bypass the body from the top, and a pair of steering wheels extend out from the back of the car. The tank has 8 crew members, including "male" and "female". The "male" is equipped with two 57mm cannons and 4 machine guns, while the "female" is equipped with only 5 machine guns.
All these information were firmly remembered in Wang Weiyi's mind and it was effortless to say it casually, but in Rommel's ears, the lieutenant company commander of Fu Tengburg Mountain Camp finally showed a surprised expression on his face.
It's too detailed, and it's too detailed. The company commander Ernst Bryme in front of him seemed to have witnessed the entire process of the birth of the tank with his own eyes.
"How did you know, Lieutenant Ernst?" Rommel asked with confusion.
Wang Weiyi hesitated for a moment: "Ah, Lieutenant Erwin, maybe you don't know. Just a while ago, Sergeant Heinrich Elena from the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Army Staff came here, and she told me before leaving."
"Heinrich?" Rommel still had a smile on his face: "No wonder, it turned out that Heinrich told you that those people from the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Army General Staff are indeed powerful."
Wang Weiyi had some bad premonition in his heart: "Do you recognize Sergeant Heinrich?"
"Yes." Rommel replied with a smile: "That's my cousin."
Damn it, Wang Weiyi cursed himself in his heart. It’s not good to make excuses. He insisted that it was Elina who told him? Isn’t this causing trouble for himself?
Elena is Rommel's cousin? God, there is never this in her database. There is such a coincidence in the world. If their cousins meet in the future and talk about themselves, wouldn't their lies be exposed immediately?
Wang Weiyi had a headache, but there was nothing he could do when things got to this point...
How could Rommel know what he was thinking? He carefully asked about the way to deal with the tanks, and then carefully discussed with Wang Weiyi how both sides would cooperate and support each other during the next battle, and then he straightened up:
"Lt. Ernst, it's an honor to know you, and hope that in the upcoming battle we can give those British a little color."
"It is also my honor to know each other." Wang Weiyi said absent-mindedly.
Rommel did not stay here for too long. The enemies on the opposite position were gathering, and it was obvious that a new attack was about to begin.
Rommel returned to his position, Wang Weiyi was a little depressed. What if his lies were exposed? Will he be regarded as a spy? Or is he regarded as a monster by others?
That damn Dr. Qin, what should I do if I have to bring myself to this time and space?
"Hey, Lieutenant, the enemy is starting to attack!"
Sergeant Hall's words interrupted Wang Weiyi's thinking. Since things have developed to this point, what's the point of thinking more?
Chapter completed!