Chapter 438 Depressed Hans

To put it simply, in fact, the principle of night vision devices in this era is very simple, just like the way a flashlight illuminates the road.

The flashlight shines, hits the front, reflects back, and the eye sees it.

However, the light of the flashlight can be seen by others.

Therefore, it is necessary to change a kind of light, that is, infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, but can be received by the receiving device.

At this point, in the front of the tank, tank driver Trager stepped on the accelerator and listened to the peculiar sound of the engine behind him. Then, he released the clutch and the tank started.

In front of him is the driver's observation hole. He opened his eyes and looked forward, but he could only see more than ten meters away, which was far from guaranteeing his safety.

"Continue to accelerate and move forward." The voice of the commander Kurt Nesper came through the earphone, and he said: "The road ahead of us is the road, drive with confidence!"

Night vision goggles are a new thing, and the output is quite rare. Only Guderian, who has always been good at researching technology, will equip his armored division with these night vision goggles.

At the same time, the current night vision device is very simple. Only the commander has a receiving device. The other gunners and drivers are still in a state of smearing their eyes. That is to say, they must completely trust the commander.

Nesper dutifully instructed his tank and moved forward quickly, and behind them, tanks followed.

Every few tanks are mixed with an infantry fighting vehicle, and the roof is covered with a large pot cover, which is a more powerful owl infrared headlight.

It emits more intense infrared rays to help illuminate the road ahead, allowing the commander of your own tank to have enough time to react.

In fact, at night, it is not impossible to move. When the moon is sparse, the auto soldiers often turn off the headlights to start the car. There are some people who are born night owls and can see everything clearly in the dark.

However, their speed will definitely not be as fast as it is now, and at the same time, their ability to observe at night is determined by the moonlight and starlight, and now the sky outside is quite dark.

If there is no night vision goggles, then the tank troops can travel several kilometers in an hour is not bad.

The crawler of the tank ran over in the wild, and in ten minutes, it walked a few kilometers and came to the national border.

Nesper's eyes were fixed on his receiver, and he saw the outpost in front of him, the outpost of the border guards in Luxembourg.

"Prepare the machine gun, eleven o'clock," Nesper said.

About to enter the border of Luxembourg, will it attract resistance from the border guards of Luxembourg? Your own tanks can easily crush them, but that will expose your own goals.

The loader pushed the machine gun and got ready. Although he couldn't see the distance clearly, it was enough to follow the commander's instructions. Moreover, as soon as the shot was fired, the bullets were mixed with tracer bullets, and the trajectory could be clearly displayed. Then continue to adjust.

Nesper was constantly observing the outpost, and soon, he could see the situation on the outpost from his infrared receiver.

Several scouts, standing outside the outpost, raised their right hands towards them and saluted the standard.

Our own scouts had already ambushed outside the outpost in advance, and when the order was issued, they took control of it!

Nice job!

The tanks rumbled along the road next to the post, one after another, when the tank in front, after an hour had passed, the troops behind were still moving.

This is a huge army!

No one has noticed the situation in Luxembourg. After all, Luxembourg is an extremely small country. As small as two wars, this country has no resistance. Whoever comes will surrender, and live every day as it should.

On the border, they had only a sparse number of garrison outposts, and when these outposts were under control, the advance of the German army was simply a breeze.

At the same time, the backward communication system makes everything that happens here unable to be transmitted.

Now, it is the early morning of May 10, 1939, a full year earlier than in history!

The powerful Waffen SS Panzer Division entered the territory of Luxembourg on this dark night, and then drilled into the Ardennes forest.

Everything, silently.

At the same time, intense preparations are being made at all air bases in western Germany.

It was still dark outside, only the runway lights were flashing, and in the hangar not far away, Hans-Urich Rudel, looking at his plane.

Hans has made his 178th combat sortie, and at the same time, he has accumulated 121 victories.

Now, the Air Force is making a system improvement. When Hans has accumulated 200 victories, Hans has to retire from the front line. What is waiting for him is to teach those rookies in the rear, which makes Hans quite unhappy. .

What makes Hans even more unhappy is that now, Germany has thousands of bombers. Now, in the battle against France, they have been assigned their own targets, and Hans's bomber squadron, the target is not France, nor Not Belgium, the Netherlands, but Luxembourg.

This is like killing a chicken with a knife. What is he doing to fry Luxembourg?

The scythe-swinging operation is confidential. Only the senior officers who are directly in charge know the real combat plan. As for the ordinary lower-level officers, they are not qualified to know.

If every soldier knew that he was going through the Ardennes forest, what a shit!

Although he couldn't figure it out, as a soldier, Hans still knew that he had to obey orders as his duty.

Now, the aircraft has been maintained, and the crew is preparing to hang two 500-kilogram bombs under the belly.

Now, it is only after four in the morning, and there is still more than an hour before dawn. After dawn, it is the turn of the Stuka bombers to dispatch.

The bored Hans stepped out of the hangar and looked at the runway under the lights in the distance.

Under the dim runway lights, a Junkers 52 transport aircraft was pulling a DFS 230 glider and took off from the runway.

The three engines were running at full speed, and Aunt Junker was working hard at this time, preparing to pull the glider behind to take off.

The entire World War II, from a technical point of view, was definitely dominated by Germany. Tanks, aircraft, artillery, and almost a lot of technology came from Germany. Many were first applied in Germany.

For example, gliders!

Compared with airplanes, the biggest difference between gliders is that they have no power. They completely rely on getting down from a high altitude, constantly consuming potential energy, and finally landing. At the same time, because there is no power, the glider can be used and thrown away without worrying about the cost.

At the same time, because there is no power, the glider hardly makes any sound during the flight, which can play the role of surprise.