Simulation Game: Crisis Management-Chapter 142 - 100: Playing CQB in World War II

Chapter 142: Chapter 100: Playing CQB in World War II
Gu Ji relayed the information he had just seen from the dog tag.
"The 29th Armored Division... did you come from the Rutana Volcano?"
The middle-aged soldier had short brown hair, a full beard, and wore a dusty, crumpled uniform. Although he appeared carefree, he was a legitimate sergeant.
In the Hans Army’s equipment system, only officers above deputy squad leaders were eligible to be equipped with MP40 submachine guns.
Before Gu Ji could respond, the young soldier beside him spoke up:
"Sir, the Fog Eagle Alliance Army is like a madwoman on a rampage, and the Roman Army is on guard against us. The battle has long been chaotic. Just now, when we retreated from the East Coast Highway, I even saw people from the 1st Airborne Division!"
The young soldier wore a gray-green model 40 steel helmet, and his features looked very youthful, probably only seventeen or eighteen years old. His face was filled with excitement, seemingly not yet calm from the thrill of killing the enemy just now.
Gu Ji glanced down at the enemy’s corpse.
Indeed, they were from Eagle Country.
That meant he was currently on the Western Front.
During World War II, the Eastern and Western Fronts were divided by Hans—simply put, the Eastern Front was east of Berlin, mainly opposing the Soviet Union, while the Western Front was against France and the Fog Eagle Alliance Army.
The saying goes, "No battles on the Western Front, real men on the Eastern Front."
The brutality of the Eastern Front could only be described as "hell on earth." Soldiers’ average survival time was generally 24 hours, with four hundred deaths every hour, and the largest tank battle in human history erupted there.
Under such overwhelming artillery attacks, no close-quarters combat (CQC or CQB) tactics could withstand even half a second.
On the Western Front, engaging with the Fog Eagle Alliance Army was considered later stages.
Volcano, Coastal Highway, Roman Army.
These three tags together gradually reminded Gu Ji of a significant Allied counterattack on the Western Front: the South Outer Islands Campaign!
This war occurred in July 1943 and was one of the largest landings in World War II, eventually resulting in the Allies defeating the Axis. The Hans Army was forced to retreat, and the Roman Empire exited World War II, ending the conflict.
For Gu Ji,
This piece of information was particularly important.
First, he could use it to judge the current battlefield situation;
Second, it helped identify the type and reason of checkpoint accident disasters.
Indeed.
From the dog tag, he saw that "Herman’s" hometown was Ludwig Port.
One of the important disaster cases he had studied in "Accident Disaster Emergency Response" was the explosion at the Hans BASF Factory.
This factory historically had multiple accidents.
The most famous was the Auburg explosion of September 1921, causing 500 deaths, about 2000 injuries, and the strong shock wave was even recorded by seismographs as far as 300 kilometers away in Munich.
Ludwig Port was the headquarters of the BASF Factory.
If he remembered correctly, in July 1948, there was also a significant explosion at the Ludwig Port production base.
But now it was 1943, a five-year difference.
Just as Gu Ji was reflecting carefully, the middle-aged soldier suddenly spoke.
"Where is your unit’s commanding officer now?"
He did not respond.
Following his gaze, the middle-aged soldier saw the ruins and bomb craters outside the alley entrance, and he understood everything.
"My name is Ler, I am a tank gun commander from the 15th Armored Division, this is Eugen, my loader, you can follow us for now."
"Yes, Sir!"
Gu Ji immediately stood up, pretending to be respectful, and saluted.
He was originally from a police academy, so although his movements were not standard, his demeanor was not inferior to a soldier’s.
Ler nodded satisfactorily and then said sternly.
"Unfortunately, our tank was bombarded by the Hawk Army’s rocket artillery, the commander and driver are both dead, and the radio operator was just killed by the enemy. We must find a way to regroup with the main force. Herman, do you have any good ideas?"
Even though the tank gun commander is an officer, his duty is only to attack. For movements, he still had to follow the orders of the tank commander.
So Ler actually had a blank mind now.
If not, they wouldn’t have been chased by Eagle Country soldiers just now.
"Sir, my suggestion is to move northwest, as Eugen said, the Fog Eagle Alliance Army is attacking from the East Coast. We should temporarily avoid the enemy’s main force."
Since the battlefield situation was determined, Gu Ji could not act against the trend.
At present, the Hans Army and Roman Army could not hold on much longer. Charging forward would mean death.
Furthermore, the game’s goal was to get him to Ludwig Port, not to fight with the Allied Forces.
"Alright, let’s do as you say."
Perhaps because Gu Ji’s previous command was effective, Ler had no objections.
Gu Ji immediately crouched and picked up the submachine gun by the Hawk Army soldier’s body.
The M1 submachine gun, famously known as the "Chicago Typewriter," is the simplified version of the Thompson submachine gun series, removing the iconic round drum and using a 30-round straight magazine, reducing the rate of fire but also lightening the weight.
It is an excellent close-range firearm.
Seeing him expertly check the chamber and search for magazines on the Hawk Army corpse, Eugen couldn’t help but ask:
"Are you picking up the Hawk Army’s weapon?"
"Why, do you want to use it?"
"How could I possibly use the shameless Hawk Army’s stuff? Rifles produced with Hans’ will are the finest weapons in the world!"