In the 21st century, when it comes to night battles, many people will think of the image of soldiers wearing Kevlar helmets and a low-light night vision device. The emergence of night vision equipment allowed humans to break through innate limitations and accurately identify the target position at night when the light was weak. However, the earliest night vision devices did not appear in the late 20th century. As early as the battlefield of World War II, the Axis and Allied camps each developed night vision equipment and put them into actual combat.

For emerging night vision equipment, the German army that lost air supremacy in the late war had invested great energy. The Leopard tank equipped with infrared night vision instruments became the world's first night battle tank. Photos of half-track armored vehicles carrying large infrared searchlights are also common in various military data. In addition, the German army also developed night vision instruments for infantry use. These equipment that utilize infrared detection and image development are collectively called "vampire" systems.

Since the people who were traveling with night vision devices were equipped with a night vision device, this trip must be a battle of surprise. Lin En had a deep heart. Considering that the frame-shaped rear door of the armored vehicle was a bit narrow, he took off the Mauser rifle on his back and in turn spanned the submachine gun behind him. He held the rifle in his hands and followed a soldier in front into the already crowded carriage.

As one of the iconic equipment unique to the German army, the SD.kfz251 semi-track armored vehicle has a rated capacity of 10 people, but Lin Neng counted and squeezed sixteen people, including himself, and the six people sitting in the back were all dark helmets and dark combat uniforms that were exactly the same as the previous officer. The assault rifles were all quite sharp. The two inside were also equipped with a complete set of individual infrared equipment, which must have been a considerable cost in 1945. Combining them together would be difficult to be regarded as elite soldiers!

Along the way, the German soldiers in the car were silent one by one, their ears were filled with the sound of the engine and the "chirping" sounds when the tracks rolled. Lynn could feel that the "strong men" around him who were inexplicably pulled by him were both curious and nervous about the nature and purpose of the operation. Among them were not only the SS, but also the Army soldiers who had fought bloodily in the same position. They used various weapons on the battlefield on the Eastern Front: Mauser 98k, mp38, mp40, mp44, "Poposa", stv40, etc. There were many people like Lynn holding one in his hand and carrying a hand. Even if the steel helmets on their heads were dressed up, they could see worn and torn holes everywhere. Coupled with the messy weapon configuration, they did not look like regular soldiers, but they were simply a group of local miscellaneous brands!

Because there was no place to sit, Lin En had to bow his waist, hold the rifle with his left hand and support the wall of the car with his right hand. The helmet could not completely block bullets and shrapnel, so he did not dare to stick his head out of the car, but after about a quarter of an hour of travel, there was no sound of gunfire along the way, so he couldn't help but look outside a few times. The three armored vehicles were walking on the mountain road between the woods, so it was a bit bumpy, and the woods could only see the black outline at night. When turning a corner, Lin En suddenly saw some larger guys parked close to the woods, with their slender "nose" undoubtedly being the gun barrel.

A tiger, a leopard or an extremely powerful tiger king?

The armored vehicles heading for about forty yards per hour left the answer to this question far behind, and Lynn could only use this rough look to guess their model and size.

After moving forward for more than ten minutes, the armored vehicle slowed down and finally stopped. Lynn barely turned around. The soldiers next to him were trying to open the cabin door from inside. There was only a burst of rapid footsteps, and then a harsh "crunch", like a metal door that had been dusty for many years and had been rusty was opened again. The tall officer, who had been blocked at the door in a "night walker", did not let the soldiers get out of the car immediately, but started talking in a chattering manner. This was Lynn's most troublesome thing, but what could he do?

Perhaps he was explaining the precautions or explaining this action. Although his magnetic voice had a good sound quality, his coherent speech speed of mg-42 made Lin Neng completely unable to understand the content, and it was even more impossible to temporarily turn the dictionary to understand. After saying six or seven sentences, his speech stopped, and his burly body took a step back to the side. The soldier sitting at the cabin door hurriedly got out of the car with his weapons. Lin Neng had to follow his companions to see what they were going to do next, and he copied it himself.

Three semi-tracked armored vehicles were parked at the edge of a pine forest. When the engine was turned off, people could hear the gurgling sound of water more clearly. According to the direction and time of the armored vehicles, Lynn guessed that this was the same river as he had defended before, but his current position was further downstream. After getting off the car, he noticed that not far behind the armored vehicles was the German defensive position, but there were no corpses and charred craters nearby, and it seemed that they had not been attacked by the Soviets.

Soon, the soldiers on SD.kfz251 got off the car. Lynn counted that, not only tall officers, there were 14 soldiers equipped with dark steel helmets and combat uniforms, which was considered a strengthening combat squad. They took extremely rapid action to the right side of the armored vehicle, while the rest of the soldiers spontaneously lined up in the open space behind the armored vehicle, with more than 30 people. It seems that not only was the team brought by "Yanker", but there were also soldiers who had drawn from other positions to join this team with a mysterious mission.

The officer with a very magnetic voice seemed to be very at ease with the quality of his original team. He just glanced in front and waved his hand. The two "Dark Night Warriors" carrying large boxes and four companions carrying bag-type military backpacks left first. Immediately afterwards, he walked to the queue of more than 30 people with a large "flashlight" and said a few words in medium volume. Perhaps he was reminding these soldiers who were temporarily recruited again. Although Lin En maintained the same expression as those around him, he felt a complex feeling of being discriminated against - frustration is not frustration, and he had nowhere to vent. Only then did he realize the importance of learning another foreign language, and he really regretted it!

After saying that, the officer turned his head and looked forward. His "directly-born" soldiers stood like sculptures. Lin Neng felt that if they had not received the officer's instructions, they would have maintained such a posture until dawn. Only two of the eight remaining soldiers were carrying large boxes, and the other six were carrying ordinary bag combat backpacks. There seemed to be a proportion of soldiers with different equipment in terms of number, but the six who went to explore the way were not integers. Lin Neng was wondering, and inadvertently glanced at the officer who looked at the watch frequently, and suddenly realized: In addition, there were five people carrying large boxes, and ten people with the same outfit but not carrying boxes. In this way, each soldier equipped with a single-soldier infrared night vision device had two "bodyguards" - or reserve personnel, to ensure that these expensive and advanced equipment would not lose their effect due to casualties of the carrier.

After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, a sound of dong dong like a war drum suddenly came from a distance. It sounded at least ten kilometers away. Although Lin En and the soldiers around him subconsciously turned their heads to look in the direction where the sound came, they also knew that such artillery fire did not pose any threat to him, so they remained in a straight face. In just a few seconds, the sound of artillery in the distance changed from sparse to denser. Lin En was not sure whether the Soviet army had shelled the position he had been in the past. If he was still there, he would probably face the test of death again. But should he be glad?
Chapter completed!