Chapter 46 Youth Army
After recovering from illness, everyone has been waiting for a long time!
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In the cold November, in Karlsruhe Camp, Lynn looked at the vibrant figures in front of him with affectionate eyes. They were between 15 and 18 years old, which was the year of life. They were born in the early years of the Third Reich regime, bathed in the thriving glitz of the empire, and experienced the turbulent war years when they were just sensible, witnessing the dismal and sadness after Germany's defeat. They have an exclusive understanding of the status quo and the future, and in the whole of Germany, he
There were more than 1.6 million young people born between 1931 and 1934, with a relatively large proportion of women. Excluding physical defects and extreme thinness, healthy, energetic and mature men, about 700,000. Judging from their age, within five years, they will become a valuable new force in the country's society, industry, economy and even military fields. For a country rebuilt on ruins, every resource should be pre-planned to avoid unnecessary waste caused by unreasonable allocation.
Based on his understanding of the future development direction of this country, after repeated consideration, Lin Neng still judged that national defense and military was the top priority. Strengthening the military strength should start as soon as possible. As one of the hard power of the army, soldiers are especially related to the overall combat level of the army. Before World War II, Germany annexed Austria, the Czech Republic and other regions, with a total population of nearly 80 million, and 7 million soldiers and civilians died during World War II. There were countless people who lost their ability to work and live due to disabilities. Another 2 million soldiers were escorted to the Soviet Union as prisoners of war to engage in labor. During the war between the East and West camps, German civilians suffered fewer casualties, but soldiers who participated in various identities lost more than 400,000, and those who died in Siberian prisoners of war camps.
With the loss of territory and fleeing abroad, Germany's actual population is now less than 60 million. Considering that there are many adult male disabled people and are the backbone of the country's heavy industry, agriculture, transportation and other fields, it is unrealistic to recruit soldiers on a large scale from them. The high-quality soldiers left by the Third Reich, that is, the Liberty Empire's corps are on standby. If they can integrate into democratic Germany as early as possible, it is still unknown when this process will be completed under the obstacles of the Soviet Union and the rejection of the international community. Under such conditions, Lynn hopes to obtain 400,000 military reserves from 700,000 young people of appropriate age, and his insights have also made a highly feasible plan for the military generals to strengthen the army.
Having an idea does not mean that it can be implemented immediately. Even the president who holds the military power of the country must be concerned about the reactions of all parties. So, Lynn and the generals agreed to integrate human resources at this age first in the form of a voluntary labor camp. In order to observe the actual results, the youth voluntary labor camps were the first to start in areas with relatively stable Baath Party forces such as Karlsruhe, Koblenz, Duisburg, and Bonn, where the Baath Party forces are relatively stable and far away from the eastern border. Students who have not yet entered the university have a normal course for each month to 18 days, and they take turns to stay in the voluntary labor camps in twelve days in classes and schools; young people who have just entered the university have two days a week to conduct voluntary labor and one day of quasi-military training courses; those who have left the school to find employment will arrange one day a week to conduct quasi-military training covered by voluntary labor.
In order to minimize social resistance, Lynn's youth volunteer labor camp was only launched through local governments and the Fuxing Party organizations, and did not require it in the official name. As a result, except for some schools that refused to participate, most of them cooperated in response to the slogan of national reconstruction. In Karlsruhe alone, more than 4,600 of the 4,800 youth of appropriate age registered in the youth volunteer labor camps, and the girls were arranged to clean the streets in the city, help in the hospital, and engage in hand sewing. 2,200 qualified boys were organized into seven battalions. After they were grouped, they did not immediately pull them out to work, but received basic discipline training like recruits. Familiar with their instructors and companions, and learn traditional military songs. At the Karlsruhe camp, the youthful singing sounded like the warm wind of early spring, dispelling the cold and cold winter atmosphere...
“At 15, I was still sitting in the classroom innocently, dreaming that one day I could find a respectable career, such as a doctor, a band conductor, or something.”
Looking at the childish faces in the training queue, General Frederick Schultz, the head of the Training Division of the Democratic German Army Command, spoke very emotionally. Among the former generals of the Third Reich, this general born in 1897 was relatively young. He spent more than half of his war career playing a staff role in the command of the army or army group level. He only served as the commander of the army in 1943, and eventually surrendered to the Allies as the commander of the army group. He stayed in the prisoner-of-war camp for two years. Later, he returned to the German team, served in the defense command, and never returned to the front line.
Lynn thought for a while: "At 15, I dreamed of becoming a general."
"We didn't get what we wanted," Schultz teased.
Lynn did not answer. Judging from the official rank of the empire, he was still not a general, but those things that were not something that ordinary generals could experience had long faded away his desire for glory and military rank. As a chess piece that was far more dazzling than his initial identity, he hoped to win the game and enjoy the fruits of his deserved victory, rather than becoming a victim behind the victory.
"They are also at the age of dreams, dreaming of becoming an extraordinary person, general, ace tanker or ace sniper..." Schultz said, "Permilitary training helps to train their physiques and develop their simple and strong personalities. This is much better than thinking about those resentful love poems all day long or working mechanically in a factory!"
Although the military camp is a good place to hone your will, it also greatly limits people's thinking, especially for these young people who have not yet determined - when they set up a youth volunteer labor camp, Lin En could imagine the scene when they entered the barracks with longing in the near future, and once the war broke out, they would have to go to the battlefield without hesitation. In public and private, Lin En did not want the tragic fate of the 12th Armored Division of the SS, the "Hitler Young Division", to repeat itself. In addition to professional military training and rational tactical training, they should also learn from veterans the real way to survive on the battlefield. In order to improve the combat capabilities of this future "Youth Army", the military academy that is gradually rebuilt will open the youth preparatory classes and youth preparatory classes to select from young people of appropriate age and cultivate outstanding personnel who are willing to join the army and have certain military talents.
"Standing at the national level, if the sacrifice of a generation can help the people get rid of hardships and humiliation, and let future generations live in self-confidence and prosperity. Everything is worth it." Lynn murmured, and on the training ground, the queue training that lasted for an hour had ended. Compared with the strict environment of the army, the various trainings here are simply "pediatrics". The boys seemed a little detained when they were disbanded. But they soon regained their lively and active nature. They chatted, walked, played, played, and waited for meals in the camps. At this stage, when the material conditions in the country are still relatively lacking, the supply of voluntary labor camps is given priority, not all food. Young people coming here will also get standard clothing and boots with good quality, and the internal ranks are evaluated and registered according to their personal performance, thus forming a positive competitive atmosphere similar to the military model.
The trained youth disbanded. Major Angris, the head of the First Youth Voluntary Labor Camp of Karlsruhe, came to the room used by Lynn and Schultz for "secret inspections" to listen to the instructions of the superior. In order to arouse the interests of the young people and create a good military image for them, Lynn asked the army to select elite officers with outstanding image and temperament to work in the various volunteer labor camps. Major Angris is no exception. His burly figure, handsome appearance, strong expression, loud voice and age in his early thirties, his personal "hard strength" is impeccable. In terms of "software", the major was from the Berlin Military Academy and participated in World War II as a defence officer. His performance on the battlefield was remarkable and he had won many medals. These conditions and experiences were what many big boys yearned for.
"It is good to maintain such training intensity. Don't let them be too tired in the camp. The main thing is to gradually develop their discipline. The arrangements for physical labor are the same. Exercise their bodies, sharpen their spirits, and arrange more explanations to let them truly understand how their motherland is bullied by the enemy. If you want to prevent this situation from happening again, you can only make the country stronger and the army stronger, and they are an indispensable part of building the country and developing the army!"
Lynn gave a general instruction in the tone of the head of state. At present, the work arranged by the youth volunteer labor camps for the boys is mainly to assist in the construction of roads and bridges. During the Soviet occupation, Germany's dense transportation network was severely damaged. Many roads needed to be repaved, and hundreds of bridges had to be rebuilt. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the large-scale industrial construction of the country, the construction time of these transportation facilities was also very urgent.
"Please rest assured that we will definitely train them well and make them an excellent generation of Germany." Major Angris replied. He obviously would not know that in another historical time and space, this generation of German youths were troubled by their identity as a defeated country, and depression became the main theme of society. Many people chose to commit suicide because they could not get out of the psychological shadow.
Accompanied by Schultz, Lynn inspected the lunch prepared for the camp. The dishes were not novel and complicated. The meat and vegetables were simple and full of weight, which could meet the nutritional needs of young people. At meal time, the trumpet in the camp played music, and Lynn and his friends were just playing the melody of "Lilimalin" when they left. This melodious and lingering German song was created during World War I. During both World Wars, it aroused the nostalgia of the soldiers, evoked their memorials for the beautiful memories of the past, and evoked the war-weary emotions of those who fought for the years. The reason why the youth volunteer labor camp chose this song was because its sad words made many young people look forward to the military life of the camp that was both full of masculinity and could express melancholy temperament.
Lynn deliberately asked the driver to stop the car and listen quietly. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is a super diamond bachelor who is careless and casual, but behind the brightness, his longing for his family and his boredom with fighting are so strong, as the lyrics write: "No matter which quiet corner on the earth is in, I hope to have your love lips in my dreams; when the fog has long covered everything, I still stand quietly by the skylight... I only have you, Lilimalin!"!~!
Chapter completed!