"It was after we arrived at the fire line and we just started taking photos. The escort team was on alert all around. At that time, David and I were looking for cover at the entrance of the alley."
Kalachev's office was temporarily vacated as a dialogue space for Malashenko and Kovanov to explain the whole matter clearly.
Malashenko didn't have much time to listen to Kovanov telling stories slowly. He knew that he had to keep his story short, and Kovanov, who was concise and to the point, didn't have any timidity or fear.
As good brother Sulovechenko said, no matter what happens next, it has already happened.
Responsibility must be borne and the consequences must be faced.
No matter how bad everything was, Kovanov, who had regained his calm thinking, had made all mental preparations. The slowly passing time seemed to gradually flow backwards with these words, returning to the original origin before all accidents broke out.
point.
call out--
Crackling——
"No! It's too dangerous! This is the limit, David! We can't go any further! I'll give you the last thirty seconds, prepare to evacuate!"
Projectiles flying in all directions, dazzling tracer barrages, and thunderous explosions that sounded from time to time, along with huge amounts of high-speed impact projectile fragments scattered everywhere.
Together with all kinds of ricocheting bullets and stray bullets coming from all angles, the wall of the alley entrance used for hiding and covering was hit with all kinds of masonry and debris scattered everywhere. Just being pierced in the face would make people feel stabbed.
It hurts.
Kovanov, who was fully aware that this place was too dangerous to stay for a long time, performed his duties, keeping an eye on David who was very close to him and trying to protect his safety, while still looking around vigilantly.
In any direction where danger may arise, hold on to the loaded pistol that has already been pulled out of the holster.
In a street fighting place so close to the line of fire, it is not surprising that a fanatical German guy who is not afraid of death suddenly pops out of a door nearby and starts running around randomly. Anyone who wants to survive cannot help but be extra vigilant.
Kovanov's first priority is to ensure the safety of the target, and David's first priority, which he has a secret of his own, still needs some time, at least longer than thirty seconds, to complete.
"It will take a while, please give me some more time! I don't have enough photos, and I haven't completed the task yet! If it doesn't work, you can leave me alone. I can protect myself, don't worry! I have this in my hand
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The American guy with a camera in one hand and a weapon in the other looks quite confident. He doesn't mind the weapon in his hands at all. He still took it out of the leader's arsenal and borrowed it from the Soviets - a weapon with a history that can be called
The twists and turns of the Thompson submachine gun.
Where did the "Chicago Typewriter" come from in the leader's arsenal?
When I ask about this, of course it has something to do with Karamov, the "General Manager" who is known as the "mechanical fanatic".
Karamov likes to play with all kinds of machinery, especially his hobby of collecting various firearms. This has been a long time. At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, Karamov followed Malashenko on his expeditions early in the morning.
I got a lot of rare firearms from the Germans.
Including but not limited to the ZB26 Czech light machine gun, Somi submachine gun, and even the Mauser C96 automatic pistol that directly filled Malashenko's feelings.
It's a pity that the situation in the early days of the Great Patriotic War was not good, and we often fought against the odds and in bad battles.
These rare firearms that Karamov worked so hard to collect were also taken out by Malashenko during a cruel and fierce battle, and were distributed to the workers' armed forces as support, and they were not returned after the war. What happened at that time was
The hard life of not having enough money to use a gun is completely incomparable to the rich and prosperous life of today's leader.
The days that followed gradually became more prosperous. Karamov was heartbroken when his inventory collection was cleared once, but in the end he chose to return to his old business and start from scratch again.
Most of the rare guns that had been cleared before were later captured and replenished, and even some newer rarer guns that were not available before were added.
For example, the American-made Thompson submachine gun captured from the Germans.
What? How did it come about, you ask?
Don't ask, it's a souvenir brought back from Africa by Rommel's army. I just don't know how the Germans usually replenish this stuff with .45 caliber bullets. Anyway, when Karamov got this thing, he had a whole gun with bullets.
The bag contains hundreds of rounds, enough to fill dozens of magazines.
In other words, this thing was taken to Africa by the US military to poke out the Germans, but unexpectedly the Germans turned it over and surrendered the gun. Then the shameless Americans refused to admit defeat and poked it back, successfully driving away Rommel's regiment from Africa.
But the Thompson submachine gun was taken all the way back to Germany as a trophy.
Then, due to troop mobilization and changes in the front line, a certain unit of the original German Afrika Korps that held this gun was transferred to the Eastern Front to fight fires and withstand the fierce attack of the leading division.
Of course, this result is the same as that of the vast majority of German troops.
Since the completion of the synthetic reorganization of the Leader Division, no group of German troops has been able to defeat the Leader Division head-on, so this Thompson submachine gun, which has been used for many times, naturally fell into the hands of the Soviets and became Karamo, the commander-in-chief of the Leader Division.
Husband's private collection.
To sum it up simply, this Thompson submachine gun went from the United States to North Africa, from North Africa to Italy, from Italy to Germany, then from Germany to Poland, and finally returned to Germany in the hands of the Soviets and came to the city of Berlin.
.During this period, it experienced three owners: the United States, Germany and the Soviet Union, so in a sense, if you say it is a "house slave with three surnames", that is indeed correct. It can be called "Thomson's Bizarre Adventure".
Oh, no, to be precise, this is the fourth owner now.
Because these "domestic slaves with three surnames" are now back in the hands of the Americans, even if they are only temporarily borrowed.
Out of the need for self-defense on the battlefield, Kovanov took David to pick out a weapon that he could use before leaving.
As a result, all kinds of Soviet and German weapons were lined up in the armory. David looked left and right, but there was nothing he liked.
It is true that David has actual combat experience, but during his service in the Marine Corps, he only fought against the bow-legged little Japan in the Pacific battlefield. If he really wants to be familiar with weapons, it is American weapons and Japanese weapons. As for Soviet weapons and German weapons
machinery
Sorry, I haven't played it, so I really don't understand.
Every veteran knows that if you go into the battlefield with a gun that you are new to and unfamiliar with its performance and feel, you may lose your life. Both David and Kovanov understand this.
In this case, there was nothing he could do. Kovanov could only help David find American weapons. He hoped that the leader division, which had received a lot of American aid equipment and supplies, would have American guns that David could use.
In fact, there is no other way except to find beautiful weapons. You can't give up the leader's search for the little devil's broken gun, right?
Don't say you don't have that thing, even if you do have it, it will have to be chopped up by the leader's cooking team and used to set up a pot for dinner, or it may be left in the latrine as a pole for carrying manure. After all, it is long enough, and it is quite convenient to carry manure.
So you don't have to worry about getting it on your hands. The only valuable role of your little devil's 38 Great Gai in leading the division is limited to this, if there is any.
It's a pity that there is not now, but in the future, maybe, probably, there will be a high probability
All in all, Kovanov contacted the "general manager" Karamov for help, and finally got help. Karamov, who likes to collect rare firearms, actually has American guns in his hands, and there are many kinds of them.
More than one type.
Hearing that this matter was personally supervised and requested by Comrade Division Commander, Karamov did not hide it. He was very generous and took out the best-performing American gun from the collection of many American guns, which was also retired from the Marine Corps.
Wei was most familiar with the weapon - the Thompson submachine gun. He directly sent someone to deliver the gun and ammunition in a special car, with free shipping to his door.
Kovanov, who had settled the matter of self-defense weapons, was still scolding you in his heart that the Yankees were so difficult to serve, but when he couldn't do it, he never thought that he could pick up Thomson's David again.
But there was a look of ecstasy on his face.
"Hey! Mr. Major, Thomson and I are old friends. When we were in the Pacific, I used it to defeat Japanese soldiers in large numbers. Until I was disabled and retired, picking it up was like returning to the battlefield again.
"
Kovanov, who had a dark expression on his face, shook his head. It wasn't that he was deliberately pouring cold water on him, but he just followed up with a moderate reminder.
"It's a pity that instead of going back to the Pacific, you came to the Berlin battlefield - the Soviet Union's Berlin battlefield."