Then he recalled the situation before transmigrating into this body, he was in an old World War II submarine, but he realized that he doesn't remember anything after entering it, as if he had suddenly fallen asleep.
At first, he thought the submarine might have had gold or something like that, but it's obvious that wasn't the case, maybe some kind of technology, there's a myth called the "Return of Hitler," it's possible that whatever made him travel to the past is related to this.
Perhaps Hitler's intention was to use this technology to return to the past and correct his mistakes, but it's evident that something went wrong, but the real mystery is how it's possible that he had such technology at this time, but that no longer matters, what matters is that now he's here, on the battlefield.
"Frank!" the baker called him: "From today on, you'll follow Joseph!"
As he spoke, the baker turned to Joseph and said: "Joseph, I leave him to you, you know what to do!"
"Yes, sergeant!" Joseph straightened up towards the baker, finished packing the things in his backpack, and put it on his back, then approached Erwin while adjusting the backpack strap: "So, now you're my spotter!"
"Spotter?" Erwin didn't immediately understand what he meant, but then he noticed that the rifle on Joseph's back had a scope, Joseph is a sniper!
Joseph is a regular sniper who graduated from the Berlin sniper school, and his nickname is "Trigger," soldiers on the battlefield always like to give their comrades simple and easy-to-call nicknames, so they can easily call them when needed during combat.
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The troops continued to advance like a long snake in the desert, from time to time, soldiers riding bicycles would pass by, they were scouts.
They divided into several groups and took turns scouting ahead of the troops to ensure they weren't taken by surprise.
This is a very dangerous job, the reason the troops were ambushed yesterday was because the 30 soldiers in a reconnaissance platoon were completely annihilated.
"You must point out valuable targets for me!" Trigger handed Erwin a telescope while walking: "This is your weapon!"
Erwin felt stunned when he took the telescope, because there were still black bloodstains on the telescope.
"Yes!" Trigger said: "My observer died in the last battle, a piece of shrapnel cut off half his head, but luckily the telescope wasn't damaged!"
Hearing these words, Erwin couldn't help but shudder, compared to the tragic death of his comrade, Trigger seemed more concerned about the telescope, and it turns out that now he will be his comrade.
"Do you know how to report the target?" Trigger asked.
"No, I don't!" Erwin replied.
"You have to find the person who is most critical to the battle! It doesn't have to be a high-ranking officer, it depends on the situation."
"Sometimes a high-ranking officer is a good target, but in a small-scale battle, the officer's command is insignificant."
Trigger's explanation was very good and easy to understand, maybe due to his own character which is suitable for instructing or because he has explained it to rookies too many times.
"I understand!" Erwin realized that this job could be even more dangerous than the previous one, but he has no other choice, the only thing he can do is adapt and survive.
Trigger seemed eager to impart his rich sniper knowledge to Erwin, so he continued talking non-stop.
"After taking a shot, you must move regardless of whether you hit the target, staying where you are will only make you the prey!"
"If a target is moving, you must calculate the target's distance and bullet speed plus wind resistance and shoot further ahead, not at the target's position."
"But how much is required?" Erwin asked.
"Enemies running at different distances and different speeds have different leads."
"I see!" Erwin realized that this is a technical job.
"You'll learn!" Looking at Erwin's expression, Trigger said coldly.
Trigger's expression is so cold that Erwin interpreted his words as "if you don't learn, you won't live long," which sent a chill down his spine.
Of course, Erwin also realized, this war wouldn't give him the chance to restart like in video games, the reason Trigger is so direct in teaching things is because they don't have time to let him practice and learn, so the best teacher is always practice.
After thinking about it, Erwin decided to take his time to learn in combat, first he has to know his equipment:
He wears the standard German army uniform: a gray-green military jacket, a pair of gray pants, and a pair of black boots, the 5th Light Armored Division was transferred to Africa in a hurry, so they didn't have time to change into desert uniforms.
There's also a belt, a helmet, and an identification tag hanging on a necklace, this is an oval metal identification tag that can be broken in half.
The upper and lower halves record the soldier's information, when a soldier dies, his comrades will break half of his identification tag and take it to notify his family.
Erwin hopes he never has to use this tag, the collar insignia with a dot indicates Erwin's rank, a private.
There are two pockets on the outside of the military uniform and an inner pocket inside, which is especially used to store personal documents, Frank's ID card is inside.
The belt buckle is engraved with an eagle and the motto: God is with us, there are three magazine pouches on each side of the belt buckle, each with ten rounds.
There's also a shovel, which is hung on the left rear of the belt, this shovel is folded for easy transport, no need to think much, this must be used to build fortifications.
On his back is a field backpack, which can be used to store food and other items, next to the backpack hangs a canteen.
A piece of equipment in the backpack made Erwin a bit nervous, it's a gas mask, besides the mask, there were some pills.
This made Erwin remember that poison gas warfare and chemical warfare also occurred frequently during World War II.
"I have to survive!" Erwin thought, clenching his fists.