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Kurt_Steiner said:
Skoda Works... Skoda Works...

Well, let's hope that the German army learns something uself about figthing in cities, just in case it finds itself in a place called Stalingrad...

Skoda works will help out the Germans more than you think :)

MarshalThorpe said:
Fedor should lead the attack storming a machine gun nest killing reds with his bare hands

You will see him in action this next update.

NicLovin said:
i wana see some bayonet action

Your wish will be granted :D

Enewald said:
Czechoslokavia was never destine to exists.
Bring back/forth the province of Böhmen-Mähren!

Indeed, Böhmen-Mähren and Slovakia make for a better central Europe than a commie Czechoslovakia.


Update time.
 

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January 15, 1931

Gerhardt motioned to the squad following him and they charged across the street to behind the armored car.

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An early-model Sd Kfz 231 armored car, similar to the prototypes used in Guderian's experimental regiment.

“We have to reach the city hall! The last of the rebels are surrounded there.”

The Reds who had the building surrounded seemed to be shocked to find armored cars and infantry swarming into the town square. Guderian had ordered the armored cars to disperse and enter the town from different directions. If a car was disabled in a narrow street, he reasoned, the others wouldn’t be caught behind it. Nonetheless, the colonel admitted that fighting in the streets wasn’t his specialty.

It was, however, what Fedor and Gerhardt were used to, as they aimed their rifles at the scattering Reds. Under fire from all sides from the rebels in the town hall and the German volunteers, the Reds had broken the ring around the building and fled into nearby houses. A sound tactic, but it proved to come to no avail, as the volunteers were able to lay down withering covering fire while the rebels stormed the buildings and threw Molotov cocktails in the windows.

“Fix bayonets!” shouted Gerhardt to his group. The volunteers attached the weapons to their rifles and peered towards the buildings.

“Now, this is where the real excitement begins,” Fedor’s voice boomed. Gerhardt looked over to his friend and nodded, and the volunteers surged forward. Gerhardt could hear the bullets of the armored cars ricochet off the buildings, and knew none of the Reds would be stupid enough to fire from the windows. They reached door of the first building, and Gerhardt’s squad readied a number of grenades.

Fedor aimed a kick right at the center of the door: it did the job. The wooden door exploded into splinters as Fedor leapt out of the way and the grenades sailed in. The explosions coming from inside reassured the men, and Gerhardt ordered the squad to charge in.

The volunteers were amazed at the difficulty of fighting indoors. Gerhardt ran headlong into a Red carrying a shotgun; the two men were at first too stunned to do anything. As the Communist tried to jump backwards to fire, Gerhardt jumped forwards and ran his bayonet through the man’s throat. Gurgling and hissing, the man fell to the ground and Gerhardt tossed a grenade into the next room.

Fedor, for his part, seemed to thrive in the brawl-like atmosphere of the fight. A Red with a bayonet managed to wrench his rifle away from him, but Gerhardt watched in amazement as Fedor grabbed the enemy’s rifle, closed to no more than a few feet, and knocked the man out cold with a punch to the face. In a matter of minutes, the furious fighting in the block of houses was over. Most of the Reds had surrendered, screaming for the volunteers not to throw any more grenades.

As Fedor and Gerhardt’s group led the men out of the houses, they heard a strange grinding, humming sound. “Look out!” they heard one of the men scream from an armored car. At once, machine guns opened up on them, forcing them to again dive behind the armored cars for cover. Looking out from behind them, they could see a tank rolling down the streets towards them.

“Damn, where the hell did that thing come from?” Fedor fired a full clip at it and swore furiously.

“We don’t have anything to take it down. Looks like it only has machine guns on it, but still, our armored cars don’t have the same power. It can bulldoze them if it gets close.”

“You’re saying we should withdraw? God damn! I can’t believe it.”

“You two, I need your help!”

Fedor and Gerhadt turned to see a young man crouching next to them. He had an undeniably Czech accent, so both of the Germans were suspicious of him.

“Help? With what? We’re a little busy, if you hadn’t noticed!”

“Trust me. If you want to get rid of that thing, you have to trust me.”

Gerhardt and Fedor looked at each other, and Gerhardt nodded quickly to the man.

“Good, come with me.”

The three sprinted across the town square into a house. Running through it, they emerged into an alleyway where there was a small cannon waiting.

“What the hell is that?” asked Fedor.

“Skoda 3.7 cm anti-tank gun,” the man said quickly. “Here, help me get it into position. We’ll have a few seconds to hit this thing, and that’s it.”

The three men grunted and aimed the gun down the alley, and the young man loaded a round into it. Crouching behind the protective plate, he looked down the alley and waited for his target to pass.

In a matter of seconds, the tank appeared. The next few seconds seemed like an eternity to Gerhardt; the deafening blast of the gun, watching the anti-tank round shriek towards the tank, and watching the tank heave as the round connected with the side of its hull. Smoke began to pour from the vehicle, and the hatch opened. Fedor fired on the escaping men with his rifle, and brought them all down.

“They were burning anyway. I look at it as doing them a favor, which is more than those damn Reds deserve.”

The battle was furious, but short. The volunteers had been able to hit the Reds from all sides, forcing them to scatter and lose all cohesion and effectiveness. As the last Reds were rounded up and forced to sit on the ground in a group, the rebels and volunteers stood shoulder to shoulder as the Czechoslovakian Communist flag was taken down from the town square and replaced by the flag of Bohemia and Moravia.

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A group of German volunteers rest as they advance into Communist territory​
 

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Tremendous update, even better than the street brawls :D.

Now onwards to Prague!
 

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A good start for the irregulars. Hope to see Gerhardt and Fedor around for a while :D.
 

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I love that flag! Raise it high to the skies! Well done!
 

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I wonder who the Czech volunteer is.
 

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No-one beats Fedor. Nice touch withe Skoda :D Any chance of Fedor in a tank now?

Mind you... it doesnt really suit his style does it... hmmm
 

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Fedor won't FIT inside a tank! :rofl:

No seriously. He's too tall for it.
 

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Tommy4ever said:
Tremendous update, even better than the street brawls .

Now onwards to Prague!

Thanks! and yes, I hope the volunteers to be in Prague rather... soon. ;) But we shall see...

FlyingDutchie said:
A good start for the irregulars. Hope to see Gerhardt and Fedor around for a while .

They're my main characters! Why would I want to kill them off :p

Kurt_Steiner said:
I love that flag! Raise it high to the skies! Well done!

Indeed, the Sudeten Germans have a right to know who is coming to their rescue. :D

KaiserMuffin said:
Oi OI! Nice one lads! Go the Fedorator!

Fedor seems to be quite good at anything involving beating people up. Reminds me of some friends I have in real life.

Ciryandor said:
I wonder who the Czech volunteer is.

Wait until the next update. ;)

ArneHD said:
So when are they going to face some real opposition? Until now it seems they have won every engagement. Good update, and a very good AAR though.

Keep in mind that so far they've only faced street gangs armed with clubs and Red irregulars who were under attack from multiple sides. When they're up against a better force, as they certainly will be in the future, you can expect things to get... tougher.

NicLovin said:
very nice bayonet action sir very nice

After that those two deserve a promotion

Maybe so, but they're still in the volunteer corps. They haven't become incorporated into the Reichswehr... yet. ;)

MarshalThorpe said:
Well the Czech Volunteer be mentioned in later updates?

Indeed he will. He shall be mentioned in my next update, actually. :)

Raaritsgozilla said:
No-one beats Fedor. Nice touch withe Skoda Any chance of Fedor in a tank now?

Mind you... it doesnt really suit his style does it... hmmm

There's a chance of that, but as of now, Germany doesn't even have any workable tank designs. So it looks like he'll be sticking with the grenades and bayonets for now :D

Enewald said:
Fedorator will be bach.

Indeed he will. Many, many times.

Ciryandor said:
Fedor won't FIT inside a tank!

No seriously. He's too tall for it.

You may be right. Since he's over 6 foot tall, he may require a certain type of tank. A BIG tank. ;)

yourworstnightm said:
Soon the Czechs will be annexed to the Reich and Slovaks sold to the Magyars fro a nickel and a baloney sandwich.

Heavens, who do you think Germany is run by? The extremists who are leading countries like France and Italy? ;)

LordInsane said:
Would damage their international credibility, that. No, I suspect Sudeten and a Bohemia-Moravian state under German influence would be enough.

Right you are. That was the goal all along. Germany doesn't even intend to annex the Sudetenland, as that was never part of Germany proper. Since Austria is an important member of the alliance, the Sudeten Germans have a greater connection to the old Austrian Empire. However, a free Bohemia and Moravia with equal representation for Germans and Czechs is the favored solution of von Papen and von Schleicher, no matter how much it bothers those of the far right.

A lot of feedback, something I like to see :p

I hope to have another update soon ready, and hopefully I can have it up sometime tonight.