Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 2: Those missed days

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   Xu Jun was born in a coastal city, his family is a big family, the family is strong, the scholarly family, and the population is large. The elders and relatives in the family are either learning or doing business.

   Xu Jun has been smart since he was a child, and he is loved by the elders. My grandfather was a famous historian, and because his sons were so talented that no one inherited his own mantle, he was very upset. Now that I have a grandson who is smart and eager to learn, I can’t help but pin my hopes on his grandson, hoping for someone to succeed. As a result, even the elders also showed great love for Xu Jun, and carefully nurtured the successor of the Xu family. Xu Jun has also worked very hard. He has learned a lot about his grandfather’s character and knowledge through the collection of history, astronomy and geography, which made the elderly really gratified.

   In addition to his family history, Xu Jun’s interests are indeed wide enough, and he can be regarded as a model of miscellaneous family, especially like machinery and flying. He had dreamed of being a pilot since he was a child, but because of his weaker physique, he died of his heart and turned his interest to mechanical and power sports. Unexpectedly, a civil flying school began to be opened in China. As a result, the family couldn’t pass Xu Jun’s hard work, and agreed to pay him tuition to learn to fly with the guarantee of not delaying his studies. Versatility is always a good thing. In the summer when he was in his second year of university, he finally realized his blue sky dream and got the international pilot license. He will go to that school for training every year during the holidays, increase his flying hours, and enjoy it by the way.

   After graduating from university, Xu Jun asked his family to study abroad for good reasons. Part of the history of the country is difficult to surpass because of the grandfather’s generation. Many of the world history is still blank in China. If you are not sure about studying abroad, you can still achieve something in that area. The grandfather also admired his thoughts when he heard it, and it turned out that Xu Jun’s school plan was unanimously approved by the Xu family. It’s just that he must call home every month to report safety.

   So two years ago, in 2008, he came to Frankfurt University in Germany from Shanghai to study alone. He applied for a graduate student majoring in world modern history. Xu Jun had a lot of experience in the study of world modern history, so he quickly entered the state after the language barrier, and he was ready to hand in his graduate thesis by the end of this year. The subject of his thesis was about the promotion of historical development by military technology during World War II. So in order to have an intuitive understanding of that, through the introduction of his instructor, he came to work in a private military museum outside Frankfurt during the winter vacation. As a result, many years later, when Xu Jun remembered it, he still regretted that he had been on the pirate ship when he was young and ignorant.

   Although the museum occupies a small area, it has five floors up and down plus the basement. Exhibits are all kinds of World War II ordnance and other related products. The boss, that is, the curator, is an old man who seems to be more than 80 years old, and his bones are still very strong. Xu Jun could tell from the old man’s manner of walking and talking that the curator must have been a soldier before. “Maybe it’s an old German soldier who participated in World War II depending on his age,” Xu Jun thought secretly. Don’t look at it as a private museum. The collections are very rich and the categories are complete. Among them, there are several precious exhibits that are not even seen in large museums. The appearance is so good that it makes people think that the thing was directly opened from the production line of the year. From the museum. This made Xu Jun start to suspect that the curator was a remnant of the Third Reich who managed which Nazi secret arsenal.

   At first, Xu Jun was just assigned to do some simple exhibit filing and verification tasks, and later he also did some maintenance work. Seeing that Xu Jun’s work was done very well, the curator then gave him the task of sorting out and repairing broken ordnance and cleaning up the warehouse. The museum has a small repair shop attached to it. In addition to repairing cultural relics, it also undertakes the business of repairing vintage vehicles and antique weapons in private collections. With access to so many rare weapons and old-fashioned precision machinery, Xu Jun, an avid mechanical enthusiast, has no complaints about the curator’s cruelty and is still happy. The result is that the future historian has become a full ordnance and excellent warehouseman and mechanical expert.

   The old guy may think that this kid from the East still has potential to tap and energy to squeeze, so he asked Xu Jun to lead several mechanics in the hall to sort out the heavy equipment.

   After taking over this job, Xu Jun discovered that the insides of the first-class tanks and airplanes on the outside had been eroded beyond recognition by the years. Various rubber products had been ageing out of shape, and electrical wiring was also due to aging problems. There was a mess. However, the mechanical part was not rusty because the oil seal was very meticulous at that time. After changing a few electrical components and installing new circuits, it was really able to start and Xu Jun was deeply impressed by the level of German military industry at that time. The plane is a bit difficult~IndoMTL.com~ but Xu Jun really opened his eyes after checking. Especially that Messerschmitt 109 turned out to be a brand new original product, or a model before 1940. I really have to doubt the origin of the curator. If you want to return, you still need to repair. The curator entrusted him to call out the production materials and technical drawings of the factory at that time, and Xu Jun thoroughly inspected the aircraft according to the drawings. It’s really old. Although the sealing work is perfect, but because of the age, the metal is naturally fatigued, and the structural strength has declined. Some structures need to be replaced with new ones. The batteries and circuits need to be replaced, and the hydraulic system needs to be renewed. For cleaning, all hydraulic pipe oil seals must be replaced, fuel pumps must also be replaced, radio stations must be removed for maintenance, and some places need to be reinforced, and meters must be removed for cleaning, oiling and debugging. The control wire was still strong, but the connecting bolts were all scrapped. The engine was okay, but it took a lot of time to clean up the previous oil seal, and the conclusion was that it should be able to fly if it was repaired according to his plan.

   When Xu Jun finished all these things, he suddenly realized that two months had passed since the winter vacation. Because he was immersed in the enthusiasm for precision manufacturing technology in World War II, he completely forgot his studies. Now the school has opened a long time ago, and there is no other way, so he has to ask his tutor to simply take a one-year leave of absence and retake this year’s course next year. The curator was also a little embarrassed, and specially greeted Xu Jun’s mentor, and applied for a work visa for Xu Jun, and then formally signed a two-year contract to hire him as a museum technician. It can be regarded as compensation for delaying Xu Jun’s studies. Xu Jun also learned the lesson of this plaything loss, and began to pick up his studies after work. I began to study the history of World War II carefully with the help of a large number of World War II documents in the museum warehouse (even the top secret ones, the old man’s past is absolutely doubtful).

  

       

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