Usamilo continued: "Your Highness, although the blitzkrieg has not been confirmed by actual combat, I have the privilege of observing a simulated confrontation organized by the German Army, in which a general named Guderian of the German Army successfully used this blitzkrieg. ”

"Really?" Higashikurenomiya said, "How's the effect?" ”

"Hello!" Usamilo was stunned and said, "The armored cluster commanded by General Guderian broke through the frontal defense line of the red side with heavy troops in less than half an hour!" In Red's original expectation, the frontal defense line could withstand the onslaught of the Blue's main force for at least three months! ”

"Nani?" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko roared in disbelief, "I was expected to be able to hold the defense line in March, but it was broken through in less than half an hour? ”

"Hello!" Usamitaka paused again, "The large-scale centralized use of tanks, the ability to penetrate the defense is indeed very strong!" Moreover, such a blitzkrieg is also very difficult to defend, because the tank has great mobility and can launch a surprise attack from any point in the vast defensive front, so that the defender is overwhelmed! ”

"Yaga!" "Doesn't that mean that Blitzkrieg can't be defended at all?" ”

"Theoretically, that's true." Usamitaka nodded slightly, and said, "But in fact, there are actually ways to counteract, and the most effective countermeasure is to use tanks against tanks!" ”

"My tank-to-tank?" Hearing this, Higashikure's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily, "Yo Xi, this is a very good way, when it comes to tanks, even if the Chinese army has tanks assisted by the Soviets, its number will not be large, so if it is a simple competition for tank tactics, how can the imperial army be afraid of the Chinese army?" ”

After a pause, Higashikurenomiya said again: "More importantly, since this tank blitzkrieg is so powerful, why can't the imperial army follow suit?" The Imperial Army could completely apply this tactic to the battlefield of China, and wouldn't the Japanese-Chinese War or even the Great East Asian Holy War end soon? ”

Hearing this, the Japanese officers attending the meeting suddenly looked uplifted.

……

At this time, in the war room of the Turtle Mountain Fortress.

Stilwell was doing a deduction on the sand table.

Since the end of last night's battle, Stilwell immediately returned to the war room of the Turtle Mountain Fortress and began to review last night's battle in the sand table.

It was clear that the tank tactics used by Zhong Yi in last night's offensive had aroused his strong interest.

In fact, Stilwell was indeed very interested in Zhong Yi's tank tactics, because before today, he had never thought that tanks could be used in such a way!

It has been nearly 30 years since the tank was introduced in the world war, and all major military powers in the world have paid great attention to the development and application of tanks.

But so far, almost all tanks have been used as auxiliary weapons for the infantry, and their only role is to guide and cover the infantry! That is to say, the tank unit is not an independent branch of the army, it is the same as artillery, engineers, and baggage troops, all of which are auxiliary infantry for combat!

But in last night's battle, Zhong Yi created a precedent for independent use of tanks!

Because the tank battalion that was the first to attack did not take on the task of guiding and covering the infantry as usual, their only combat mission was to quickly advance and tear through the Japanese defenses!

Judging from the actual combat effect, this tactic turned out to be very effective!

This aroused Stilwell's great interest, and as soon as he returned, he began to deduce on the sand table!

After half a night and a whole day's work, Stilwell finally got something!

At that moment, Stilwell found Zhong Yi and said, "Zhong, the tank tactics you pioneered are really amazing!" I believe that this tactic will revolutionize the ways and means of land warfare! With this honor, your name will surely be recorded in the history of the world's military development, you are really, really amazing! ”

Zhong Yi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this, to be honest, the blitzkrieg was really not his first initiative!

However, Stilwell's ability to figure out the trick so quickly was still a bit beyond his expectations, which shows that this Yankee still has some ability!

Stilwell continued: "Zhong, given that the tank tactic you used last night was too powerful, you still need to keep it as secret as possible, so that this tactic will not be known to the Japanese!" ”

Zhong Yi's heart suddenly sank when he heard this, and Stilwell wanted to go with him.

Sun Liren thought that Zhong Yi ordered to keep the secret of the tank battalion for the sake of the future counteroffensive, but in fact, it was not necessarily, Zhong Yi then ordered to keep the secret of the tank battalion, mainly because he was worried that the Japanese army would gain insight into the secret of the blitzkrieg, once the Japanese army discovered the power of the blitzkrieg, then China would be in big trouble!

Not only China, but even the USSR could be threatened!

Because Japan's industrial strength is more than one cut stronger than China's, it can produce a large number of tanks in a short time, so that the little devils have the opportunity to carry out blitzkrieg in the Asian theater!

In contrast, China's flat North China has fallen, and most of the remaining national control areas are mountainous and hilly, and the conditions for the Japanese army to use blitzkrieg are no longer sufficient, but the Far East of the Soviet Union and Mongolia are very suitable for blitzkrieg, so the Japanese army has mastered the essence of blitzkrieg, and the threat to the Soviet Union is greater!

At that moment, Zhong Yi nodded and said, "I have already issued a gag order!" ”

"Tongue breaker?" Stilwell said, "I'm afraid it's useless, the infiltration of Japanese spies into your country can be said to be pervasive, and this secret is difficult to keep." ”

Zhong Yi shook his head: "Actually, even if we can keep the secret, the Japanese may not be able to guess, after all, the Japanese are not all stupid, and they are still capable." ”

……

Usamitaka and Shigeo Yamamoto glanced at each other and said in a low voice: "But Your Highness, none of our officers have systematically studied the theory of blitzkrieg?" So if you really want to use it in actual combat, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Shigeo Yamamoto also said: "Yes, if you don't have a complete theory, rashly applying such a newly emerged tactic to actual combat is likely to backfire." ”

"It doesn't matter if you haven't learned, then let's hurry up and learn!" Higashikurenomiya said, "Usami-kun, you will leave for Berlin today, systematically learn this military theory of tank blitzkrieg from the Germans, and strive to return home as soon as possible to apply this tactic to the Sino-Japanese war!" ”

"Hello!"

(End of chapter)