Chapter 535: First Strike

Although the news of this era did not spread as fast as that of later generations, the news of the German invasion of France spread like a whirlwind all over the world, and for a time the eyes of the whole world were turned to the European continent, where the war was rekindled. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the Associated Press, yesterday morning, Germany suddenly dispatched a large number of bombers to carry out a fierce bombardment of airports, railway junctions, heavy troop concentration areas and cities in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and on the more than 300-kilometer front between the North Sea and the Maginot Line, German ground forces launched a large-scale offensive against the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, opening the prelude to the invasion of France. The following is a piece of domestic news, my heroic **** recently wiped out nearly 1,000 Japanese troops in Anhui and recovered two ...... in the county"

"Smack......

Su Jin turned off the radio and turned his head to look at the people in the conference room. At this time, the huge conference room was full of generals of the Third Army, from Chief of Staff Zhou Yusheng, Division Commander Huang Weiguo of the 347th Division, Li Wei of the 348th Division, Zhang Danian of the 349th Division, Sun Liren and Huang Baitao of the 350th and 351st Divisions, and Chu Yuan of the 1st Air Division, Bai Hongshan, Zhang Shaojie, and other generals of the two heavy artillery brigades were all gathered together, and even the commanders of the newly expanded First Armored Division, Fred and Adele's father and daughter, were also present, but everyone's faces showed worried and hurried looks.

Su Jin's gaze swept around, taking everyone's expressions into his eyes, and coughed lightly before saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, everyone heard the broadcast just now, Germany has launched an attack on France. However, there are some things that were not clearly stated in the broadcast just now, and I will add some more now. The German invasion of France involved a total of three million troops......"

"Hiss ......"

Listening to Su Jin's words, the atmosphere in the conference room became more and more solemn, and when he heard the words "three million troops", the conference room sounded a gasp sound, and many people's faces were a little pale, and their mouths were a little bitter. And Su Jin continued as if he didn't see it: "This includes 2,700 tanks and self-propelled guns, 7,500 artillery pieces, and 5,000 aircraft. I wonder if you have anything to say that the Germans have used such a large force to try to crush France in one fell swoop, to avenge the humiliation of the last war, and now, under the agreement we signed with the Americans, we will set foot in this country to fight this mighty army in a month's time? ”

Every time Su Jin said a word, everyone's faces became more and more ugly, and after listening to Su Jin's words, no one spoke.

"Why, no one is talking?" Looking at the people who were all silent, Su Jin smiled, "Aren't you shouting one by one on weekdays, why are you now dumb." Li Wei, when I was in Erlong Mountain, where did you have the courage to fight with the Japanese with bayonets? ”

Li Wei smiled bitterly: "Sir, that year was back then. At that time, we were just a rotten life, and the Japanese were all at the doorstep, and if we died desperately with them, we would die. But now it is different, behind us are the lives of more than 100,000 brothers, and they have to run thousands of miles away to France to play with the Germans, how can the brothers not worry. ”

Even Huang Baitao, who has a steady personality, said: "Yes, sir, three million German troops, if you don't like it, I'm afraid this is another flesh and blood mill." Don't look at the fact that our Third Army has more than 100,000 people, but if we really want to send it over, I'm afraid it won't even make a splash. ”

"Fred, what do you say?" Su Jin asked again quietly, and with his words, everyone turned their attention to the only one among them who had received a formal German army education and was the only one who had served in the German army for a long time.

Fred always has the cold look of a German soldier on weekdays, but today his expression is also not very good-looking, and the words he said made everyone even more unhappy.

"Your Excellency, Commander, generals, it seems to me that although the equipment of our Third Army is already of the world's first-class level. But with all due respect, there is still a certain gap between our army group and the German army in terms of the quality of the command of the officers and the individual quality of the soldiers, and the most important thing is that our numbers are too small, if we are really sent to the French battlefield, I believe that those French and British will definitely use us to the death, so that I can guarantee that in a few months our casualties will be so great that we will despair, believe me, you will never want to see this scene. ”

Listening to Fred's words, everyone was silent, although Fred's words were very unpleasant, but everyone knew that this was the truth, he had served in the German Wehrmacht for a long time, he knew best the combat effectiveness of the German army, since he said so, then I am afraid that the distance from the truth is eight * nine is not far from ten.

"Sir, although what Lao Fu said is not very good, I think it is still very reasonable, the combat effectiveness of the German Army is well-known all over the world, if our group army fights with them, I am afraid that the casualties will be too great, and it is not worth our troops to send troops to Europe for some petty profits of the Yankees!"

At this time, Sun Liren also spoke, and for a while, everyone in the conference room was talking, and many people were worried about the upcoming war.

Li Wei also said: "Yes, Commander, on weekdays, we can fight with the little devils no matter what, after all, we are all defending our family and the country, even if we die on our own land, but what if we die in Europe." Now we haven't even driven out the little devils, but we ran to the past to fight with the Germans, what's going on? ”

"Yes, Master Li's words make sense."

"We don't even know where France is, so we have to die for them, what's the matter?"

For a while, everyone began to talk about it, looking at the people who were all a little restless, Su Jin also sighed in his heart, this is the human heart, it seems that now is really not the time to go to Europe to fight hard for the white race.

"Alright, everyone, be quiet!" Seeing that the voices in the conference room were getting louder and louder, Zhou Yusheng, who was the chief of staff, drank and looked at everyone with an unhappy expression: "Everyone is a soldier, you should know that soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, Europe is not something that everyone says they won't go, let's sign an agreement with the Americans, once the French ship comes, we should get on the ship, and now it's useful to talk about this, whoever doesn't want to go can also do it, take off this military uniform and hand over the resignation report and go home immediately, I will never stop him!" ”

Zhou Yusheng deserves to be known as the black-faced chief of staff, and as soon as the words came out, the conference room that was originally full of discussions immediately fell silent, and even Li Wei, who had always been the most impatient, did not dare to say anything, and everyone looked at Su Jin, who was at the top, the supreme commander and founder of the Third Army.

Su Jin didn't stop everyone like Zhou Yusheng, but said slowly: "Everyone, the final decision has not been made yet, so you don't need to be too nervous." But whether you go or not, I hope you can show the responsibility of a soldier, it is gratifying not to go, but what is the harm of going? The German Army is certainly known as the most elite army in the world, but our Third Army was also killed from the sea of corpses and blood, if we don't even have the courage to face the German army, how can we be worthy of the title of soldiers? I hope that when you go back, you will all calm the emotions of the troops, Sun Liren...... Huang Baitao! ”

Faced with Su Jin's sudden roll call, Sun Li and Huang Baitao were a little caught off guard, and the two of them quickly stood up and said loudly: "Yes! ”

Su Jin looked at the two of them and asked, "How is your army formed now?" ”

Sun Liren said: "Report to the commander, the 350th Division has completed its initial training after nearly half a year of training, but because the troops have not yet been cultivated by actual combat, it is still unknown what its combat effectiveness will be, and everything has yet to be tested on the battlefield. ”

Huang Baitao also said: "Sir, the same is true of our 351st Division. However, the department thought that although the troops had not yet been tested in actual combat, they had the strength to fight against the Japanese army with their sophisticated equipment. ”

"Hmm!" Su Jin bowed his head and said: "As the saying goes, it is the mule that the horse comes out for a walk." Since you say that the troops have completed their initial training, then I will find something for you to do. If I'm not mistaken, the troops opposite you are the 129th Division of the Japanese Army and the 8th Independent Infantry Brigade, right? ”

"Yes sir!" Sun Liren replied: "Ever since the news came out that our group army was going to Europe, the 23 rd Army on the Fujian side has been very restless; in recent days, they have been conducting frequent exercises in the vicinity of Zhouning and Pucheng, and the exercise area is very close to our defense area, and the atmosphere was very tense for a while. ”

Su Jin said coldly: "Hehe...... It seems that the Japanese are very relieved to learn that we are going to send troops to Europe! ”

Zhou Yusheng also said: "Of course, I heard that even Japan has been hyping up the news that our group army is going to send troops to Europe recently, and many newspapers are even predicting when we will be completely annihilated by the Germans." ”

Hearing this, the people sitting here were naturally very unhappy, although they really didn't want to face the German army, but they were underestimated by the Japanese like this, and all bloody soldiers couldn't stand it.

Su Jin suddenly smiled: "It's not a good thing to be too happy, then let's do good things and cool them down." ”

Speaking of this, Su Jin's face suddenly turned cold: "Next, I order, Sun Liren, Huang Baitao!" ”

"Here!"

The two of them, who heard their names at first glance, stood up reflexively and looked at Su Jin with their chests straight.

Su Jin Senran said: "After you go back today, you will immediately mobilize your troops, quickly prepare for battle, and launch an attack on the Japanese 129th Division and the 8th Independent Infantry Brigade entrenched in the area of Pucheng and Zhouning. ”

"Understood!" Sun Liren and Huang Baitao's spirits were suddenly shocked, and they replied loudly in unison. (To be continued.) )