Fortunately, Terauchi Masatsuki's words were self-talking, if they were heard by the chariot troops not far away, then the officers and men of the 3rd Armored Division would really vomit blood. The performance of the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions in France is beyond reproach, but the problem is that the battlefield background at that time was the Battle of Baledik, and under the deliberate 'difficulty' and neglect of the General Directorate of the Expeditionary Force, even if the Panzer Division achieved results, it was still temporary and tactical. As a result of many battles, in addition to training the vehicle crews and teaching the enemy, more than half of the more than 500 combat vehicles of the two armored divisions were scrapped, and fortunately, the domestic factories had already opened up at full capacity, otherwise the two armored divisions would have turned into infantry brigades.

In the midst of a crowd of Japanese spectators, Colonel Zhu Jiande, who had not yet graduated from the Army University, stood upright in the command tower of a wolf chariot numbered 531, leaning out of the vehicle and shaking with the bumps of the chariot, at this time his military uniform was no longer the style of the Marine Corps, but changed into a style unique to the armored army -- the news sent to him by Yang Guobi, president of the Lu University, was very vague, to the effect that if he did not want to return to the Marine Corps, then he could be promoted to the armored division. It's just that because the Marine Corps and the armored division are fundamentally two different systems, his initial position must start from the commander of the armored battalion, but the rank can be retained.

The former instructor and boss suddenly 'treasoned', which had a huge impact on Zhu Jiande. He believed that the prime minister and the deceased Tao Chengzhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, were good officials who really cared about the suffering of the people, and he also believed that Cai Ye was a true patriot. People who are all good for the country suddenly fought with each other, which made him unimaginable, but fortunately, after the political department routinely questioned him, he didn't pay much attention to it, and then it was the special care of the principal Yang Guobi. He eventually chose the Panzer Division and became the colonel acting battalion commander of the 4th Battalion of the 3rd Panzer Division.

A battalion of steel chariots drove to a bush two kilometers outside Yang Zengxin's line and set up camp. After instructing the camp, Zhu Jiande got into his car. Go to the division headquarters to report.

"Sit down." After entering the division headquarters and saluting, the division commander Colonel Guo Xianchen politely greeted him, "Your battalion has arrived?" ”

"It's all here." As an officer from a non-revolutionary army, Zhu Jiande is a stranger to any boss, and he only knows that this is an old revolutionary, a native of Shengzhou, whose ancestral business is a coppersmith, thanks to his ancestral talent for machinery. He became the commander of the 3rd Panzer Division - this was the proudest confession of the division commander after drinking.

"That's good." Guo Xianchen smiled, and then introduced the current situation of Almaty, "This place is not a town in the first place, the village is not counted, just a railway hub station, very desolate, fortunately, the water source is sufficient, and the oil mine is said to be there." It's just that we can't use the oil mines in this place for the time being, and the small refinery can't be built just by saying that it can be built. Right now, the oil has to be shipped from somewhere else. It's hard to be bitter for this period of time, my generation is a soldier, and sleeping in the open and sleeping in the horse leather is commonplace. ”

"Yes, sir." Zhu Jiande was also taken aback when he first came here. He thought that after several years of fighting here, all kinds of facilities should be complete, and he didn't want to allocate him just a shrub with nothing. "All four battalions are in good condition. It's just that this is already the rear, and the governor Yang's line is also located here. We're not here to fight, are we? ”

"I can't help it." Guo Xianchen shook his head, he pointed to the map on the table and said, "Xisi's plan is that the Japanese will be in charge of the direction of the Turkish-Western Railway. We are responsible for the Central Asian Railway and the Caspian Railway. The Caspian Railway is close to Persia, with the assistance of the Persian army and the Khivan army, and an armored battalion on this side is enough; On the side of the Central Asian Railway, Orenburg used to be the Russian border, and some time ago we fought a battle with the new Russian army, although they were dispersed, but this is the main direction of the new Russian army's southward attack, and two armored battalions had to be arranged.

In general, our forces are insufficient, and once New Russia quells all kinds of internal rebellions and then drives away the intervention forces of various countries, Orenburg, the Turkish-Western Railway, and Krasnovodsk on the Caspian Sea will be the direction of their attack. The reason why the 4th Battalion was placed here is because it takes into account three directions, and where there is an emergency, it has to be transferred to where. ”

As soon as the division commander introduced the map, Zhu Jiande knew the identity of the reserve of the fourth battalion, but he said with some twist: "Why do the Japanese want us to support them?" ”

"It's an order from above." Guo Xianchen threw him a cigarette and said very indignantly: "It's really their day!" A large piece of land for the dog day, and we have to cooperate with them sincerely, isn't it that their navy is stronger than ours. In time, when our navy grows stronger, what do you want them to do these dogs? ”

Guo Xianchen was born in the Yanzhou base area, except for Lin Wenqian in the army, except for the prime minister and the founding fathers in the revival association, no one bought anyone's account. As soon as the corruption case in Shanghai came out, he immediately ordered the whole division to hold a meeting to denounce those corrupt officials and corrupt officials. After receiving the order from Peng Qingpeng, commander-in-chief of the Western Regions Group Army, he was immediately very unhappy with the need to support the Japanese.

However, it was not the first time that I had heard that I was going to support the Japanese, and I complained a few times, and over time I got used to it. After a few complaints, Guo Xianchen said: "I heard that the Japanese originally wanted to buy 60 jackal chariots and 40 wolf chariots to form a chariot brigade, and the contract was signed, but after the British army's chariot attack was defeated by the Germans last year, his mother's little radish head didn't want to buy chariots." What kind of armored combat vehicles are useless are also preached, what a frog at the bottom of the well! Don't they know ......"

When Guo Xianchen said this, a few heavy coughs came from next door, his face suddenly changed, and he coughed twice, and then stroked his chest and said, "The task of the fourth armored battalion is this, once there is something on the front line, your department must quickly reinforce other friendly troops." Okay, there's nothing else to do, so you can go back first. ”

Although Zhu Jiande felt that the coughs just now were a little strange, he didn't want to ask much about this kind of thing, so he returned to the camp after saluting. As soon as he left, the chief of staff of the division who was next door just now ran in, "Fortunately, I coughed in time, otherwise the foundation would have leaked out of you, the master, you have a mouth......

Guo Xianchen's old face turned red when he was said, and he defended: "It's all my own people." He will be assigned to the armored division, and politics will definitely qualify. "I know I'm wrong. As soon as the prevarication was finished, Guo Xianchen said again: "Has the German side started fighting?" They stole teachers and learned art for more than half a year. How much have we learned? ”

"You don't care how much people have learned, it's only right to watch our three battalions carefully. The first and second divisions have been disabled, so thank God we don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past. After muttering, the chief of staff went to the headquarters of the group army, leaving only Xianchen alone to stare at the map of France.

Ever since he found out Lin Wen's unspoken intentions, he has always wanted to see that the British and French troops were dumplings under the armored assault of the Germans. Just looking forward to the stars and the moon, so far the Germans have not moved, which has to surprise him very much, you must know that the expeditionary force has spent a lot of effort in the continuous attack and defense to teach the Germans armored warfare, and if you can't see the results, you will be blind.

Ministers don't really catch blind. Just as he was guessing where the Germans were going to launch an armored assault on a map of France, at the headquarters of the Crown Prince Ruprecht Army Group in Leach-sur-Ork, France, many officers looked forward to His Majesty Wilhelm standing at the front of the conference room. Of course, what is more powerful than the emperor's actions are his words:

“…… Britain was completely under the control of the Jews and the Americans, which is why no one understood the war. Unless the person fundamentally knows that this is a war against the Semites and the Americans close to them. a war for world domination; Rather, it was a war waged by the Jews against Christ, against spirituality, against moral force, against art, against every ideal philosophy of life, and against the creation of a world consisting only of finance, factories, and commerce.

This is a war of two worldviews. The Germanic Germans stood for morality, justice, loyalty, faith, truth, and true freedom; Against the Cult of Money, Money Power, Fun, Land Grabbing, Lying, Betrayal, Deception, and Treacherous Murder! The two worldviews are irreconcilable and intolerable to each other, and one must win. The other must give in. Either the whole world will continue to be respected according to the Prussian Germanic path - justice, freedom, decency, morality, or the Jewish and Anglo-Saxon path, which implies the worship of the golden ......"

The long and philosophical speech made the generals present at the meeting think deeply. When His Majesty the Emperor finished his speech and shouted that Germany would win. Only then did they come back to their senses from the speech, and together they shouted Long live His Majesty the Emperor and Long live Germany.

When the crowd shouted. Leo. Admiral Wilhelm stood still in the crowd, neither shouting nor raising his left arm, his only thought at this time was what the effect of the armored assault after dawn would be - there are always many miracles in the world, and just when everyone panicked about China's declaration of war, they brought themselves unexpected gifts.

In the battle to capture Baledik, the Baath Panzer Division achieved an unexpected success, this kind of steel assault that made all German generals tremble, fortunately only stopped at Baledik, based on the later captured Baaldik tank capacity, they could have attacked farther, and changed the inappropriate division tactics, and gathered the entire armored force to carry out armored warfare on a certain important point. If that were the case, the eastern defense line would be completely pierced by the Baath Army.

Beginning with the Battle of Baledik, a series of subsequent armoured assaults were harmless or non-critical. In this tactical offensive, which Chinese journalists called 'battlefield grinding,' Lin Wenqian's intentions were revealed, and an armored assault tactic that was better than commando tactics was reported to the high command. Thanks to the commando tactics and anti-tank tactics that he 'invented' and actively promoted, after Hindenburg and Ludendorff solemnly listened to his report, the previous order to double the production of artillery shells was urgently stopped, and with reference to the captured active combat vehicles of the Baath Army, the Supreme High Command ordered the Seventh Traffic Design Bureau to change the previous tank design in detail, and urgently requested the rear factories to produce a thousand combat vehicles.

The war has continued until now, and all kinds of materials are in short supply, but it is not difficult for the existing German industrial system to reduce the production of hundreds of millions of artillery shells and concentrate the country's efforts to produce combat vehicles, not to mention that the manufacture of combat vehicles began preparations as early as the end of last year. At the same time, the various designs are basically copied from the Chinese, and there is no need to spend time to verify - in fact, there is no time to verify. Although the diesel engine cannot solve the mechanical oil pump, it can be replaced by a gasoline engine, and the only drawback is that even if the fuel tank is enlarged, it cannot reach the stroke of the Chinese combat vehicle. But what can be done about it?

Referring to the Chinese combat vehicles and the documents on the documents of the captured Chinese combat vehicle units, a copycat version of the armored division of the Revival Army was established in half a year. Because time is of the essence. The chariot crew consisted of drivers and field gunners from all over the country who had experience in driving vehicles, and the radio could not do what every vehicle was necessary like the Chinese. But at least one for every six vehicles. After a month of emergency training in the rear, more than 500 chariots were secretly sent to Leach-sur-Ourke, just sixty kilometers from Paris.

From here, the chariot units will easily cut through the French lines, as the Chinese armoured units had done a few months earlier, and then strike along the north side of the Marne towards Paris, which will surely be occupied by them if they cross the Seine. This was not a difficult task, because there had never been a German tank on the battlefield before. All French infantry were defenseless against this, and a breakthrough of the French trenches was a certainty; On the east side of the city of Paris, there are more than a dozen bridges on the Seine, and the fast-advancing chariot troops can occupy these bridges and detour to the south of Paris, even if they cannot be occupied, they can also build temporary pontoon bridges by accompanying sappers to cross the Seine, and cooperate with the cavalry troops advancing together to complete the roundabout encirclement of Paris.

The capture of Paris would be a heavy blow to the Entente, and the French and British lines would be completely severed. When the time comes, it will be easy to concentrate forces to encircle and annihilate the French army, or to drive the British out into the sea. Attack, constant offense. Completely subjugating the enemy with an attack was Ludendorff's real intention in planning the 'Emperor's Offensive'.

Leo's intimber standing in the crowd embarrassed the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but fortunately, the shouting was over after a while. The generals must immediately return to their command posts, from where they will be on a front of more than 60 kilometers to Persan to the west. At 4:50 a.m., the whole line will attack. To the west is an assault group of iron and fire, while here is an armored assault without any artillery preparation and as if night was falling.

"General......" walked out of the conference room, and Leo, who was about to return to the headquarters, was suddenly stopped by someone. Under the light control, he felt that it should be His Majesty the Emperor who was approaching. Sure enough, a large, strong hand reached out. The pincers grabbed his left hand - one of the two disabled people had lost his right hand, and the other had no strength because of polio and had to shake hands in a strange way.

"Deutschland thank you!" The Emperor said in a short and forceful voice, and it was evident that he had not recovered from the excitement just now.

"May God bless Germany!" As the war grew fiercer, and the resentment of the Emperor was replaced by the fear of the complete destruction of Germany, Leo was no longer as disgusted with the Emperor as he had been.

"Yes, God will protect the righteous." The Emperor tightened his grip again, then let go, and in the darkness he left the headquarters under the guidance of his guards, and only a few dark shadows could be seen in the starlight.

"Leo," was Ludendorff's voice, who laughed rarely, and then with the seriousness of the night, "I hope that tomorrow evening we will be somewhere south of Paris, when the French will not be able to attack for a few months." Perhaps their soldiers will rebel again, as they did this time last year. ”

"I hope so." Although Leo also hoped that his troops would make a surprise detour back to the south of Paris, the plan was always full of surprises, the most important of which was the mechanical reliability of the German-made tank. After purchasing the Fuxing Army monkey version of the foreign trade combat vehicle test, it was said that the Chinese combat vehicle will face major repairs after traveling 100 kilometers in a row, although Germany has a developed machinery industry, compared with the people who developed the combat vehicle ten years ago, only God knows what level the things can reach. Even if the reliability of Chinese tanks can be achieved, but 100 kilometers is not enough, and how many tanks can cross the Seine and make a detour back to the south of Paris, only God really knows.

As the mastermind and organizer of the Emperor's offensive, Ludendorff certainly knew what it meant that everything was going well, and although he couldn't see Leo's expression in the dark, anyone could hear the uncertainty in his tone. He didn't want to ask about the attack in a few hours, but just smiled: "I think the Chinese are waiting for our attack." What puzzles me is, what would they do if we did capture Paris and pursue it all the way south to finally force the French to make peace with us? ”

"General, just as commando tactics can only break through a few kilometers, armored assault tactics, with their current mechanical reliability, will not have a maximum assault distance of more than a hundred kilometers. If the Navy can only block the Atlantic route and is helpless against the East-Mediterranean route, the situation is still not optimistic. Americans and Chinese are arriving in a steady stream. The French can retreat to Bordeaux, to Marseille, but we can't fail once. Leo said.

"The number of submarines in the Mediterranean has returned to the number before the port attack, and last month the Chinese expeditionary force fleet was perfectly surrounded by sea wolves." Ludendorff recounts the last miracle, which he still remembers to this day. "After that they were afraid, the Chinese suspended transport, the Americans were afraid, they preferred to march on foot along the Mediterranean coast than to take merchant ships.

I think that as long as we can wait for autumn, according to the last two pieces of advice from the Chinese, there will be a terrible plague, the war will have to stop, and then the winter will come, and the Russians will have a steady stream of food, and we can finally force them to sign the armistice. ”

The terrible plague was propaganda from the Chinese intelligence services, but after many effective advices, Ludendorff fully trusted the advice of the Chinese intelligence bureau about the terrible plague before the war, although he did not consider it when drawing up the battle plan, but he often used this word in morale boosting: plague, terrible plague! God's harsh punishment for the unjust. He mentioned this in front of Leo at this time, because he really wanted a decisive victory. If Paris could not be taken, then the whole of Germany, and indeed the entire Central Powers, would collapse when the next winter came.

"May God bless Germany!" Leo ended the conversation between the two with the words he had just said to the Kaiser. With the help of his adjutant, he mounted his mount and took advantage of the faint starlight to attack the chariot troops ten kilometers away. The night is so peaceful and quiet, spring has already arrived, if it were not for the smell of gunpowder smoke in the rain, it would be an extremely bright spring.

After more than two hours of traveling, the adjutant who led the team answered countless passwords before returning to the headquarters with Leo. Although the road was dark, the silhouettes of the cavalry horses and the silhouettes of countless planes could still be clearly seen. Because there were not so many trucks, the cavalry would be the only companion who could keep up with the chariot troops; The planes were the angels of the chariot troops, and more than 3,000 planes were concentrated here in order to sweep the French artillery from the air to cover the chariots on the ground, just as the Baath Army used armored forces. Because the number of aircraft mobilized was too large, in order to effectively support the assault, many airfields were set up behind the second trench defense zone of the defensive line.

"Don't wake me up until the sky falls!" It was already two o'clock in the morning when he arrived at the headquarters, and it was only two and a half hours before the attack, but Leo decided to sleep first.

"Yes, General!" The adjutant nodded in reply, and then served the general to bed.

Perhaps God really did not want the Germans to win, and soon after Leo fell asleep, the French artillery on the opposite side began shelling the entire German line. Unlike Miss 75 at the beginning of the war, the French army is now also equipped with large-caliber howitzers, and because the section of defense line from Leach to Persan is the closest to Paris, it is also the most densely arranged with heavy artillery. Originally, Leach's section of the defense line had been completely quiet since last month, and there was no more shelling and attacking, but the French began a large-scale shelling an hour before the attack, and the offensive plan was discovered in advance by the Allied spies?

From Ludendorff to Wilhelm II, to the commander of the army, Crown Prince Ruprecht, and the crown prince Wilhelm on Persant's side, everyone suspected that the attack plan had already been known by the French spies, and Leo's chief of staff, Major General Hoffmann, woke up Leo despite the obstruction of his adjutant, and he said with some sadness: "General, the French have obtained our offensive plan, they are shelling, we should cancel the attack!" ”

Leo listened impatiently to the shelling for a moment, and then he said with great firmness: "The attack is going on as usual!" ”

"But the French are ready, we have no certainty of victory!" Hoffman emphasized.

"The offensive is going on as usual." Leo ordered again, "Then you get out of here!" (To be continued......)