During World War II, the famous German general Guderian gave full play to the tactics of armored forces, and also made a more perfect interpretation of mechanized warfare. Including many tactics of Lao Mei in the future, they did not get rid of Guderian's combat concept. Because of this, Guderian is known as the "father of armor".

In fact, Guderian's operational ideas and even his ideas for the construction of mechanized troops were all copied.

As early as 1925, a French officer named Charles de Gaulle began to study the mode of mechanized warfare, and by 1930, he systematically wrote a book entitled "The Development of Mechanized Warfare."

De Gaulle sent the book to the then Commander-in-Chief of the French Army and to the Ministry of Defense, which dismissed him as a fool. The French believed that they had figured out the Germans' mode of warfare in World War I and had found a way to restrain the Germans.

During World War I, France suffered heavy losses in several attacks, but it performed quite well in defensive battles. So they thought that if they wanted to win the Germans, it was very simple, and it would be enough to increase the artillery with a strong position.

The French generals threw De Gaulle's book aside and focused on building the Maginot Line. De Gaulle did not lose heart, he found a publisher himself, paid for it himself, and published the book, hoping that his ideas would be seen by people of insight and that one day the military department would adopt them.

Books are sold for half a franc a copy, which is quite cheap, and is sold as a stall.

Guderian once came to Paris, squatting on the stall with nothing to do, and happened to see this book, like a treasure! He was thinking about how to create a new mode of warfare that would allow the German army to defeat the French. Unable to find his way, de Gaulle's book was like a beacon that illuminated Guderian's path forward.

Show the book to Hitler, and Hitler immediately made a decision, and that's it!

Ten years later, German armored forces swept away France in a few weeks, and when Guderian was asked how much it cost the Germans to conquer France, Guderian smiled and replied: "Half a franc." ”

The purpose of telling this story is to let everyone know that the mode of operation of the troops can determine the outcome of the war, and the French are still stuck in the concept of World War I, and they still think that Germany will attack their strong defense line from the front. As a result, the Germans once again proved Taizu's famous words with a completely new combat concept: backwardness. You're going to be beaten.

The Chinese troops did not have an advantage in numbers in the operation of the Kizerosky heavy army, but they had obvious advantages in a series of aspects such as morale, materials, weapons, etc. Under such circumstances, Yang Xiaolin felt that he could practice his knife with Kizerosky.

February 25 of the first year of the Republic.

The political struggle in Beijing has entered its most intense stage. Lao Yuan didn't talk about anything with the Russians anymore. He doesn't have that energy anymore. Mr. Yue Leissel in Beijing was trying to figure out how to talk directly to Yang Xiaolin through other channels when the Chinese forces in Mongolia began to launch an attack on the Kizerosky heavy group.

The reactions of the countries of the world were mixed, and the Russians, of course, tried their best to save the situation. On the one hand, Nicholas II had not given up his efforts at the peace talks, hoping for a miracle at the last moment, and on the other hand, he sent a telegram to General Kizerosky, telling him to persevere.

Nicholas II gave Kizerosky another hope, and in the Sino-Russian border zone the Russians had once again concentrated 200,000 troops, led by the tsar's uncle, General Nikolaev, and were rushing to the battlefield. The tsar said that as long as he held out for a month, reinforcements would definitely arrive after a month.

The United States and Japan expressed regret that the Chinese ultimately chose to use the total annihilation of Russian forces as a way to end the war, while Britain and France issued a stern warning to China, and Britain and France reminded China that they and Russia were military allies and reserved the right to intervene in the war if the Chinese insisted on doing so.

What makes Commander Yang feel very happy is that there are quite a few countries that support China this time. And these countries are not only lip service support, Germany and Austria-Hungary obviously want to see the Chinese kill all hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, so they began to move troops in the border areas, and they are fulfilling their agreements with themselves to help China contain part of Russia's military strength.

The support of Germany and Austria was reasonable, but the fact that the Turks also launched an attack on the Russians at this time really surprised Commander Yang. Turkey was also bullied very badly by the Russians, a large part of the country was occupied by Lao Maozi, and now seeing that the Chinese are fighting in the east, and Germany and Austria are ready to move in the west, of course they want to recover the country.

The Turks' support for Yang Xiaolin was only an accident, and now they had good relations with Germany and later joined the Allies.

However, even Bulgaria, which is very close to Britain and France, and Romania, the Balkan countries, are surprisingly unified in this matter, and they have issued statements in support of China's war against Russia! If it weren't for Britain and France pressing them, they would even have the idea of forming a coalition to intervene!

This really surprised Commander Yang.

Yang Xiaolin really didn't do any work for them, and the blame can only be blamed on the bad morality of the Russians, the popularity is really bad, from east to west, from south to north, as long as there is no country with him as a neighbor who has not fought with him.

To be honest, seeing so many countries issuing telegrams to support him to do the old man, Yang Xiaolin really felt very uncomfortable, and he knew in his heart that when so many countries expressed their support for him, even if Britain and France were dissatisfied, the possibility of their intervention in the war could only be retained.

He has never fought in wars before, and there has never been so many countries supporting him. Don't say anything, just for so many people want to see that they have killed the Russians, and they have to fight the war more beautifully.

China's Supreme Operational Command has made a systematic analysis of this battle, and although the Russians are now in a desperate situation, the existence of the 500,000-strong army cannot be erased. And Nikolaev's reinforcements have indeed arrived at the border, and time is a very important factor.

It took five days for the Chinese troops to besiege Stessel's 100,000 troops a few days ago, and Yang Xiaolin and his initial inference was that it might take eight to 10 days to open up the situation for the attack on Kizerosky's 500,000 troops, and they wanted to completely annihilate this Russian force. It will take a month and a half to two months, and the Chinese troops must be prepared to suffer casualties.

This time is obviously a bit long, so Yang Xiaolin ordered that the offensive must be more fierce than the fight against Stessel, and strive to end the battle within a month, so that Nikolaev's army can only turn around halfway.

Yang Xiaolin personally commanded the battle, and at the same time appointed Wu Peifu to take over the previous position of the second pole and become the commander of the first Chinese armored division, with Wu Peifu commanding all the tanks and armored vehicles of the whole army, interspersed with the positions of the Russians with the cooperation of artillery and infantry.

From a military commander to a division commander. This order did not make Wu Peifu feel the slightest displeasure. Because he knows very well that the armored force was carefully built by Yang Xiaolin, and making himself a division commander means that he has entered the circle of the volunteers, and it is the inner circle.

In the future, he Wu Peifu will be a member of the Volunteers. This was the first battle he fought after getting close to Commander Yang. Wu Peifu told himself that he must play well! Completing Commander Yang's strategic deployment is not called ability. You have to surprise Commander Yang.

The positions of the Russians on the opposite side were built along the river. The river is three zhang wide and more than two meters deep, and the bridge above has been blown up by Lao Maozi. There are only two cables left, which Lao Maozi specially left for the Chinese soldiers who deliver steamed buns every day. The infantry needs to walk slowly through there, let alone the tank, and the cable can be cut by the old man as he speaks.

The Russian defenders on the opposite side had the strength of a regiment and was subordinate to the Caucasian Army. From the mouth of the Russian soldiers who came to surrender, Wu Peifu knew that the regiment commander was now desperate for the war and did not make any tactical arrangements for defense at all.

The Russian soldiers on the opposite side laid out defensive positions and fortifications under the command of a Russian captain named Trotsky. I heard that guy was quite popular among the soldiers, and many people listened to him.

Looking through the binoculars, the purpose of Lao Maozi's defense was obviously to build a bridge against himself, and Trotsky also knew that once the Chinese rushed over, he would be finished, so the only hope was to prevent the Chinese troops from crossing the river.

The corners of Wu Peifu's mouth smiled, and Zeng Xiaoliang next to him said: "Division commander, I have already calculated the area of the river and the speed of the water flow, if we want to build a bridge on this river, it will take at least half an hour, or if the Russian firepower is completely suppressed." ”

Wu Peifu glanced at him: "Xiaoliang, it's not you who counts the war. The Russians must have calculated how many bullets we had to suppress to make the bridge impossible to build. Have you ever thought that we should use a wooden plank to cross the river directly? ”

Zeng Xiaoliang was very surprised: "The plank crosses the river directly? That's impossible! Our tank weighs more than a dozen tons, and it sinks to the surface of the water. ”

Wu Peifu smiled: "So you people who are studying all things according to the book to teach." Today I will show you how I crossed the river with planks, and give me orders that the stormtroopers should be ready to cross the river, and that each of the infantry should carry me a plank, at least one foot wide and two inches thick. ”

Zeng Xiaoliang looked at Wu Peifu, he was really curious, how this guy planned to use a one-foot-wide plank to make the tank cross the river.

The first troops of the assault consisted of 500 soldiers, 10 tanks and 20 infantry vehicles, and Wu Peifu gave the order, and the soldiers were ready to attack with wooden planks, and at this time the Chinese artillery began to bombard the Russian positions on the opposite side.

Old Maozi also fought back, they did not have many shells now, Captain Trotsky hid his artillery fire, he was ready to wait until the Chinese erected the pontoon bridge before bombardment.

The shelling continued for an hour and did not stop, which did not surprise Trotsky. To be honest, the shelling of the Chinese is too small, not only does it last for a short time, but the power of the artillery fire is not great. If it were the former Russian troops, they would have been able to blow up their positions in this hour.

Trotsky was waiting, waiting for the Chinese to rush over and erect the pontoon bridge.

However, the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side have no intention of rushing up so far, which really makes the captain's heart very strange, I don't know what tricks the Chinese on the other side of the road are playing, do they think that just the caliber artillery in their hands can directly destroy their own defense line?

While he was pondering in his heart, suddenly Trotsky discovered something he could not believe, the water level of the river was rapidly decreasing! (To be continued......)