Time passed slowly as Captain Mizik searched for information, and the next morning's morning soon came. In the camp, the officers and men of the 7 company widened their eyes and waited for the appearance of the tank.

Because yesterday evening, the company commander, Captain Mizik, announced to them that the 7th Company would be the first company in the division to be trained with tanks. This made the officers and men of the 7th Company very proud, and they also had various expectations for the new weapon of the tank.

"Is that the one?"

There was a rumbling sound of mechanical movement from outside the camp, and a sharp-eyed soldier couldn't help but ask loudly, and his words made the other officers and soldiers also stretch their necks to look at the barracks door, and some even jumped up.

Seeing that his soldiers were in a commotion, Mizik blew the whistle in his hand.

"啹~~"

The shrill whistle in Mizk's hand woke up the curious soldiers. Looking at the black-faced Mizik Company Commander, they remembered that they were still in line, so the chaotic scene was brought under control.

When the 7th Company quieted down, the rumbling sound was also louder, and when the 4 tanks drove into the barracks, everyone heard it.

After the tank was parked, a lieutenant officer in a fur hat jumped from above. At this time, Commander Delson walked over with his men, spoke a few words to the lieutenant officer, and then waved his hand to Mizik and motioned for him to come over.

Mizik, who had been mentally prepared, ran over. Commander Delson pointed to the lieutenant officer in a fur hat. "Captain Mizik, this is Lieutenant Dolph of the armored platoon. You'll next have to work with his tank training tank. ”

After saying that, Commander Delson left with the people, leaving only Mizik and this Lieutenant Dolph.

Mizik was not polite, stepped forward and shook the hand of the lieutenant of the tank unit and said with a smile. "Hello Lieutenant Dolph, we'll ask the command of your tank platoon to connect."

In the face of Mizik's friendly attitude, Lieutenant Dolph also spoke politely. "That's what we're supposed to do."

After a brief conversation, the two began to prepare for the drill of Butan's cooperation. This drill was unfamiliar to Mizk, but much more familiar to Lieutenant Dolph's tank platoon. When Lieutenant Colonel Hoffman was the battalion commander, they specially practiced, because now the performance of tanks can only do this kind of work.

It feels like a very advanced tactic to say that the starting tank is trained together, but in fact it is very rudimentary now, that is, before entering the enemy's position for 200 meters, the infantry hides behind the tank and follows the march. After entering 200 meters, the infantry charges, and the tanks strike at the rising fire points in front of the position, making it easier for the infantry to attack the enemy position.

This is also a very wise decision made by the Romanian military in light of the British use of tanks on the battlefield and the results of the armored battalion exercises. As for the breakthrough of concentrated tanks like in World War II, don't think about it at all. If you really want to do this, it is estimated that all the tanks will be damaged on the road before reaching the destination, and the current road will not support the use of large-scale mechanized armored forces.

So we saw that in the afternoon infantry training, the soldiers of the 7th Company followed behind the four Explorer tanks with their waists bent over, simulating the scene of an attack.

Probably because of the fear of such a new thing as the tank, the soldiers of the 7th Company kept a distance of 4 or 5 meters from the tank during the exercise. This greatly displeased Lieutenant Dolph, who was commanding on the side. "You stay close so that the tank can protect you from being hit. Rest assured, our tanks will not back down and press you down. ”

However, Lieutenant Dolph's words did not alleviate the fear of the soldiers of the 7th Company. Mizik, who was training with the soldiers, saw that this was not the way to go, so he took the lead and trotted towards the tail of the tank, and under the surprised gaze of the soldiers, he ran until he was 1 meter away from the tank. The thick exhaust spew made him unable to open his eyes, and Mizik turned his head and shouted at his soldiers. "Whatever you're afraid of, come forward."

Seeing that his company commander dared to approach these steel monsters, some people ran to the tank 1 or 2 meters like Mizik. Everyone has a herd mentality, and when I see that everyone else dares to do this, I dare too. So at last the 7th company of the soldiers became bold, and they were able to do as Lieutenant Dolph asked them to go.

After the first step-tan co-training, Mizik's face was blackened by exhaust fumes, as if he had just finished working in the coal mines. During the break, he took the orderly's towel to wipe his appearance, when Lieutenant Dolph came over.

"You're really brave."

Lieutenant Dolph complimented Mizk, who was wiping his face.

Mizik was unimpressed by Lieutenant Dolph's compliments. "It's nothing, every Romanian officer can do it."

"No, no, no."

Lieutenant Dolph said, shaking his head. "You are the bravest officer I have ever seen in the infantry exercise, and many of the officers did not perform very well in the first tank training with us."

"I guess it's because I'm not comfortable with the new weapon of the tank."

Mizik gave his own explanation for Lieutenant Dolph's compliment.

Lieutenant Dolph nodded in agreement with Mizik's explanation. "That's how it should be."

After a few small talks with Mizik, Lieutenant Dolph was ready to leave, but before leaving, he pointed to Mizik's face. "Mr. Captain, next time I don't advise you to get too close to the tank, it's too close at a distance of one meter."

After understanding the meaning of Lieutenant Dolph's words, Mizik smiled as he remembered his face blackened by exhaust fumes. "Next time, unless I'm shot straight at the head, I won't be so close to the tank."

During an afternoon of training, the 7th Company had been training in formation with Lieutenant Dolph's tank platoon. The next day, however, they began training infantry to uproot enemy positions with tank support. During the three-day training program, the 7th company was training and fighting in tandem with tanks. In fact, in the 19th Division, only the 1st Regiment of Mizik trained for tank cooperation. This also has a lot to do with the scarcity of tanks and the cost of training.

Since Lieutenant Colonel Hoffman was transferred to the Crown Armored Brigade (3 tank battalions, each battalion has 3 tank companies, each company has 12 tanks. The military wanted to familiarize each infantry division with the new thing of tanks, so as not to be blind when it was used, so Lieutenant Dolph had the opportunity to bring a tank platoon to the 19th Division to train the 1st Regiment to coordinate with the infantry.

Of course, the opportunity is not only given to the 19th division, in fact, every division in Romania has a chance, it is just a matter of how long it takes to wait.

While Romania was struggling to strengthen its own army, a message came from Austria-Hungary that surprised Eder.

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