"I am Fan Ming, the commander of the 1st Company, and I am attacking south. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info Yes, I can't find the remaining tanks of the 2nd platoon, maybe they are still in the battalion headquarters, maybe they are already in the direction of Tieling. Pinching the radio intercom, Fan Ming once again confirmed his location with the highest command organization nearby.

The chaotic attack also caused confusion in the armored forces of the Ming army, which was different from the battle of Liuhe, because the Ming army did not invest a lot of tanks at that time, so even in the chaos, there was no situation where troops could not be found.

However, during the Battle of the Liaohe River, because the battlefield was in chaos, the tanks of the Ming army also collapsed because of the chaos. Fan Ming's No. 1 tank followed behind the No. 1 assault gun, and fought all the way south to its current position, only to find that most of them were surrounded by infantry and vehicles of the Praetorian Guard.

The hapless 1st Panzer Division originally had an order to assemble and rest on the position, but due to the reliability of the radio and the confusion of communication channels, many troops did not hear this order, so that when the 1st Panzer Division was finally assembled, it was only half of its original strength.

Fan Ming didn't hear the order to assemble the whole army, so he followed the troops of the Praetorian Guard in a daze, all the way to the southern front. He only had two other No. 1 tanks that had been following behind his tank, and the rest of his subordinates didn't know where they were, and it was obvious that the situation on the Praetorian Guard's side was not very good, and they went south without gathering a whole army, so the loss of troops was even more serious.

"Hey!" A non-commissioned officer in a Praetorian Guard uniform ran to Fan Ming's No. 1 tank, which had been parked on the road, looked up and asked loudly, "We are going to continue south along the road...... The battalion commander asked me to count all the tanks I could find, would you like to help? ”

"We can't find our battalion headquarters anymore, and to be honest, if we follow the regulations of the troops, we should immediately stop advancing and go back the way we came to find our troops." On the turret of the tank in front of Fan Ming, there was a sketch of the nearby terrain, obviously this map was drawn according to the situation decades ago, and there was a little gap between it and the current terrain, so Fan Ming could not determine his current location from the map.

"We only have two No. 1 assault guns and four old No. 1 tanks, and we don't have enough troops to continue south...... I need reinforcements, and I hope you can accompany us south! The non-commissioned officer of the Praetorian Guard looked at Fan Ming's three new No. 1 tanks here, and asked, "The target is the waist fort, as well as the nearby railway line." ”

"I really can't understand this kind of map, the waist fort is about 5 kilometers south of us, if I go with you, I will violate military discipline." Fan Ming reluctantly put down the radio intercom, began to fold the map in front of him, which was slightly outdated, and complained to the sergeant of the Praetorian Guard.

The sergeant smiled, then pointed into the distance: "Our reconnaissance team is already trying to figure out how to map the neighborhood, and if you follow us, we can issue a certificate for you that you and your tank have been temporarily requisitioned by the Praetorian Guard troops." ”

At this time, the advantage of the new army in using a large number of high-quality soldiers was manifested, and locally, these soldiers could decide their actions on the immediacy according to the situation and situation. Compared with the sluggishness and rigidity of the command organs at a higher level, this kind of temporary partial autonomy is more efficient and effective.

This kind of partial autonomy is entirely based on the premise that officers and men at all levels have extremely high combat qualities. If there is no combat literacy as a foundation, then this kind of partial self-assertion will collapse decision-making and turn into a loss of command control. For example, if the commander asks the soldier to fight back, but the soldier is timid or afraid to defend himself on his own, this is obviously not a good thing.

"Alright! What is the radio channel, I need to adjust it. I'll follow your No. 1 assault gun all the way to the waist fort. Fan Ming thought about it, it was better to support the Praetorian Guards to seize the railway line than to return to Tieling by a long way, so he agreed to the request to follow the Praetorian Guards south, and decided to take 3 tanks to help the friendly troops take the waist fort.

"Okay! You can go to assault gun 113 to find me, radio channel 1107. By the way, since it is to support our operation, I will be in charge, check the fuel and ammunition of each other, and if you need to replenish it, you will also look for me. Once the sergeant had made arrangements, he hurried back to the 113 assault gun at the front.

So, in just a few minutes, Fan Ming was temporarily demoted from a company commander of the 1st Armored Division to an ordinary commander of the 1st Armored Division of the Praetorian Guard.

Before they had driven two kilometers away, they saw a surprising scene, groups of old and weak women and children crouching on the side of the road, crying and being guarded by dozens of Praetorian Guards. Fan Ming leaned against the hatch of the tank turret, looking at a pair of terrified eyes staring at him, and his heart was indescribably weird.

"The commander ordered that nuisance to the local people is not allowed, and I don't think the Praetorian Guard will openly violate this order, right?" When he saw that there were more and more cases of detaining people on the side of the road, Fan Ming finally grabbed the radio communication microphone and warned the non-commissioned officer of the Praetorian Guard in the assault gun in front.

Soon, the non-commissioned officer's order came from the headset: "All of them!" Stop now! Then Fan Ming saw the non-commissioned officer on the assault gun jump off his chariot, ran to the side of the road to confirm the specific situation, and then quickly ran back to Fan Ming's tank: "These are prisoners of the Jin army, not ordinary people!" These men were commanded, and most of them were issued with light weapons...... They surrendered to us, so they were held on the side of the road. ”

"What? Army? After Fan Ming heard the other party's explanation, he looked at the old, weak, sick and disabled people who were enough to be his grandfather in the distance, and asked in disbelief. He also knew that the Praetorian Guards had no reason to deceive him, and if it was perfunctory, the sergeant could not have used such a lap to deceive him, nor did he have to make up such a lame reason to deceive him.

"In order to strengthen the defense on the Liaohe defense line, the Jin State ordered the recruitment of 400,000 reserves, and I heard that the Jin army in the entire theater exceeded 700,000, and I think most of them are this kind of 'army'." The Praetorian Guard sergeant returned to his vehicle and told Fan Ming what he had just heard. (To be continued.) )