The first night of the battlefield passed peacefully. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The pursuing troops, after advancing the battle line forty kilometers, stopped, and the Russian infantry of a division, except for a small number that escaped, the rest were either annihilated or captured.

The advantages of mechanized troops are already obvious, when marching, soldiers can save as much physical strength as possible, and when they arrive on the battlefield, they can immediately enter the battle without adjustment, and the stronger their own side, the weaker the opponent will be.

And the forty-kilometer front, if it was placed in the Sino-Japanese Korean War a few years ago, then the commander would definitely be criticized, because for the infantry, it is equivalent to a whole day's advance distance, and once the enemy gathers a large force to besiege it, they are likely to suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, it was also difficult to replenish, because most of the supplies at that time could only rely on manpower and animal power, and a large number of long-distance supplies were not an easy task.

But now, the 40-kilometer front is actually not far at all, and it is even 30 kilometers short of the 70 kilometers stipulated by the armored forces, but this time, Li Yunchang is more steady.

Although the mechanized troops are actually a matter of two hours for 40 kilometers, and they can even arrive in less than two hours, he must take into account the problem of logistics and supplies, and it is better not to advance too quickly on the front line before getting supplies.

And this time, because it was the first day, although it was not far from Manchuria, the supply place, it was necessary to give the troops a time to adapt, at least, in Li Yunchang's plan, it would not be until a week later that the troops' advance speed would reach the ideal advance speed.

And this idealization is 70 kilometers per day, but this does not mean that you can only advance a maximum of 70 kilometers per day, any more will not work, you will be punished, even if there is an enemy in front of you, you can only chase 70 kilometers at most.

Rather, it is based on the summary of data from many parties, and finally obtained a reasonable data, the mechanized troops advance 70 kilometers a day, which can ensure that the combat effectiveness of the troops will be almost unaffected the next day, and the same will also ease the logistical pressure, and will not make the infantry behind miserable.

But if the situation is urgent, the mechanized troops can advance more, but the maximum limit is 110 kilometers, and no more, the fuel of the tank cannot meet the requirements of their driving so far and can still ensure the battle, and if they chase further, they will be sent to death.

And there is also a misunderstanding here, you will think that advancing 70 kilometers a day will not achieve the effect of a blitzkrieg, but in fact, if you take North Korea as an analogy, only advance the standard 70 kilometers a day, then it will only take nine and a half days to fight from the border between China and North Korea to Busan.

Nine and a half days, even if it is counted as ten or fifteen days, isn't this a blitzkrieg?

Perhaps for the Russians, this speed is not unacceptable, because they have a lot of territory, even if you advance 70 kilometers? Nor does it occupy a large percentage of their territory.

But what if you could advance 70 kilometers a day for a month? According to the calculation of thirty days, then theoretically, it is possible to advance 2,100 kilometers in one month, then, theoretically, it only takes two months to be able to advance the front from Manchuria to Moscow, what is this concept?

Of course, the premise is that the armored forces must have enough tanks, enough supplies, and enough infantry to assist them, and in the case of unlimited ammunition supply, sufficient troops, and no obstruction along the way, this theoretical figure can be achieved.

Although in reality, it is impossible to do it in two months, or even half a year, a year, or two years, it may not be done, but it exists in theory.

Although the Chinese Empire now has only three armored divisions, the total number of its army has grown from 1.7 million three years ago to 2.7 million, and there is still a reserve of 1 million.

The only weakness of the Chinese Empire was its navy, which, despite having a full fleet and two dreadnoughts, had less than 100,000 tons of gross tonnage, while the Japanese navy had a naval fleet of 260,000 tons of gross tonnage.

But this doesn't matter, because Wang Sirui is still holding back his big moves, and the armored force is just one of them.

Early the next morning, a group of more than 200 people slowly stepped off the train from Manzhouli Station, and after a night of hurrying, they finally arrived at the Sino-Russian border.

Although they hadn't seen the real battlefield yet, this didn't prevent them from being shocked at all, who would have thought that they had only set off from Tianjin two days earlier? It only took two days to reach the border, first by truck to Mukden, where he took a train straight to Harbin, and then from Harbin to Manchuria.

Although most of the time they took the train, of course, if it wasn't for their strong request, according to the plan of the Chinese Empire, they should have taken the train directly in Tianjin, and they wanted to see the truck, so they changed their plan and took the truck from Tianjin to Mukden.

Although the road was very uncomfortable, the potholed road, and the bumpy road, they couldn't even eat, and even wanted to vomit.

But from Tianjin Dao Fengtian, it only took them more than ten hours, which would have taken at least one day if it had been changed before, and even if it was by train, it would have taken seven or eight hours.

The observation group was led by Colonel Willibo of the Royal Army of the United Kingdom, supplemented by Germany, the United States, and France.

Looking at these representatives of the European and American powers, Shao Tongyi couldn't help but sneer, and secretly said in his heart: "I really want to set up a memorial arch when I am a ****." ’

The Great Powers took the initiative to observe the war, but they were also worried about offending Russia, although their relations with Russia were not very good, but once the Russians knew that they were behind the war, the consequences would be very serious.

In order to completely eliminate this possibility, the multinational observation group did not send any familiar faces this time, and all the officers were temporarily transferred from China, and when they entered the Chinese Empire, they also entered as merchants, and when they left Tianjin, all of them were left in Tianjin, and everything that could prove their identity was left in Tianjin.

In this way, even if they unfortunately become captives, as long as they bite to death, the Russians do not know what nationality they are, and even, they can be said to be Finns, Norwegians, or even Iceland, Canadians, what can the Russians do?

Their behavior was conservative and the most prudent, but it made the Chinese Empire despise it fiercely.

Shao Tongyi, a lieutenant colonel staff officer of the Imperial Chinese Army, was in charge of the multinational observation group and was responsible for arranging the accommodation and itinerary of the multinational personnel.

"Oh my God, look at the ...... there" The representatives of the great powers who had just gotten off the train were still a little sleepy, but there were also sober ones, after all, this is already the border, although they are an observation group, it does not mean that there is no danger to their lives.

Even, many people are complaining about this operation, when can't they go to observe? Why this time? It seems that the war only started in the past few days, right? Even if they want to observe, at least wait until the war is almost over, there is no danger, or one side will determine the advantage before going to observe, at least so that they are safe.

However, the spit was complained, and the observation group still came over as planned.

As soon as he got off the train, a member of the observation group noticed the things on the two carriages not far away, pointed there in shock, and was speechless for a long time.

Soon, the sound attracted more attention from the crowd, and Colonel Willippo noticed it, but then, Colonel Willipor shuddered violently, and his eyes quickly contracted.

"Shao! What's that? It's as if they're not in good shape. Willipo asked, pointing to the wreckage of the three tanks that had been destroyed yesterday on two carriages, and resisting the shock in his heart.

Willibo knew very well that the three monsters had been destroyed, after all, they looked miserable, and one of them didn't recognize him at all, if it weren't for the fact that there were two fuller tanks on the side as a reference.

And the tank appeared in front of the world for the first time, and this great shock was far from what these people could bear.

Of course, Shao Tongyi knew what those three guys were, but Shao Tongyi couldn't believe that the empire's tanks would be beaten like this, but there were only three tanks on the train, which made Shao Tongyi a little relieved.

Stretching out his hand and calling an entourage, Shao Tongyi commanded for a while.

After a while, the retinue turned back from the opposite side and brought back information about the three tanks.

"Report sir! The three tanks were destroyed by Russian artillery yesterday, all nine tank crews were killed, the one without a turret was destroyed by a direct hit to the side by a 105mm gun, and the other two were destroyed by a 75mm gun. According to the orders of the superiors, the three tanks need to be transported back to the factory for inspection, so that the factory can make improvements to the tanks and avoid the same problems. The attendant said.

Shao Tongyi nodded, and there was a slight regret in his heart, the nine tank crews were gone, and it was not easy for the empire to cultivate them.

Immediately afterwards, Shao Tongyi relayed the situation of the three tanks to Willibo, but refused to allow Willibo and others to get close to observe the wreckage of the three tanks, citing disrespect for the dead soldiers.

Willipo could only express regret and mourn the nine tank crews.

Subsequently, under the gaze of everyone, the three tanks were covered with a thick canvas, and the wreckage of the tanks could not be seen at all. (To be continued.) )