The building of a nation is not a dream, it always ends up resorting to blood and iron.

The Praetorian Guard, as the ace unit in the Wehrmacht, was also the first unit to be about to go abroad.

Lin Guibin, a native of Fujian, is the sixth phase of the Chinese Military Academy. He is currently the commander of the infantry company of the Praetorian Guard, because of his excellent tactical skills, as well as his excellent command ability. As soon as he graduated, he was assigned to the Praetorian Guard, an honor that is rare, and there are only two classmates in the same period as him, and the other is from the armor department.

Fujian has many mountains and few fields, and Lin Guibin's family has always been very sad. However, in order to make him stand out, his parents got up early every day and worked late just to provide for Lin Guibin's studies. He did not disappoint his parents, he studied very hard and his grades were very good.

In the early years, Japan relied on the convenience of Xiamen to sell narcotics in Fujian in many ways, and it was rampant and domineering, punching and kicking the Chinese at every turn in broad daylight. Once Lin Guibin went up to theorize two sentences, he was also beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and he was very embarrassed. Afterwards, the Japanese did not do anything at all, but Lin Guibin was detained by the police for a few days. In prison, he also encountered a turning point in his life and met a student who planned to enroll in the Chinese Military Academy. Lin Guibin was quite moved after learning about the system of the Chinese Military Academy from his mouth, and finally hid it from his parents, saying that he was going to college. He didn't want his parents to worry, he didn't dare to say that he would go to military school, for fear that his parents would think that he was giving up his studies to become a soldier, because at that time, in the eyes of his parents, being a soldier was not a good thing, and he had no other ability except to harm the people. You will be poked in the back by someone.

This year, the national defense force won the whole country in one fell swoop, and the implementation of some policies made Lin Guibin's parents change their attitude towards being a soldier. A month ago, Lin Guibin happened to have a few days off. When he appeared in front of his parents in a military uniform and told the matter, the second elder not only blamed him, but was also very happy. This made Lin Guibin let go of his last worries and devoted himself to the military.

Lin Guibin felt very sorry for the war against Japan, the Praetorian Guard did not go to the war, and the actions of small Japan back then made him still grit his teeth from time to time. The army won, although he didn't participate, but Lin Guibin also let out the evil breath in his heart.

This time, the Praetorian Guard was the main force in the battle against Britain and France, and Lin Guibin was completely prepared. Today, after receiving the battle order, Lin Guibin immediately ordered the troops to prepare for battle. Pick up supplies and ammunition and change into rain boots.

The previous few days had been all artillery at work, and all the infantry were already waiting impatiently. Now that they have received the battle order, they are all bursting with enthusiasm, and all kinds of preparations are very fast. In the end, everyone did not forget to write a suicide note, once the war started, anything would happen, there was no such tradition before, because the soldiers were afraid of being timid. Later, Chen Shao allowed this kind of thing, and the letter written would be handed over to the logistics department for safekeeping, and as long as he could come back alive, he could go and get his suicide note back. As for those who don't come back, this suicide note will appear in front of your family along with the blood money.

Lin Guibin naturally also wrote, and after writing his name on the envelope, he handed it over to the logistics department like other soldiers. Lin Guibin is very happy about the current system, at least he can go to the front line with peace of mind, although he can't see his family again, but at least there is a suicide note to pass on. As a soldier, this has left him with no worries. Far from fearing death, this new initiative by the Wehrmacht has boosted the morale of the soldiers. When they were soldiers, they were ready to sacrifice, and death was not terrible to them, an act that allowed them to be truly fearless of death.

As a pioneer company, Lin Guibin's company entered the border line for the first time.

Just as they began to set off, the heavy artillery that had been prepared roared again, and this time the shelling was the largest in the battle. All the artillery of the reserves of the two corps was concentrated, and in conjunction with the heavy artillery divisions of the Janissaries, the three artillery clusters formed a triangle and together poured shells on the entire Anglo-French forward defensive camp.

A complete H-2 team also joined in the fun, and this was the first time in the history of the Chinese National Defense Force that so many bombers were dispatched to bomb a target. The Anglo-French forces were 'proud' enough, and only two squadrons were dispatched to bomb Taipei. A brigade can carry more than six hundred tons of aerial bombs, which is a terrifying number for the current aircraft. In the future, a few galaxies can completely blow up this number, but in this era, it is beyond imagination.

Fighters are circling and heavy artillery is splitting the ground, which is the truest portrayal.

In just half an hour, the entire defensive area was completely covered with artillery fire, and the planes left after dropping aerial bombs, but the heavy artillery never stopped. It was all appetizers the other day, but now it's in earnest.

Haig is back in the rear, and the defense is still under the command of Gan Malin. At this moment, Gammel has a kind of return to the European theater of World War I. Even in World War I, there were several times when thousands of heavy artillery pieces were dispatched. Hiding underground, with several layers of wood on it, it was the strongest fortification of the entire defensive line, and it was also his command post. It's just that now the rumbling sound on the ground is endless, accompanied by countless dust being shaken down.

Gan Molin thought that today would be the same as the previous two shellings, but the scene was bigger. The others also thought the same way, everyone hid in the fortifications, and there was no one outside at all. Joke, such a dense artillery fire went out to find death!

Haig and Gammelin are not dry eaters, and they dare not be careless. As early as the first time they were shelled and they did not dare to return fire, the two were ready. At the forefront of the defense, two small hillsides were hollowed out, which were fixed with a large amount of wood, and each hillside exposed four observation holes, which could be used as pillboxes in wartime. As soon as the Chinese army began a real offensive, it would immediately notify the troops by telephone, and each telephone line was buried at a depth of one meter in the ground, and many were buried at one time as a backup.

All the trenches were reinforced with wood, and no cement was made of local materials, and in order to prevent fire and avoid the sudden approach of the enemy, all the trees around the two kilometers were cut down in the past two days, and hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese did not have time to rest. Without these "conscientious" Vietnamese, such a line of defense would have taken at least several days to be erected, and now it would have been completed in two days.

Moreover, before the trenches, a number of small units were set up to defend the trenches, with a company or platoon as the main body, and a separate defensive position was established. It can also be regarded as an early warning, Haig attaches great importance to such a small position, and does not let Indian soldiers go up, but British and French soldiers take on it. With the experience of World War I, the formation of troops was much stronger than that of Japan at this time. Later generations of Japan also learned while fighting, and the ratio of casualties between the United States and Japan had become one to one by the time they arrived in the Ryukyus, from a dozen to one at the beginning of the Pacific War. War is an important catalyst for the rapid rise of the army's combat effectiveness.

Lin Guibin's company was moving fast, at least not slowly in the jungle. There is no big road in the Lang Son area, there is only one road leading to the Chinese border, this road is not small or big, and heavy equipment such as tanks cannot pass, but there is still no problem with armored vehicles. It was just that the infantry needed to open the way, because the British and French had set up a lot of obstacles on it, and it was impossible to advance with armored vehicles alone.

Lin Guibin's task was this, Britain and France set up a lot of firepower points on both sides of this road, in order to shine more casualties on the Chinese army. It's just that these firing points and their small defensive positions were detected by scouts. Basically, each company commander has a detailed map with various firing points and small defensive positions, and each company commander can follow the map and eliminate these firing points one by one.

According to the instructions on the map, Lin Guibin soon came to the first point of fire. This point of fire is simple and should only be used as a front-line warning. There are a lot of rocks in this place, and three heavy machine guns can just stick out of the cracks in the stones, so that the personnel can hide behind the stones and monitor the entire road. This is a pure natural bunker, but it is not large, and it can only accommodate a dozen people, and there are only three shooting holes. And it's surrounded by bushes, so it's hard to get around unless you go farther.

Faced with the first goal, Lin Guibin naturally would not back down. The scene seemed to be very unruly, the opponent's bunkers were naturally piled up with large stones, and the artillery could not destroy them at all. But this was nothing to the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard. When training, no matter how difficult the fortress is, I don't know how much to experience, such a scene is just pediatrics.

Under the command of Lin Guibin, the company stopped advancing, and the soldiers of the top squad were already approaching the range of the opponent's firepower. Each of them lowered their bodies and crawled forward. When they gradually approached the distance of 500 meters, the British and French soldiers in the firing point began to shoot, and three heavy machine guns brandished three fire snakes and swept towards the soldiers of the spearhead squad. It's just that due to the angle, the effect is not very good. And while they were shooting, the fighters of the spearhead squad had already rolled to the side and hid behind the stones. The bullet hit the stone, splashing countless sparks.

The squad did not stop, and two of the soldiers pulled the safety bolt of the smoke bomb and threw it vigorously 300 meters in front of the firing point. When the smoke grenades began to take effect, thick smoke rose, obscuring the view of the British and French soldiers inside the firing point. The shooting stopped all at once, and they couldn't figure out what was going on, where the smoke was coming from. They hesitated, but the top soldier squad didn't hesitate at all, and directly turned over, ran forward quickly, and quickly approached the location they expected by taking advantage of the terrain that had just been imprinted in their minds. Before the smoke completely dissipated, the three heavy machine guns at the firing point began to fire again, but it was only blind shooting, they could not see the target at all, let alone aiming.

(To be continued)