After returning from the barracks, just after Su Tong returned to the office of the provincial political axe, an urgent telegram sent from the intelligence bureau broke his leisurely mood.

The message was simple, with only a short line written on it: 'The Zhukov group has been prepared and will arrive in Chita in half a month. ’

The short telegram disrupted the good mood of Chief Su, Su Tong opened the door and said to Tie Niu who was waiting at the door: "Prepare the car immediately and go to the group army headquarters!" ”

Inside the headquarters of the XXXVII Army

Jiang Baili took the telegram sent by the Intelligence Bureau and pondered for a long time, and just now sighed: "Jianming, it seems that Stalin is not going to give us time, we must solve the Timoshenko group as soon as possible." ”

Chief Su smiled and comforted: "Duke Ning, don't worry, Brother Timoxin doesn't even have the strength to raise a gun now, where is there any threat!" ”

Jiang Baili nodded and smiled: "I believe you in this, if you can't even win the remnants of the soldiers who have been hungry for almost a month, you should buy a piece of tofu and die head-on." ”

Saying that, Jiang Baili frowned again and thought about it and said: "It's just that this time Zhukov came prepared, he won't be as easy to deal with as last time, the enemy is outnumbered, you have to be careful." ”

Su Tong nodded and said cautiously: "Well, it's like we have to despise our opponents strategically, and we have to pay attention to our opponents tactically!" ”

Jiang Baili couldn't help but admire when he heard this: "Okay, Jianming, if you can say such a sentence, I can rest assured." ”

Chief Su's old face turned red, and he diverted the topic: "This Duke of Shanning, I want to get married before leaving, what do you think?" ”

"Well, that's fine, but if that's the case, then the wedding will be a little easier." Jiang Baili thought for a while and said slowly.

"It's simple to be afraid of, anyway, that's what it's all about, it's nothing more than telling people that it's just giving the two in-laws a legal chance" In the end, the voice of this guy became lower and lower, and it was almost impossible to hear it in the back.

"You, you, you!" Jiang Baili couldn't help but laugh and pointed at Su Tong, looking like he hated iron but not steel.

"Ah, this Duke of Ningning, I'll leave this matter to you, anyway, you can do it before I leave." Seeing that the atmosphere was really embarrassing, someone immediately threw the pick to the chief of staff and ran away, leaving only an old man shaking his head.

Sitting in a jeep sealed with curtains slowly on the streets of Zhangjiakou, looking out the window, Su Tong was surprised to find that the streets seem to be more prosperous today than a year ago, and some new buildings are breaking ground on some streets.

Suddenly, the shadow of a school flashed next to him, Su Tong's heart moved, and he quickly ordered the driver of the car to turn, and the car galloped towards the school.

The Chahar Academy of Armored Forces is a school that has only been established for more than a year, and it was originally established because of the urgent need for the technical branch of armored troops.

From the very beginning of its establishment, the 37th Group Army was branded by Su Tong as the supremacy of firepower, and the equipment that Su Tong equipped his troops with was also world-class today.

Although he could not show off weapons that were too advanced, he still tried to tell the officers that if they could solve the battle with bullets, they should not use bayonets. Of course, this is not to say that you can't fight the enemy with bayonets, but to destroy the enemy in a way that best protects you, and those senseless victories that pile up the corpses of soldiers are what Su Tong has always spurned.

At that time, because of the relative backwardness of weapons in China, most of the wars relied on soldiers to fight with their lives, and many officers in Su Tong's army were also contaminated with this habit.

Later, Commander Su stressed on various occasions more than once that if anyone dared to use the corpses of soldiers as a step for himself to climb, don't blame him for being polite, the military tribunal here is not just a decoration.

That's what he said, and that's what he did, and it was only after Su Tong instructed the military court to deal with a few unbelieving officers that people began to believe that their boss wasn't joking.

Su Tong's practice was contrary to the domestic practice at that time, but he also won the support of the majority of soldiers and grassroots officers because of this. As news of the victory continued, more and more senior officers gradually recognized his approach.

In Su Tong's opinion, what could be more enjoyable than having soldiers drive tanks to fight the enemy's infantry?

But Chief Su's idea was good, but the reality gave him a blow to the head. Although he relied on the moon base as a big killer weapon in his hand, Niu Ben produced enough tanks to equip several armored divisions in a year, but when the tanks were produced, this guy was dumbfounded.

In the past, Su Tong read the allusion of holding a golden rice bowl but begging for food, and often laughed at people's stupidity, feeling that he now has an empty tank but no one drives it, and the taste is the same as that person.

The lack of talent makes our Chief Su look up to the sky and sigh, God, you can send the millions of college students who work hard every day after graduation to send their resumes to your buddies! Even if you're a graduate of Pheasant University.

It's a pity that God didn't hear this guy's prayers, and the Chahar Armored Forces Academy came into being under this kind of thinking.

In the period when there was a shortage of instructors, (at that time, Chief Su made a cameo appearance as an instructor after changing the Iron Bull and Ma Jun.) The inquisitive cadets almost drove their Soviet commander crazy, and even Sun Liren, a general with a higher education at the Virginia Military Academy, pestered him all day long to ask him about the armored forces.

This passage was called the dark age of his life by the chief of Su, so much so that later someone developed the habit of taking a detour when he saw this school.

Seeing this school again today, Su Tong couldn't help but think of the tragic time a year ago, and he still had a relative. But thinking of the current situation of the shortage of armored troops, someone thought about it again and again, and still ordered the driver to drive the car in.

Today, a classroom with a capacity of 60 people in this school is packed with students, and even the corridors are not spared. On the podium stood a lieutenant officer, a deputy company commander of the 102nd Division, who had been seriously wounded in Siberia some time ago and was forced to be transferred to Chahar Hospital for treatment. Now that his injuries have improved, he has been invited by the Armored Academy to give a lecture to everyone, and today he will talk about the rapid penetration of tank units in actual combat and the problem of refuge in actual combat.

Since most of the armored unit personnel with actual combat experience served in the army, the academy paid full attention to the fact that this lieutenant colonel, who had rich experience in actual combat, could come here to attend classes, and the classroom, which could only seat 60 people, was crammed into a classroom with more than 100 people.

"A tank is a tracked armored combat vehicle with powerful direct firepower, a high degree of cross-country maneuverability and solid protection. It is the basic equipment of our army's main assault weapons and armored troops in ground warfare today, mainly used to fight enemy tanks and other armored vehicles, and can also suppress and destroy anti-tank weapons, destroy field fortifications, and annihilate living forces. In actual combat, we want to "

Listening to the lieutenant's explanation, Su Tong, who was standing outside the classroom, nodded with satisfaction, this lieutenant has real talent and learning, and he has quite a wealth of practical combat experience, so he is a usable talent.

"Hello sir!" At this time, a student happened to see Su Tong standing at the door, and hurriedly shouted loudly.

I'm rubbing, why don't you have eyesight? Su Tong glared at the daredevil, making the student baffled.

It's a pity that Chief Su's white eyes stared late, and after hearing the loud shout, the students inside turned their heads to look over.

"It's Chief Su, Chief Su is here!" There was an uproar in the classroom, and the students got out of the way so that the chief could enter.

The lieutenant also got off the podium and saluted the commander. "Hello sir! Student Du Jingtao reports to you! ”

"Huh! How do you call yourself," Su Tong asked suspiciously.

"The chief may not remember the student, the student is the stupid student who chased you every day to ask questions a year ago." Du Jingtao said with some embarrassment.

"Oh!" Su Tong finally suddenly came to his senses and said, "You are the student who came to me to ask me questions even when I was eating!" ”

"Hahaha" Hearing Su Tong's words, the students in the classroom all leaned back and laughed.

"Alright, don't laugh, everybody." Su Tong stretched out his hands and pressed down, and the students all fell silent.

"Everyone must think it's funny, he is a small student who even squeezes me, the commander, to eat. To be honest, I was hiding from him like a plague god. Saying this, Su Tong smiled bitterly.

"No way, we had too few instructors at that time, including me, there were only three regular instructors, but we had to teach more than 600 officer students. It takes a lot of time just to answer the questions raised by the students, and all the students are asking questions, including Sun Liren, the commander of the 102nd Division, who was desperately looking at the information, fiddling with tanks, and conducting exercises, and after arriving at the troops, they had to pass on the knowledge they had learned to the soldiers under them, and it was by virtue of the spirit of bringing one by one that they finally formed the first armored division of our country within half a year! And he also made great achievements on the battlefield. When Su Tong said this, the audience burst into warm applause.

"Now that our school has more than 100 teachers trained by ourselves, and more than 3,000 students, your study time has been extended to one year, and there is plenty of time, so it can be said that your starting point is much higher than that of the first batch of students. Therefore, I ask you to study hard with a serious and responsible attitude, otherwise you and your comrades-in-arms will pay for your mistakes with blood because of a small mistake on the battlefield. ”

When Su Tong said this, the students in the classroom were silent.

Speaking of this, Su Tong took a breath: "Okay, I won't dwell here, Lieutenant, you can continue to class." ”

"Yes, sir!"

Chief Su waved his hand to everyone, and walked to the principal's office by himself, leaving only the students who were in the back of the problem.