"Time delayed until early next year?! What does Chinese mean? ”

At the British headquarters in Basra, Sir F.S. Maud, who had already begun planning an attack on Baghdad, looked at the telegram brought by the correspondent and asked with a rather ugly face.

It is no wonder that Maude's face was so ugly, because it was written quite clearly on the telegram.

In principle, Chiang had already agreed to the British's request for a flanking attack, but in fact the expeditionary force in the Caucasus would not be able to launch an attack on Baghdad with the British in Basra until at least early January next year... Next January? That is, January 1917, and now it is only October 1916, and if it really arrives in January, it will be at least three months to wait.

Of course, if you just wait for 3 months, the key is that because the expeditionary force has agreed to launch a joint attack in November, so the British have made preparations in all aspects, at this time Jiang Baili suddenly said that it will be postponed, and it will be postponed to the beginning of 17 in one breath, there is really no way not to make the British angry..."General, please don't be too angry...", said a British officer stood up and asked the correspondent on the side. "Do the Chinese have any reason for saying anything?"

"This—" The correspondent shook his head in embarrassment. They just said they were in some trouble, so they asked for a postponement until January..."

"Trouble—" The officer just now frowned. What trouble will the Chinese have? Could it be that the Turks are preparing to attack the Chinese's sphere of influence? ”

"It can't be." A British officer stepped forward and retorted. "The Turks have just suffered a crushing defeat in Erzurum, the losses are quite large, and at this time they simply do not have the ability to attack the Chinese..."

This was shared by all the Britons present.

Although 1916 is still two months away, two major events have taken place in the past 10 months that have shocked the world. One of them was the Battle of the Somme, which began on June 24, 1916, and set an unprecedented world record, that is, a world record of nearly 60,000 people lost in a single day... For this battle, the two sides prepared for more than five months, first carrying out artillery bombardment for seven days (June 24 - July 1). Although the artillery bombardment of the Anglo-French forces almost completely destroyed the first German position and partially destroyed the second, it lost the initiative that the offensive operation should maintain tactically.

On 1 July, the British 4th Army (commanded by General Rawlinson) carried out a main assault in the direction of Babom 25 km from Maricourt to Ebyten, covered by the 7th Army of the British 3rd Army on its left flank, and the French 6th Army (commanded by General Fayolle) carried out an auxiliary assault from both banks of the Somme north of Rossière in the direction of Peronne. At that time, the French and British right flanks broke through the first line of German positions, but the British left flank was blocked by the German trench positions. The British attacked in a dense formation and were killed and wounded by the powerful fire of the German Maxim machine guns, losing nearly 60,000 men.

During the Battle of the Somme, the British army launched an extremely fierce attack, but the German army used machine guns and artillery to form a strong defensive firepower in trench warfare, so that the British army could not successfully capture the German position after losing a large number of infantry. With an average fire density of one Maxim MG08 machine gun per 100 meters, the Germans fired wildly at 14 British divisions on the front of the 40-kilometer attack. 60,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded in a single day. The lethality and bloody gas of machine guns reached their peak on this day. The main weapon of the British soldiers, the rifle, was limited to the German positions, and could not even deal with the strong firepower of the German defense. Most of the soldiers had fallen with casualties before they reached the front line of the trenches.

In the Battle of the Somme, the German-made Maxim heavy machine gun made a name for itself and became the maker of blood, and it was a murderous killer on the battlefield of the Somme. Countless British and French troops fell under the guns of the Maxim heavy machine guns and became its victims.

If the First World War was a battle in which the machine guns attracted attention, then the Battle of the Somme completely made the Maxim heavy machine gun the king of land warfare in the battlefield of the First World War... And the British officers will say that the Turks do not have the strength to attack China, because China is already armed with a large number of machine guns ... Although in the early days, the expeditionary force also had a small outburst in Van City, but because the Caucasus battlefield was too remote compared with the Western Front, and Yan Guang himself did not want to be too public, so only the Germans and a few Russians noticed that China was equipped with a large number of machine guns, except for the Chinese themselves.

Originally, if there was no Battle of the Somme or other possible battles, the fact that the expeditionary force was equipped with a large number of machine guns would probably have to wait until later generations of experts to study it, but because Germany used Maxim in the Battle of the Somme too much, as a result, military experts from other countries dug up the fact that the expeditionary force was equipped with a large number of machine guns.

When the world learned that the more than 20 divisions sent by the expeditionary force to the Caucasus, each division was armed with 552 light and heavy machine guns, except for the artillery division, and the number of Maxim machine guns that made a big splash on the Somme River also reached 120, almost all the powers were shocked.

What is 552 machine guns equivalent to? You must know that the Germans, who made a big splash on the Somme, were only armed with 324 light and heavy machine guns.

If there are 522 pieces, even if the Turks send 500,000 troops without the support of heavy artillery, they may not be able to shake the position of the expeditionary force in the slightest. It is precisely because of this relationship that the Turks have basically dismissed the idea of taking the initiative to attack Armenia, after all, it would be foolish to take the initiative when fighting and sending to death are linked, and there are also reasons to explain the many failures of the Turks earlier.

"You see, the Chinese are armed with tens of thousands of machine guns, and it would be strange if we could attack the past..."

Of course, this is not to say that the Turks do not have an offensive mentality. In fact, the Turks still wanted revenge, but it was a suicide to attack a position full of machine guns without heavy artillery support. And heavy artillery or something, you must know that now on the Western Front many times it is the British and French artillery that suppresses Germany, and in this case the Germans themselves are not enough artillery, how can they support Turkey?

Not to mention artillery, even ammunition ......... You must know that the German mainland has been blocked very much in recent times, coupled with various internal and external problems, the Germans also feel that they are a little unbearable, and in this case, the ammunition support for Turkey is a little unbearable... In fact, not only the Turks are jealous, but even he himself is deeply jealous.

It is important to know that although they are not like the expeditionary forces, the Wehrmacht forces that are stationed in the country are usually armed with at least 480 light and heavy machine guns. Although this number is dozens less than that of the expeditionary force, it is still a fatal number for Yue himself.

Therefore, although after the occupation of the German Pacific islands, there has been a lot of retaliation in the country, but there are also many officers who have developed some fear. After all, the Battle of the Somme shocked the world, and it was difficult for me to imagine what kind of losses I would have suffered if I had been replaced by the Anglo-French coalition that took the initiative to attack at that time. You must know that I can't suppress the Wehrmacht artillery group with artillery fire for seven days in a row, like the British and French, not to mention that the Wehrmacht has a lot less machine guns than the Germans?

In the end, not to mention whether the army can break through the defense line of the Wehrmacht, the cost may not be borne by the army, which can be imagined by referring to the situation in Lushun.

And it was the result of this fear that made Yue Ben start to vigorously develop and equip machine guns.

However, the current research and development is too slow, so it is said that the main equipment is still the existing Hatch Chase heavy machine gun. It's just that this machine gun really can't compete with the 12.7mm Makqin equipped by the Wehrmacht, so much so that it can compete with the 8mm 100-drum Madsen, which is also the most helpless thing for army generals... In contrast to his own fear, the Russians and the British were only envious of the machine guns equipped by the expeditionary force. The British, in particular, were not the same as the Russians who faced the Germans on the Eastern Front, and the British faced mainly the Turks in Mesopotamia, who did not have much heavy artillery, and if they could have been armed with a sufficient number of Maxim (Maxim is British) machine guns, even Lewis machine guns, I am afraid that the outcome of the first battle of the Coulter would have been very different.

(This is an American, and it was U.S. Army Colonel I.N. Lewis who did the research and development work.) However, the U.S. military showed no interest in this, and Lewis came to Belgium with his designs in disgrace, and in 1913 he started his own weapons company. A year later, with the outbreak of World War I, the Belgian Ordnance employees fled to England, taking their designs and some of their equipment with them. They began mass production of the Lewis machine gun at the factory of the Birmingham Small Arms Corporation in England. It should be noted that the Lewis machine gun was not only an excellent machine gun, but also the earliest aviation machine gun. After all, on the battlefield of Mesopotamia, the number of artillery is really scarce compared to Europe, which can be seen just by looking at the fact that the Russians can rampage with 20,000 people + 28 guns in northern Persia, if the Townsend division in Kut has enough machine guns, it will definitely survive until Maude's predecessor successfully breaks the siege—————— provided that the supplies are enough...—————————— although the British were talking about machine guns at the beginning, But as they chatted, the British talked about two other major things.

Of course, there is only one major event that shocks the world, and the other can only be regarded as a major event at best.

But these two things are somewhat related... For example, China has just discovered an oil field in the northeast of the country, although it has only just been developed, but the annual output has reached 5 million tons, and it will be no problem to reach 10 million next year.

The emergence of this oil field is also a big thing for the whole world, just when the oil exploration team mined the first oil well in the Nancun poplar forest in the Daqing area, the world's oil prices have dropped a lot, and almost the whole world is discussing what the Daqing oil field means to China's finances.

You must know that although the price of oil has fallen, it is still much higher than it was six years ago. If it can produce 10 million tons of crude oil a year, then it can bring at least 3 million pounds a year to the political axe, and if the scale of mining is larger, it is not impossible to bring in 10 million pounds a year... The emergence of the Daqing oil field not only made China completely take off the hat of an oil-poor country, but also made China no longer dependent on oil supplies from the United States or Mexico. Otherwise, if one day there is a formal war with Yuben, Yuben will cut off the oil supply. Or if China and the United States are at odds with each other, and the United States unilaterally cuts it off... If before the European War, a country only needed steel to stand, then after the outbreak of the European War, oil and steel have become the two legs that a country has to rely on, and if one of them is missing, then the country is absolutely deformed.

It is also for this reason that when he learned that China had discovered a large oil field comparable to Tampico, the whole country became "envious, jealous and hateful".

But at the same time, I also coveted the Northeast region again.

It's a pity that at this time, there were 18 cavalry, infantry, and artillery divisions stationed in the northeast, two whole group armies, and more than 200,000 troops. The immigration to the Northeast has also been successful in recent years, and it is no problem to mobilize 500,000 people in cooperation with the heavy industry that has developed in the Northeast during the war. In addition, there are more than 300,000 people in the 27 divisions of the Yanjing Military Region, and he said that he did not dare to act rashly in the northeast at all, because if he moved, he would be tantamount to seeking his own death.

It's just strange that on the first day of exploitation of the Daqing oilfield, Yan Guang had already directly nationalized the oil despite the opposition of others. The attitude is as tough as when all the financial industries such as banks were brought under the jurisdiction of the political axe... Of course, none of this has anything to do with the British. Originally, in the eyes of the British, China was said to be an oil-poor country, which was very beneficial to Britain's control of China. After all, almost all the ships of the Chinese Navy, except for the old ships inherited from the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the early days, use steam turbines as ship power.

And in recent times, with the exception of a thousand-ton destroyer, a three-thousand-ton second-class cruiser. The 10,000-ton first-class cruisers, the 20,000-ton battle cruisers, and the 30,000-ton battleships have also begun direct sea trials or successive commissioning.

Coupled with China's extensive fleet of aircraft, submarines, torpedo boats, automobiles, and transport vessels, there is a huge demand for oil in China today. If China is still an oil-poor country, then it is naturally better to do anything, after all, almost all of China's oil sources come from the United States.

But since China has discovered oil itself, then..."

When talking about China's oil fields, almost all the Britons present sighed heavily.

Today's China is developing rapidly, the National Defense Army has become a powerful army that no one dares to ignore, and the Air Force is also regarded as the strongest air force in the world because of its outstanding performance in Longkou Bay and many later battles. In addition, the importance of the current Chinese political axe to military and industry is completely different from that of the Manchu political axe in the past, and it is really impossible not to sigh when looking at the constantly developing China and looking at itself that is still stuck in the quagmire of the European war... Of course, if only that were the case, China's industrial development is just as rapid. In particular, in terms of steel production, which is the most indicative of industrial strength, it has surpassed France, Russia, Austria-Hungary, Italy and Ben, and is only below the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom... (The information in hand is incomplete, but the steel production of Italy and Ben in 1913 was less than 1 million tons, and Austria-Hungary was a lot, almost 3 million...) And in the past two years, China's steel production has grown at a rate of more than one million tons almost every year, especially this year, according to the predictions of some experts in the United Kingdom, it is more likely to reach two million tons......... If this continues, it will only take two or three years for China to surpass the UK... It's definitely a bad thing to watch a person surpass themselves, and it's even more uncomfortable if this person has been bullied by themselves in the past. What's more, you have to be on guard at all times, beware that this person will bully you in turn if they are stronger than you... This is the situation of the British at the moment, if it weren't for the fact that they are currently mired in the quagmire of the European war and can't spare their efforts, China is their ally, and they can use China now, otherwise Britain would have tried to suppress China a long time ago..."

—————————— "Ahh

Sighing again, perhaps because he felt that he sighed too many times, an officer may have felt that he should lift his morale, so he stood up and decided to say something more uplifting.

For example, another major event that shocked the world was the battle of the Somme, and the British were the first to put new weapons on the battlefield..."tank"

In the European War that broke out in 1914, the two warring sides were locked in a brutal trench war, and the war became a war of attrition with huge casualties. In order to break the stalemate in positional warfare, war has once again forced mankind to develop new offensive weapons.

On the initiative of Colonel Swinton, in February 1915, the then British Secretary of the Admiralty, Winston? Churchill (who knows who) formed the Land Battleship Commission. In July 1915, William? William of Ford? Triton used American tractor tracks to build a land warship that could travel and fight off-road, and Lieutenant Wilson of the British Naval Air Corps helped him to complete this project, and in August 1915 he made a prototype car, called the "Triton" car, the prototype car was improved after testing, and the prototype car completed in December was named "William Jr." It was designed by William? Triton's nickname, which translates to "Little Nomad", was the world's first tank.

But to be honest, although the "Little Nomad" was the world's first tank, his actual combat ability was almost equal to 0, so in 1916 the British produced the first combat tank, which was later the Mark 1.

At the time, for the sake of secrecy, the British described the new weapon as a "tank" that delivered water to the front line. As a result, the name is still used today, and "tank" is a transliteration of the word.

In August 1916, Britain produced a total of 49 Mark 1 tanks, which were built with the support of Churchill and embezzled funds from the Navy. At this time, the Battle of the Somme was raging, and the commander of the British front, Haig, after learning of this secret weapon, ordered them to join the battle despite the opposition of many, because the losses of the British army had reached an intolerable level.

Although the fate of these 49 tanks varied, the 18 tanks that participated in the war for the first time made the attack of September 15, 1916 forever go down in the annals of world warfare. In the early morning of September 15, 1916, more than a dozen black steel monsters appeared on the battlefield, and the monsters drove through the muddy craters like walking on the ground, overwhelming the barbed wire that had blocked countless infantry, crossing the trenches, and crushing the German fortifications to pieces. They fired heavily with machine guns and artillery, and the German corpses were strewn all over the field. In the face of this sudden steel monster, the German soldiers threw down their guns and fled in all directions.

On this day, the British, with the strength of 21 infantry divisions and the support of tanks, scattered the attack on a frontal width of 10 kilometers, and advanced 5 kilometers in five hours, a result that used to cost thousands of tons of artillery shells and tens of thousands of people to achieve. One of the tanks captured a village without firing a single shot, while the other captured a trench and captured more than 300 German soldiers.

However, although the participation of tanks in the battle achieved certain results and added momentum to the British offensive, it still could not help the British army completely break through the German defense, because only 18 tanks were used on the wide offensive front, and the effect was too limited.

That said, it was still a day of pride for the British.

The pride of the British can be seen from one point alone. On the eve of the outbreak of the European war, Belgium had a port on the North Sea called Zeebrugge, which was the second largest port in Belgium after Antwerp.

Because of the port's importance, the Germans invaded the port of Zeebrugge as soon as the Germans invaded Belgium.

What is rather speechless, and strange to the Germans, was that when they stormed Zeebrugge, the port was intact—————— and the Allies did not destroy the modern port at all when they retreated.

The Belgians and the British would leave an intact port of Zeebrugge based on a very "long-term" strategic consideration. That is, once this place is recovered in the future, the port will be immediately available to the Allied navies.

Merely... No one expected that the European war would be fought for such a long time, and they did not expect that the port of Zeebrugge would play such a big role in the hands of the Germans.

To put it simply, the distance from the port of Zeebrugge to the port of Dover in the UK is more than 480 kilometres shorter than from the port in Helgoland Bay. At the same time, Germany's U-24 small inshore submarine is also related to the port of Zeebrugge, and the originally limited range can also exert unlimited power, directly threatening the safety of British merchant ships.

At the same time, according to British statistics, on average, one out of every four merchant ships sailing into the waters around Britain was attacked silently. According to German statistics, the U-boat forces stationed in Flanders sank 4.4 million tons of 2,554 Allied ships in the European War, accounting for 33% of the total number of U-boats sunk in the European War... So, the British regretted it ... Of course, all of the above has nothing to do with tanks, what really matters is that after the port of Zeebrugge played a huge role in the hands of the Germans, the British also thought about destroying this port. Unlike the passive British, Hague, the commander of the British Army Expeditionary Force at the time, contacted Major General Bacon, who had proposed the plan for the attack, on September 18, and proposed that he could send "tank" troops to join Bacon's landing.

At this time, it was only three days since the tank, a revolutionary weapon, was interviewed on the battlefield for the first time. This shows how proud the British are of the appearance of tanks.

In fact, the British are indeed entitled to pride, because they have created a weapon that is still regarded as the main force of the army a hundred years later, the real "king of land warfare"..."tank"

But it is also important to remember that the British have made many stupid mistakes, such as those in Zeebrugge—————— have not thought that they will not be able to get this port back in a few years?

—————————— were indeed proud of the "tank" British, so although the war was delayed until the beginning of next year, they still happily discussed everything about the "tank", about the appearance of the German soldiers who saw the "tank" on September 15.

It was when these British troops were discussing the "tank" that a large number of lieutenant generals and major generals and division commanders were also complaining to Jiang Baili in the headquarters of the expeditionary force in Armenia.

The target of complaining is, of course, the order to procrastinate.

Although Jiang Baili has successfully established his prestige in the expeditionary force for more than a year, and it is enough to rank with Cai Yi in China, the order to postpone the attack still caused a certain sensation in the expeditionary force, which is why so many generals will look for Jiang Baili.

And looking at the appearance of these generals under his command, Jiang Baili also rubbed his temples with a headache.

Of course he knew why these subordinates were coming to him, because he was also worried about it... The incident happened not long after the agreement with Mao De, when Jiang Baili had just ordered the whole army to prepare, but at this time, a telegram suddenly came from Yanjing, ordering Jiang Baili to contact the British and delay the attack until early next year.

When Jiang Baili asked the reason in shock, there was only one answer from Yanjing..."tank..."

That's right, it's tanks ... Not long after the British Mark 1 tank made a big splash on the Somme, Yan Guang had already begun to plan to put armored troops into the Caucasus battlefield. It's just that the conditions at that time were not very mature, although the problem of the armored forces themselves was basically solved, but the logistics were not very reliable, so Yan Guang could only go down... However, not long after the tank was unveiled in the Battle of the Somme, the Dylan Railway and the Russian Caucasus Railway were officially opened. The opening of the railway is equivalent to solving all the problems of transportation and supply, and it is also for this reason that Yan Guang will order Jiang Baili to postpone until January next year.

Because to be honest, in fact, the technology of armored forces is not very mature. Although for the time being, the Type 15 medium tanks equipped by the armored forces are definitely more advanced than the British Mark 1 tanks, if there is enough ammunition, even if they take on a hundred Mark 1 tanks—————— just like the KV tanks on the Soviet-German battlefield... With a 200 hp gasoline engine, the Type 15 medium tank reached a maximum speed of only 10 km/h, which was already a high speed in this era. But his biggest problem is still a reliable surname.

Although it has been replaced with a domestically produced 200-horsepower gasoline engine, it is only a little more reliable than when the 180-horsepower engine was used in the past. Of course, these are nothing, after all, the British Mark 1 tank is so bad that it can make a big splash in the Somme battlefield, and the Type 15 tank is ten times more advanced than the Mark 1 tank, even if the reliable surname is worse, it is definitely much stronger than the British Mark 1... The real key issue is transportation and preparation, first of all, transportation, although the Dilan Railway to the Caucasus, is definitely much closer than the Siberian Railway, but in any case, if you want to go from China to the Caucasus, after all, you still have to cross thousands of kilometers of land, this distance is not ordinarily far.

Moreover, unlike ordinary weapons, the tank not only needs its own ammunition supply, but also a large amount of fuel to operate, which Russia does not have. In other words, all the fuel needed by the tank troops needs to be transported by China... Coupled with the volume of the tank itself, the full weight of 30 tons, the huge and heavy Type 15 tank, even if it is transported to the Caucasus by train, it is not a simple matter.

This is also the reason why Yan Guang hopes that Jiang Baili can launch an attack with the British army at the beginning of the 17th century, because at that time, the hundreds of tanks of the First Armored Division will be able to arrive smoothly and play his greatest role in Jiang Baili's hands... It's just that Yan Guang thinks very beautifully, but Jiang Baili obviously doesn't appreciate his affection very much.

Of course, this is not to say that Jiang Baili does not know the important surname of the tank, in fact, Jiang Baili still knows it very well, especially after studying the performance of the Somme tank, Jiang Baili knows better how important the important surname of the tank is.

However, it is precisely because Jiang Baili has studied it accurately that he is suspicious of tank troops... Because according to some information provided by the British and the Military Intelligence Agency, although the British tanks did play a great role in the Somme battlefield, in the end, of the more than 40 tanks put into the battlefield, it seems that only more than 10 of them were really put into the battlefield, and the rest were all lying down because of malfunctions... It's not that Jiang Baili doesn't believe in his country's technology, but in the eyes of people in this era, foreign goods are better than domestic products most of the time, even in later generations. Therefore, in the eyes of Jiang Baili and other generals who knew about the existence of armored troops, they were somewhat suspicious of armored troops. Even some ships of the Chinese Navy have already crossed the Pacific Ocean to visit the United States.

Some military and political officials who are aware of the existence of armored forces even think that when they arrive on the battlefield, it is already very good that dozens of those hundreds of tanks can finally be put into operation... Although referring to the Battle of the Somme, these dozens of tanks can definitely achieve great results, but... For the sake of these tanks, it will take several months?

Although he was not as skeptical about the quality of the tank units as those military and political officials, Jiang Baili felt that it was not worth waiting for these tanks for several months. Because of his own strength alone, Jiang Baili is already confident that he will take Baghdad in three months, and he will not need any tank troops at all... However, an order is an order after all, and Jiang Baili is indeed a little curious about the tank troops. Because since arriving in the Caucasus, Jiang Baili has not returned to China for more than a year. The domestic tank research and development work began a long time ago, Jiang Baili has only seen some of the most basic models, the basis is similar to the British "little nomad", so there are great doubts about the technical level of the domestic armored forces..."I don't know how effective that armored unit can be..."So he sighed bitterly, and after looking at those excited generals, Jiang Baili could only smile bitterly.

"Okay, okay, let's disperse first, this is an order from the president himself, do you still dare to resist?"

Of course we don't dare to resist, but aren't we encouraging you to resist... After listening to Jiang Baili's words, the generals of the expeditionary force complained in their hearts.

However, after listening to Jiang Baili's words, they could only keep their mouths shut. Now almost everyone in the political axe knows that Yan Guang is usually very talkative, and he has a bit of a taste of humble advice, but if it is something he has decided, it is to die to the death, and it is useless to persuade anyone... This is also why Zhang Shaozeng will come to Jiang Baili, because Jiang Baili is someone in front of Yan Guang, so they hope that Jiang Baili will come forward to persuade Yan Guang, who knows, Jiang Baili was not fooled at all..."Alas..."

Jiang Baili could only sigh bitterly about this, but they couldn't make it clear, because the matter of the armored forces was still in a state of secrecy. It's not that no one in the expeditionary force knows the true face of the armored forces, it's just that there are too few of them, and they are not among Zhang Shaozeng and his party at all, so Jiang Baili can only keep his mouth shut...—————————— the plan failed, Zhang Shaozeng and they were naturally extremely disappointed, especially Zhang Shaozeng himself.

You must know that according to the plan, the troops going south were commanded by Zhang Shaozeng. However, according to the news from within the political axe, it is very likely that the general Feng Nan, who has disappeared for many years, will lead the southbound troops this time, and theoretically there will be no too many generals behind Jiang Baili.

In other words, if Feng Nan comes, then Zhang Shaozeng's dream of commanding the troops to the south and making a merit by the way to see if he can be the commander of the group army will be shattered..."Alas..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Shaozeng hung his head and became depressed.

And seeing that Zhang Shao had been like this, he who had a good relationship with him naturally stepped forward to comfort him, and if he had a bad relationship, although he kept laughing in his heart, he also came to comfort him on the surface.

Just when Zhang Shao was surrounded by people, Feng Nan, who was far away in Yanjing, was also surrounded.

However, unlike Zhang Shaozeng, he was surrounded by people to comfort him, while Feng Nan was surrounded by people to congratulate. Because the matter of Feng Nan's preparation to go to the Caucasus to command a group army has now spread in both military and political circles, and now everyone knows that the Turks are a soft persimmon, no matter how they pinch it, it is no problem to go to Turkey at this time, and it is obvious that they are going there to make merit... Thinking of the past, Feng Nan had always been the commander of Yan Guang's Guards, and for a while, the Feng family was in a crowded city, and when he ran to Zhu Yuehe as the commander of the armored force, he disappeared and was full of people... While being surrounded in the middle to say goodbye, looking at the faces of these people around him, although Feng Nan accepted it with a smile, he remembered in his heart that he was running to Zhu Yuehe, disappeared and then rumored that when he was secretly detained, except for some old guys, almost no one went to visit his relatives at home..."The world is hot and cold......... Actually, can it be understood in this way..."

No matter how much Feng Nan feels in his heart at the moment, he is still in high spirits... Because only a few people in the political axe know that he went to the Caucasus this time not only to command a group army under Jiang Baili, but more importantly, to command the tank troops to make meritorious contributions... And as the commander of the tank force, Feng Nan is also very clear about the strength of this force..."This is what the president talked about, give me compensation..."

After disappearing for more than a year, I can only train silently in Mongolia, and by the way, I feel the heat and coldness of the world, just to taste the glory of this moment..."Anyway, this time I must be impressed by the world!" ”

At the same time that Feng Nan secretly swore in his heart, in the military railway station in Yanjing, the employees in the railway station were also escorted by the First Guards Division, plus the Military Defense Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau, to transport huge Type 15 tanks onto the train... It's just that when loading these tanks, the workers are somewhat dumbfounded.

Unlike the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Chinese people today are open to see the world, especially the railway station employees who are under military management, and they have a deep understanding of many things. Among them, the tanks that had just made a big splash in the Battle of the Somme not long ago, they were naturally well aware.

Not only is it clear, but even the photos they have seen many times in the newspaper.

That's why they're so dumbfounded when they see the goods on the train..."Aren't these all tanks!! ”

"Yes, the British just used it on the battlefield some time ago, why do we have it too!!"

"That's right......... And it looks even more advanced than the British!! ”

Exclamations rang out from the platform, not only from the workers, but also from the members of the Wehrmacht and the Military Intelligence and Defense Bureau, who were in charge of the vigilance. And in the midst of all these exclamations, the members of the armored forces had a look of pride on their faces... If they understand the Internet nouns of later generations, then when describing these Type 15 tanks, they will only use one sentence to describe them..."[***] Exploded! ”

(To be continued)