Episode 34 Blitz Heroes

In full view of everyone, Guderian stared at Xiang Xiaoqiang for half a minute, and finally finally managed to squeeze out a little smile.

The surrounding voices became louder, and many people laughed relaxedly.

These German officers all knew that their beloved General Guderian had been unhappy all the way, and the culprit of this unhappiness was this grinning young lieutenant general. They were afraid that the old-fashioned Guderian would directly give Xiang Xiaoqiang an ugly look. Although in the cafeteria, the subordinates do not have to salute their superiors, but after all, the two are one level apart in rank. Moreover, General Guderian will be under Xiang Xiaoqiang in the next few years, and General Guderian's future will directly affect the future of every German officer present.

Seeing that General Guderian finally did not do anything stupid, the surrounding German officers were relieved.

Guderian nodded to Xiaoqiang, turned around again, and continued to eat as if no one was around.

But Xiang Xiaoqiang took the plate and slowly slipped to the side of this table, trying to find a place close to Guderian to sit down. But Guderian was already sitting next to several high-ranking German officers.

In front of everyone's eyes, he turned around to Xiaoqiang, but he couldn't find a position to get close to Guderian.

The few German officers sitting next to Guderian couldn't stand this pressure anymore, coughed a few times, glanced left and right, and slowly picked up the plates, intending to evacuate the table and give up their place to Xiang Xiaoqiang.

But Guderian put down the spoon and raised his eyes to stare at the officers. These officers looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang and then at Guderian, coughed a few times, and sat in place without moving.

There was really no way, Xiang Xiaoqiang was not anxious, so he took the meal around to the other end of this table, and sat down in the seat farthest from Guderian.

He was followed by an old colonel of the Ming Army, in his fifties, who was kind and kind, and sat down next to Xiang Xiaoqiang with a smile.

This is exactly what Song Ruhai specially followed Xiang Xiaoqiang to visit General Guderian and translate for them.

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Under the gaze of the whole canteen, the two chatted quietly and ate the food on their plates with relish.

The four German officers sandwiched between Guderian and Xiang Xiaoqiang are now on pins and needles. On the one hand, there was pressure from the commander of the Ming Army lieutenant general around him, and on the other hand, there was pressure from the thousands of people watching in the entire canteen, and these four people couldn't sit still.

They invariably quickened their meals, devouring them as if they hadn't eaten for three days, stuffing large spoonfuls of rice and vegetables into their mouths, drinking the soup "snoring", and eating the food on their plates almost three times and five times divided by two.

The German officer closest to Xiaoqiang wiped his mouth, apologized to General Guderian, got up and slipped away with a plate.

Xiang Xiaoqiang grinned and moved a position over there.

Immediately afterwards, another German officer beside Xiang Xiaoqiang also "finished eating", apologized to Guderian, hurriedly stood up with a plate, hiccuped, and fled.

Xiang Xiaoqiang went to that side another position.

Soon, the last two German officers also quickly "finished eating", apologized to Guderian, and fled. Now only Guderian, whose face became more and more gloomy, remained.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and sat down with Guderian. Song Ruhai sat across from them.

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"General Guderian," Xiang Xiaoqiang looked around at everyone's eyes, lowered his voice, and stretched out a hand, "I've admired the name for a long time." Fortunately. ”

Guderian returned face, and when he saw that Xiang Xiaoqiang stretched out his hand, he first held his hand and shook it politely. Then after listening to Song Ruhai's translation, he didn't change his face and said something to Xiang Xiaoqiang.

Song Ruhai translated with a smile:

"General Guderian said that he has also admired the Lord for a long time, and it is also an honor to meet the Lord."

Xiang Xiaoqiang listened to Song Ruhai's translation, and then looked at Guderian's expression, knowing that the famous general in front of him was quite insincere. But he laughed and didn't mind. Guderian's upset had been expected by him. And Guderian's refusal to dump his superiors is also quite famous.

He lowered his voice and said:

"General Guderian, there is a military problem that has been bothering me for a long time, and I would like to ask you about it. May I? ”

After Song Ruhai translated, Guderian swallowed a piece of meat in his mouth, then thought about it and replied:

"Of course, please speak."

Xiang Xiaoqiang says:

"The current situation is that the Qing army has more tanks than us, and the production capacity is stronger than ours. Not only will we not be able to surpass them now, but we will not be able to surpass them for a long time. General, in your opinion, how should such a problem be solved? ”

Guderian lowered his head, ate quietly, and remained silent. Xiang Xiaoqiang added:

"Our Majesty once asked me this question. At that time, my answer was: we need to use our tanks more efficiently than them. …… But to be honest, I don't know the bottom of my own heart. Look, General, is my answer right or wrong? ”

Guderian looked up at him, a flash of surprise in his eyes. But it's just a flash.

He chewed in his mouth, took a sip of the soup, pondered for a while, and said:

There's nothing wrong with your answer. Truth be told, the average person would say, 'Then surpass them in quality'. That is tantamount to no answer. Your answer is relatively correct. ”

Bow your head to Xiaoqiang and snicker. To be recognized by Guderian, the father of German armored forces and the hero of blitzkrieg, is worth proud.

But Guderian's next words made Xiang Xiaoqiang stunned for a long time:

"But this is not a hypothetical homework left in a military school classroom, but a real problem. You are a Ming general, and you are also asking questions between the Ming and Qing dynasties. Then you can't just talk about how the tank is, but also what goes beyond the tank. The Qing army has more tanks than you, what should you do? If I were to say it, you should defend the Yangtze River defense line and develop the air force at the same time.

"As for the tanks, do not spread them out, form them into four or five armored brigades, close to the positions where they are most likely to be breached, and deploy them thirty to forty kilometers behind the line of defense. If once the Qing army makes a breakthrough, your tank cluster can rush to the gap and crush the Qing army in the first place, then it will be used with the highest efficiency. But what allows your tanks to concentrate in a few places, the majority against the minority? It is the Yangtze River defense line. Therefore, I suggest that you devote your main energies to the management of the Yangtze River defense line. …… It's a good line of defense. ”

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Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Guderian a little stunned, looking at this general who has always been known for his quick attacks and blitzkriegs. Such a person will actually keep saying that the line of defense is long and the line of defense is short.

Here Guderian lukewarmly persuaded himself: don't think about how to use tanks first, it's right to defend the Yangtze River defense line first.

He suddenly understood. Why did Guderian come to Daming in such a low mood. On the one hand, he lost his thriving career in Germany and his beloved, and on the other hand, Xiang Xiaoqiang should have thought of it but did not expect it - that is, in Guderian's view, coming to Daming to work as an armored soldier has no future at all.

Guderian, like everyone else, had a deep-seated preconception that the Manchus must be the attackers and the Nanming must be the defenders. Moreover, in the territory of Nanming, almost all of them are mountains and hills, water networks and lakes, and there is basically no place suitable for tanks. It's basically impossible to do anything. Rommel may also have liked to challenge himself in this perverted environment; And Guderian only felt pain.

Therefore, coming to serve in the Ming Dynasty is tantamount to being assigned to a place where there will never be a future for Guderian, who loves to concentrate armored clusters and attack quickly and deeply.

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Xiang Xiaoqiang silently looked at this armored soldier wizard who was called the "blitzkrieg hero" by later generations, and did not say anything, but lowered his head, quickly finished his meal, and got up to leave with a plate. As he was leaving, he bent down again and whispered to Guderian:

"General Guderian, don't worry, I bought a sword, and I won't use it as a shield. Rest assured, I know your value and your talents. In the past few years in Daming, if you want to, you will get far more than you can get if you stay in Germany. I will give you a vast battlefield...... A battlefield the size of the whole of Europe allows you to lead a torrent of steel and gallop at will. You will become a generation of famous generals, you will create unprecedented brilliant achievements, and your name will be recorded in the military history of mankind. …… That's what I'm able to assure you. General, cheer up. ”

Song Ruhai leaned his ears next to him, and he was already dumbfounded. He raised his head and looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang, his eyes inquiring, not quite sure. Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded and motioned for him to translate like this.

Song Ruhai approached Guderian's ear and whispered these words in German.

Guderian raised his head, just glanced at Xiao Qiang, didn't say anything, lowered his head and continued to eat, as if nothing had happened.