Hearing someone talking behind him, the young captain - Zhong Yi, the son of Zhong Xiahuo, the founding minister of this dynasty and the hereditary Duke of Wuzhen, put down the binoculars, turned around and smiled: "Who was complaining last night that it would be disrespectful to the emperor not to let us play the striker?" ”

"I'm just talking......"

Like Zhong Yi, he was transferred from the 1st Armored Brigade of the Northern Army to the 1st Brigade of the Praetorian Armored Cavalry two months ago, and now Kim Jongwon is the commander of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the Mixed Tank under the detachment, while Zhong Yi is the commander of the 1st Company of the same battalion.

"Company Commander Jin is right, the Praetorian Guard, you should rush to the front - Praetorian Guard, advance"

The mustachioed captain who answered the call was Wang Buwu, the commander of the 2nd Company of the same battalion, and Zhong and Jin were both old acquaintances and old comrades-in-arms of the 1st Brigade - when the war began, Wang Buwu was the platoon commander of the 1st Brigade Tank Battalion, 2 Company and 1 Platoon, Zhong Yi was the commander of the 1st Company and 1st Platoon of the 1st Tank Battalion, and Jin Zhengyuan was the commander of the 5th Company and 2nd Platoon of the 2nd Tank Battalion.

A year later, almost at the same time, the three were promoted to captain and company commander, and two months earlier, they had come together from bitter cold Siberia to the barren Central Asia, and were assigned to the same battalion to participate in this crucial battle of "crossing from Asia to Europa".

Zhong Yi sneered: "Those who rush to the front when there is nothing to do, that is cannon fodder, not the Praetorian Guard." The Praetorian Guard should be a killer weapon, hiding deep behind the formation, easily not showing others, killing all sides at the first sight, and swaying the tide of battle - this is our role now. ”

Before the words fell, there was applause from behind the three of them.

"Well said, our armored cavalry is the Praetorian Guard of the Praetorian Guard, if you don't fight, you will win, from the Battle of Seicheng to the Battle of Jusare, which time is not used on the blade, and which time is not honorable? Don't worry, everyone, when it comes to the critical moment of deciding the outcome of the first battle, if we don't go up, who will go? ”

The three of them turned their heads to see that the brigadier general, who was thin and in his early forties, was the detachment leader Lin Yi, and hurriedly turned around and saluted.

Lin Yiben was the commander of the 16th Brigade of the 2nd Armored Army, and he performed prominently in the Battle of Hejian in the first month of last year, and was transferred to the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Praetorian Armored Cavalry at the beginning of this year.

On the eve of the Battle of Orenburg, Lin Yi naturally became the commander of the Praetorian Guards Armored Cavalry Detachment, and the various units under his command were composed of the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Praetorian Armored Cavalry and the teams directly under the Front Army, including the 1st and 2nd mixed tank battalions, mixed armored infantry battalions, mixed armored artillery battalions, mixed special artillery battalions, mixed armored engineer battalions, mixed mobile baggage battalions, etc.

Needless to say, the quality of officers and men of the detachment is not only the quality of the officers and men, but compared with similar units of the Central and Runner Army, the level of equipment can be described as extremely extravagant: Each mixed tank battalion has two "Iron Leopard" medium tank companies and one "Flying Wolf" light tank company under its jurisdiction, all units of the mixed armored infantry battalion are equipped with "Camel" half-track armored personnel carriers, and the mixed armored artillery battalion is equipped with two companies of "Fire Wolf" 75-mm full-track self-propelled infantry guns and two companies of "Alpaca" 105-mm half-track self-propelled howitzers. The units of the mixed special artillery battalion (i.e., the anti-tank artillery battalion) and the mixed engineer battalion also mainly carried out maneuvers on "camel" armored personnel carriers and "sweat horse" tactical off-road vehicles, and even the mixed mobile baggage battalion was equipped with a company of "camels" to meet emergency needs.

Such an elite division has naturally become a hidden "big killing weapon" for assault clusters and even the entire front army, and it will never easily "show its sword" unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Detachment leader, hearing this cannon sound is getting farther and farther away, we are waiting anxiously." Wang Buwu rubbed his hands.

Lin Yi smiled slightly and beckoned everyone to sit on the ground.

"Since you are anxious to wait, sit down and talk, and the time will pass quickly."

After the three company commanders sat down, Lin Yi said with a kind face: "If you still have any questions about this operation, just tell me that if it can be solved, I will try my best to solve it, and if it can't be solved, I will also write it down, and then sort it out and report it to improve it." You don't have to be restrained, what to say, I know that you are all veterans of the chariot army, and you should have saved a lot of things in your stomach in the past two months. ”

Kim Zhengyuan scratched his head and smiled: "The detachment commander looks up to us too much, the situation of the Northern Army is not very different from the Central Second Army, we just came here, we still have to learn a lot of things from scratch......

Wang Buwu also gave a thumbs up: "It is worthy of the Praetorian Guard, the professional skills of the officers and soldiers are top-notch, and the morale is also very high, but it is just ......"

Seeing Wang Buwu in a roundabout way, Zhong Yi took it generously: "Morale is high on the one hand, and along with it, there is general pride and contempt for the enemy. ”

This sentiment is not only reflected in the daily words and deeds of the officers and men, but is also reflected in the overall arrangement of this operation: With troops and weapons that do not have obvious superiority and limited material reserves, they attempt to achieve the campaign goal with one or two short surprise attacks, and seem to have completely ignored the possibility of a stalemate in the war situation. As for the specific supply plan of the battalion, it was actually only arranged on the seventh day after the start of the operation, and after that, how the troops would obtain supplies, there was no plan at all, could it be said that if this battle could not be completed within seven days, we would have lost? ”

Lin Yi nodded expressionlessly: "After seven days, we can replenish ourselves with the captured loot - no, it's not 'can', it's 'must'." ”

"If you don't prepare enough, no matter how much you 'must', it's in vain." Zhong Yi was unceremonious.

Lin Yi frowned, his face was flat, and he said with righteousness: "As long as there is the consciousness of Yan Huang and nobles, the belief of royal road and great harmony, and the spirit of iron-blooded death, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome."

Without waiting for Zhong Yi to react, Kim Jong-won preemptively expressed his loyalty: "Although I am a foreign-Korean soldier from the foreign army, although I do not have the consciousness of Yan Huang nobles, I think I am a believer in Asianism and kingship, and for the early unification of Asia under the belief of royal road and great harmony, even if I go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, I will not give up."

Lin Yi clapped his hands and said: "Okay, this is the iron-blooded guardian of my iron-blooded empire When the war is over and the royal road of Asia is realized, there will be no more China and Korea, we are all yellow compatriots, and we are all kings and happy people - before that, we should do everything to expel the white captives and restore the royal road."

Wang Buwu also clapped his hands here: "Well said, the reason why I changed my name to Wang Buwu back then was that I was determined to sacrifice for the royal cause of the empire, as long as Buwu has firm beliefs, all material problems will not be a problem"

Zhong Yi scolded in his heart: "Stupid* is really contagious, these two guys are not like this when they are equipped with the 1st Brigade, if you can win the battle with a firm faith, what do Nima's military schools and factories do?" What else do you want to do in the base camp? Wouldn't it be nice for a whole bunch of royal missionaries to brainwash officers and soldiers every day? If only our armored little Zhuge - Yuan Xu and Brigade Commander Yuan were here......"

"It's very lively here, hey, the detachment leader is also there......"

Zhong Yi didn't need to look up to know that the person who suddenly greeted him was his old boss, the commander of the 1st Company of the 1st Tank Battalion of the 1st Brigade of the original 1st Brigade, and Major Fu Liang, who is currently the commander of the 1st Mixed Tank Battalion of the detachment.

"At least the old company commander is here ......"

Zhong Yi comforted himself like this, dispelling the idea of continuing to raise the bar with the detachment leader.

"How about it, my three company commanders here are all okay, right?"

Fu Liang saluted Lin Yi and asked with a smile.

Lin Yi sneered: "What's more, they are all young talents, good, very good, especially this Lord Wuzhen, it's unfathomable......"

The ridicule that even a fool could hear made Zhong Yi's heart sink, and he subconsciously clenched his fists.

Lin Yi paused and continued: "Battalion Commander Fu, your subordinates are too good, I'm afraid that you will be reluctant to let them charge into battle when the time comes." ”

Fu Liang hurriedly put away his smiling face, touched the heel of his boots, and said with his chest held high: "Please rest assured that the detachment commander will take the whole battalion to where he points, no matter whether there is a mine array or a sea of shells in front, all the officers and soldiers of my battalion will never hesitate."

Lin Yi patted his ass and got up, nodded and smiled: "Listening to what Battalion Commander Fu said, I don't worry about it, okay, I still have to go to the 2nd battalion to have a look, and you continue to be on standby." ”

"Yes"

After a while, when Lin Yi walked away, Fu Liang reluctantly patted Zhong Yi's shoulder: "Xiao Zhong, Xiao Zhong, is it good for you to save me some snacks, the rectum is not bad, with your background, no one can fix you." But people can't fix you, they can always fix the people around you, you should be pitiful and pitiful brothers, endure everything more, and adapt to changes, okay? ”

Zhong Yi straightened his neck: "I don't have any background, the army is my home, my temper is to pick up my father, I can't hide my words, if anyone wants to fix the people around me because of what I said, even if I don't want this military uniform, I will definitely come back and bite this bastard, so that he can get the end he deserves"

Fu Liang shook his head: "I know the way...... Forget it, I don't know anything, and you don't think about anything, just put your mind on the battlefield for me, do you hear? ”

"Yes, battalion commander"

……

Twenty kilometers northwest of Orenburg, in a dense forest on the outskirts of the railway town of Calgara, a handsome young officer with thick eyebrows and big eyes is strolling through the piles of "bushes" in the forest with his back hand.

"Captain Tukhachevsky, Instructor de Gaulle is looking for you"

The young officer who was called turned around and nodded with a smile and a nodding in the elegant gesture characteristic of aristocrats: "I'll come now, Xie Lu, thank you, Corporal Zhukov." ”

……。

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