January 14, 1915, Selenginsk.

In the past two days, fierce battles have broken out between the Chinese and Russian armies in order to seize this small city located 80 kilometers west of Ulan-Ude.

On the morning of that day, Colonel Yuan Xu, commander of the 1st Brigade of the Chinese Army, received an order from Major General Yintian, commander of the 1st Army: to send a mixed chariot company to support an infantry battalion of the 1st Praetorian Division to attack the village of Akbeto in the south of the city, and open a passage for the follow-up assault troops to carry out the operation of detouring back to the west of the city to cut off the retreat of the defenders.

Yuan Xu, who had a goatee and was known as the "armored little Zhuge ", immediately summoned Captain Fu Liang, the commander of the best chariot company under his command, a resolute and resolute northeastern man, to convey the commander's order.

"This is the task of the army commander's personal **, and it must be completed within the specified time limit to win glory for our 1st brigade. Company Commander Fu, do you have confidence! ”

Fu Liang's riding boots together: "If you can't complete the task, your subordinates should come to see you." ”

Yuan Xu nodded and said: "Okay, in this case, you go to challenge the car and crew yourself, this mission is mainly to support the infantry to attack the fortification, you will bring six Flying Light Chariots, four Heavy Chariots, prepare enough fuel bombs, and enter the departure position before twelve o'clock at noon." ”

After that, he picked up a pen and wrote a note and handed it to Fu Liang: "Take my warrant, if anyone dares to disobey the dispatch, ask the gendarmes to kidnap me and escort me here." ”

Fu Liang gained this trust, his waist straightened up, and he saluted with full confidence: "Yes!" Please rest assured, even if I Fu Liang spare this life, I will never live up to the trust of the brigade commander! ”

Yuan Xu smiled and patted Fu Liang's shoulder: "Just have your words, remember to have a good relationship with the commander of the infantry when you get there, the infantry fighting vehicles are coordinated and work together, and you can achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost." ”

The words are full of love, showing special attention and care for Fu Liang.

Fu Liang knew the intention of his superiors' cultivation, and he was more diligent and introspective, not daring to be a little arrogant, and he could only say cleanly at the moment, "Understood!" He took the warrant, said goodbye to the brigade commander, turned around and lifted the curtain, and strode out of the tent.

Facing a cold and icy wind, Fu Liang, who had just come out of the warm tent, was refreshed, and his hidden restless thoughts were inexplicably active.

The "Seven Virtues of Soldiers" set by Emperor Taizuwu of this dynasty, that is, loyalty, bravery, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, loyalty ranks first, and it is also the foundation of the six virtues in the back.

Fu Liang had no doubt about his loyalty to the Empire and Her Majesty the Empress, and he was ready to sacrifice his life for this loyalty if necessary.

As Lan Tianwei said in "The Cultivation of Soldiers": "With a sincere and flawless heart, loyal to the monarch and patriotic aspirations, resolutely go to death, fearless, without complaint or regret, and achieve the military soul of the iron-blooded spirit, fly to the Lingyan Pavilion and ......live forever."

But is the justice of this war really unquestionable and unshakable, as written in the military report and even in the edict of Her Majesty the Empress?

Since ancient times, all Chinese dynasties have made great achievements in expanding their territories, carved history in stone, and glorified future generations, but the history books are not indiscriminately singing praises for this, and there are also heavy lessons that monarchs indulge in invasion and plundering wars and poison the people and cause civil strife.

As the scale and consumption of modern warfare increase exponentially, the people's enthusiasm for war has become more and more important in foreign conquests, and only by condensing the will of the people and forming a situation of national unity can the national strength be transformed into military power to the greatest extent and ensure the minimum stability of the country.

This war was originally a war of hegemony between the European powers, which had nothing to do with our country, but our country took the opportunity to invade Germany's Pacific territories. This is one of them.

However, the United States has already set up an independent plan for the Philippines, and has no intention of opening up new colonies in Asia, and has no ill will towards our country, but our country has raided the US fleet and captured Hawaii with an act similar to an undeclared war, which will not only lose the trust of a great power, but will also anger the United States. This is the second one.

The territory lost in the north, after the last great war between Asia and Russia, most of it was recovered, and the border between the two countries was also determined by the New York Peace Treaty, and the reason for the last war in our country was that the Russians slaughtered the Chinese in the outer northeast and invaded our Jiangdong 64 Tun, our army rose up to defend itself, and then punished the violence and regained the land, and there is no doubt about the right and wrong of justice. However, this expedition against Tsarist Russia is not a self-defense counterattack, it is inevitably far-fetched in terms of "recovering the land", and it is difficult to justify it in terms of "liberation". This is the third one.

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Moreover, can this war really be won? Judging from the known history, this should be the largest war since the emergence of mankind, the vast majority of the two billion people on the earth have been involved, the army on the battlefield is tens of millions, and there have been millions of casualties in just half a year......

Stop, such an idea has slipped to the brink of danger, as a loyal soldier who respects the emperor's orders and fights for the empire, how can he agree with the pessimistic arguments of the reactionaries, Fu Liang, the captain of the armored corps of the imperial army, and stop the precipice!

Suppressing the unconscious indulgence of some dangerous seeds in his heart, Fu Liang quickened his pace, the ice road compacted by the snow compacted by the snow boards, tires and tracks rattled under his feet, and the surrounding snow was crisscrossed with deep and shallow ruts, chaotic but natural.

Fu Liang returned to his company headquarters first, and picked out the four "Electric" heavy chariots in the best condition.

The 1st Brigade has a total of 6 armored companies, which are divided into two battalions, of which the 1st and 4th companies are equipped with "Cedian" heavy combat vehicles, the 2nd and 5th companies are equipped with "Flying Thunder" light combat vehicles, the 3rd company is equipped with "Jiehu" light combat vehicles, and the 6th company is equipped with "Chasing Wind" armored vehicles.

The No. 2 "Ceden" is a first-generation combat vehicle designed ten years ago, weighing 24 tons, equipped with a 75 mm short-barreled gun and 2-3 machine guns, with a crew of 5, due to its bulky hull, backward power system, and a maximum speed of only 10 kilometers per hour.

The No. 1 "Flying Thunder" was born at the same time as the "Ceden", which was originally scheduled to be used in conjunction with the latter, with a total weight of eight tons, a 37-mm naval gun and 1-2 machine guns, a crew of 2, and a maximum speed of 15 kilometers per hour.

No. 3 "Jiehu" was finalized in 1912, it was a "machine gun light tank", with a total weight of only four tons, equipped with 1-2 air-cooled heavy machine guns, a crew of 2, and a maximum highway speed of up to 30 kilometers per hour due to the use of a new type of special engine for combat vehicles and a more advanced gearbox.

It seems that the somewhat old "Flying Thunder" and "Cedian" are not only in the backbone position of the 1st Brigade, in fact, the proportion of these two generation tanks in all 700 armored vehicles of the Mongolian Front and the Northeast Front is almost 60%.