You open roads and build bridges. Xu Soul, commander of the First Armored Army, smiled

"It's up to you to cut off behind enemy lines." The commander of the Third Army, Zhao Minhe, responded from the perspective of the front army.

"Cutting off behind enemy lines, both of our armies have a share." Xu Soul reminded.

"The main thing is to rely on you, we rush with our legs, and we can't compare to wheels and tracks." Zhao Minhe said with a smile.

Xu Soul raised his arm towards his "Wise Wolf" armored command vehicle: "Do you want to take a ride to the front?" ”

"This ...... It's better to be respectful than to obey, and seriously, I've never been on a tracked vehicle like this. ”

Zhao Minhe was particularly polite to the junior in front of him who was three years younger than him.

Zhao Minhe is 47 years old this year, and Xu Soul is 44 years old, however, there is a big difference in the military ranks of the two at the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, the former is a major battalion commander, and the latter is only a second lieutenant platoon commander, and by the end of the war, Zhao Minhe has been promoted to colonel and brigade commander, but Xu Soul is still a captain and company commander.

By the time the Asian-Russian War began, Zhao served as the chief of staff of the lieutenant general of the Third Field Army, and Xu served as the colonel and brigade commander of the first brigade of the first division of the Praetorian Guard.

However, the world was volatile, and Zhao's partner, Lieutenant General Chen Xingyun, commander of the Third Field Army, was first ordered to return to Beijing for introspection due to ineffective combat, and then suddenly disappeared during the "earthquake" (the air and space task force incident) in Zhili in 1904, and was later found to have defected to foreign countries. Implicated by this, in the next ten years, Zhao Minhe not only failed to rise to the first level, but also was not reused for a long time. He is often sent to do some unpopular chores such as the director of the military horse farm and the director of the military station. It was not until the eve of the start of the "Asia-Pacific Liberation War" that Liu Bailiang, chief of the General Staff, was strongly recommended to serve as the commander of the Fourth Group Army of the Mongolian Front Army, and at the same time was promoted to general.

After the war, Xu Soul was first sent to the Army University for further study, and then successively served as the commander of the First Armored Brigade, the deputy superintendent of the armored corps, the principal of the Shenyang Combat Vehicle School, and the commander of the First Praetorian Guard. He published a pamphlet entitled "Army Mobile Synthetic Operations" internally, which was greatly appreciated by the top level and praised by Liu Bailiang, chief of the General Staff, as "the number one theoretical expert of the Imperial Armored Corps." At the beginning of this war, Xu Soul served as the commander of the First Janissary Army, subordinate to the Fourth Army, nominally a subordinate of Zhao Minhe, in actual combat, Xu Soul, who was also the commander of the Left Assault Group, mastered almost all the armored forces of the Mongolian Front Army and most of the elite Praetorian Guard troops, and played the leading role in the entire winter offensive. By the time of the spring reorganization. Xu Soul jumped into the position of commander of the newly established First Armored Army and was promoted to general at the same time. And Zhao Minhe only received a consolation third-class Blue Dragon Medal, although he was still the commander of the group army, the nominal command of the army was reduced by two-thirds.

That's fate......

Zhao Minhe didn't have the extra time and mood to sigh about fate, and he didn't hate Xu Soul, on the contrary, he admired this junior with a flexible mind and straightforward temperament.

Zhao Minhe doesn't resent anyone — including his old partner Chen Xingyun.

He had only one simple expectation, no matter which war, the empire would win! Winning is everything, as long as it contributes to the victory of the war, it doesn't matter who he Zhao Minhe does to do chores.

The most rear. He was especially grateful to a benefactor, His Excellency Liu Bailiang, the current chief of the General Staff, without whom he would probably never have had the opportunity to go to this new battlefield. Contribute above the level to the victory of the Empire, or rather, to the cause of war that he loves.

So, as long as it's Lord Liu's wish. I, Zhao Minhe, must ......

"Commander Zhao? A cigarette? In the bumpy armored car, Xu Soul handed his metal cigarette case to the pensive Zhao Minhe.

"Oh...... Thank you. Zhao Minhe didn't smoke often, but he didn't want to refuse Xu Soul's kindness.

Xu Soul lit a cigarette for Zhao Minhe, opened the skylight of the armored car, and beckoned Zhao Minhe to stand up together.

"It's too stuffy inside, come out and blow the wind?"

The two of them leaned out half of the roof of the car, smoking cigarettes to look at the scenery, the armored car was not driving fast, the dust rolled up in the rear of the car, the fog gradually dissipated, the air was filled with the smell of grass or pine branches, the crawlers roared, and the birds in the forest could not be heard...... Perhaps there are no birds in the forest for a long time, and I hope they can really smell the breath of death in advance......

"Is the Third Army still in command?" Xu Soul asked coldly.

"Huh?" Zhao Minhe put his hand behind his ear, saying "I can't hear clearly".

Xu Soul leaned into Zhao Minhe's ear: "Let me ask you, is the Third Army still used to commanding?" How is it better than the original Fourth Army? ”

Zhao Minhe smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, anyway, I didn't take over the Fourth Army for long, besides, it turned out that Commander Chu of one episode was transferred to four episodes, and he didn't have anything to say." ”

"Commander Chu is my old boss, and he knows the people in four episodes and one episode...... It's okay, just get used to it. Feeling that it might be a little inappropriate for him to say this, Xu Soul instantly changed the topic: "Speaking of which, the four episodes have also been fought on the river bend side for two days, and Maozi's reserves should have been sucked through, and the enemy opposite you has not been strengthened, right?" ”

"Well, the latest intelligence, the main attack section is still that regiment, 10 kilometers