After the drenched artillery fire, the position was scorched, and the officers and men of the Ma Jiajun, who had never suffered such a dense fire attack, were stunned.

When the shelling stopped, the surviving officers and soldiers crawled out of the dugouts, brushed away the dust, and yelled loudly at their side. The roaring cannon made them unable to hear anything for the time being, so they had to shout and gestion at the people around them.

Before the group of officers and soldiers could wake up, a junior officer in a felt hat came running quickly, shouting at the crowd and waving his arms.

"Get into position! Get into position! The exaggerated movements of this junior officer attracted the attention of those officers and soldiers, and they immediately turned their heads to look in the direction of the enemy, and at this time, the scene in front of them made them unforgettable for the rest of their lives, and in the distance, a large number of armored vehicles and tanks were lined up in a long formation on the northwest land, and the dry land climate of the northwest caused these armored vehicles to raise billowing sand and dust wherever they went.

"Fire! Fire! The officers of the Ma Jiajun screamed hysterically, and some panicked officers and soldiers realized the seriousness of the situation at this time, and in a panic, they immediately entered the position and began to counterattack.

After the rumbling sound sounded, the opposite position exploded in a black circle, and some of the armored vehicles rushing in front were hit by these mountain guns, and the not heavy armor exploded at once, igniting a raging fire.

But these did not stop the pace of the armored troops, one by one the fast mobile armored vehicles quickly advanced, and when they reached the range of the tank guns, the tanks in the front row immediately fired back at the opponent, and the sound of knocking was continuous, and clouds of black smoke and explosion points exploded.

The rapid advance of the armored troops soon crossed the first line of defense, the trenches and barbed wire became flat under the tracks, the rumbling engine sound covered the sparse gunfire sound, and the carefully constructed defense line of the Ma Jiajun was torn open.

After the defense line was torn open, the infantry and cavalry that were ready behind rushed over, and the armored troops also began to advance to the two flanks in a roundabout way, and the defense line carefully constructed by the Ma brothers did not expect to be broken through in two days.

"At this rate, taking Lanzhou in half a month is just around the corner." Wang Maocai, who saw the results of the battle, was a little excited, and when he saw the cluster impact of the armored forces, the shock was unprecedented.

Once the combat effectiveness was exposed, the road below became clear, and Wang Maocai knocked on the large-scale map on the table and said: "Boling, you continue to attack the armored troops inward, originally those cavalry of the Ma Jiajun wanted to arrange cavalry to duel with them, but now it is not necessary, a quick battle!" ”

Although Wang Maocai was not highly educated, his brain was extremely active, and he started from the big head soldiers in the troops of the old warlords, so he paid attention to pragmatism in all tactics. Once this tactic is suitable, he will use it unceremoniously.

The original plan was to confront the cavalry and cavalry on the periphery of Lanzhou, and then carry out a positional battle, but what people didn't expect was that the performance of the armored forces was unexpected, in this case, Wang Maocai naturally would not stupidly order the cavalry to the cavalry.

After hearing the order, Xue Boling said excitedly: "Commander Wang, please rest assured, we will definitely eat the cavalry of the Ma family's army." ”

After one end was settled, the other cavalry was a little resentful. Batu's face showed displeasure: "Commander Wang, what is the next task of our cavalry?" ”

How could Wang Maocai not know Batu's thoughts? Originally, his cavalry was mobilized from Suiyuan to deal with the cavalry of the Ma family's army, but now it is good, all the work of eliminating the cavalry is occupied by the armored troops, and they have become decorations.

"General Batu, cavalry is still of great use, don't worry, the battle is there. Next, I don't know if there will be street fighting when I enter Lanzhou, this is not suitable for you. The cavalry unit is now repaired and preparing to march to Qinghai. ”

After Wang Maocai finished speaking, he patted Batu on the shoulder, he and Batu were the first to follow Huang Ke, although Batu's military rank and military rank were not as high as his, but his qualifications and military exploits were there, even Commander Jiang Xianyun had to shout General Batu when he saw Batu, so he couldn't be bad in etiquette.

Batu is not a person who is not unreasonable, and when he heard Wang Maocai say this, he also said boldly: "Commander Wang, you are the highest military commander, and your subordinates naturally have no reason to disobey their orders." ”

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When the Battle of Lanzhou was in full swing, Huang Ke's visit to Germany also made a breakthrough. Zhu Jiahua is indeed a German expert, relying on some of his contacts in the Weimar government in Germany, and the foreign minister of the German Weimar government, Stresemann, agreed to arrange a meeting with Huang Ke three days later.

Huang Ke felt in his heart that the Germans were much more efficient. After the arrangements were made, Streiselmann's assistant came to the hotel where Huang Ke was staying that afternoon and sent him several official cars.

In the past few days, Huang Ke has been preparing for a meeting with Stresemann, and Huang Ke is determined to succeed in this meeting. He knew that Germany was on the verge of an economic crisis at this time, and coupled with the restrictions on Germany after World War I, Germany's economy plummeted, but to what extent did the economy wither? None of this can be represented by simple data.

In the first two days, when Huang Ke listened to Zhu Jiahua's report on the situation in Germany, he couldn't stop shaking his head. He said to Zhu Jiahua, "All you get is the information made up by the people in the Bureau of Statistics, and we need to understand the situation at the grassroots level in Germany now."

Zhu Jiahua nodded and said calmly: "This is true, but at the moment we want to do a survey of grassroots citizens is a little difficult, now we have no professional statistical investigators, and the time is not allowed." ”

After listening to Zhu Jiahua's words, Huang Ke shook his head disagreeingly: "What you said is a general situation, we can't do a big investigation, but we can still look at the small situation, is Mr. Zhu interested in going around with me?" ”

Zhu Jiahua smiled after hearing this: "It's an honor!" ”

After speaking, Huang Ke called Fourteen Tsai and the translator again, changed into casual clothes and drove out. Fourteen Tsai couldn't figure it out, he thought Huang Ke wanted to relax, so he didn't ask more.

When the black sedan drove in front of a low-end beer hall in downtown Berlin, Huang Ke signaled the driver to stop. Fourteen Tsai thought he was going to go in and drink, so he persuaded him: "Commander, it's a bit messy here, if we drink, we can go somewhere else." ”

Huang Ke glared at him and said, "Who told you that Lao Tzu was going to drink?" ”

Fourteen Tsai was stunned, and Zhu Jiahua smiled: "Mr. Huang is going to investigate the people's situation in Germany, let's all go down." ”

The group parked their cars and started walking towards the beer hall. Homeless people in shabby overalls can be seen everywhere on the streets. After entering the tavern, Huang Ke and the others walked to a round table and sat down, ordered some dark beer and drank it slowly.

Fourteen Tsai worked as a guard, and he had to be vigilant at all times, so he didn't drink. Huang Ke pushed a glass of beer in front of him in front of Fourteen Tsai, Fourteen Tsai shook his head, Huang Ke smiled: "Drink, Master Huang Feihong told me that the drunken fist after drinking is even more powerful." ”

Fourteen picked up the wine glass and took a sip, but he spit it out, "What taste?" It's the same as horse pee! ”

Fourteen Tsai's actions made several people laugh, and seeing a few people laughing, he said that he didn't want to drink this strange-tasting wine.

Huang Ke and Zhu Jiahua were drinking pure German dark beer slowly, and his eyes were constantly observing the surrounding situation.

At this time, a well-dressed man in front of the tavern counter attracted Huang Ke's attention, this man came in and sat down skillfully in front of the counter, and then asked for a glass of dark beer, the owner of the tavern took him a large glass of beer, and then used a ruler to remove the beer foam on it and handed it to him.

The man took the beer and drank it rumblingly, and after a while, a large glass of beer was at the bottom. This way of drinking is not like coming to a tavern for fun, but like a way to relieve sorrows.

After drinking a large glass of beer, the man took out his wallet from his pocket, pulled out a few marks and handed them to the other party.

Huang Ke noticed that when the man paid, there were only a few marks of coins in his wallet. Seeing that he was a little shy, Huang Ke motioned for Fourteen Tsai to come forward to pay the bill for him, and invited him to sit at his table for a while.

The man turned his head to look at Huang Ke, Huang Ke raised the beer glass in his hand and smiled at him, and the man walked over without hesitation after seeing it.

"Sir, please be seated!" Huang Ke said to him with a smile in German, which was not very fluent.

The man nodded slightly, and after a few words of greeting, he sat down, and Huang Ke politely handed him his business card, which was freshly printed, and one side was in German. The man couldn't help but show a surprised look when he saw Huang Ke's business card, he stood up and introduced himself, "Hello Mr. Huang, my name is Ralph Gabriel, fortunately!" ”

After a brief conversation, Huang Ke learned about Gabriel's current situation, and Gabriel used to be a worker at the Bergman Arsenal. Because of his skills, he was fortunate not to join the army and went to the front line during World War I, but his situation deteriorated after the war.

Gabriel said that after the war, because of restrictions on Germany's military industry, his military factory was basically closed, and it is unceremonious to say that he had been unemployed for some time. After losing his job, Gabriel's family life plummeted, and he was barely wealthy before, but now his family could barely afford to eat black bread.

"Damn war!" After a few beers, Gabriel relaxed, and after a few small talks with Huang Ke, he complained about the situation in front of him.

Huang Ke settled the account for him, and when he left, he pointed to his business card and said to Gabriel: "Now that China and Germany are cooperating, our country is undergoing large-scale industrial construction, and we need a large number of experienced workers like you. If you are interested, you can sign up. As for the treatment, I promise to restore your family to the standard of living before the war. ”

Gabriel looked at this business card with mixed emotions, and he was still standing there after Huang Ke left.