Episode 67 Confession

This magnificent picture of war,.

She had never seen anything like this. Don't say that he is standing in such a good position right under his nose, it can be said that Zhu Yourong has grown so big and has never seen any war scenes. In the last Battle of Nanjing, she lived in the Purple Mountain Fortress from beginning to end, and she only saw the progress of the war on the map every day. But now, everything is happening in front of me.

This picture scroll is not only something that Zhu Yourong has never seen in his life, but also something that everyone has never seen in his life. Therefore, it not only conquered Zhu Yourong, but also conquered everyone present.

Xiang Xiaoqiang is also the first time to see the "tank battle" that he has always advocated or dreamed of, and it is still in this kind of bloody sun, gradually darkening in the twilight. At the current dusk, it seems that every second the sky will be darker. The countless headlights below also became brighter and brighter, as if the Milky Way in the sky had burst, and thousands of stars poured down, rushing, engulfing everything in front of them.

Armored clusters! This is the legendary real armored cluster!

Xiang Xiaoqiang now understands why Hitler was so excited to say to Guderian next to him when he saw the tank phalanx two years ago: This is what I want!

Guderian was now standing outside, looking at the torrent of steel below, and his heart was also surging, and the situation of accompanying the Führer to inspect the armored phalanx two years ago came to his eyes again. It's just that compared to the current situation, the one in Germany two years ago is really a small thing.

It's not that there are more tanks now. This is also the tank of an armored division, and a third of it has been transferred to the second blue division, and now there are less than 100 of them galloping in the fields. But it was these tanks of less than a hundred, as well as those armored vehicles behind, that formed an invincible momentum. At this moment, he is just standing from a high place and watching, if he is in the middle of the battlefield, in front of this torrent of steel, then there is reason to believe that no matter how strong the infantry division is, it will be destroyed and crushed.

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The observation windows on each side of the observation fort are elongated, but only a maximum of three people can be allowed to watch side by side. Although there are up to three people standing on one side, Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang are standing there, the two of them are just wide, and the third person is a little crowded. Although the battlefield can also be seen on the other three sides, the effect is much worse. The others didn't want to miss such a scene they had never seen in their lives, and they all felt something, so they simply went outside with "interest" and looked at it in an unobstructed field of vision.

In the deafening voice, Xiang Xiaoqiang pointed outside and yelled in Zhu Yourong's ear:

"Don't look at tanks -- pay attention to air-ground coordination -- see how planes cooperate with ground forces -- "

Zhu Yourong stared at the outside with a telescope, turned his ear sideways and said:

"What---???"

Xiang Xiaoqiang yelled at the top of his throat again. Zhu Yourong nodded, took off the binoculars, and tilted his neck to look at the sky.

Xiang Xiaoqiang shouted again:

"The planes are not only directly killing and injuring the enemy--but more importantly, they are suppressing the enemy's counterattacks--there are no planes to suppress -- our tanks cannot attack so smoothly-!!"

Zhu Yourong turned his face blankly, as if he hadn't heard what he was shouting.

"What---???"

She shouted again.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Zhu Yourong, and the two looked at each other in the midst of the sound of artillery and the roar of aircraft. Zhu Yourong's eyes flickered slightly, but he still looked at him questioningly.

"I said---you can't hear what I'm saying! You can't hear me, can you??? …… I...... I ......"

"What-??"

Xiang Xiaoqiang's chest was hot, and he shouted with his eyes closed:

"You know---I like you--!! I love you very much!! ”

"Ah???h

"Yourong, I know you can't hear it now, so I can call you Yourong like this, but not your Majesty!! At this moment, you belong to me!! ”

"What are you talking about???"

Xiang Xiaoqiang opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Yourong looking at himself in confusion in the loud noise. Xiang Xiaoqiang was a little bolder, pointed outside, and continued to shout to Zhu Yourong:

"People confess before the flowers and under the moon--I confess to you, but in the sound of artillery on the battlefield--!! But I can't help it, I hope you don't mind!! Because, without the sound of cannons and planes, I wouldn't have had the courage to do that!! They make it impossible for me to hear myself!! I couldn't understand what you sang that night, and you couldn't hear what I said today, so it's also a trick on God! But it's okay, I love you! Do you understand? I-Love-You-!! ”

"Hmm......"

Zhu Yourong looked at him, pointed to his ears, and then shook his head, meaning that he couldn't hear.

Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart was sour, he took a deep breath and shouted:

"I know, I'm delusional now! You are not destined to belong to me! I know that you will soon marry some noble prince and nobleman of a noble family. Maybe it's the Siamese prince!! I'm miserable! You know, I'm miserable!! ”

After saying that, he picked up the binoculars again, turned around and continued to look outside.

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The battle outside was like a storm, like lightning and thunder when it was fought, and like a whirlwind when it ended.

It is said that the armored cluster of the Blue Army defeated the infantry division of the Red Army, but it is better to say that the aviation forces defeated the infantry division. This was the case for several battles after the start of the exercises. A large number of planes continued to dive, bomb and strafe in the sky, suppressing the infantry division and unable to deploy or fight back, and at the same time bombing into chaos.

At the same time, the tank groups of the Blues attacking the front were very "kind", and while the planes were still bombing the front line of the Red Army's position, they increased the throttle and rushed up, not caring at all that they might be accidentally injured by their own planes. But it turned out that the results were the best and the casualties were minimal. In the case of a traditional attack, the defenders have a short respite after the bombardment and artillery bombardment, and before the attackers rush forward, to climb out of the trenches and foxholes, reorganize the soldiers into position, and the artillery is aimed, ready to resist.

But this synchronized attack makes the defender have no such respite at all. As soon as they raised their heads from the dust of shelling and bombardment, they would find that the opposing tanks had already driven in front of them. In this case, there is really no second possibility except for the collapse of the defensive line.

In his post-World War II writings, Guderian concluded, "When a tank attacks, sometimes you don't have to worry too much about being accidentally injured by your own artillery fire." Because it is much more cost-effective to be bombed by one or two of your own people than to attack at the risk of fierce resistance from the enemy."

The one-day exercise also confirmed this point several times. After the fierce air raids of the Blue Army, the positions of the Red Army were almost paralyzed, and the armored units of the Blue Army were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, rushing to divide and eat them, not like an attack, but more like cleaning up the mess.

A very important reason is that the army of this era is not used to facing fierce air raids. They are not yet able to deal with both the threat on the ground and in the air at the same time. In the face of such a three-dimensional attack, the army of this era has no immunity and is prone to confusion and collapse.

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By half-past six, when it was completely dark, most of the Red First Division had been wiped out, and the rest were completely scattered and defeated.