Episode 66 Scarlet Sun

Zhang Fenliang, commander of the 1st Red Division, stood next to the commander's car, looked at the team running on the highway, looked at the sky without a single plane, wiped a handful of sweat, and said with a smile:

"It's five o'clock now, and the Blues rely on planes and tanks to fight, both of which are absolutely impossible to use at night. When it gets dark, it's our world. ”

The staff officers next to him all nodded in agreement, and they all showed smiling faces. The day was embarrassed and nervous, and now that it was night, these people felt a sigh of relief, as if the noose around their necks had been temporarily loosened.

The two armies clashed with the outpost reconnaissance troops, and the outposts of the 1st Red Division were all killed, and this Zhang Fenliang already knew.

Zhang Fenliang flicked the drawing, pointed to the front and said:

"Your Majesty's observation point is just two kilometers ahead. We're going to get there before dark, and we're going to build a line where Your Majesty can see it. We must use this night to build a decent line of defense. From the early hours of the morning to the present today, the Blue Army has broken three divisions of our army in a row, which is very powerful to say, but it is not fair at all. When the Blues attacked, our three divisions either had no defensive line at all, or there was no one on the defensive line. In that case, their armor, tracks, cannons, and machine guns will definitely have an advantage over our flesh and blood.

"Hmph, but tomorrow it's different. The Blues will certainly strike again at four or five o'clock in the morning. But by that time, there will be a real line of defense in front of them. …… Now, for a while, we don't have planes over our heads. I know that Xiang Xiaoqiang's kid is now accompanying His Majesty, and he also wants to fight in a place where His Majesty can see, so that the planes will no longer be disturbed, so that we can hurry up and hurry, so that we can camp under Your Majesty's nose, so that when they attack us tomorrow morning, Your Majesty can see it. Hehe, now everyone thinks so, there may be only one person who is in the limelight in front of His Majesty. ”

The setting sun was sinking behind the hills in the west, and the western sky was already a fiery cloud. It was getting dark, and within an hour it would be completely dark, and the "safe hour" belonging to the Red Army would come.

……

At this time, at the high and low observation point two kilometers away to the east, several attachés of Zhu Yourong's convoy were busy inside and out, moving various things down from the two trucks.

Wei Zijin quietly came to Zhu Yourong's side and asked softly:

"Your Majesty, where do you want to rest tonight? In the car, or in this fort? ”

Zhu Yourong looked around at the observation fort that Xiang Xiaoqiang had built and arranged for himself, hesitated for a moment, plucked up his courage, and said:

"It's ...... Here it is. ”

She glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang, and added to Wei Zijin:

“…… I've been in the car for so long, and now I get dizzy when I go up. ”

As a result, under the command of Wei Zijin, this observation fort of more than ten square meters was quickly arranged as a place in line with the identity of the empress.

A few pieces of lightweight but beautiful folded furniture were put on display. Exquisite wall lamps and table lamps were also placed, and a few soft lights replaced the incandescent bulbs that Xiang Xiaoqiang received. A bronze Boshan stove is placed on the incense table. Elegant spices are ignited, and curling green smoke winds out of the hollow carvings of the Boshan furnace. If there is a subtle fragrance, it will make ordinary people think that this is the most high-end sandalwood. But in fact, this is just a mosquito coil for Zhu Yourong...... Several soldiers carried a bag of snake repellent powder and scattered it in a circle outside the observation fort.

Zhu Yourong chose the observation fort as his bedroom, so the others naturally had no share. As a result, several large tents were also taken off the truck. Outside the observation fort, soldiers drove piles and set up tents for those who were not on duty to sleep.

At this moment, there are only three people in the observation fort, Zhu Yourong, Xiang Xiaoqiang, and Wei Zijin.

Xiang Xiaoqiang and Zhu Yourong both stood by the observation window, looking at the sunset outside, and neither of them spoke. Wei Zijin was behind them, silently wiping down a few pieces of furniture.

"The sunset is beautiful...... Zhu Yourong said suddenly. After a while, he sighed, "I wish I could do this forever...... Keep going. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang also sighed lightly:

"Unfortunately, maybe after a while, this place will become a battlefield."

“…… Or maybe not. ”

“…… Yes, or not. ”

Zhu Yourong glanced at him and said with a smile:

"Even you don't know?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang also smiled and said:

"yes, even I don't know. …… Even I don't know if the lightning will thunder or the sunset will set so calmly. ”

Zhu Yourong silently jumped at the field in the distance, and sighed for a while:

"This exercise was suggested by you and approved by me...... However, even we cannot predict what will happen at this moment...... Even we don't know what is coming, or rather...... Powerless. ”

She was silent for a moment, and then said:

"Well, what do you say is the scariest thing in the world? …… It's not a demon, it's not a disease, it's not an enemy's butcher's knife...... It's the future. Because in the face of the future, even the highest status people in the world have things that they can't grasp...... For example, their own destiny ......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang heard Zhu Yourong call himself "stand up" again, rolled his throat twice, slowly turned his face, and stared at her.

Suddenly, he leaned on the observation window and shouted loudly outside:

"Hu Jiong!!"

Zhu Yourong was startled, he didn't know what he was going to do, and looked at him in a daze.

Hu Jiong immediately ran in. When he came to Zhu Yourong and Xiang Xiaoqiang, he stood upright, and said loudly with his head held high:

"Your Majesty! My lord! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang ordered directly:

"Send a telegram to Rommel and ask him to suspend the attack tonight and postpone it until dawn tomorrow!"

"Huh? This ......"

"Go!"

"Yes!"

Hu Jiong turned around on the spot and was about to run out, Zhu Yourong said hurriedly:

"Hu Jiong, stop!"

Hearing the empress directly order herself, Hu Jiong's chest jumped wildly, and he immediately stood up and turned around.

Zhu Yourong turned his face to look at Xiang Xiaoqiang and asked:

"How can you do that? Now it's the drill, and you're not the commander of either side! How can you directly order interference with the course of the exercise? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang waved at Hu Jiong and motioned for him to go out first. Hu Jiong looked at Zhu Yourong and then at Xiang Xiaoqiang, a little hesitant. Xiang Xiaoqiang glared at him, Hu Jiong shrank his head in fright, turned around and ran out.

Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at Zhu Yourong and said word by word:

"You just keep saying that you can't control your own destiny, but you should know that your destiny is to be fought for! Of course, you can't control your destiny like a good baby! …… If you don't even earn it, and just raise your hand to surrender, then fate will turn around and press you step by step, and you will be forced into the corner step by step, and finally be played to death by fate! ”

Zhu Yourong looked at him blankly, and his mind went blank for a while. Wei Zijin behind him looked at the two of them at this time, hesitated, put down the rag, and slowly retreated.

Xiang Xiaoqiang picked up the field telephone on the table, handed it to Zhu Yourong, and said:

"Yes, I don't have the authority to order the Blues to suspend the attack, but Your Majesty, you can always give a direct order, right? …… Your Majesty, give the order. Your own destiny is in your own hands, as long as you have a will, the sunset in front of you can set quietly, and the beautiful moment will continue! Give it a decree! ”

Zhu Yourong looked at the telephone, then at Xiang Xiaoqiang, involuntarily took a half step back, shook his head and said:

"No, I...... Why should I make an order? I can't just stop the exercise just because I want to see the sunset, right? This exercise was organized by the state at a cost of countless manpower and material resources, so how could it be such a child's play because of my one-man likes and dislikes? Xiang Xiaoqiang, don't make trouble! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang still stared at Zhu Yourong's eyes, took half a step forward, and said:

"Waste manpower and material resources? Your Majesty, I remember you saying that the army is yours, the country is yours, and all the funds are yours, and you can spend it as you want...... Where did your majesty go at that time? Your Majesty, when will you stop opening your mouth and keep your mouth shut, and when will you be a little more chic and live only for yourself? ”

"I ...... I'm living for myself right now...... And," Zhu Yourong turned around, continued to look at the sunset field in the distance, and said lightly, "...... I don't have anything to earn. I'm happy with my fate. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at Zhu Yourong, and he really couldn't think of what to say for a while. After a while, he had to say:

"Flicker. Then flicker. ”

Zhu Yourong turned his face and said softly:

"What?"

……

The 1st Red Division finally drove the main force into the field of view of Her Majesty the Empress before sunset. 500 meters west of the observation fort, sappers began to dig trenches and pull barbed wire. At the same time, light firearms such as anti-tank guns, mortars, infantry guns, and anti-tank guns were also brought to the front of the positions and began to be deployed.

In a day's air raids, the entire division lost most of its heavy artillery, but the other half of its heavy artillery was also intensified to arrange howitzer positions in the rear.

At this time, the whole division was full of confidence in the defensive line being built. Although it was a temporary line of defence and only for the night, it was the first real, well-prepared defence the Blues had encountered since the exercise began. Moreover, although the defense line is rudimentary, the forces of the attacking side are also there, and there is only one division and a few dozen tanks.

However, they soon discover that things are not what they thought.

The "buzzing" sound loomed again. The soldiers digging the trench jumped nervously and looked up.

In the darkening sky to the east, a black spot faintly appeared.

Soon, the black dots gradually became more and larger, and became a large area. At the same time, the roar of the sky became deafening.

The air raid sirens rose violently, and everyone dropped their shovels and threw themselves to the ground.

Fifty or sixty dive bombers, fifty or sixty fighters, and hundreds of planes roared and swooped down, obscuring the sky and the sun.

The anti-tank guns, infantry guns, and mortars on the forward positions were quickly tied with red ribbons one by one. The number of soldiers killed on the ground is also getting denser and denser. The defensive position that had just been formed by the 1st Red Division was chaotic like a big ant's nest.

Hundreds of planes were used against only one division, and this intensity of air attack was unprecedented since the exercise began. Rommel obviously wanted to fully demonstrate the power of air supremacy in front of the empress, and also wanted to play as spectacle-like as possible. For this reason, he almost emptied the planes on other battlefields, retaining only the number of reconnaissance levels.

But then again, this kind of concentration of forces to attack a little bit is also one of the essences of blitzkrieg.

At the same time as the air raid, on the east side of the earth, countless bright spots shook and appeared. At the same time, flashes of artillery fire began to flash one after another.

Under the blood-colored sun, in the gradually darkening sky, the countless bright spots were extremely dazzling.

A few minutes later, the hundreds of bright spots turned into bright lights, and at the same time, tanks and armored vehicles appeared behind them. Tank guns and machine guns were constantly spewing tongues of fire, and the headlights swayed, like countless staring monsters, roaring and rushing towards them.

The earth trembled, and another voice was heard clearly in the roar of the planes overhead.

Between heaven and earth, countless terrible things are screaming. The sound was very familiar to the officers and soldiers, it was a scream that made their hearts tremble.

Air defense alert.

However, it was as if the air defense sirens were screaming at countless doors, accompanied by the trembling of the ground under their feet, the whistling of planes overhead, and the lights of those tanks coming from all sides......

It's like a volcanic eruption, a major earthquake, a typhoon, a flood, a tsunami, so that the people who are surrounded by it don't want to think about anything else but to escape and escape from it all.

This horror, like a nightmare.

……

Once again, Rommel was creative. He ordered all tanks and armored vehicles to turn on their headlights and install a hand-cranked anti-aircraft siren in the blood-colored sun, and sound the siren as they went.

This kind of intensified psychological warfare was used by the Soviet army in the Kursk tank battle of World War II and achieved very good results. But now, on the other side of the globe, Rommel has taken the lead.