War, sometimes can give birth to a more brilliant civilization. Wisdom allows people to draw lessons from past wars to avoid making the same mistakes in future wars.

In order to win wars, human beings often apply the most advanced science and technology to the weapons of war for the first time, and create some incredible weapons of the times.

When technology revolutionizes weapons, new tactics are born on the battlefield, and around them, brilliant victories will be achieved. It can be said that the thousands of years of history that human civilization can trace back to is a memory of wars before and after.

When there was a breakthrough in metallurgical technology, the Han civilization achieved the military suppression of the nomads, and the tactics of using infantry phalanx and light cavalry to meet the steppe cavalry were carried forward, so the Han nation achieved a great victory in the war of foreign expansion.

Subsequently, due to the appearance of stirrups, it became possible for cavalry to impact the infantry phalanx, heavy cavalry began to appear on the stage of history, and it became more and more difficult for infantry to defend against cavalry, so the agricultural civilization began to lose its military advantage over the nomads, until the metallurgical technology of the Tang Dynasty developed again, and the elite infantry with the elite infantry once again became a nightmare that the steppe people could not wake up to.

The rise of the Mongols marked the pinnacle of cavalry tactics, combining advanced metallurgical technology with cavalry tactics from all over the world, such as light cavalry, rangers, and heavy cavalry. They destroyed countless civilizations, but they were eventually drowned in the dust of history because of the passing of time.

They were indeed submerged, and only a short hundred years later, mankind entered the age of thermal weapons, and the artillery began to equip the troops, and countless skilled craftsmen pushed the wheels of history, and mankind was able to slaughter itself more efficiently. In addition to the declining Ming Dynasty, bloody facts are being used all over the world to prove that cavalry is no longer the only option for victory.

Flintlock pistols, rifled guns, fixed-charge ammunition, breech-loading artillery, war became unrecognizable in just a few decades. Changing the ancient pattern that has lasted for thousands of years, it has entered a beautiful fairy tale of queuing up to be shot and drumming forward. The bravery of the individual becomes irrelevant, and what is contested in war becomes the courage of an entire nation.

Later, barbed wire and trenches made the word war synonymous with mud and cold, machine guns and heavy artillery made infantry attacks ineffective, and both sides waited behind long lines to die and the last drop of blood in attrition. War has never been more brutal, and millions of people have had their fates changed by a single war. And it is no longer the army fighting in front that determines the victory, but the materials hoarded in the rear and the production of steel.

At this point, you may think that this is history that everyone knows, but some people may not think that those opponents who once stood on the other side are actually the best teachers of various civilizations. Who would have thought that the war experience left by the Ming Dynasty artillery on the Jiliao front line to the Manchu Eight Banners would be punished by the Empress Dowager Xi after more than 200 years?

I say this not for anything else, but to illustrate one thing, that is, all the European powers learned the truth in their minds in the last war, and these superstitious truths of various countries have become the key to victory or defeat in the next war.

France, for example, won the last war, so it is convinced that its theory of war is the most advanced, or at least it can win the next war. Therefore, when the economy was at its worst, it still spent a huge amount of money to build a long border defense.

This line of defense would ensure that when the next war came, France could once again drag Germany into endless trench warfare, and then use the British naval blockade to drag Germany to victory in the war. In order to support this long Maginot Line, the focus of French weapons research and development naturally chose large-caliber railway guns.

Poland, as a new state born after the First World War, was faced with the onslaught of the eastern and western powers from the first day of its establishment: all the capitalist countries wanted Poland to be the first line of defense against the red Soviet Union in the east to prevent the penetration of communism to the west, while France also hoped that Poland could be used as an ally to contain the western power Germany too strong.

It so happened that Poland was a new country and a traditional power that was not rich, so there was no way to deploy a large number of troops on both fronts, and it was not possible to build a large number of fortifications in both directions. So in the list of weapons and equipment of the great powers, Poland was very interested in a weapon that could quickly rush to the direction of the war, could serve as a stronghold of the defensive line, and could be equipped with large-caliber artillery, and this weapon was an armored train.

The armored train can be said to be the veritable king of land warfare before the maturity of the tank, it can be equipped with several large-caliber guns, with hundreds of heavily armed soldiers to the combat area at the fastest speed, the whole train has armor protection, and it can stop wherever it goes and become a fixed steel fortress.

And now, this weapon appeared in front of the German infantry, like a steel beast, across the path of the German troops, and several cannons took turns firing so that the Germans could not move forward in half an hour.

The infantry's 75 mm anti-tank guns had nothing to do with the steel beast, the thick armor on the main compartment could neutralize the long-range attack of 75 mm shells, and at close range it would be attacked by the guns on the train, and a 75 mm cannon produced by the Krupp factory would be destroyed.

A No. 3 tank attempted to approach the behemoth, only to be hit by a 75-mm cannon on two rotating turrets on an armored train. The hit German tank billowed with smoke and the corpses of a dozen German soldiers were lying all over it. The failure of this attack made several No. 3 assault guns in the back completely abandon the intention of a strong attack.

German sappers then tried to get close to the powerful Polish monster and use explosives to destroy the invulnerable man, but the plan failed because of the large number of Polish infantry behind the train.

"Call the Air Force. The German commander with a telescope at a hidden observation post on a hill not far away said to his adjutant: "General Rommel is not far from the rear, and if he rushes over, he will complain that our attack is too slow." ”

"Division commander. Our current offensive speed is already the fastest in human history, and more than ninety percent of the marching speed is not as fast as our offensive speed. The adjutant grumbled as he grabbed the field telephone.

"There is no fastest, only faster! Since we have already made history, why don't we raise the record to a point where no one else can surpass it?" said a magnetic voice outside the observation post.

As he spoke, a young general walked in, followed by a large group of staff officers, adjutant guards, and others.

This general has a handsome military attaché, and the marks left on his face by the years do not make him look old, but leave him with a mature charm. There was a vague smile on his lips, enough to charm the unrestrained Germanic girls. In terms of appearance alone, he is a few points more handsome than the young Führer.

Dressed in a dusty gray-green uniform, with a brand-new Iron Cross of the First Class on his chest, the Führer himself had recently ordered a commendation for the excellence of the Seventh Army in the first phase of the offensive, one on the north and one on the south, and the one on the south side was given to General Guderian. In addition to this medal, the main attraction is the two things that the general carries around his neck: a miniature camera and binoculars.

The general did not wear a steel helmet as required, but continued to wear a large-brimmed hat like the symbol of the German army, with the cockade of the imperial eagle holding the national emblem of the country, and a beautiful pilot's goggle stuck underneath.

The general who came in was the commander of the 7th Panzer Corps, Erwin Rommel, one of the two heroes of the German Panzer Corps who liked to fly.

"Let the infantry and tanks make a feint attack first, and use smoke grenades to interfere with the enemy's vision at the extreme distance! Do you see the hill in front of you? Set up an 88-millimeter cannon to bombard the target directly! Do you want me to teach you how to do it?" Rommel only glanced at it a few times before he began to deploy the task.

"Yes, General, in half an hour I will attack and take this Polish defensive position. The field commander who was in charge of the area immediately saluted and replied.

"The next time you encounter something like this, think about 88-mm anti-aircraft guns first...... This is a lesson learned from the Spanish side. Rommel picked up the binoculars on his chest and looked at the Polish defenders: "If it doesn't work, call for air force support immediately! Look at how much time you have delayed, and you have given the lives of so many excellent soldiers in vain!"

"I'm sorry! "That commander was transferred from the police force to the army unit by taking advantage of the expansion of the army, and he only took a few intensive courses in command training, and his level and functions were average. When he heard Rommel's words, he immediately stood up and saluted: "I understand. ”

Soon, four 88 mm cannons were ready, and under the cover of smoke grenades, these cannons destroyed the Polish armored train lying across the position with an ultra-high rate of fire and unparalleled shell speed, and the Polish army finally abandoned the bullet-riddled train and retreated east on foot, with a dozen German tanks and infantry chasing after them, and the battle here was soon over.

Soon, a group of German infantry surrounded the Polish armored train that made it difficult for them to move an inch, curiously climbed on the train to see this strange weapon, Rommel also stepped forward to touch this outdated super weapon, picked up the camera to help the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company of the 1st Regiment of the Infantry Division take a family photo in front of the Polish armored train.