Years of the Republic of China 1913

1921 passed quickly, and the New Year of 1922 was coming soon. When the common people were happily preparing to celebrate the New Year, a large number of troops gathered in the military barracks in Yumen.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Hurry up!"

"Where are you poking your head? Do you want to be shot?"

"Charge! Why are you hiding behind when you're already at the front of the battle line? Let me rush out!"

In a simulated training ground, an infantry battalion and a tank company were training for coordinated operations. Several officers wearing red armbands rode motorcycles and galloped through the ranks, commanding the troops while shouting and cursing loudly. When I saw a few stunned youths who did not follow the training outline and acted without authorization, they rushed over and punched and kicked.

On the hills not far away, several senior military officers frowned as they looked at the chaotic "battlefield" with binoculars.

"What kind of tank-infantry coordination is this? It can win the battle just by looking like it?" The leader asked with three gold stars on his shoulders shining in the sun, putting down his binoculars and frowning with displeasure.

Beside him, a fat man was wiping his sweaty head with a handkerchief. Although the temperature in Yumen can sometimes reach as high as 16 or 7 degrees during the day, it is winter after all, and he sweats so much in this kind of weather. And to what extent is the fat man's psychological pressure on the general in front of him.

"This... low-ranking... low-ranking unit is conducted according to the training outline of the General Staff Headquarters, and it must not be changed without authorization..." Seeing the cold face of his boss, the fat man hurriedly explained. [

"It's a mess! I think it's better to use the tank as a cannon to get more benefits. How can you beat the opponent by rushing like this without thinking? The world often says that Wu Ziyu is good at soldiers, but I think that's all there is to it." The general commented unceremoniously, and several officers around him nodded in praise, and tried their best to praise the immediate superior in front of him.

"Commander, I don't think so!" Unexpectedly, a discordant voice suddenly came out of the crowd, and the scene was immediately quiet, and everyone's eyes turned to the person who spoke.

The man who spoke was tall, with delicate features, but there was a trace of determination and courage in his expression. His military rank was only a lieutenant colonel.It is especially prominent among the crowd of stars.

The fat man was startled when he saw the person who was talking, and quickly winked at him, and then shouted before the officer reprimanded him: "Xue Boling, what nonsense are you talking about? I don’t know the sky is high and the earth is thick, the commander was killed in the sea of ​​blood and corpses, doesn’t he know more about military affairs than you?”

"Hmph... That's not necessarily..." Xue Yue shut up after being scolded, but he was not convinced in his heart, thinking that it was not the military's job to suppress people with military rank and qualifications, that's right.As the highest officer of the Northwest Military Region, you, Lu Jianzhang, are indeed good at leading troops in battle. You learned about this trouble in one fell swoop during the battle to encircle and suppress Bailang, and you were even more famous when Lu Jianzhang was in the capital. In the war, he made a lot of contributions.But now is no longer the original era. The world's military is changing with each passing day, and it is impossible to keep up with the pace of development by using the old ways to fight wars.

"Hehe. You still have to let the young man say a few words, Jia Yuqian. Is this young man your subordinate?" After being contradicted, Lu Jianzhang was not angry. Instead, he looked at Xue Yue with an unconvinced look on his face. Interested, he asked with a smile to that fat man just now, that is Xue Yue's brigade commander Jia Zongrang.

"Back to the commander, he is indeed a humble subordinate. He is Xue Yue, Xue Boling, the commander of the 322nd Battalion of the 2 Regiment, and graduated from the Central Military Academy. Commander, Xue Boling is a talented student of the military academy. He is even better at leading troops, but he is young. Sheng. Please forgive me for speaking without thinking..."

"Oh, I didn't expect to be your junior." Lu Jianzhang was amused when he heard it. Jia Zongrang was in the first phase of Baoding Military Academy. It seems that the two of them have a good personal relationship, otherwise, with Jia Zongrang's character, he wouldn't defend this young man in front of him like this.

Jia Zongrang nodded in embarrassment, turned slightly and kept winking at Xue Yue, signaling him to apologize to Lu Jianzhang quickly.Although Xue Yue was nicknamed Tiger Boy, he was not afraid of his stubborn temper on weekdays, but he was not a brainless person. He reluctantly stepped forward, saluted Lu Jianzhang first, and then said loudly after putting down his hands: "I'm sorry, Commander! If you speak without the commander's consent, please punish him!"

Lu Jianzhang looked Xue Yue up and down, burst into laughter, pointed at him, turned his head and smiled at the officers behind him: "Look, this kid is still not convinced, what is he talking about without authorization, why? Give me Think of it as the Ministry of Justice? I don’t care what you say, how can there be any reason for this military law in the military?”

"Ha ha……."

"hey-hey……."

Everyone kept laughing along with them, only Jia Zongrang secretly complained, this Xue Yue was really serious, he just had to make amends, he had to play some word games, is this Lu Jianzhang easy to provoke?Dignified army general, commander of the Northwest Military Region, dealing with a little lieutenant colonel like you is as easy as crushing an ant to death.

After laughing for a while, Lu Jianzhang waved at Xue Yue, and when the other party came to him, he asked directly: "Although the world gave me the title of "Uncle Tu", as a soldier, I am not an unreasonable person. Since you said What I said just now was wrong, so let’s listen to what you, a talented student from the military academy, have to say. If you say it, you will be rewarded! If you say something bad, hehe, then don’t blame me for being rude..."

In a blink of an eye, Lu Jianzhang, who was still amiable a second ago, turned into a murderous look, staring at Xue Yue coldly, and Jia Zongrang, who was standing aside, was so scared that he was sweating profusely. [

Who knew that Xue Yue was not afraid at all, and still stood upright. After Lu Jianzhang finished speaking, Xue Yue immediately replied: "Since the commander wants to speak humblely, then the humble officer will be bold today."

"Okay! Say it!" Lu Jianzhang nodded. Although his eyes were still stern, he also had a little appreciation for this bold young man.

Facing Lu Jianzhang, whose military rank was much higher than his own, Xue Yue was not timid at all, on the contrary, he immediately started talking.He first talked about the way of war before the European War, including both foreign battles and domestic tactics.Afterwards, he gradually talked about the European War that had just ended not long ago, including various tactical characteristics from the early stage to the middle and late stages of the war, especially the positional warfare, barbed wire trench warfare, etc., which mentioned in detail In order to break through the German defense line, the British used the tank as a weapon for the first time in the war.

After that, Xue Yue pointed out based on the actual situation that after the army was equipped with a large number of automatic weapons, the original warfare using concentrated assault or even platoon gun shooting was outdated, and it would be replaced by skirmish warfare and defensive warfare. This has been confirmed in the European War.For the new combat method, how to break through the enemy's position and defense is an important means to win the war. It is very difficult to complete the task in the face of a solid line of defense with only ordinary soldiers charging and artillery support. Then the emergence of tanks is Used as an assault.

Tanks have solid armor, powerful firepower, flexible mobility, coupled with artillery support and infantry coordination, which makes it very possible to break through the opponent's defense.Moreover, because of the characteristics of tanks, the troops can carry out various tactics such as roundabout attacks, encirclement, and interception behind the enemy after a breakthrough, making the war evolve from a simple collision before to a new situation.

In the end, Xue Yue said that the problem now is not the weapons, but the training time is too short, and the troops have not yet completed all the training.As long as we wait for a few days, with the cooperation of a tank company and an infantry battalion in front of us, it is not difficult for a regiment or even a brigade to tear apart the opponent.

"Hehe, the tone is not small, how dare you challenge a brigade with a few broken tanks and an infantry battalion?" Lu Jianzhang asked in a flat tone with his beard slightly upturned.

Xue Yue hesitated for a while, and soon he replied: "Yes, Commander!"

"Are you sure?" Lu Jianzhang asked with great interest.

Xue Yue straightened his chest and said, "Yes! But Commander, the premise is that the troops must meet the training requirements, otherwise I can't do it."

"Okay!" Lu Jianzhang raised the whip in his hand, turned around and pointed at the still messy training ground: "In this way, I will give you half a month to train your subordinates. After half a month, you don't need a brigade, you just need to If you can use this little force to confront the two regiments head-on and win, I will reward you heavily! If not, hehe, I won’t punish you too much, just let me go to the company as a groom!"

"Yes! Commander!" Xue Yue immediately stood at attention and saluted without thinking, and agreed without hesitation.

Afterwards, Lu Jianzhang, who laughed heartily, turned and left, and several senior military officers hurriedly followed, and in a blink of an eye, there were only a few people left on the hill that was still lively just now.

"I said you Boling, you... hey... what do you want me to do! This Lu Tubo is easy to provoke? If you really can't do it, what can you do?" Jia Zongrang deliberately hung at the end, waiting for Lu Jianzhang to leave From a distance, he pulled Xue Yue aside, with an expression of hating iron for being weak.

"Hehe, Brother Yuqian's care for Xue will be kept in mind, but please rest assured, brother, since I have accepted the task given by the commander, I will definitely be able to complete it!" Xue Yue replied with a smile that seemed not at all nervous.

"You... hey... you, you..." Jia Zongrang looked at Xue Yue's appearance, stomped his feet and left in anger. (to be continued...)