The Prussians are coming!
They swept across the land like a swarm of locusts!
Whether he wanted to face it or not, Jean Pierre had to face the fact that although the emperor and the French army who were besieged in Sedan fled to Paris, they were besieged again in Paris.
When the emperor led the army to withdraw to Paris, Pierre's neighbors also fled south with their families, but Jean Pierre did not leave. He was reluctant to abandon his home. After all, this is
his home.
However, the war seemed far away from where Pierre lived.
"The Prussians are eyeing Paris."
Just when Pierre thought this was all going to end like this.
Last night, he was awakened from his sleep. Large groups of troops passed by his door. Through the cracks in the window, he watched with fear the groups of Prussians heading toward the southwest. From time to time, there were countless more Prussians.
Qing cavalry and carriages roared past, raising dust all over the sky.
The large group of Prussian soldiers spent a full night, and it was not until the next morning that the noisy sounds finally disappeared.
In the evening.
When Pierre thought that all the Prussians had left, he was once again alarmed by the movement outside. When he looked outside through the cracks in the window, he saw strange-looking vehicles.
Stop on the road.
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"The distance between the target and us is about 25 kilometers, and the distance from the brigade headquarters is 35 kilometers..."
Lieutenant Zhao Quande, who was sitting on the chair, carefully checked the map and inserted the pencil into the breast pocket of his military uniform.
"According to the current situation, we can probably put into combat at four o'clock this afternoon!"
Zhao Quande took a deep breath. He stretched first, then rubbed his sore arms and jumped out of his car. The crew members were doing basic maintenance work on the armored vehicle.
The driver Zhang Wei was squatting in the engine room, lying under the opened armor plate, and was checking the gearbox there. He had just replaced a gear in the gearbox with the help of the machine gunner. Although the gearbox of the liberation truck
It is quite durable, but after it was converted into a "Tiger" armored vehicle, its gearbox was more likely to break down. After each trip, the driver had to check the gearbox, and now I put on a new gear.
It's because the battle may start today.
This kind of problem seems to be a small problem, but it can easily cause the engine to stall. And if you are unlucky and encounter this kind of fault on the battlefield, it will cause the sky to be unresponsive and the earth to be inoperable. You can't
Run out of the armored car on the battlefield and repair the car under a hail of bullets!
If that happens, the unlucky one will still be the driver, so for your own safety, you must check the engine and gearbox before the battle, just in case... you must be prepared in advance to be just in case.
Not only this crew, but the entire search company is doing the same thing. Because everyone knows in their hearts that the battle behind them will be unprecedented, and their only reliance is this armored vehicle. This armored vehicle
The killing machine can not only bring death to the enemy, it is also the guarantee for soldiers to survive on the battlefield.
In the carriage, the loader was checking the ammunition chain, and the ammunition boxes were neatly stacked in the carriage. These ammunition were the teeth and fists of the armored vehicle.
"There is no need to check the bullet chain. Let's take a look at the weighted grenades. Our guns are powerful, but the machine guns cannot hit the fortifications. When the time comes, the weighted grenades will definitely come in handy."
A weighted grenade is a heavy grenade weighing 1 kilogram or even two kilograms. This grenade is a weapon commonly used by infantry when attacking fortresses. Each armored vehicle also carries 20 of them, which are specially used to blow up enemy fortifications or strongholds during an attack.
.
"Yes, sir!"
While the loader was checking the grenade, Zhao Quande picked up the binoculars, stared behind him and muttered to himself.
"The big army should be arriving soon!"
Almost twenty minutes later, Zhao Quande finally reunited with the large troops. He immediately went to the brigade commander's car to report on the enemy's situation.
"Well, very good, I know, Captain Zhao, thank you for your hard work."
Zhu Sihai nodded and asked Liu Tongshu.
"Counsel Liu, do you think we are acting as planned?"
"Act as planned!"
Liu Tongshu narrowed his eyes and stared into the distance.
"Right now, the Prussian Thirteenth Army is concentrating on outflanking our flanks, but they don't know at all that we have already touched the back of their buttocks. Let's teach them a good lesson today and tell them what "Praying Mantis" means.
Catching cicadas and oriole behind”!
What is the mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole behind?
The most critical thing is armored vehicles. The First Cavalry Brigade is equipped with 108 armored vehicles. It is precisely because of these armored vehicles that they can circle around and run behind the Thirteenth Army in a short time. This kind of cross-era mobility is
Far beyond the scope of this era's understanding.
Just like the astonishing speed with which Prussia used trains to transport troops to the front line during the Franco-Prussian War, the mobility of armored vehicles on the battlefield with their own speed was also extremely amazing. Although the road conditions in France were average, they were able to move in more than ten hours
Within a few seconds, they completed a maneuver of more than 200 kilometers and successfully penetrated behind the Thirteenth Army.
"This is the specific plan. What do you think? Does anyone have additional opinions?"
Taking a lit cigarette from the hand of a battalion commander, Zhu Sihai took a deep breath, then blew out the smoke, looked at the four battalion commanders and asked.
"It should be fine, but I don't know if the infantry troops and covering artillery of the Second Division can meet us on time. If they are late, won't we have to fight alone? Although our armored vehicles have strong firepower and fast speed, they can't meet us on time."
There are too many Prussians to bear."
Captain Sun Chang'an, commander of the second battalion, stared at the battle map, frowned at the brigade commander and said.
"If there are too many ants, they will kill the elephant. We only have so many cars in total. Considering the complexity of the terrain, if a car gets stuck in the ground or breaks down, we will be in a dilemma. There is no problem in rushing hard.
The biggest problem is...if the infantry doesn't come up, we rely on us to fight against the Thirteenth Army...that's nearly 30,000 people!"
"You're right. We don't have enough vehicles, and we may encounter a series of problems, but we have to have confidence in our brother troops. They will definitely be there. If there is no problem, just go back and convey the order. Let's
Everyone is preparing for departure. Packing everything up. We are..."
Zhu Sihai raised his wrist and looked at his watch and said.
"We will set off on time in half an hour. Don't keep those infantrymen waiting."
This chapter has been completed!