super god warlord

These weapons will be used on the battlefield in the future, and there are not many secrets at all. Even if they are not revealed now, allies will know their performance in the future.According to what Zhao Shouhong said, these weapons are only used for the transition and training of armored units, and there are better equipment in the research room, so they are not afraid of being leaked.

It is precisely because of what Zhao Shouhong said that Liu Yuanxun dared to introduce to these allies without reservation: "Look, everyone, this is the Benlang 37 tank equipped by our West Special Army. It is nearly five meters long and wide. Three meters four, with a total weight of [-] tons, it uses a [-]-horsepower four-cylinder water-cooled gasoline engine with a maximum speed of [-] kilometers per hour. Its frontal armor is [-] millimeters, which is enough to resist various direct firepower. The artillery is a [-] millimeters long Cannon, and two [-]mm coaxial machine guns."

Hearing these data, several generals couldn't help swallowing, such a heaven-defying weapon is almost invincible on the battlefield of the Western Continent.As long as it is not hit by the howitzers of the Austrian army, it can push straight to level the opponent's defense line.Before the generals asked any questions, Liu Yuanxun pointed to a large vehicle next to him and said, "This is our Mammoth 60 tractor. It uses six-wheel drive and a [-]-horsepower gasoline engine. The two small guides on the front Wheels can also help vehicles cross ditches. In the tank unit, it is used to rescue tanks that may be trapped in deep pits or mud. In the artillery unit, there are also some, but they are used to pull cannons. At least the artillery with a caliber below [-]mm in service , can also be pulled.”

This remark made several generals take a deep breath. Even the Teutonic Army, known as the number one in the Western Continent, still uses horses to draw artillery. A 32mm heavy artillery often requires [-] horses The pulling gun cart is not only very cumbersome to operate, but also very slow.However, in the West Army, only such a vehicle is needed to pull the cannon away, and the convenience of movement and the ease of logistics are incomparable.

Seeing the astonished expressions of several generals, Wu Ziyu was very satisfied, but he still didn't seem to want to let these people go.Looking at Liu Yuanxun who was explaining patiently there, Wu Ziyu said: "Yuanxun, let's take everyone to the Mechanization Group."

"Okay." Liu Yuanxun nodded, leading everyone to move on.They soon arrived at the station of the second regiment. There was no longer the tall Benlang [-] tank, and it was replaced by a much smaller wheeled vehicle.

"This is the Kuailu 1 light armored reconnaissance vehicle of the Mechanized Regiment. It uses four-wheel drive, weighs five tons, uses an 80-horsepower gasoline engine, and can reach a speed of [-] kilometers per hour. However, the armor is relatively thin and can only resist weapons of less than nine millimeters. Rifle bullets, the upper layer is a rotating turret, equipped with a [-]mm caliber machine gun and a [-]mm Type [-] heavy machine gun, and the crew is five people."

After speaking, Liu Yuanxun pointed to a truck next to him and said: "This type of Zhonghua 1 four-wheel truck is the main means of transportation for the troops. It is more than five meters long, two meters wide, and nearly two meters high. 1.55 tons. It is powered by a [-]-horsepower gasoline engine and has a top speed of [-] kilometers per hour. It can carry a squad of soldiers and their equipment. In addition, we also have some two-wheeled and three-wheeled motorcycles as vehicles for scouts, but It’s still on the ship and hasn’t come off.”

Not only Cao Kun and Fu Liangzuo, but even Brigadier General Lu Sen of the White Eagle Army swallowed.Two years ago, in order to support the war, the Gallic army mobilized taxis throughout Paris to quickly transport soldiers of an army group to the front line, which became a good story for a while.

Now Brigadier General Lu Sen was surprised to find that the pride of the Gauls was just a joke in front of the Hualan people. This simply overturned all his concepts all the time. How can he not let him be confused.

Looking at Commodore Lu Sen's face changing back and forth, Liu Yuanxun seemed to think that the blow was not enough, and he added: "The other mechanized regiment and artillery regiment of this division are still on the way of unloading, so I can't let you see it. However, our artillery unit has been equipped with various types of artillery below 150 mm, and these artillery have been towed by trucks. In addition, the logistics regiment is all motorized, and the speed of travel is absolutely guaranteed.”

"This kind of army can be called invincible. Do you still need to train in the White Eagle Country? Just go directly to the battlefield." Brigadier General Lu Sen exclaimed.

"How is it possible? No single army can conquer the whole world. We also need the cooperation of our allies." Wu Ziyu pretended to be modest and said, "However, according to the Hualan Republic's war participation agreement, the White Eagle Kingdom must provide all combat equipment. , so these weapons need to be paid by the White Eagle government, and I hope that you, the Brigadier General, can reflect this point upwards."

Wu Ziyu's words startled Brigadier General Lu Sen. Such powerful weapons and equipment seemed to be expensive at first glance, and the government of the White Eagle Kingdom would pay the bill for them, which really made him feel terrified.But the agreement is there, and it doesn't state that you are not allowed to bring your own weapons. The White Eagle government must have suffered a loss this time.

In fact, one of Zhao Shouhong's goals was to get the White Eagle government to pay to help him arm the First Tank Army.The formation of an armored force is very costly. Even if all the equipment is made in China, its value can be equal to at least [-] ordinary infantry divisions.

Zhao Shouhong thought he could still afford to spend so much money to arm an army, but now that there are people who have been taken advantage of, why bother to spend so much money.The formation structure of this tank force is not yet the most mature form.After World War I, all countries will carry out relevant research, and soon all countries will start to form tank troops, and he is not afraid of leaking secrets because of this.

Chapter 774 Requesting Command

Most of the direct and Anhui troops dispatched this time are recruits, but the West Special Army and the Jiaozhi Army are active troops, and their training level is even higher than that of the White Eagle Army.After passing the test of the instructors of the military academy, the White Eagle government decided to divide this batch of participating troops into two parts to fight.

The direct and Anhui armies, which account for the vast majority of recruits, need to go through a month of intensive training in the White Eagle Country.After crossing the White Eagle Country, the West Army and the Cochin Army will take a ship to the battlefield of the Western Continent. Before they arrive in New York and board the ship, the Cochin Army's full set of weapons will be in place.

As the army commander of the West Special Army, Wu Ziyu, of course, became the temporary commander-in-chief of the first unit. He will command the First Tank Army of the West Special Army, the First Nakagawa Garrison Division, the First Air Force Division and the Third Cochin Army. Shi Longyun went to the Western Continent and joined the battle as soon as possible.

Regarding going to the Western Continent ahead of time, Wu Ziyu didn't have any superfluous ideas. In his mind, he wanted to show off his skills on the battlefield and show off the momentum of Hualan people.Even after the war is over, people in the Western Continent should still remember it fresh, and dare not underestimate the existence of the Hualan government, especially the West Special Army. This will be of great benefit to Hualan's stable development in the future.

The participating army composed of the West Special Army joined the battlefield of the Western Continent, which heralded the end of the Allied Power Group, which had gradually declined.During several years of war, Saargaul, Teuton, and Austria-Hungary were all exhausted, their economies were in decline, and their livelihoods and industries were severely damaged.

In the early days of the war, no country expected a long-term war. Therefore, no country drew up a national industrial mobilization plan before the war, and as a result, it waited until the war started to make impromptu preparations in a hurry.There is no experience in wars of the same scale, and there is no prior plan. Relying on ad hoc plans is naturally full of loopholes.As a result, it was not until 1916 that countries established a complete set of wartime government departments, bureaus, councils, and special committees for the deployment and production of various war materials.

When the scale of the war became larger and larger, governments began to be forced to implement more and more extreme policies.All kinds of factories turned to the military industry, and a large number of agricultural population was drafted into the army, resulting in the barrenness of farmland and a sharp drop in food production.The food supply across the country is tight, and all kinds of daily industrial products are extremely scarce. In order to reduce the domestic anti-war forces to support front-line operations, the major participating countries use the gold and foreign exchange accumulated by the government for many years to obtain products from neutral countries.

This war caused the powerful Western Continent powers to shed almost every drop of blood, while the Japanese, White Eagle, and Western Special Zones, which stayed out of the matter, made a lot of money. Now these original debtor countries have turned into creditors. China has become the big creditor of those former great powers.

Saar, Gaul and other countries naturally also know this situation. They urgently need to end the war as soon as possible, so that their domestic economy can breathe a sigh of relief and resume economic production.However, the outbreak of war is very simple, and it is extremely difficult to end it as soon as possible, especially if it ends according to one's own wishes.

In order to restore peace as soon as possible and revive their own national power, the two major military groups have tried their best to defeat their opponents as soon as possible.When the armored troops led by Wu Ziyu landed in Gaul, the eyes of Chief of Staff Foch were brightened.Although he has never commanded such an army, and the Gaul army does not have such an army organization, but with the combat experience in the past two years, every time the Sargaul and Gaul armies gather more than a hundred tanks to launch a charge, they can achieve Great results.

Now Hualan actually sent a heavy fire force consisting of more than 300 tanks, as well as a large number of armored vehicles, trucks and motorcycles, which made him very happy.Because of the arrival of such a heavyweight army, General Foch attached great importance to Wu Ziyu, and he soon personally revealed Wu Ziyu who had landed in Bordeaux.

In order not to have the same situation as when Xu Shuzheng met for the first time, Foch met Wu Ziyu alone.The first time he saw Wu Ziyu, Foch saluted him with a smile: "The people of Gaul thank the people of Hualan for their help. Your arrival has already shown that the people of Hualan are sincerely helping us with all their strength. Those who have made outstanding contributions to the cause of the Allies."

As the rank of Marshal, Foch saluted Wu Ziyu first, which obviously showed his gratitude to the West Army for sending such a powerful force.Wu Ziyu also respected such a Marshal very much, and he quickly saluted: "Thank you Marshal for your kindness, we are willing to contribute to the just cause of the Allies, but I have a small request, I wonder if you can promise."

"Of course, please bring it up." Foch said with a smile.

Wu Ziyu said: "Master Zhao Shouhong, the chief of the Western Special Zone, has a deep personal relationship with Tiao-Ao. Although this time they have to send troops to fight for the cause of the country and allies, they don't want to destroy the hard-won friendship. Therefore, Mr. Zhao Shouhong hopes that when fighting in Gaul, the title of the West Special Army will be cancelled, and it will be temporarily placed under the name of the Cochin Army. When communicating with the allied forces, we and the Third Division of the Cochin Army will use the flag of the Cochin Army and serial number, please understand this, Marshal.”

"As for the division of your army, this is the internal affairs of the Hualan Republic, and we will not interfere. On the battlefield in the western continent, you are collectively called the Hualan participating army. As for the internal designation, we have no requirements." Foch Said.

Wu Ziyu nodded and said: "Thank you, Marshal. In addition, the tank troops are good at fighting on the plains, so we hope to take on the task of facing the Teutonic country. Use the central plains of the Gaul and Teutonic countries to launch an attack on the Teuton army. , so that we can better utilize our strengths.”

"Of course, you are willing to join the frontal battlefield. I wish for it." The more Foch heard, the happier he became. The Teutonic Army was too sharp on the frontal battlefield. With such a powerful force fighting, the chances of victory for the Allied Powers would greatly increase.

Wu Ziyu said again: "In addition, the use of tank troops should still be blank in the command tactics of various countries, so I hope to obtain a separate command right. I can use the special tactics of tank troops to deal the biggest blow to the Teutonic Army. I will personally put forward various combat suggestions to you, and at the same time hope to bring the entire Hualan army under my command as a follow-up support force for our army."

"This..." Foch was a little embarrassed about this.After all, Hualan's participating army was composed of Duan Ruiquan's troops as a whole. If he handed over this army to the other side's West Special Army without authorization, it would be easy to be criticized.

Chapter 775 Taking care of the overall situation

Seeing Marshal Foch's hesitation, Wu Ziyu said: "In terms of strategic deployment, I will fully implement the decision of the General Staff. Only the tactical deployment has changed, but I will resolutely complete the task. In addition, I promise not to Let other troops be used as cannon fodder, at least their casualty ratio will not be higher than my army, at least the same infantry unit."

"Okay, I will give you the command of the entire Hualan army. Your mission is to hold on to the eastern section of the Dordogne River defense line. As for the next combat mission, I will arrange it." Marshal Foch finally After making up his mind, he delegated power to Wu Ziyu.After discussing the details of the logistics supply, Wu Ziyu left Foch's office.

With the consent of Marshal Foch, Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces, Wu Ziyu immediately took up his post. After switching defenses with the Gaul Army, the entire Hualan Army was transferred to the east of Bordeaux to take on defensive tasks.

In fact, Marshal Foch's army deployment still has great limitations. He did not use the armored force as an offensive force.He only has a superficial understanding of the power of this kind of army, but he has no idea about the use of this kind of army.

The most powerful troops are naturally deployed in front of the most powerful enemy, so Foch will deploy this powerful troop on the Eastern Front where the Teutonic Army is under the most pressure to resist the continuous attack of the Teutonic Army.According to Zhao Shouhong's idea, the armored force should be placed in the weakest area of ​​the enemy's army, and with the help of the powerful assault force of the tanks, they can break through the enemy's defense line in one fell swoop.Utilize the advance speed of the armored force to outflank the enemy's main force from the rear and cut off the opponent's supply line.

In modern warfare, an army without supplies is a waste. Once such a situation is created, the enemy army will be destroyed in terms of ammunition supplies and psychologically, and the main force of the Teutonic army will be completely wiped out.

Before coming to the Western Continent, Zhao Shouhong, Jiang Fangzhen, Wu Ziyu and others had done war games. If they really did this, the war in the Western Continent would end within two or three months.Wu Ziyu originally wanted to apply for dispatching troops to the vicinity of Orliak, and break through the Teutonic Army's front from there.But seeing Foch agreeing to all his demands so happily, Wu Ziyu was embarrassed to refute his face again.After all, from the perspective of the traditional army, his application for transfer to that direction was to avoid the battle against the Teutonic Army, hoping to be opportunistic.

Wu Ziyu did not reject Marshal Foch's other idea, that is, he had great confidence in the armored forces of the West Army.After all, the Teutonic Army had never seen such a way of fighting, nor did they have the weapons prepared to deal with this situation. Once he launched an attack, even the most elite troops of the Teutonic Army would be difficult to stop him.

When the Hualan army was unified under the leadership of Wu Ziyu and the order to deploy all the troops to the Eastern Front came, great emotions arose within the original army.After all, they are all Anhui troops, but now they want to fight against the West Special Army, and even when there are more numbers on their own side, officers at all levels are very unwilling.In fact, they still have a bigger doubt. After all, the West Army is also a warlord. If they do something wrong and let these troops of their own be used as cannon fodder, they will suffer heavy losses.

"General Xu, we must not obey this order. We should appeal to the General Staff." A military commander suggested to Xu Shuzheng.Hearing this suggestion, other military officers also clamored and demanded to appeal to the General Staff of the Allied Forces so that Marshal Foch would withdraw this order.

With this order, Xu Shuzheng was also very embarrassed.Since Chen Wenbao's aid was sent last time, with the help of excellent weapons, the losses of Hualan's participating army have been greatly reduced.For example, those 37mm flat-firing guns are simply the nemesis of tanks. The A7V tanks of the Teutonic Army were invincible on the battlefield, but they were destroyed one after another when they encountered their flat-firing guns.

In normal times, if you want to destroy a tank, you need soldiers to pay a huge price, using manpower to send cluster grenades up and blow up the opponent's tank.Often a tank of the Teutonic army is blown up, and the participating army needs to sacrifice more than a hundred people.

This time the battle was very different. In just ten days of fighting, the Teutonic Army successively invested more than 100 tanks to attack the positions of Hualan's participating troops.After the participating army paid the price of less than ten casualties, they were all destroyed by the Hualan participating army without tanks, so that the Teutonic army did not dare to invest armored troops in this direction.

In addition, there are artillery. Because of the large number of suppressing artillery supported by the Western Special Zone, Xu Shuzheng's troops will not lose the wind when they shoot against the Teutonic Army. Coupled with the use of a large number of machine guns, the participating troops have lost a lot of people.Xu Shuzheng didn't believe that the forces that had helped him so much in the past were planning to use his subordinates as cannon fodder this time.

Xu Shuzheng faintly felt that Zhao Shouhong's purpose was not to suppress political opponents, but to truly let Hualan rise in the world and become a powerful country recognized by the international community.If Wu Ziyu's purpose was to enhance the positive image of the Hualan army, he would not be able to use this to suppress the Anhui forces, because the huge casualties would have no positive effect on the image of the Hualan army.

In the end, Xu Shuzheng decided not to appeal to the General Staff, and the entire army was ordered to switch to the vicinity of Bligh and accept the leadership of Wu Ziyu.The supreme commander had no objection, and the people below did not dare to make trouble anymore.After a series of battles, the Hualan army, whose number had dropped to 16, was ordered to move forward and soon reached the eastern front.

Wu Ziyu brought the senior officers to greet him in person. When he saw Wu Ziyu and others waiting by the side of the road, Xu Shuzheng got off his horse and greeted them with his adjutants and several army commanders.

"Brother Shuzheng, don't come here without any problems." Wu Ziyu smiled and started a relationship with Xu Shuzheng as soon as he came up, showing a very affectionate look.

"It's been so many years, brother Ziyu's demeanor is still the same, and now he is the commander-in-chief of the West Special Army. It's really gratifying." Xu Shuzheng and Wu Ziyu are not very embarrassed when they talk about family life. Back then, the two were only low-level officers in the Northern Territory Army. Existence, but now they have all ascended to a high position.

Although they belonged to different camps and towns in the era of the Northern Territory Army of the post-Jin Dynasty, they were all outstanding young officers, and they cherished each other and had some contact with each other.Later, Wu Ziyu was sent to Zhongchuan, but Xu Shuzheng took refuge in Duan Ruiquan and rose step by step. Although the two had different trajectories, they both successfully became the mainstay of their respective forces.

Now that we meet again, the lieutenant officers of that year have all been ranked as admirals.While talking and laughing, the two entered the newly established frontline command post with their arms together. Behind them, the army and division commanders of various troops also walked in.

Chapter 776 Assigning Tasks