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Volume 1: The Turbulent Era Volume 3: Cannons are firing, Chapter 448: Promotion

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    The exercise ended in an outcome that no one expected. Three hours after the exercise, Xue Yue, who had changed into military uniform, was driven from the exercise venue to the temporary headquarters by Jia Zongrang himself.  Along the way, Jia Zongrang, who had been frowning before, was beaming with excitement. As Xue Yue's boss, this victory in the exercise brought a lot of glory to his face. The result added a strong qualification to his future career promotion.

    "I didn't expect Brother Boling to have such an ability. You didn't know it, did you? Brigadier Zhou, who was in charge of defense, came down from the exercise ground with his whole face darkened. This guy usually refuses to accept anyone except Commander Lu. He even looks at people with his eyes.  It's all on the forehead, but this time I beat my brother to pieces, hahaha, it's so relieved. Brother Boling, you won the battle cleanly this time with fewer strikes and more strikes. Commander Lu will definitely give you a heavy reward.  It¡¯s certain that he will rise to prominence in the future. From now on, brothers will have to rely on their younger brothers to take care of them"

    Jia Zongrang kept chattering along the way, and laughed from time to time.  Xue Yue, who was sitting next to him, was not arrogant, but said a few words very humbly.  While Jia Zongrang was elated, Xue Yue was still thinking about the battle just now. Although he won the final result, Xue Yue didn't feel too excited after the exercise.

    This is not because Xue Yue is arrogant and arrogant, but during this exercise he also saw many shortcomings while winning.  Speaking of which, it was a bit of luck for him to win, and it was a bit of a pity for the other party to lose.

    As a new weapon, the power of tanks in assault and mobile operations is unquestionable. However, the opponent's failure in this exercise was not entirely due to the tanks.  The exercise stipulates that both sides cannot use heavy weapons, which is equivalent to giving Xue Yue a loophole for cheating.  You must know that tanks are not only mobile steel fortresses, but also have powerful tank guns.  Compared with the defensive side who could only use long-range firepower such as mortars and grenades, Xue Yue had the upper hand at this point. This was also the main reason why he was able to easily break through the defense line without encountering any obstacles during the assault.

    Suppose that the defensive side who is waiting strictly has heavy firepower support.  His tanks were bound to suffer losses.  Let alone break through the defense line at that time, the entire unit may be completely defeated by the enemy's artillery fire before it can play its role.  besides.  The defending soldiers also lacked individual anti-tank weapons, which was one of the reasons for their defeat.  In addition, there are still many flaws in our own tanks and infantry coordinated operations, and some unnecessary casualties due to insufficient training were also revealed during the exercise.

    These questions made Xue Yue think deeply after experiencing this battle.  He felt that the use of tanks in actual combat must not rigidly adhere to the training outline. Tanks can only achieve the greatest effect in war when they are sudden, fast and use tank movement, rather than being used and possessing heavy tanks.  The defenders of the weapons are facing each other face to face. This kind of dismissal is simply a lose-lose situation, and it is simply impossible to bring out the maximum capacity of the tank.

    After a while, they arrived at the temporary headquarters. Lu Jianzhang's adjutant, who had just got off the bus, was already waiting outside.  Invite them to the conference room immediately.  When I entered the conference room, I saw that all the senior generals of the garrison were already seated. Sitting in the front seat was of course the supreme commander of the Northwest Military Region, Commander-in-Chief Lu Jianzhang.

    ?As a middle and lower-level officer.  It is particularly prominent in this conference room filled with generals, not to mention that Xue Yue is the protagonist in today's exercise.  When he followed Jia Zongrang into the conference room, he suddenly felt the eyes from all directions focusing on him.

    Jia Zongrang¡¯s seat was third from the back. After entering the door, he and Xue Yue saluted Lu Jianzhang together.  Then he walked towards his seat.  Xue Yue hesitated for a moment and quickly followed Jia Zongrang in that direction, intending to find a place behind Jia Zongrang's position.

    "Xue Boling!"

    "arrive!"

    Unexpectedly, just after taking half a step, Lu Jianzhang stopped shouting. He turned around and responded quickly. Lu Jianzhang, who was sitting in the first place, raised his hand and pointed to a temporary seat behind him: "Sit here!"

    "Yes!" Xue Yue was slightly stunned.  But he reacted immediately, strode towards Lu Jianzhang calmly, and sat down in that position.

    At this moment, Xue Yue felt that many people in the room were looking at him with admiration, envy, jealousy all kinds of complicated emotions. Everyone could see from this detail that this Xue Laohu was attracted by Mr. Lu.  Yes, the future will definitely be bright.

    ¡°Everyone is here, let¡¯s have a meeting now!¡±

    When Xue Yue sat down, Lu Jianzhang announced the start of the meeting, and then talked about the exercise that had just ended without much nonsense.  Regarding the results of the exercise, Lu Jianzhang strongly praised Xue Yuebu and at the same time severely criticized the defensive side.

    "I don't accept it!" As soon as Lu Jianzhang finished speaking, a voice suddenly came to mind. Everyone took a closer look and found that this person was Zhou Yinren, the brigade commander on the defensive side.

      "Not convinced? Then tell me why you are not convinced?" Just when everyone thought that Lu Jianzhang would scold Zhou Yinren, they did not expect that Lu Jianzhang picked up the tea cup in front of him with a calm expression, blew air, took a sip of tea, and then asked calmly.  .

    "In this exercise, Xue Boling's side had the advantage in terms of weapons. Although our defending side had a complete position structure, it was unable to use heavy weapons to counterattack due to the rules of the exercise, which resulted in being broken through by tanks. If I had a cannon in hand, let alone Xue Boling.  There are ten iron lumps, even if there are a few more, they will still not be my opponent. This exercise is inherently unfair, and of course the loser will not accept it!" Zhou Yinren shouted over there with a livid face. He was the sixth grader of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School.  He graduated from the artillery department in the first semester, and playing with artillery is his old profession. In his opinion, if he had the support of heavy artillery, he would not lose at all, and he would not be made a laughing stock by his colleagues like he is now.

    "It sounds reasonable" Lu Jianzhang smiled and turned to look at Xue Yue, who was leaning back on his left: "Bo Ling, do you think Brigadier Zhou's words make sense?"

    Seeing Lu Jianzhang asking himself, Xue Yue stood up quickly and replied matter-of-factly: "Returning to the commander, Commander Zhou's inability to use heavy artillery defense during the exercise was indeed one of the reasons for the defeat. I do not deny this."

    "You are honest." After hearing this answer, Lu Jianzhang laughed and looked at Xue Yue with more admiration: "Then I want to ask you, if you and Brigadier Zhou exchange each other, as the defense commander  Is there any way you can stop your tank attack?"

    "There is a way." Xue Yue hesitated for a moment and nodded.

    "Oh, tell me more specifically."

    "Yes!" Xue Yue studied tank combat methods when he was in the military academy, and also learned about the advantages and disadvantages of tanks through some channels.  What's more, as the commander who presided over the training of tank and infantry cooperative operations these days, after experiencing this exercise, he had a lot of opinions of his own, and he immediately talked about how to defend against tank operations.

    In Xue Yue¡¯s opinion.  Although tanks are powerful, they are not without their weaknesses.  Especially for such a small-scale tank, it is not impossible to crack it with precautions.  In addition to heavy weapons such as heavy artillery that can directly destroy tanks, there are also operations that rely on individual soldiers to use explosives, anti-tank trenches, complex terrain, etc. to maneuver and destroy tanks.  Of course, the most important thing is not to defend in the same way as before against the soldiers' assault. You must be flexible and maneuverable to find the tank's blind spot and attack decisively.  Eliminate the infantry that cooperates with the tanks. In this way, although the defenders will still suffer heavy losses, they can completely block the tank attack with sufficient troops.

    "Okay! That's right!" After hearing what Xue Yue said, Lu Jianzhang nodded and raised his hand to motion for him to sit down.  Afterwards, Lu Jianzhang looked at Zhou Yinren and asked, "Brigadier Zhou, how do you feel now?"

    Zhou Yinren was a little dazed.  He was extremely surprised by Xue Yue's insights just now. He couldn't answer Lu Jianzhang's words for a while. He could only say meaninglessly, "Ihumble job"

    "You? What the hell!" Lu Jianzhang suddenly slammed the table, startling everyone.  I saw Lu Jianzhang stood up, pointed at Zhou Yinren and cursed: "You still have the nerve to say anything dissatisfied? You are a brigade commander. He led two regiments and had complete positions and fortifications. He couldn't defeat a few tanks and a battalion, and was even beaten by  The opponent is almost completely wiped out. Still not convinced? You have the nerve to say such things! You bastard!"

    Zhou Yinren's face turned pale with fright, but Lu Jianzhang did not let him go, and continued to curse: "I know you graduated from the artillery department, is it impossible to be an artilleryman without cannons? What are you fighting in a war? One is weapons, and the other is  Man! You don¡¯t have enough weapons. Is it all grass growing in your head? Can¡¯t you think of a solution? By the way, I almost forgot. I don¡¯t know who said it before that tanks are useless. Who said this? You  Zhou Yinren, there's you! You! And you!" Lu Jianzhang pointed to the people present one by one. The people he pointed out all lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, but secretly cursed in their hearts, "I don't have you, Lu."  Boss?"

    "What now? What's the result? No matter how good a weapon is, it must be used in the hands of someone who knows how to do it. Otherwise, you don't look like a prince wearing a dragon robe. When you actually get to the battlefield and be beheaded by the enemy, how can you  Can you still shout 'dissatisfied'?"

    After scolding everyone, Lu Jianzhang sat back down.  Then he glanced at the adjutant standing aside. The adjutant quickly stepped forward and opened the folder he had been holding.

    "Republic of China, Northwest Military Region Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief of the Army Order!"

    As soon as the words fell, everyone stood up in a hurry, including Xue Yue of course.

    ¡°With the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff Headquarters, and the Ministry of the Army, the Northwest Military Region has established the Third Armored Division from now on. The armored division is organized into one armored brigade and one infantry brigade., one artillery brigade, one engineering regiment, one rocket launcher battalion, all tanks, self-propelled artillery, 105 howitzers, 122 howitzers, field artillery, and cannon. The details are as follows  "

    As the adjutant read out, unconcealed astonishment passed over everyone's face. The organization of this armored division was unheard of, but judging from its configuration, its firepower far exceeded that of an ordinary reorganized division. Even two reorganized divisions combined  At the same time, it is not as powerful as the firepower possessed by an armored division.  The entire division is not only equipped with a large number of artillery at all levels, but the key lies in an astonishing number of tanks and self-propelled artillery. The total number of tanks and self-propelled artillery in the entire division alone will exceed 300. Xue Yue defeated Zhou Yinren with only 10 tanks.  With two regiments and more than 300 tanks and self-propelled artillery, everyone can imagine how powerful this will be.

    Just when everyone was shocked and silently praying that the title of commander of the armored division would fall on their heads, the adjutant happened to read: "Xue Yue, the former commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 322nd Regiment, was promoted to colonel, and the armored brigade was transferred to the brigade  long¡­¡­."
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