Expedition to Europe

It was like ice cream meeting the sun, like ice meeting a stove, like darkness meeting light, like winter meeting warm spring.

When the tanks appeared, the German offensive suddenly stagnated, the troops that had been sent out were recalled, the soldiers who were charging stopped, and only the soldiers who had rushed to the heights were still fighting.

They couldn't run away, and the only way out was to surrender and die in battle.

Surrender would not necessarily be accepted, and the Red Cross was not present. Even if they were present, they would probably not be able to stop the French soldiers who were already killing.

In the previous battles, the Germans killed too many French people, and hatred could no longer be resolved peacefully. Only death could bring the final relief. This was the same for both the living and the dead.

The Germans who were coming to reinforce did not become the last straw that broke the camel's back for the French, but the tanks did.

The number of tanks and soldiers coming to reinforce was not large, but it gave the French great confidence and gave the Germans a feeling that the French reinforcements would arrive continuously.

As one side gained strength while the other side lost strength, the Germans were driven out of Hill 185, and those who had been caught in the melee were all killed.

There was no time to rest. After the Germans were driven away, the French and Chinese all withdrew from their positions, because Hill 185 would definitely face a large-scale artillery bombardment next.

That was revenge from the Germans, and it was also a signal that the battle was over today.

There was a reason why Qin Zhiyuan looked down on the tactical qualities of Westerners. Just look at the First World War and you will know that in almost every battle, both sides had to go through a long preparation period, and then there was a long firepower preparation at the beginning, and finally a long stalemate.

Whether it was Foch, Haig, Hindenburg and others, these famous generals of the time did not seem to understand the meaning of "speed is the essence of war".

Not only during the First World War, before or after the First World War, few people in the West understood the meaning of "speed is the essence of war". The only one who understood it was Guderian. This guy made full use of airplanes and tanks to practice "speed is the essence of war", but was praised to the sky by these foreign devils, and "blitzkrieg" came into being.

Another person who half understood was Rommel. When Rommel was in Africa, he took advantage of the gap when the British had not yet completed their war preparations to launch continuous attacks, which made the British throw away their armor and weapons and become embarrassed, thus earning the reputation of "Desert Fox".

If we look for generals like Guderian and Rommel in Chinese history, I don't know how many we can find.

It's the same now. The attitude of the Germans and French towards war is like going to work. They start fighting at dawn and stop at dark. They have a tacit understanding.

No wonder the term "professional soldier" was born in the West.

But for Qin Zhiyuan, the sunset does not mean the end of the battle, but another kind of battle has just begun.

The reconnaissance troops sent by Qin Zhiyuan will continue to harass the Germans, making them restless day and night. Qin Zhiyuan, who has been in the PLA system, has a deep understanding of the creed of "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy stays, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we fight; when the enemy retreats, we chase."

If the Germans and French during World War I were described as reconnaissance planes during World War I, then Qin Zhiyuan's scouts were all-weather fighters after World War II, which were the real "fighters among planes".

Qin Zhiyuan, who sent out the harassment troops, was not idle either. He and Bastien had to adjust the defense configuration overnight and fill the gaps in the defense to deal with the German attack tomorrow. At the same time, the communication system should be optimized to avoid the situation of losing contact with the 215th Regiment in the afternoon.

The biggest adjustment is the 185th Heights.

The 215th Regiment has been crippled. In just two hours, more than 500 of the 1,350 people in the 215th Regiment were killed, and almost everyone of the remaining more than 800 people was injured, of which more than 100 were seriously injured and would be disabled after recovery.

The combat effectiveness of the 215th Regiment is still good. They killed more than 1,000 German soldiers, and the casualty ratio is about the same.

But at the same time, the Xiang Ankang Regiment killed about 500 German soldiers, and its own casualties were only about 200, of which less than 30% were killed.

By comparison, the combat effectiveness of the 215th Regiment and the Xiang Ankang Regiment is not a little bit worse.

So the defenders of Hill 185 were adjusted to Chinese, and the Xu Sheng Regiment of the Griff Brigade was transferred to Hill 185 overnight to replace the 215th Regiment that had been crippled.

Christopher, the head of the 215th Regiment, had no objection to this. He had seen the combat effectiveness of the Chinese troops during the day, and now he was convinced by the Xiang Ankang Regiment and no longer had the slightest arrogance.

People are like this. What you learn from books is always shallow. You have to be a person to know it.

However, the price of this "absolute knowledge" is a bit too high.

This is also a good thing. Only when the price is high enough will it make the most profound impression.

After the 215th Regiment withdrew, Qin Zhiyuan asked Mao Shiba to send several military doctors to the 215th Regiment to help treat the wounded, which surprised Bastian again.

"Qin, I feel like you are like Aladdin. I can get everything I want from you." Bastian exclaimed with a little surprise.

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Starting from the dark and deep tunnel of Kapi, Bastian witnessed Qin Zhiyuan's rise step by step. For Bastian, Qin Zhiyuan is like a myth, from "civilian husband" to "foreign legion", then to "angel", and then to "LLL", until now, Qin Zhiyuan has given Bastian too many surprises.

"I'm not Aladdin, my name is Sun Wukong, I can make anything you want for you." Compared with European fairy tales, Qin Zhiyuan prefers Eastern mythology.

"Sun? What the hell is this?" Bastian was confused.

"You will know later, that is a guy with great magical powers, a retractable stick, 72 kinds of changes, a somersault of 108,000 miles..." Qin Zhiyuan looked at the daytime battle report and explained casually.

"Stick..." Bastian's expression was obviously off.

"Don't think about it, you will have a chance to see it. Now can you please focus on the supplies that your troops need to replenish?" Qin Zhiyuan was helpless.

For some people with bad intentions, seeing arms will make them think of thighs, not because of their rich associative ability, but because they like that.

"That's the problem you need to worry about. Now your troops are responsible for defending Hill 185, and my troops are just the reserve." Bastien was absent-minded.

"If you keep going like this, you will always be a major general in your life." Qin Zhiyuan was disappointed.

"I am already a general. From this perspective, my military career is successful." Bastien was proud.

A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. This sentence was said by Napoleon, and Napoleon happened to be French, so this sentence is widely circulated in France.

From this perspective, Bastien's military career is indeed successful.