"After the development of this weapon, another function of it was also proposed. The concept of infiltration operations by small units." Anyway, I can only stay here for the time being, but Lei Daxiang is willing to give it to Giles.

Explain the combat thinking of the National Defense Forces.

"In fact, China's traditional combat thinking has always included the way of thinking about infiltration operations by small groups of troops. In China's history, there are also combat methods that use troops to conduct infiltration operations to achieve destruction, disruption, subversion, etc."

"In China, the earliest documented case of selecting elite warriors as a specialized combat force was in the State of Qi more than 500 BC, when China was in the Warring States Period. In order to have the strongest soldiers, the State of Qi at that time

King Qihou, Grand Duke Zhuang, announced that the most valiant warriors would be given knighthoods."

"Subsequently, he passed the test and had his first professional combat force called 'Martial Arts'. Their most famous battle example was when King Qi Zhuanggong attacked for several months but was unable to capture a single city.

With the help of internal and external forces, it only took one night to break open the city gate. At the same time, they also killed the rebellious eunuchs."

Listening to Lei Daxing's words, Giles opened his mouth and looked a little disbelieving. But Lei Daxiang laughed and said: "But this army was not the strongest combat force at that time."

"When other countries saw the combat effectiveness of their elite troops, they naturally followed suit and improved their selection and testing. At that time, the four most powerful elite troops were recognized as Qi's martial arts, Zhao's sword knights, and Wei's

soldiers and the most powerful iron eagle warriors of Qin."

"Of course, other countries at that time also established their own elite troops. However, these troops did not have many battle examples to prove their value, such as the Liaodong Jianbing of Yan State, the Xiong Shi of Chu State, etc., these are not very

One of the famous strong soldiers."

The other members of the Jia-18 Special Commando Team nearby also didn't know much about this history. They heard their commander talking about these things and couldn't help but come over and listen with great interest.

"The Iron Eagle warriors were the strongest warriors of that era. Their selection was extremely demanding, and their combat capabilities were astonishing. According to records, the total number of Qin's troops at that time was 200,000, but those who were selected could become Iron Eagle warriors.

The Eagle Warriors only have more than 1,600 people..."

"But, do you know how many wars this country has waged? How many results have they achieved in total?!" Everyone couldn't help but shook their heads. They really didn't know.

Lei Daxiang laughed out loud and licked his lips habitually. Since he was away fighting, he was forced to quit smoking in order to avoid exposing his favorite cigarette.

He was thinking about how to fight before, but he didn't think about smoking. Now that the matter was done, his addiction to smoking has increased. But as an elite soldier, he still has this bit of restraint.

"According to Sima Qian's "Historical Records", from King Qin Zhaoxiang to Qin Shihuang, the Qin State launched a total of 22 large-scale battles, and there are records of beheadings they obtained..." Lei Daxiang deliberately lengthened his tone, until everyone

After his appetite was whetted, he hummed: "Level 1.81 million!"

"Hiss~~" Everyone couldn't help but take a breath. You must know that it was the era of cold weapons! It was more than 2,000 years ago! They could actually achieve this level?!

"Lei, I'm not doubting you. But this matter is really unbelievable. Under the circumstances at that time, 1.81 million people could be beheaded. This is really..."

"You can't believe it?!" Lei Daxiang said with a smile: "What I said is a small number. In fact, there were ninety-three recorded battles launched by the Qin State at that time. And I

The 22 times mentioned are the recorded number of beheadings."

"In other words, the number that has not been recorded is actually more than 1.81 million. And it's not just a little more. It's a lot more!"

"To be able to stand out from such a powerful army through rigorous selection, one can only imagine what the combat effectiveness of this 'Iron Eagle Warrior' is." After a pause, Lei Daxiang said in a loud voice: "A famous soldier in history.

In the 'Battle of Changping', Bai Qi only brought half of the Iron Eagle warriors..."

"The idea of ​​​​elite troops fighting has always been there. And we are just modernizing, concrete and detailing this tactic based on the weapons we have now." Lei Daxiang explained with a smile.

It seems that Lei Daxiang said something, but in fact if you look carefully, you can find that Lei Daxiang talked about a lot of history but did not point out how the National Defense Force trained its own special commando team.

These histories can greatly improve the pride and centripetal force of the members of the No. 18 Special Commando, but they are of little use to Giles and others.

Unless Giles and others find a group of scholars who have in-depth research on ancient Chinese texts, and then work extremely hard to translate Sima Qian's "Historical Records" into English, and then let the strategic and tactical research department conduct in-depth research, only some clues can be seen.

In general, what Lei Daxiang said was a strategic consideration similar to the reason why a special commando team was formed. However, he did not disclose any specific training, operations, tactical command and other matters.

But at this point, Giles still felt that he had learned a lot.

Giles, Lei Daxiang and others spent their days leisurely in this hidden spot, while the German troops outside were almost going crazy looking for them. A large number of patrols were divided into small groups, constantly patrolling the bushes and woods in the occupied area.

Weaving through.

Even some German shepherd dogs were sent to the battlefield to accompany the patrols everywhere. Unfortunately, they still found nothing. This small force disappeared into the German-occupied areas like ghosts.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Amidst the rumbling cannons, Bock gradually lost his patience. As time went by, Bock even suspected that this unit had already broken out of its encirclement and withdrew to the Allied positions.

Because now the Allied forces have begun to launch a fierce attack on the German positions, obviously they already know the news that their train gun has been destroyed.

"The troops are ordered not to patrol anymore, and everyone returns to combat positions. Except for the fixed patrol troops who adjust their patrol routes, other troops immediately return to their positions to prepare for the Allied counterattack..."

The decision Bock made was painful and helpless. He now had to take into account the Allied offensive that the Germans were about to face.

If a mistake is made, it is likely that the German army will lose all its current advantages. This will obviously make Berlin angry, and Bock does not want to bear the wrath of the head of state.

"Leave all the officers who were patrolling along the route when the train gun was destroyed to the SS. We will not interfere with the rest..." Bock's face was ugly. He had to make an explanation for this matter.

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It had been two days since the SS colonel came to the position. It was rare that this colonel gave Bock enough face. He did not force Bock to hand over the officers immediately.

Colonel Georg Kopler was the first commander of the SS Totenkopf Division's Führer Regiment. He was also the leading investigator this time. He was personally appointed by Hitler to come to the Soviet front battlefield to investigate the attack on the train gun.

"General, I don't want to embarrass you. But the head of state is very angry about this matter, and the order I received is to investigate the matter clearly. Someone needs to stand up and take responsibility for this matter."

Georg Kepler said to Bock extremely politely: "It's my responsibility, I hope you can understand..."

"I understand, but I also hope that you will not embarrass my officers. They are all soldiers who live and die for Germany and are not afraid of hardships. I believe that none of them have neglected their duties." Bock rubbed his eyebrows and sighed.

: "What I want to explain is that what we encountered is probably not ordinary combat troops. They should be specially trained infiltration combat troops behind enemy lines..."

"Oh?! Can you tell me the specific situation?!" Kepler frowned, took out his pen and paper and asked Bock: "This is very important to me, we need to know how we are doing.

Those three train guns were lost. You must also know that these train guns are not easy to manufacture. Once they are lost, we will have to spend a huge price to produce them again..."

Bock rubbed his face and tried to calm down. After a while, he said to Kepler: "I used to be very interested in everything about China and that tiger. So I came into contact with some people who had been with that tiger.

There were several officers who had contact with the Tigers. I remember one of them impressed me deeply. He was a big man. He had a long scar on his face, but his name..."

"His name is Skorzeny, Otto Skorzeny!" Kepler's eyes flashed and he said: "I know him, he is the instructor of our Adolf Hitler standard guard."

"Oh! It's good that you know him!" Bock knocked on his head and said: "I once heard him mention that there are some special soldiers in the Chinese National Defense Force. Their training, tasks and weapons are all the same as those of the ordinary National Defense Forces.

The troops are completely different."

"When he mentioned this matter, he also talked about our Japanese ally. The troops trained by the Tigers once carried out infiltration operations on the Chinese battlefield. They successfully attacked the Japanese logistics supply lines, and even

At one time, they captured Japanese-occupied towns and killed a large number of Japanese effective forces..."

"You mean, that tiger sent his troops here?!" Kepler quickly grasped the key point of Bock's words, but Bock shook his head and said: "No! Of course, we don't rule it out.

This is a possibility. But there is also another possibility, that is, the Allies accepted the tiger's combat philosophy and trained such a force at the same time."

"You know, it was not just our officers who were in China at that time. There were also a large number of US military officers, including my current direct opponent: Dwight Eisenhower."

"We cannot be sure that they are unaware of the existence of this unit of the Chinese National Defense Force, and we cannot be sure that they have not allowed the US military to receive such training..."

Kepler nodded, recorded Bock's words, then gave a Nazi salute and turned to leave. He now wanted to interrogate the officers who had been summoned, and at the same time, he wanted to bring Otto Skorzeny from Berlin for questioning.

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Regarding this kind of force, the person who knows the most about this kind of force in the German army is undoubtedly Skorzeny. He and Kepler have always suggested the establishment of similar forces.

But Kepler shelved the matter for various reasons. If this attack proved to be an infiltration operation by a small elite force, then there is no doubt that Otto Skorzeny's proposal would be implemented as soon as possible.

Implementation.

The mustached head of state was never willing to suffer losses. Once he discovered that the enemy had a sharp sword, his first reaction was to have a sword that was sharper than the enemy's.

The battle continued. Although the Allies no longer had the threat of German train guns, it was still difficult to capture the German positions. Although the Germans no longer had train guns, they still had a large number of large-caliber artillery and bombers to assist them.

Although there was no certainty that the Allied positions could be captured, the defense was still sufficient. Bock did not immediately order the troops to enter a counterattack state. He now wanted to wait for domestic support to arrive before launching an attack.

The war of attrition during this period almost made him feel haggard. Those Soviets seemed to be dying endlessly. As long as a group of people were wiped out in the morning, you would find that another group of people came in the afternoon.

In contrast, the same was true for other Allied positions. The German artillery fire and bombing in the morning had already crumbled those positions. But in the blink of an eye, a large number of troops entered these positions again.

It seems that the Allied troops cannot be killed by bombing. After one group is defeated, the second group immediately picks up. Sometimes the German troops have even rushed to the position, but the supporting troops in the rear still rush forward forcefully despite the artillery fire and shouting.

The stalemate battle situation has meant that Bock has not captured the Allied third line of defense until now. They were stuck on the second line of defense. At the same time, the Allied forces are still increasing their troops and trying to form an encirclement around the German army.

"Order the reconnaissance plane to patrol non-stop. I must know the movements of the Allied forces. If there is any situation, report to me at any time!" Bock ordered his adjutant, and then rushed towards the forward position observation post with the guards.

He needed to see with his own eyes the current situation on the battlefield before he could feel at ease.

At this time, Yamashita Tomofumi was silent on his Japanese Army boat mothership "Shenzhou Maru". He knew that this time the base camp had spent a lot of money to allow them to carry out the mission of landing in the Philippines.

After seeing the effect of the landing operations in Southeast Asia, the Japanese Army strengthened its research on ships. Due to Yamamoto Isoroku's mistakes on the Chinese battlefield, the Army was able to almost monopolize resources from Southeast Asia for a period of time.

As a result, a stronger and larger army ship force was formed. The Shenzhou Maru, which originally played a role in the Battle of Songhu, was used as a model for improvement.

The Japanese Army eliminated the aircraft originally carried on the Shenzhou Maru and increased the space and loading capacity. The number of one-time transport personnel was increased from the original two thousand to three thousand.

The Japanese Army built fifteen such amphibious landing ships at one go. If you include the already produced ship carriers, the Japanese Army has more than twenty amphibious landing ships.

The number of troops that can be carried jumped to more than 50,000. This is why the base camp dared to let Yamashita Tomofumi take his troops and the troops supported by Sugiyama Gen. directly to the port.

I have to admit that this type of boat carrier has a place among the few outstanding Japanese weapon designs throughout World War II. Although it looks very crude now, it already has the function of amphibious landing.

At the same time, the carrying capacity of soldiers has been greatly increased. The Japanese Army has now very directly handed over all escort tasks to the Navy, and even handed over fire support tasks to the Navy.

There is basically no firepower equipment to be seen on the new ship mothership. There are more small boats used for landing operations.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have withdrawn, what are you still worried about?!" The adjutant looked at Yamashita Fengwen's frown, and couldn't help but comfort him: "The Philippine National Defense Forces only have more than 20,000 people, and they don't have heavy weapons.

This is not a very difficult battle for us..."

"You don't understand, this time the base camp has put everything on us..." Yamashita Fengwen stood up, walked to the window and looked at the waves outside the window.

"It's fine if we succeed in landing this time. If we fail, the consequences will be extremely serious. South Asia has obviously been abandoned by the base camp. These transport fleets that will pick us up will go to Sugiyama Yuan after assisting us in landing.

Marshal, take it over..."

"And if we successfully occupy the Philippines or gain a foothold there, then everything is easy to say. If we make a mistake or delay, Marshal Sugiyama and the entire Southern Army will be in doom..."

Yamashita Fengwen's expression was ugly. He turned around and said to his adjutant: "The Southern Army is the most effective force in the empire now. Once the entire Southern Army is lost, we will have no choice but to fall into passive defense..."

"The most serious thing is that if we don't control the Philippines, our oil, steel, copper... and other supplies will not be able to be transported back to the mainland. By then, this war will basically have nothing to do with us..."

The adjutant had followed Yamashita Fengwen for many years, so Yamashita Fengwen would speak his true feelings to him without any scruples. He had been holding these words in his heart for a long time, but could not explain them to anyone.

"As for our landing battle, I am very unfavorable..." Yamashita Fengfumi said with a wry smile: "I don't think that Tiger will be stupid enough to expose his fragile troops to us, unless he has a bigger strategy

plan……"
Chapter completed!