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"Request for reinforcements? The shelling has not ended yet, it's too fast..." Hitler said in a surprised tone, looking at Hessman with suspicion. He was a little suspicious of Schletcher and Hessman's standards for employment.

Hitler had heard of Manstein's name. He was born into a famous Prussian family. His father and adoptive father (also uncle) were both generals of the military, and his two grandfathers were also famous Prussian generals. Even the late President Marshal Hindenburg and him were relatives. Could this Manstein be a general because of his good background?

"Prime Minister, war in the era of mechanization is faster! Breakthroughs are faster, advances are faster... retreats and reinforcements must also be faster!" Hessman was standing at the window of the second floor of an old Orthodox church, looking at a large ranch not far away, gathering tanks.

He and Hitler were at an exercise headquarters observation post less than 6 kilometers away from the "Red Army" front. Next to it was the assembly ground of the First Armored Division with Maximilian von Weix as the division commander. After the armored cluster completed the entire team here, it could sail directly to the battlefield.

The breakthrough location chosen by Guderian is a terrain mixed with woods and farms. Highway 6 passes through these farms, pastures and woods. Lake Usma is northeastern less than 6 kilometers away from the breakthrough point. Several streams with small water flow pass through the "battlefield" and inject into Lake Usma.

In addition, there are many buildings around the "battlefield", including churches, warehouses, and residential houses. If it is on the real battlefield, these buildings will become strongholds for the two sides to compete for. However, in this exercise, these buildings "do not exist". Except for a small number of public buildings temporarily requisitioned, most private housing and warehouses are not allowed to enter.

However, many of the barbed wire and wooden piles used to divide the pastures and farms were pulled out by engineers. The grasslands and wheat fields that were originally divided into small pieces have now become a whole.

All the assault forces of the German Army's First Armored Division, including most of the officers and vehicles of the First and Second Armored Regiments and the First Motorized Sniper Brigade, have been assembled.

Standing at the position where Hessman was, we saw a very shocking scene. 363 No. 2 tanks (388 units and a number of backup vehicles) have formed a huge tank array (rectangle), with the unfolded front being 2,000 meters wide. Next to each tank, the members of the tank crew stood straight, waiting for the order to be launched.

Hundreds of steel giant beasts, just lying motionless on the open field, have already made people feel frightened. If you witness them roaring, roaring, and ejecting fire, it is not difficult to understand why Major General Manstein asked for reinforcements at the first time. This is not a force that an infantry division can block based on traditional defensive positions!

Behind these No. 2 tanks are followed by the half-tracked vehicles of the combat engineer battalion belonging to the First Armored Division. Some of the combat engineers have arrived at the front of the Red Army with the Fourth Reconnaissance Company belonging to the First Armored Division. They are clearing obstacles for the armored forces according to the rules of the exercise. They can "mov freely" for 15 minutes after the artillery is over (in wartime they must operate in the gap between artillery fire).

Behind the engineer's half-tracked vehicles, there is another larger automobile battle array. This is a motorized force array composed of adgz-612m heavy wheeled armored vehicles and armored vehicles.

The adgz-612m heavy-duty wheeled armored vehicle is a product of Austrian Daimler and was just established in 1934. In its original history, it was sold to the Austrian police force, but it is now mass-produced by the German Daimler-Benz company and sold to the German Army. Benefiting from the strength of the German automobile industry, various wheeled vehicles in the German Army have increased a lot compared with the same period in history, and the development of wheeled armored vehicles is also very good.

For example, this 12-ton armored personnel carrier is equipped with a 20mm caliber machine gun like the No. 2 tank. The armor protection is also good and can carry 6 fully armed soldiers through the enemy's cannon fodder blockade line.

More than 100 heavy-wheeled armored vehicles assigned to the First Motorized Sniper Barracks follow behind the square formation composed of tanks No. 2. Behind these heavy armored vehicles are armored cars used by the two sniper barracks to which the First Motorized Sniper Barracks (composed of two sniper barracks and one motorized Sniper Barracks).

These armored cars are transformed with Opel brand (this time and space Opel has stronger financial resources thanks to the Keynes Project, and was not sold to General Motors during the Great Depression) and BMW brand trucks. They cover a thin layer of steel on the outside of the carriage and cab, which can withstand the fragments of machine guns and shells at a certain distance.

At this time, the shelling had ended, and the entire "battlefield" suddenly became quiet. A mechanical and electrical engineer carrying a radio station came to Guderian, who was personally the commander of the Blue Army's armored assault cluster, on a motorcycle.

"Report to the Chief, the exercise headquarters instructed: We can launch an attack in 15 minutes!"

Because it was an exercise, there were no "Red Army" soldiers staying in the trench during the live-fire shooting just now. Therefore, the exercise command will leave time for the "Red Army" to return to the position after the live-fire shooting.

At the same time, the referees of the exercise command must also enter the position. The damage ratio of the dummy fake artillery determines the "Red Army"'s losses in this shelling. Of course, within these 15 minutes, all military mobilizations of the "Red Army" must be suspended.

"I understand!" Guderian nodded, then slowly raised his right hand. "All of the matter! Start the vehicle now!"

"Start the vehicle!" received the order. The crew members standing next to various armored vehicles also began to act. The drivers took out the joystick and came to the engine of the car, and began to shake the rocker desperately. "Boom boom boom..." Tanks and armored vehicles roared in a low voice, and then smoke was sprayed out from the exhaust pipe. Fifteen minutes later, most of the vehicles successfully started (there were still a few).

Guderian exhaled heavily, picked up the headset on his command car and ordered loudly: "All people pay attention. Everyone pay attention! The target is right in front of him! Armored soldiers! Assault!!"

More than 750 combat vehicles have started motors running slowly with wheels or tracks. The pungent exhaust gas discharged in an instant enveloped the entire assembly site, as if in a cloud.

The huge roar alarmed Adolf Hitler. He walked to the window and stood with Hessman, witnessing the armor cluster like a torrent of steel slowly crushing a piece of green earth, raising dust and smoke, rolling forward.

"They are so dense! This is so dense!" Hitler blurted out.

"Yes, it's very dense," said Hessman. "There are seven hundred and dozens of armored vehicles, with a front being less than 2,000 meters... How many 37mm anti-tank guns can be opposite the Taiwans?"

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"Can't hold on!"

Before Manstein could agree to the reinforcement order, he knew that his division could not defend the position. He thought he knew the combat of the armored troops, but he did not expect that so many tanks and armored vehicles would set up such dense formations on the battlefield and concentrate their forces to assault a "point".

"On the other side of them, how many 37 cannons can we use?" he asked the staff officer beside him.

"General, on the front of the enemy tank phalanx, there are only 8 37mm cannons, as well as 10 infantry cannons and dozens of anti-tank guns."

"No, it's not possible at all. I can't hold on..." Manstein put down his telescope, turned around and walked towards his division headquarters, and ordered as he walked, "We must retreat!"

"Retreat? General, the higher authorities will not agree..."

"It doesn't matter. If you can't hold on anyway, you might as well think of something else to delay the other party." Manstein said. "There are many forests along Highway 6 northwest of Lake Usma and several small villages. We can set up defenses there so that we can always resist it."

At this time, the sound of aircraft motors came from the sky. Manstein looked up and saw a group of twenty or thirty double-winged HS-1 attack aircraft rushing toward the artillery position of the 18th Division. After the Blue Armored Cluster began to advance, Manstein immediately ordered his artillery group to open fire (this time is not live ammunition, just a few signal flares) to block it, thus exposing the target.

"The artillery will suffer heavy losses now," Manstein shook his head. "We must retreat, otherwise we will have to go to Guderian's prisoner-of-war camp for lunch today."

"General, Lieutenant General Falkenhausen will not agree." The staff member kindly reminded.

"He doesn't agree with me, I'll withdraw," said Manstein with a smile. "It's an exercise now. It's not a real war. Can he still send me to the military court? Besides, what's the point of staying here for an extra hour and a half? It's definitely not safe, no matter how brave and tenacious you are, it's useless, because the referee of the exercise will soon sentence us to death... It's better to save some troops. As long as you can snatch the blocking position before these steel monsters, you can drag the exercise until tomorrow."

"So, general, what are we going to do?" The staff officer took out his notebook while walking, preparing to record Manstein's orders.

"Order the 30th Regiment to hold its position on the spot until the entire army was wiped out. The 51st Regiment took over the reserve position and held it until the entire army was wiped out. The remaining troops began to retreat after 30 minutes... Except for the 37 artillery, no other heavy weapons were required, and all the baggage was given up. Just bring ammunition and two days of field rations."
Chapter completed!