.As widely expected from the outside world, as the first full-scale war between Germany and Japan finally ended in peace talks, Germany and Japan all began large-scale disarmament operations. Although the Treaty of Germany-Japan Busan did not restrict the size of the Japanese Empire's military, the Japanese emperor still announced the reorganization of the army and navy in the third week after the armistice. The reorganized Japanese Army standing troops only retained the size of 300,000 troops of the two fronts. The Navy abolished the wartime organization of the joint fleet and changed it to four guarding and defense fleets in the Mian Kyushu, the Sea of ​​Japan, the Pacific and Hokkaido. The entire navy only retained 150,000 combat personnel and about 100,000 logistics personnel.

Compared with the Japanese Empire's more thorough military reorganization operation, the German Empire carried out a relatively stable military adjustment, that is, to move to a non-war state of combat readiness. The Navy canceled the original combat cluster organization, and all ships were controlled by four commands, the local area, the Atlantic area, the Mediterranean area and the Pacific area. In the past, the model with battle fleet as the core would also change to the aircraft carrier battle group mode. Each aircraft carrier battle group had 1 to 2 main battleships, 1 to 2 heavy aircraft carriers, and several frigates.

The defense zones of the headquarters include the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. They usually do not govern aircraft carrier combat groups, but mainly cruisers, light warning ships and naval aviation. The Atlantic and Mediterranean Commands mainly focus on maintaining regional stability and protecting their own colonies and maritime routes. They usually have one or two aircraft carrier combat groups, and are equipped with a large number of cruisers and destroyers. The Pacific Command has the largest mission in the jurisdiction of the headquarters, so there are generally three to four aircraft carrier combat groups, equipped with relatively large submarines and naval aviation units.

The Air Force is the largest adjustment among all German military branches. In the late period of the German-Japanese War, the Luftwaffe had more than 10,000 military flying sticks, among which the most deterrent strategic bombers had more than 12,000 medium and long-range bombers. The fighter troops, known for their fighter performance and pilot qualities, had more than 10,000 various fighters, and there were also a large number of tactical bombers, transport aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft. With the end of the war, most of them would be transferred to the reserve force or directly entered the combat readiness warehouse. However, many of them were still deployed in the Korean Peninsula, Ku-Piao Astronomy - a long-term, cultural heritage city, but this army train departed from Toulouse took 48 hours to arrive in Madrid.

There were vague sounds of cannons in the distance, and the train did not drive straight into the station. Instead, it stopped fifty or sixty meters away from the platform. The train had just stopped. One by one, wearing black uniforms and head-faded m25 black helmets, soldiers jumped out of the passenger compartment in front and behind the train. Except for the officers, each of them held an mp24 submachine gun in their hands. This kind of portability was easy to carry, and the use of simple weapons could bring down any suspicious person nearby in a short time, but until they included the entire train in a sparse but effective warning circle, no outsider was approaching the train.

At this time, a colonel officer in his forties and wearing a flat top and short military cap walked down the first passenger car with a simple microphone. His real name was very ordinary, Walter, and tens of thousands of men in Germany called this name as soon as they were born, but the ordinary name could not bury a person's talent. Moreover, there were many celebrities in German history called Walter, such as Field Marshal Walter Frechel von Roll, a very successful general during the period of William II.

Walter looked around and then raised the microphone:

"Now, all the members of the tank crew quickly gathered in front of their own carriage! The first combat team groped towards the station, and the other combat teams remained alert!"

A few seconds later, another group of soldiers wearing black uniforms and without any weapons in their hands quickly ran out of the passenger carriage. Between the front and rear passenger carriages, there were more than twenty flatbed carriages usually used to transport bulk materials. At this time, each of these carriages had a "small hill" covered with canvas. Some showed the obvious outline of some kind of weapon - tanks or artillery, while others were piled up from various boxes.

The empty-handed soldiers quickly climbed onto some of the flatbed cars and untied the ropes tied with canvas.

After the canvas was lifted off, gray-black tanks showed a strange depth in the sunset, and the white number next to their turret was reflected in an orange-red color.

The gaze tanks, among which Buddha is the famous 4-C type combat tank, and the other two are the Tiger-1 heavy tanks, which are not very famous in the international military circle. They are the most expensive and important cargo on this train. There are 12 artillery pieces and 500 boxes of ammunition on the train. They are also the materials urgently for the joint forces fighting in Spain, but compared with the former, their ability to change the situation is not significant.

Just as the soldiers were busy getting these big guys back on their move, another group of more than a dozen soldiers, the "first combat team" mentioned by the officer in front, were holding guns and bowing to the station carefully. Although they were invited by the Spanish royal family and the government, if they had no doubt been welcomed a very warm welcome a week ago, the current situation was far beyond their expectations. Along the way, the major railway artery connecting France and Spain was destroyed by anti-government elements. They had to wait for the railway workers and the Spanish government to repair the damaged railway before they could continue to move forward. The closer they got to Madrid, the more the situation became.

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After waiting for a few minutes with a nervous and nervous mood, Walter and his soldiers' door got a good and bad news from the First Battle Squad - the station was empty, but the rails and platform equipment were basically intact!

Before coming to Spain, Walter learned as much information about the situation in Spain from his superiors, and the situation was far worse than he thought. Although the Spanish government soldiers guarding the station were completely likely to have retreated to the city to strengthen the garrison after being ordered by his superiors, Walter was more willing to believe that the timid and lack of morale Spanish soldiers had fled, and the anti-government armed forces could fight here at any time. The situation was no longer possible for him to wait for his superiors to contact the Spanish government in the country and find out the truth here.

"All personnel are ready for combat. The train goes directly into the downtown area of ​​Madrid!"

After making a quick judgment on the status quo, Colonel Walter once again issued an order to the officers and soldiers through his simple metro microphone. The railway line leads to the central railway station in downtown Madrid, if the route is intact, they can get there at most at 10 o'clock in the evening. Even if the railway line has been damaged, he can use the train to rush to the city and join the joint forces with the joint forces.

The train quickly re-started and slowly passed through the empty military station. When night fell, the sound of gunfire in the distance would occasionally sound. The assault infantry responsible for safety alerts scattered to various cars according to Walter's orders. The six tanks readjust their posture, and the muzzles were left and right to maintain the combat marching mode. In front of the Tiger-1 tank, the crew of the four Type 4 tanks could not find the domineering feeling before. After all, whether it is body shape, tonnage or firepower, the Tiger-1 must be stronger than the level, but this does not mean that the Type 4 tank is behind. At least in the armored forces of countries around the world, there are basically no places where they can truly compete with Type 4 tanks. With maneuverability, maximum itinerary, mechanical failure rate and cost, the mature technology 4-c has its own advantages.

In the early 1930s, the urban area was large but not very modern. Moreover, the layout of the entire urban area obviously lacked planning. Some streets were straight and wide. Some were only for rickshaws to pass through. The style of urban buildings was relatively unified, but occasionally some characteristic buildings with strong exotic styles could be seen. Judging from the external conditions alone, a city like Madrid is more suitable for defensive wars, especially when the anti-government armed forces lack heavy artillery and armored vehicles.

However, the actual situation here is that the Alfonso XIII regime has lost the support of most people at home. Those living at the lowest level of society are eager to change their status quo of aristocratic oppression and hardship throughout the year through a revolution. Young intellectuals have also seen through the corruption and incompetence of the ruling class in this country. They believe that it is necessary to overthrow the Alfonso XIII regime, establish a new democratic regime and carry out thorough social reforms to change Spain's weak image internationally. Therefore, the Spanish government is not only facing armed revolutionaries, but also those government soldiers who are friendly and even supportive of the revolution, and ordinary soldiers may turn against each other. This is probably what the International Security Union did not expect when it quickly made the decision to send a joint force to Spain.

Like the military station in the northern suburbs, the Madrid railway line was not damaged by man at this time, but most of the stations along the route were left uninhabited. Walter had to let his soldiers get off the car and occupy the consoles to ensure that the train continued to move in the right direction. Fortunately, they received telegrams from the country soon after, that the joint forces that arrived early had just entered the city of Madrid and took over the defense of some urban areas, and the central station and surrounding areas of Madrid were still in the hands of the Spanish Royal Guard loyal to Alfonso XIII.

In an extremely vigilant and dull atmosphere, the train continued to move forward, and most of Madrid's urban areas were already in power outages, and the railway was basically pitch black. When the lights on the train swept through and the tall or short houses appeared in front of people, people seemed to be among a group of silent giants, but they didn't know when they would suddenly stand up and attack themselves, which made people feel very insecure. Fortunately, after about an hour, there was a light in front of them, and Spanish soldiers could be seen at the railway station ahead.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, the train drove into Madrid Central Station. From a distance, the platform was very lively, but when you approach the platform, Walter and his soldiers showed a bleak scene. Most of the soldiers walking on the platform were Spanish government soldiers. They were either bandages or crutches on their heads, and they were all dejected and silent, but thousands of people seemed very dull. Everyone had only one idea in their heads, which was to get on the bus and leave here quickly.
Chapter completed!