Chapter 756 West Wind 2

February 18th, the New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar.

Paris, in the railway station.

Groups of French workers in blue coarse cloth overalls are unloading coal for the occupiers under the shiny and cold bayonets in exchange for the scarce rations to support their families.

Suddenly, the whistle sounded from a distance, and a train slowly drove into the station. When the thick steam white fog spewed out from both sides of the nose and permeated the whole platform, hundreds of live-fired German soldiers had begun to walk out of the carriage with guns on their backs.

Looking at these German soldiers, the French workers are both disdain and panic, and more of them are numbness, an indescribable, withered numbness. Even if the horn has sounded in Porto, the second capital, even if countless French young men are rushing here, trying to The capital was recovered, but it still could not dispel the cold in their hearts.

One after another, swallowing black smoke, like steel dragons, quickly drove into the former center of Europe, known as the capital city of French culture and politics, and then quickly unloaded soldiers and equipment, and turned around to rush back to Germany along the developed railway network between France and Belgium.

The war is in this kind of trip, under the uninterrupted transportation of cars.

Several French workers held shovels and looked at the German soldiers with live ammunition, recalling the scene that happened more than two years ago.

At that time, on both sides of the streets of Paris, there were full of cheerful people, waving flowers and releasing ribbons. The girls sent hot kisses, and the whole country was singing the Marseilles representing the French spirit, and cheering the soldiers.

At the beginning of the war, the lines of both sides of the war wrote the words "Go home for Christmas" in chalk, and everyone was confidently looking forward to a short and glorious war. However, they soon found themselves involved in a protracted and cruel war.

The lights first went out in Belgium, and then spread to France, Paris, Verdeng and so on. Finally, the whole of Europe fell into the coldest night!

The two countries, which were originally neighbors, expanded their hatred to the whole nation, and continued to ferment and sublimate, and finally became relatively angry!

This is national hatred. After the failure of the Franco-Prussian war with the humiliation of France, France and Germany became the most terrible fuse in continental Europe. When France assured the idiot Tsar Nicholas II, it had actually handed over the fate of tens of millions of people in the whole country!

Up to now, people have gradually found that in fact, before Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, Germany was not willing to go to war with Britain and France. Kaiser Wilhelm II even planned to make a compromise, but misunderstanding and hatred eventually made peace drift away.

Austria-Hungary declared war, Russia declared war, Germany declared war, France declared war, and Britain declared war!

Wait, wait!

The whole of Europe, like the train in front of it, suddenly got out of control and drove to the station where no one knew where the end was. When the war began to expand infinitely, the two sides began to look for more "partners and allies" for their own interests.

When the United States came, the Allies rejoiced. France thought that victory was imminent, but it didn't expect that the dragon in the East would join in! In the end, Japan, North Korea, Colombia, Peru and other countries were all involved!

A war in Europe, caused by a despicable assassination that even the Ally countries despised, has been fermented into a super war between the two major military groups for world control since the accession of China and the United States!

Ethnicity, religion, marriage, hatred, dignity, power, money... All of these are like fuses, ignited, detonated, and finally all of them are stirred into the war, causing bloody storms around the world.

More than two years ago, Schrifen planned to turn smoothly with the help of the debut tank brought by the arsonist in the Far East, and Paris was declared to fall in a short time!

France has lost its proudest heart, lost 60% of the country's industrial capacity, and lost the pride of a European power!

If it is the most seriously injured in this war, there is no doubt that it is France. 80% of the workers and agriculture are paralyzed, more than 10 million young and middle-aged people are forced to take up arms to defend their homes, and women and old people are also pulled up. The number of troops is no longer an important indicator for France, because as long as you can still run, We must serve the country.

Countless cities were destroyed by gunfire, and blood was sprinkled all over the north of France. Even the shroud could no longer be satisfied. When a body was collected, the only thing waiting for them was to be buried.

This is France now.

Like the dark Middle Ages, the fire of revolution and change began to brew on this land. The trend of anti-war and the search for an end is as unstoppable as magma. For the current French political axe, the war has turned into suffering, and all the glory of France has been thrown out of the sky.

There is only one antidote, recover Paris!

But is it easy for Paris to recover? Looking at another flat-panel train entering the station and a new tank that has never been seen getting off the train under the command of soldiers, the workers can no longer predict tomorrow.

"Coloe Guderian, here is the list, a total of 150 vehicles."

Corporal ran to Guderian, who was already a colonel, and handed the transportation list to the young officer who had rushed to the city of Paris and was received by His Majesty the Emperor.

Guderian took the list and walked excitedly to the train.

This is a tank that is completely different from the A7V. From the appearance, it is more similar to the Xinhua M3 cheetah, but the turret is larger. It uses a short-barre 50mm gun and a latest MG8/15 light water-cooled machine gun. The turret is more square in shape and uses 150 horsepower gasoline purchased from Xinhua. The maximum speed of the road has reached 25 kilometers, and the off-road is also 15 kilometers.

This is the tank he has been looking forward to for a long time. A year ago, when Xinhua participated in the war and used the cheetah for the first time in Siberia, Germany has always wanted to get that kind of new tank. Although the Chinese did not provide all the manufacturing technology in the end, they provided some technical support for Germany to develop new tanks, because they In the lead, tanks from various countries have imitated their shape design, and Germany, without exception, finally gave birth to this tank.

The Germans call it "European leopard."

Compared with the M3 Cheetah, the main station of the Xinhua Army, the European Leopard has stronger firepower at the same speed, only slightly worse than the Northeast Tiger. The biggest surprise comes from the power. After the opening of the Baghdad Railway, Xinhua began to deliver hundreds of 150 horsepower M3 Cheetah standard engines as promised. Compared with this engine The German-made same horsepower engine is lighter, fast to start, and more fuel-efficient, increasing the maximum driving distance of the European leopard to 220 kilometers.

It is this batch of engines that makes Germany feel Xinhua's advantages in power. You know, this is only the heart of the M3 cheetah, so Germany has also begun to strengthen the development speed of engines.

For Guderian, these are not the considerations of his little major. What he cares about is what variables the arrival of these tanks will bring to the Battle of Paris at this most critical moment!

"Coloe, General Ludendorff, please go to the headquarters immediately." OK." Guderian reluctantly looked at the "European Leopard" that was being unloaded and walked into the military vehicle to pick him up.

The door of the beautiful and majestic Elysee Palace is full of all kinds of military vehicles. It is no longer the French, but its new masters. This palace, the former presidential palace of the French Republic, which is also the symbol of the highest power in France, has gradually faded out of the ranking of the world center, replacing it by the Donghua Garden, which has just been opened in Europe recently.

Standing in front of the luxurious office window of the Elysee Palace and looking at the beautiful Seine River in the distance, Ludendorff could not see any trace of tension and worry before the war on his face, which made Wang Shizhen next to him secretly admire him.

After living in Germany for more than two years, Wang Shizhen has never learned that she is gradually familiar with this so-called best army in Europe. Their rigorous discipline and tenacious fighting style have left a deep impression on people.

Since the beginning of the war, Germany has both gains and losses. Schrifen plans to help Germany open the door and sweep the north of France with a destructive momentum, but the executors are in various considerations and underestimate the stalemate of the war, the scale and so on, resulting in the lack of the follow-up troops after the German occupation of Paris. When I came, I couldn't continue to go deep into southern France.

In the two-line battle, Germany fought very tenaciously, but the failure of the Battle of Verdun before Russia's withdrawal was a stain. It was not so much the failure of the German army's persistence as the failure of the command of the former Chief of Staff Fajinhan, who blindly buried Germany's early efforts. Before Fajinhan came out of the defeat, the battle of Lower Normandy launched by Britain and France made the chief of staff at a loss. Finally, after falling into another consumption and deadlock, he left the staff gloom.

In Wang Shizhen's view, Ludendorff is indeed a rare talent. Although he stole some of the credit that belonged to Max Hoffman on the Eastern Front, he became the deputy chief of staff of the German army from the deputy chief of staff of the Second Army before the war, and this proud resume became famous for his ability.

Especially after Hindenburg came to power and reused him, he also lived up to Hindenburg's trust. He decisively abandoned Fajinhan's previous idea of "keeping all positions at all costs", took the initiative to give up all worthless and non-essential positions, and greatly contracted the troops to preserve their living forces. Moreover, he also attached great importance to the application of cannons and tanks. After hitting the British and French army and consuming the strength of the treaty, he dragged the Battle of Normandy into a deadlock. However, because there was too much land lost in the early stage, he could not take it back at once.

This time, at the most critical moment, he once again took on the heavy responsibility and came to Paris to become the supreme commander of the front line.

323 divisions, with a total of 4.29 million German troops, will face an allied coalition almost more than twice as much as them. It is false to say that they are not nervous, because this kind of war of more than one million people is a great test for anyone!

"General Ludendorff, once the war begins, please allow me to go to the front line in person. I really want to feel this great battle." Wang Shizhen broke the short-term tranquility.

Ludendorff shook his head quickly: "No, Mr. Chief of Staff, this is too dangerous. You are our distinguished guest. And the enemy is fighting hard this time. From what we know so far, there are more than 10,000 cannons deployed on the front line! Once the war starts, the passage from Paris to all fronts will be cut off. Even if you hide in the cement fortress, it will be dangerous. If you do, I will not be able to explain it.

"General, please rest assured, I will protect myself carefully." Wang Shizhen was very confident, but before he could continue to speak, Ludendorff shook his head again: "Sir, I understand your feelings, but I hope you can also understand me, but please rest assured that I will go with you if conditions permit."

"Okay." In the face of Ludendorff's persistence, Wang Shizhen had to agree first. To be honest, if he missed the war with his own eyes, I'm afraid he would not be able to sleep for the rest of his life.

Hearing that Wang Shizhen no longer insisted, Ludendorff was also relieved. When he was about to talk about the situation, a report sounded outside the door: "General, Colonel Guderian is here."

"Please come in."

"Report." Guderian walked into the office in high spirits. After seeing Wang Shizhen also present, he quickly saluted and said hello.

"William, take a look at this first."

Guderian took over the battle plan and was surprised while looking at it. Because he always felt a little familiar with the plan, and it didn't seem to be from Germany, so after reading all of them, he immediately looked at Wang Shizhen next to him and asked, "General, this is it."

Ludendorff seemed not to hear him. After waving to the guard at the door, he smiled and said, "I'll introduce you to an excellent officer." As soon as the words fell, there were footsteps behind him. Guderian quickly turned his head and looked at it, only to find that it was a short and strong Xinhua officer who had never been seen before, about 30 years old.

"Xinhua Royal Army Flying Tiger Regiment, Colonel Ulan, has met two generals."

"Flying Tiger Group!"

Guderian's eyes suddenly enlarged. Almost everyone knows how famous this number is in Europe now. The classic battle across the Arabian Peninsula has been worshipped by tank forces of various countries. In addition to excellent equipment, their maneuvers in march, cooperation in combat, etc. have been repeatedly studied by various countries. .

As a fanatical tank officer, how can he not have heard of this name! It's just that how could he suddenly appear in Paris! Did Xinhua change its mind and send an expeditionary force to the Western Front?

"Lmajor Guderian, because our country is attacking the United States, we can't pull out troops to the Western Front, but Colonel Ulan is the best tank commander in our country. He has rich experience and I believe he can bring you some help, and he will be your assistant in the next six months and cooperate with you to win this war!"

"I hope you can cooperate well."

"My assistant?" Guderian's heart suddenly warmed up when he thought of the plan just now.

(to be continued)