The military train departing from Black Flame City carried all the equipment and personnel of the Iron Blood Battalion of the Thirty-ninth Division. After nearly two days of galloping, it finally arrived in the Karur area on the morning of the third day.
Zhang Tie was woken up from his sleep. Ever since he got on the train, Zhang Tie had been falling asleep. When he woke up, he was fighting with a bunch of wild beasts in the fruit of soul robbery, or imagining two Use the abacus to practice "Abacus Calculation". Compared with those cute and sweet-smelling girls, sitting on the train with a bunch of smelly old men is really boring.
The soldiers were smoking cigarettes and playing cards in the carriage. The violent maniacs who wanted to make a breakthrough in the Iron-Blooded Fist were silently practicing their kung fu in the carriage. More veterans were Most of the time, he closed his eyes and meditated, or quietly polished his weapons. Making final preparations for the upcoming war.
During this day and night, the train stopped once or three times at a few small stations along the way to replenish coal and water. Each time was only an hour, while the soldiers and officers on board were in strict conditions. Under the constraints of discipline, no one took a step out of the carriage.
The carriages where the soldiers were in were all smoky, and the carriages where the officers were in were so stuffy that they couldn't even fart.
Under such circumstances, Zhang Tie came to his sleeper car, fell down and fell into a deep sleep. He hardly came out except to eat.
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"Wake up, Lieutenant Zhang Tie, we have arrived at Karur..." Zhang Tie, who was sleeping in the bed and having a sweet dream, was directly woken up by a lieutenant officer sleeping on his upper bunk. Zhang Tie opened his eyes and found that the train had already arrived. After stopping, there was a lot of people outside. I looked out of the train window and saw that the sky outside was just about to light up. The entire station was filled with people in dark red military uniforms swaying around, as well as mountains of supplies.
Zhang Tieyi climbed up from the bed, quickly put on his clothes and shoes, tidied up his appearance a little, and came to the restaurant in the carriage, which is now the temporary meeting room of the Iron Blood Camp.
When Zhang Tie arrived at the restaurant, an officer with the rank of lieutenant, but not from the Iron Blood Battalion, had just left in a hurry from the carriage next to the restaurant.
Then one minute. The first military meeting of the Iron Blood Battalion when they came to Karur was held in the restaurant car of the train.
A map of the Karur region has been hung on the wall of the restaurant. In the center of the map is a city, and the north and south sides of the entire city are already occupied by large blue or red markers. Between the red and blue plates, there is a large gray area. The city of Karur has just been surrounded. Major Guderian held a command pen and introduced the situation in the area around Karul to everyone in extremely concise language.
"Right now, our troops and those of the Feather of Glory are concentrated in a vast area fifty kilometers away around Karur. Karur is now neutral. To the south of Karur, the blue area on the map is the Feather of Glory. , in the north of the map, this red area is our Iron Horn Legion. The station we are currently at is still 87 kilometers away from Karur, and it is here..." Major Guderian's command pen Clicked on a small town called Karichi at the front of the red area on the map.
"The narrow gray area on the map surrounding the city of Karur is about 75 kilometers long and 124 kilometers wide. It is the mountainous area around Karur. It is also the place where we have the most intense friction with the Feather of Glory. Now This area is entangled with many troops from both sides, and many encounters occur every day. An order has just been sent from the legion headquarters, telling us to rush here and capture it. We originally had a battalion here. But before nightfall yesterday, this unit had lost contact with its superiors. Normally, this means that our brothers in the battalion are now in danger..." Guderian's command pen came from Karic Pulling a straight line, we went straight into a place called Solane in the gray area. The contour lines on the military map made it clear to everyone that the place called Solane seemed to be a place built halfway up the mountain. villages and towns.
Guderian's command pen drew lines in several places on the map, turning in circles, using the fastest language to let everyone understand what to do next.
"Our first mission is to retake this place, and we must persist in this complex area with a radius of more than 100 kilometers for at least two weeks to eliminate the enemy's three known strongholds. During these two weeks Among them, we want to deal the biggest blow to the troops of the Sun God Dynasty in this area. In this mission, we can only consume the supplies we brought and cannot get any backup. We will not return until fourteen days later. Go to the Iron Horn Army's No. 4 Battle Fort near Karur City to rest!" At this point, Major Guderian put away his command pen and said, "Do you have anything else to ask about this combat mission?"
Everyone shook their heads. Only Zhang Tie, who was participating in the war for the first time, felt a little nervous. Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Karur, before he even had a chance to take a sip of water, an intense combat mission was issued, without giving anyone a chance. A little buffering time.
"Okay, the combat map will be distributed to each company later. If there are no problems, everyone has five minutes to prepare. Then we will get off the car, assemble the team and we will set off!"
All the officers stood up with a bang, and then went to the companies below to convey the combat orders.
During those five minutes of preparation, Zhang Tie put on for the first time the Norman Empire's sharp B-shaped lieutenant's light armor that he had brought. A light armor with important joints wrapped in alloy plates.
In addition to wearing this armor and the same equipment and supplies as other officers, Zhang Tie also carried a javelin equipment of more than 100 kilograms on his back, and held the "man" in his hand. proof".
Not only the officers, but also the soldiers below also completed all pre-war preparations in these five minutes.
At this time, the war efficiency of the Iron Blood Battalion was revealed. From the first prepared soldier receiving the order to open the door of the train and jumping down, to the last more than a thousand troops quietly completing the pre-war assembly at the train station, all of this Everything is completed within two minutes.
At this time, the Iron-Blooded Battalion, which had assembled before the war, was like a ferocious beast, finally revealing its murderous nature. Everyone had swords and guns in their hands, and armors on their bodies. Everyone began to remain silent, but there was a strong The murderous aura was surging in his body.
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"Ah, Iron-Blooded Battalion, our Iron-Blooded Battalion is here..." When the Iron-Blooded Battalion assembled at the station, the soldiers and officers of the Norman Empire in the station couldn't help but cast their surprised gazes at the gathering beast. Murderous troops.
"Which division is it from?"
"I heard it's the Iron Blood Battalion of the 39th Division!"
"Ah! Is it the Iron-Blooded Battalion led by that lunatic Reinhardt?" someone exclaimed.
"Great, the Iron-Blooded Battalion led by that lunatic Reinhardt will definitely teach those bastards of the Sun God Dynasty a harsh lesson!" Some people became excited.
Listening to the discussions around him, Zhang Tie realized that Boss Reinhardt seemed to be very famous throughout the Iron Horn Legion.
"Who's that guy with that big, scary thing in his hand and a bunch of heavy javelins on his back?"
"I don't know, it seems very powerful!"
Zhang Tie did not expect that even himself standing in the team would attract the attention of many people. However, Zhang Tie, who was participating in the war for the first time, just felt a little nervous at the moment and had no intention of showing off at all.
"Let's go!" Following the roar of Boss Reinhard, the brothers from the Iron-Blooded Battalion began to take steps and trotted out of the station.
As soon as he ran out of the station, Zhang Tie understood why the higher-ups ordered the Iron Blood Battalion to walk to Solane this time. In the small town where they got off the bus, at the front of the friction zone between the two sides, almost half of the buildings had been destroyed. During the war, there were broken pieces of equipment everywhere, burned buildings everywhere, and the roads were severely damaged. Those steam armored vehicles that can exert their greatest power on plain terrain and group charges were in Karoo. In a terrain like this, which is mostly surrounded by mountains, there is not much room for use.
The town was full of Norman soldiers wearing dark red military uniforms. They didn't seem that special to the more than a thousand people who suddenly rushed out of the station. After the Iron Blood Battalion team trotted away from the station, within a few minutes, they ran out of the town and began to enter the wild.
Solane is at least twenty-five kilometers away from here.
It was only then that Zhang Tie realized that it was a very stupid thing for him to come out with an epee as his main battle weapon. The epee on his body, the tender bag on his back, and some other miscellaneous things, Zhang Tie's whole person The weight of Zhang Tie's load has exceeded half a ton. He has to carry half a ton of things for 25 kilometers and participate in a battle. Such intensity, even though Zhang Tie has gained the power of the Nine Wolves, still feels a little strenuous. Well, after all, carrying heavy weight is not the strong point of the wild wolf.
At this time, Zhang Tie could only grit his teeth and hold on.
Before the team entered the mountainous area, a cavalryman riding an iron-horned beast rushed from behind. After handing a metal cylinder containing orders on his back to Battalion Commander Reinhardt who was at the front of the team, He left quickly again.
"According to the reports from the brothers in the scout camp, the bastards from the Norman Empire chopped off the heads of all the brothers in our battalion in Solané and piled them on the wheat field. No one was left alive, not even the wounded or prisoners were spared. , the latest order from the legion headquarters, and also the latest task given to us by the Iron-Blooded Battalion, tells us to kill all the bastards of the Sun God Dynasty who have occupied Sorane, and not let a single one escape..." Captain Reinhardt was full of murderous intent. shouted.
"Kill them all!"
"Kill them all!"
Everyone in the Iron Blood Camp was excited...