Chapter Thirteen: A Man's Tenderness, a Man's Ambition!

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  Will we always be together...

  Will we really be together forever...

  Really... keep walking... keep walking...

  The echo kept reverberating in Xu Yang's mind, he had a nightmare and woke up with a start. It wasn't until then that he realized he was at home, his wife sleeping soundly beside him. He glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table and saw it was only 5:30 am, still dark outside. In the army, 5:30 am was just the time to get up and prepare for morning exercises.

  Xu Yang found that he had developed a soldier's biological clock, which made him feel depressed. He thought: Maybe I should get up and do something?

  When he got up, Xu Yang tried not to make a sound, his wife had the right to sleep until dawn. He came to the study and found a typewriter, and made himself a cup of coffee.

  "Hmm... I guess I couldn't stay idle after all." Xu Yang fell into deep thought, his fingers slowly began to move, the sound of typing started to ring out, he constantly refreshed the axis and adjusted the paper pages, with a 'ding' sound, the axis stopped ringing, and the paper page slid onto the desk.

  Xu Yang blew dry the ink on the paper page. The smell of the paper was strange, just like the smell of toasted bread.

  This is a plan document, which details the requirements for the establishment of an armored division and applies for personnel expansion. Xu Yang felt that his former comrades should be transferred to the Third Armored Division, and his own comrades should not waste their youth in Poznan, where ordinary guerrilla officers could cope, but his own comrades were all talents who had learned new tactics.

  Gallagher, Olin, Danso, Mugel, serving in the National Defense Forces Party Guards, it's unrealistic to transfer them over.

  Ma Han, Ba La Er, Huo Hen Suo Lun, Di Ba were transferred to Poznan for service. Xu Yang decided to apply for their transfer over. With the help of these four companions, the Third Armored Division will soon have combat effectiveness. As long as the middle and lower-level officers are controlled, the Third Armored Division will be Xu Yang's Third Armored Division.

  As for Manshtein, it can only be said that Xu Yang and he have not spent enough time together yet, so it's hard to say what he can do. The two need some time to get used to each other and understand each other.

  An armored division is not just a tank force, in fact the tanks are the least part of an armored division. The 3rd Armored Division will have one battalion of II-type tanks, two companies of I-type tanks, and other components; light armored M-2 scout cars, motorized infantry, armored communication vehicles, anti-aircraft guns, maintenance units, and logistics troops.

  The 3rd Armored Division, in addition to the tank regiment, also had a motorized brigade (2 motorized infantry regiments), with each regiment having 2 battalions (armored infantry or motorized infantry): The motorized infantry battalion had 955 men, with 97 light machine guns, 52 MG-34 machine guns, 9 50mm mortars, 6 81mm mortars, 2 infantry guns, 3 anti-tank guns, and 140 vehicles. The armored infantry battalion had 910 men, with 72 MG-34 machine guns, 145 light machine guns, 15 81mm caliber mortars, 130 vehicles, and 85 armored cars. The regiment directly had an infantry gun company, with 6 75mm infantry guns. The entire division had 2,200 men and 420 vehicles.

  The attached reconnaissance battalion has an armored company (18 light armored cars, 6 heavy armored cars) and three search companies, as well as a heavy weapons company providing firepower support. The entire battalion has 1,140 people, equipped with 181 submachine guns, 101 machine guns, 3 81mm mortars, 3 anti-tank guns, 223 vehicles, and 25 armored vehicles.

  Plus 1 motorcycle battalion, 1 anti-tank battalion (551 men), 1 engineer battalion (958 men), and 1 communications battalion (400 men). The total strength was 15,600 troops, with a total of 97 II tanks and 194 I tanks.

  Furthermore, Xu Yang had once requested to have an air force close support squadron, but was rejected. The reason being that the air force troops were not suitable for mixed formations with the army, and would provide necessary support according to the intensity of the battle.

  Manstein was appointed commander of the 3rd Panzer Division, but it's strange that he seemed more like a staff officer. The High Command called him back and was planning something. Xuyang vaguely knew that the High Command was conducting a secret military exercise aimed at Poland.

  The paper page was returned again, and there were already a dozen or so pages stacked on the table.

  At this time, the door was lightly knocked. Lily walked in with a cup of coffee, her eyes were very blurry as if she had just woken up, wearing pajamas, under the dim light, her skin was vaguely visible, paired with a waterfall-like golden hair, looked very seductive.

  Xu Yang turned his head and smiled, asking: "Why don't you sleep a bit more?"

  Lily didn't speak, she put the coffee on the desk and hugged Xu Yang from behind, holding him tightly and not letting go. After a long time, she sighed softly, "Dear, don't be so tired, okay? You're home now, not in the army, relax a bit, will you? Let's take it easy, we'll go for an outing tomorrow."

  Xu Yang held Lily in his arms, he wanted to nod in agreement, but he couldn't do it, he didn't have much time left. Xu Yang was racing against time, if he slowed down, he might even lose the right to survive. He fell silent...

  Lily reached out and touched Xu Yang's sun-tanned face, a smile on her face. "Alright, I'll still wait for you, but don't forget the promise you made to me."

  Xu Yang thought Lily was a good wife. It had been a year, and they still hadn't met in person. This great woman not only didn't complain but also tried her best to make Xu Yang feel the tenderness of a woman. Last night during their video call, Lily kept saying that she wanted to have a healthy child for Xu Yang. Xu Yang struggled to avoid this topic, as he didn't want children now. He was working hard, and getting married had already been an unexpected episode; he couldn't let anything else affect his determination.

  Xu Yang felt it was too cruel, he knew Liliana had already had the idea of having grandchildren, and Lily was under pressure from her family. But now he couldn't have children, he needed to focus on his career, and the birth of a child would only wear away his determination. Perhaps after having a child, Xu Yang was afraid that he would no longer dare to take any risks.

  "I promise you, I will definitely take you to a place with grasslands, snow-capped mountains and rivers. I swear on my honor as a soldier!"

  Lily's face was full of infatuation, she smiled, smiling very gently, "So... dear, do you want to love me again?" She slowly unbuttoned the collar of her nightgown, revealing extremely tempting skin.

  Xu Yang also smiled, he thought that if a man can't make his own woman feel happy, then no matter how successful this man is in his career, ultimately this man is still a failure. He carefully turned off the desk lamp and picked up Lily with one hand, "Ya An..."

  "Hmm?" Lily breathed softly.

  "You're really passionate..." Xu Yang couldn't believe he also had such a gentle tone.

  Xu Yang held Lily in his arms and slowly walked towards the bedroom, he was going to take on the responsibilities that a man should bear...

  ……

  At this time, the lights in the Supreme Command had not been extinguished. Including Hitler, G?ring, Halder, Manstein, Guderian, Leeb, Epp, Brauchitsch... and many other German pioneers were standing in front of a large map of the earth, deep in thought. They were holding a secret meeting.

  The theme of the meeting was: how to disintegrate the enemy's resistance in the shortest time and minimize our own losses.

  The speaker is Guderian, who has just returned secretly from Essen to Berlin. He emphasizes the idea of 'time is troops' and 'time is victory'. Obviously, he is eager to find a stage for armored forces.

  The manpower of Germany is the pain of the entire Germanic nation, although Hitler has been encouraging German mothers to give birth to more children since he came to power, but... the effect is very limited. A newborn child needs at least 18-23 years to become a qualified fighter. Germany can't wait any longer, she doesn't have much time left.

  The government proposed a 'soldier' plan. That is, selecting qualified boys from newborn babies and educating them in combat skills from an early age. However, this plan was strongly opposed by the national defense army and was considered extremely inhumane. Moreover, time did not permit it.

  A surprise attack, a swift and concentrated attack, will strike the enemy like lightning; can make the enemy lose morale under the sudden threat, and collapse immediately under the first great blow.

  The wheels of history have begun to turn rapidly, the central idea of German expansion has been determined, and they are planning a war.

  The national defense army is eager to prove its own value of existence and restore the map of a powerful Germany!

  Hitler's government was much more complicated, he wanted many many...

  The Rhine and Saar of Germany have returned to the embrace of their motherland, so the next goal should also be determined. Hitler waved his hand: Austria!