A Song of Ice and Fire Volume 3 Chapter 1 The National Defense Army Advances!

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  No one can understand how painful it is to live in a territory without one's own country's soldiers, the Germans see French, Belgian and Dutch military police on the streets, these foreign soldiers play many roles on German soil, such as collecting taxes or checking 'suspicious' residents on German territory.

  "Heh heh heh...... How many pence did you shave off today?" This is the most common question asked among French military police, or Belgian and Dutch military police.

  How can there be soldiers in the demilitarized zone of the Rhine? Are they soldiers? They shouldn't be, at least the German inhabitants of the demilitarized zone of the Rhine call them robbers.

  Kalu, a 10-year-old boy, was selling cigarettes at the street corner as usual. Like many children in Germany, his daily earnings would determine what he and his family would eat tomorrow. Perhaps there was one difference - other kids had parents, but Kalu only had a six-year-old sister to rely on.

  Losing parents on German territory is not something new or worth talking about, are there few families who lost their loved ones in World War I? However, Little Gaul is a bit different, his parents were killed by invaders with military trucks.

  People nearby pitied little Galou, willing to find him to buy cigarettes. Seeking justice? No need for that, although this is German territory, but... Germans are the real underprivileged group, they have not seen their own country's soldiers for more than a decade.

  Xiao Jia Lu saw two military police officers walking out from the corner of the intersection, which scared him into turning around and running away. Here, selling anything requires paying taxes to three countries; after paying taxes, it means that he and his sister will go hungry tomorrow.

  "Hey! Halt!" The military police had spotted Little Galou, they took their rifles off their shoulders and assumed the aiming position...

  Isn't it unexpected? The military and police can kill people, and then casually pin a label of "spy" or "riot" on them. Civilization? This term seems to have nothing to do with the vulnerable groups. Talking about civilization with these military and police? They will ask: Ah! Is your country powerful? Not powerful? Then get out, don't waste our time!

  "Don't be like that..." A wrinkled and calloused hand covered the muzzle of the soldier's gun, an old man hunched over, carefully smiling apologetically at the soldiers.

  The old man's response was a rifle butt. "Bang!" The poor old man almost rolled into the stinky ditch.

  That forty-year-old military policeman looked furious, and from his sleeve insignia, he was a French military policeman. France and Germany had always been sworn enemies, so don't expect the French military police to have any good feelings towards Germans. He bellowed: "You despicable German, don't use your paws to touch weapons that only heroes can wield!"

  Old man? He's only in his fifties, but the vicissitudes on his face give people a very old and worn-out illusion. His eyes are very turbid, obviously malnourished. Passersby carefully and cautiously walk past him, people have seen too many such scenes and have become thoroughly numb.

  The French gendarmes might have been very angry, he ignored the Dutch military police's dissuasion and made a gun-aiming gesture again, only this time the muzzle was not pointing at the child but at the old man who was trying to get up from the ground.

  Just as the French military police were about to pull the trigger, a Belgian patrol car quickly drove in from the intersection, and the Belgian soldiers on the vehicle shouted "Unknown troops found on the east coast", causing a panic. The French military police spat and put away their rifles.

  Soldiers and police on the streets quickly ran in the direction of their respective barracks, with question marks all over their heads: East Bank? Isn't that the territory of the German devils?

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  The B?renbrücke is a steel bridge and the only one on the east bank that allows two tanks to cross side by side.

  Xu Yang's first tank regiment was ordered to cover the 7th Infantry Division's 1st Motorized Battalion as they entered the Rhine, for which they had been preparing for half a month already today.

  Xu Yang's mount is a 35-ton Type II command tank, this steel thing looks very lethal, the 75mm turret that rotates from time to time looks intimidating, front armor, side armor, rear armor. Length, width, height. It uses the TMH/1 gasoline engine researched by Benz and Rheinmetall in '33, speed: highway 38km/h. Can carry 5 people, the coaxial machine gun on the right side of the main cannon can kill enemy soldiers who get close.

  Xu Yang held binoculars on the tank and looked towards the opposite bank of the river, where he could see Belgian soldiers hastily gathering their belongings in preparation for something. Some soldiers were driving mules to pull 75mm cannons, but this was not a preparation for resistance, rather a hasty retreat.

  Xu Yang put down the binoculars and turned to look at the infantry following behind the tank regiment. These soldiers were panting, switching from a half-crouching position to a standing marching posture under the command of the military officer. Following behind the command tank were 72 brand-new Type II tanks. Unlike the command tank, there was no signal receiving rod resembling an antenna inserted at the rear of these tanks.

  The communication equipment of the tank regiment is only configured to the tank company unit, which is convenient for the tank battalion commander to issue orders to his subordinates. Ordinary tanks only have receiving information devices (similar to radios), but no speaking equipment.

  Xu Yang drilled into the car body.

  The Type 95 Ha-Go tank had more interior space than the Type 94 Te-Ke, thicker heat-resistant plates and less transmission of engine heat to the crew compartment. Unfortunately, only three regiments with a total of 216 vehicles were equipped with the Type 95 Ha-Go tanks in the entire Imperial Japanese Army.

  Xu Yang asked the driver: "Has the division's order been issued?"

  The driver was a veteran in his forties, named Motto, with the rank of armored lieutenant. He had been summoned by Xu Yang to command the tank drivers due to his outstanding performance over the past two years. "The division's order is to wait for the Belgian troops on the other side to withdraw," he said.

  The loader, Ihk, muttered under his breath: "I really want to blow the son of a bitch up!" As he said this, he made a loading gesture with his hands and grinned, "Gunner, you're also eager to teach those dog-fuckers a lesson, aren't you?"

  Gunner (also shooter) Carter didn't say a word, he put his hand on the inside of the tank gun.

  "Rrr...zzt..." The comms system crackled with static before issuing out Commander Goodrian's steady orders: "First Battalion - advance!"

  Xu Yang's spirit lifted, he had been waiting for this command for a long time. He stood up and changed the channel, "I, Commander of the First Armored Division, Fourth Regiment, First Battalion of the National Defense Army - Kahn von Strack commands! The whole battalion launches... For victory - advance!"

  "Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!" The sound of the tank starting up was so magnificent, its tracks scraping against the asphalt road, slowly moving forward.

  The 1st Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 7th Division, which was following behind the tank regiment, also started moving with trucks. The soldiers on the truck were excited and had already released the safety catch of their rifles, ready to fire at any time.

  Xu Yang's command tank, leading the way, first drove onto the Bernhardst Bridge, and the entire bridge emitted a 'creaking' sound of tight steel wires, fortunately without any signs of shaking.

  Xu Yang used all his strength and roared: "National Defense Army - Advance!"