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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 791 Manstein Enters the Stage

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    In 1892, Rundstedt graduated from the Grosslichfeld Military Academy and was transferred to the 83rd Infantry Regiment in Kassel as a trainee officer.  In 1893, he was promoted to second lieutenant and officially began his military career.  In 1900, Rundstedt was promoted to lieutenant and served as regimental adjutant. In 1902, he entered the elite Prussian Military Academy. This academy only admits 160 freshmen every year and then eliminates 75% of them through examinations. He graduated and was promoted in 1907.  The captain was transferred to the General Staff Headquarters.

    Of course, at this moment, in the time and space of 1918, the heir to the German Rundstedt military aristocratic family, as the eldest son and pride of the Rundstedt family, the 43-year-old German major was compared to his friendly generals in Ukraine and the Allied Powers.  For an enemy general, it can be said that time has been wasted. Considering that when 32 years old, von Rundstedt was just a captain, it now took 11 years to cross the ladder of major and was promoted to lieutenant colonel just three months ago.  Compared with the Japanese generals of the Allied Powers, this promotion speed is not slow.

    Standing next to Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt is his assistant Captain Fritz Erich von Manstein. The 31-year-old von Manstein looks elegant and energetic. Compared with the 43-year-old high-spirited 2  The lieutenant colonel commander of the detachment seemed more reserved and humble. When he saw the lieutenant colonel asking himself, von Manstein thought for a moment and replied,

    "Your Excellency, Commander, I think Major General von Neuhaus's arrangement is understandable, but our two armored detachments have to protect nearly 200 kilometers of railway lines, and there is a threat from the Allied Air Force in the sky. Our task seems too difficult  ¡­In my opinion, instead of passively waiting for the enemy to die, it is better to concentrate on taking the initiative and drive the Japanese cavalry unit away from the railway line!¡±

    Manstein was born in Berlin, and his full name was Fritz Erich von Levinsky.  He was the tenth child of Prussian nobleman and artillery general Eduard von Leevinsky 1829-1906, and Helen von Shipling 1847-1910.  Hedwig von Shipling, the younger sister of Erich's mother Helen, married Infantry General Georg von Manstein in 1844-1913.

    The couple unfortunately had no children, so they decided to adopt the child to his uncle before he was born.  As soon as Erich was born, Levinsky sent a telegram to old Manstein: "You got a healthy child today. Mother and child are safe. Congratulations."

    Not only was Erich von Manstein's father a Prussian general, his two grandfathers were also Prussian generals. One of them led an army in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, and his uncle was also a general; he and the famous  Field Marshal, President of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg was also a close relative.

    Von Manstein was destined to be a soldier as a career.  Manstein received his secondary education from 1894 to 1899 in Strasbourg, which became part of the German Empire after the war of 1870/71.  He then spent 6 years 1900¨C1906 in the Junior Cadet Corps in Plen and Grosslichfeld.

    In March 1906, Manstein joined the 3rd Guards Infantry Regiment gardezufu170178 as a trainee officer. In January 1907, he was promoted to second lieutenant.  In October 1913, he entered the Berlin Military Academy, also called the War College or War University.

    In this time and space in 1918, although von Manstein was only an army captain, he had become the right-hand man of the squad leader, Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt. Moreover, the 31-year-old captain obviously had more confidence and confidence than any German officer of the same age.  Eqi, these two children of aristocratic military general families with "on" in their names, have great ambitions to show off their skills on the Ukrainian battlefield.

    Captain von Manstein obviously caught a hint of the psychological activity of his squad leader when he asked questions. If the lieutenant colonel felt that the instructions from the former enemy headquarters could be carried out unambiguously, he would not bother to ask for his opinion again, "Free  "Tz, do you think we can take the initiative? The armored train cannot leave the railway line. Do you plan to let the infantry dismount and fight with two legs to chase the opponent's cavalry?"

    Lieutenant Colonel Von Rundstedt glanced sideways at his deputy, with a hint of test in his tone. As the commander of the armored train, Von Rundstedt did not want to move his troops to the city of Kharkov, which has become a target of public criticism.  Going to participate in the battle, no matter how sharp his armored train is, it only has 2 150mm heavy guns and 8 105mm light howitzers. Now it has lost 3 carriages, 3 guns and 6 heavy machine guns. If the armored ceremonial car drives into Kharkov  If fighting in urban areas, it will easily become the target of coalition aviation and heavy artillery

    "Your Excellency, Lieutenant Colonel, I believe that the armored train unit is a mobile force, and the focus should be on mobility. We must give full play to our specialty of surprising and attacking unprepared people. If it moves to Nancheng District, it will easily become a key target of the coalition forces. The opponent's DH4 reconnaissance bomber will drop it.  If a 50kg aerial bomb directly hits the train, it will still cause huge threats and damage Not to mention the 150mm heavy howitzer equipped by the Japanese Duli Field Heavy Artillery Wing is also quite amazing We can't make this mistake.Go up and become the other person¡¯s meal!  "

    Captain von Manstein explained his point of view slowly and logically. Although this guy was 31 years old, he was not a fool. His aristocratic aura was even better than that of Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt.

    "Fritz, you haven't answered my question yet. It's unwise to go north to the murky waters of Kharkov, but as an armored train detachment, how do you want to take the initiative? The enemy's cavalry is along the railway line.  Of course they can't outrun our locomotive, but how can our infantry catch up with the opponent's cavalry after getting off the car? There is a Japanese cavalry regiment in front of us, not a squadron or a brigade!" Von Rundstedt narrowed his eyes and stared at his own.  the captain's deputy asked.

    In Wang Geng's previous life, von Manstein was promoted to captain in 1915 and had to wait until 1927, a full 12 years before being promoted to major and battalion commander. Of course, as a defeated country in World War I, the Weimar Republic only retained ten  Compared with countless German generals who were forced to retire, von Manstein, a 40-year-old major battalion commander in the Wehrmacht, was considered quite lucky at the time.

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