Chapter 3 The second battle

Sun Tzu said: "The method of employing troops is to drive a thousand four-wheeled chariots, to ride a thousand leather chariots, to carry one hundred thousand armors, and to feed food for a thousand miles. The internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the materials of glue and paint, and the decoration of the chariots and armors cost thousands of gold a day. Then one hundred thousand teachers will be raised.In combat, victory is the most important thing, but for a long time, the blunt army will be defeated; if the siege is strong, the force will be defeated, and if the army is violent for a long time, the country will be insufficient.If the soldiers are blunt, sharp, and powerful, the princes will take advantage of the disadvantages and rise up. Although there are wise men, they will not be able to follow suit.Therefore, soldiers have heard of clumsy speed, and it has not been a long time since they gambled cleverly. It has never been possible for a soldier to benefit the country.Therefore, those who do not fully understand the harm of using troops cannot fully understand the benefits of using troops.

Those who make good use of soldiers will no longer borrow for service, and their food will not last for three years.Take it for the country, because the food is from the enemy, so the army can have enough food. If the country is poorer than the teacher, the people are far away, and if there is no loss, the people will be poor.Do everything you can to make money, and the Central Plains is empty at home.The expenses of the common people are seven out of ten; the expenses of the public house are broken chariots and horses, armor, helmets, arrows, crossbows, halberds, shields, shields, sculls, mounds of cattle, and carts, and six out of ten.

Therefore, a wise general will feed on the enemy. If he eats the enemy for one minute, he will take me for twenty minutes; Therefore, those who kill the enemy are angry; those who take advantage of the enemy are goods.Therefore, in a battle of chariots, if you get more than ten times the chariot, the first to win will be rewarded, and the flag will be changed. The chariots will be mixed and multiplied, and the soldiers will be good and support them. Therefore, soldiers are more expensive than victory, not long-term. Therefore, he knows that the general of the army, the commander of the life and the people, and the master of the country's safety and danger.

Sun Tzu said: "Whenever you use troops to fight, you need a thousand chariots and a thousand luggage."There are 100,000 armored officers and soldiers, and they have to transport food thousands of miles.Such front and rear expenses, the cost of receiving guests, the purchase of paint materials, and the supply of armor for vehicles cost thousands of gold every day, and then an army of one hundred thousand can be dispatched. If the vigor is dampened, a hard attack on the city will exhaust the combat power, and the army will be out of battle for a long time, and the country will not be able to spend enough.Although there are resourceful people, the consequences cannot be undone. Therefore, I have heard that there are people who are clumsy in using troops and winning, but I have never seen one who is skillful in fighting and protracts the war for a long time. Prolonging the war for a long time is beneficial to the country. Yes, it never happened.Therefore, those who do not fully understand the disadvantages of using troops cannot fully understand the advantages of using troops.

Those who are good at using troops will not recruit troops from within the country again and again, and will not transport food from within the country three times. Weapons are taken from within the country, and food and grass are collected from the enemy's country.In this way, the supply of the army can be sufficient. The country is poor because of the long-distance transportation of troops, the long-distance transportation will make the people poor, and the prices near the places where the troops are stationed will be expensive, and the high prices will make the people's money exhausted. When the financial resources are exhausted, the family property of the people in the Central Plains will be empty. Seven-tenths of the expenses of the people have gone. Shields, hoods, sculls, supplementary mounds and cattle carts, use six-tenths of the opponent.

Therefore, a wise general must obtain food and grass from the enemy's country. One ounce of the enemy's grain is equivalent to 20 of his own; Therefore, if you want the officers and men to kill the enemy bravely, you must anger them; if you want the officers and soldiers to seize the enemy's property, you must reward them. Therefore, in chariot battles, whoever captures more than ten enemy chariots must be rewarded first. People, and put on their own flags, mix them with their own chariots, and treat and use the captives kindly. This is what is called defeating the enemy and making yourself strong.

Therefore, the most important thing in fighting with troops is quick victory, and it should not be delayed for too long. Therefore, a general who knows how to use troops is the master of the fate of the people and the decider of the safety of the country. This article mainly discusses the harm to the country caused by the exhaustion of long-term combat, and puts forward the policy of "speed is more important than long time," and the guiding principles of combat are "the enemy is fed by food" and "the enemy is stronger by defeating the enemy". Seeing this, some readers may ask: But in the history of our Chinese revolution, it is almost impossible to use protracted wars to deal with the enemy, such as the War of Resistance Against Japan, or the repeated battles on the Korean battlefield. Yes, how can this be explained?

the author thinks.The essence of the War Chapter is to discuss the impact of war on the national economy. At the same time, Sun Tzu discussed these issues from the perspective of the dominant aspect of war. The old master is the same. In the War of Resistance Against Japan, it was the Japanese imperialists who launched the war. Therefore, they were the leading parties in the war. As the initiators of the war, they obviously wanted to win the war quickly, and they did not want to fall into the war quagmire of Chairman Mao's China.Therefore, at the beginning of the war, they drove straight in, smashed the city and fell into the ground, eager to fight the Chinese army in a decisive battle in order to end the war as soon as possible. A broad united front was implemented, and thus a gratifying situation in which the whole nation united in the war of resistance emerged.

Based on the Japanese aggressors' eagerness for a quick victory, Mao Zedong published "On Protracted War", stating the principle that the enemy seeks a quick victory while we benefit from a long-lasting one, pointing out a bright prospect for the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan. For another example, on the Korean battlefield, MacArthur was also eager for a quick decision. His landing in Incheon unexpectedly cut off the North Korean people in half; After the Chinese People's Volunteers entered the DPRK, the balance of military power between the two sides has undergone major changes. However, MacArthur did not discover this change in time.Still blindly attacking and advancing aggressively, as a result, our army fought two consecutive battles in one or two battles. Not only Lieutenant General Walker of the US 8th Army was killed, but MacArthur also lost his official position.

After Lieutenant General Li Qiwei took office, he made a detailed analysis of the situation of both sides on the Korean battlefield, according to the characteristics of the difficulties in the transportation of volunteers and the difficulty in replenishing food and ammunition.The countermeasures were changed in time, but our army did not pay attention to the changes in the strength and weakness of the enemy and us in the face of the victories of the two battles. Without making up for it, and the number of soldiers was not sufficient, the fourth campaign was launched hastily. Although victory was in sight, it paid a heavy price.

This example shows that the dominant side of the war should strive for a quick conclusion of the war, while the passive side of the war should break the enemy's expectations, frustrate the enemy's strong momentum, and strive to prolong the war process so as to wear down the enemy in the long-term war consumption. Tirana, late at night, October 27, 1940. This is a luxuriously decorated ballroom, the dancers have all yawned and left, the frantic ball has long since ended, and the starry lights in the ballroom have stopped turning. But the hall was still brightly lit. A large group of Italian military officers were sitting around a long table covered with a white tablecloth, drinking French wine while waiting for the midnight to arrive. Major General Girotti raised his wine bosom and said triumphantly: "A few months ago, our close German ally defeated the French with only one charge and made them bow their heads like lions. Now, it's our turn We've come to make history, and in a few moments we'll be making our great march here..." Girotti raised her arm high and waved it arrogantly: "The target, straight ahead, Athens. Steps. Take a walk! Haha! The next ball, we will gather in the banquet hall of the George V Hotel in Athens..." The officers happily raised their wine bosoms. "For a walk in Athens, do yourself a favor!" Dozens of tall glasses clinked together. France is the world's number one military power.However, with the help of the powerful British Legion, they were still vulnerable. Less than 3 months after the war, they humiliatedly signed an alliance under the city in the forest of Compiègne. In the German Ironclad Corps, there is also an Italian army division. Therefore, they are of course the winners. Since the world's number one enemy is so vulnerable, a small Greece can stop the tiger and wolf division. Offensive? Therefore, they considered the invasion of Greece to be nothing more than a leisurely stroll. Night, no moon, no stars, you can't see your fingers. After the clock struck zero, the officers drove drunkenly to the airport. A group of beautiful girls saw off at the airport with flowers in their hands, and they frequently blew charming kisses to the officers, making those valiant warriors swaying with love and fascinated. The plane took off and gradually disappeared into the night sky in the southeast. The face of the Italian girl was indifferent, and the red lips of the fiery Greek girl were waiting for him. On the plane, quite a few young officers were thinking this way. At 5:25 in the morning on the 28th, the Italian Army crossed the Albanian-Greek border and quickly advanced towards Athens.The entire campaign was commanded by Lieutenant General San Rascati, the supreme commander of Italy stationed in Tirana, in accordance with the plan predetermined by Mussolini and then Foreign Minister Ziano.Its overall deployment is: the five mixed divisions participating in the main attack, the Giulia Division attacks from the center, and the troops arranged in sequence are the Fira Division, the Centamaro Division, and the Sienna Division. Attacking at the intersection of Bakki Highway, it is approaching Athens, the capital of Greece, on Shangliangshan. Prime Minister's Office in Athens, Greece. A conference is taking place here to decide the fate of Greece. The atmosphere at the venue was solemn and solemn. The generals of the army, navy and air force under the command of the General Staff Headquarters are in strict uniform and their stars are shining. With their heads held high, they are listening to the speech of the prime minister, General Metasaqi. "... Now, it is a critical moment of human existence. Some countries have gone crazy and completely lost their minds. They want to rule the world with bayonets and cannons, fire and blood, and play with the fate of the entire human race in their own hands. They beat France, they beat Poland, they beat Belgium, Luxembourg, and Norway in the palm of their hands, so they think Greece is just a piece of fat, a piece of fat that doesn't have to be chewed at all, and they think that the integrity of the occupied territories depends on us A country that survives doesn't take much effort at all, just a pleasant walk... They are wrong, we Greeks are not easy to bully, come on, from today every inch of Greece is an unyielding fortress, we will fight with The Italians fight to the death..." Faced with Italy's strong military strength and surprise attack tactics, the Greek army adopted a strategy of luring the enemy deep. They laid ambushes everywhere on the road leading to Athens, dug wells step by step, and turned every inch of land occupied by Italy into theirs. grave. A big battle kicked off. The initial Italian offensive went according to plan, with the Parma division holding on to Korica along the line from Leskewijk to Yugoslavia.The five divisions in front of Epiro quickly advanced towards the designated target, led by the Giulia Division, consisting of the 8th and 9th.The Alps are overgrown with weeds and desolate, and the dense fog obscures the sun, making the battlefield look particularly eerie. Who but ghosts would come here for a walk. The mountain troops of the Giulia Division commanded by General Girotti only brought 5 days of rations and 4 days of livestock feed for the leisurely "walk". The order received was; penetrate in depth, don't take into account the rear and two wings. Now, they were rushing all the way, and they had come to the slopes of Smolley Hill. The 8th Regiment was on the left, and the 9th Regiment was on the right. Small groups of scouts moved in front of both of them. On the morning of September 28, the Greek People's Army withdrew after only a short resistance near the border, which made the Italian army more courageous. They thought that Greece was really like what the leader said, "You will not seriously resist, Before the Roman army, they will only beg for mercy and life..." At around 5 p.m., after a burst of lightning and thunder, it rained heavily. After night fell on the 29th, the vanguard of the Italian army arrived at the bank of the Sharanda Polas River. The torrential rain was still pouring down, the river surged suddenly, overflowed the embankment, and the turbulent current poured down with branches and weeds, and the hillside was washed bare, making it impossible to climb. This kind of "walking" began to be a bit unappetizing. The Romans did not change their original intentions, and continued to push forward with difficulty and slowly under the heavy rain and through the mud. On October 1, the 8th Regiment arrived at Furka, the hinterland of the Pindus Mountains. The food they carried was almost exhausted. They wanted to get some supplies locally, but the Greeks hid everything, and they could not find anything. did not receive. At dawn the next day, they had just entered a village called Samarina. Unexpectedly, the Greek People's Army, which had been ambushing here early, suddenly opened fire. Like locusts falling on the heads of the Italian army under heavy rain, the exhausted Italian army suffered heavy losses and could only fight a trapped beast. In the early morning of November 3, the three battalions of the Italian 8th Regiment entered the Briazza Valley, and were once again bombarded and strafed by mortars and machine guns from the Greek People's Army. They kept looking up at the sky, eagerly hoping that the planes would come to reinforce them. However, from the day they marched, they didn't even see a single plane, which made the Italian army's morale even lower. At the same time, the 9th Army reached the banks of the Vousa River. The wide and swift river roared in the rain, the temporary bridge was washed away by the flood, and the opposite bank continued to shoot dense rain of bullets. The Italian army was helpless and was in a passive position. situation. After a day of stalemate fighting, the Greek People's Army took advantage of the favorable terrain to start pressing and encircling. On the afternoon of November 3, between Leskovic and the border with Yugoslavia, the Greek People's Army A horrific large-scale counterattack began. They first attacked the Parma Division. The fierce artillery fire forced the elite Italian troops to retreat step by step. In the center, the Giulia Division was already in a helpless situation.Between Pindus Mountain and the coast, the heroic Greek People's Army fought desperately with the Ferrara Division and the Sienna Division. The Italian Coastal Forces reached Calama and were met by the well-prepared Greek soldiers and civilians. Whack. In these main directions of attack, the Italian army was not only unable to move an inch, but suffered heavy casualties in the counterattack, and was divided and surrounded, and was in a precarious situation. At this point in the field, General Prascati's "walking" taste was gone. In his distress telegram to the base camp, he uttered chilling sighs. "Dear Leader: "Things didn't go as we expected, we didn't occupy Corfu on time, the backup troops didn't arrive, the planes didn't cooperate in time, and what's worse, the Greeks didn't surrender at all, they didn't have the slightest intention to surrender Meaning, but to point the cannons and guns at us mercilessly..." On the evening of November 5th, the Giulia Division barely reached Visha. Although their division had not yet confronted the Greek army, the number of non-combat casualties had reached 700, most of whom were unwilling to "walk" in the rain because of the bad weather. And deserted. The Julian Division's connection with the rear has been cut off, and they have no supplies and ammunition at all. They are exhausted, their morale is low, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced. In the middle of the night, the Greek People's Army set up their nets to catch fish and launched a large-scale counterattack against the trapped beast. He charged down from the high ground, took advantage of the starlight and the terrain, and smashed the Italian camp to pieces. , the Italian army fled in embarrassment, and gathered in Briazza, where the division command post was located. Girotti adjusted the troop organization in time, resisted the bacteria on the spot, and launched a cruel battle with the People's Army, but the Italian army's ammunition was very low. It was almost all gone, and the People's Army rushed up fearlessly, and the two sides launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat. I saw that the valley was filled with gunpowder smoke, the flames were shining, and the corpses of the Italian army were scattered all over the field, and there were many abandoned corpses. Girotti had no choice but to The order to retreat was issued, and with the remaining remnants, they retreated 50 kilometers in a desperate manner before they escaped the pursuit of the People's Army. In the early morning of the 6th, the entire front of the Italian army from Yugoslavia to the sea was retreating steadily. Although reinforcements were transferred from the Italian mainland, the front troops had no fighting spirit, and the follow-up troops were slow to move. In addition, the military orders were not unified and the command was chaotic. The Modena Division, which received a reinforcement order on the 9th, was in a hurry and organized its troops in a patchwork manner. It did not reach Bari until the 18th, and it did not start landing on the 23rd. It drove into the front line in a mess. The preparations and orders were urgent, and the division headquarters were in a state of panic. Only when they arrived at the front line did they find that many soldiers had no weapons and no combat capabilities. In addition, the unlucky winter came prematurely, which added to their difficulties. At the end of November, heavy snow fell and the temperature dropped sharply. Tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Italian army were suffering from hunger and cold. Beyond the border, infantry, cavalry, mountain guards, and special forces cursed the rain, snow, and muddy roads.In particular, they complained the most about the war planned by Mussolini that no one wanted to fight. The commanders had long lost the interest in "walking". Zia made a promise on the head. In the bitter cold wind, the Italian soldiers wore thin military uniforms, held cold submachine guns, and suppressed their hunger. The flying clods, branches, and gravel also carried the fresh flesh of their companions. Every time after a war, when they buried the same corpses, they cried bitterly. They eagerly hoped to return to their hometown, and the war weariness keep rising. On March 12, 1941, Mussolini personally took a helicopter to inspect the front line. When he saw the fierce shelling of the forward positions, he was surprised by the fighting spirit of the Greeks. Putting on a calm look, he shook his big head, rubbed his hands habitually, and said in a pretentious manner: "Although we have not won, does it mean that we will be frustrated?" In private, Mussolini admitted that it was not a pleasant "walk" but a journey through hell, with troops stuck in the front trenches for months and months, no troops changing, equipment depleted, soldiers covered in bruises. Dirt and lice, they are like a group of foreign ghosts, abandoned in the wilderness... In World War II, among the three countries of the "Iron Alliance" formed by the fascists, it should be said that Italy had the least destructive power. This is because they chose the wrong target at the beginning of the war and greatly underestimated the opponent. In combat, due to mistakes in the direction of attack, combat organization, etc., he fell into a difficult situation where he couldn't bear to stop and couldn't stop, and fell into the quagmire of a long-term war. "Soldiers are more expensive than victory, not long," this famous war saying has become the first principle for all military strategists and politicians when deciding whether to wage war. August 22, 1942, East Prussia, Wolf's Lair. A burst of beautiful dance music stopped slowly, and then there was a burst of crackling applause in the room. The daily routine concert was over, and a military officer filed out of the large room and returned to their respective posts. Although the war has entered the most intense and cruel stage, according to Hitler's order, the daily music appreciation in the German base camp is still preserved.Although the senior staff of the General Conspiracy Department will be interested in Strauss, Schubert may not have much interest. Hitler had just returned to his reading room when Zeitzler, Chief of Staff of the Army, walked in and put a piece of information in front of him, "Your Excellency, this is a piece of information from the United States. Brazil is preparing to form an expeditionary force. Europe has come to fight us, and it is reported that there are several countries like Brazil in South America..." Hitler took the telegram, glanced at it hastily, then threw the telegram aside, smiled contemptuously, and said: "My chief of staff, in the long history of mankind, have you ever heard of any Brazilians participating in wars? " Zeitzler straightened his back and replied, "No." That's why Brazil is an uncivilized country. There are many primitive rainforests there. I heard that there are all kinds of poisonous snakes growing in the rainforest... At this point, Hitler paused and said with a mischievous smile: "If the Brazilian army can go to Europe to fight, unless the poisonous snakes in Brazil start smoking pipes." Hitler was very disgusted with smoking. Since he quit smoking in middle school, he has never smoked again. Unfortunately, when he attacked the East, he was stubbornly resisted by the Russians. Now his most troublesome enemy is the one who never leaves his pipe Stalin, known as the leader of communism. When the news reached Brazil, it immediately caused an uproar in the military and political circles. General Mascarenas once again called US President Roosevelt, requesting the US to ship Brazil's troops to Europe and join the first battle in the anti-fascist war. Go to the line combat troops. After the United States promised, by the middle of 1944, the preparations were generally in place. At 6:30 pm on July 2, 5,000 Brazilian officers and soldiers, as the first echelon, officially set off from Rio de Janeiro on board the American "General Mann" warship. 5,000 Brazilian officers and soldiers were full of desire to join the war, eager to go to the other side of the ocean and compete with the invincible German fascists. On the armbands they wore, there was a strange pattern. Under the word Brazil, a smoking fighting cobra. Outsiders will only feel strange when they see this pattern, but every officer and soldier of this expeditionary force knows that this is the mockery of the Brazilians by the German devil. Knowing the shame and then being brave, Brazil's agent engraved this ridicule on his armband to encourage himself to fight the enemy bravely and not be afraid of sacrifice. Sure enough, as soon as the Brazilian "Cobra" set foot on European land, a South American tornado blew up, and the city was overwhelmed, invincible. The port of Naples in the south, here, since the Allied forces landed in Sicily in July 1943, the progress of the war has been very slow. Because the German army took advantage of the favorable terrain in central Italy to fight against the bacteria, a long-term stalemate between the two armies was formed. The Brazilian expedition After the army arrived on the battlefield, it happened that the Allied forces were about to launch a new offensive, so they quickly put into busy pre-war preparations. In August, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force was formally incorporated into the 5th U.S. Army. Soon, it went to the front with the 4th U.S. Army to attack the German "Gothic Line of Defense." After the battle began, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force immediately showed their courage and courage. They cooperated with the 4th U.S. Army, conquered key points and captured passes, captured cities and plundered land along the way, becoming an omnipotent and ever-victorious general. But when the troops advanced to the front of Monte Castello, the situation changed. Mount Castello is located about 50 kilometers west of the due north of Frosa, with a height of 987 meters. The terrain is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, the German army is equipped with elite troops to defend here, so it has become a bottleneck. bones. After the Allied forces broke through the "Gothic Line of Defense", the U.S. 5th Army marched northward, pointing its head towards Bologna, intending to capture it in one fell swoop before Christmas, so as to serve as the base for the Allied forces to overwinter and capture Castel. Luoshan cut in from the left, and then formed a roundabout outflank of Bologna from west to east. When the Allied forces approached the foot of Mount Castello, a German grenadier division was stationed on the mountain. They used the commanding heights and favorable terrain they controlled to carefully arrange a criss-crossing firepower network to block the advance of the Allied forces. footsteps. The fortified battle of Mount Castello was carried out 5 times, of which the US 4th Army served as the main attack for the first two times, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force served as an assist, and the last three were attacked by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force alone. On November 24, the Allied Forces attacked Castel Luoshan launched the first offensive, but retreated because it could not withstand the fierce German firepower. However, during the retreat, the U.S. 4th Army, the main organizer of the attack, did not notify the Brazilian friendly army in advance, and fled in a hurry. As a result, the Pakistani flank was attacked by the Germans and suffered heavy casualties.At 8 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the Allied forces launched a fierce offensive again, but they still did not gain the upper hand. After a whole day of tug-of-war, the two sides still ended in the defeat of the Allied forces. The two defeats not only cast a shadow over the battle to attack Mount Castello, but also caused discord between the two armies of Pakistan and the United States. On November 26, at the Allied Military Conference, the U.S. Fourth Army shifted the responsibility for the defeat of the battle to the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. Mascarenas was furious and resolutely demanded to leave the command of the U.S. Fourth Army.Take on the task of attacking Monte Castello alone. Mei Shouzui, who had lost both battles, thought it was difficult to ride a tiger, but now she just pushed the boat along the way and threw this difficult bone in front of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force. After the Brazilian Expeditionary Force began to fight independently, they readjusted their deployment and launched two consecutive attacks on November 29 and December 12. Unfortunately, they failed. Brazilian attack. However, these two battles have already played out the prestige, causing a lot of damage to the German army on the ground, and a captured German officer said with emotion: "You Brazilians are indeed very brave. I have never seen soldiers from any country do this. It is unimaginable to rush so directly towards machine guns and impenetrable positions at such risk of death. …” After a winter of recharging their energy, in February 1945, the Allied forces resumed their military operations. Thousands of troops were divided into two groups, and began to clamp down on the main force of the German army located in the southeast of the Lombard Plain and at the foot of the Apennines. Encirclement, in order to cut off the enemy's retreat before the launch of the future general offensive. The US 5th Army is one of the Left Army.They planned to attack from the line of Mount Castello and rush northward to both sides of Bologna, so that the nail of Mount Castello could be pulled out. On February 21, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force was ordered to attack Monte Castello again. This was a battle that opened the door to victory for the US 5th Army. The reputation of the army, so the Brazilians devoted all their strength to this battle. This time, General Mascareas learned the lessons of the last two times. He did not send troops to confront the Germans head-on, but sent a small group of troops to attack the German flanks.After succeeding, at 4:20 in the afternoon, the frontal attack on the field was launched.After one and a half hours of fierce fighting, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force finally defeated the stubborn enemy and planted the banner of victory on the top of Mount Castello. After this battle, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, like a dragon returning to the sea, entered the forest with fierce tigers, showing great power, and successively conquered military fortresses such as Castelnuovo, Monteser, Zocca, Colecchio and Fornovo. , By the end of the fighting on the southern front in May 1945, more than 20,000 German and Italian officers and soldiers had been captured, and more than 50,000 enemies had been killed. During World War II, Brazil was the only Latin American country that sent ground troops to the European battlefield.Its expeditionary force known as the "Cobra" lived up to expectations, made illustrious military exploits, and won honor for Brazil. To this day, it still becomes the pride of Brazilians. Sun Tzu pointed out in "Battle Chapter": Therefore, those who kill the enemy will be angry, and those who take advantage of the enemy will be credited. The ridicule of the Brazilians angered the Brazilians, which became a powerful motivation for them to insist on sending troops. After arriving at the front line, they wore armbands embroidered with "Cobra Smoking Pipe", thinking of national humiliation and military exploits at any time. The military exploits and the glory of the Brazilian Expeditionary Army once again proved the principles of warfare expounded by Sun Tzu: knowing the shame and then being brave, the mourning army will win. If Hitler knew that one of his ridicules had created an army that could kill himself, Maybe he didn't dare to be so presumptuous in the first place.