At this time, it is very simple to trade with Mao Xiong for t26.
First of all, it's because the T26 is basically obsolete for Mao Xiong... This kind of light tank has no effect at all on the battlefield against Hans.
Secondly, Mao Xiong is in urgent need of the Eighth Route Army's "High Fire" and
The leader said happily: "That's no problem! Although our army doesn't have many shoulder straps, if we collect all the captured shoulder straps from the entire army, we can also find a way to get a batch of them from the Japanese to equip two thousand people."
The troops shouldn’t be a problem!”
Wang Xuexin said nothing, neither agreeing nor objecting.
Seeing Wang Xuexin's strange expression, the chief asked in confusion: "What? Do you have other ideas?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "Chief, using shoulder straps to form mechanized troops is indeed faster, but it has two fatal shortcomings: First, the defense is too poor, almost exposed to enemy firepower. Once ambushed by the enemy, there will be a large number of troops.
Casualties. The second is that the load capacity is too small, that is, not much ammunition and supplies can be carried. This does not seem to be a big problem for the devils, because the devils can use transport aircraft to solve the problem, and our army has no transport aircraft and no airdrop technology...
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Then the chief understood.
Establishing a mechanized force is not as easy as imagined. Tanks and shoulder straps can be set up.
You must know that tanks and shoulder straps both burn oil, and troops also consume bullets and artillery shells in battle. How to solve the supply problem when they are sent out to fight? Are there still dozens of cars carrying oil and ammunition?
If there is another problem if we follow the car: what can we do if the car can't go where the tank and the shoulder bag can go? Will the troops be unable to move forward?
The commander asked Wang Xuexin in confusion: "But Comrade Wang Xuexin, our army has nothing but shoulder straps!"
Wang Xuexin said: "Chief, when I was trading with Mao Xiong before, I heard them talk about something called a 'half-track vehicle'. I think using this kind of vehicle instead of a shoulder strap will be much better than a shoulder strap!"
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"Half-track?" The chief and the cadres in the conference room were all confused, including the chief of staff who had studied at Mao Xiong.
Because the half-track vehicle was still a relatively unpopular and emerging piece of equipment at this time, most people only focused on aircraft and tanks, but not on this kind of thing used to transport troops.
Wang Xuexin explained: "A half-track vehicle is something like this. It is a bit like a car, with wheels at the front and tracks at the rear. This makes it have the advantages of a car and a tank, and can be used as a car on the road.
It can run and has strong cross-country ability to cross complex terrain!”
"What's the difference between it and a shoulder bag?" the chief of staff asked: "If it's just a car, wouldn't it be equally defenseless?"
"No, Chief of Staff!" Wang Xuexin explained: "This half-track vehicle will strengthen armor protection on the front and both sides to protect soldiers. In addition, because it has a large space and a large load capacity, it can carry more
supplies!”
There is no need to explain much next. Compared with the Japanese's shoulder strap, the advantage is quite obvious.
It is conceivable that if the Japanese's mechanized troops using shoulder straps collided with the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops using half-tracks... Not to mention the firepower gap between the 95 light combat and the T26, just the half-track vehicles would be absolutely devastating to the Japanese.
Crush.
The cadres in the conference room were all veterans who had come from the battlefield. When they heard Wang Xuexin's words, they immediately understood its benefits.
The chief of staff asked in confusion: "Mao Xiong has this thing, how come I've never heard of it before?"
Wang Xuexin said: "It should be new equipment!"
This is indeed new equipment for Mao Xiong. It is the nati42 half-track vehicle developed by Mao Xiong in 1941 based on the Geese 52 car.
The reason why it is called a "half-track car" rather than a "half-track car" is because the bear is simply a thing that combines the tracks of a car and a tank. This thing is so ugly that it is impossible to see it.
It just doesn't look the same, and its performance is not satisfactory... This is because there is no special engine developed, and the off-road speed is only 8-20 kilometers per hour.
What is the concept of a speed of 8-20 kilometers per hour? An ordinary runner can run a speed of 10 kilometers per hour with a little training.
But half-tracks are better than nothing.
Wang Xuexin considered that the Eighth Route Army was fighting on its home field, so roads would be used more often... because the highlands on both sides of the road were garrisoned by the Eighth Route Army, and mines would not block his road.
Maoxiong's half-track vehicle can run at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour on the road, and it is not immobile like a car when off-road. This can basically meet the needs of the Eighth Route Army in establishing a mechanized force.
In addition, the speed of T26 is not fast: the top speed is 30 kilometers per hour, and the off-road speed is 20 kilometers per hour.
This speed basically matched that of a half-track car, so Wang Xuexin decided to use it.
In fact, Wang Xuexin also considered Yingjiang's half-track vehicle.
Yingjiang's M2 half-track vehicle is more mature and faster, and can reach a cross-country speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
The question is, is Yingjiang’s equipment really suitable for the Eighth Route Army?
If the Eighth Route Army wants to consider building its own industry in the future...for example, the aviation industry comes from Mao Xiong, can the automobile industry come from Eagle Sauce?
It may not be a problem for the automobile industry to import from Eagle Sauce, as each country can learn some technologies and then integrate them.
The question is... once the Anti-Japanese War ends, Yingjiang is destined to fall out with the Eighth Route Army. Will it be able to support the Eighth Route Army in upgrading its own industry?
If not, does that mean that the industrial foundation that the Eighth Route Army has worked so hard to build will be completely nullified by the time it falls out with Yingjiang?
Considering this, Wang Xuexin finally decided to cooperate with Mao Xiong instead of Yingjiang.
The chief thought for a moment and then asked: "Is there no problem with the transaction with Mao Xiong? Are they willing to sell this half-track car?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "There shouldn't be a problem. We can trade 'High Fire' and
There is nothing wrong with Wang Xuexin’s thinking.
Because for Mao Xiong at this time, "Pull 5" is something that can compete for air supremacy. The earlier, the faster, and the more it is put into the battlefield, the better.
And the half-track car...
Although its production increased during the war, because its performance was not up to standard, Mao Xiong would rather use the half-track vehicle donated by Eagle Sauce.
If they could be used to trade part of "La 5" with the Eighth Route Army, Wang Xuexin believed that Mao Xiong would not even frown.