The first thing that was put on the agenda was road maintenance.
This is not considered "difficult" at all for the Eighth Route Army, because all the way from Yuncheng to the north along the Luliang Mountains to the Daqingshan base area is the Eighth Route Army's control area. There are people, troops and guerrillas along the road. As long as you give an order, it will soon be over.
Hundreds of thousands of people were mobilized.
Moreover, the road construction for these hundreds of thousands of people was carried out at the same time... The headquarters had assigned which section of the road a certain brigade was responsible for and a certain village was responsible for which section, and a section of the road about 500 kilometers long was quickly allocated.
To be precise, it cannot be said to be "road building", because there are already roads in some places, but the width of the road is different and it is not smooth enough. In many places, it is a small road that only allows people and horses to pass.
The standard for this road construction is that it must be able to accommodate at least one car.
Because it is conceivable that if Wang Xuexin's idea is to shift the focus of the battle to the north, the first thing to do is to transport the resources in the Yuncheng area, especially ammunition, to the north.
Transportation can be said to be the flaw of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese can have trains, freighters, and airplanes for transportation. The Eighth Route Army can only use manpower, donkeys, horses, or at most cars. This efficiency is not at the same level.
The amount of ammunition transported also determines how large a force the north can support and even how large a battle it can fight.
Someone also considered this issue at the meeting, and someone suggested: "Why don't we just locate the military factory in the north?"
Then the problem arises... The copper mines used to produce bullets are only found in Yuncheng. Even if the factory is located in the north, copper and iron still have to be transported hundreds of kilometers north.
If we pay attention to transportation efficiency and cost, we must build railways.
But at this time, the Eighth Route Army did not have so much money to build the railway, and secondly, it only had limited air control. The railway was built with so much hard work but was bombed by the Japanese within a few seconds, so it was better not to build it.
Therefore, this matter can only be left alone for now. For now, roads are still suitable for the Eighth Route Army.
The transaction with Mao Xiong was as smooth as Wang Xuexin had guessed.
As soon as Lemonokov heard that Wang Xuexin said that he needed T26 and half-track vehicles, he agreed without saying a word.
Both of these vehicles are not used by fur bears. Driving them on the battlefield is almost a recipe for death. Among them, half-track vehicles can only be used in winter by fur bears. In other seasons, they are basically kept in warehouses for rats to chew on...
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The geographical environment of Mao Xiong is quite special. It is very cold in winter and full of ice and snow. Half-track vehicles are needed to transport equipment and ammunition.
But when the ice and snow melt in spring, there are swamps everywhere. The half-track car itself is too heavy and too slow, so its practicality is far less than that of a car.
On the other hand, Mao Xiong's mobile troops still make extensive use of cavalry, an obsolete unit.
This is also determined by the special climatic conditions and own circumstances of the woolly bear.
In swamps and snow-covered terrain, mechanized troops are often not as fast as cavalry.
Therefore, in the modern movie "The Defense of Moscow", there is a scene of a bear using cavalry to launch a counterattack, which is a reflection of the real battlefield.
On the contrary, tanks and cars... were often frozen and unable to start in winter, or they were unable to start due to lack of fuel. Hans's mechanized troops had suffered enough in this regard.
In fact, what's more important is that Mao Xiong's tactical thinking is backward and he didn't expect to develop in the direction of mechanized troops... Mao Xiong's use of tanks is dispersed to the infantry as equipment to assist the infantry in attacking, instead of using tanks like Hans.
Armored vehicles and half-track vehicles are used intensively to form a mechanized force with strong offensive power and fast speed.
Due to various reasons, Mao Xiong did not attach great importance to the development of half-track vehicles. Wang Xuexin wanted to do it, so he immediately transported a hundred vehicles and even repair parts and a group of maintenance personnel to China by train.
On the contrary, it was "Pull 5", and Mao Xiong was a little reluctant to give up, and made excuses to delay from time to time.
Later, Wang Xuexin learned that this was actually because Mao Xiong's counterattack on the front line was not going well. Moscow realized that the war situation was urgent and therefore hesitated.
This is what Lemonokov said to Wang Xuexin.
"Comrade Wang Xuexin!" When Lemonokov handed Wang Xuexin the list of "Pull 5", he said: "Due to changes in the domestic war situation, the Supreme Deputy Commander hopes to deliver the 'Pull 5' later, or we can simply use T26
Or a half-track car instead, or even a production line, what do you think?"
This was a good calculation.
T26 and half-track vehicles and their production lines may be very advanced things for the Eighth Route Army, but internationally these things have either been eliminated or are too backward. The reason why the Eighth Route Army chose them is because "something is better than nothing".
, how could we give up the advanced and practical fighter "La 5" for this reason?
Wang Xuexin replied: "Comrade Lemonokov, if this is the case, we change the 'high fire' and x1 to rocket launchers and rocket launchers. What do you think?"
"No, no..." Lemonokov quickly replied: "Let's stick to the originally agreed deal terms!"
Just kidding, what Mao Xiong wants is the technology of "High Fire" and X1 and seeks to imitate it. Now it is replaced by rocket launchers and rocket launchers...
Wang Xuexin also saw Mao Xiong's careful thinking, so as long as "La 5" did not deliver for a day, "Gao Huo" and "X1" would not be released, even if the T26 and half-track vehicles arrived.
The first to arrive was the half-track car.
When Wang Xuexin saw it for the first time, he almost cried because of its appearance. This thing is not only a combination of car and tank tracks; it is also a combination of car and track.
Half-track vehicles from other countries are said to be a combination of cars and tracks, and some necessary improvements can be made to their appearance to increase their practicality and defense.
But the Mao Xiong half-track car...it just puts the car and the tracks together, that is, the wheels on the back half of the car are changed into tracks. The other parts are basically unchanged, just like a four-dimensional car.
Along with this batch of half-track vehicles was a bear second lieutenant named Alexei with a mustache. He was both an instructor and a maintainer... From this, we can also see how short of personnel the bear was at this time. They
I wish I could use one person as two persons.
As soon as Alexey saw Wang Xuexin, he asked strangely: "Comrade Battalion Commander, with all due respect, what do you do with this kind of vehicle? Is it snowing here? Is there a thick layer of snow? There are a lot of supplies that need to be transported.
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In Alexey's mind, the role of this kind of vehicle is limited to transporting supplies on thick snow.
Use it in combat...
Just kidding, rifle bullets can penetrate the cockpit glass and kill the driver at any time.