Li Yunlonghu was confused by Wang Xuexin's statement. Even the bullets representing the Japanese tanks he held in his hand had not yet been fired. As a result, several rocket launcher shooters fired at him unknowingly.
Li Yunlong was still a little unconvinced. He replied: "I'm talking about Xiaodongbei, what if this is in an open area? Tanks can see half-tracks from far away, what else can you do?"
This is the most favorable terrain for tanks.
The tank's artillery can hit the half-track car, but the half-track car's machine gun cannot threaten the tank.
Wang Xuexin replied: "Commander, if this is an open area, we can escape even if we can't afford it. Tanks are not as fast as our half-tracks, so we can't catch up no matter what."
"Then..." Li Yunlong said, "What if we have to fight?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "If we must fight..."
Wang Xuexin said while pushing the bullet: "Commander, our regiment has about two hundred half-track vehicles. How many tanks can the Japanese have?"
Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I can't say for sure, but in a battle, there can be more than a dozen of them!"
"Even if there are more than a dozen!" Wang Xuexin replied: "The range of the Japanese cannon is only a few hundred meters, which is only one minute for a half-track vehicle. How many shots can the Japanese tank fire in one minute? How many shots can these guns fire?
How many shells can hit? If the enemy misses..."
Hearing this, Li Yunlong laughed "hehe": "If it misses, it will become a close combat again!"
Wang Xuexin nodded and said: "That's what it means!"
Then Wang Xuexin added: "It may not be that interesting for us to fight, because the Japanese also have mountain artillery, mortars, grenade launchers and the like. These things can pose a threat to our half-tracks!"
But, if we can install the rocket launcher on the half-track car..."
Li Yunlong's eyes immediately lit up. He was stunned for a while before nodding his head again and again: "Yes, yes, that's right! We also need artillery support! We must have a few of these things!"
This tactic is actually a bit like using half-track vehicles and rocket launchers to fight guerrillas.
In fact, let alone using this tactic against tanks from World War II, there is still a market for this tactic even in modern times.
There are examples in African countries of using pickup trucks, rocket launchers, and Ak47s to overwhelm opponents' tank units.
The reason is that tanks have slow reaction speed and slow fire rate, while pickup trucks can drive very fast in the desert, and tanks cannot aim or effectively destroy pickup trucks.
The result is that the pickup trucks use their guns and cannons to defeat the enemy's infantry. Once the tanks lose the cover of the infantry, only one tank after another will be blown up by the pickup trucks.
This tactic was used by Wang Xuexin at this time.
It’s not that Wang Xuexin doesn’t want to equip tanks.
In fact, it is possible to equip tanks, as long as you buy a batch of tanks when trading with Mao Xiong.
But the problem is...
Will integrating tank troops into half-track vehicle troops slow down the march of the troops?
In addition, the lifespan of Mao Xiong's tanks, especially the T34, is only a few dozen hours, while Wang Xuexin wants to fight deep into the enemy's hinterland for a long time. Does that mean that the T34 tank can only fight for a few days and then be scrapped?
Because of this consideration, Wang Xuexin gave up joining the tank.
but……
Wang Xuexin was still cautious in this regard. He said to Li Yunlong: "Commander, should we also have some tank soldiers to follow?"
Li Yunlong said with surprise and joy: "Does this mean there are still tanks?"
Wang Xuexin shook his head and replied: "Maybe we can capture some Japanese tanks along the way. If we don't bring tank troops, we will suffer a lot!"
"That's right!" Li Yunlong became excited when he heard it: "It must be brought, and it must be an organic one, and it is best to be familiar with driving a Japanese tank!"
This is not a difficult problem for the Independent Regiment at all, because the Independent Regiment had already formed a tank unit when it was in Yuncheng.
Although the independent regiment has been transferred to Daqingshan without tanks, it has basically brought all the tank troops.
I say "basic" here because when the tank force was first formed, it adopted the two command systems commonly used by the Eighth Route Army... Objectively speaking, this should be a common practice of Mao Xiong. Mao Xiong can quickly form another unit using this method.
To put it simply, when the troops are fighting in peacetime, whether they are battalion commanders, company commanders, or platoon leaders, they all have an extra set of command systems. When the main battle units are fighting, the extra set of command systems are learned, simulated, and summarized.
If you fight again and again, both systems of command will be at war.
One day, this multi-organized command system will be able to form another tank unit as long as some veterans are brought over and new recruits are added.
In this way, the army can be divided into two, and two into four, and can be continuously expanded without losing its combat effectiveness. There is basically no need for intermediate training and learning processes.
There are still more than 100 tanks brought by the independent regiment. They originally hoped to form another tank unit, but now that the military situation is urgent, it is basically too late. I thought this unit would be wasted... In fact, it cannot be wasted.
During this period, tank troops were a great asset to the Eighth Route Army, and they could not be used as ordinary infantry or mechanized infantry on the battlefield.
The headquarters plans to keep these tank troops in Daqingshan for future emergencies.
But now, after Wang Xuexin planned to hand over the Japanese tanks from the Japanese, they obviously had something to do.
After explaining this, Wang Xuexin returned to Liyuan Airport with confidence.
Li Yunlong is solely responsible for matters in Daqingshan. He will formulate targeted training subjects based on the issues mentioned by Wang Xuexin, and then organize a new regiment and a new regiment to train together.
Wang Xuexin just hopes that the new half-track vehicles can be shipped out of the factory and equipped with troops as soon as possible. Even if a few vehicles are equipped first, at least the soldiers will know what kind of vehicles they are riding in and using.
Otherwise, if you don’t even know what kind of car it is and you don’t know all aspects of its performance, you’ll always have no basis for training.
However, the problem was resolved after a week.
Alexei handed over the first batch of thirty half-track vehicles modified from Japanese vehicles to the troops.
Wang Xuexin was not biased. Each of the three regiments had ten vehicles and let them practice first.
Wang Xuexin welcomed a special guest on this day.
"Comrade leader!" Sun Erwei walked into Wang Xuexin's office calmly. He patted the snowflakes on his body, looked at the shabby environment around him, and said, "The place where you live is getting worse and worse, isn't it?"
Wang Xuexin had long known that Sun Erwei would come.
Because it is impossible for Yingjiang to let go of a rifle like AK47.