After jumping off the tank, the Eagle Sauce tank soldiers lined up in front of their respective tanks.
Wang Xuexin scanned it with a flashlight and found that there were fewer people... Each tank should be driven by five people, and each tank that Yingjiang came this time only had two people, which means that there were thirty tanks. The consultants sent by Yingjiang and
There are only sixty instructors.
Sun Erwei beside him explained: "Wang, as you know, we are also short of tank troops. The North African battlefield has entered the counterattack stage. We can only try to save personnel as much as possible!"
Wang Xuexin said "oh".
Wang Xuexin knew this.
In fact, the North African battlefield did not enter the "counteroffensive phase", but was about to come to an end, because when the coalition forces of Sun Never Set and Eagle Sauce launched a counteroffensive a few months later, it was the time of Rommel's great defeat.
Poor Rommel, he lost not at the hands of his opponents, but at the hands of his stupid superiors... No one can win a battle that doesn't even have enough tank fuel. Rommel's ability to fight like this is pretty good.
As for the Eagle Sauce, a large number of "Sherman" tanks had been put into the North African battlefield at this time.
Because these tanks are all Yingjiang tanks and they are still new tanks, they naturally need to be operated by Yingjiang tank soldiers.
The result is...
The tank crews that Yingjiang sent to China can only have two people per vehicle. Both of them can drive tanks. They take turns driving on the road.
Sun Erwei continued: "But don't worry, they can still form a tank team, they have been trained in this area!"
Wang Xuexin nodded, he believed in Sun Erwei in this regard.
But when I think about it, I feel that there is no difference. Tank controls in this era are actually similar. You just need to know how to use the equipment and what aspects to pay attention to.
A Captain Yingjiang with a mustache came up from the queue and saluted the two of them.
Sun Erwei introduced to Wang Xuexin: "This is Captain Marcus and the head of the advisory group!"
"Hello, Captain!" Wang Xuexin took the initiative and shook hands with Captain Marcus.
Wang Xuexin originally thought that Marcus, a captain who came from Yingjiang, should be somewhat arrogant. After all, he came from Yingjiang. It was their normal behavior to look down on others with their nostrils turned upward.
However, this time Wang Xuexin guessed wrong.
Marcus seemed a little frightened, and he replied slightly nervously: "Uh, Comrade Leader! I'm very sorry that I don't speak Chinese. You know, we originally went to Mao Xiong, so I can only speak Russian!"
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"It doesn't matter!" Wang Xuexin raised his head at the tank next to him and joked: "What I need is your tank, not that you can speak Chinese!"
Marcus laughed and glanced secretly at the Eighth Route Army soldiers standing around.
Later, Wang Xuexin learned that the reason why Marcus behaved like this was because he had no confidence in himself and his tank.
As mentioned before, the North African battlefield is preparing for a counter-offensive, so all the skilled tank soldiers of Eagle Sauce have been sent to North Africa. Most of the tank soldiers sent to Mao Xiong with this batch of tanks are novices, and each of them is undergoing training.
It was sent out in more than a month... Yingjiang thinks that the advisory team for Mao Xiong does not need to be of high quality. Anyway, Mao Xiong's tanks are all driven directly to the battlefield with a little training or even workers. What they want is quantity rather than quantity.
Not quality.
Marcus is pretty good, he's a two-year veteran.
There are very few veterans in Yingjiang's army, because most of them were recruited after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Therefore, soldiers like Marcus are already very rare in the Eagle Sauce... However, he was originally an infantryman and only converted to a tank soldier half a year ago, and he previously drove a Grant tank known as the "Seven Brothers Coffin".
This is why Marcus has no confidence.
He knew that the Eighth Route Army was already equipped with T34 tanks. This tank from Mao Xiong was much better than the "Sherman".
He knew that the Eighth Route Army had authentic tank troops, and their so-called "instructors" were just superficial.
He also knew that every one of the Eighth Route Army was fought out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, so standing there would naturally feel murderous, and none of them, including himself, even knew what the battlefield was like!
Especially the leader of the Chinese regiment in front of him was a man who knew everything from planes to tanks and armored vehicles, and was a dominating figure on the battlefield.
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Therefore, from Marcus's perspective, he really cannot be "arrogant".
But Wang Xuexin believed that he had reasons to be "proud".
Because, when Wang Xuexin opened the configuration list delivered by Marcus, he confirmed that each of these "Sherman" tanks had a radio and a vertical stabilization system that could shoot while moving.
What could be better than these?
Wang Xuexin waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to disperse.
The soldiers had long only seen the row of newly arrived Eagle Tanks, but they could only stand still due to orders.
At this time, Wang Xuexin received the order and immediately rushed to the tank with cheers, including Li Yunlong and several regiment leaders.
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Wang Xuexin stopped looking at the tank because he knew that even if he did, he wouldn't see anything interesting... He knew nothing about the operation of the tank.
In fact, at the command level of Wang Xuexin, it is meaningless to understand a tank in detail.
Wang Xuexin brought Marcus to the temporary headquarters, put the information on the table, and asked: "Captain, compared to these information, I want to know your training plan more! Before that, I think I should remind you Look, some of our tank soldiers have never driven a tank and have no experience in infantry-tank coordination!"
"Understood!" Marcus replied: "Don't worry, I have the confidence to teach them!"
Wang Xuexin was a little surprised. He thought Marcus would complain a bit, and looking at Marcus's face, he didn't seem to be in a hurry.
Wang Xuexin thought that Marcus did not realize the seriousness of the problem, so he added: "Moreover, the enemy is likely to launch an attack in more than a month, which means... you may only have more than a month to train!"
Marcus nodded easily and replied: "I understand, Comrade Leader!"
At this point, Wang Xuexin was confused.
Those tank soldiers were okay, more than a month was enough for them to adapt.
But for those infantrymen who have never been exposed to tanks... it takes more than a month to train them until they can go on the battlefield. This is not an easy task, especially the cooperation of several people in the tank crew.
Then Wang Xuexin understood.
Marcus probably thought that the Eighth Route Army only required training to the level of the Bear tank soldiers... The Bear tank soldiers only required to be able to drive the tank and use the weapons on it. After all, they could fire and provide cover for the infantry.