Time entered 1944, and good news came from the Bear. They achieved a decisive victory in the direction of Stalingrad and surrounded Hans' Sixth Army in Stalingrad.
This is one year later than the historical time. Wang Xuexin thought that this may be related to his existence changing the historical trajectory... For example, his appearance allowed Hans to develop missiles in advance and devote himself to the attack on the furry bears. In the meantime, he might also
Maybe the battle plan was changed because the missile was about to be successfully developed.
Wang Xuexin was shocked by this before. He was worried that if Hans defeated the Mao Xiong, the entire history would be completely changed, making the war against Hans and the Japanese more difficult.
Fortunately, none of this happened. Although there were some twists and turns, we finally returned to the right path: Compared with the victory in the defense of Moscow, the defense of Stalingrad was more important to the bear. This battle made Hans energetic.
The serious injury directly affected the outcome of the subsequent Battle of Kursk.
Lemonlov immediately sent a telegram to Wang Xuexin: "Comrade Commander, we have surrounded Hans's army in the direction of Stalinger. Do you know why we have made such great progress?"
"Did you change the tank gun?" Wang Xuexin said.
It is not difficult to guess that with Maoxiong's industrial base, it would only take a matter of minutes to produce a fin-stabilized discarding sabot with unsatisfactory performance and replace it with a smoothbore cannon.
"Yes!" Lemon Lokov replied excitedly: "We replaced the T34 with 100MM smoothbore cannons. My God, they can actually penetrate the enemy's 'Tiger'. The balance of victory instantly tilted towards us.
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Wang Xuexin can understand why Mao Xiong chose to replace the barrel of the T34 instead of other tanks.
At this time, the T34 has seen several modifications. It can be said to be the most reliable and stable tank of Mao Xiong. If it is equipped with an indestructible tank gun... it will definitely be on the battlefield.
It once again bloomed with dazzling light, including the subsequent Kursk Tank Battle.
Finally, Lemon Lokov said excitedly: "Thank you, Comrade Leader! I don't know how to express my gratitude to you. In short... you are our most trustworthy partner, Comrade Leader!"
Wang Xuexin didn't answer anything.
He kept reminding himself of one thing in his heart: There are only interests between countries, and they must not be deceived by some illusions.
For example, what Lemon Lokoff calls "the most trustworthy partner" is simply because Wang Xuexin brought great national benefits to Mao Xiong at this time.
But having said that, the furry bear will be in China's national interest for a long time in the future, so it is necessary to trade with it and maintain a good relationship.
Here in Taiyuan, the first batch of twenty T44s has finally rolled off the assembly line.
Due to the needs of the war situation, they were hurriedly sent to the battlefield without enough time to undergo careful testing... This is a bit like a bear fighting. When the bears are in a hurry, the tanks will be driven to the battlefield as soon as they come off the production line, and they are still driven up by workers.
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What breakdowns, break-ins, training, etc., who cares about that?
If you are really in a hurry, as long as you can fire a few shots and kill a few enemies, you will make a profit!
But the T44 of the Eighth Route Army is not like this.
The tank troops were transferred from Yuncheng. They originally drove T34, and they were selected from the best... There was no war pressure in Yuncheng at this time, so the transfer of tank troops would not have any impact.
Moreover, two prototype vehicles were produced before, and these two prototype vehicles were used for tank troop training.
During this process, a group of logistics technicians were trained: the T44 did have a lot of faults. Problems occurred every three days, and the technicians accumulated some experience by repairing them.
The laser rangefinder is also installed, but the size is still too big... It used to be like a refrigerator, but after removing the mercury delay line memory, it became a suitcase.
This size does not mean that it cannot be installed, but that once installed, it will make it even more difficult to turn around in the already crowded tank compartment.
So Wang Xuexin separated the main body of the rangefinder, such as the battery and computing unit, and installed them on the rear of the tank.
Chen Songyong also asked: "Commander, what if this is damaged by an enemy shell?"
"If it's broken, just visually inspect it!" Wang Xuexin asked: "Without this thing, they wouldn't be able to fight?"
"This..." Chen Songyong was a little reluctant: "This is too wasteful, transistors are not cheap!"
Transistors are indeed not cheap.
It should be said that it is almost priceless in this era... China is not willing to sell it no matter how much money it is. It will first maintain its technological advantages and then sell it when transistors are about to fall behind with further development.
If China is not willing to sell it, no one will have it, so it won’t be able to buy it no matter how much money it costs, so it will be priceless. If it really wants to sell it, saying that these transistors are worth less than gold is an underestimation of transistors.
It's just that now China can produce it itself and it uses modern and cheap production technology... The production method Wang Xuexin gave Turing is the modern industrial mass production method of wafers.
That's why the Eighth Route Army was able to use it so happily and luxuriously. There were a bunch of transistors on the back of the tank that the enemy could hit or blow up.
But Wang Xuexin only said one sentence and Chen Songyong felt it was worth it.
Wang Xuexin said: "Consultant Chen, think about the reason why our tanks use laser rangefinders? If it can hit the first shot...do you still feel it is a pity?"
Chen Songyong immediately nodded his head: "It's a pity, if you can replace it with a 'Tiger', this transistor is nothing!"
This is not only the value of the "Tiger" itself, but also the role that the "Tiger" can play on the battlefield, and the lives of tank crews and infantrymen... Compared with these, transistors are nothing.
Then these twenty T44s were sent to Zhangjiakou in two batches.
The delivery process was a bit troublesome:
The trains in Shanxi are narrow-gauge trains, and some tunnels cannot be passed through the T44.
For this purpose, Wang Xuexin specially asked Chen Songyong to plan a route and transport it by train for a section, and then let T44 drive a section to bypass the tunnel and then get on the train. Then after arriving in Datong, it was converted to broad gauge, and then it was transported to Zhangjiakou.
There is no train service from Zhangjiakou, so we can only drive to Shagou Town.
The issue of confidentiality became a difficulty along the way... It was impossible to hide the roar of tanks along the way from a deliberate agent.
For this reason, Chen Songyong thought of a way. He took great pains to dress up these twenty T44s to make them look like "Shermans".
This is indeed a way. The "Sherman" of Li Yunlong's independent regiment was almost damaged in the battle in Duolun County. Now it is normal to drive a few up to replenish it.
For safety reasons, all marches were conducted at night. It would be difficult for Japanese agents without special training to recognize that this was a Soviet tank.