Wang Xuexin did not discuss too much with Mayakovsky because he felt it was unnecessary.
Therefore, he just replied: "As you said, Comrade Mayakovsky, these are not things you need to consider. You only need to consider how to teach my people to operate these warships and control the instruments on the warships!"
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Mayakovsky was a little surprised by Wang Xuexin's answer. He raised a smile, shrugged and said: "You are right, Comrade Head! This is none of my business!"
After Wang Xuexin left, Mayakovsky looked at Wang Xuexin's back and said to his subordinates: "These arrogant guys, they don't know what a naval battle is about! They are just like the idiots in the country, thinking that
It only takes courage to defeat the enemy, and the cruel facts will teach them a harsh lesson!"
It can also be seen from this sentence that Mayakovsky was a practical man and was quite experienced in naval warfare.
There is actually nothing wrong with what Major Mayakovsky said. Naval warfare is different from land warfare.
Land warfare relies heavily on the courage of soldiers. An army that dares to charge and fight will be better than an army that is afraid of fighting, and courage can make up for part of the lack of training and equipment.
But naval battles are completely different.
Naval battles are more like air battles. If there are generational differences in equipment, no matter how hard the soldiers try, it will be difficult to change the situation of the battle.
For example, use "Wrath-class" destroyers like Mao Xiong to face the Japanese battleships... The "Wrath-class" 130MM main gun is like scratching a battleship, while the battleship's main gun is always 460MM caliber. This gun comes over
The destroyer is finished.
At this time, Wang Xuexin did not know that the Eighth Route Army was about to face the Japanese battleship "Musashi".
This guy is even more terrifying. The main gun of the "Wrath-class" is only 130MM, and the "Musashi" has 24 guns of this caliber, plus 6 guns of 155MM caliber and 9 guns of 460MM caliber.
If only one volley of fire could blow up the "Wrath Level" to such an extent that even the scum could no longer be seen!
This is what Major Mayakovsky wanted to express: Are you, the Eighth Route Army, crazy? Using such a destroyer to deal with the Japanese joint fleet that can compete head-on with Yingjiang, and the crew lacks training, is this not seeking death?
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Wang Xuexin knew these truths. In naval battles during the era of cannons and giant ships, it was impossible to let soldiers swim to blow up enemy warships, right?
So equipment, that is, warships, is very important!
But what can be done about the current conditions of the Eighth Route Army?
Shouldn't we fight if we can't beat him?
After stepping off the warship, Wang Xuexin asked casually: "Are the crew organized?"
"Almost!" Zhao Gang said, "I just wanted to take you to meet them!"
Wang Xuexin said "Yeah" with a heavy heart.
Zhao Gang opened a new barracks at the shipyard, filled with newly recruited crew members.
The reason why it was opened in the shipyard was because the Eighth Route Army was pressed for time and could only maintain and modify warships while training.
Therefore, this requires overall planning. For example, if you are maintaining the artillery of the warship today, then you will train the driving of the warship, and vice versa.
As for the actual operation, we can only adjust one warship in relatively good condition from the four warships to take turns driving it.
In order to achieve this kind of coordination, Zhao Gang had to set up the barracks in the shipyard.
As soon as Wang Xuexin walked into the recruit camp, he heard commands one after another and saw the recruits lining up one by one to goose-step training.
Zhao Gang explained: "Not long after the warship arrived, we were still discussing training subjects with instructor Mao Xiong. Before the formal training, we can only train military discipline!"
Wang Xuexin said "hmm" again.
After a pause, he said to Zhao Gang: "We can take a moment to discuss the training subjects!"
"Captain, this..." Zhao Gang was a little confused. It was a time of great urgency, and the Japanese navy would appear in front of him at any time. How could he "relax for a while".
Just when Zhao Gang was in a daze, several cadres came quickly to greet him, looked at Wang Xuexin with excited faces and asked: "Are you... Commander Wang Xuexin?"
"I am, you are..."
Before Wang Xuexin could react, one of the leaders rushed up to hold Wang Xuexin's hand tightly and said excitedly: "It is indeed Captain Wang! Knowing that you are coming, we have not slept all night, just want to see you.
One side! Now we finally meet!"
Seeing Wang Xuexin's confused face, Zhao Gang explained: "Captain, this is Xu Huandong, the commander of the Dalian Coast Defense Regiment. He is one of the few comrades with command experience. He was formerly the deputy captain of the "Zhenhai Ship" of the Third Fleet.
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Wang Xuexin said "Oh" and hurriedly replied: "Captain Xu, I have admired you for a long time!"
Wang Xuexin's "long-time admiration" is not a polite word. Wang Xuexin also did some homework before coming and knew that the "3rd Fleet" mentioned by Zhao Gang refers to the Northeast Navy.
At that time, the Northeast had its own outlet to the sea and had a good economy. At the same time, the Northeast Army attached great importance to developing its own armed forces, so of course it had its own navy.
The naval forces in the Northeast are divided into the Coast Defense Force and the Jiang Defense Force: the Coast Defense Force is responsible for maritime operations, and the Jiang Defense Force operates on rivers such as the HLJ and Songhua River.
At that time, the Northeast Navy was not weak and was said to have developed to a displacement of 35,000 tons. It was later incorporated into the national army and renamed the "3rd Fleet".
However, Nanjing did not unite the forces of these warlords to form one force, but tried every means to divide them and provoke them to fight.
This is actually not surprising, because Nanjing does not want other warlords to become powerful, let alone unite: If other warlords unite, wouldn't it threaten Nanjing's leadership position?
Therefore, the best way is to let the other warlords fight internally while the Central Army concentrates on development, so that in the end one can become the dominant one.
This directly led to the fact that when the Japanese invaded China, China's internal navy was like a piece of scattered sand and was unable to fight the Japanese. In the end, each warship had to actively sink into the sea to block the waterway.
Xu Huandong is one of the first batch of cadets of the Northeast Navy...The Northeast Navy was established by Shen Honglie who established the naval school at HLD to train naval talents. It has been twenty-one years since then.
Therefore, Xu Huandong can also be said to be a veritable veteran.
After the warship sank in the sea, Xu Huandong was unwilling to work for the Japanese... If a senior naval officer was captured by the Japanese, he would probably be forced to become a puppet army and form Jiang Defense and Coastal Defense.
With this in mind, Xu Huandong became an ordinary worker in the shipyard incognito.
He has been waiting for an opportunity, a chance to make a comeback.
After so many years, Xu Huandong thought that this opportunity would never come again.
Unexpectedly, one day, when he opened his eyes and woke up, someone told him: "The Eighth Route Army has reached here, and I heard that it sank several Japanese warships!"