This may be called "heroes see the same thing". Wang Xuexin and the chief unanimously targeted Yuncheng.
Wang Xuexin's idea is very simple. His goal has always been Yuncheng.
Before that, Yuncheng might be a long-term goal.
Wang Xuexin didn't have much money left in his account, and Yingjiang was protested by the Japanese and did not want to anger the Japanese, so his cooperation with Yingjiang was quite limited.
But Mao Xiong has no such scruples.
Even because the Japs have deployed 700,000 soldiers in the Northeast to attack Mao Xiong with Hans, Mao Xiong has common interests with the Eighth Route Army in this regard...
Mao Xiong assisted the Eighth Route Army with equipment, and the Eighth Route Army used these equipment to cause trouble behind the Japanese, which meant that the Japanese were weakened and unable to take care of both.
Therefore, it is obviously very cost-effective for Mao Xiong to make a deal with the Eighth Route Army. It is not only a matter of anti-tank equipment such as rocket launchers, but also has strategic benefits.
Especially the latter, which cannot be measured in terms of money, because it may even force the hesitating Japanese to give up their plan to attack Mao Xiong.
What the chief is considering is...
It is indeed no problem to obtain the steel smelting plant and copper smelting plant from Mao Xiong, but having the copper smelting plant without copper ore is useless.
It’s not that there are no steel plants, copper smelting plants, or copper mines in Shanxi. They are just in Yuncheng and Zhongtiao Mountain.
So……
Why not seek to capture Yuncheng in one step?
As long as Yuncheng is captured, the Japs stationed in Zhongtiao Mountain will be split in two, and the Japs west of Yuncheng will still be semi-surrounded and semi-blocked by the Eighth Route Army...Then the Japs will have to bypass Yuncheng and transport from the mountainous area.
Supplies, this is difficult for the Japanese who rely heavily on supply lines.
Therefore, the Eighth Route Army could rely on Yuncheng to capture the mountainous area west of Zhongtiao Mountain.
At that time, not only will it be possible to form an integrated defense line of Zhongtiao Mountain, Yuncheng, and Luliang Mountain, but it will also be able to gain access to the salt lakes, steel mills, copper smelting plants, and copper-iron mines in the Yuncheng area...
Li Yunlong asked doubtfully: "Little Northeast, this Yuncheng city has high walls and thick walls. What do you think we need to capture Yuncheng? Airplanes? Cannons?"
"Look what you said!" Wang Xuexin laughed: "Captain, even if we want a plane, we have to have someone to fly it! Even if someone knows how to fly it, they can't hit a Japanese plane. They all have many years of experience, so it's hard to fight.
Have you passed? We also have cannons, so wouldn’t they be like rocket launchers?”
"Then what else do you want?" Li Yunlong looked at Wang Xuexin puzzled.
"Tank!" Wang Xuexin replied simply: "The city has high walls and thick walls, and there are many turrets and bunkers...To fight these things, the best thing to use is a tank!"
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were stunned. They never expected that Wang Xuexin would want to change tanks.
But it's right to think about it. Tanks are useless against turrets and bunkers. They just drive up to the bunkers and shine the perforations with a "bang" and that's it. It's more convenient than a rocket launcher. These things are just rubbish in front of tanks.
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In addition, tank cover is indeed needed during siege.
For example, blowing a hole in the city wall.
Another example is to attack the city from this opening... If there are no tanks in front to block the enemy's firepower, the enemy only needs to set up two machine guns in front of the gap, that is, they can fire as many as they come.
Wang Xuexin continued: "First of all, we already have several tanks on hand. We can use these tanks to train tank troops first!"
Wang Xuexin was talking about the three tanks seized from the Japanese, two Type 97 tanks and one Type 95 tank.
"Secondly!" Wang Xuexin added: "If we keep the news secret and keep the news secret, the Japanese will never think that we will use tanks to attack the city. If the Japanese lack anti-tank equipment, then this battle..."
Li Yunlong couldn't help but nodded repeatedly.
This little Northeast is quite poisonous, I have thought of all this.
The Chinese army, let alone the Eighth Route Army, did not even have a few tanks.
Since there is no opponent, it naturally doesn't have anti-tank equipment like the Eighth Route Army.
If the Japanese didn't have anti-tank equipment...if the Eighth Route Army suddenly showed up in front of them with several tanks, wouldn't it be a big deal?
(Note: The stubborn army actually has tanks, but the tanks of the stubborn army are relatively backward. In addition, they have no air superiority and cannot cooperate with infantry and tanks. Most of them are destroyed by the Japanese without functioning, so the Japanese have no anti-tank pressure in China.
So there is no need for any anti-tank equipment)
Thinking of this, Li Yunlong nodded heavily and said, "That makes sense! Let's just change the tanks, and secretly change them, and then we can train secretly, and then we will catch him by surprise! If we can do this,
Yuncheng is captured..."
As he spoke, he kept rubbing his head and laughing "hehe".
After finishing, he suddenly seemed to remember something. He raised his wine bowl, touched it with Wang Xuexin, and said, "Come on, one of our brothers will go!"
Li Yunlong was so happy that he and Wang Xuexin became "brothers".
The chief and the chief of staff had targeted Yuncheng and were still thinking about what equipment they wanted, when the call from the Independent Regiment came.
The chief answered the phone and when he heard Zhao Gang talking about suggestions on the phone, he laughed and said: "We thought of going together. You're right! We just want to go to Yuncheng!"
Then the leader added: "However, we need to look further! It is easier to attack a city than to defend it. What we consider is not only to attack the city, but also to defend it. This is the difficult part.
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What the chief said makes sense.
When Wang Xuexin wanted to conquer Yuncheng, his biggest concern was whether Shouyun City would be surrounded by Japanese soldiers, which would put the Eighth Route Army in a strategically passive position.
At that time, Wang Xuexin said to the commander: "When the Eighth Route Army has the strength to defend Yuncheng, it can attack Yuncheng."
Now, Wang Xuexin believes that the time has come... If Mao Xiong can assist the Eighth Route Army tanks, it will not be so easy for the Japanese to surround Yuncheng.
However, this is still unknown, and now we are waiting for the reply from Mao Xiong.
Major Lemon Lokov arrived in Xi'an and reported the situation to the General Counsel.
Lemonlokov thought he would be praised by the General Counsel, after all, he had successfully completed the task, but this was not the case.
The general counsel was very surprised when he heard the report: "Are you sure you read it correctly? This thing can really penetrate a 100 mm steel plate?"
"I'm sure, General!" Lemonlokov replied: "This is a new technology. I don't know how it works, but I saw it penetrate a fifty-millimeter-thick steel plate with my own eyes, and there is still power left!"
There was silence on the other side, and then Lemonlokov heard a sound of banging on the table. The general counsel seemed very angry.
After a while, the general counsel's scolding came from the microphone: "You idiot, do you know how important this equipment is to us? It may even change the entire battle situation and help us win, but you... are wasting your time.
In bargaining, you even tried to get them to hand over the technology for free! Do you know how many comrades are sacrificing while you are playing these tricks? Damn you, you are an executioner!"