After a few bowls of wine, Androvich's voice became thicker: "Comrade battalion commander, my brother! You must have been a tank soldier before, right?"
"No, captain!" Wang Xuexin replied: "I have never been one!"
Wang Xuexin was telling the truth. He was an infantryman before. He was a pure infantryman who didn't even have the chance to practice infantry-tank coordination. He only glanced at the tank during the exercise. When it passed by, Wang Xuexin still took a bite from behind.
of gray.
However, Wang Xuexin suddenly felt that this was not quite right. He once commanded and drove a Type 97 tank to attack Yucun. Does this count as a tank soldier?
"Don't lie to me!" Androvich grabbed the bowl and drank a few big sips, then said a little drunkenly: "Do you know what those new recruits who have never used a tank are talking about?
Captain, what do I do if I get motion sickness? Captain, I can't breathe! Captain, how do I put a shell into the barrel... Damn it! They don't even know how to shoot! And you..."
Androvich patted Wang Xuexin's shoulder affectionately and said sentimentally: "You know what to do, comrade battalion commander, I can see it. Every step you take has your own goal. This is not an unprecedented move."
Tank guys can do it!”
Androvich saw this from Wang Xuexin's training of the troops in the past few days.
In fact, Wang Xuexin's training has not officially started yet, and he is just doing pre-training preparations at this time.
Wang Xuexin’s pre-training preparations are carried out from several directions:
First is the tank.
Wang Xuexin cannot wait for the tanks to arrive before training with real tanks. This is unrealistic and a huge waste.
It will take more than half a month for the tanks shipped from Mao Xiong to arrive... Huaxia and Mao Xiong were originally connected by railway, which was the "Middle East Railway" located in the northeast.
However, the Northeast was already occupied by the Japanese at this time, so the tanks that Mao Xiong transported here could only be transported to Mongolia and then to China, and then transported to Xi'an using the stubborn army's railway lines and finally driven to the base area.
It had to go through several transfers, and when the stubborn army took over, it had to be transported secretly so that the stubborn army could not find it, so it took a long time.
In the past ten days, Wang Xuexin couldn't just wait and do nothing!
Therefore, Wang Xuexin came up with a way. Based on the data sent by Mao Xiong, he made a four-wheeled cart according to the corresponding length and width of the tank. During training, he let the soldiers push it and the crew simulated operations at the corresponding positions.
The second is the choice of tank crew.
The cab has strong grip and good physical fitness. All the crew members are not very tall. Each tank also has a backup driver...Driving a tank in this era is a manual job. There is no assistance for the joystick and so on. The tank must be driven for a long time.
Exchange driving, otherwise it can make people exhausted and collapse.
If these are nothing, the last tactic of following the infantry found even Androvich unusual.
Wang Xuexin's definition of following infantry is to supplement and assist the tank's firepower. For example, the infantry serves as the eyes and ears of the tank. The infantry conveys what it sees and hears to the tank and even commands, instructing the tank to attack the target.
Regarding this point, Androvich asked Wang Xuexin: "Comrade Battalion Commander, when you fight like this, aren't you infantry commanding tanks?"
Androvich's idea can even be said to be the application of the Bear tank. The tank should be higher than the infantry, that is, the tank should command the infantry, so that the infantry can meet the needs of the tank as much as possible.
But Wang Xuexin let the infantry command and instruct the tanks, which would turn the tanks into meeting the needs of the infantry and becoming an auxiliary to the infantry... This is even contrary to Wang Xuexin's thinking of establishing a tank force.
But Wang Xuexin doesn’t think so.
"Comrade Captain!" Wang Xuexin replied: "The so-called tank auxiliary infantry means that tanks are dispersed among the infantry to fight like you. Although you use tanks to command the infantry and infantry and artillery to cover the tanks, from the perspective of the entire offensive situation, this
There is no doubt that the attack is mainly based on infantry and the tanks are only auxiliary. But we..."
It doesn’t take Wang Xuexin to tell Androvitch what happened next.
Because Wang Xuexin concentrated on using tanks, from the perspective of the entire offensive situation, this was a tank-based attack.
It has nothing to do with tanks commanding infantry or infantry commanding tanks.
On the contrary, Wang Xuexin's method combines tanks and accompanying infantry into a single unit.
In principle, the infantry at this time can no longer be regarded as infantry, but part of the tank. They serve as the eyes and ears of the tank, and can even be said to be part of the brain.
The tank is the shield and spear of the whole.
When Androvich reported Wang Xuexin's tactical plan to the general counsel, the general counsel nodded in agreement.
Tanks have very poor external perception capabilities, especially Mao Xiong tanks that are extremely lacking in communication equipment... Mao Xiong's tank formations usually only have one radio for a company of 10 tanks.
On the other hand, because the interior space of the Bear tank is very narrow, the commander often needs to be served as the gunner.
This requires the artilleryman to both command the entire vehicle and control the artillery, which requires the commander to perform two or even several tasks, which is difficult or even impossible to do in tense battles.
Because of this, although the T34 has excellent performance, they are often unable to coordinate due to poor perception. They will just run rampant on the battlefield and eventually rush into the enemy's trenches and be destroyed.
If the command power can be delegated to the infantry as Wang Xuexin thinks...the infantry has a much better perception of the battlefield. They can grasp the battlefield situation in time, know what to do at this time, know where the key points of the attack are, and have enough time to think.
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So, why not free up the vehicle commander and let the infantry take command?
All that has to be done is to train one or two infantrymen who know tank combat among the follower infantry.
This is almost like adding a commander, except that the commander does not stay in the tank with limited space, but outside the tank.
These commanders can even lie behind the tank and move forward with the tank.
As for how to contact the tank crew in the vehicle, the general counsel's idea is to agree on a secret code.
For example, tapping the left side of the turret with the butt of the gun means turning left, tapping the right side means turning right, tapping the top of the head means finding the target and firing...
The general counsel even compiled various secret codes and planned to send these tactics and secret codes to the country for them to try out.
As a result, Androvitch sent a report the next day: "He found a new way, General! Use a telephone. He said that a telephone line can be used to connect the inside and outside of the tank, so that the infantry can talk directly to the tank crew, so that
Strengthen the coordination of infantry and tanks!"
The general counsel almost fainted with excitement when he saw this method.
"Great!" the general counsel exclaimed: "Why didn't I think of this method! Fuck the code..."
As he spoke, the general advisor tore the coded code into pieces, and then ordered: "Tell them this method immediately. This will instantly increase the combat effectiveness of our armored forces to a new level!"