The news soon reached Mao Xiong, who immediately accepted the suggestion without even holding a meeting to discuss the feasibility.
Because there is no need to discuss this at all, it is just a telephone line, with a microphone at each end... Mao Xiong may be in a time of extreme shortage of supplies, but as an old industrial country, there is still no shortage of telephones and telephone lines.
As a result, a large number of telephones and telephone wires were sent to the front line. All the telephones and wires in people's homes were removed and centralized, and the factories were not producing day and night.
When the commanders of various tank brigades heard that this method came from the Chinese Eighth Route Army, they couldn't help laughing: "What about those who still doubt whether it is a good deal to trade tanks with the Eighth Route Army? They should come out and say a few words!"
Everyone knows that this is a good idea, and it solves a major problem of Butan synergy at a very small cost.
Therefore, there is no doubt that this method can be effective on the battlefield.
If it can't, that's the problem of the people using it.
Sure enough, it soon came into play on the battlefield.
A tank division of Mao Xiong, even when surrounded by three armored divisions of Hans, was able to break out of the encirclement and return to the second line of defense to become a defensive force.
In this battle, the coordination of the Bear tank troops even surprised Hans. They suddenly found that the Bear troops, which were always like a piece of loose sand, suddenly became a hard nut to crack.
Wang Xuexin doesn't mind Mao Xiong stealing his teacher.
After all, things like tactics will be used on the battlefield in the near future, and it will not be a secret to anyone by then.
On the other hand, the furry bear should be regarded as an ally. Let the furry bear learn something so that he will not be beaten so badly by Hans. This is actually a kind of containment for the Japanese.
Also, Wang Xuexin believed that it was basically impossible to train troops under the eyes of Androvich's advisory group and hide them.
Wang Xuexin filled another bowl of wine for Androvich. The guy seemed a little drunk and said unsteadily: "I didn't expect China to have such strong wine. I'm in the right place!"
Wang Xuexin believed that Androvich's words should be a bit of a pun.
If he had not come to China to serve as a consultant, as a tank soldier, he would definitely have driven a tank onto the battlefield. Needless to say, what would have been the result... Hans went to the battlefield when he was unstoppable and almost didn't come back alive.
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From this point of view, Mao Zi is actually not as brave as they appear.
It should be said that this is human nature, no one is not afraid of death.
It's just that when it comes to choosing between the motherland and fear of death, some people choose the former and some choose the latter.
For example, Wang Xuexin watched a documentary in modern times. When guarding a certain bridge, some soldiers would tie themselves to the position with chains before the battle.
This approach seems unwise as it would render him unable to maneuver.
But he only did this for one thing: he couldn't escape when he felt scared and wanted to escape, so he gave up the idea of escape.
Isn't he afraid of death?
Of course I'm afraid!
He himself knows that he will be afraid, and he may even be afraid that he cannot control himself and choose to be a deserter.
But that doesn't stop him from becoming a hero.
At this time, Mao Xiong did not let the soldiers express their fears.
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin added some more wine to Androvich and said, "I think you have seen the Type 97 tank used by the Japanese. I am a little worried about it. You know, it can penetrate at a distance of 500 meters.
75mm armor..."
"Don't worry, comrade battalion commander!" Androvich burped and replied: "45 mm is just the thickness of the body armor. From a distance of 500 meters, only a small area of the body can be seen, making it almost impossible to hit. What's more,
, the tilt angle of 32 degrees... is equivalent to a thickness of 70 millimeters, do you think they can really penetrate it?"
Although the penetration depth of 75 is indeed greater than that of 70.
But the steel used for testing is different. Maoxiong Heavy Industry is very developed, and the quality of the steel they produce is much better than that of the Japanese.
So something like this will happen: the armor protection of the Bear tank will be increased, while the penetration depth of the Japanese armor-piercing projectile will be reduced.
After this back and forth, the 5 mm gap disappeared.
Even the penetration depth of the Japanese armor-piercing bullets will be much smaller than the data... The Japanese were accustomed to using armor-piercing explosive bombs during World War II, that is, the front end is a solid bullet used to penetrate the enemy tank armor, and the rear end is equipped with explosives in the hope of entering the enemy tank.
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This kind of armor-piercing bullet is actually not very necessary.
First, production is relatively more troublesome, time-consuming, and the cost increases.
Second, if an armor-piercing projectile can successfully penetrate a tank, the fragments it generates can kill the crew inside the tank. Adding explosives to the rear is actually unnecessary.
Its disadvantage is that if the front end cannot penetrate the armor and deforms, the originally solid rear end can continue to penetrate the armor... and after it becomes a gunpowder chamber, it will no longer have power and will break like an egg.
The Japanese overly pursued the power of armor-piercing bullets in this regard, so they insisted on using armor-piercing explosive bombs. This made the penetration depth only a data on paper, and it was difficult to achieve the same effect in actual combat.
Wang Xuexin felt a little relieved when he heard this.
The front of the T34 turret is 52mm armor, which is even more difficult for Japanese armor-piercing bullets to penetrate. Coupled with the ricochet effect of the sloped armor... Wang Xuexin estimates that the Type 97 needs to be about 300 meters to pose a threat to the T34, and the T34 can't even be penetrated a thousand meters away.
It can easily penetrate the Type 97, which is a big gap.
(Note: The front armor of the 1941 T34 turret is 52 mm, and the front armor of the 1943 T34 turret is 90 mm)
Therefore, Wang Xuexin immediately sketched out the tactics for the match between T34 and Type 97 in his mind:
The T34 should be engaged in the Type 97 fight as far away as possible, especially since the T34 has high maneuverability... The speed of the T34 is almost twice that of the 97, and the Type 97 is like a turtle in front of it.
If it can run faster than it and penetrate much deeper, does that mean it can fight without damage?
For example, if the Type 97 is unable to get close by using its high mobility, then the Type 97 will never be able to penetrate the T34.
But the T34 can shoot one after another from a distance...
This creates the advantage of "I can hit you but you can't hit me."
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin knew how to train these tank crews.
Everything else is easy to say, the gunner must shoot quickly and accurately.
Because this requires fighting enemy targets from a long distance, if the gunner cannot hit the target from a long distance...all tactics are in vain.
In addition, the driver and gunner are required to cooperate closely.
The reason is simply that tanks of this era cannot shoot while moving.
Therefore, tactics like this long-distance fight with the enemy require the driver to stop and stabilize the car, then the gunner quickly takes aim, and then the driver immediately drives out of the enemy's range... By repeating this, the T34 can basically be invincible.