War is sometimes difficult to explain clearly. After one problem is solved, another problem will arise.
In fact, many problems cannot be considered or solved before the war. They must be fought to find out.
The Eighth Route Army waited for a total of five days, and it was not until the fifth day that the Yuncheng Railway Station was repaired... This is easy to observe, because on this day the train had already moved into the city along the railway line to unload the goods.
So the headquarters gave an order, and the independent regiment headed towards Yuncheng that night.
The three stores were only more than fifty kilometers away from the front line. This distance only took more than an hour at the speed of T26, but the Eighth Route Army took a whole night to prepare.
The main reason is that T26 marches at night and dare not turn on the lights... Marching to the front line is different from marching to the rear. The further south you go, the closer you are to the Japanese blockade. The closer you are to the Japanese blockade, the more Japanese spies and reconnaissance personnel there are.
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If they advance with the lights on, any Japanese scouts lurking in the jungle can spot this tank unit, so there will be no surprise in the Eighth Route Army's battle.
Therefore, the T26 moved forward completely in the dark, and was fully camouflaged, such as turning the turret and barrel backward, and then wrapping it with canvas and branches for camouflage.
Then they advance in batches in company units... Too many tanks marching at the same time worry that the sound will be too loud and the target will be exposed.
In addition, the route the tanks passed was also searched several times by local troops to ensure that there were no Japanese scouts on both sides of the road.
Finally, batches of tanks were secretly driven to the front line, including T34.
As soon as all tanks arrived at the front line, they were hidden in bunkers specially prepared for tanks.
The tank bunker is actually very simple. It is to dig an inverted trapezoidal pit in the ground. The width is slightly larger than the tank and the depth is about the same as the height of the tank.
As soon as the tank drives into this bunker, the entire body will be submerged into the ground. If the surface is covered with a layer of canvas and camouflage, even the enemy infantry will not be able to detect the tank in front of it.
This tank bunker is a regular task assigned by Wang Xuexin to the infantry. They must be able to modify a trench, a bomb crater or even an anti-tank trench into a tank bunker in a short time at any time. Conditions must be created even if there are no conditions.
Modern tank combat does not have this option, but Wang Xuexin still had to do it.
The reason is very simple. This is to solve the contradiction in tank tactics mentioned before:
The tanks of this era did not have the ability to fight at night and had to fight during the day, so the tanks had to face enemy aircraft.
Although the Eighth Route Army had to face only a few aircraft in this battle, there is a saying that there is a saying to be prepared, and Wang Xuexin believed that every battle requires all-out preparations.
With the tank bunker... once an enemy plane is discovered, the tank will immediately drive into the bunker to hide, and then the top will be covered with a layer of canvas similar to the color of loess.
The Japanese pilot's perspective is from top to bottom, and it is difficult for them to detect tanks hidden in this way.
On the other hand, at this time, the Japanese infantry and pilots did not establish communication.
Therefore, even if the Japanese infantry watched the tanks hide in bunkers and knew the location of the tanks, they still could not tell the aircraft and guide it to bomb.
To say the least, even if the aircraft discovered the location of the tank, it would be difficult for it to accurately drop the bomb into the narrow tank bunker to blow it up.
Therefore, tank bunkers are effective in dealing with the Japanese air power, but they are relatively negative... If the Japanese planes keep hovering in the sky, will the tanks be unable to fight?
It took a whole night of hard work to get ready, but an accident occurred when two T26s broke down on the way. However, after emergency repairs by Mao Xiong technicians, we finally arrived at the destination before dawn and were ready.
Androvich also came as the adviser of the tank battalion. He didn't know the specific plan. Looking at the formation, he asked Wang Xuexin with some worry: "Comrade Battalion Commander, you won't send troops to the battlefield to fight the enemy like this."
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"Is there any problem?" Wang Xuexin asked, "Do you think they are not trained enough?"
"No..." Androvich shook his head: "Our tank crews may not have undergone such training, so your training level is almost the same!"
There is nothing wrong with this. In the early days of Mao Xiong's war pilots, the mortality rate of tank crews was very high, so it was not long before tank crews were sent to the battlefield with only simple training on how to operate.
Such a comparison shows that the average training time of these tank crews of the Eighth Route Army is quite good.
"Then what are you worried about?" Wang Xuexin asked.
Androvich came forward and lowered his voice and said: "With all due respect, Comrade Battalion Commander! You are risking your life because I heard that the enemy has at least hundreds of tanks, and a considerable number of them are Type 97! I am in Novo
Menhan has fought against those guys, and although their tanks are not very good, their training level is much higher!"
"I know, Comrade Androvich!" Wang Xuexin replied.
Wang Xuexin found it a little funny in his heart that a guy like Androvich, who emphasized the "spiritual atomic bomb", would actually say such a thing.
Shouldn't he say: "Well done, no matter how many difficulties there are ahead, as long as we have enough courage, we can defeat the enemy, and victory will always belong to us!"?
Androvich seemed to see Wang Xuexin's doubts and explained: "I learned a lot from you, comrade battalion commander! So I gradually discovered that... many times it is not a question of courage, but a question of tactics and methods!"
Then Wang Xuexin understood.
"Spiritual atomic bomb" is simply idealism, and its essence is no different from feudal superstition.
For example, feudal superstition talks about what will happen if you pray to gods and worship Buddha.
The "spiritual atomic bomb" applies this method to the military... As long as you have enough courage and a strong will, you can defeat all enemies.
The best way to break feudal superstition is to learn science and talk about science.
The best way to break feudal superstition in military affairs is tactics and practice.
Androvich learned many tactics from Wang Xuexin. Although he has not yet practiced them, he knows that these tactics make sense based on his own experience.
Then Androvich suddenly realized: It turned out that the reason why a certain battle failed was not that he was not brave enough as the commander said, but because the tactics were used wrongly. In addition, the same was true for a certain battle. There was another time...
The result was that Wang Xuexin successfully led Androvich to complete the transformation from idealism to materialism, which Wang Xuexin didn't even realize until then.
"Don't worry, Comrade Androvich!" Wang Xuexin said: "Since you believe in my tactics, you should know that I will not command randomly, let alone let my soldiers die meaninglessly, don't you think so?"
Androvich nodded, then seemed to have made up his mind and said: "Comrade Battalion Commander, I hope to participate in this battle. I will be a good commander. I can lead my men to fight in a T34.
What do you think?"
Wang Xuexin was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Do you need to bake sweet potatoes?"