As a result, Li Yunlong had just been convinced, and not long after, another telegram came from the chief.
This is also where the connection between Zhongtiao Mountain and Luliang Mountain is inconvenient.
Within the Luliang Mountains, it is only a matter of time and cost to carry telephone lines between the mountains. But if you want to bring the telephone lines from the hinterland of the Luliang Mountains to the Zhongtiao Mountains... then it is not only a matter of cost, but also the distance between them.
After passing through a plain area, any number of Japanese spies and spies can cut the telephone line.
Therefore, it is not practical to hold telephone lines, and we still rely on radio transmissions to communicate with each other.
"Commander Wang!" the commander said in the telegram: "What is the situation in the tank unit? Yan Laoxi has even brought a complaint to me, saying that you and your regiment commander are engaging in a shady and counterproductive way to preserve their strength.
Aren’t you going to send tanks out to help defend Yuncheng?”
It turned out that Yan Laoxi was not satisfied with Li Yunlong's free reinforcements of 100 new rocket launchers for the Shanxi-Sui Army. Each rocket launcher was equipped with ten rounds of ammunition and sent military advisers... You must know that the Eighth Route Army is not well-off, and it is no longer enough to reinforce 100 rocket launchers.
That's less.
But when Yan Laoxi felt insecure, he always thought that the Eighth Route Army was trying to trick him... This was actually due to the lack of mutual trust between the two armies. The Eighth Route Army had always been sincere in cooperating, but it could not stop others from judging a gentleman with a villain's heart.
At this time, Yan Laoxi was convinced that the Eighth Route Army did not send tank troops because it wanted to "preserve its strength" and push the Jinsui Army ahead to act as a shield.
So after thinking about it, Yan Laoxi angrily sent a questioning telegram to the chief.
After a discussion between the leader and the chief of staff, they found out that they didn't know much about tank tactics either... Although the chief of staff came from Mao Xiong's studies abroad, Mao Xiong himself couldn't understand the tank tactics, and scattered a large number of tanks among the infantry.
Of course, the chief of staff didn't have much idea about tank tactics.
In addition, Li Yunlong has always "protected shortcomings", so their first thought was that Yan Laoxi might be right. Li Yunlong and Xiaodongbei did not send tank troops for reinforcements in order to preserve their strength.
"This is not possible!" said the chief of staff: "This is not just a matter of Yuncheng, but also a matter of whether the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army can cooperate sincerely. If they have different intentions from the beginning, this war will start...
I’m afraid it’s dangerous!”
The chief nodded in agreement, and then sent the telegram directly to Wang Xuexin to ask what the situation was.
Wang Xuexin actually has his own difficulties, and he is not a human being in this matter.
When the chief asked about it, he explained to the chief in detail:
"Chief, we actually have no idea of 'preserving our strength'. As long as we can fight the Japanese together, we are comrades with everyone!"
"The problem is that this tank really can't be used like this!"
"First of all, our artillery is not as good as the Japanese, and the Jinsui Army is not as good as it. If we put the tanks to the front line, the enemy's artillery will be covered!"
"Secondly, there is a saying on the battlefield that 'offense is greater than defense'. Although the northern flank of Yuncheng is only a few dozen miles away, we only have about fifty tanks!"
"If these tanks are used for defense, where should they be defended? On average, one tank should be placed per mile of defense line?"
"On the other hand, the Japanese are on the offensive side, so they can concentrate their tanks on one point to break through!"
"Wouldn't it become a concentrated attack and a scattered attack? Then dozens of tanks will surround one of our tanks and fight. Even if the T34 is thick-skinned and thick-skinned, it will not be able to withstand it!"
The chief and chief of staff looked at these replies and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
The Chief of Staff was particularly touched by this. After studying abroad at Mao Xiong, he had been watching the Mao Xiong battlefield, hoping to learn some tactics from it.
At this time, after reading what Wang Xuexin said, he agreed: "These analyzes are very reasonable. Mao Xiong made such a mistake in the war against Hans. Mao Xiong always emphasized defense and always used tanks to defend. As a result,
Its advanced tanks, and there are more in total, are needlessly besieged by enemy artillery and groups of enemy tanks on the front line. We cannot make this mistake!"
However, the commander was surprised by Wang Xuexin's ability. He said: "This little Northeastern man is very talented! He also understands tank tactics so thoroughly. It seems that we accidentally used the right person!"
"That goes without saying!" the chief of staff replied with a smile: "This guy is all-powerful, he knows everything, and his tactics are so advanced that I don't even know where he learned them!"
As he said this, the chief and the chief of staff looked at each other and smiled.
Then the leader became a little embarrassed, and then asked: "If we can't fight like this, how should we fight? Could it be that... let the Japanese break through the northern flank and surround Yuncheng? If so, the Japanese will move west along Yuncheng and cut off the Luliang Mountains
Are you connected with Zhongtiao Mountain?"
This is also a big problem.
In fact, if the Japanese did this, it would be very uncomfortable for them, because the troops interspersed between Zhongtiao Mountain and Luliang Mountain would be in a state of being attacked by the Eighth Route Army.
But at the same time, Zhongtiao Mountain of the Eighth Route Army was also surrounded by the Japanese. It was like fighting against each other in Go to see who could survive longer.
Obviously, it will be more difficult for the Eighth Route Army by then.
Because the Eighth Route Army has not yet established a stable foothold on Zhongtiao Mountain, the people have been plundered by the Japanese for food and cannot be self-sufficient. What is more serious is that the copper mines, iron mines and factories on Zhongtiao Mountain will be targeted by the Japanese, and they will suffer heavy losses.
It is said that the arsenal located in Luliang Mountain will be unable to produce normally due to lack of steel, copper and other raw materials.
This blow to the Eighth Route Army was likely to be fatal.
On the other hand, the Japanese, although they were in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides, could lay railways to continuously transport supplies to the frontline troops.
With one thing ebbing and the other ebbing, this battle will become difficult to fight.
The chief of staff thought for a while but couldn't think of a reason. Then he sent a telegram directly to Wang Xuexin and asked: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, how should we reinforce Yuncheng?"
Wang Xuexin only replied with a few words: "Elastic defense!"
"Elastic defense?" The chief of staff was confused when he received the telegram.
The leader understood immediately, then nodded and said: "Good guy, Xiao Dongbei has even learned Hans' tactics!"
The chief was right, this was a defensive method used by Rommel on the North African battlefield.
Rommel's situation is actually somewhat similar to Wang Xuexin's situation when he faced the Japanese at this time.
The tanks in Wang Xuexin's hands were more advanced than those of the Japanese, but their numbers were much smaller.
Rommel's tanks are more advanced than the Sun Never Sets, and the number is also much smaller... Although the Sun Never Sets is the country that invented the tank, due to wrong tank tactics and development direction, the combat effectiveness of its tanks is nothing.
Various infantry tanks with varying degrees of mobility are actually similar to towed artillery on the battlefield, and have basically lost the role and significance of tanks.