When Wang Xuexin said this, the cadres became excited.
Zhang Dabiao looked at the map and said: "I think this method will work. If the tanks can really be transported to the other side of the lake, then all the Japanese bunkers, gun towers and firepower points will all become decorations, and it will be difficult for the artillery to play its role.
Let’s attack the city gate with tanks…”
Sun Ming once served in the Jinsui Army and was very familiar with Yuncheng. He continued: "The south gate has always been the safest direction, so the south gate is the thinnest. It is only a wooden gate about ten centimeters thick. It is estimated that
A tank can crash into it as soon as it hits!"
Guan Dashan was a little curious and asked Zhang Dabiao: "Why do you say the Japanese artillery is useless?"
"You are stupid!" Zhang Dabiao replied: "After our tanks landed, they drove down the city wall only a few hundred meters away. The Japs' artillery was in the city, and the city wall a few meters high was just right for our tanks to block the shells!"
Guan Dashan said "Oh", then looked at Wang Xuexin in surprise, secretly wondering if this guy had even thought of this.
However, Li Yunlong was still hesitant. He took the sketch drawn by Wang Xuexin and said to Wang Xuexin: "Xiao Dongbei, are you oversimplifying things? What we need to transport are tanks, and the time is very tight. We can do it in a short time."
How can this thing be fixed? What if..."
Li Yunlong is right to the point. It has never been so easy to develop equipment. Although this kind of amphibious landing ship has no technical content, it is a tank-carrying thing after all. It has to be used on the battlefield. What happens if it happens is not a joke.
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However, Wang Xuexin was certainly prepared for this. He replied: "Captain, if we seriously produce such a ship and can use it repeatedly, it will indeed not be possible in a short time. But if, what we want is just
What about disposable items?”
"Yes!" Zhao Gang agreed: "This reduces the difficulty to a minimum. If it doesn't work, we can just put the boat on the chassis of the car, and then drive into the lake and just sink the chassis of the car into the lake!"
Wang Xuexin admitted that this was the fastest and simplest solution.
Amphibious Landing Ship If you think about it carefully, there are actually some problems that the Eighth Route Army cannot solve or that are not so easy to solve.
For example, there is a problem with the sealing of the hull after the wheels are installed.
Another example is the problem of converting two systems using the same engine.
But if it is as simple and crude as Zhao Gang said, just use two engines, the boat is a boat and a car, and they are directly put together. After the boat is launched, the car will be useless. All that needs to be done is to modify the boat and install a
The iron landing board allows the tank to drive ashore smoothly.
Li Yunlong felt that this idea was possible, so he asked: "Do we have a ship? We cannot use wooden ships to transport tanks. The tanks will break into pieces as soon as they are opened!"
"Yes!" Sun Ming took over: "There is a Xinhe Shipyard in Maojia Village. The iron pontoon bridge used by the Jinsui Army was customized there. The director's surname is Li. I have had several contacts with him."
Yuncheng has high-quality copper and iron ores, as well as iron smelting plants. In addition, it is not far from the Yellow River and there is a demand for ships. It is normal to use several shipyards.
The reason why these shipyards were not burned down and robbed by the Japanese was because the Japanese also needed them to produce ships to cross the river.
Otherwise, it would be tantamount to killing the goose to retrieve the eggs, and then the Japanese would have to recruit laborers to do the job.
Li Yunlong jumped up immediately after hearing this and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Call the factory director right away!"
Zhao Gang finally added: "Comrades, no one can publicize the content of today's meeting to the outside world, and no one can say it. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" the cadres responded.
In fact, Zhao Gang didn't need to tell the cadres that Wang Xuexin's plan was all about surprise. If the Japanese knew about it, they would just point the muzzle at the Salt Lake and set up a few more searchlights at the top of the city, or build a few ships on the Salt Lake.
Boat patrols can cause heavy losses to the Eighth Route Army.
Director Li was picked up that night. He looked a little uneasy. As soon as he walked into the regiment headquarters, he explained to Li Yunlong: "Captain, our captain did produce ships for the Japanese before, but it was all because of the little Japanese."
, there is nothing we can do, hundreds of people in the whole factory have hundreds of lives!"
As soon as Li Yunlong heard this, he knew that Director Li had misunderstood. He thought Li Yunlong took him up the mountain to punish him!
Li Yunlong said with a "hehe" smile: "Director Li, don't worry, we will settle this debt with the little devil, and our Eighth Route Army will not embarrass our own people no matter what!"
Director Li said "Oh" and replied "That's good, that's good!", feeling relieved.
Then Li Yunlong put the sketches and ideas in front of Director Li, talked a lot, and asked: "Director Li, to be honest, we want this thing just to fight the Japanese. You are an expert, you
Let me tell you something sweet, we need thirty of these ships, can we build them, and how long will it take to build them?"
Li Yunlong is actually not "not hiding anything".
It should be said that such military secrets should never be disclosed to outsiders.
But shipbuilding is an exception.
The Eighth Route Army asked for shipbuilding, and then made a bunch of requests like this without mentioning the purpose. Is it useful?
Others are not fools and can guess what it is used for. It would be pointless to hide it and tease it.
Li Yunlong had already made up his mind. If the factory director said he couldn't make it, he would leave him there for a few days to eat and drink and wait until the war was over before sending him away.
If the factory director said it could be made, he would have to send an army to the factory to block the news.
Therefore, "concealing" and "not concealing" are actually the same thing.
When Director Li heard Li Yunlong's words, he realized the purpose of the Eighth Route Army's invitation to come up, and his hanging heart was completely relieved.
He looked at the sketch and said: "Captain, this ship can be built, but it will take at least a few months. But if it only requires one-time splicing..."
After thinking about it, Factory Director Li stretched out his hand and said, "I'll try to see if I can finish it in five days!"
"No!" Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "It's too long. We can't wait for five days if the military situation is urgent. Three days at most!"
"Three days?" Factory Director Li was a little embarrassed, but after hesitating for a moment, he nodded heavily and said, "Okay, just three days! I asked the workers in the factory to work overtime and overnight. In order to fight the Japanese, we didn't say anything.
We must support it! Thirty ships in three days!"
Li Yunlong turned his eyes to Wang Xuexin, his eyes meant to ask if he had any opinions.
Wang Xuexin nodded and said, "No problem!"
In fact, the more ships the better, and Wang Xuexin also hopes to send more troops there.
But if I wanted to go further, it might make things difficult for others, so I had no choice but to give up.
Wang Xuexin thought, if it really doesn't work, then he will even have people follow the tank.