Wang Xuexin was also involved in the shipbuilding process, and he even went to the Xinhe Shipyard.
It is a large and well-established factory. Although the ships it produces are still relatively backward, it was good to have such a factory during the Republic of China.
It is said that this Xinhe Shipyard has some relationship with Yan Laoxi. Director Li is a distant relative of his... But this is nonsense. If you want to make a name for yourself in Shanxi, you can't do it if you don't have any friendship with Yan Laoxi.
Arrived.
Director Li's method is very simple, that is, two iron pontoons are welded together to form a platform for transporting tanks.
But later it was discovered that the buoyancy was insufficient...
This was not discovered by Wang Xuexin, but said by Factory Director Li.
Director Li said this: "A boat looks simple. A layman thinks that as long as it can float on the water, it will only be ten tons if you give it a ten-ton load... In fact, this is not the case at all."
thing."
As he spoke, Director Li took the design drawing he drew and said: "For example, on this ship, we are going to transport tanks. When the tanks are loaded on it, it is easy to say that we can use a platform to drive the tanks on. But what about driving the tanks off the ship?
? One end must be heavier and the other lighter, that is a ten-ton thing, and it is all pressed against the bow of the ship. It would be strange if the ship does not capsize!"
Wang Xuexin thought it made sense when he heard it. He had made things simple. It seemed that professional things needed to be done by professional people.
Director Li then explained: "That's why we need to use counterweights, such as adding an engine to the stern of the ship, and some ballast water. If the weight is insufficient, we can add water to increase the weight. If it doesn't work, we have to let the bow of the ship run aground.
Make sure the tanks are disembarked!"
Wang Xuexin could safely leave these matters to Factory Manager Li. Wang Xuexin couldn't do anything to help him even if he wanted to.
Fortunately, the T26 is a light tank, only weighing nine and a half tons. If it were the T34's total weight of 32 tons, it would be impossible to get it up no matter what.
After that, Director Li gave Wang Xuexin a thumbs up and praised: "Comrade, I heard that this was your idea? This is a good idea, the little devil must not have thought of this! You can take Yuncheng back again, let's
Then you can let out a bad breath!"
Director Li is telling the truth.
Because when negotiating the price, Director Li was willing to give up life or death.
This is what he said to Li Yunlong: "Captain, you are fighting life and death at the front to contribute to the country. If we ask you for money if we send out a few ships, are you still considered a human being? I didn't say that these ships are considered gifts from us!
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Then Director Li added sincerely: "Besides, if you can capture Yuncheng, it will be good for us too! When we work under the Japanese, the bayonets are pressed against our backs, and it feels cold. I don't know where.
God is dead!"
Later, Wang Xuexin heard that some workers in the Xinhe Factory had made some small moves because they were dissatisfied with the exploitation by the Japanese. After being discovered by the Japanese, they beheaded them in public and hung their heads above the factory for ten days!
Putting the ship matter aside, Wang Xuexin hurried back to the army.
What Wang Xuexin needs to do is to provide the necessary training for the tank soldiers to adapt to the upcoming battle.
When Gangzi heard that they were going to land and fight at night, he couldn't help but gasp.
"Battal Commander!" Gangzi said: "You don't know the situation inside the tank. The engine is so loud that you can't hear anything. You can only see the outside through a small hole, and you can only see a small area in front of you. If you are in
The night was pitch black, and the shadows shaking in front of me were friends and foes, and there was even a tank in front of me that I couldn't tell whether it was friend or foe!"
Wang Xuexin has also driven a tank, so of course he knows that what Gangzi said is the truth.
But there is a saying...
Wang Xuexin put forward what the Eighth Route Army often said: "That's the situation. If you have conditions, you have to go, and if there are no conditions, you have to go!"
"Yes!" Gangzi stood up and responded.
This is an order. The war can only be fought this way. No matter how dangerous or difficult it is, you must obey it. This is what a soldier should do.
However, we must fight, and Wang Xuexin believes that we still need to make some arrangements in terms of details. We cannot just fight blindly, otherwise we will finally land but it will not be effective, and we will send thirty tanks up, which will be a big loss.
Wang Xuexin said: "Can we prepare more illumination bombs and let the infantry use illumination bombs to indicate the direction and target of the tanks every few minutes at critical moments? To put it simply, wherever the illumination bombs hit, your machine guns and artillery will hit them!
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Gangzi thought for a while and replied: "This might be better!"
This is actually the way tracer bullets are used to indicate targets in modern times.
Modern tanks still do not have strong night fighting capabilities, because not every country can afford or equip night vision devices, or if they have infrared night vision devices, they are blurry, like a field covered with snowflakes.
With black and white TV, it is still difficult to see the target clearly (this was still the case in China until the Ten Years' War in the 1980s).
But sometimes the battlefield requires the cooperation of tanks.
For example, in a night sneak attack, it is difficult to remove the enemy's bunker fortifications without tanks, or in an empty area without a hiding place that requires tank cover, etc.
At this time, the method used by the troops was tracer bullets. A tracer bullet was loaded every few rounds of ordinary bullets in the magazine. When the tank needed to provide firepower, tracer bullets were used to shoot at the target.
This kind of bullet will emit a dazzling light at night, pointing like a line towards the target, so the tank crew knows where to fire.
But to be honest, this is just a tactic that is better than nothing, and is a helpless choice when the equipment is weak.
At this time, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was even more backward than in modern times. It did not even have tracer bullets, so it could only use flares to solve the problem.
After hesitating for a moment, Gangzi asked again: "Batalion Commander, what about the problem of identification of friend and foe?"
Wang Xuexin thought about it for a while and then said: "Don't worry about identification of friend or foe, just do one thing and fire in the direction of the flare!"
Gangzi opened his mouth wide and said, "What can we do? What if enemy tanks come up?"
"Leave these all to the infantry!" Wang Xuexin said: "We have rocket launchers!"
Gangzi wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Wang Xuexin.
"I'm talking about Gangzi!" Wang Xuexin said: "Think about it with your head, our tanks have this difficulty and that difficulty at night, don't the Japanese tanks not have it? Can they see the enemy clearly and the target clearly? So you are worried
What is it?"
When Gangzi heard this, he felt that it was true. If the Japanese tanks came up, they would be running around aimlessly in the dark.
But the Eighth Route Army clearly had an advantage over the Japanese.
The reason is very simple. The Eighth Route Army tanks had a prior agreement to use flares to indicate targets, but the Japanese did not.
More importantly...the Eighth Route Army infantry had anti-tank rocket launchers but the Japanese did not.
There's nothing wrong with using this thing against tanks in night battles. It doesn't even need to use smoke grenades.