The military situation was urgent and the soldiers had only three days left. That night the soldiers began intense night training.
As a result, we encountered a problem at the beginning of the training: there were not enough flares. Li Yunlong called all the regiments and even the headquarters to request them, but the entire army could find only about fifty flares.
The headquarters can't actually say "request", because the chief is also worried about the fall of Yuncheng. Now when he heard that Xiaodongbei had a battle plan to defeat Yuncheng, he immediately became interested.
After Li Yunlong reported the entire plan to the chief, the chief and the chief of staff discussed it and felt that although the plan was dangerous, it did have hope of success.
Finally, the leader came to the conclusion: "I think we can try it. If we do nothing, tens of thousands of people in Zhongtiao Mountain will face the dilemma of being surrounded. The impact will be too great. Fighting like Xiao Dongbei said failed.
The loss of dozens of tanks is nothing compared to the siege of Zhongtiao Mountain!"
The chief of staff also agreed: "This is using tanks for special operations. This guy Xiao Dongbei is really brave!"
The leader smiled and said: "He is called bold and careful. Ordinary people would not even dare to think about this kind of tactics! Not only did he dare to think about it, he also came up with a method that could run on the ground and in the water at the same time for this battle.
Ship! The Japanese would have never dreamed that Yuncheng, which is said to be impregnable, would be captured twice by Xiaobei Northeast!"
"Yes!" The chief of staff nodded: "Once it was rammed open by a train, this time it was a tank crossing the lake to knock open the city gate. If I were the Japanese commander, I would be so angry that Xiao Dongbei would commit suicide by caesarean section!"
As he said this, the chief and the chief of staff burst into laughter.
In fact, they all know that Wang Xuexin has not yet finished his battle, and it is too early to say this now.
However, life in the Eighth Route Army was difficult and the pressure of commanding operations was great. Working like this for a long time without knowing how to enjoy the hardships was not feasible.
Then the commander sent a telegram back to Li Yunlong: "I agree to the plan, and the entire army will make every effort to cooperate with your unit in combat!"
With the cooperation of the leader and chief of staff, all needs of the independent regiment can basically be met.
But this is only "basic". There are some things that the Eighth Route Army itself does not have, and even if the independent regiment wants them, they will not get them.
Flares are one of them.
The flare looks like a very simple thing, with little technological content and low cost. The problem is that the Eighth Route Army has no industrial base...
The characteristic of not having an industrial base is that when you want something, you always find that it is lacking, and the only things you can build are things aided by other countries. What you want, you find that you can't do it.
For example, the Eighth Route Army can now produce rifles and bullets, but only rifles and bullets.
It is said that it is much more difficult to produce rifles and bullets than flares, but it is impossible to produce flares... Without a large and complete industrial base, technology cannot be transferred and diffused, and it is very passive in terms of research and development.
This is why there is a saying that "a great power heavy industry".
Modern networks are boasting about high technology and innovation every day...
In fact, what is more important to a country is not these, what is important is a strong industrial base.
With a strong industrial foundation, high technology and innovation will come naturally, so we must proceed step by step in a down-to-earth manner.
If you don’t have an industrial base and want to engage in high technology and innovation... To build a destroyer, buy the radar from this country, design the hull from another country, buy the engine from that country, and any so-called "self-developed" equipment can be gathered by the United Nations.
What words should I use to describe this? It is a fake and empty-faced project. When it comes to fighting, it is like a typical Beiyang Fleet. The data looks beautiful but is useless.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army had no choice. In modern times, some countries have the conditions and opportunities but do not take the road of industrialization and blindly hope to quickly climb the ranks of great and powerful countries by purchasing technology. This is simply nonsense.
Wang Xuexin originally thought that it would not be a big problem to collect several hundred flares, but he did not expect that Li Yunlong sent a telegram saying: "After searching the entire army, there are only fifty-three. Is that enough?"
Wang Xuexin was dumbfounded when he saw the amount.
He actually asked if it was enough?
More than fifty pieces are not enough for training!
Gangzi explained from the side: "Battal Commander, our Eighth Route Army cannot use flares, they are all used by the Japanese! Normally, they don't keep what they capture on the battlefield, they just destroy them. Now if we need them temporarily, where can we find so many!"
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Wang Xuexin understood after hearing this.
The Eighth Route Army often carried out activities at night, such as building bunkers and blowing up artillery towers in the dark. The Japanese were eager to turn the night into day, so they used all available flares and searchlights.
Over time, flares and searchlights became symbols of the Japanese. The Eighth Route Army hated them when they saw these things, and subconsciously destroyed them to prevent them from being used by the Japanese. As a result, they can't find them now.
"This is troublesome!" Chen Songyong frowned and said: "The whole army only has more than fifty rounds, which is not enough for the battlefield, let alone training!"
Chen Songyong previously estimated the number of flares needed:
Calculated based on thirty tanks, if each tank requires ten rounds of illumination bombs, then three hundred rounds are needed.
Including three nights of training and three rounds every night, it will be almost 300 rounds in three nights.
Plus some spares, the total is about 700 rounds.
But now that we can't even make a small change, we can't start this training.
After thinking about it, Wang Xuexin said: "There are not enough flares... let's use incendiary bombs!"
Gangzi's eyes lit up and he agreed: "This is a good idea. I think incendiary bombs are more effective than illumination bombs. The illumination bombs illuminate a large area in the air. It is still difficult for the gunner to determine where the target is. But if the incendiary bombs hit nearby, they will burn."
Once it’s done, the goal will be obvious!”
Chen Songyong said in embarrassment: "Incendiary bombs... we may not have that many, at most three or four hundred rounds!"
This is not because the output of rockets is not high, but that rockets have developed a variety of ammunition types, mainly armor-piercing projectiles used for anti-tank.
Wang Xuexin said: "Let the arsenal immediately seize the time to produce. Incendiary bombs plus illumination bombs can make up to 600 rounds!"
Wang Xuexin no longer dares to have such high demands. It’s enough for the battlefield. Just save on daily training if you can!
But later Wang Xuexin discovered a training method that saves ammunition:
There is no need to actually fire the rocket launcher during training. Anyway, the tank gunner just sees the fire ahead and fires in that direction.
Therefore, the incendiary bombs were directly replaced with incendiary bottles during training, which saved about 300 rounds of ammunition.
As for following the infantry, their perception ability is much better than that of tanks. What they need to learn more is actually the operation of rocket launchers, and then use incendiary bombs to indicate the direction of tanks.