Not to mention tanks, their command and training are more complicated and more dangerous than rocket launchers and artillery.
The chief said: "Tanks are not a question of whether they can drive or not. They require the art of command! If they are handed over to people who cannot command, not only will they not be effective, but tanks and personnel will also be lost. Then it will be the same as
What’s the difference between scrap metal?”
So there is no doubt that the tanks captured from the Japanese were eventually handed over to the independent regiment.
If Li Yunlong knew this, there would be no need to humiliate Zhao Gang to write a report, he would just grab Xiao Dongbei and hold on to him.
As a result, Yuncheng had an additional artillery unit, and Wang Xuexin's tank unit also received some supplements.
However, this time the tank force included T34, T26, as well as the Type 97 and Type 95 captured by the Japanese... With so many types of models, the speed and ammunition maintenance were different, which gave Wang Xuexin a headache for a while.
But this is not the biggest headache for Wang Xuexin.
When Li Yunlong was discussing the defense of Yuncheng with Wang Xuexin, he said: "Xiao Dongbei, I am thinking about something. Please tell me whether I am right or not!"
As he spoke, Li Yunlong pointed his finger at Yuncheng on the map and said: "The Japanese infantry is coming. We have bunkers and gun towers. If it doesn't work, we still have trench walls. We are not afraid. The Japanese tanks are coming, and we have anti-tank trenches."
With artillery, at most we can just release the T34 and beat them to pieces, but even if there is something, we still can’t withstand it!”
"What?" Wang Xuexin asked cooperatively. In fact, he already had the answer in his heart.
"Planes!" Li Yunlong said: "We still have nothing to do with the Japanese planes. Do you think, what if the Japanese send planes to blow up bunkers? Our anti-aircraft guns are enough? Those anti-aircraft guns also have to protect the tanks, right? Can we protect the tanks at the same time?
And protect Yuncheng?"
Wang Xuexin fell silent.
As before, using anti-aircraft artillery to hit preset targets can only be used occasionally, but certainly not for long-term operations.
In addition, the more important thing about Yuncheng's defense is actually not Yuncheng itself, but the defense line on the northern flank of Yuncheng.
Both Wang Xuexin and Li Yunlong saw this clearly.
Just like in the previous Yuncheng defensive battle, the Jinsui Army always placed the most elite Chu Yunfei on the north wing of Yuncheng. Once the north wing defense line is broken, it means that Yuncheng will be surrounded by the enemy on three sides.
Therefore, tanks cannot stay in Yuncheng for a long time or all of them... It is meaningless for tanks to stay in Yuncheng. The strength of tanks is mobile combat. If they are placed in the city, they cannot even play the role of "fort".
Therefore, given time, after the tank has been overhauled and retrained for a period of time, we will immediately pull out the outside of the city to help defend the northern flank.
But this will raise the question Li Yunlong mentioned: Is the anti-aircraft gun enough to defend Yuncheng and protect tanks at the same time?
It's definitely not enough. Anti-aircraft guns are meant to be large-scale and rely on a certain probability or even luck to achieve results.
Li Yunlong paused and then said: "Xiao Dongbei, why don't you talk to Sun Erwei again and give him more anti-aircraft guns?"
Wang Xuexin sighed and replied helplessly: "Captain, it's not that I didn't tell you, but at this time, China's external highway has been cut off. Even if the eagle sauce is willing to be delivered, it can't be transported in!"
It's not that luck can't come in.
In fact, as long as a hump route is established, it can be transported in.
The problem is to use the hump route to transport anti-aircraft guns, and also to the Eighth Route Army...Wang Xuexin dare not even think about it.
But it’s not just because of this problem.
Wang Xuexin said: "Commander, I actually think that anti-aircraft guns are not very good at dealing with Japanese aircraft!"
"How do you say that?" Li Yunlong was a little confused: "In the last battle, we used anti-aircraft guns to shoot down many planes, didn't we?"
"Captain, that's just luck!" Wang Xuexin explained: "Actually, I set an ambush for the Japs. If the Japs stepped into the pit accidentally, it won't be such an easy thing next time!"
Li Yunlong is a battle-hardened man. He looked back and understood: "If the Japanese are prepared, if our tanks are parked there and their planes don't come here, there will be nothing we can do!"
Wang Xuexin nodded.
This is the biggest weakness of the preset Zhuyuan. It can only guard a limited airspace, just like holding up a defensive umbrella. The tank cannot drive out of the scope of this umbrella.
If the Japanese stopped and did not launch an attack, the tank would just stop there and stare.
If a tank cannot be put into battle, it is essentially the same as not having one at all.
Li Yunlong asked: "What do you mean, what can be used to deal with aircraft?"
"Plane!" Wang Xuexin replied without thinking.
Of course, the best equipment to deal with airplanes is airplanes, or fighter jets to be exact... Only they can rush to the battlefield quickly and shoot down enemy bombers, and only they can seize air supremacy, otherwise not even a single piece of equipment can reach the sky.
None, how can we talk about air control?
These words shocked Li Yunlong: "I said Xiao Dongbei, your appetite is getting bigger and bigger. Now you want to buy a plane? But this plane..."
"I know!" Wang Xuexin replied: "This thing is not easy, we don't even have the skills to fly a plane!"
Li Yunlong laughed "hehe": "That's right. We must first have someone to fly the plane. One day... let's go to the Japanese airport and fly a few damn planes back!"
Wang Xuexin almost choked at Li Yunlong's words.
This plane is not like a car or a tank, it can be driven back just as soon as it is started.
Even if one day we can actually attack the airport as Li Yunlong said, and bring a pilot who can fly the plane, but will the plane have fuel? Has the runway been cleared? Has it been inspected, etc...
However, Wang Xuexin soon discovered that Li Yunlong was just talking, and he himself knew that this was almost impossible to achieve.
Li Yunlong smiled and patted Wang Xuexin on the shoulder and said, "It's okay to think about it. We may have it one day! However, we don't have it now. Do we have to think of other ways?"
What can Wang Xuexin do?
If the problem of aircraft cannot be solved and it is a plain area, tanks will inevitably be restricted everywhere. If they want to be effective, there seems to be only one way to go: night fighting.
However, what Wang Xuexin didn't expect was that what they thought was impossible would actually have a chance.
Just when Wang Xuexin and Li Yunlong were daydreaming, Sun Erwei came and said excitedly: "Wang, have you heard? We bombed Tokyo!"
"What?" Wang Xuexin was stunned, and then he thought that this was indeed what happened. Yingjiang's bombers took off from the aircraft carrier and attacked Tokyo.
But it was only symbolic, to boost morale, so the Yingjiang pilots still parachuted along the coast, and the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas even rescued a few.