One batch after another, the Eagle Sauce pilots were transferred to Yuncheng.
The reason why he was sent to Yuncheng was not only because Sun Erwei was in Yuncheng, but also because Yuncheng had convenient transportation and strong military strength.
At this time, looking at the entire Eighth Route Army defense line, whether it is the Zhongtiao Mountain defense line or the Luliang Mountain defense line, the unit with the strongest combat effectiveness should be the independent regiment.
Just kidding, the Independent Regiment has rocket launchers, artillery, and dozens of tanks, plus there are iron-like defenses outside Yuncheng. I'm afraid that if the Japanese come to a brigade, they can go head-to-head and not lose at all.
At this time, even a main division of the Eighth Route Army did not have such powerful equipment... Although the main division's equipment at this time had also been strengthened, the previously poor rifles were basically replaced with Springfield rifles and 38 rifles, and the combat effectiveness was improved by one
level.
But the equipment of the main division is limited to this.
The artillery is still a few old mountain cannons. There is no way who can make them not know how to use heavy artillery. There are two main divisions equipped with a rocket launcher battery. They are in the state of testing the equipment. They are required to learn the command of the rocket launcher.
As for tanks, there is no need to even think about them.
There was once a division commander who made a request to the headquarters to equip the headquarters with tanks, but the commander rejected it with one sentence: "I'll leave the tanks to you. How do you plan to fight and submit a report with a combat plan?"
Then there was no sound immediately.
Although many of the commanders of the Eighth Route Army are senior intellectuals, and some even returned from studying abroad, at this time, even countries such as Mao Xiong, Gaul, and The Sun Never Sets have not been able to understand tank tactics! Who can guarantee that?
Isn't it a waste if the tank falls into your hands?
Then the commander ordered: "You should learn more about tank tactics. We will not fight unprepared battles. Only when we learn the tactics can we safely hand over tanks to you in the future!"
So Wang Xuexin became busy here.
Because every once in a while, someone would come to Wang Xuexin with a small book to learn from Wang Xuexin.
Most of these people were sent to Yuncheng by various troops for official business, such as transporting food and ammunition... Yuncheng seized a lot of food and ammunition from the Japanese. The food and ammunition were too large for Li Yunlong to swallow, so the chief directly distributed them
Give it to each army and ask them to send the logistics department to organize a transportation team to transport it.
The transportation teams sent by each army are not just transportation teams. They also take this opportunity to place a few literate, educated and eloquent commanders and fighters in the transportation team.
Sometimes a few are arranged, because often those who are educated and can read cannot speak, and those who can speak and are clever cannot read.
As soon as these people arrived in Yuncheng, they immediately asked to see Xiao Dongbei, saying that they wanted to "exchange and learn".
At this time, the Eighth Route Army encouraged exchanges and learning, so Li Yunlong could not refuse, and Wang Xuexin could not refuse, so he could only receive him again and again.
Then, just like an interview, one person talks and the other notes:
"Comrade Wang Xuexin, what is the key to tank combat?"
“What are the key points?”
"Is there any secret?"
…
Wang Xuexin was a little helpless about this, because he himself didn't know where to start. This couldn't be explained in a few words.
What's more, there is no fixed pattern in fighting. It often relies on the commander's judgment of the battlefield environment at that time, and there is even an element of luck in it. How can you say it will be what it is?
However, Wang Xuexin also has a solution, simply let other troops join the tank team like artillery and rocket launchers.
Li Yunlong was still a little worried about this. He said to Wang Xuexin: "Little Northeast, the tank army is different from other troops. Tanks are our secrets among secrets. If any information leaks out..."
The tank unit has not let up exchanges and studies with other units. The reason is that the T34 tank has many secrets, such as armor thickness, speed, etc. If this spreads and the enemy knows its weaknesses, it will not be a trivial matter.
Apart from anything else, even if the tactics are leaked, it is not a trivial matter.
Wang Xuexin replied: "Commander, we are only letting go of the T26 unit, and this group is letting go more at the tank command and tactical level. The number is small and they are trustworthy comrades. In this way, there is much less chance of leaking information.
Got it!"
Li Yunlong thought about it and nodded in agreement.
This approach must be correct, because it is impossible to do this kind of thing of "losing food due to choking"... The Eighth Route Army's future tank force will definitely not be limited to this. For example, it can also import tanks from Mao Xiong or Yingjiang to expand the size of the army.
If we need more tank commanders, we can't just pile everything up here in Xiaodongbei, right?
So of course we need to consciously cultivate excellent commanders. This is a long-term matter, and by then it will be too late to train them again.
We can't stop developing ourselves just because we're worried about intelligence leaks. What's the difference between eating because we're afraid of choking?
Wang Xuexin was quite surprised that Li Yunlong could understand this truth so quickly.
Later I learned that this was at least partly the fault of Zhao Gang, because Zhao Gang taught Li Yunlong how to read, and of course idioms. His story of discussing idioms with him when he had nothing to do made him understand the meaning of these idioms.
Not to mention, after learning these things, Li Yunlong's ideological realm has been raised to a higher level.
As soon as the tank training project started, Wang Xuexin's fifth battalion "relentlessly" recruited a wave of talents...
Those who joined the tank company to study, the lowest-ranking ones had been company commanders for two years, the highest-ranking ones were even deputy regimental commanders, and some even had the experience of studying abroad and studying in military academies.
Therefore, it is not that there are no talents in the Eighth Route Army, it is just that such talents are relatively small.
These are just one or two people selected from each regiment or even each division.
Because all the troops know that this matter is not trivial:
This is about learning tank tactics. Can you learn it if you are illiterate?
If you don't have any command experience or actual combat experience, isn't it just talking on paper?
If you don't have any tactical knowledge, can you understand it?
Therefore, the first batch of people who were transferred to the fifth battalion totaled fifteen people, and all of them were "talented people" who were well-known in various units and even had military exploits.
Li Yunlong didn't think this was anything. He looked at Wang Xuexin's blooming look and found it strange: "I'm talking about Xiaodongbei, these people all returned to the original army after learning their skills. What are you happy about being poor? Why don't you give it to me?
Other troops make wedding clothes?"
Wang Xuexin replied: "Captain, you don't know! These people will have to study for at least a year and a half in our army, right? In this year and a half, they will have to fight in our army, right?"
Li Yunlong glared at Wang Xuexin: "Looking at your little potential, are you just doing this for this year and a half?"
Wang Xuexin added: "What if...this batch has not graduated yet and another batch comes in?"
Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment, then he patted his head and became happy: "You're right, isn't this just...our army has a large number of good soldiers?"