Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1720 Taiyuan First Independent Battalion

The official establishment of the night battle battalion is Taiyuan No. [-] Independent Battalion.

There are relatively few independent battalions in the Eighth Route Army, and there are also independent battalions of a certain detachment of a certain column.

Wang Xuexin used the designation "First" in order to prepare for the formation of the second, third and even more independent battalions in the future.

The reason why it is an "independent battalion" instead of being directly incorporated into the Hundred Battles Brigade or directly organized by the Hundred Battles Brigade is because this unit is rather special. It is used to fight night battles and break through the devil's poison gas blockade.

A unit like this may be cooperating with the Hundred Battles Brigade to help them break through the devil's poison gas blockade today, and then change positions to cooperate with other units tomorrow.

If this was formed by the Hundred Battles Brigade, Li Changfu would complain: "I have worked so hard to assemble an army, equipped, trained, and recruited soldiers. Is it 'common' for the whole army?"

That would be inappropriate.

Even though the Eighth Route Army abides by the discipline and does not distinguish between each other internally, if it puts all its efforts and equipment into nothing, it will still hit the enthusiasm of the troops, and even in the future, when they hear that they are going to form an army, they will be afraid to avoid it... This formed army It is used by the whole army, so why bother?Who doesn't hide good soldiers?
This is determined by the laws of the market. If you want the whole army to "share" the troops that perform special tasks, you have to "independently" do it. Transferring them around will not only not cause hatred, but each army will have the gratitude of "taking advantage" Psychology: The superior sent an army to assist us in fighting, so why not be happy?

So on the surface it looks like there is no difference, the war is still fought by these people, and the mobilization of troops is still the same as the mobilization of these soldiers, but the difference in organization means two completely different mentalities.

The tank Wang Xuexin assigned to the independent battalion was T44.

The Eighth Route Army of this tank is a production line bought from Mao Xiongna, which can produce 20 vehicles a month, but has not increased production.

The reason is that its reliability is poor and the failure rate is too high, so it is almost repaired while driving.

However, since the Eighth Route Army took over Fengtian's "Nanman Army Arsenal" and obtained the Devil's "Tiger" production line, this problem has greatly improved.

This is also thanks to Belinnekov, the bear tank production consultant.

This guy Belinnekov can be regarded as a kind repayment. Before Wang Xuexin sold the tail-stabilized sabot armor-piercing bullet to Mao Xiong so that Mao Xiong quickly grasped the initiative of the war... This can almost be said to have saved him at a critical moment. Hairy bear.

Since then, Belinnekov has been very relaxed, because all the information he heard in the country was about Mao Xiong beating Hans again and again: What battles were won today, what was recovered tomorrow, and what was the next day? How many people were surrounded by Hans.

As the saying goes, "people are refreshed on happy occasions".

Belinnekov is full of energy when he hears the good news every day. He often works on the production line for more than ten hours.

Of course, Belinnekov is not producing on the production line, but is leading his apprentices to teach a group of Chinese technicians about tank production... These Chinese technicians were selected by Wang Xuexin from among the talents, and they all have a certain mechanical foundation. Some of them are still Su Xin's classmates.

Judging from the reaction of the technicians, Belinnekov is a very qualified instructor. He is amiable at any time, but at the same time he is very strict with the technicians.

After winning Fengtian, Wang Xuexin immediately sent Belinnekov and his "apprentice" to Fengtian to study, and asked the Hundred Wars Brigade to ensure their safety, and even dispatched aviation patrols to protect the arsenal... Wang Xuexin is not only worried about the arsenal, but also about talents like Belinnekov.

Originally, Wang Xuexin didn't want to take this risk, but the tank production line was not just moved, so he could only let Belinnekov and his party go.

Compared to Wang Xuexin's nervousness, Belinnekov was indifferent.

He asked Wang Xuexin a question: "What's the 'Nanman Army Arsenal' that you captured, how big is it?"

"2250 million square meters!" Wang Xuexin couldn't help but investigate this question more than once when planning to fight Fengtian.

Belinnekov blew his whistle to express his amazement, an arsenal of this scale is not common even in Maoxiong.

Then Belinnekov spread his hands and asked again: "Look at me, how much land does it occupy?"

"Uh..." Wang Xuexin didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Less than one square meter!" Belinnekov said: "That is to say, the probability that the devil can hit us is one in 2250 million, Comrade Commander! This probability is about the same as being struck by lightning. If so , then our luck is too good!"

Wang Xuexin squeezed out a difficult smile. He didn't appreciate a hero like Belinnekov, and he actually described being hit by the enemy as "good luck".

But there was nothing wrong with what Belinnekov said.

The "Nanman Army Arsenal" is too big, and the buildings look similar from the air, and the key positions are covered with canvas camouflage. Looking down from the air, it is almost a flat land, and there is no specific "Tiger Production Line" at all. Location.

This may be one of the reasons why the devils did not send bombers to bomb the arsenal from beginning to end.

Another reason is that they know that the "La 5" fighters of the Eighth Route Army will intercept them one by one on the way, and even if they put the bombing into action, it will not have much effect.

So Belinnekov and his team rushed to the arsenal to conduct research the next day after taking Fengtian. The situation was not even stable at that time.

Belinnekov, a tank expert, is indeed different. He only worked on the "Tiger" production line for a few days, and he immediately knew which ones were better than Maoxiong and needed to be improved. Some parts were even designed and produced directly in Fengtian. Then transported back to Taiyuan Tank Factory for assembly.

The advantages and disadvantages of the two complement each other, and the failure rate of T44 is reduced a lot.

As for whether it can meet the requirements of the battlefield, of course you have to send it to the battlefield to try it out... Wartime is no better than peacetime. In peacetime, various tests can be carried out in the factory. The best test in wartime is to be sent to the battlefield.

Zhang Zihui was quite critical of this, because he had long heard that the T44 had a high failure rate and was unreliable. He immediately found Wang Xuexin and said, "Commander, I request that the T44 be replaced with a 'Sherman'. No, the T34 is fine, but the T44...we can’t afford it, if it’s all gone before it reaches its destination, what’s the use of it?”

Wang Xuexin refused without thinking: "The only tank we can produce ourselves is this tank. If you want 'Sherman', go to Li Yunlong for it yourself, and if you want 'T34', go to Li Changfu!"

Zhang Zihui fell silent in an instant, how dare he pull out his teeth from the mouths of these two tigers!
Wang Xuexin added another sentence: "Or, you don't have to, what do you think?"

"Yes, of course!" Zhang Zihui immediately smiled: "I...I just like T44, can we not like the tanks we produce ourselves? We must like it!"

(End of this chapter)