Bright Sword Military System

Wang Xuexin's preparations for the "Petroleum Plan" were mainly naval.

On the army side, Wang Xuexin was very confident. After all, it was a basin terrain like Ping'an Village. The Eighth Route Army had the advantages of artillery detection radar and air superiority. At the same time, the mechanized troops were still fighting on the plains. They were attacking the seven regiments of Ping'an Village. With one defense, one silence, and one movement working together, even if the Japs concentrated their forces to attack, they might not be able to do anything to Ping An Village.

What's more important is...

There is no oil in Ping'an Village, so it is of no military value. It is just a tactic used to deceive the Japanese and make them consume the remaining manpower and the limited amount of fuel.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army had already made preparations for retreat in Pingan Village: it had opened a road to the west into the Daxingan Mountains, and the troops could retreat to the Daxingan Mountains and then withdraw to the defense line.

Wang Xuexin is still concerned about the coastal defense regiment.

Because Wang Xuexin understood that if the Japanese wanted to capture Pingan Village, it would be impossible to rely solely on the Kwantung Army to attack from land. Even if the Japanese pressed half of the Kwantung Army up, they might not be able to capture it, as long as the Eighth Route Army had enough bullets and artillery shells.

And the Eighth Route Army has urgently transported eight bases of ammunition to Ping'an Village... During this period, ammunition was given priority to Ping'an Village, so that there were bomb-proof holes used to store ammunition everywhere inside and outside Ping'an Village, and even the garrison had some troubles. Mixed up.

In addition, Ping'an Village has also arranged two helicopter squadrons to be ready to transport ammunition to Ping'an Village at any time.

Ping'an Village is a basin. If the northeast exit is blocked by the Japanese, helicopters will become the best means of transportation.

Therefore, if the Japanese really wanted to capture Pingan Village and maintain long-term control, they would still have to use a sea-land attack: first defeat the Chinese Coastal Defense Regiment, and then find a landing point on the coastline to open a gap and cut off the Eighth Route Army's transportation and supply lines from the rear.

However, what Wang Xuexin can do in the coastal defense regiment is very limited.

The only thing that could be done was to send a blueprint to the shipyard. It was a blueprint for converting the Japanese's wooden Daihatsu into a minesweeper.

Wang Xuexin bought this from the system.

Modification of ships is not as easy as imagined. For example, although the Japanese "Wooden Daifa" landing craft is "wooden", its superstructure still has a steel structure in order to provide cover for soldiers during landing.

And its propeller is also made of steel.

The steel component of the engine cannot be avoided, but you can raise the engine position to keep the engine as far away from the sea mines as possible... Most of the mines in World War II were magnetic mines. Once they sense the steel hull of the ship, The magnetism will explode.

Therefore, minesweepers are generally made of wood or special glass materials, otherwise the so-called minesweepers are used to hit mines.

Finally, add a minesweeper cutter to the "Wooden Dafa" and add a counterweight on the bottom of the ship to make it balanced and move its center of gravity downward, and a minesweeper is completed.

The principle of mine clearing is very simple. When working, you only need to throw the cutter into the sea, and the minesweeper will drag it back and forth in the minefield.

Once the cutter comes into contact with the cable used to fix the mine in the sea, the unique shape of the cutter will hook the cable and cut it, and the mine will surface. At this time, you only need to detonate it from a safe distance. .

The reason why Wang Xuexin chose to use the Japanese "Wooden Dafa" for modification was mainly because the Dalian Shipyard could independently produce this kind of landing craft. At this time, the shipyard had produced more than [-] boats.

On the other hand, this kind of landing craft is light in weight and shallow in water, with a displacement of only 11 tons, and it is also a flat-bottomed boat. This feature makes it very suitable for mine clearance.

Mines are usually used to blow up warships, so even if the mine hits the fuse, its fixed depth will not be too shallow.

Setting the depth too shallow means that it is likely to be triggered by civilian ships or even wooden blocks floating on the sea. This is not what the Japanese want.A warship can easily weigh 3000 tons, and its draft is generally about four meters.

For this situation, the fixed depth of mines is usually two or three meters.

The Japanese's landing craft has a draft of less than half a meter and can pass right over the mine without triggering it.

The only drawback is that this minesweeper is too small for offshore operations.

But this is not a problem for the current Eighth Route Army... At this time, the Eighth Route Army is mainly defensive in the navy, and has no operational needs to operate in distant seas.

After receiving the drawings, Xu Huandong nodded repeatedly and sighed: "The leader is thinking of us. I was just worried about the lack of minesweepers, and the drawings will be sent soon!"

It turns out that Xu Huandong is also worried about the mine issue.

The reason why the Japanese did not use mines before was because they looked down on the Eighth Route Army's Coastal Defense Regiment and thought they could easily wipe out the Eighth Route Army's Coastal Defense Regiment.

For example, in the last naval battle, the Japanese even hoped to use a trick to force the coastal defense regiment out to fight them.

Under such circumstances, the Japanese would certainly not blockade ports or shipyards with mines.

But now the Japanese already know the strength of the Eighth Route Army's Coastal Defense Regiment. At the same time, there are only two ports where the Eighth Route Army's Coastal Defense Regiment can dock and supply: the shipyard and Port Arthur.

Isn’t that easy to deal with?
All you need to do is transport a batch of mines by plane to lay a mine near the shipyard and port, and the minelayers will come up to make up for it... The Eighth Route Army's Coastal Defense Regiment will be sealed inside and unable to play its role!

Or did the Eighth Route Army Coast Guard Regiment brave the risk of being bombed and sinking several warships?

After much deliberation, we must have a minesweeper!
Therefore, Wang Xuexin's drawing can be said to be a timely help that solves a major problem that troubled Xu Huandong!
After looking at the drawings for a while, Xu Huandong couldn't help but praise: "The team leader has the help of experts. There are no flaws in the modifications, and only small changes are needed to complete the work quickly!"

How did Xu Huandong know that the person who helped Wang Xuexin was not an expert, but a system that was higher than the expert.

After solving the problem of minesweepers, the next work on the seaside is to wait for the Yingjiang aircraft carrier to enter the fleet and then conduct some adaptive training.

Then Wang Xuexin sent another telegram to Professor Emmaus. There was only one short sentence in the telegram: "Next step!"

So Imos announced a big news in the geological community:
"God, we actually found oil seedlings in Ping'an Village!"

"I can't believe it. It's almost certain there is oil here, it's just a matter of how much!"

Professor Imos even took photos, in which you can clearly see some black liquid in the samples drilled.

The photos were then sent back to Eagle Sauce and published in major newspapers.

But of course, these were all faked by Professor Imos.

But Professor Imos is an expert in this field, so the forgery was very professional, with no trace of fraud at all!