Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 616 Preparation
Wang Xuexin was also involved in the shipbuilding process, and he even made a trip to the Xinhe shipyard.

It is a big factory with a decent appearance. Although the ships produced are still relatively backward, it is not bad to have such a factory during the Republic of China.

It is said that this Xinhe shipyard has some relationship with Yan Laoxi, and the factory director Li is a distant relative of his... But this is nonsense, if you want to make a name for yourself in Shanxi, you can't do it if you don't have any friendship with Yan Laoxi arrived.

Factory Manager Li's method is very simple, that is, to weld two iron pontoons together to form a platform for transporting tanks.

However, it was found that the buoyancy was insufficient...

This was not discovered by Wang Xuexin, but by Director Li.

Factory Manager Li said: "The boat looks simple, and laymen think that as long as it can float on the water, it will be enough. If you give a load of ten tons, the boat only needs ten tons... In fact, it is not the case at all. thing."

Speaking of this, Director Li took the design drawing he drew and said: "For example, we are going to transport tanks on this ship. When the tanks are loaded, it is okay to say that we can use a platform to drive the tanks on. But what about the tanks getting off the ship? ? One end must be heavy and the other end is light, it is a ten-ton thing, and if it is all pressed against the bow, it will be a strange thing that the ship cannot capsize!"

When Wang Xuexin heard it, he thought it made sense, because he thought things simply. It seems that professional things have to be done by professional people.

Director Li then explained: "That's why we need to use counterweight, such as adding an engine to the stern, and some ballast water. If the weight is insufficient, we can add water to increase the weight. If it doesn't work, we have to ground the bow. Make sure the tanks are off the ship!"

Wang Xuexin can rest assured to leave these matters to Director Li, and Wang Xuexin can't help much if he wants to.

Fortunately, the T26 is a light tank, only nine and a half tons in weight. If the total weight of the T34 is 32 tons, it will not be able to get it no matter what.

When it was over, Factory Manager Li gave Wang Xuexin a thumbs up and praised: "Comrade, I heard that this is your idea? This is a good idea. The little devil must have never thought of this! If you take Yuncheng back, we will You can also vent your anger!"

Director Li is telling the truth.

Because when negotiating the price, the factory manager Li is dead or alive.

This is what he said to Li Yunlong: "Head, you are at the front, fighting your life and dying for the country. If we send out a few ships and ask you for money, are you still human? Needless to say, these ships are considered as gifts from us! "

Then Director Li added very sincerely: "Besides, if you can take down Yuncheng, it will be good for us too! We work under the hands of the devils, and the bayonet is against the back, and it's cold, I don't know what God is dead!"

Later, Wang Xuexin heard that some workers in the Xinhe factory were dissatisfied with the exploitation of the devils and made some small moves. After being discovered by the devils, they beheaded their heads to show the public, and hung their heads above the factory for ten days!

Putting aside the matter of the boat, Wang Xuexin hurried back to the army again.

What Wang Xuexin has to do is to conduct the necessary training for the tank soldiers to adapt to the upcoming battle.

When Gangzi heard that he was going to land and fight at night, he couldn't help but gasped.

"Commander!" Gangzi said, "You don't know what's going on inside the tank. You can't hear the sound of the engine. You can only see the outside through a small hole, and you can only see a small piece in front of you. It was pitch black at night, and the shadows swaying in front of us were enemies or friends, even if there was a tank ahead, it was hard to tell whether it was an enemy or a friend!"

Wang Xuexin has also driven a tank, so of course he knows what Gangzi said is true.

But what is the saying...

Wang Xuexin threw out what the Eighth Route Army often said: "The situation is like this, if you have the conditions, you have to go, and if you don't have the conditions, you have to go!"

"Yes!" Gangzi stood up and answered.

This is an order. This is the only way to fight a battle. No matter how dangerous or difficult it is, you must obey it. This is what a soldier should do.

However, fighting is necessary. In terms of details, Wang Xuexin thinks that some arrangements need to be made, and he can't fight blindly, otherwise he will not be able to play a role after finally landing. He also sent [-] tanks up, which would be a big loss.

Wang Xuexin said: "Can we do this, prepare more flares, and let the infantry use the flares to indicate the direction and target for the tanks every few minutes at critical moments. Simply put, where the flares hit, your machine guns and artillery will hit there! "

Gangzi thought for a while, then replied, "It might be better this way!"

This is actually the way modern tracer bullets point the target.

Modern tanks still do not have strong night combat capabilities, because night vision devices are not something that every country can afford or equip, or the infrared night vision devices are blurry, like snow covered Black and white TV, it is still difficult to see the target (this was the case in China until the Ten Years War in the 80s).

But the battlefield sometimes requires the cooperation of tanks.

For example, sneak attack at night, it is difficult to remove the enemy's bunker fortifications without tanks, or there is no hiding place in an open space that needs tank cover, etc.

At this time, the method adopted by the troops is tracer bullets. A tracer bullet is loaded every few ordinary bullets in the magazine. When tanks are needed to provide firepower, they use tracer bullets to shoot at the target.

The bullet glows brightly at night, pointing like a line at the target, so tank crews know where to fire.

But to be honest, this is just a tactic that is better than nothing, and it is a helpless choice when the equipment is weak.

At this time, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was even more backward than modern times, and they didn't even have tracer bullets, so they could only be solved with flares.

After hesitating for a while, Gangzi asked again: "Battle Commander, what about the identification of friend and foe?"

Wang Xuexin thought about it for a while, and then said: "Don't bother with identifying friend or foe, you just do one thing and fire in the direction of the flare!"

Gangzi opened his mouth wide and said, "How can that be, what if the enemy tanks come up?"

"All these are handed over to the infantry!" Wang Xuexin said, "We have bazookas!"

Gangzi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Wang Xuexin.

"I said Gangzi!" Wang Xuexin said: "Think with your head, our tanks have this and that difficulty at night, don't devil tanks not? Can they see the enemy and the target clearly? So you are worried What is it?"

When Gangzi heard it, he felt that it was true. If the Devil Tank came up, it would be running around aimlessly in the dark.

But the Eighth Route Army obviously has an advantage over the devils.

The reason is very simple. The Eighth Route Army tanks had a prior agreement to fire flares to indicate the target, but the devils did not.

More importantly... the Eighth Route Army infantry had anti-tank rocket launchers in their hands, but the devils did not.

There is nothing to say about this thing playing against tanks in night battles, not even smoke bombs.

(End of this chapter)