From to 1935 2020

In 1934, the North Shaanxi Oilfield Exploration Office was established, and a total of seven wells were drilled.The well locations of these wells are mostly determined based on the geological data provided by Wang Zhuquan, Pan Zhongxiang and others.Four of these seven wells are being extended, and the well numbers are 101, 102, 103, and 104. Well 101 encountered high oil production at a depth of 101 meters. The initial daily oil production was 1.5 tons, and then reduced to 105 kg. Well 102 has a depth of 149 meters, Well 103 has a depth of 117 meters, and Well 104 has a depth of 88 meters. The daily oil production ranges from 201 to 202 kilograms to 203 kilograms.The other three wells are in Yongping, with well numbers 201, 104, and 202. Well 203 is 113 meters deep and can produce [-] kilograms of oil per day at the beginning. Well [-] has oil and gas shows. Well [-] is [-] meters deep and can produce [-] kilograms of oil per day.

It is confirmed that there is oil underground in Yongping.

After the Red Army captured the whole of northern Shaanxi in 1935, Huang Ke immediately ordered related oil extraction and refining equipment from the United States.Thanks to the valuable information provided by later generations of netizens, the Red Army knew exactly what equipment to buy, where to drill wells, and even what problems they would encounter during the oil production process.

On the one hand, according to the list provided by Huang Ke, the Red Army worked hard to collect the few talents in oil extraction and refining in the country. On the other hand, it also asked the Soviet Union for help. The Soviet Union itself was a big oil extraction country, and there was no shortage of experts in this field.

Several of the fourth batch of experts transported by the Soviet Union this time are talents in oil extraction and refining.When the equipment arrived, these experts happened to arrive together.After taking the historical materials given by Huang Ke and careful on-site investigation, they quickly installed the oil extraction equipment.

In the next few days, the Soviets also received a small refinery fractionation tower.What puzzled the group of Soviet experts was that after the equipment was installed, the Red Army made a very strange request: they were required to use this equipment to distill, separate, purify, and re-distill an existing batch of finished diesel oil. refining.

The Soviet expert was puzzled: "The diesel you are using now is already the best light diesel!"

"It's not enough, it's still too complicated, not pure enough! We have a diesel engine here. Although the performance is excellent, it eats too much oil!"

Although they felt very strange, according to the requirements of the Red Army, the Soviet experts used the fractionation tower to distill and refine the existing diesel oil several times, and proposed to take hundreds of kilograms of "transparent as mineral water" light Diesel before giving up.

And this batch of high-quality light diesel oil was prepared for that infantry fighting vehicle.

The M2A3 Bradley tank is very fun to drive, but the diesel it burns so far is the diesel that comes with the tank.After experiencing the battle of Baozuo and Changsha's zero-yuan purchase, the remaining fuel of the tank is only enough for two or three more battles before it will be exhausted.

Although Rhubarb checked the information on the Internet, he can barely burn light diesel oil of this era, but the best high-quality light diesel oil (available on the market) of this era is inferior to ordinary goods in later generations Junk stuff.

It can be used, but a series of problems such as coking, clogging, cleaning, and oil consumption will definitely drive logistics crazy.

The solution is to use a fractionating tower to process and purify the existing "best light diesel oil" again to remove impurities—anyway, the demand is not large, as long as it is enough for a tank to use in battle. (For this knowledge, I asked someone who has worked in petroleum refining and listened to her opinion.)

The Red Army was very anxious about this matter.

Soviet experts quickly followed suit.When they operated the fractionator and began to repeatedly refine diesel oil, Huang Ke and Elena were driving the M2A3 with little fuel in the Bayannur area hundreds of kilometers to the north. The command vehicle, leading four modified CV33 tanks, was crazily attacking the positions of the Jinsui Army, and at the same time was consuming the few remaining 21st century diesel oil.

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The Soviet instructors, Captain Ovi and Lieutenant Abram, came to the Red Army troops to guide the combination of infantry and tank tactics, but in fact most of the time, their teaching equipment was not tanks, but cars.

The reason is simple: the tank has limited motorcycle working hours, and supplementary maintenance after parts are damaged is a big headache.Therefore, during normal training, the teaching aids used are cars.

During the period of the Republic of China, American cars were of course the most sold in China. At that time, Ford in the United States had just developed the Model T, and it became the most productive car in the world. Ford’s sales in the 30s accounted for three-thirds of the world’s total car production. About one-tenth of that, and the idea of ​​the old Ford was to build the cheapest car, a car that every ordinary person could afford, so Ford became the most popular car after the American Consulate entered China. ($360 to build)

The several teaching aids located at the Armored Forces School in the suburbs of Yan’an are all Ford Model T cars. Although this car is a classic, it was eliminated and discontinued in 1927 because it could not compete with latecomers. On the road, you can still see these classic cars running.

The four classic cars produced ten years ago in the hands of the Red Army are second-hand cars bought from Xi'an and other places.The reason for choosing him is that his tires are huge, the chassis is high, and the solid tires can drive on poor roads.The cost is also quite cheap. The four second-hand cars that have been used for nearly ten years only cost more than 300 oceans.

These four classic cars have been in the hands of the Red Army for more than two months. They have been used a lot, either as a substitute for tanks for teaching, or as a training tool for novice drivers.Due to the long-term work like "996 and 007", and repeated tossing, two of the old engines of the classic cars were scrapped in the end.

In order to "save money", the underground party engaged in underground work in Pingjin directly stole two old cars of the same model and model in the local area, and then removed the engine and all the "small parts" that could be dismantled from the car. The railway sent to Yan'an to repair the car.

A classic car that has been used for ten years, and the life of the engine is approaching its limit. Naturally, it will not be fast enough to drive, but it is barely enough to simulate the situation of a tank driving in the wild.Most of the time, Captain Ove and Lieutenant Abram used these four vehicles as teaching aids to teach the Red Army infantry how to cooperate with tanks.

The combination of infantry and tanks is actually a very high infantry tactic. Even for the People's Liberation Army in the 21st century, it will take several months to learn this tactic to fully master it.But the war is about to start. Captain Ovi and Lieutenant Abram, the two "old Red Army" who participated in the Soviet-Russian civil war during the October Revolution, are only "from memory" at this time, according to their own time when the civil war combined infantry and tanks to attack. The experience and lessons taught the Red Army soldiers to start from the most superficial and easy-to-learn places. .

Only two veterans of the Soviet Red Army had taught the students for less than half a month. One day they woke up and came to the playground of the Armored Forces School. They found that the first eight tank crews were all gone.The Red Army who followed them to learn the combination of infantry and tanks for half a month was also reduced by half.After a question, the answer from the Red Army was that there was an urgent mission.The two immediately guessed that there must be a major military operation.

After another ten days, they found that the four tanks parked in the warehouse were also missing.

"Is there going to be a war? First, the people disappeared, and it took so long for the tanks to disappear! Where is the battlefield?"

That night, while eating in the cafeteria prepared for these red aid experts, Captain Ovi couldn't help talking about it with his Soviet colleague Andrei.

"Actually, many days ago, I found that I lost many familiar friends. According to what you said, I guess the battle will happen in these few days."

Andre nodded, then uncorked the bottle of Fenjiu, and blew a big mouthful.Affected by the Great Cleansing, these people who came to China spoke more rigorously, and talked about everything to the point.

Lieutenant Abrams, the deputy, said:

"Those four tanks are well modified. They have radios to cooperate with the infantry. They should be able to fight well in this battle."

There were four people sitting around the table, when the fourth person came over, he was a mechanic, sitting at the table, and asked another very important question: "There is no railway here, how did those tanks get to the front line? Could it be a hard drive? I just saw those ten-wheeled tank trailers being driven out to pull goods back, exactly ten."

After the Italian CV33 tank was modified by Huang Kemo, its weight increased from 3.2 tons to 3.7 tons.In order to facilitate the transportation of tanks, Huang Ke specially spent a lot of money to import ten newest ten-wheel heavy trucks from the United States, four of which were specially assigned to tanks for transportation.But most of the time, these trucks are used for long-distance transportation between Yan'an and Xi'an.

The Red Army had a large-scale military operation, so naturally they would not inform these outsiders, but with years of experience, they still smelled the smell of gunpowder in the air at the first time.

The place where everyone eats is specially opened for Soviet experts. It serves wine, meat, cigarettes and other items. In terms of quality of life, it is even slightly better than in the Soviet Union. This time Huang Ke spent zero yuan in Shanghai. On the ship that was bought and looted, a large amount of luxury goods such as tobacco, alcohol, canned coffee, etc. were obtained. Not long ago, all of them were sent to Yan'an, and now the supply in this regard is very sufficient.

As other Soviet experts entered the cafeteria, the surrounding gradually became lively. They began to communicate in Russian, guessing which direction the Red Army would attack this time, and when the war would break out.

In fact, while they were discussing this, fighting had broken out in the North.

-------------------- Chapter 131 The Battle of Bayannaoer -------------------

Map of Suiyuan (readers in Xiyang can see it, click #)...——

Bayannur is a strategic location in the west of Suiyuan. The Yinshan Mountains in the north block the cold current from the south and the wind and sand from the Mongolian Plateau.Under its protection, the Houtao Plain between the Yinshan Mountains and the Yellow River is guaranteed to be fertile, lush and suitable for farming and animal husbandry.

However, due to historical reasons, the population here is relatively sparse and the development is relatively late.Fu Zuoyi, who took charge of Suiyuan last year, was all focused on the Qiantao Plain in the east, and the management here was once in a state of stocking.

Bayannaoer itself is actually just a small town by the Yellow River with a population of only [-] people. Counting the surrounding areas, even if the various "Mongolian tribes" within [-] kilometers of the surrounding area are included, the total population is no more than ten million people.Moreover, the population of more than [-] is scattered like sesame seeds on thousands of square kilometers of vast land. .

After the fall of Yulin, Fu Zuoyi realized the threat of the Red Army in the south and increased the garrison here to four regiments.It's not that he doesn't want to send more soldiers, but that Baotou, a city that is closer to Yulin and better developed, faces a greater threat.

But Fu Zuoyi, who focused all his attention on Baotou, made two mistakes.

From the very beginning, the Red Army in the south had no idea about Baotou, which was connected to Pingjin by railway.In the past month of 1936, the Red Army stationed in Yulin continued to infiltrate the Ordos Plateau south of Baotou, and even stationed more than a thousand troops in Dongsheng, the most populous city.

But all military operations are actually strategic feints to confuse opponents.

In Suiyuan Province in the north, the only place where the Red Army has ambitions is Bayannaoer, which is farthest from the center of Fu Zuoyi's rule.It is about 250 kilometers away from Baotou in the east, and Guisui, the central city of Suiyuan (Hohhot is also about 370 kilometers away).

To paraphrase Chairman Li Runshi's original words: There is no railway here, and if a war is fought here, Fu Zuoyi's troops will have the smallest home field advantage.And if you win here, you will get the fertile land in the Houtao Plain. If you manage it well, it will be easy to support 20 Red Army with the output here.

When Fu Zuoyi sent the four new regiments in his hands into a strengthened brigade and sent them to Bayannaoer, he soon discovered that this place was simply a deadly place that was easy to attack but difficult to defend.

Second, his military discipline is great!

Although the land in Houtao is fertile, the local government of Linhe Town (the administrative center of the area) is extremely poor, with almost no food in stock!The reason is that the land and stored food here are all in the hands of the local rich and rich!What's worse, after knowing that the garrison sent by Fu Zuoyi was short of food, the local rich and local tyrants hoarded and stored food crazily, showing a completely uncooperative attitude. (The same was true during the Anti-Japanese War in history. In the end, Fu Zuoyi was forced to learn from the Eight Routes to carry out land reform, forcibly expropriating land, and reducing rent and interest. This is why the name Seven and a Half Routes came about.)

Due to the "uncooperative and inconsiderate" of the local wealthy households, during the Spring Festival this past winter, Fu Zuoyi's strengthened brigade composed of the four regiments stationed in Bayannaoer, during the Spring Festival, the entire army's New Year's Eve dinner was actually fed to horses. "Black bean miscellaneous grains" rice.Fortunately, Fu Zuoyi is a man of integrity. From officers to soldiers, there is not much difference in food, otherwise the morale of the troops will be even lower.

By the time of the Lantern Festival, the contradiction between the lack of food in the garrison and the hoarding of food by the rich has not yet been resolved.Fu Zuoyi in this period was not as decisive as he was during the Anti-Japanese War a few years later, and he still wanted to use his "mouth gun" to persuade local wealthy households and nomads to "cooperate" with the central government.

At the beginning of December, one of the local wealthy households, the head of the Li family, said so.

"Who are you bluffing! It's six hundred miles from Bayannur to Yinchuan!"

But at the beginning of January, the words of the local rich and powerful people changed.

"From Wuhai to Bayannur, there are still three hundred miles away!"

But the situation is like a repeat of the scene at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of these "short-sighted" gentry and wealthy households, the danger of the "Southern Red Bandits" that Fu Zuoyi said is far away!And during this period, because Fu Zuoyi swallowed Ma Bufang's arms alive, Huo and his lawsuit were fierce, and he was negligent for a while, or he didn't immediately make a decision to forcibly expropriate the food and grass of these local tyrants and wealthy households, which planted the root of disaster.

After the two sides spent a not-so-quiet Spring Festival in the wrangling, the time entered the first ten days of February 1936.Ma Buqing's camel driven out from Baotou passed through Bayannur and replenished a batch of supplies with gold bars and oceans. Ma Buqing continued on the road with endless curses on Fu Zuoyi.

Going west from Bayannur, in order to reach the location of the Alxa League, you need to bypass the Yinshan Mountains first, and you have to pass through the two consecutive canyon passages of the Dream Grand Canyon and the Alxa Grand Canyon. This is the only way to go.

On February [-]th, Ma Buqing led his camel team first through the Dream Grand Canyon, and then entered the Alxa Grand Canyon after walking for half a day.

It is still two hundred miles away from Wuhai in the southeast, the northernmost area controlled by the Red Army.Marching in the valley is most afraid of ambushes.

Ma Buqing was very careful along the way, and sent detectives to scout the road in advance, but luckily the journey went smoothly.Taniguchi is now within sight.After the Tongzhi rebellion, after more than a hundred years of fierce fighting, the Mongolian people in the north have actually been "killed".In the past, when passing by here, Ma Buqing would not worry at all, but now the situation is different, the three horses have become weaker, on the grassland, if you are strong, you are a wolf, if you are weak, you are a sheep!

"Even if we are down and out, our Ma family army is not afraid of you Mongolian bastards who have been slaughtered!"

On the horse's back, Ma Buqing hummed softly while pressing the saber at his waist.The camel team he used to transport the arms this time, the two hundred guards are all elites, and the camel drivers are also elites selected from the Ma family army. Everyone is equipped with guns, and they are not afraid of any Mongolian tribe on the grassland. frontal attack.

After the camel team walked out of the Alxa Canyon smoothly, Ma Buqing let out a sigh of relief in his heart.Seeing that it was getting late, a group of people and horses had been walking in the canyon non-stop for a day, and the people and animals were exhausted. He ordered the whole army to find a place with a leeward wind and set up camp, and decided to rest for the night and start again.

At six o'clock in the morning, Ma Buqing, who was sleeping in a simple camel cart tent, was suddenly awakened by a slight rumbling sound.

"What's going on, this voice..."

It was almost dawn at this time, and the sky was pale, and many people in the camel team had already woken up.As soon as Ma Buqing stepped out of the tent, his eyes were almost blinded by the ten strong beams of high-beam lights that shot towards him.

Covering his eyes with the palm of his hand, Ma Buqing saw five huge "behemoths" rushing towards his camp with roaring headlights through his fingers, and their speed was faster than the fastest horse on the grassland. be quick.

It was five tanks, lined up, and the M2A3 Bradley tank was the leader in the center, and they were lining up to attack and crush the camp of the Mabuqing Department at high speed.

When Ma Buqing heard the sound, the car had rushed more than 200 meters away, and when he got out of the tent, it advanced to a distance of only 50 meters from his camp, and then suddenly turned on the headlights all at once!

The strong tank headlights irradiated at close range, instantly piercing everyone's eyes.

"Tattoo!"

Five tanks and six Maxim-Tokarev machine guns fired wildly at the stunned Majiajun in the camp at the same time at a very close distance.Among them, the M2A21 tank that Elena was in was loaded with two - one was installed in the position of the original side-by-side machine gun, replacing the machine gun produced in the [-]st century without bullet supplements, and the other was installed on the turret as an anti-aircraft machine gun.

In order to ensure the continuity of firepower, these Mark core-Tokarev machine guns, which were originally designed for air cooling, all added water-cooled sheaths "overwhelmingly". (Note: In the early air-cooled machine guns, the barrel was usually replaced after firing [-] rounds of bullets. After changing back to the water-cooled machine gun, it can naturally shoot continuously)

In the Majiajun camp, people turned their backs on their backs in an instant, and there was a sound of screams.

When the five ferocious steel behemoths rushed to 20 meters away from the camp,

"Puff puff!"

(Point # to see the tank illustration) This is the external type welded on both sides of the CV3 tank and the M2A3 tank body. There are three anti-infantry mines on the left and right. The five tanks fired thirty rounds of 75 in two seconds. Millimeter-caliber jumping mines rained down on the camp and exploded within two seconds.

This 75mm caliber anti-infantry jumping mine is a "poor cottage version" designed by Huang Ke imitating the future German S mine. It uses black powder as the launch power and is filled with strong TNT explosives. The explosion delay is deliberately set to only two seconds. The range is usually About 30 meters.However, because the tank was launched on the move, affected by the vibration of the vehicle body, many S-rays were launched at a too large angle and the elevation angle was too high.

When thirty thunderbolts exploded, nearly [-] fragments burst out, sweeping across the entire camp in an instant, and people, horses and camels suffered heavy casualties in the storm woven by iron and fire.

The storm of the explosion hadn't stopped yet, and the five tanks together ruthlessly ran over the campsite like a huge steamroller.All the muzzles on the vehicle were spewing tongues of flame, and the leading M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicle was the most ferocious, with eight tongues of flame shooting from the top and bottom of the vehicle.

In just ten seconds, the five tanks marching in unison pierced through Ma's army's camp all the way. After rushing more than 200 meters, they all turned around on the same spot. After regrouping for a minute, they came back again. .

At this time, the people who were still alive in the Majiajun camp woke up with a start, or ran away screaming, or desperately grabbed the frightened horse around them and tried to escape on horseback, or knelt on the ground and prayed to God, or were so frightened that their brains went crazy. blank......

When the five tanks start to launch again.During the second charge across the field, the sound of dense horseshoes sounded. It was lurking nearby. The cavalry of the [-]st Cavalry Division led by Peng Xuefeng was charging towards the chaotic Majia army...

The battle ended at dawn.

Ma Buqing's transport team was wiped out.

After the war, the corpses of livestock mixed with human corpses on the battlefield looked shocking.

Huang Ke and Elena stood side by side on the blood-soaked slaughterhouse, but they had no joy of victory.

Huang Ke sighed: "This is the one-sided massacre of the advanced against the backward!"

"No matter which world, the nature of the jungle can't be changed."

Elena sighed, bent down, and closed the eyes of a dead corpse on the ground with her hands.

In the just-concluded battle, the Ma's army had no power to fight back. In the chaos, a few brave men picked up their sabers and slashed at the tank in desperation. Apart from breaking the blade, it was useless.

The mantis arm blocking the car is the best explanation for this scene, it was a completely one-sided massacre.

The more than 400 cavalrymen of the First Cavalry Division who rushed to the battlefield later were just to make up for the massacre and collect the corpses. Ma Buqing also died in the rebellion.

At noon, the riders of the First Division finished cleaning the battlefield and left with more than 100 intact horses and more than 100 camels.In addition, there are more than 30 horse and camel corpses stored in Huang Ke's cross space.As for the remaining livestock carcasses, some not seriously injured livestock, and more than a dozen war horses, they were left to the nearby Mongolian herdsmen who came later.