Rise from the sword

Chapter 455 Choice
Zhao Jiayu.

The newly built two-story regiment headquarters.

Two soldiers from the guard company outside the house were on guard. Inside the house, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao, and Sun Desheng sat in a circle around a table. On the table were books spread out, and a huge tank was drawn on the cover of each file. .

"Old Li!"

At this time the door was opened and Ding Wei walked in.

After knowing that Li Yunlong had decided to buy the tank from Boss Chen, Ding Wei rushed over immediately. The widened road was smooth and stable, and he rode three bungees to get there in an hour.

"Captain Ding."

"Old Ding, sit down."

When Zhao Gang and the others greeted, Li Yunlong directly pulled away a stool beside him.

Sitting next to Li Yunlong, Ding Wei picked up a list of all types of tanks.

"Sun Desheng, please introduce the situation first."

Because Ding Wei was there, Li Yunlong signaled Sun Desheng to introduce the general situation.

"In the list provided by Boss Chen, there are mainstream tanks from Europe, America, Soviet Union, Japan, Italy, France, and Britain, including the Tiger and Leopard tanks that have just entered service in Germany, the Sherman tanks in the United States, and the T34 tanks in the north."

"Basically, all the tanks in the world are in the list."

"And Boss Chen has also improved these tanks, mainly improving the power system, replacing gasoline engines with diesel engines, enhancing reliability and ease of maintenance..."

Sun Desheng said.

After hearing this passage, everyone looked calm, even Ding Wei who had just arrived.

Boss Chen has great powers. He can send tens of thousands of tons of supplies to the mountainous area of ​​Northwest Shanxi without anyone noticing.

At the end, Sun Desheng sighed:

"Boss Chen is very generous this time, he let us choose tanks from all over the world, but we used to be afraid of poverty, and suddenly there were more good things, it was a bit..."

After getting this batch of lists, the regiment headquarters concluded from the experience of using big jeeps, ten-wheeled big trucks and three bungee jumpers that considering the weak logistical force, the troops can only be equipped with one type of tank.

Even during this period of time, the headquarters kept sending mechanical talents over, and even though the masters held training courses, there was still a serious shortage of logistics personnel.

Fortunately, the thirty ten-wheel trucks, fifty big jeeps, and over a hundred three-shoes are durable enough, with enough parts and hard quality. The manuals and technical manuals sent with the cars are very detailed. Finally, add the master guarantee, otherwise the troops really can't afford tanks.

Someone opened it, but no one maintained it, and no one repaired it when it was lying down.

The newly trained logistics personnel are still far from leaving the teacher!
But what kind of tank to equip, a group of people discussed for a long time, but no final result was reached. The political commissar wanted this, Sun Desheng wanted this, and the regiment leader wanted this.

The most outrageous thing is that after a while, everyone read some information, well, they all changed their minds, and there is no one who stands firm, even the political commissar, let alone the head, who changes his words every few minutes. up.

"Hey hey..."

Li Yunlong smiled, which sounded helpless, but actually had a strong taste of happiness.

Sun Desheng continued:
"Considering that there are only [-] fighters in the regiment who have driven tanks before, we can barely make up six tank groups, and there are only five people with real combat experience, so the first batch of tanks is mainly for training armored soldiers. After all The current situation is not suitable for combat."

"It is estimated that the first batch of tank soldiers will take two months to train."

Ding Wei nodded.

The better the equipment, the higher the requirements for the operators. Tanks, a weapon that integrates mobility, protection and firepower, have very high requirements for the armored soldiers to operate.

Moreover, the area where the army and the devils are confronting is all mountainous, and the road going out has not yet been repaired. It is difficult for tanks to drive in, let alone participate in the war. The same is true for light tanks, and the road is worse than the road.

"The head of the group has already discussed with Boss Chen. The tank will be delivered in three days. It is estimated that there will be a quota of [-] to [-] tons by then."

"Now we need to decide which tank to use."

After finishing speaking, Sun Desheng looked around and said that it's time for you to discuss next.

"Actually, hehehe, I want all of them. This tank comes with technical materials, and there are many good technologies from various countries in it, but even if Brother Chen gives it to us, we can't afford it now."

Li Yunlong rubbed his hands against Ding Wei and sighed.

"In terms of logistics, the two maintenance workshops have been repaired, including hoisting and other maintenance equipment."

Zhao Gang went on to say:

"Two new masters have arrived, and the manpower is abundant. It can guarantee that there will be a master to guide the maintenance workshop at any time. I have selected a total of [-] soldiers with some cultural knowledge to learn logistics maintenance. Many of them are a little mechanical. experience."

"Judging from the experience obtained from ten rounds of large trucks, it is estimated that it takes two months for some logistics personnel to barely master a tank, and it takes four months to half a year to be proficient in completing basic repairs and maintenance."

Commissar Zhao is mainly responsible for communicating with the masters and overseeing the production and construction of the entire base area. Now he can be said to be truly knowledgeable and talented, with a very high breadth and depth of knowledge.

Looking at the way everyone looked at him, Ding Wei understood that he couldn't make up his mind, and thought he came to give advice. He came here to take a look and remind him.

"Hahaha···"

Ding Wei first laughed, and then said solemnly:
"Weapons are different from ordinary commodities. Cannons and machine guns don't matter. They can be from any country."

"But tanks are different from other equipment. They are highly technological and difficult to imitate. Basically, a tank represents the military technology secrets of various countries. Before choosing a tank, our first consideration is not whether it is suitable or not, but whether it can be obtained. live."

"Considering our situation, the current international situation, and the future international situation, T34 is completely unsuitable for us, at least not from Boss Chen."

"Correct."

Zhao Gang immediately nodded in agreement.

Li Yunlong, Sun Desheng, and Zhang Dabiao also nodded yes.

"Then, the American tanks are not suitable either. The Americans are currently supporting the government and have a better relationship with us. I heard that they are planning to send an observation team to our side. If we equip a large number of American tanks, the It is difficult to explain when there is a choice, we try not to choose American tanks."

Ding Wei continued.

Everyone still nodded in agreement.

"The rest are British or German, and other countries are more or less tasteless."

Ding Wei took out the German and British tank information from the table.

Everyone continued to nod slightly.

Weapons and equipment are based on the record, and the little devil's thin skin and big stuffing are directly ignored. The rest of France, Italy, etc., the performance of these two countries is really worrying, and everyone skips it after a few glances.

"For a weapon, the most important thing is not to be advanced, but to be suitable."

Ding Wei continued:

"Don't think about the Tiger tank and the Leopard tank, the two big guys of [-] to [-] tons."

"The heavier the tank, the more troublesome the maintenance. This information also said that the interlaced road wheels of the Tiger and Leopard are troublesome to maintain, and such a heavy guy, the general road bridge can't bear it at all. The previous ten rounds of large trucks were in the I’ve suffered a lot in this regard.”

"There are also British Churchill tanks, which are almost forty tons."

As he spoke, he dropped the information on the Tiger Panther Churchill tank in his hand.

"really."

Zhao Gang felt touched.

This is Shanxi, the mountainous area in the northwest of Shanxi, and the roads are generally very poor, let alone bridges.

When the troops just got the ten-wheel big truck, the jaws of everyone who was shocked by the ten-ton load dropped, and the full-load speed was not bad, so they used it to work immediately, but what they didn't expect was that the bridge built in the base area couldn't carry it. The bridge collapsed directly when driving up. If the bridge is not high and there are enough parts, it may have to be scrapped.

Afterwards, he hurriedly organized manpower to reinforce all the bridges, but it could only accommodate a full load of ten-wheeled trucks.

A fully loaded ten-wheel truck is only fifteen or sixteen tons. If this is a tank of forty or fifty tons, then don't even think about crossing the bridge.

Ding Wei continued:

"After taking Ping'an County, we will go out to the plains. At that time, we will need the firepower of the tanks to provide support for the infantry, armor to resist the artillery fire of the devils, and tanks to deal with the devils."

"So the tank we choose, as long as the armor can withstand the devil's anti-aircraft artillery, and the artillery can deal with the bunker and the devil's tank."

"The devils who fought with us are all second-line devils. They are rarely equipped with anti-tank weapons. The most are equipped with 37 anti-tank guns. You have also seen the weapon data given by Boss Chen. These anti-tank guns are useless, and Even the front-line divisions of the Devils are equipped with 47mm anti-aircraft guns, and their armor-piercing capabilities are not strong."

"As for the devil's little bean tank, heavy machine guns and armor-piercing bullets can penetrate it..."

"really······"

The crowd nodded.

The devil's weapon, now it seems, is real... In the words of Boss Chen, it's hip-pushing.

"I suggest choosing the German Panzer IV. The machine gun bullets are the same as the ones we use now."

Ding Wei only had one document left in his hand at this time. He opened the document and revealed the data description on the first page:

"In terms of weight, the No. 24 tank is only [-] tons, and it is very passable, and most bridges can also run."

"The original one was a 300-horsepower gasoline engine. Boss Chen changed it to a 330-horsepower supercharged diesel engine. It has more horsepower and fast cross-country speed. It has the same technology as the diesel engine on the ten-wheel truck. Some parts can be used in common, and our logistics staff can master them. It's also a lot more convenient."

"The 37mm armor plate on the front can ignore all the devil's anti-aircraft guns. There are also 48mm on the side. The devil's 75 cannon can't penetrate it. The [-] gun with [-] times the diameter is very powerful. It is enough to deal with Devil Tanks."

"Anyway, the information given by Boss Chen also said that other tanks can be exchanged at any time, and more advanced tanks will be added in the future."

"When there are more manpower and better tanks in the future, it will not be too late to consider the next one."

"Then, choose the German Panzer IV?"

Li Yunlong looked around.

Zhao Gang, Sun Desheng, and Zhang Dabiao hesitated for a while, and their colleagues nodded.

"Then it's settled."

"A No. 75 tank plus spare parts weighs [-] tons. It is estimated that eight or nine tanks can be replaced by then."

Li Yunlong made the final decision, and then he looked at Sun Desheng:

"Sun Desheng, come and organize your manpower to start training, train a lot, and train the tank soldiers as soon as possible."

"Don't worry about the fuel. A tank comes with 35 tons of fuel, which is not counted in the quota. It is enough for training for more than a month."

"Yes."

Sun Desheng stood at attention and saluted.

He is now the deputy battalion commander of the cavalry battalion, and the director of the machinery factory. When he was the director of the factory before, the head promised him that he would drive the tank to the battlefield once he had a tank.

"I'll be here then."

Li Yunlong added.

He heard a lot of points for attention in tank combat from Brother Chen, and he has also studied it quite a bit. If you want to use tanks well and play their true role on the battlefield, there is a lot of knowledge in them.

Three days later, under the darkness of night, a total of nine tanks were secretly transported to a specially built tank training ground in the base area. Li Yunlong and Sun Desheng started training with more than 200 selected tank soldiers.

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at the same time.

The 772 regiment is stationed.

"Head, the transportation team from the logistics department is here, let you pick it up."

The regiment staff reported to Cheng Shifa again.

"Oh?"

Cheng Shifa quickly put down his work and walked to the transport team parked outside the regiment headquarters.

The little devil didn't give up. After being beaten back by him last time, he made a comeback this time. He even increased his troops and brought a large number of second devils with him. He wanted to go to support again.

"Five thousand were made in the three-generation border area, five hundred grenade grenades, bullets... and sixty Czech modified machine guns."

The transportation company commander in charge of transportation reported to Cheng Shifa.

"Three generations of the border area?"

Cheng Shifa opened the box and looked at the Three Generations Frontier Region.

Compared with the second generation, there is a striped road on the body of the third generation. The wooden handle and the body of the projectile feel like they have been coated with waterproof paint, and the back cover has also become larger and stronger.

"Is this improved water and moisture resistance?"

Cheng Shifa guessed at a glance why it was called the third generation.

The biggest problem with the second-generation border area is that it is easy to be affected by moisture, and it is prone to problems over time, and the back cover is easy to fall off.

"Correct."

Lien Chan, who was in charge of transportation, said:
"Water resistance is enhanced, the back cover is reinforced, and the body is pre-grooved for fragmentation."

"Haha, not bad, not bad."

Cheng Shifa is very satisfied.

Recently, the arsenal at the headquarters seems to have taken gunpowder. The development speed is slow, and the guys in the hands are getting more and more convenient. Naturally, the bigger the battle, the more vigorous it is.

"These sixty Czech modifications, were we made by ourselves?"

In the end, Cheng Shifa set his sights on the final weaponry, a little unbelievable.

Can the Eighth Route Army itself manufacture machine guns on a large scale?
'right. '

"We made all the parts ourselves."

The company commander of the transport team spoke proudly:

"Minister Zhang said that these machine guns are the first batch. They have been inspected and the quality is good, but some improvements have been made inside, and the heat dissipation ring, which is troublesome to process, has been removed. If you find any problems during use, please report them to us in time. , so we can improve."

"Row."

Cheng Shifa nodded in agreement.

　The typo will be corrected......
　　
　
(End of this chapter)