Anti-Japanese War: Developing on my own, I brought back a US-equipped division

Su Zheng nodded: "That's what I said, but our current survey technology and conditions are limited. If we want to find an oil field... it's not easy!"

"And as far as I know, the northwest of Shanxi is rich in coal mines, but there are relatively few oil fields."

"Just leave it to me. I'll find a way... If nothing works, I'll ask the devils for it."

In this war era, oil is a strategic material.

Even the Japanese don't have much oil.

Because the Japanese rely on imports for their oil.

Chen Yi: "Okay... I'll go down and get busy first!"

"Let's go... I'll go with you!" Su Zheng and Chen Yi walked out of the camp together, saying, "My friend from Country M helped me get two more medium tanks. They should be back at the camp now!"

Chen Yi was stunned, and looked at Su Zheng in astonishment, "Su Zheng...your friend from Country M is so amazing, he even got a tank, it's really amazing!"

Su Zheng smiled and said nothing.

Soon, Su Zheng arrived at the training base behind the village.

At this time, two Sherman M4 medium tanks had already arrived at the training base for a meeting.

Such a huge tank immediately attracted a crowd of onlookers.

It can be said that no one has ever seen such a huge tank.

The Douding tank is like a little brother to the Sherman M4 medium tank.

It’s a completely different feeling.

At this time, the Sherman M4 medium tank attracted a number of company commanders including Zhou Weiguo, Lei Zifeng, and Li Deming to come and watch.

Zhou Weiguo touched the Sherman M4 medium tank and said excitedly: "I really didn't expect that we actually have a tank of this size!"

Lei Zifeng: "Yeah...our independent battalion is really awesome. We even have tanks now!"

Li Deming: "There is a world of difference between this Douding tank and the Sherman M4 medium tank. The gap is really huge!"

A middle-aged man next to him said, "Our regiment commander said this is an American-made Sherman M4 medium tank, which weighs ten times as much as the Japanese tank!"

The middle-aged man's name is Xu Yang.

Xu Yang used to be in the Central Army as a motor soldier. Later, his unit was disbanded by the Japanese and he lost contact with the unit.

Later, Xu Yang saw a special report about Su Zheng in the newspaper, so he joined the independent battalion and participated in the defense of Xinzhong Village.

In the defense battle of Xinzhong Village, Xu Yang fought bravely and demonstrated the qualities that a veteran should have.

After the war, Su Zheng was about to form a tank company and needed to find a company commander.

Because of his outstanding performance in the defense of Xinzhong Village, and the fact that Xu Yang was a motor soldier before and had certain driving experience, Su Zheng appointed Xu Yang as the company commander of the tank company.

Now, in addition to the two small tanks, the tank company has two more huge Sherman M4 medium tanks, which greatly enhances its strength.

Zhou Weiguo, Lei Zifeng, Li Deming and others looked at the Sherman M4 medium tank in front of them, feeling as if they were in another world.

They never imagined that the Eighth Route Army would one day be able to drive mechanical armored equipment such as tanks.

Just as everyone was watching the Sherman M4 medium tank, Su Zheng arrived.

Su Zheng: "What are you looking at? Why is it so lively?"

After seeing the real Sherman M4 medium tank, Su Zheng was shocked.

This Sherman M4 medium tank is really powerful.

Looks completely different.

Full of momentum.

Looking at the Douding Tank next to it, it looks very weak.

Zhou Weiguo smiled and looked at Su Zhengdao: "Captain, you are really amazing. You can even get such a big tank. It must be very powerful!"

Lei Zifeng gave a thumbs up and said, "Captain, you are still awesome!"

Su Zheng smiled and said, "This is all thanks to the overseas Chinese in Country M. They took great pains to transport these equipment back!"

"This is a Sherman M4 medium tank. It is a medium tank. Whether in terms of size, combat effectiveness or performance, it can be said that it is a tank that can crush the Japanese!"

Li Deming couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's really a big guy."

Li Deming, who came from the Sichuan Army, had never seen any advanced weapons and equipment, let alone tanks.

Looking at such a huge tank, Li Deming had witnessed the strength of Su Zhenghe's independent battalion.

Su Zheng looked at Xu Yang and said, "Xu Yang, these two tanks will be trained by you!"

"You must become proficient in driving these two Sherman M4 medium tanks as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!"

Xu Yang responded loudly: "Yes! I guarantee to complete the task."

According to Su Zheng's plan, the soldiers of the tank company would first become familiar with the Sherman M4 medium tank, and then conduct infantry-tank coordination training to enhance the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The independent battalion now has a total of four tanks, which is not a large number.

If they can be used effectively, these four tanks can be equivalent to a combat force of a thousand people.

Just when Su Zheng was observing the Sherman M4 medium tank, a soldier ran over, saluted in front of Su Zheng and said, "Report to the regiment commander, a Central Army soldier has come to the battalion headquarters and wants to see you!"

Su Zheng was stunned: "Central Army? We usually have very few interactions with the Central Army!"

"Which unit is he from? What is his purpose in coming to my independent battalion?"

The soldier replied: "He said he was from the mountain city..."

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Someone from the mountain city?

It seems that this person is not an ordinary person.

Most likely he came here on behalf of the chairman.

As for coming all the way from the mountain city to the small village of Xinzhongcun, his purpose was very obvious. It was probably the same as Guo Hongwen's, that he wanted to win me over.

Su Zheng was an Eighth Route Army soldier with firm beliefs, and he also knew how to choose a side.

I will definitely not change anyone's ways.

At this moment, the system's voice sounded in Su Zheng's mind: "[Ding Dong, the host is now faced with a choice, to meet or not meet the Central Army representative]"

"[Option 1: Meet, the host will gain driving proficiency skills]"

"[Option 2: Meet and block any requests from the Central Army representative, and gain driving proficiency and an oil field!]"

"[Choice 3: No meeting, the host can get a Dotank]"

"【Host, please select.】"

Su Zheng was faced with such a multiple-choice question, and he was a little confused.

If you don't see the representative from the mountain city, you can get a Dotank.

The independent battalion now has only four tanks in total.

It would be great if we could have one more Dotank.

However, Su Zheng still had his eyes on the oil field rewarded by the system.

Because the independent camp is short of oil now.

If there were oil fields, the independent battalion's tanks, cars and motorcycles would solve the fuel problem.

It can also create many employment and industrial problems for the base.

The benefits are numerous.

Under such circumstances, Su Zheng would naturally choose to meet with the representative from Shancheng.

It just so happened that Su Zheng also wanted to see what chips and conditions Shancheng would offer him.

Su Zheng looked at the soldier and said, "Okay...Please invite the representative from Shancheng to sit in the reception room. I'll be there soon!"

The soldier responded loudly: "Yes!"

Although Su Zheng can now go to meet the representative from the mountain city immediately.

But Su Zheng just refused to go and see him.

The purpose is to dampen the arrogance and pride represented by this mountain city.

Are the representatives from Shancheng so awesome?

This is the territory of the Independence Camp!

He, Su Zheng, doesn't need to curry favor with the representative of Shancheng.

If the central army or local troops knew that the representatives from Shancheng were coming, they would definitely rush to greet them with warm smiles.

After all, they all belong to the Guomindang Army, and nominally are troops ruled by the government of Chairman Mao Zedong.

The weight of mountain city representatives is still very important.

But it doesn't work with Su Zheng...

What about the mountain city representative?

Let’s put it aside for now.

Su Zheng would not meet the representative from Shancheng so quickly and let him sit on the bench.

No rush anyway.

Looking at the Sherman tank in front of him, Su Zheng looked at Xu Yang and said, "Xu Yang, your task is to form the combat effectiveness of the troops as soon as possible."

"Next we will have to conduct relevant training on infantry-tank coordinated tactics, so that we can bring out the power of tanks!"

Xu Yang was slightly stunned: "Captain? What is the infantry-tank coordinated tactics?"

Su Zheng briefly introduced: "To put it simply, the infantry is centered on tanks and advances forward under the cover of tanks."

"Infantry-tank coordinated tactics actually means the coordinated operations of tanks and infantry, working together in harmony."

"Tanks rely on their strong armor and strike capabilities to clear the way for infantry and block enemy fire attacks."

"The role of the infantry is to pay close attention to the environment around the tanks, provide cover for the tanks and attack the enemy, prevent the enemy's infantry or use anti-tank weapons to raid the tanks, and also include clearing the road of anti-tank weapons, etc."

"In the coordination between infantry and tanks, the infantry is responsible for escorting the tanks' safety, extending their firepower, and expanding the results of the battle. The tanks act as pioneers, attacking the infantry's firepower points."

Infantry-tank coordination tactics cannot be explained in a few words.

Moreover, the infantry-tank coordinated tactics definitely does not mean that the tanks drive in the front and the infantry rush behind!

This is not infantry-tank coordination either.

In fact, whether it is the Chinese battlefield or the European battlefield, no one knows anything about infantry-tank coordination tactics.

In 1941, the British Royal Army also published a tactical manual called "Infantry Division Attack".

According to the tactical requirements in their manual, when infantry and tanks are attacking, the infantry are required to charge in the front and the tanks provide support from the rear.

The reason they think so is that if the tanks charge in the front, they will be completely exposed to the enemy's firepower points and easily destroyed by the enemy's anti-tank firepower.

So let the infantry charge forward to clear obstacles for the tanks, and the tanks provide fire cover for the charging infantry.

Such tactics did protect the tanks to a certain extent, but the casualties were certainly heavy.

This would go against the original intention of inventing tanks to improve combat effectiveness.

Therefore, when Su Zheng proposed the infantry-tank coordinated tactics, Xu Yang was still confused.

Never heard of it.

I also don't know how tanks and infantry work together.

Seeing Xu Yang's confused state, Su Zheng said: "Don't worry about what the infantry-tank coordinated tactics are now, just train the Sherman tanks first!"

Xu Yang nodded and replied loudly: "Yes!"

Afterwards, Xu Yang's tank company began formal training.

In order to realize infantry-tank coordinated tactics, the combat effectiveness of the tanks themselves must be guaranteed.