In the temporary regiment headquarters, Zhang Wei and Hu Xianqun sat on a marching chair, and the two had a long conversation in front of the empty table.
Hu Xianqun's ability is not bad, the configuration of the officers and soldiers under his command, all the details, all know the situation, know the soldiers, he did a good job, and went to Britain to learn the use of tanks, the first time to discuss and understand, Hu Xianqun showed a relatively solid foundation and professional quality.
With such a partner, Zhang Wei is still quite happy in his heart.
"At present, there are two battalions and regimental headquarters under the combat vehicle corps of our Fifth Army, the maintenance unit directly under the regiment, and the two tank battalions are equipped with more than 70 Italian-made CV35 tanks and Russian-style T26 tanks, these two types of tanks, sometimes called CV35 gun tanks, T26 are artillery tanks, because the former only has machine guns, the latter is equipped with artillery, and more than 100 trucks, trucks have material trucks, and there are also flatbed trucks for transporting tanks.
The tank battalion has a small number of searching infantry and mortars, and the whole regiment has sufficient firepower and combat vehicle strength, but the infantry and artillery firepower are not good, only 82 mortars, rifles, light machine guns and other weapons, and the number of infantry is insufficient, and they urgently need cover during the operation.
The officers of our regiment are all graduates of the Central Military Academy, some Whampoa students, some officers who graduated from the Central Mechanization School, repair, technical sergeants, and drivers, all of whom were trained by Russian instructors, and most of the sergeants have a primary school education level. ” "In combat use, the motorcycles of the regimental headquarters are usually used for communication search, and in the establishment of each company, they are mixed, and the lighter CV35 tanks are used to search and advance, and after the target is found, the heavy T26 fighters are used to attack, and if necessary, the two tanks jointly resist the enemy, machine guns, and artillery attack the enemy together, and the general combat use and grouping of our regiment is roughly like this."
As soon as Hu Xianqun and Zhang Wei entered the regiment headquarters, they explained the situation of the Fifth Army's chariot regiment to Zhang Wei.
As soon as Hu Xianqun finished talking about this old foundation, Zhang Wei first felt that the tank corps of the Fifth Army was actually very strong in terms of strength, with two tank battalions and more than 70 tanks, especially the Russian-made T26 tank, which is nothing in Europe, but it can also be called the king and dominate on the Chinese battlefield, and the Japanese tanks can not withstand the fight at all in front of it.
Although the Italian-made CV35 tank is slightly tricky, and the overall level is worse than that of the Japanese bean fighting vehicle, it is used for search and maneuvering, and the attack infantry is also said to be in the past.
However, the shortcomings of the armored corps are also obvious, that is, the lack of infantry and attached firepower, basically belongs to the simple "chariot regiment," other combat effectiveness outside the armored force of the chariot is almost close to zero, if the armored corps of the Fifth Army with strong armored strength encounters the Japanese infantry detachment with anti-tank firepower, the situation is more embarrassing, the lack of infantry, can not compete with the opponent's infantry, if it is a chariot impact on the enemy's position, after the impact also lacks the ability to consolidate the position, once the enemy counterattacks, just taken the position, It will be taken away in an instant.
In the initial battle of the Kunlun Pass Campaign, before Zhang Wei's teaching brigade intervened in the attack, the tanks of the Fifth Army's tank corps had organized several failed attacks, and Zhang Wei also knew something about the attack process, almost all of them were attacked by Japanese infantry detachments and anti-tank fire during the tank attack, and the Japanese army used anti-tank guns to attack the tanks of the Fifth Army, and as soon as the tanks of the Fifth Army were destroyed, the attack led by the tanks was disintegrated.
If it weren't for Zhang Wei's teaching brigade to change its attack strategy, the losses of the chariot troops would inevitably continue to increase, and in the final analysis, the infantry attached to it was very important.
Going around and around, it returned to the point of Butan coordination.
In the previous life, Zhang Wei had a little understanding of this powerful Fifth Army Tank Regiment, which was a unique armored force in China, in the future battles, the performance did not seem to be glorious, Zhang Wei vaguely remembered that in the first Burma Campaign, the tanks of the Fifth Army Tank Corps did not fight smoothly after entering Burma, and failed to give full play to their own strength in the battlefield environment.
Because of the chaotic retreat of the expeditionary force and various reasons, the biggest loss of this batch of tanks was actually in the retreat.
Most of the tanks lost on the way to retreat were blown up by the Nationalist army themselves, and several tanks fell into the hands of the Japanese army completely, and in the counterattack campaign in western Yunnan a few years later, these T26 that fell into the hands of the Japanese army were removed from the machine guns and turrets used as fixed fire points, causing a lot of damage to the Chinese army in the counterattack.
This batch of good equipment, failed to play its due value, Zhang Wei is naturally unwilling to see this batch of equipment finally end up with this result, at the very least, Zhang Wei can not let the Japanese army capture a complete tank, you know, in the kind of place in western Yunnan to engage in mountain offensive and defensive warfare, the T26 turret on the 45 mm tank guns and light machine guns against the attacking infantry is simply a nightmare, his own weapons and equipment are used to kill and injure his own soldiers, who wants to see it Zhang Wei said in a deep voice.
"Brother Hu, the equipment and firepower of the chariot corps are indeed fierce, but in my opinion, if the combat effectiveness of the chariot regiment wants to be brought into play, it must cooperate with a large number of infantry units, and this matter also involves an important part of the cooperation between our two armies.
I didn't know much about Butan coordination before, when I first entered the eastern Henan region, our assault column encountered the stragglers of the 14th Division of the Japanese Army, at that time I was a company of troops, with a few armored vehicles to solve the Japanese army, and then in the attack on the Luowang Railway Station and the siege of the enemy's 14th Division in the battle, my department also cooperated with the T26 tank to carry out several attacks, in general, it was a success, I think, the infantry can not stay away from the tank, the same tank can not go straight in, only cooperate with each other, In order to maximize the power of machine guns and tank guns on tanks. ” "If you want to do a good job in infantry coordination, you must first establish a basic understanding of the combat vehicle, especially these infantry brothers under me, most of them are farmers who were born and were arrested, and the tank has never been seen, not to mention the cooperation, you let them follow him The tank goes, hehe, T26 drove in front of them, saw the tracks, four or five tank guns, searchlights, tank radio wires, plus the movement of the engine and the black smoke coming out, I am afraid that eighty percent will be scared away, if the CV35 comes, it is estimated that it will be better, but the car is open, Nine times out of ten, my brothers who have never seen a tank will be scared, and if they don't see the devil, they will be bluffed by their own iron king.
Soldiers don't understand, and the same goes for junior officers, and now military cadets don't even study for a year in school, and they don't even know what tanks are, so I think we should first solve the problem of cognition. ” "Infantry and tanks need to know more, tank soldiers are easy to say, they are all literate and hyphenated technical soldiers, and they must know more about infantry.
"I'm scared away by my own tank hahaha, that's funny, brother."
Hu Xianqun said with a smile, thinking that what Zhang Wei said was very interesting, but what Zhang Wei said was the real situation of the friendly troops in the Battle of Lanfeng.
Zhang Wei made a long speech, Hu Xianqun smiled, but he looked down on Zhang Wei in his heart, Zhang Wei was right, and the actual combat experience with tanks in the Battle of Lanfeng was even more valuable, although Hu Xianqun himself was the commander of the chariot corps, but he did not have large-scale actual combat experience, although he organized a tank attack in Kunlun Pass, but after all, the scale was small and failed, Zhang Wei had experience in fighting with a battalion of tanks and armored vehicles, and more importantly, he won the battle.
This made Hu Xianqun take a high look, and Zhang Wei didn't seem to have an amateurish understanding of tank knowledge, and terms such as tank guns, tracks, engines and tank radios popped up one after another.
"Brother is reasonable, this cognitive problem is very important, admittedly, if there is a person in front of me who has never seen it before, and it will move, I guess I will also run, but, the solution you tell, how do you plan to solve it?"
Zhang Wei Zhengse said: "I have given an order to the battalion and company commanders to use the veterans of the Lanfeng Battle of each department to first educate the soldiers on the basic tank education, but this is far from enough, I hope that Brother Hu can reinforce it, transfer some officers, sergeants, and it is best to bring some blackboards and other physical objects to explain the knowledge of the tank to the officers and soldiers of the second regiment of my supplement, and help the soldiers eliminate the fear of the tank, so that they can know and understand the general situation of the tank.
Relying on my veterans who have beaten Lanfeng, I am afraid that the effect will not be enough, and when the time comes, we will lose face in front of the inspection team of the Military Commission and desert the soldiers, we will not have a good time. ” Hu Xianqun thought about it, and then readily agreed.
"It's no problem to transfer people here, don't worry, brother, I can take out some of the officers and sergeants here, and the camps of our two families are close to each other, which is very convenient.
I'll give you an infantry company with an officer and four sergeants, and I'll teach the infantry brethren the basics of chariots."
"Chief Xie Hu, I can't ask for it."
Zhang Wei thanked him, Hu Xianqun's words, in fact, Zhang Wei's own meaning, let a professional, tank officer and sergeant go down to every ordinary company to talk to the infantry, go deep into the grassroots level, the effect is definitely much better than behind closed doors.
"Most of the officers of our regiment have graduated from military academies, and the sergeants also have cultural knowledge, and it is not a big problem to talk about tanks to the brothers of your department, but if you want to talk about it, let's find out, when the time comes, I will ask my subordinates to drive two chariots, give you a combined physical explanation, and then send some officers to communicate and deal with the brothers of the second regiment."
Zhang Wei was overjoyed: "This is good, there is a chariot in kind, it is better for the soldiers, as for sending officers, I also welcome the younger brother, the infantry and the tank should understand each other, the brothers of the chariot regiment come, I am absolutely welcome here at any time, if the brothers of the chariot regiment are not too troublesome, my camp will be ready for a while, let's hurry up, how about it in the afternoon" Zhang Wei was so anxious, and he also infected Hu Xianqun.
"Okay, then hurry up, I'll go back and transfer now, and in the afternoon, our two regiments will immediately start explaining and exchanging, and this collaborative training will start today."
Zhang Wei and Hu Xianqun had a very happy conversation, and finally, the training of the Second Regiment and the Fifth Army Tank Corps began on the same day. ：。
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