Chapter 659: Armored Torrent Three

readx; On the hill dirt road in the eastern part of Anju, a large number of tanks and cars are driving south with a faint white smoke, and a large number of T6 medium tanks trudge through this dirt road in the countryside, and the hull weighing 20 tons crushes the road into disshapeshape. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

T6 tank, is the Chinese Army throughout the twenties and even in the next few years will be the main tank of the army, this kind of tank developed after the First World War was developed earlier, but over the years the Chinese Army has not stopped the improvement of the T6 tank, especially the problem of poor power system is improved many times, many large-scale improvements have led to the existence of a variety of improved models of the T6 tank, including T6 prototype, T6A, T6B, T6C, T6D and so on, although its basic design has not changed, However, the three-phase important system of protection, firepower and power has been changed, the engine has been replaced, and the new tank gun has been replaced, and the army is currently widely equipped with T6C and a small number of T6D models, and most of the previous models have been returned to the factory to be modified to T6C. Compared with the prototype, the T6C still maintains 20 mm of vertical armor, but the ammunition storage method and fire extinguishing system have been improved inside the hull, which effectively imitates the ammunition explosion inside the hull to a certain extent, and although the firepower is still a 57 mm tank gun, the fire control system has been greatly improved, making the shooting accuracy higher. Although the previous models of the T6 tank can be regarded as excellent and played a huge role in the war in 1923, the T6 tank and the T7 tank were exposed to a great failure of the power system, and a large number of tanks were forced to lose their combat effectiveness because of breakdown on the march.

Therefore, after the war, the army has made great efforts to solve this problem, due to the limitations of domestic gasoline engine technology, the army was forced to spend a lot of money to introduce new gasoline engine technology from the United States, and the new gasoline engine technology was also applied to the improvement of the T7 heavy tank, and continued to develop into the power system of the next generation of T8 light tank and T9 medium tank.

Even after the T9 tank began to serve on a small scale in 1928, it still failed to shake the main position of the T6 tank, which can be seen from the number of T6 tanks owned by the Chinese Army, as of the outbreak of war in mid-1930, the Chinese Army had a total of more than 700 T6 tanks, accounting for about 80 percent of China's existing nearly 1,000 tanks.

In fact, the production of T6 tanks was as high as more than 1,400 units, because many of the early T6 tanks produced around 1920 were retired due to defects, and in 1923, more than 100 were also lost in China and the war against Russia. In addition, the T6 tank is not only the main tank of the Chinese Army, but also the main tank of the Russian Defense Forces, which is also equipped with more than 200 T6 tanks.

Because the production of T6 tanks is very high, the army has always been more concerned about the improvement of T6 tanks, and if it were not for the limitations of the internal structure of the hull, the army would have planned to change the T6 tanks to inclined armor.

At this time, the main force of the Chinese armored forces galloping on the Korean field was the T6C medium tank, and there were a small number of T7 heavy tanks and T8 light tanks, plus a large number of half-track vehicles and wheeled vehicles, which together formed a steel torrent of the Chinese armored forces.

After the 17th Army opened a gap for the armored troops, this torrent of steel crushed the scattered defenses of the Japanese army in the deep area like a flood, and then penetrated extremely quickly between Anzhou and Akutagawa, and quickly penetrated into the depth of the Japanese army's defense of about 40 kilometers. At this time, the forward units of the First Panzer Army were already less than 20 kilometers away from Pyongyang, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the morning was coming.

The rapid advance of the Chinese armored forces naturally caused great panic among the Chinese army, which not only mobilized troops from the eastern and western fronts to try to stop the Chinese armored forces, but also strengthened the defense of the Pyongyang area. You must know that during the last Sino-Chinese war, Chinese armored forces broke through from the direction of Akutagawa and reached Pyongyang, resulting in the collapse of the Anju front. This lesson has always been kept in mind by the army, so in this war, the army did not fill all its forces into the front line of Anju and Akutagawa, but formed a triangular defensive circle with Anju, Akutagawa and Pyongyang.

On the one hand, the army launched a defense in the area of Pyongyang, and on the other hand, it also strictly ordered the troops of Anju and Akutagawa to carry out a counteroffensive, trying to make peace between the army of Anju and the army of Akutagawa and cut off the supply line of the 1st Panzer Army to the south.

And this is why the 17th Army and the 14th Army on the Anju front were subjected to a large-scale counteroffensive by the Yue Army.

"Although the scale of the counteroffensive of the Yue Army in the past two days is very large, the 14th Army and the 17th Army can still be blocked for the time being, the gap in the northeast of Anzhou has been stabilized, and the troops of the follow-up 14th Army have followed up one after another." Shen Gang looked at the map and explained the current situation of the Korean war to Chen Jingyun.

"If the 1st Panzer Army moves quickly, it is expected to be able to reach the outskirts of Pyongyang tomorrow and launch an attack!" Shen Gang continued: "However, at that time, the First Armored Army will also be hit by firepower from multiple directions of the army, and the backup troops will also cause great trouble if they are not timely!" ”

Chen Jingyun nodded: "What about Anzhou, now that the First Armored Army has successfully mobilized so many troops, when can Anzhou take it?" ”

Shen Gang said: "This depends on the specific development of the war situation, although the army has transferred some troops to intercept our army's First Armored Army, but there are still a lot of troops in the direction of Anzhou, and it is conservatively estimated that there are at least five divisions or more, while our army in front of us currently only has three divisions of the Fourteenth Army and one division of the Eighth Army, and the other two divisions of the Eighth Army are still on the north bank of the Qingchuan River. It is impossible to form a superiority in the strength of the army in a short period of time! ”

At first, there were only a few tens of thousands of troops on both sides in Anzhou, the 47th Division in China, and the Fifth Division, and then with the passage of time, the strength of the two sides gradually increased, and now the army in Pyongyang, Akutagawa, and Anju has concentrated at least a dozen divisions and regiments. The Chinese troops have also concentrated the strength of one armored corps and two infantry corps, and the Eighth Army has arrived on the north bank of the Qingchuan River and is ready to fight. The above three infantry corps and one armored corps were the main mobile units deployed by the Chinese Army in the northeast area before the war, and although the Second Army in the northeast region had other troops, they could not all be transferred to Korea, and some defensive troops had to be left, so troops were drawn from other parts of the country. The Chinese Army has already been mobilized, a large number of troops are being transported to the northeast by rail transport from other parts of the country, and the Sixth Army, which had been deployed in Hebei, has been assembled and has now arrived in Dandong on the Yalu River, where it is preparing to enter Korea and enter the war.

"If you want to form a force advantage, it is estimated that it will take about three to four days!" Shen Gang said.

Chen Jingyun nodded, he personally approved the battle plan for North Korea, so he still knew a lot about the battle plan, and after talking for a while, Chen Jingyun said: "The staff must do a good job in the next step of the battle plan, and also pay attention to the supply of ammunition. ”

Shen Gang understood what Chen Jingyun said, that is, with the strengthening of the firepower of the Chinese Army, the consumption of materials has also increased exponentially, and the logistics department has spent a lot of effort in order to supply the North Korean operation, and with the increasing number of front-line troops participating in the war, then the pressure on logistics will become heavier and heavier.

After leaving Chen Jingyun's office, Shen Gang did not stay too much in the presidential palace, and soon walked out of the presidential palace and went straight to the general staff.

After the outbreak of the Sino-Chinese War a month ago, General Xu Lishan, the current chief of the General Staff, was transferred to the northeast to take up the post of commander-in-chief of the Second Group Army, and the position of chief of the General Staff naturally could not be vacated.

And this is also the third time that Shen Gang has served as the chief of staff, and the first time Shen Gang served as the chief of staff was during the Northern Expedition of the domestic unification war, when he took over from Yuan Fang and became the third chief of staff of the National Army, and after three years, he was transferred, and Yuan Fang took over as the fourth chief of staff again. But in 1920, Shen Gang was once again appointed by Chen Jingyun as the chief of staff. After the outbreak of the war in mid-1923, Shen Gang was transferred to the Northeast as commander-in-chief of the Northeast Theater, and the post of chief of staff was taken over by Ma Cheng. After 1927, Ma Cheng retired from the post of chief of staff, and was then succeeded by General Xu Lishan.

As soon as the war broke out, Chen Jingyun directly sent Xu Lishan to the northeast to serve as the commander of the Second Group Army, so Chen Jingyun once again pulled Shen Gang to the position of chief of staff.

In the current structure of the Chinese Army, the chief of staff is ostensibly the number one leader of the army, but the grand strategy of the military is generally finalized by Chen Jingyun himself, and after 1923, the deputy chief of operations of the general staff and the operations department of the Chinese army have become more and more important, and the standing secretary of the general staff also has the executive secretary of the general staff. So more often than not, the chief of staff has gradually become a similar role as a butler, serving as a bridge of communication between Chen Jingyun and the army.

Comparatively speaking, the post of commander of a group army has a greater degree of freedom and attractiveness, and although it is said that the group army is also under the command of the general staff, for those generals in China, the attraction of the post of commander of the group army is much greater than that of the chief of the general staff. This was transferred from the post of chief of staff to the commander of the Northeast Theater from the post of chief of staff, and now Xu Lishan was also transferred from the post of chief of staff to the commander of the Second Group Army.

He didn't think much about these Shen Gang, he asked himself that his status in the domestic army was high enough, and his credit was big enough, although he was not old, but he was already in a state of retirement over the years. In fact, not only that, but most of the other army bosses are also in a state of retirement, except for a few.

Although everyone didn't say it explicitly, they were all afraid that Chen Jingyun would come to cook a rabbit and a lackey, so Chen Jingyun stuffed all the general-level generals into the State Military Commission, and most of them were not in actual positions.

This kind of low-key behavior is also in line with Chen Jingyun's intentions, if these military bigwigs are unscrupulous and frequent, and they have to support the army and respect themselves, he will have to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang.

This relationship is very delicate, on the one hand, Chen Jingyun needs these military bigwigs to stabilize the army, and at the same time, he also needs these military bigwigs to hold important positions at critical moments, such as the commanders of several group armies during the current war, except for those military generals and bigwigs, others have no courage to sit down. On the other hand, Chen Jingyun is always guarding against these military bigwigs supporting their own troops, so basically as soon as the war is over, they will be transferred back to Nanjing.

Shen Gang didn't have much surprise or surprise at being reappointed by Chen Jingyun as the chief of staff, but he just felt that after this war, he should be able to have an extra Korean War commemorative medal in his medal!