After Yang Zhen's words, Chen Hanzhang, who was very enthusiastic by Yang Zhen's sentence of General Fei's name, stood up abruptly and said: "No. 1, please rest assured that you and the head of the headquarters will definitely hand over an answer sheet that satisfies you and the head of the headquarters, and I will definitely not disappoint you. Although he didn't dare to say that he was the champion of Shanghuo, he would never let the ancients specialize in beauty. ”

Chen Hanzhang's assurance, Yang Zhen waved his hand and said: "At this point, I have always believed that you Chen Hanzhang has the ability to do this." But again, it's better to say a thousand or ten thousand than to do it again. I don't want your assurances, I want your actions. ”

"Remember, you are the first real commander of the armored corps in the history of China, and you have in your hands the largest tank cluster in all of Asia, at least for now. Whether or not China's armored forces can truly develop and form a strategy and tactics that meet the conditions for our own development, as well as the corresponding military doctrine, lies in your hope. ”

"Lao Chen, this founder is not easy to be. But the drum doesn't need to be beaten, whether you Chen Hanzhang can be the founder of this well, I believe I won't be wrong. Whether your armored troops can become the Great Wall of Steel for the Chinese, and whether you, the Dragon City Flying General, can no longer make Humadu Yin Mountain, depends on how you do it. ”

It's time to confess, it's time to encourage, Yang Zhen stopped talking. Because he clearly knew that Chen Hanzhang would come up with an answer sheet that satisfied him. For Chen Hanzhang, he doesn't have to say much. He gave him a stage to display his talents, and he would sing this play.

As the countdown to that day had begun, Yang Zhen did not stay too long at the armored training base. He and Chen Hanzhang also discussed the shortcomings of the training of armored troops, as well as the allocation and use of British aid equipment. After putting forward strict requirements for the formation of the tank unit of the advance army, Yang Zhen rushed to several other comprehensive training bases to inspect combat readiness work without stopping.

Before leaving, Yang Zhen, who was a little uneasy, also went to the station of the Second Armored Division and carefully checked the formation of this division. In particular, the Second Division used the German-made tanks handed over by the British to familiarize themselves with and master the performance of German-made tanks, and Yang Zhen looked at it very carefully.

It wasn't until he saw with his own eyes that the Second Armored Division had completed receiving and had begun training with German-made tanks that Yang Zhen left with confidence. Although the time when the real German equipment will be in place, it is still unknown. But for Yang Zhen, who is also particular about people and other equipment, rather than equipment and other people, it is necessary to have a rainy day.

Even the Second Panzer Division does not have a single German-made tank except for the dozen or so German-made tanks that have been specially designated for training by itself and require all tank crews to be proficient. But Yang Zhen still issued such an order that puzzled everyone, and even in order to check the implementation, he would rather delay his trip for half a day and personally come to the Second Armored Division to check.

Although many people don't understand Yang Zhen's actions, he, the number one in the army, attaches so much importance to it, and no one dares to play any tricks. Although Yang Zhen only stayed at the station of the Second Armored Division for less than half a day, the results of his personal trip were immediate.

Coupled with the understanding of the Anti-Japanese Federation itself, and the iron-like discipline requirements of not understanding, the Second Armored Division did not disappoint Yang Zhen in the end. Although the German-made tanks handed over by the Soviets were a little late, they were fully combat-ready before the war. The speed at which the division formed combat effectiveness after the arrival of the equipment did not allow Yang Zhen to waste half a day in vain.

In fact, I know that I shouldn't leave the headquarters for too long now, but the shape is pressing. This time, the troops were almost quite a whole major readjustment, and it was difficult for him to relax without a detailed inspection. In particular, the adjustment of the establishment of artillery and armored troops has a direct bearing on whether or not the next stage of the battle can be carried out smoothly.

It is precisely because of this importance that Yang Zhen has continuously traveled between the artillery and armored units that are currently focusing on refitting and expanding. After leaving the armored corps, Yang Zhen did not return to the headquarters, but went directly to the artillery unit to inspect. He had to see it with his own eyes to be truly at ease.

The Soviet-made artillery has all been received, and the troops are taking advantage of the small number of shells handed over by the Soviet troops, and are seizing the time to familiarize themselves with the two types of artillery. But whether the progress can meet the needs is still unknown. Yang Zhen is not the kind of person who only listens to reports in the office, he prefers to see it with his own eyes.

In particular, some of the Soviet-made artillery that the original troops were equipped with was quite unpopular, and even many cadres hated it, so he had to see it with his own eyes to rest assured. The Chinese are like this, and if the higher-level leaders pay attention to it, they will definitely speed up the need. If you don't pay attention to it, this progress will definitely be much slower.

In fact, Yang Zhen also knew that no matter what the performance of this batch of Soviet-made artillery that the troops hated very much, it was much stronger than nothing. The troops hated this batch of Soviet-made artillery, in addition to the fact that these guys had too many inherent shortcomings, and the performance was actually not as good as the Japanese artillery, and the miscellaneous artillery they brought. The mouth of the troops was really tricked by themselves.

Originally, although the number of anti-union artillery was quite large, the number of Soviet-made artillery was not large overall. Except for the part of Wang Guangyu that led the sheep in Outer Mongolia, the rest only captured the Outer Mongolian army on the front line of Hailar, and part of the Soviets exported to the Anti-Japanese Union at a low price after that war.

Among them, the 24 ML20 152 howitzers of the regiment directly under the artillery are also the longest-range and most powerful howitzers among all the artillery guns of the Anti-Japanese Federation. However, because the original shells were all consumed in the first phase of the battle. In addition, the number is too small, and there are only these 24 in the whole army, and the current Anti-Japanese Federation does not have production capacity.

The caliber is relatively special, 152 mm is only used by the Soviet Union in the world, and the shells cannot be used with other artillery. Moreover, this artillery is too cumbersome for the anti-United Nations and China's traffic environment. Therefore, the Anti-Japanese Union did not produce artillery shells specifically for it, but all of them were transferred to reserve use after this war.

However, Yang Zhen had already promised the Soviets that if the Soviets could hand over some of the German 150 howitzers they had captured and the batch of 24 Soviet-made ML20 152 howitzers, the Anti-Japanese Federation would return all of them to Zhao and return them to the Soviet Union. Before the Soviet military production capacity was restored, there was a shortage of large-caliber howitzers due to the previous great rout of the Soviet army.

As for the 122 howitzers, plus the 12 A9 howitzers that Wang Guangyu brought from the warehouse of the Soviet Army in Outer Mongolia, the total number is quite a lot, more than 60 pieces. But the original shells, too, were consumed in the first stage, and there was not much left.

Fortunately, these 60 122 howitzers are common to the ammunition of the M30 howitzers handed over by the Soviets this time, and this problem can be said to have been solved now. However, this batch of 122 howitzers of the Soviet Army at that time was very unpopular within the Anti-Japanese Union.

In this batch of 122 mm howitzers purchased by the Anti-Japanese Union from the Soviet Union, except for the 12 A9122 howitzers with excellent performance, the rest are old 1910/30 122 howitzers. Both in range and performance, it is far inferior to the new M30 howitzer.

The maximum firing range is only more than 7,000 meters, which is even inferior to the Polish second-hand 100 grenades originally used by the Anti-Japanese Federation. Compared with the Japanese army's 91-style 105 pomegranate, the gap is also quite large, but the weight is much heavier. Even in the face of the Japanese Type 38 field artillery, there was almost no strength to fight back.

Compared with the A19 plus howitzer, which was majestic on the battlefield of Linxi and suppressed the artillery of the 23rd Division with a large range, it was almost powerless. This batch of Soviet-standard 122-millimeter howitzers was quite unpopular among the Anti-Japanese Federation, and even many cadres had a headache when they mentioned this batch of Soviet-made howitzers.

However, the number of medium-caliber artillery before the previous stage of the battle was lacking, and although it was not popular, it was fortunate that the power of the shells was relatively large. At least it is much more powerful than the Japanese 75-mm mountain shell. And it also has to surpass the main medium-caliber artillery currently used by the Anti-Japanese Union, a hundred grenades made in Poland.

Besides, something is better than nothing. But Yang Zhen didn't dare to put this batch of artillery on the battlefield and directly use it as the main suppression artillery. The firing range is too close, coupled with the tradition that Soviet-made artillery has always been bulky and has poor maneuverability, and it is not interesting to use it as the main suppression artillery.

After careful consideration, these forty-eight guns could only be incorporated into the divisions. It was equipped for four divisions and was used as howitzer battalions in the divisional artillery. However, in the battle, this gun suffered a lot of losses due to its performance and range. By the end of the battle, only twenty-seven of the forty-eight guns remained.

The Anti-Union is not a Soviet army with a comprehensive artillery system and a complete range of light and heavy artillery, this old howitzer is only used to suppress Japanese infantry clusters. As for the Japanese artillery ** war, it mainly relied on the A19 plus howitzer and the 152 howitzer, which were much better in performance. This kind of one-two-two grenades, once incorporated into the combat unit, is the main artillery. In the case of inferior range, the losses are significant.

Compared with the unpopular medium-caliber howitzer of the main force of the Soviet army, the Soviet-made 76-mm field artillery received before was obtained from the Soviet army, plus the number captured from the Outer Mongolian army is quite a lot, but it is not much. But compared with the Soviet-made one-two-two howitzer, it is still unpopular with the troops.

These field guns are either too bulky, or they are overused, or they are old-fashioned models that have no use value. Among them, the dozens of old Soviet-made mountain guns captured from the Outer Mongolian army were almost impossible to make any corrections because the firing range was too close, the weight was too great, and the accuracy was also very poor, and most importantly, the long-range firing power was extremely small.

Used as fire support, it can only barely make up for use. This batch of old-fashioned field artillery of the Mongolian army was directly transferred to reserve after the capture of the Anti-Japanese Union, and none of them were distributed to the front-line troops. Even though many of the newly formed divisions lacked divisional artillery, they were not issued to front-line combat units.

Just like the Japanese would not give the best equipment to the puppet army, the equipment that the Soviets gave to the Outer Mongolian army and the reserve infantry weapons were okay, and the artillery weapons were all old-fashioned second-rate equipment. Under the circumstance that the Soviet army has been fully equipped with F-22 field guns, the Outer Mongolian army is still equipped with the old-fashioned F-10 type with average performance. And even the F 10 is not much, and even older Type 02 field guns used during the Civil War in the USSR.

This batch of mountain artillery was basically produced in the twenties, or even earlier. In addition, the technical ability of the Outer Mongolian army is very poor, and the maintenance is generally poor, and if it is reused, it needs to be renovated with great efforts. Although this batch of artillery has been captured, it has basically no use value. Not to mention staying to occupy the establishment, but also to pay for the anti-Japanese alliance's already valuable artillery talents.

In the end, negotiations with the Soviets simply exchanged with the Soviets a batch of much-needed 45-mm shells with these old-fashioned mountain artillery, which had basically reached the end of their useful life. The old artillery equipped by the Soviet army for the Mongolian army was transferred by Yang Zhen and returned to the Soviets.