Looking at Kovalev's back in a hurry, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of Yang Zhen's mouth. Turning his head to look at Sun San and Yuan Bin, he said, "Learning to fly airplanes and chariots is only the first step in the long march of thousands of miles. The most important thing is not driving, but application. No matter what kind of weapon, just learning to use it, not using it, is a pile of scrap metal. ”

"You can learn to fly these weapons with the Soviets, but you can't learn their tactics. The Soviet army's armored tactics were extremely rigid, and their air combat tactics were not very good. At best, it's a third-rate level. It's just not much stronger than the Japanese army, which can't even reach the third rate with armored tactics. The Battle of Normenheim relied not so much on quality as on quantity. We don't have that much money, so we can't learn their tactics, and at most we can only use them as a reference. ”

"But most of the armored tactics of the world's great powers now use tanks to accompany the infantry and cover the infantry. Evenly distributed, that's. Don't say that we don't have so many tanks, even if we do, we can't do that. This thing is not a row of seats, divided into fruits, one for each family. Armored units are only powerful if they are used intensively in the main directions, or if they rely on their strong mobility to intersperse flank detours. ”

"For armored troops, equipment is not the most important thing. What matters is the use of tactics, and only when the tactical movement is successful can it be used to its greatest power. It is necessary for you to learn driving skills and maintenance skills from the Soviet army. However, they are not allowed to learn their tactics, and they must find out a set of tactical characteristics that suit their own characteristics. Remember that equipment is dead, people are alive. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen glanced at Sun Sandao, who listened to his words, and said, "After studying in the past two months, how is everyone's progress?" You can't just learn driving skills, as an armored soldier, you must be comprehensive. The military region sent you out, not to make you an ordinary tankman. If that's the case, I'll teach you that, so why bother sending you here? ”

Hearing Yang Zhen ask about the study, Sun San hurriedly stood up and said, "Commander, among the personnel sent out to study this time by the military region, all of them have completed the preliminary driving training. 100 percent of tank drivers are now able to drive on 60 percent of complex terrain, and the first hit rate of artillery shooters on stationary targets has also reached the standard of the Soviet army. ”

"Now the troops are concentrating on learning the flag language used by the Soviet army in armored operations, as well as integrated combat tactics and long-distance marching training. Tank-to-tank frontal combat, as well as simple repair and maintenance of combat vehicles. In addition, tanks of various types are now being properly modified according to the standards of the Soviet army. The original in-car intercom system was changed from the original French to the Soviet-made system. In addition, we are also preparing to install on-board low-power radios in the cars of commanders at all levels. ”

"It is estimated that in another month, I will complete all the training and can return home with equipment. During the period of coming to Jiangbei to study, we strictly follow your requirements, not students, and prepare to be coaches. Those of us who go back want to be able to bring out the standard training of a tank army. ”

Sun San's answer, Yang Zhen said with great satisfaction: "Comrade Sun San, you are the first batch of formally trained armored talents in our whole army, and it can be said that you have placed high hopes on the central government. In the future, our army, which has always relied on millet plus rifles, can we have our own armored troops, your burden is very heavy. ”

"I have a request, while you learn the driving skills of the Soviet army, you should pay more attention to the development of our own combat vehicle tactics. Copying cats and tigers, that's not going to work. Our armored troops must have their own combat style, and in particular, they cannot copy Jiangbei's combat experience. Take our reality as a starting point. ”

"Although the apprentice himself is a master student, he can't copy the master everywhere. When studying, it is necessary to survive the fittest. On the good side, we must not only learn, but also learn thoroughly. But the bad side must not be learned, and all the experience must not be copied from Jiangbei. ”

"Comrade Sun San, in your spare time during training, you should take time to study the use of armored forces by the German army in the Polish campaign. Their tactics are the direction of development of the tactics used by armored forces in the world today. Concentrated use is the main theme of the future development of the armored forces. It should not be dragged down by slow-moving infantry. ”

"When you've completed all your basic training, bring your equipment back home. In Fujin we have built a large cooperative combat training ground, where all your tactical synthesis training will take place. You should hurry up and carry out the improvement of the vehicles here. ”

"I've come with a batch of on-board wireless communication systems, which you will install on every tank. Rest assured, whip antennas are used. It is much better than the loop antenna used by the Soviet army, and it can talk directly in ciphertext. The platoon commanders of each company also have vehicles on which they can directly talk to your synthetic headquarters. Every vehicle must be loaded, including light vehicles. ”

"Comrade Sun San, I have read your resume, you are from the old Anti-Japanese Federation, and you learned to drive a tank at the Soviet Military Academy. But now you have to make the transition from warrior to synthetic commander in the shortest amount of time. Whether or not we can make our tank cluster, which is probably the largest in the country, play his role, is up to you. Remember, it's a group battle, not just a single vehicle. ”

"You go to the Soviets and ask for some information about the use of the German armoured forces in the Polish campaign. Compare the data on the movement of the armored forces of the Soviet army in the Soviet-Finnish war, oh, which is what they call the Winter Campaign. If possible, they would like to ask for information on the tactics they used by their armoured troops in the Spanish War. ”

"When I return home, I will send five infantry battalions and some trucks to form an armored brigade with you. Of course, under the condition that the technology and tactics are not yet mature, this armored brigade can only be of a real nature. In a month's time, the Fujin base will be vacated for all of you. I'll give you three months to do synthetic training. Remember, there are only three months, and this is the task that the military district has given you that you must complete. ”

Yang Zhen's tone was very affirmative, and there was no room for negotiation, which made Sun San and several cadres scratch their heads a little. The time is too short, and it is really difficult to train a white army into a synthetic army in a few months. Now the troops are at most just getting started.

Having just learned how to drive and use tanks, long-distance mechanized marches and artillery firing training have just begun, and this is about to be combined training, is it a bit too hasty. This requires long-term training and synthesis drills, and only three months are given, even the development of a synthesis training plan is not enough. This is not a simple coordination of infantry and machine guns, but involves the training of tanks, artillery, and infantry.

Regarding Sun San's silence, Yang Zhen ignored him. Yang Zhen once saw a famous photo in later generations, which was captured by a reporter accompanying the Japanese army. In the Battle of Songhu, a tank of the Nationalist Army rushed to the Japanese position with heavy firepower alone without infantry cover.

At the bottom of this photo, a line of handwriting clearly illustrates the final outcome of this tank. The car crash and death are the only and inevitable result. Wars cannot be won by courage alone. Backward tactics and a single mode of operation, apart from being sacrificed in vain, did not play their due role at all.

There was no coordination training at all, and there was not even a basic infantry synthesis tactic. Just rely on the courage and mortal heart of the crew to fight. So that the already extremely valuable tank troops simply did not play the role they should. In this kind of single-handedness, the losses are exhausted. Undoubtedly, this is the sorrow of the Chinese soldiers in this whole area.

And in this case, Yang Zhen must not be allowed to appear in his own troops. Three months of synthetic training is a bit tighter, but it is also a helpless choice. The development of the shape shì does not give itself too much time.

Yang Zhen looked at the silent Sun San, shook his head, turned his head to Yuan Bin and said, "Old Yuan, what I said to Lao Sun is also used in your aviation. Aviation tactics should be flexible and changeable, and more attention should be paid to coordinated operations as a whole, rather than fighting alone. You must formulate a set of effective techniques and tactics in light of the performance of the Type 97 and Type 95 fighters of the Japanese Army's main battle and the performance of our aircraft. ”

"You also don't have much time, and although you are said to be used as seeds, you also have to go to war. There are many things that you have to experience to truly understand. Now that you've completed your basic training, you're about to get on the fighters and bombers. ”

"I still know a little about Air Force tactics. Now the Soviet army is still using three-plane formations to fight, and this tactic has fallen behind. Twin aircraft formation, aircraft groups in a trapezoidal configuration, this is the direction of future air combat development. You have to train according to the requirements of actual combat. I will propose to Jiangbei that they select excellent pilots to cooperate with you in combat training. ”

"Also, our planes are not as numerous as the Japanese army, and perhaps their performance is not as good as theirs. However, how to achieve victory in an air battle still needs to be carefully pondered. Altitude, speed, maneuverability, and firepower are, in my opinion, necessary factors for winning in air combat. Occupy height, dive attack, and quickly disengage.

"Find the weakest point of the Japanese planes, take advantage of the speed of the dive, and the first bullet will go to them. After hitting, don't fight them, and get out of it quickly with maximum speed. ”

"The Japanese army has a backward level of aircraft manufacturing, most of the aircraft fuel tanks are not self-contained, and even almost all aircraft are not equipped with protective armor in order to maintain mobility, you can move tactics according to this characteristic of the Japanese army, and your pilots must be able to hit their fuel tanks and their cockpits at the first time."

"Of course, combat also requires training, and isn't it nonsense that a fighter pilot can't engage in aerial combat? However, in air combat, it is necessary to pay attention to making use of the strong points and avoiding the weak points, and to coordinate with the long plane and the wingman. You and Fang Ziyi are both from the old Red Army, and have experienced the anti-encirclement war, the Long March, and even many people have experienced the severe test of the Western Route Army. It took me all my life to learn aviation technology in Xinjiang. ”

"Since you are all from the old Red Army, I think you are also good at guerrilla warfare. Think about it, can we apply our guerrilla tactics to air combat? We have won many victories in ground guerrilla warfare, and can we achieve this advantage in the air when we are also facing a strong enemy? ”

Yang Zhen's words, Yuan Bin quickly recorded on the paper, and kept pondering. After a long time, he said: "Commander, our batch of transferred personnel have a good foundation. Many of them are graduates of the puppet Manchukuo middle school, and many of them are even platoon cadres. Everyone is working hard and making rapid progress. The basic flight training was completed in just a few months, and most of them had accumulated more than 30 hours of flight time. ”

"Our training intensity was so intense that even the Soviet flight instructors who flew with us were a little overwhelmed. But everyone has not yet entered the training of air combat tactics. What you said will be taken into account in the next step of air combat tactical training. However, Commander, none of us had personally flown a Japanese plane, let alone fought against it, and we did not know much about its actual flight performance. ”

"However, there are relatively intact wreckage of two Japanese Type 97 fighters shot down behind the Soviet positions in the Battle of Normenhan, but the Soviets are locked in the warehouse and are not allowed to approach. If you want to analyze their weakness, you have to communicate with the Soviet army. ”

"The old two-wing Type 95 fighters of the Japanese army have begun to be eliminated one after another, and now the Japanese army aviation has been replaced with a large number of Type 97 monoplane fighters. As far as we know from the Soviet side, the maximum level flight speed of this fighter is similar to that of the I-16 fighter used by the main force of the Soviet army. But the maneuverability was much higher than that of the I-XVI fighter. ”

"But what we know about this fighter is also limited to that. We consulted the Soviets several times about their experience with these Japanese fighters in the Battle of Normenheim, but they kept silent and never said a word to us. Commander, it's up to you to communicate about this matter. ”

"If we really go to the battlefield, with our old planes, we can play aerial combat with the extremely maneuverable Type 97 fighters. In addition to the fact that we fledgling pilots lack actual combat experience, that is looking for death. Fighting against this kind of fighter, we are faced with a situation where we can't run and run, and we can't fight and fight. ”

"Commander, even if we follow the one-hit tactics you mentioned, we must at least know their full performance. At least flight altitude, horizontal flight speed, we don't know anything now.

Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "You can't count on them in this matter. It is an indisputable fact that the horizontal combat performance of Japanese fighters is generally relatively high. And we are indeed all classic aircraft, as for the modification of Soviet engines, we do not know how the aircraft will perform. But I know that this fighter also had its first contact with the Soviet army. Who do they ask for experience? ”

In a word, you still have to rely on yourself to explore. You use the I-15 to practice combat tactics, and the I-16 to simulate their horizontal flight, and then find a way to deal with them. Again, as long as it can combine altitude, speed, firepower, maneuverability, this fighter is not invincible. ”

"It's just the shooting level of the moving target in the air, and we must find a way to improve it. If we hit them accurately, hit them hard, and hit them with one hit, we have a chance to defeat them. These planes are for you to adjust and explore your tactics. So don't worry about the life of the aircraft, try to mature as much as possible. ”

"However, we can't just focus on the Japanese army's Type 97 fighters, don't forget that the Japanese army has its own research and development capabilities, and we must focus on the new aircraft that may appear in the future. I also have here two approximate performance of aircraft that the Japanese are already testing flights. It's just a rough performance, and you have to hurry up and memorize it. After familiarization, it will be destroyed immediately, and not a single word will be allowed to be passed on. ”

Yuan Bin took the bag handed over by Yang Zhen, took out the information inside, looked at it carefully, and nodded with an extremely solemn expression.

Looking at Yuan Bin and Sun San in front of him, Yang Zhen said solemnly: "You are the seeds, the seeds of our creation of our own air force and armored forces, and even more hope." Many of the tactics of the Soviet army are quite rigid and not suitable for our current situation, and they are also under the constraints imposed on us in many ways, so many things can be relied on by you to explore from scratch. ”

"I hope that you can shoulder this heavy burden, live up to the hopes of tens of thousands of officers and men of the whole army, and lay a good foundation for our future development. Remember, you are our hope for catching up with the world? ”