"Boom! Boom..."

That night, when it was just dark, the volunteer artillery fired at the enemy's positions every once in a while.

The purpose of shooting artillery in this way is not to clamor them to sleep like the British army, nor to have too many shells, but because the tank troops assigned to our regiment in the rear will soon come up.

The biggest difference between the Soviet-style T-34 tank and the American tank is that it uses a diesel engine. Although the use of a diesel engine has many advantages, such as high horsepower, not easy to catch fire, etc., the biggest disadvantage is that it is too loud and there is too much exhaust gas. These two disadvantages make the moving T-34 tank basically unable to hide its whereabouts.

Of course, if the sound of guns covers the sound of the tank's motor, the darkness covers the whereabouts of the tank, and the smell of gunpowder dilutes the tail smell, it will be different.

So, in order to achieve the suddenness of the combat, we had to sacrifice some shells to cover the tanks into our position.

"Captain, here, here..."

As Zhang Mingxue screamed excitedly, several people from the regiment headquarters couldn't wait to follow me out.

Before I could run to the foot of the mountain, I heard the sound of motors huddled with the sound of rumbling cannons. I looked at the end of the road with a few faint lights on the road, and a few black behemoths appeared in everyone's sight.

Those lights were the solutions that tankers came up with. In order to avoid the reconnaissance of the enemy's night flight planes, the tanks did not dare to move forward in the dark night. So they covered the flashlight with a black cloth and shone the way forward, allowing observers to stand outside the turret to command the tanks to advance. It is precisely because of this that they arrived at our position so late.

In fact, the first batch of volunteer armored troops entering North Korea should be nearing the end of the fifth battle. Although it has been several months now, they have never appeared on the battlefield. The main reason is that the soldiers are not familiar with this Soviet tank.

Although the T-34 tank is easy to operate, it is said that anyone who can drive a tractor can drive it. An example is when the German army invaded the Soviet Union in World War II, one time the German tank broke into the T-34 factory. The workers inside were unwilling to submit, so they drove the tanks they produced and fought with the German army...

Su-style weapons seem to have a characteristic, that is, they are low cost, easy to produce, simple to operate, easy to maintain, and strong firepower. The T-34 is no exception. But even so, the Volunteer Army soldiers still have to spend several months practicing and operating this T-34, which became famous during World War II. After all, there is still a big difference between starting it and driving it to the battlefield. What's more, these tanks are all treasures for the Volunteer Army, so they dare not easily pull them to the battlefield.

In the first few months, the first volunteer armored troops to enter North Korea were hidden and used as mobile artillery. The purpose of this was to protect tanks from being discovered by the enemy and even bombed. The other, more importantly, was to "train with war" to allow tank soldiers to perform live-fire shooting in the ranks of artillery to increase their experience in order to play a greater role after going to the battlefield in the future.

As the motor sounded closer and closer, steel monsters filled with camouflage slowly stopped in front of us, and the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of diesel.

"Good guy!"

When the tanks stopped, Jiang Chunzeng and others couldn't help but surrounded this place and look over there, and from time to time they could give out a few praises.

At this time, a volunteer soldier with a pistol on his waist, wearing a military uniform and a tank cap jumped off the tank cap from the tank. As soon as he landed on his feet, he took off the tank cap on his head, pulled out the military cap on his belt and asked, "Comrade, where is the Captain Cui?"

"I am!"

"Report!" Hearing this, the tanker stood up in front of me and said, "Zhong Chaoyang, the battalion commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Armored Division, came to report!"

"Snap! Thank you all the way!" I couldn't help but walk forward and tightly held the hand of the tank battalion commander.

This tank unit is a unit of the first armored division and one regiment! In modern times, I have heard of this regiment. This regiment is called the "Hero Tank Regiment". It is said that this regiment has many firsts, including China's first tank unit (Northeast Tank Brigade), the first tank regiment (Northeast Tank Regiment), the first tank (Meritorious Official), the first tank hero (Dong Laifu), and the first tank unit to be inspected by Chairman Mao...

I have never experienced the other firsts, but I have seen the first tank "Meritorious Man" in the Beijing Military Museum with my own eyes. It was a Type 97 tank, which was seized by our army from the Japanese Kwantung Army Tank Repair Factory in Shenyang during the War of Resistance Against Japan. It was the earliest tank of our army. Later, in the battle against Jinzhou, the first tank hero Dong Laifu drove it, and the bicycle broke into the depth of the Kuomintang army's defense and completed the mission successfully. Because of these, our armored troops still retain the number of the "Meritorious Man Tank Regiment", and what I am commanding now is the armored troops from this regiment...

"Captain Cui, Captain Cui..."

"Hmm! What?" Zhong Chaoyang's scream pulled me back from my memories.

"Captain!" Zhong Chaoyang raised his chest in front of me and said, "Assign us tasks! There are eleven tanks in our battalion, all of which are ready for battle and can go to the battlefield at any time!"

"No, no hurry!" I patted Zhong Chaoyang on the shoulder and said, "Let's hide the tank first, let's discuss how to fight!"

"Yes!" Zhong Chaoyang responded, then changed into the tank cap and climbed into the tank compartment again.

With a command, the eleven tanks, under the command of Zhong Chaoyang and Deputy Commander Liu, each slowly fell down one head separately and fell into the tunnel that the soldiers had already dug for them.

These tunnels were the size of a T-34 tank from Li An when we heard that there were tank troops. They were dug out by hundreds of soldiers. These tunnels not only serve as concealing tanks, but also their locations were carefully selected. Each tunnel was close to the highway or open land. Once the battle started, the hidden tanks could rush to the battlefield with lightning speed.

"Comrades!"

After doing the hidden work of the tank, I convened the soldiers for a meeting. The regiment headquarters was filled with battalion commanders, staff, instructors, etc., which made the already narrow tunnel crowded. But the soldiers did not feel uncomfortable. The soldiers knew that our troops had first come to the artillery and armored troops, so they shook hands and greeted each other enthusiastically as soon as they met. The tunnel seemed very lively for a while. This forced me to shout several times before calming them down.

"Comrades!" I stood up and said to the soldiers: "There are no need for me to introduce these comrades from the artillery and armored forces! Look at your warmth just now, you are more familiar with them than me!"

With a coaxing sound, the soldiers all laughed heartily.

"Comrades!" Li Pinghe continued, "This meeting has special and important significance to us, because in addition to the soldiers of our 538th Regiment, there are also artillery comrades and armored soldiers of our Volunteer Army! Comrades, what I see is not only cannons and tanks, but the strength of our motherland, the prosperity of our motherland... Seeing these, I remembered the words of the boss that the boss said, "For hundreds of years, the era when Western invaders could occupy a country by placing a few cannons on a coast in the east is gone!"

"Down with American imperialism!"

"Down with the reactionaries!"

...

"Comrades!" When the soldiers calmed down again, I continued: "Political Commissar Li is right. This is indeed a special meeting, because this is the first time that our army's infantry, artillery and armored soldiers have a coordinated combat. I believe that the soldiers all have strong fighting spirit and tenacious fighting will, but I hope you understand that it is not that you can defeat the enemy with cannons and tanks!"

"Captain Cui is right!" Chief Jiang agreed: "Many soldiers thought that when we didn't have cannons and tanks, we had already made the enemy unable to move forward. Now that we have cannons and tanks, we have to kill the Japanese all over the ground to find teeth? But the fact is... Are there any Americans who have planes, cannons, and tanks? Are they still useless to deal with us?"

"That's right!" I nodded and said, "So don't take it lightly, always thinking that modern equipment such as tanks and cannons have the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy! You know, although we have these equipment, we have never tried the coordinated combat of artillery, infantry, and armored soldiers. Regarding this, we must learn from the Americans!"

"Learn from the Americans?" The soldiers were stunned when they heard this. In their thoughts, everything that belongs to imperialism must be firmly resisted and defeated. When they heard me say I should learn from American imperialism, all those minds could not turn around.

Not only the soldiers, but also Li Pinghe, who was the political commissar, couldn't help but change his expression. He seemed to disagree with my point of view, but it was not convenient to argue with me on the spot at this meeting, so he didn't say anything.

"What? Is there anything wrong with learning from the Americans?" Jiang Chunzeng noticed that the atmosphere in the venue was a little wrong, so he hurriedly stood up to smooth things over and said, "There is a saying that is 'learning the strengths and advantages of the foreigners to control the foreigners'. In short, this means learning the strengths and advantages of American imperialism, and then using these learned things to attack American imperialism. Just like... it's like... we seized American devils rifles, bullets, grenades... and then used them to attack American devils after they are seized. Is there anything wrong with it? Our Captain Cui still uses American devils' rifles! Look at how many American devils he killed!"

"That's it!" Huang Xianhua also agreed: "Comrades, seize the Americans' guns and ammunition, and then use these guns and ammunition to kill the Americans; learn the Americans' combat methods and then use their combat methods to defeat American imperialism. This is not the same thing!"

"It's right!"

"Yes, use the Americans to defeat the Americans! See if they are powerful or us are powerful!"

...

When the soldiers heard what Jiang Chunzeng and Huang Xianhua said, they all felt it was reasonable and nodded in agreement, but only Li Pinghe's brows became deeper and deeper.

"So comrades!" I continued to say to the soldiers: "We should think more about how Americans use tanks and how they use artillery. They have been using artillery and tanks for decades. No matter how you say they have more experience than us! We should learn more about Americans' tactics and use them flexibly. Only in this way can we avoid detours, not detours, and better and more powerfully strike the enemy!"

After taking a cigarette handed over by Jiang Chunzeng, lit it and took a sip. I continued, "So, I have made a preliminary plan to attack the 237 Highlands. Comrades, see if there are any difficulties and what needs to be supplemented, and just mention it."

"First! It's the preparation of artillery fire!" I pointed to the British Highland 237 on the map and said to Li An: "The artillery troops should blow up as many enemy machine gun positions, castles, and trenches on the 237 Highland as possible, and extend artillery fire after the firepower is covered, and at the same time fire is fired to notify the soldiers to charge. Is there any difficulty?"

"No difficulties!" Li An quickly stood up and responded, hesitated and said, "But...Captain Cui, the British army has dug a single air raid shelter, which will cause our firepower coverage to be unsatisfactory..."

"This..." I thought about it and replied: "This is not a problem. We can fire a fifteen-minute cannon first, then extend the firepower, trick the enemy out of the air raid shelter, and then fire a ten-minute cannon!"

"Yes!" Li An responded and sat down.

"Then it's the armored troops of Battalion Zhong!" I pointed to the open ground in front of the 237th Highland and said to Zhong Chaoyang: "Bathlon Commander Zhong's mission is relatively complicated. Your main task is to cover the charge of our infantry. After you see the signal flares of the artillery troops, you must immediately sail out of the tunnel and line up in front of the soldiers' teams to cover the large forces to charge towards the 237th Highland. Tanks must be closely coordinated with the infantry, and the speed cannot be too fast, too

If the infantry is fast, they cannot keep up, and they cannot be too slow. If they are slow, they will block the infantry from advancing. If you find an enemy tank coming to intercept, they will firmly annihilate it. When you reach the 237th Highland, you must occupy the favorable terrain as quickly as possible, block the intersection to prevent the enemy tanks from counterattacking, and use tank guns and machine guns to organize firepower to knock down the fire points of the enemy positions, suppress the enemy on the 237th Highland to cover the attack of the soldiers."

"But..." Hearing Zhong Chaoyang, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He said in embarrassment: "Captain Cui, it can be done to cover the infantry charge, but our tanks cannot conduct precise shooting at night. It is difficult to knock down the enemy's firepower points and implement firepower suppression!"

"Did I say that I was attacking at night?" I asked back without answering.

"What?" Everyone couldn't help but look at me in surprise when they heard this, and they all looked at me like a monster.

"Captain Cui, are you saying...we will launch an attack during the day?" Jiang Chunzeng swallowed his saliva with some difficulty.

In previous battles, the soldiers of the Volunteer Army have always adhered to a creed that the night belongs to the Volunteer Army. The meaning of this is that most of the Volunteer Army attack when the enemy planes, cannons and other modern equipment cannot play a role. The active attacks launched during the day are not lacking, but most of them are forced to intersperse or to surround the enemy...

It is precisely because of the weakening of the equipment differences dominated by day and night that on the Korean battlefield, the positions were lost during the day and attacked again at night, and the next day, and the tug-of-war of attacking again at night is common. If there is a choice, the volunteer army would naturally choose to attack the enemy at night, but I am now going the opposite way...

"That's right!" Looking at the puzzled gazes from the soldiers, I nodded and said, "Didn't Battalion Commander Zhong say it too? There is no way to exert the power of the tank when attacking at night, right? What's more, you all unexpectedly become like this, what will the enemy be like?"

"Um!" Jiang Chunzeng was stunned when he heard this. After hesitating for a while, he nodded silently, as if he agreed with my statement.

"But Captain Cui!" Zhong Chaoyang still frowned and said, "What tanks fear the most is aircraft. Our army's air defense power is weak. Once the enemy's aircraft enters the battlefield, the tank troops will suffer heavy losses!"

"Don't worry! Battalion Commander Zhong!" I patted Zhong Chaoyang on the shoulder and said, "Tanks are our treasures! How could I let you die like this? The reason I dared to do this is because it takes at least half an hour for the enemy's plane to take off from the aircraft carrier and enter the battlefield. As long as we can end the battle within half an hour, the tank can safely withdraw from the tunnel to cover it."

"The battle ends within half an hour?" Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help looking at each other.

I know what the soldiers were worried about. As Commander Pang said, this battle was a political war, and the organization also gave us strong support, both artillery and armored soldiers. The greater the support and expectations of our superiors for us, the greater the pressure we will bear. If this cannot be defeated, it will not only disappoint the organization, but also make other troops laugh at it - you have given all the good equipment, and you have also fought such a bad battle.

What's more, this can be said to be the first battle for the 180th Division to be re-trusted by the organization! And now, this battle lasts only half an hour...
Chapter completed!