Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 611 Controversy

  The wheels are rolling all the way, passing by southern towns, boundless and vast green pastures, across streams and mountains, and there are endless beautiful scenery along the way.

  Large cloud-like flocks, scattered towns and buildings, herdsmen galloping along horses, and people with happiness and pride on their faces. Seeing all these in the eyes of the young officers, a strong sense of responsibility suddenly rises in their hearts.

  A good life must be guarded with a steel gun to prevent wolves from attacking. This is the sacred mission of soldiers.

  The roadside scene is as prosperous as in the past, but it reveals many different things.

  It is often possible to see the tidy queues heading south without a glance, the energetic armed militias singing war songs, the majestic team full of passion and high morale.

  When the train passes through the town

  You can often see young eagle school students enthusiastically preaching, surrounded by a large number of people, slogans resounding across the sky, and social mobilization has begun during the war.

  A large propaganda slogan is posted on the wall of the house, so you can see it clearly even if you are far away;

   "Strongly condemn the shameful crimes of southern white mobs persecuting innocent Chinese immigrants. The crime must be washed away with life and blood."

   "Blood debts pay for blood, the sacred dignity of the children of China cannot be denied."

  "It is the duty of every citizen to pick up a gun to defend his homeland."

   "Anyone who commits a strong man will punish him even though he is far away."

  "Waiting cannot see hope, praying for no mercy, cowardice cannot be exchanged for peace, only a tough counterattack is the right way."

   "Go to Sydney, capture Old Morgan alive, break Melbourne, and liberate all of Australia."

Looking at the scenes outside the train moving backwards quickly, Bian Chunsong felt a sense of "one day in the cave, the world has been thousands of years" astonished. After being closed for a few months before coming out, the prosperous society of the past has become a big deal. It's the same.

  This change made him enthusiastic, and a little at a loss, a faint feeling of anxiety in his heart.

  The research and development of "Wild Wolf Light Tank" is a highly confidential scientific research project. In the past few months, Bian Chunsong has been in a state of isolation from the world in research, training, and life, unaware of changes in the outside world.

"Don't you know? Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle, Melbourne, these important towns are all occupied by armed white extremists, who wantonly tortured Chinese immigrants, raped women, and robbed property. Now the southern states are like hell. From Sydney The railway to Canberra was also paralyzed. The railway was damaged. Construction workers had to hide in nearby towns to protect themselves. The situation was precarious. This caused the Chinese community in society to endanger themselves, and the response was extremely strong."

  "I know that this group of white dogs must be killed severely in order to emulate them."

   "What the hell... If I want to say it, I have to get rid of these crude and impassive ghosts, so that the future troubles will be eliminated, and the world will be peaceful."

   "Well said, that's how it should be."

"Polyboy, don't make a fool of yourself, what's okay... Master Earl has said many times that the anger of the people can only be directed at those southern white race-ethnicists who have committed heinous crimes. We must firmly unite with the most friendly white people. Ethnicity, isolation of minorities, and indiscriminate hostility are strictly forbidden. Australia will become a big family where all ethnic groups live in unity and love. This will be the basic policy of the Red Fort, whether it is now or in the future." Bian Chunsong heard them talking more and more outrageous, and couldn't help refuting.

  He moved out the instructions of Lord Earl, whom everyone respected, and the young officers who were talking enthusiastically suddenly stopped. Can't refute Lord Earl's wrong words?

  In the hearts of Chinese people, this is a crime of treason!

Paulie was still a little unconvinced with his neck, but he saw that everyone was dying, and the stubbornness in his heart was immediately vented, and he muttered; "Of course the old man, the earl, is right. I mean that he is doing his best to eliminate evil. That’s right."

"what……"

  His words drew a voice of contempt, and the officers were very clear; if you want to make a face, it depends on you to be worthy of the noble earl?

  It is a piece of sky above the heads of overseas Chinese. People like gods and Buddhas are out of reach and respected by ordinary people.

  While everyone laughed, Wu Baoli first confided himself, and said with a sneer; "Thank you all, I am also guilty of tnd, please don’t be familiar with me..."

   "What are you talking about... so lively?" Brigadier General Li Shuanzhu came in and asked casually.

   "Everyone... stand up and salute!"

   give an order

  More than 120 officers in the carriage stood up, stood at attention and saluted. This is the etiquette in the army to welcome the officer.

  Li Shuanzhu raised his hand in response, then put down his hand and said in a deep voice; "Take a rest, brothers have worked hard, all sit down and rest, I just take a look."

   "Yes, sir." The officers replied in unison, and they sat down, their upper bodies upright as loose, with their hands on their knees, waiting for the officer to speak.

  See this scene

  Li Shuanzhu didn’t feel any longer to hang out. He turned his face to look at the young officers of the tank battalion and said, “You guys come with me and I have something to ask you.”

   "Yes, sir."

In the luxuriously decorated officer’s compartment in front, after a section of the division’s senior officer’s sleeper, you came to an independent luxurious box in front. This luxurious box has a small reception room, a separate bathroom and bedroom, and the faucet and door handles are all gilded. , Luxurious reveals the strict level gap.

Brigadier General Li Shuanzhu went here, took off his military hat and hung it on the coat hook next to him, unbuttoned the top collar of the military uniform and sat down, greeted a few young officers and said, "Sit down and talk to you. Don’t Restraint, although there are only two or three big cats and two little kittens, your tank battalion is a baby bump in our division, a fire of hope!"

   "Thank you sir for your seat."

  Bian Chunsong and others sat down cautiously, holding their knees upright with both hands, and the officer asked you to point them at will. It's just approachable. If you really dare to knock on Erlang's legs and pick your feet, it will be ugly to die in minutes.

  The orderly soldiers poured a few cups of hot tea and offered them, then quietly stepped back and closed the door.

  Brigadier General Li Shuanzhu took a sip from his teacup and sighed slightly when he looked at the restrained young officers in front of him;

The tank battalion of the Red First Division now only has 12 light tanks in total. The officers in front of them are all the family members. It will take time to develop!

Although the tank battalion has few combat vehicles, the auxiliary combat equipment is fully equipped with 31 Tie Niu brand heavy 4-wheel tractors, including the top armor of the turtle shell required for light tanks, fuel trucks with modified oil tanks, spare parts vehicles, and ammunition vehicles. , Logistics maintenance vehicles, trailers, etc., this has not yet calculated the two infantry companies specially sent to protect the tank battalion, it is really a mighty long train fleet.

  Why do you need so many logistics vehicles?

Then use your fingers to break the calculations. A tank battalion plans to arrange 33 wild wolf light tanks. This time, the red division is equipped with 36 turtle shell top armors and three spares. .

  Although there are not so many light tanks now, but the necessary equipment must always be brought together, otherwise where to go on the front line?

  The bullet-proof armor on the top of a tortoise shell weighs nearly 1,000 pounds, and the sturdy wooden box is 1,500 pounds, and it is wide and large. A heavy-duty 4-wheel tractor can only pull 4, which requires 9 heavy-duty tractors.

Each light tank has two steel crawlers and two steel crawlers for backup. This crawler weighs more than 1,100 pounds and is heavy. Each heavy tractor can carry 12, which requires another 6 A heavy tractor, plus 5 fuel trucks, vehicles carrying spare parts and combat supplies, are fully loaded with 31 heavy tractors.

  Just to transport all kinds of lubricants and hundreds of shock absorbers, two heavy tractors are needed.

  It can be seen that the tank battalion is really a money-burning thing!

  Li Shuanzhu groaned and said;

"I have not fallen asleep last night, and I am always thinking about the way the tank battalion is used in combat. This is a brand new thing that has never appeared before. There is no experience to learn from. I can only constantly explore and innovate tactics in combat. Tactics.

  As a steel mobile battle fortress that can withstand direct bullets, once it is put on the battlefield, it will have a great deterrent effect on the enemy.

  Field warfare and urban fortification warfare are two completely different forms of combat. For these...I want to hear your views. "

  Is this... an exam?

  Bian Chunsong, Li Zhong, and Wu Baoli have undergone preliminary military training in the past few months. After being assigned to the experimental tank battalion, they all participated in the compilation of combat doctrines, and they have a deep understanding of this.

  Wu Baoli hesitated and spoke first;

   "Thanks to the officer's question, the humble thief thinks that the compilation of the tank combat doctrine is a comprehensive consideration of all aspects, and it already contains the essence of tank combat.

  That is to say, field operations are suitable for concentration of forces. With tank battalions as sharp knives, cavalry accompanies them into mobile regiments to make frontal and strong breakthroughs and sideways roundabouts to disintegrate enemy resistance.

  This can give full play to the powerful assault and firepower of the tank, punching out the enemy's defense line, and inflicting a lot of damage to deter the enemy.

  In urban combat

  Using tanks as the forerunner, the infantry followed forward to cover, steadily advancing in a squad of two to three tanks, pulling out the enemy’s strong strongholds one by one.

  All the above combat methods are considered very appropriate by the humble position, and there is no need to add content. "

   "Hmm!" Li Shuanzhu nodded noncommitantly, turned his gaze to Li Zhong, the color of inquiry was fully revealed; "Lieutenant Li, what do you think?"

   "Reporting to the chief, the view of the humble position is the same as Lieutenant Wu Baoli, who believes that the combat rules and regulations should be strictly enforced, and its power should be verified in actual combat."

   "Well... Lieutenant Bian has any objections?"

   Facing the officer’s question, Bian Chunsong did not answer immediately.

  The commander is obviously not satisfied with the urban and field combat methods stipulated by the combat regulations. There is no one-size-fits-all style of play in this world, and it can be applied everywhere.

He knew that the young master of the division was not simple. Major He Jiaben of the Naval Representative Office in Hongshan Shipyard and master of the division were graduates of the Young Eagle School at about the same time, one in the army and the other in the army. navy.

Now it seems that one of the two classmates is already a brigadier general, and the other has just been promoted to Lieutenant Commander during the Chinese New Year. Bian Chunsong attended the promotion banquet at that time. He and Lieutenant Chen Mantun and Lieutenant Tiexiong (newly promoted) are good friends. Therefore, I indirectly met the commander of the two, Major He Jiaben.

  At that time, I only felt that Major He Jiaben’s city mansion was extremely deep, and it seemed to be quite difficult to approach. Now it seems that all of them are just ass!

  The total number of officials is that big, what use can the city government have?

  Look at our masters, this approachable look is admirable. You don’t need to pretend to be high on your face, and the brigadier general Jin Xing on your shoulders kills all titanium alloy dog ​​eyes. It’s all scum!

  Master, I admire you so much!

  A short remembrance

   Bian Chunsong said sternly;

   "Master of the division, I think it is humble;

The first appearance of the Wild Wolf light tank may shock the Quartet, but after a few contacts, the enemy will soon be able to figure out the pros and cons of tank operations and find an effective way to deal with tanks.

  Especially our light tanks are not as powerful as they look. The front armor can barely resist heavy machine gun bullets, and the side armor is not enough. This is a big drawback.

  Maybe it can be reluctantly used by adding thick boards, but this is only a stopgap measure.

  The ancients said; soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

If the two armies are facing each other in the field, they cannot force the tank battalion to attack from the enemy’s artillery fire. Instead, they should analyze the specific situation and use artillery versus artillery to suppress the enemy’s firepower with stronger firepower, or show the enemy’s weakness. , Enticing the opponent to attack in a big way.

under these circumstances

The   tank battalion highlighted the avant-garde soldiers and defeated the invading enemy with a tyrannical posture, and then accompanied the army to cover up and kill, without having to advance alone, and even led a large number of cavalry to deepen the enemy's formation. It was unwise for the humble duty to steal..."

   "Oh... this point of view is very unique, let's talk about it in detail." Brigadier General Li Shuanzhu's eyes lit up and said with interest.

  Successfully attracted the general’s attention, Lieutenant Bian Chunsong was delighted, and his face still said solemnly;

  "The tank battalion can be said to be a heavy cavalry with full steel armor. Although they are amazing, they are not invulnerable.

There are many lessons to be learned from similar cases in history. On the Hungarian steppes in the 13th century, the 100,000 Teutonic heavy cavalry led by Hungarian King Bella IV was defeated under the rain of arrows from the Mongols, telling us an extremely profound The truth;

  Any superficial strength is not really strong, it may be just one's own wishful thinking.

A tank battalion falling into the enemy's heavy army group is tantamount to self-destruction, and the cavalry that goes along is even more a disaster. History has proven countless times that in the face of hot bullets, the charging cavalry is suicide, the so-called frontal assault is just a fantasy. .

  A hand grenade or a heavy machine gun bullet fired from the side can be reimbursed for a light tank at any time. Trenches, pits, bunkers and strong defense buildings are huge obstacles that light tanks cannot overcome.

  Maybe the Leopard medium tank under development can be passed, but the equipment in our hands is obviously not good.

  So the humble job suggestion, good steel must be used on the blade, in order to win surprisingly. "

   "Well, very insightful, why didn't you say when you formed the combat doctrine?" Brigadier General Li Shuanzhu asked rhetorically.

Bian Chunsong smiled bitterly and replied; "The humble post has expressed his opinions, but unfortunately people are light-hearted. There are many senior cavalry officers in the combat doctrine compilation team. They hope that the tank will open up a **** road ahead. Reproduce the majestic wind before the eighteenth century, the strategy is like fire, and the battle is thousands of miles. So..."

   "So your opinion is ignored. You think you are more correct than those experienced cavalry officers. Am I right?"

   "Yes, sir, I reserve my opinion."

"sure?"

   "Very sure, sir."

   "Really a stubborn young man!" Brigadier General Li Shuanzhu took a sip from his teacup, and looked at the young officer in front of him with a serious look, already happy.

  He is very grateful to Professor He Zuguang for his recommendation and let himself find the treasure.

  This is a young military officer who has firm beliefs and is good at independent thinking, and will not follow others. This quality is very precious.

   Especially for the new tank battalion, this kind of scientific and serious exploration spirit is needed, rather than blindly obeying the so-called old stubborn authority.

  The tank itself is a new thing. How can it be possible to apply old concepts?

   thought of here

  Brigadier General Li Shuanzhu wanted to test Bian Chunsong, to see if there was anything in the belly of the young officer, whether he had real talents, or a bottle of dissatisfaction with half a bottle of sloppy goods, so he asked;

"Since you are not convinced by the authoritative judgment, then I ask you... When the war is at a critical moment, the tank battalion is urgently needed to launch a frontal assault, penetrate the enemy’s heavy forces to split the enemy’s position, and reverse the situation, and you can only execute orders. What should I do at this time?"

  Bian Chunsong has been in the experimental tank battalion for such a long time. In his spare time, he will certainly not sleep or chat all over. He himself has a deep thinking about the combat methods of the tank battalion, so he seemed confident when he asked about it.

  "Return to Master Master;

  The humble position believes that the tank battalion is equipment piled up with advanced technology. The powerful combat effectiveness comes from the advanced armored steel plate, the outstanding tracked chassis design and the strong firepower of the heavy machine gun. The personal ability accounts for a small factor in it.

Therefore, I envisioned to modify the Tie Niu heavy tractor, install steel plates on the front, and install a tortoise shell top armor and bulletproof steel plates in the carriage. There are shooting openings on both sides, solid tires are designed to prevent bullets from penetrating, and a large number of infantry are carried. Assault with light tanks.

  This kind of modification is not troublesome, as long as a batch of solid tires are customized from the tire factory, any shipyard can do the addition of bulletproof steel plates, and 50 Tie Niu brand heavy tractors can be modified in one month. According to the calculation that each vehicle carries one squad, it can carry a reinforced battalion of infantry to accompany the assault.

  In this way, the problem of continuous firepower is solved, and the problem of weak defense of the offensive infantry itself is also solved.

A light tank has only one heavy machine gun. It is not enough to attack the enemy’s frontal line of defense. If there is an armored car to accompany the assault, it will change the weakness of the cavalry. It has sufficient speed and more powerful firepower. I firmly believe that it will definitely receive it. Miraculous effect. "

   "Oh, this plan is wonderful!" Li Shuanzhu couldn't help it even in the deepest city, and he admired.

  This is really a good way. If there is no light tank, these armored vehicles are not very useful and will easily be killed by the opponent's heavy machine gun.

   But with a light tank in front, the role of the armored car is highlighted, mainly to prevent the two-winged enemy and expand the results. It can be said that it is a perfect match of 1+1 greater than 2, and the key cost is also saved.

Not to mention the   Tieniu brand heavy-duty tractor. This is a mature agricultural product. If you order in advance, don’t say 50, or 300 will be fine.

  The machinery does not need to be modified. The shipyard workers can do it simply by installing steel plates, and the modification speed is very fast, and the cost is not much. The materials needed are dozens of pounds, and the money can be paid by yourself.

  It’s okay to concentrate on refitting 100 vehicles a month, and squeeze the soldiers who can bring a regiment.

  It doesn't cost much, but the increase in combat power it brings is a world of difference. It's really a good idea!

  (End of this chapter)