Comrade, Your Ingredients Are Too Complicated

Chapter 273 Finally there is a tank

 Time goes back to June 1, Shanxi Wusu Airport.

Under the **** of a two-plane formation of Hurricane fighter jets, a Skytrain transport aircraft slowly lowered its altitude through the clouds. After the pilot adjusted the landing angle, he lowered the rear three-point landing gear without hesitation.

 “Zhizhi!”

The tires touched the cement runway, and the sound of friction echoed throughout the venue. The transport plane gradually slowed down and finally stopped steadily on the outermost apron.

 After the Eighth Route Army successfully captured major airports around Taiyuan, it immediately began comprehensive construction and expansion work.

Comrades not only replaced the original earth runway with a cement runway, but also more than doubled the overall area.

Nowadays, the throughput of various airports is no longer what it used to be. As long as sufficient ground support teams are equipped, the pre-war preparation efficiency of all the aircraft of the First Air Division can definitely be guaranteed.

 A moment later, the large hatch on the left side of the skytrain's fuselage was pushed open from the inside.

A man wearing a five-piece suit for a border area civilian cadre jumped out of the belly of the plane while rubbing his shoulders.

Although the captain of this flight was a senior pilot of the First Air Division, the experience of riding a military transport aircraft during World War II was not very good.

After all the crew members left the cabin, the nearby ground team immediately surrounded them. They need to refuel three aircraft in the shortest possible time and check all possible risks.

 After sending the Yellow River to Taiyuan, the soldiers of the First Air Division had to rush thousands of miles to the Hubei-Henan border area to participate in the upcoming battle in the mountain city.

 “Old Huang! It’s been a long time! I miss you so much!”

“I didn’t expect that a regimental commander directly under my command would come to the airport to greet you personally. Looking at our entire Eighth Route Army, there are definitely no more than twenty people who can enjoy this kind of treatment!”

“Come on, let me see how you are doing in the border area, whether you have gained weight or lost weight.”

Hhearing it before seeing it is still a familiar taste and a familiar recipe.

Today's Commander Li is a little different from before. He did not wear the traditional gray uniform of the Eighth Route Army, but chose a new grass-green military uniform that is unique to the 1st Marine Regiment.

This new outfit was independently designed by the Logistics Department of Southeast Shanxi, specifically so that the 1st Marine Regiment can better cope with the battle in the Suiyuan area in the future.

Paired with sunglasses and a pipe that I don’t know where I got, I look like the central character on the cover of a 7+ coloring game.

 Since their separation after the Hundred Regiments War, the two have not seen each other for more than seven months. Now that old friends are reunited, they are naturally very emotional.

 Seeing the fellow villagers get off the transport plane, Commander Li immediately gave him a warm bear hug.

After handing the briefcase under his arm to Wang Dexing, Huang He also patted Lao Li's strong back.

“Li Yunlong, I heard that you are doing well now. I congratulate you on your promotion and wealth!”

"It seems that your parachute troops made a lot of contributions in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain. You must have killed a lot of high-ranking Japanese officers at the level of major general and lieutenant general. If the current situation continues, will we call you Marshal Li in a few years? ?”

“Don’t tell me, your outfit is much more elegant than that of Michael Caesar.”

Although I don’t know who the MacCaesar in the mouth of the Yellow River is, I can tell just from the tone of his voice that the other person is making fun of him.

After hearing the word promotion, Li Yunlong immediately became sad, as if everyone owed him 500,000 Reichsmarks. After all, the brigade commander and deputy commander-in-chief made fun of him a lot some time ago.

 “Go, go, why are you being promoted to an official position? In the conscience of heaven and earth, please don’t talk nonsense!”

After a while of pushing and shoving, Lao Li first said hello to the comrades of the First Air Division, and then led Huang He straight to the parking lot on the left side of the hangar.

As the favorite of the deputy commander-in-chief, the 1st Marine Regiment was equipped with a large number of trucks captured from the Japanese First Army.

In order to deliver the Yellow River to the headquarters quickly and safely this time, Commander Li directly transferred fifteen vehicles from the regiment. Their combat effectiveness is absolutely comparable to the most elite motorized troops on the European battlefield.

 While chatting, the convoy has arrived at the suburbs.

 Since the Eighth Route Army regained the lost territory, the entire Shanxi Province has ushered in a wave of economic recovery. As a provincial capital city, Taiyuan has gradually become prosperous even in its suburbs.

 The two of them looked at the endless stream of people with a heartfelt smile on their faces.

“Old Huang, I, Li Yunlong, can’t get to where I am today without your supervision.”

“If you hadn’t told me about the importance of learning in the Logistics Department last year, our Lao Li would have been an ignorant and ignorant regiment leader in his lifetime.”

"As for the airborne troops, I don't even dare to think about it. After we finish our business in a while, we have to have a good drink."

The sudden revelation of true feelings made Huang He stunned for a second, but after all, Huang was also a person who had seen strong winds and waves, and he quickly adjusted his emotions.

Looking at Li Yunlong who was driving, he patted him on the shoulder.

 “We are all our own people, so it’s a bit out of line to say these things.”

“Old Li, you must remember one thing, that is, you will never stop learning. When you come to Shanxi this time, I have prepared some good things for your Marine Regiment.”

 “Huh? Still have to learn?”

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Amid laughter and laughter, the convoy arrived at the new location of the headquarters.

 After seeing the sign of the 1st Marine Regiment, the guards immediately let him go without blocking him.

This place was originally Yan Laoxi's military governor's mansion. In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, it was also the commander's headquarters of the Second War Zone. After the fall of Taiyuan, the puppet troops took a fancy to the local feng shui and specially set up the administrative office here.

 Originally, the deputy commander-in-chief preferred to move the new location of the headquarters to Yoshio Iwamatsu's First Army Headquarters.

It's a pity that Cheng Xiazi was too ruthless at the beginning, coupled with the excessive firepower of the 772 regiment during the attack, he accidentally blew the entire building complex into ruins.

With no choice but to do the next best thing, the boss tearfully chose a ready-made office space covering an area of ​​35,110 square meters.

After getting off the car, the two people were led by the guards through the gatehouse, front yard building and Yuanyi Hall, and finally arrived at the Meishan Conference Hall.

 This is a classic Western-style structure with Chinese-style decoration. When Yan Laoxi was still the dominant local emperor, he often used it to hold important meetings or receive high-level guests.

　　The ideological crusaders at the time also discussed the details of the joint anti-Japanese war with the masters of existentialism here several times.

After knowing that Huang He was going to Shanxi from the border area, the deputy general staff specially ordered the cooking team to prepare for the reception.

As soon as Huang and Li entered the room, they saw that the table was already filled with all kinds of hard dishes, and there was even a pot of expensive tea.

"Hahaha, look who's back! How about it? The atmosphere in Taiyuan City is no worse than that in the border area."

“Let’s eat something first. It will definitely be hard along the way. Don’t worry, kid, all the ingredients for this meal were prepared by us personally. The most valuable tea is also a trophy captured from the puppet army.”

"How long do you plan to stay this time? You are now the director of the Weapons Experimental Research Bureau, so you should be very busy on weekdays." After receiving the teacup handed over by the deputy general staff officer, Huang He greeted everyone one by one.

 Everyone is an old acquaintance, not to mention that there are no cumbersome etiquette within the Eighth Route Army. After a while, he took Lao Li and happily sat next to Zhang Wanhe.

"I came back this time mainly to do business, and I will stay for about seventy days."

“This is my first time coming to Taiyuan, and I don’t know much about this city. But I can see hope and longing for life from the faces of every citizen.”

 “Very good, I like everyone’s energy.”

 “Haha, well said! This is why we work hard!”

 Tea is more than thirty years old, and vegetables are more than five flavors.

Of all of you here, only Commander Li is a pure combatant. The rest of you are the troublemakers in the Eighth Route Army, so we naturally started to discuss business matters.

 Everyone came to a clean table, and the deputy general staff officer took out a panoramic map of Shanxi.

“Huang He, you should be clear about our army’s strategic arrangements for the next stage.”

“The troops have fought two and a half major battles in less than a year since August last year. The most important task now is to recuperate.”

“The soldiers need to digest the harvest, and the three major base areas must also complete the infrastructure work in the province as much as possible.”

As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

Nowadays, the Eighth Route Army has basically occupied the entire Shanxi except for the Zhongtiao Mountain area. The construction of various infrastructures is naturally a top priority.

Not to mention the distance, the broken roads throughout northwest Shanxi alone are enough to give all commanders and soldiers a headache.

The road conditions there are barely enough to drive a mule and carriage. No truck currently in the army has the ability to travel unimpeded.

 Once a major famine occurs, it will be inconvenient to distribute food in a short period of time. Not to mention any military mobilization, or operations such as heading north to attack the Mongolian troops.

The railways in the province are also a big problem. Due to Yan Laoxi's emperor-like operation, the Eighth Route Army must now change the tracks of the Tongpu Railway and the Zhengtai Railway.

 This is a big project, and the manpower and financial resources required are quite large.

After the plan was formally proposed, Zhang Wanhe, who was in charge of logistics, stood up from his stool and took the initiative to put forward his views to everyone present.

“It is not too difficult to change the track of the railway. With our current industrial level, it does not even take too long to fix the railway track. Moreover, there are many displaced people in the province, so we can fully implement the work-for-relief policy.”

“However, road construction is a bit troublesome. Take the northwestern Shanxi region as an example. There are mostly mountainous areas. The biggest concern when building roads in mountainous areas is landslides during road construction, which is very prone to safety accidents.”

“Based on manpower alone, it is estimated that many people will die. We need to take a long-term approach and try to come up with a lower-cost solution.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately frowned.

There is not much to say about railways. After all, Shanxi was one of the first provinces to have railway lines in the Republic of China. The foundation itself is good, and successfully changing course is only a matter of time.

Highways are very troublesome. Hills and mountains account for more than 70% of the province's area. Building roads is not only costly but also causes many inconveniences.

Zhang Wanhe has just made the stakes very clear. Based on the current situation of the Eighth Route Army, it is basically impossible to build the road at low cost.

While everyone was still brainstorming, Huang He stood up from his seat silently and made a shocking proposal.

“How about we try to use tanks to build roads? I think this plan is quite reasonable.”

 Hearing the word tank, everyone present had different reactions.

As the person who brought the Yellow River back from France, Zhang Wanhe has always believed that his fellow villagers never take what they say. As long as he said he had any new weapons, it was definitely not without purpose.

Although the troops have tanks, their combat effectiveness will definitely skyrocket. But as the head of the logistics department, having a new product means that the pressure on their logistics department will increase.

As for the commanders, they were even more excited after learning that the troops were about to have tanks.

 In the early years, when there were no anti-tank weapons and air force, we were really bullied by the Japanese little tanks. Every time we face the enemy's poor infantry-tank coordination, we can only rely on tactics and lives to deal with it.

 Once our own side has tanks and the air superiority provided by the First Air Division, the scene should not be too beautiful.

“Huanghe! Don’t be too pretentious and quickly introduce the basic data of the new weapon. How does the tank you mentioned compare with the Japanese Type 95 light tank?”

“What is the caliber of the main gun? What is the thickness of the armor? Will the power hold back the infantry?”

“Based on how many tanks we can extend the production capacity of our oil plants, how many tanks can be supplied to appear on a battlefield at the same time?”

Facing the barrage of questions from the God of War, Huang He silently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

 Although the division commander is usually amiable, he sometimes makes jokes about Li Yunlong with the brigade commander. But when caught by that eye at a critical moment, even a person with the best psychological quality will be frightened.

“Actually, the tanks I just mentioned are not armored forces used by the army in the strict sense.”

“Its name is Cicada, and it is an airborne tank specially designed for the 1st Marine Regiment. However, its performance meets the requirements of road construction, so I made the hypothesis just now.”

Logically speaking, there is only one way to obtain a tank through the Awakening of the Brave Tiger system, and that is to activate decisions related to De San or the Northern Furry Bear.

Since the unlocking time for "domestic fighter production" is half a year, the above road cannot be completed in a short time.

But when Huang He was checking out new scientific research projects, he accidentally discovered that paratrooper technology could actually unlock the production rights for airborne tanks.

“Paratrooper Type III: Learn to adjust airborne operations according to terrain changes, and standardize advanced equipment such as airborne tanks to minimize the risk of airborne missions.

 Time required for study: 70 days.

Effect: The military factories in the system can produce C47 sky trains and M22 Cicada airborne tanks, and obtain corresponding production lines and drawings.

  Obtain the permission to unlock the C54 Air Overlord strategic transport aircraft and the Hamilka heavy glider. "

Hmm, it’s pretty good.

Whether it is Cicada, Sky Overlord or Hamilka, they are all high-tech products that only came out after 1942. Since I do it first, I can save a lot of money on production licenses.

There are no twin-engine fighters and tactical bombers yet, and four-engine transport aircraft have been arranged first.

Super enhanced version of Yunlong Tiansheng! Prepare for racing on the prairie!

 (End of this chapter)