Improving the command ability of the officers at the grassroots level of the unit was Zhang Wei's first suggestion to Commander Du, and Zhang Wei only made a cursory remarks, so that Commander Du had a clue in his heart, and this matter could not be done in a single sentence, and the 200th Division was now under construction, and not everything could be started immediately.

After Zhang Wei said a few words, he stopped mentioning it and turned the topic to Butan synergy.

"The level of coordination of our army's infantry is extremely poor, many people do not have a most basic understanding of the tank, in the eastern Henan operation, there are even friendly troops who were scared away by our tanks, almost collapsed, and I think that our army has a large number of tanks.

"We should strengthen training in this area, so that every soldier knows that it is a tank, has a basic understanding of tanks, and then trains infantry and tanks to cooperate in combat.

"Our tank battalion once transferred two platoons of Italian-made light tanks to fight with friendly forces, but because the friendly infantry did not move to cover the attack, all six tanks were destroyed in less than half an hour!"

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as the commander of the armored corps, and his subordinate tank units also fought with the Japanese army.

During the Battle of Songhu, a company of British Vickers tanks was assigned to the infantry units to fight, but in the offensive phase of the Battle of Songhu, due to the lack of cooperation of the infantry units, resulting in heavy losses, and then in the defense of Nanjing, a company of German No. 1 tanks stayed, and the results were even worse.

Without the support and protection of the infantry, coupled with the chaos of order, except for a small number of tanks to the end, the rest were thrown into the river without even firing machine guns, and a few fell into the hands of the Japanese.

"The use of tanks in our army in the past is indeed unfavorable, and now the tank troops have been training alone, according to what you said, several combat examples of our division's tank battalion, most of them are because of the unfavorable coordination of infantry, which is indeed negligent, and now the infantry training of our division has just achieved results, and the coordination training between combat vehicles has never been, you are very good, Zhang Wei."

Commander Du showed a satisfied expression, in fact, he himself did not pay enough attention to the coordination between infantry and tanks.

He himself is a first-year student of the military academy, and his understanding of modern warfare and the use of armored forces are not high, and he has not received training in the knowledge of armored troops, so he is completely on his own.

Chief Du is a first-term student, Zhang Wei is a tenth-term student, and when it comes to the education time of the military academy, the study time of Chief Du in school is not as good as Zhang Wei (the study time of the first phase of Huangpu is only seven months, and the tenth phase is three full years).

After he led the armored troops, he crossed the river by feeling the stones, just imagine, how difficult it is for an officer who has only experienced a short-term sergeant training level (the education time and Shunzhun in the first phase of Whampoa is at most a sergeant education) to lead a large armored unit to fight.

Zhang Wei's remarks attracted his warning and attention, and Commander Du often pondered why the tank unit's operations always ended in failure.

From Shanghai to Nanjing, there were successive defeats, and Chief Du had already had his own thoughts on the unfavorable coordination between infantry and tanks, and Zhang Wei's remarks further determined his view on the unfavorable coordination between infantry and tanks.

Next, Zhang Wei and he analyzed several battle cases one by one, and talked about the shortcomings of the national army and the problems of the armored forces observed in the operation in eastern Henan.

In the final analysis, Zhang Wei believes that the way to rapidly improve the combat effectiveness of the troops is to step up the training of combat officers at the grassroots level, and to give play to the effectiveness of the armored units lies in the coordination of infantry and tanks.

In short, what Zhang Wei wants to talk about has been said, as for the specific implementation and whether to do it, it is not his business.

The two had a good conversation, and after what should be said, in the end, Zhang Wei proposed one more thing, that is, to replenish troops and weapons.

His own reserve battalion suffered heavy casualties in the battle in eastern Henan, and the number and strength of the hand have not been counted at present, but the strength is always insufficient, and the reserve battalion is a unit directly under the division, and the division headquarters is responsible for supplementing the problem.

After the preparation battalion returned, all the replenishment was food supplies, and Zhang Wei wanted to take this opportunity to ask for it as soon as possible, hoping to replenish the soldiers and equipment of the preparation battalion as soon as possible.

Originally, he had a very pleasant conversation with Commander Du, but Commander Du politely rejected Zhang Wei's request, listening to the meaning of his words, the 200 divisions may have to be expanded, and weapons and recruits must ensure a certain reserve.

In addition, it is necessary to concentrate and give priority to supplying the combat troops below, and the troops directly under the division headquarters can only be aggrieved for the time being, and then make supplements later.

Zhang Wei dared to ask, but Chief Du also revealed the reason to Zhang Wei, which roughly means that the 200 divisions may have to be expanded.

Weapons, ammunition, and recruits must first satisfy the subordinate units, and the units directly under the division have been ranked behind.

The 200th Division now has the strength of five regiments, and the whole division has reached more than 20,000 people, which is equivalent to the strength of half of the first type of army.

Combined with the memories of his previous life, Zhang Wei knows very well what the next number is, in this case, Zhang Wei didn't ask for it again, and he had to add it sooner or later, and it was not too late.

The purpose of Zhang Wei's visit to Commander Du today was to give a general account of the combat experience and lessons, and with a hint of debriefing on his work, Zhang Wei said goodbye to Commander Du and returned to the garrison of the preparatory battalion.

Back at the station, the camp has begun to bury pots to cook, the ingredients are all the ingredients that Commander Du has replenished, the cooking smoke rises in the barracks, the soldiers of the cooking squad are busy processing the ingredients, and many soldiers have also rushed to help.

Qiu Wei reported to Zhang Wei about the situation of the troops, and so far, there have been no deserters.

It's best if nothing happens, Zhang Wei's heart is relaxed, and now that there are no deserters, the chances of deserters in the future are not great.

After coming out of the division headquarters, Zhang Wei felt exhausted, sleepiness and exhaustion followed, and like the soldiers, he had maintained a high level of tension and excitement before, and it was the same when he went to meet with Commander Du.

Now that he is back in the camp, Zhang Wei, who is relieved, must rest and rest, compared with the soldiers, he spends more energy, and when he returns to the camp, he goes to meet Chief Du without even sitting on the buttocks, and no one can stand it.

Zhang Wei returned to his house, which was still the same wooden house that he had repaired before departure, and took off his shabby military uniform.

Ignoring the marching wire bed that fell into the dust, Zhang Wei fell asleep on the bed, and fought continuously, consuming a lot of energy and physical strength.

Qiu Wei also saw Zhang Wei's fatigue, Zhang Wei didn't say much after coming back and ran directly to the house, the fatigue on his face was obvious, Qiu Wei ordered, don't look for Zhang Wei if there is no major matter, and asked Zhang Wei's heralds to take turns to be on duty in front of the house.