The past and present of the 0387 M4 medium tank

As soon as Wang Liang spoke, many military enthusiasts began to pick up pens and small notebooks and began to record.

Because many of them have read Wang Liang's autobiography "A Generation of Warriors", which records that for a long time, Wang Liang was trained at the Lambgar Center.

Wang Liang continued: "For me, Lambga is something worth remembering. ”

In that year, the military schools set up in Lambgar were: infantry school, howitzer school, engineer school, tank school, automobile school, communications school, general school advanced education class, air force school.

These military schools have trained a large number of Chinese troops.

And Wang Liang has been trained for a period of time in the senior education class of the general school.

It can be said that there, Wang Liang received the most advanced and systematic military training.

For those days, Wang Liang's memory is particularly clear.

Wake up at 6 a.m. and work until 12 p.m. for queue, shooting, and gymnastics training.

The training was organized in full accordance with the American infantry program.

There are two hours of eating and rest at noon.

From 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., field training and jungle combat training were conducted, which were specially set up for the special combat environment in Myanmar.

Swimming, boating, climbing, wilderness survival and more are available.

In the evening, from 7 to 11 o'clock, the students of the senior education class of the general school start their classes.

Command, Campaign, Tactics, Strategy......

It can be said that Wang Liang's military thinking matured at that time.

Entering the long-awaited Lambga unit, I have to admit that Wang Liang was shocked by Fan Jianguo's collection.

At that time, the Chinese army stationed in India had combat uniforms, training uniforms, steel helmets, jackets, first-aid backpacks and other equipment.

There were even canned food provided by the US military back then.

"Uncle, look this way." As he spoke, Fan Jianguo pressed a button, only to see the curtains around him slowly rise.

Inside turned out to be a tank car!!

"Good guys, M4 medium tank." Wang Liang was indeed experienced.

A behemoth.

The M4 medium tank was developed and manufactured by the United States during World War II.

The vehicle height is 2.97m

The length of the car is 7.54m

The width of the vehicle is 3.0m

This is not a small guy.

Netizens who watched the live broadcast couldn't help but shout 6666.

Is this still a private museum?

It's like an arsenal.

Wang Liang stepped forward and stroked the tank, also known as Sherman, and blurted out the data: "Firepower: 2x7.62mm caliber MG M1919A4 1×12.7mm M2HB machine gun, 76mm Gun M1A1, M1A1C or M1A2 main gun." Ammunition: 7.62mm: 6,250 rounds, 76mm: 71 rounds. Armor: 13-76.2mm. Grade: 30 degrees. Height over straight wall: 0.61m. Trench width: 2.3m. Wading depth: 0.91m. ”

For Wang Liang, this tank is too familiar.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force once drove the U.S. Sherman tank to fight the Japanese invaders in Southeast Asia.

When I was at the Ramgar Training Center, I operated this tank.

Later, when he was put into actual combat, Wang Liang also drove it.

"I bought it from abroad, but unfortunately everything inside has been dismantled, and only a shell remains." Fan Jianguo Road.

Wang Liang: "It's really not easy to be able to preserve it until now, and it's still intact. ”

The most important feature of the Ramgar Training Center is the combination of teaching and practice.

It doesn't matter if you are studying there in an infantry school, a howitzer school, an engineer school, a tank school, an automobile school, a communications school, a general school, an advanced education class, an air force school.

You have to go through actual combat to qualify for graduation.

From soldiers to generals, treat them equally.

There, the rank is not important.

Wang Liang recalled: "At that time, all of China's foreign sea and land communications were completely blocked by the Japanese army, and many of the airlifted Hump routes crashed into mountains and crashed, causing great losses. ”

"In order to quickly transport aid from India to our country, it was decided to build a China-India highway from India's Ledo to Yunnan-Burma Highway."

"The route planned for the highway would have passed through northern Myanmar and the western Yunnan border, both of which were occupied by the Japanese army. The main task of the Chinese army stationed in India was to destroy the Japanese troops along the route, so that the roads would be built behind the attacking troops, and the oil pipelines would be laid. ”

Wang Liang continued: "It was the end of 1943, and we had just received a combat order after three months of training. Twelve cadets of our school's senior education class were reorganized into the 1st Tank Battalion and ordered to march to northern Burma. ”

The 1st Battalion of Combat Vehicles used the M4 medium tank, the Sherman.

Wang Liang still remembers the name of the commander of the tank command group at that time, Colonel Rothwell Brown, an American.

The commander of the first tank battalion where Wang Liang is located is named Zhao Zhenyu, and his rank is also colonel.

"Zhao Zhenyu was from the eighth phase of Huangpu, and later withdrew to Taiwan and served as the commander of the 58th Division of Taiwan's First Army." Wang Liang said.

At that time, the cadets of the senior education class of the general school, which were mixed like the first battalion of combat vehicles, had the lowest rank of lieutenant colonel and the highest rank of major general.

Wang Liang, like Zhao Zhenyu, has the rank of colonel.

But no matter how high the rank is, they must obey the dispatch of the direct commander and carry out the order to the letter.

Led by two commanders from China and the United States, the troops set out from Ramgarh and advanced towards Ledo.

Crosses the Indo-Myanmar border via Ledo in northeastern India.

Then enter the uninhabited primeval forest.

Arrive near Sinbin Yang, Savage Mountain, northern Myanmar.

The journey was thrilling, and it was a great challenge and test for the Chinese officers and men, both physically and psychologically.

The Americans have gathered detailed intelligence.

They were about to face the Japanese Eighteenth Division.

Because this division was formed in Kurume in Japan, it is also called the Kurume Division.

Notorious and disgraced.

The division once plundered and slaughtered in Beijing and Shanghai.

It then invaded Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.

In 1942, he defeated the Sino-British coalition and entrenched himself in Burma.

Wang Liang introduced: "The commander of the division at that time was Shinichi Tanaka, a lieutenant general, and this guy was originally the first director of the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters and was the core figure of the army. ”

"Later, because he scolded Hideki Tojo, the prime minister and minister of the army, he was transferred to the general headquarters of the Southern Army, and since then he has been away from the center of power in the army."

Obviously, this Shinichi Tanaka is a ruthless character.

He arranged the main force in the Hukang Valley, and made use of the surrounding terrain such as lofty mountains, cliffs, vertical and horizontal rivers, and primeval forests that covered the sky and the sun to build fortifications according to risks.

Mines were laid everywhere, step by step, in an attempt to hold on.

There are also snipers scattered in the deep mountains and dense forests, forming small strongholds.

In addition, it occupied a covering position on the west bank of the Tarong River and set up a post at the Xinbin Yang Pass.

Such a careful deployment obviously invisibly formed a huge resistance to the Chinese army, which wanted to open up a passage.

Wang Liang only remembered that it was a vicious battle.

In the beginning, it was five days and nights of fierce fighting.