The marching Type 77 half-track armored vehicle made a squeaky sound, after all, there is a big difference in technology with those infantry fighting vehicles in later generations, and the industrial level is not at the same level, so it is not expected that this kind of combat vehicle is as solid and durable as Bradley or BMP-3. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Driving all the way from the capital to Shanhaiguan, there will be a constant technical failure of the chariot, which must be stopped for repairs, and an average of 30 kilometers will appear in a car lying in a nest. This does not fully explain the backwardness of Datang's industrial level, but it is true that Datang Industry has started from scratch, although it has mastered many advanced things, but there are also many defects. The Type 77 half-track is also the first type of infantry fighting vehicle actually built by Datang, and it did not take too long in the previous verification process, because the war was urgent and was directly assigned to the troops. There must be a lot of problems, and all Datang military engineers are designing this weapon for the first time, and it is inevitable that mistakes will be made, and there will be a lot of mistakes. This has caused a certain pit to the troops and soldiers, but considering that even in the World War II period on the other side, the proper rate of the tank is basically the level of the 77-type tank, and everyone is psychologically balanced.

In order to deal with this painful situation, the Datang Army will not only assign the conscripted troops to repair troops, but also force all mechanized infantry to learn a certain amount of maintenance knowledge, which can come in handy when needed. When the battle is important, additional tanks will even be sent, and the infantry will immediately change to another vehicle to keep the troops moving forward without interruption.

At this time, the LTTE had two infantry battalions, but they were equipped with 85 combat vehicles. Even if it's all the way to the nest. By the time they arrived at Shanhaiguan, there were still extra chariots, of which there were no infantry on board. This is why Datang purchased too many chariots before. Equipment was given to the expeditionary force. Moreover, the Tiger Regiment also took advantage of the first mover in these mechanized infantry, and the number of chariots of the Snow Leopard Regiment that arrived later was much less, and considering that it went to Lingnan to fight, not too many reserve chariots were added, probably because the terrain of Guangdong was not suitable for mechanized infantry to fight on a large scale.

Xie Jinwu ran out of the regiment headquarters and met with several officers who had come, and the two cavalry regiments were fully dispatched, and the regiment commanders came. Sumuri is also included. On the side of the Tiger Regiment, the regiment commander Ju Guochong did not come, and it was Zhu Ting, a colonel commander pointed out by General Yuan, who arrived. In the army, there are only two major generals so far, and since the defense minister is also the president, there is a lack of higher-ranking military attachés. As for the departments and bureaus of the Ministry of National Defense, such as the Equipment and Logistics Bureau, the Political Bureau of Military Style, and the General Staff and Intelligence Bureau, the heads are all colonels. The rank of brigade commander is also the rank of colonel, only the second brigade and the third brigade have real brigade commanders, the commander of the first brigade is lacking, and the fourth brigade has just been formed. Xue Yue, commander of the theater of operations, temporarily assumed the post of brigade commander.

According to the plan of the future Ministry of Defense, the Minister of Defense will have the highest rank of general. The three bureau chiefs and the commanders of the general theater are lieutenant generals, the commanders of the sub-theaters are major generals, the brigade commander is still colonel, the regiment commander is still colonel, and so on. In other words, according to this model, Bai Nan, the current commander-in-chief of the Tang East Asian Expeditionary Force, should be a lieutenant general, and Xue Yue's current assignment is reasonable.

Zhu Ting is in his early 40s, and is the chief of staff of the peacekeeping battalion in the modern Zhongyuan peacekeeping force. In fact, the entire establishment scale of the peacekeeping battalion is compared to the regiment, so Zhu Ting, as the chief of staff, is actually a deputy regimental level, that is, a serious lieutenant colonel. Zhu Ting usually does not show the dew, belongs to the type of brick, where he needs to move, once served as the commander of the light transmission regiment for a short time, after being promoted, he did not lead troops, and now he has been appointed by Bai Nan to become the brigade commander of the mixed brigade to command the operation.

Bai Nan still has a lot of dissatisfaction with the organizational structure of the Tang Army, for example, in this operation, he transferred troops from different brigades to organize them into a temporary combat mixed brigade, and the significance of the brigade-level units originally organized by the Tang Army has decreased a lot. For example, the operation carried out by General Xue Yue in South China was also in the same pattern, with the Snow Leopard Regiment and two infantry regiments forming the Third Mixed Brigade, while the Borneo Garrison, which was almost a pure infantry, did not form a mixed brigade.

As the commander of the First Mixed Brigade of the Northern Theater, Zhu Ting commanded mobile combat forces, including mechanized infantry and cavalry, while the three regiments of Shenwu, Dangkou, and Xiongwei formed the Second Mixed Brigade, and the brigade commander was Huang Chao, commander of the Second Brigade of the Army.

Xie Jinwu was still very respectful when he saw Zhu Ting, and immediately saluted the colonel: "Xie Jinwu, the head of the Shenwu Regiment, obey the commander's dispatch." ”

Zhu Ting smiled and saluted back, and said: "In this operation, Commander-in-Chief Bai's instructions are not to seek to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, to deter the enemy, if there is a chance, we can inflict heavy damage on the enemy, we will not entangle, do not pursue, only in the limited battlefield, surprise the enemy, can completely defeat the enemy, then it is best, the enemy still has the ability to regroup, and do not be discouraged." The purpose of the battle is to make the enemy frightened and thoroughly realize the combat strength of our Tang Army. ”

Xie Jinwu couldn't help but nod after hearing this, obviously he and Bai Nan's views coincided. Now there is no need for the Tang army to take the risk of pursuing a complete defeat of the 30,000 Qing army in the hands of Fukangan, as long as it scares them well and makes them fearful.

"Chief, how do you want our Shenwu Regiment to cooperate?"

Zhu Ting said: "The Shenwu Regiment is mainly infantry, and there are also tasks to defend the city, so I only use your artillery to cover our assault troops." I know that you deliberately left a tail and asked Fukangan to build a camp ten miles outside Shanhaiguan, and now I need you to destroy these camps and catch the Qing army by surprise, and then our comrades from the Tiger Regiment and the Hunting Cavalry Regiment and the Xiao Cavalry Regiment will fight again. ”

Of course, Xie Jinwu understood why Zhu Ting wanted him to preside over the first artillery bombardment, because there were only a few gates in Shanhaiguan, and they were so big and small, and it was impossible for the Tiger Regiment to attack directly from the gates, so they had to assemble and form a formation first, especially if it was like cavalry, it was even more necessary. Then, if the enemy is suppressed by artillery bombardment, then the troops of the 1st Mixed Brigade can assemble under the city more calmly, and then send their troops to fight.

"No problem, chief, all the artillery on our city wall can participate in fire suppression, not only the barracks on the ground for ten miles, but even the Qing army camp behind us can also be beaten, look at ours!" (To be continued.) )