Chapter 32 Transformation
"Sir, the intelligence from the military commander, the Japanese army on the Madian side has asked for help from the Maliang River, and the Japanese puppet army troops supporting it have set off, and the military commander has asked us to be on guard, the Japanese puppet army that came over this time has a large number, including a Japanese cavalry unit of 500 people" The military commander said that the Maliang River is 80 miles north of Madian, but there is no direct road to Madian from the Maliang River, and it is necessary to detour more than 60 miles to the west before getting on the road to Madian, and the military commander expects that the two days are tight enough.
There are still two days to go, only enough for the large convoy from Zhangwu County to pull and transport the materials again, according to this speed, Zhao Zhi needs one more time to move all the materials, even if Zhao Zhi uses the trucks that are ready to pull people, it is still not enough. Zhao Zhi was depressed, and he was not so depressed when he attacked the train station, and let him throw out the materials that had already arrived, not to mention that Yu Dazhi would not agree, even Zhao Zhi himself would not agree.
The mercenaries in charge of the perimeter guard were giggling around those tanks, and Ye Kong, who was also smiling, was leaning over the tank hatch, translating the words of the Japanese pilot for Chekov, who was squatting inside, the battle was over, and the tanks placed outside the train station naturally became something for the mercenaries to do, especially Chekov, who was good at artillery fire. Regardless of his tall and large figure, Chekov got into the tank from a narrow warehouse, and dragged the captured Japanese pilot into it to teach him to drive a tank and operate a tank gun.
"Two days, two days" Zhao Zhi, who was frowning, paced back and forth on the platform, until his gaze fell on the crooked tank outside the gate of the railway station. Tank, yes, Zhao Zhi shook his head with some regret, how could he not have thought of the biggest mobile weapon in his hand - tank. Zhao Zhi had already asked the captured Japanese pilot, this new Japanese light tank is equipped with a new diesel power, which is an in-line 6-cylinder air-cooled diesel engine with a maximum power of more than 120 horsepower. With such power, such a tank can carry at least 2 tons of stuff with only one pilot.
"Call all our sappers" Zhao Zhi instructed Tang Lei, who was following him, to gather the sappers in the mercenaries, Zhao Zhi wanted to use tanks instead of trucks to pull supplies, not like stacking materials directly on the tank, but wanting the tank to be used as a tractor like a cart, and the materials were loaded into a self-made board truck and hung behind the tank. There are a lot of materials in the train station, and Zhao Zhi summoned the sappers to come over just to let them find a way to make their own board cars, so as to take away all the excess materials in the train station.
Zhao Zhi's request was obviously embarrassing for the sappers, who knew how to lay mines to ambush the Japanese army, and knew that if they dug trenches and anti-artillery holes quickly, they were transferred from the Eighth Route Army, and they had never even seen tanks. "Sir, why don't we just carry weapons and ammunition on our shoulders and bring them back as we have done in the past, and free up carts and trucks to haul food," a small sapper shrunk his head and said, carrying the spoils of war for a long march, which was the strength of the Eighth Route Army.
"No, everyone's physical exertion is very large, it is more than 100 miles back to Zhangwu County, and it is already very tiring to travel with bare hands, not to mention carrying weapons and ammunition, absolutely not" Zhao Zhi rejected his proposal, "I only give you two days, I must find a way to let the tank return with supplies, all the things in the railway station, you can use it, and all the people here will cooperate with you to work" The few sappers with a wry smile were directly pushed by Zhao Zhi to work.
The dizzy sappers were kicked out of the house by Zhao Zhi, and they got together and discussed in a whisper without a clue, they had been following Zhao Zhi for more than four months, and they knew Zhao Zhi's temper and character, and the words that came out of his mouth would never be withdrawn. Now that they know Zhao Zhi's toughness, all they can do now is to try their best to find suitable materials and make their own items that Zhao Zhi requested.
"I think so. The cart has to have wheels first, right? A skinny monkey-faced sapper rubbed the stubble on his chin and stared at the patrol armored vehicle on the tracks under the platform. Several other sappers followed his line of sight, and there were two patrol armored vehicles with external tracks and built-in steel wheels parked on the railroad tracks under the platform, this kind of patrol armored vehicles are also a new thing for the Japanese, the steel wheels under their bellies can be mechanically lifted, and by only lifting the steel wheels, this kind of patrol car will become an armored vehicle powered by tracks.
"You mean we take down its steel wheels and use those steel wheels to make the wheels of the big cart?" The sapper, nicknamed Lao Kai, pointed to the patrol car on the railroad tracks, but his face was full of shock, "None of us have ever touched this kind of thing, and you will dismantle the wheels?" Anyway, we won't" Lao Jian's words led to the other sappers nodded frequently, the wheel is good, and the thin monkey's method is also good, but Lao Jian said well, the wheel is indeed not easy to fiddle with.
"Then you squat here, I'll go down and have a look" The thin monkey got up from the ground, fluttered at random and pulled the dust on his ass, jumped off the platform and walked towards the two patrol cars. The Japanese patrol car looked similar to a tank, and it also had a machine gun, but it was missing a turret, and the thin monkey circled around the patrol car in front of him, and directly rolled up his sleeves and got under the patrol car.
After looking carefully at the underside of the patrol car for a while, the thin monkey rolled over and got out, carrying the toolbox that had been turned out of the patrol car, and beckoned a large group of mercenaries to come and help him disassemble the steel wheels under the patrol car. The structure of this patrol road armored car made by Japan in Northeast China was not very complicated, but it was not something they could deal with, and in the end, under the intervention of Zhao Zhi, the captured Japanese tank driver was transferred. Under the command of the captive, the thin monkey and they dismantled the 8 steel wheels under the two patrol cars, but unfortunately the steel wheels were removed, but there was no suitable material to act as the axle, and the thin monkeys still did useless work.
"Mr. Zhao, there are abandoned cars and parts in the warehouse in the south corner of the train station, if you want to do something, you can go to that warehouse to find it, maybe you can find something that can be used" Yamamoto Kojiro wiped the oil stains on his hands with a dry cloth while pointing to the warehouse on the south side of the train station. After being pulled out of the pile of dead by the mercenaries, Kojiro Yamamoto thought that he would die here, but he didn't expect that with his ability to drive a tank, he actually survived, and it seems that he is alive and well, so he must seize this opportunity and must not lose his life.