The entire Red Star Column, the biggest problem is the artillery brigade and armored cavalry division. Although the Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info artillery brigade has such a large establishment, with 3,000 people in the whole brigade, there are not many artillery, and there is not even half of the real artillery. It's just that the soldiers who have a mathematical foundation and the soldiers who are powerful with big shoulders and round shells are gathered and handed over to Zhao Zhangcheng for training.

However, Xia Xinsheng is not without a way, Liu Ding's ordnance department is prepared for this matter, there are many small iron mines around Qingyang, and it is not difficult to mine, and there are also coal mines, so that some flying thunder cannons can be cast, so that most of the artillery brigade cannons can be temporarily used with flying thunder cannons. In this way, the 3,000 men were divided into three regiments, one regiment was used to handle the long-range firepower of mountain artillery and infantry artillery, one regiment was used specifically for mortars, and one regiment was used for flying thunder artillery. Anyway, if it's not far, the artillery fire of the Red Star Column is quite scary.

It would be inappropriate for the flying thunder cannon to have such a large caliber. Under the auspices of Liu Ding, a combined cannon barrel of 300 caliber and a thickness of 1 cm was made, and a dual-purpose gun carriage was made with reference to the cart and wheelbarrow, which could be dragged by a horse or pushed by three or four soldiers. To be limited by the terrain, it can also be disassembled, and the barrel can be divided into several parts, and the weight of each part does not exceed forty catties.

The shells are made of wood to form a sealed wooden barrel, one end drills out of the small hole and plugs it with a wooden stopper, and then inserts the detonator with the fuse inserted into it when it is to be used, so that it is not easy to get damp during the transfer process, and secondly, it is also much safer, and it is not easy to have an explosion accident. The primer powder pack was disposed of in the same way. In this way, the speed of reloading is multiplied. Pig iron, that is, cast iron, is used to make iron beans, which are more scientifically filled into the shells, although the amount of explosives of the shells is less, but the power is increased, and the killing radius has reached 30 meters, which has a fight with the howitzers of later generations.

After the construction of the flying thunder cannon for the artillery, the flying thunder cannon that can be fixed to the carriage was specially designed for the armored cavalry division, and the gun carriage was designed with a mortar battery and a tripod, which made the steering adjustment more flexible during combat. Three people can perfectly operate a flying thunder cannon.

The most important thing for the armored cavalry division was the problem of training, the main thing was that there was not much gasoline, and only the last seventy-two and a half barrels of gasoline remained. There is no way to train the most important bike-rider coordination, and it is difficult to form combat effectiveness without training. If you train, you won't have to fight again, which makes Comrade Meng Shaozhou, who has been happy for a few days, anxious and foaming. Around a few baby cars all day long, only going around in circles. Finally, I found the headquarters, and the headquarters took the lead in holding a Zhuge Liang meeting, and then we discussed it, and dragged the tactics out with ten horses.

As a result, the armored cavalry division not far from the headquarters appeared a scene that made thousands of horses gallop, and a group of cavalry led by ten armored cars led by horses rushed left and right. Attracted countless people to watch the excitement. Since then, ten horse-drawn cars have become the standard for armored cavalry divisions, as long as they are not fighting, except for pushing with people, they are pulled by horses. Anyway, until wartime, not a drop of gasoline can be used.

As soon as the issue of the establishment of the Red Star Column was resolved, Zhang Shaoshuai's secret envoy was about to arrive. A telegram from the central government said that Wang Yizhe and Zhang's personal bodyguard Tan Hai had come together to contact the Red Army on behalf of Zhang Xueliang. It is necessary for the Red Star Column to do a good job in the preliminary contact matters. Wang Yizhe Xia Xinsheng is very familiar with it, and anyone who is interested in modern military affairs knows that this is Zhang's most trusted person, and there is no one. After Double Twelve, Wang was very sad to be killed by the so-called Shaozhuang faction. The most ironic thing is that most of the young Zhuang faction that Zhang relied on very much voted for devils and became traitors. Historically, Wang was introduced to the party by the vice chairman and made outstanding contributions to the joint resistance against Japan. Of course, there are also very dramatic things, at eight o'clock in the long time, the one who commanded the Northeast Army in the Northeast was Wang, and later the Great Wall War of Resistance was also commanded by Wang. He has tasted two things, one shame and one honor.

For patriotic generals, Xia Xinsheng has always been very respectful, and personally took the headquarters out of Qingyang County to greet him. As soon as the two groups of people met, Xia Xinsheng should stand up and salute first. In terms of level, Xia Xinsheng is actually much higher than Wang, the Red Star Column is no longer the Red Star Column of the year, and now it has an army and a legion, and Wang is only a army commander, although it is an army with five elite divisions. But he's still just a military commander.

The others didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Xia Xinsheng's gourd, but the commander of the dignified column saluted, and the others were not disrespectful, and everyone neatly saluted Wang and his entourage. The king hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, his face was surprised, he couldn't even say anything, turned sideways and let a few people salute, and led the guards to salute Xia Xinsheng and others.

Xia Xinsheng stepped forward and said: "General Wang, this gift is well deserved, our column of more than 50,000 people, except for the Northeast Liberation Fighters, all have the will to resist Japan and defend the land, but there is no opportunity to resist the war and defend the land. Today, I salute General Wang and his entourage, this is to pay tribute to all the soldiers who bravely killed the enemy in the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, and secondly, to express envy to General Wang! Come on, let's talk as we go! ”

The distance is not too far, and the journey is slow, and the atmosphere is more relaxed when everyone talks about it. Everyone didn't mean to ride a horse, Xia Xinsheng was on the left, and Luo Ronghuan was on the right to accompany Wang Yizhe to lead the mount and talk while walking. After expressing some respect to each other, Wang Yizhe opened his mouth and said: "Commander Xia, Wang was entrusted by Commander-in-Chief Zhang (Zhang Xueliang, deputy commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force, without a subordinate, which is an effective way of calling officialdom) to negotiate a truce with your army. I don't know ...... your army? ”

Xia Xinsheng nodded to show that he understood, then pondered for a moment and said: "We are very willing to talk about peace, China's national defense strength really can't withstand consumption." It's just that...... In addition to being an army, more importantly, we are a political party, and this kind of thing is not something I can do, so let's talk to you about it with our political commissar Luo! ”

Xia Xinsheng knew that he couldn't play with these old fritters, so he decisively sold Luo Ronghuan. Smiling, he waited for Luo Ronghuan to talk to Wang Yizhe.

Luo Ronghuan nodded, and said with a smile: "Although it is the first time we have met General Wang, we have dealt with the Northeast Army a lot, especially after the Northeast Army liberation fighters joined among us, the fate between us is deeper, of course, it is good not to fight!" ”

When Wang Yizhe heard this, he was determined in his heart. The reason why the young marshal sent him here was because the Red Army occupied the northern gateway of Xi'an, although it was not a direct threat to Xi'an, but with the cavalry that the Red Army now controlled, it would not take long to drive straight into the Northeast Army and threaten the safety of the Northeast Army.