After completing the training in driving a car, the next step was training in the use of field guns. Wang Haitao's subordinates started with the principle of ballistics for the trainees, but these recruits were too poorly educated, and it was really difficult to listen. Seeing that after talking for a long time, the people below were still confused, and Wang Haitao's subordinates simply did not talk about the principle alone, but changed to actual operation. There were also capable people in the original independent artillery regiment, and one of the artillery battalion commanders could use his own aiming method to shoot mortars or Type 92 infantry artillery quite accurately.

Although the method used by the battalion commander was a local method, its practicality and ease of learning were still recognized by Wang Haitao's subordinates. After combining the local methods of the battalion commander, Wang Haitao's subordinates started with the parts of the field artillery, then moved on to the disassembly and assembly of the field artillery, then to the performance and aiming of the field artillery, and finally to the live firing.

When Wang Haitao's subordinates were training, Wang Haitao trained them with real guns and live ammunition, and then went to the battlefield and fired countless shells, so now everyone can accurately shoot the shells with their eyes closed. They also used the same method for these people in the Independent Artillery Regiment, firing 20 rounds of live ammunition a day from one gun, and this practice made some leaders who watched the training feel distressed.

These leaders immediately found Wang Haitao and persuaded him to shoot less live ammunition. Wang Haitao said to them with a smile: "Everyone, sharpshooters, like sharpshooters, are fed with ammunition, and now it seems that they are wasting ammunition, but when it comes to the battlefield, an accurate shell is much more useful than ten inaccurate shells." Everyone listened to Wang Haitao's explanation, and although they agreed with Wang Haitao's point of view, they still persuaded Wang Haitao to pay attention to economy.

Considering that the number of shells brought this time was indeed limited, Wang Haitao could only order that the number of live ammunition for one cannon per day should be limited to 10. In this way, such a number of live ammunition is also unprecedented in the history of the Eighth Route Army. All the officers and men of the Independent Artillery Brigade who participated in the training also cherished this opportunity and devoted all their energies to this training.

The training of infantry and artillery was not used again, and the 200 men selected were taken by a platoon of the reconnaissance company to a ravine dozens of kilometers away from the city of Yan'an, where they received a completely new way of fighting. Starting from sign language, to the use of various firearms, to how to cooperate with each other, how to play the role of different weapons in a battle, so as to complement each other and achieve victory together.

These are all the training methods that Wang Haitao taught them and the special forces carried out in later generations. It is not easy for the Eighth Route Army, which has never been exposed to these, to learn until it is proficient in this set of special forces tactics. However, after seeing the combat effectiveness of this tactic in the hands of the soldiers of the reconnaissance company, the two hundred men who were trained were learning almost everything they could with a frenzied spirit.

The equipment of a battalion brought by Wang Haitao was selected by the reconnaissance company to select a batch of equipment and select 200 people, and the rest was just enough to equip a full battalion of the Central Guard Regiment. The remaining 1,100 men were selected and organized into two reinforced battalions, one battalion first learned to use the weapons and equipment brought by Wang Haitao, and the other battalion first carried out training in the field of engineering and battlefield survival, and the two sides exchanged them after half a month.

During the firearms training, the soldiers who had mastered the essentials of using the new firearms had dozens of rounds of live ammunition to fire every day, and the requirements became stricter day by day. After mastering the essentials of using the new type of firearms, these fighters who were trained were themselves selected from thousands of top-notch people, and in a short period of time they became proficient in the use of firearms, and the accuracy of their shooting also skyrocketed.

At this time, dozens of officers of the Eighth Route Army also arrived in Yan'an to receive training from Wang Haitao. Among the officers who arrived, there were many founding generals of later generations, such as Song Shilun, commander of the 716th Regiment of the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division, He Bingyan, deputy commander of the regiment, Wang Zhen, deputy commander of the 359th Brigade, Yang Dezhi, commander of the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division, Yang Yong, deputy commander of the 686th Regiment, Han Xianchu, deputy commander of the 688th Regiment of the 344th Brigade, Yang Chengwu, commander of the Independent Regiment, and Chen Xilian, commander of the 769th Regiment of the 385th Brigade of the 129th Division.

After Wang Haitao got the list of participants in the training, he looked at the familiar and unfamiliar names, and said that it was bragging if he was not nervous. However, these founding generals of later generations are far from being famous, let alone them, even the main leaders of the Eighth Route Army are not well-known in China now, far less than the popularity of Wang Haitao, a famous anti-Japanese general.

On the day of the start of the class, as soon as Wang Haitao walked into the prepared classroom, he found General Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, General He Long, commander of the 120th Division, and General Xiao Ke, deputy division commander, also sitting among the students below. Wang Haitao's heart suddenly became nervous. Seeing Wang Haitao walking in, General Peng Dehuai took the lead in standing up and took the initiative to salute Wang Haitao.

After everyone sat down, Wang Haitao came to lead General Peng Dehuai and said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, with you sitting here, how dare I get an axe?" General Peng Dehuai said with a smile: "Commander Wang, you don't have to be modest, I have come to learn from your experience in fighting the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield." Commander Wang will start lecturing. ”

Wang Haitao smiled bitterly, returned to the podium, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today I am not here to teach you anything, but to take out some of the experience and experience I have accumulated in the past few years of leading troops and the Japanese army to discuss with you. I hope these experiences and insights can help everyone. Next, I will start with leading troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu. ”

Then Wang Haitao started from entering the Songhu battlefield, how he established the defense line of Wusongkou, Yangxing, and Luodian, and how he held on this defense line for a month. Among them, the key explanation is the Luodian Guard Battle and the Luodian Victory. Gradually, Wang Haitao entered a state from the initial nervousness, and the people listening to the lecture below, including General Peng Dehuai, could listen attentively.

Unconsciously, a morning passed, and when Wang Haitao realized that it was noon, he ended his explanation and said: "Everyone, just now I said the process of this month's defensive war, and in the afternoon I will talk about the experience and shortcomings of this month's defensive war, and now the class will be dismissed." After Wang Haitao finished speaking, he saluted everyone, and the people below gave Wang Haitao warm applause after returning the salute.

Wang Haitao used the strength of one division to block several divisions of the Japanese army for a month, which was almost an impossible task, but Wang Haitao not only did it, but also created a great victory in Luodian, annihilating more than 20,000 Japanese troops. The students who were listening to the lecture left the classroom while talking in twos and threes, while General Peng Dehuai, General He Long, and General Xiao Ke accompanied Wang Haitao and asked some questions of interest as they walked towards the cafeteria.

General Peng Dehuai asked how to command three brigades to fight in different places at the same time, General He Long asked how the defensive positions were set up in the Luodian defensive battle, and General Xiao Ke asked how to deal with the intensive artillery bombardment of the Japanese army. Wang Haitao answered all these questions one by one, and General Peng Dehuai couldn't help but praise: "There is no vain soldier under the fame, Commander Wang's troops are not comparable to other troops in terms of firepower and combat effectiveness. ”

For General Peng Dehuai's praise, Wang Haitao can only be modest for a few words, but there is still a little excitement in his heart, and it is also worth being praised by General Peng Dehuai. In the afternoon, Wang Haitao continued to give a lecture, and the focus of this class was on the way the Japanese army attacked and how to deal with it, combined with the examples in the battle, Wang Haitao analyzed the Japanese army very thoroughly, so that the people who attended the lecture had a deeper understanding of the Japanese army's way of fighting.

In the next few days, Wang Haitao talked about the Battle of Songhu, not only about the arrangement and tactical use of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army in Songjiang City, but also about how to cooperate with friendly forces to fight. When it was mentioned that Lieutenant General Tani Toshio, commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, had conferred the title, there was a round of applause and cheers from the audience. After all, Gu Shoufu, the commander of the lieutenant general division, was the first Japanese lieutenant general division commander killed by the Chinese army, and this incident was also reported by the Xinhua News Agency at the time, but how could Wang Haitao, the personal promoter, say it in detail, which naturally attracted applause and cheers.

After the entire Songhu Campaign, Wang Haitao summarized the shortcomings of the Chinese army and why Shanghai was lost. Under Wang Haitao's analysis, everyone here really understood how big the gap between the Chinese army and the Japanese army was, and also understood how big the gap between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army was. In general, in addition to being well-trained, Wang Haitao's army still relied on strong firepower, which led to such huge results, and his own troops were far from even being equipped with the Kuomintang Central Army, let alone Wang Haitao's troops.

After Wang Haitao finished talking about the Battle of Songhu, he began to talk about the Battle of Nanjing. This time, Wang Haitao was no longer the commander of a division, but the role of commander-in-chief of Nanjing's urban defense, with more than a dozen divisions of the central army and local troops under his command, and the strength of the army had reached more than 100,000 people. Even among the high-level leaders of the Eighth Route Army, there are very few who have commanded a defensive battle in which more than 100,000 troops participated, not to mention these brigade and regiment-level officers who have not yet become famous.

Through the deployment of the city of Nanjing, Wang Haitao began to explain to the people present how to make use of various advantageous types of land and combine the characteristics of the troops at hand to set up defensive positions. And how to take advantage of the inadequacy of the Japanese offensive methods to defend against the Japanese attack. These are things that the people who have never experienced the lecture have never experienced, but they really want to learn, and Wang Haitao is also unreserved, and he gives his experience and experience all the things that he has experienced, which has benefited the people who have attended the lecture a lot.

After a few days of class, the people who attended the class had a very different impression of Wang Haitao, and some people were still resistant before they came, thinking that how could they let a Kuomintang officer come to give him a lesson? But they had to come because of the order. After listening to Wang Haitao's class for a few days, everyone only admired Wang Haitao. To say that commanding a defensive war with more than 100,000 troops participating in the battle, most of the people present will not be able to play it, let alone block and annihilate the enemy.