"Well, okay Company Commander Mo, it's okay, you can go back first." Yuan made an eviction order, his expression a little impatient, and it was obvious that he didn't want to say anything more about this matter.

Mo Youcai also heard the meaning of his words, but he didn't mean to block people, but he just thought of one thing: "Uh... Battalion commander, don't be angry, I want to say that there is a driver over there who said that he had driven a tank before, why don't you let him come and try it? ”

This is exactly when drowsiness meets a pillow, didn't the young guy brought back by Monk Zhou say that he could drive a tank? And that kid came here just to be able to blend in with the tank company, isn't this an opportunity for him now?

"Didn't I say, Lao Mo, this tank is so easy to drive? You don't just have to find a truck driver to fill up the numbers, a tank and a truck are not the same thing. The gunner scoffed, thinking that the other party just wanted to pat himself on the back.

Yuan Li almost meant the same thing, looking at Mo Youcai in surprise, but it depended on what he said later.

Mo Youcai hurriedly became a salesman and said seriously: "How can it be, he fought in Nanjing before, and he was the driver of the tank unit at that time, and he was later wounded before he was transferred to the rear." ”

"And a veteran?" Yuan Li was also interested at this time, thinking that it would be good to meet him anyway, and it would be good to see him: "Okay, you let him come over and take a look, it should be good to have fought the defense of Nanjing." ”

"Okay, I'll call him over right away," Mo Youcai's eyes rolled and said secretly, this matter is done, and he hurriedly saluted and went to find someone.

"Battalion commander, do you really want him to bring a wild road over? I think we'd better wait for someone to come over. The gunner was still a little unconvinced.

"Didn't you just mumble that you thought it was slow to send people from above? If it's a mule or a horse, you can see if you can't let him go back. Yuan Li preached indifferently.

After a while, the excited Mo Youcai ran over with an even more excited Chen Tang.

Lao Mo was excited because everyone knew that the armored force was the sweetheart of the whole division, and the tank company was even more of a treasure, and the treatment was closer than that of his own son.

Chen Tang was excited because he couldn't believe that he had been given the opportunity to drive the tank so quickly, it was like a dream.

"Is that him? How old is he? Have you ever been on the battlefield? The gunner sneered and was a little contemptuous, thinking that he was a veteran, but it turned out that a hairy boy who was not yet a year old came.

Chen Tang's skin is relatively fair, although he is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and the tuft of beard on the burned half of his face has not grown, except for a little hideous, but his age looks much younger than he actually is.

"I am twenty-eight years old this year, and I have been in the army for 8 years." Chen Tang was not annoyed, and 1510 replied.

"After 8 years in the army, you are still a private class? What have you been doing for the past 8 years? ”

The gunner asked bluntly, he had only been in the army for five years, and now he was a warrant officer, and this kid had been working for eight years and had almost always stood still, which really made people seriously doubt the authenticity.

"Alright, you don't have to say a word!" Yuan Li scolded, he somewhat saw Chen Tang's extraordinary, with the large area of burns on his body, he understood something, the veterans of the tank unit had seen a lot, and many of them had the same scars as him.

The battalion commander's reprimand made the gunner pout and not speak again, but there was a reason why he was so targeted.

The Sherman tank was operated by five people, with the commander in charge of operational command, as well as the radio liaison and turret machine gunner, and the gunner responsible for aiming and firing the gun, as well as the operation of the coaxial machine gun. The loader, machine gunner, and driver, each position is actually very important, and they are all irreplaceable, especially the position of the driver, which can determine the combat efficiency of the tank.

A good driver tends to be quicker when dealing with road conditions, and the ability to control the pace makes the tank more maneuverable and provides the gunner with a better output position, which is a top priority.

Therefore, the gunner doesn't want to be an incompetent fool who cooperates with him in the back, which may harm the whole person.

"You've worked in that unit before? Really know how to drive a tank," Yuan Li asked curiously.

"He served as a Vickers tank driver in the third company and fourth platoon of the first battalion of the army armored regiment of Chief Du, and was wounded and retired in Nanjing." Chen Tang straightened his chest and replied with a rainbow.

Yuan Li and the gunner glanced at each other, and they saw the shock in each other's eyes, and there were not many people who could say the number of this unit.

In 1937, under the instruction of the Führer, the Army Armored Corps was reorganized into the Army Armored Corps directly under the Ministry of Military Affairs, which was the only armored corps in China at that time, and participated in many battles such as Songhu, Nanjing, and Taierzhuang, and it was also the predecessor of the 200th Division.

Yuan Li and the others only joined when the 200 Division was transferred to Guangxi in 39, and if you look at the qualifications, Chen Tang, who was in the armored corps in 37, still belongs to their seniors.

The two of them looked solemn, and slowly raised their right hands to salute Chen Tang, who also hurriedly returned the salute. Looking at the scars on Chen Tang's cheeks and even his neck, the gunner finally stopped being sour at this time, maybe he really had a story.

"There is definitely a difference between the Sherman and Vickers cockpits, but the principle is much the same, let's try it first, let's open our eyes?"

"Good!"

Chen Tang was also not polite, like a nimble fellow, skillfully turning over and entering the inside of the tank.

A little trembling hand slowly stroked the operating lever, after 6 years, he finally came to the inside of this coveted big guy again, this familiar and somewhat unfamiliar feeling made Chen Tang have mixed feelings.

"The joystick, the gear lever, that throttle? Well... That's right, what are these two buttons......"

Chen Tang was still groping, and the gunner also got into the car at this moment, describing to him some of the conventional mechanical layouts he knew:

"I heard from a previous driver that this tank has two engines, which are independent of each other, and if one of them has a problem it can be turned off, but the tank can still move. When you pull the button on the left and release the clutch, only the engine on the right will continue to work. ”

In fact, not many people understand this tank now, Sherman came to the battlefield in western Yunnan not long ago, most of the Chinese soldiers are fighting and groping, and the gunner is also because he used to have a good relationship with the driver, often discuss the details of this tank, so he is familiar with these, but it is not good for him to actually operate, after all, there is a specialization.

"Don't look at me like that, I just don't want my partner in the back to make mistakes all the time, so that I can't play accurately."

The gunner noticed the surprised gaze that was looking at him, but he stiffened his mouth.

"Thank you, what do you call it?" Chen Tang nodded to him sincerely, although this guy is unforgiving, he is also a kind heart that is cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

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