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Text Chapter 307 Modification of Aircraft and Tanks

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    Yang Zhen didn't take Kovalev's previous big promises seriously, but he was right. The performance of those so-called most advanced aircraft during test flights undoubtedly convinced him that they were good things the day before.  Kovalev, a hard slap.  ¡¾.Com text¡¿

    Fortunately, those seven-TP tanks that had been carefully maintained helped Kovalev regain some face, allowing him to avoid being too embarrassed in front of Yang Zhen.  Although these tanks are all light tanks, they may not have been produced for a long time.  It's really well maintained.  Both mechanical performance and weapon condition are at their best.

    Yang Zhen felt itchy looking at these tanks and went into battle to operate them himself.  Affected by the close relationship between Poland and Britain and France in this era, and the fact that these tanks themselves were improved on the British six-ton ??Vicker tanks, their human-machine functions are much better than those of the captured Little Devil tanks.  .  Yang Zhen just did a simple operation and got started skillfully.

    Looking at the 37mm Bofors anti-tank gun and the 79 Browning machine gun on the tank, as well as the performance of this tank that is not inferior to the current German Army's main Type 1 and Type 2 tanks, Yang Zhen is quite satisfied.  Although the armor is a little thin, it has no problem against the Little Devil's Type 95 light tank, Type 92 and Type 94 armored vehicles.  Even Japanese medium tanks don't have any big problems.

    After patting this tank with satisfaction, Yang Zhen turned his head and looked at the nineteen French Hochski R-35 tanks on the side. Although the performance of this 7TP tank is slightly worse, it is also the standard of the French army.  equipment.  Coupled with more than 70 TKS ultra-light tanks, Vicker tanks, and the Japanese tanks in my hands, it is enough to equip an armored brigade.

    Although there are only twenty-four 7tp tanks and nineteen Hochisky R-35 tanks that can really be regarded as tanks, the total is only forty-three.  At most, including the seven Vickers six-ton ??tanks that were modified by Poland and replaced the original 47-mm guns with their own imitation 37-mm anti-tank guns, there are only fifty tanks, less than one of the Soviets.  There are many tank regiments.

    But since the little devil can call the Type 94 armored vehicle equipped with only one 77-caliber machine gun a combat vehicle, then these more than 70 armored vehicles equipped with 79 machine guns or 20mm TKS armored vehicles can naturally be called the same  Calling it a tank is not.  Although even a car in later generations is heavier than him, it is better to have something than nothing.

    As for the more than 30 tanks on the side, they may be French-made FT-17 tanks produced during World War I. Although Yang Zhen was not prepared to incorporate them into the army because their performance was too backward, he also had no intention of letting these antiques go.  These guys, whose performance has been extremely backward, are naturally unable to charge into battle, but there is still no problem in converting them to self-propelled artillery.

    Yang Zhen will bring more than 500 carefully selected students to study. Sun San, who was born in the original resistance alliance and later studied tanks at the Soviet military school, was transferred back to work in the central government and then back.  Found it.  Pointing at these obsolete tanks, he said: "Comrade Sun San, don't pull these old antiques out."

    "You can ask your Soviet comrades to do some research and see if you can dismantle the turret, install a 75mm mountain gun, and convert it into a self-propelled artillery? Or add a 20mm anti-aircraft gun and convert it into a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun so that it can accompany you.  Tank combat?¡±

    Having said this, Yang Zhen thought about it for a while, took out a pen and paper and roughly drew a few sketches and handed them to him: "Just change it according to this style. After disassembling the turret, weld a ring of steel plates around it, and disassemble the artillery.  After the installation, sit directly on the tank. Half of these tanks are converted into 20mm anti-aircraft guns. It is best to convert them into twin mounts. "

    "As for the mountain cannon, after cutting the crew compartment in half, use a steel plate to weld a protection on the front. Remove the wheels and gun mount of the mountain cannon and sit on the tank. There is no need to rotate the turret 360 degrees, just keep your muzzle  Just keep moving forward. This way your supporting artillery fire can accompany your tanks."

    "Send a telegram to the country and bring over sixteen Japanese-made Type 41 mountain cannons. Although this type of mountain cannon has a shorter range, it is lighter. Modifying this type of mountain cannon should not affect mobility. These old antiques have thin armor.  , The speed is slow. But it would be better to change the engine. This speed will also affect the marching queue."

    After hearing Yang Zhen's instructions, Sun San carefully looked at the sketch for a long time, then slapped his thigh and said, "Commander, you are so amazing. I really don't know how you came up with it. I'm worried about how these old antiques can solve that problem."  . The speed of these things is too slow, the fastest is only 16 kilometers. The armor is thin, and some of them are made of cast iron. Not to mention the anti-cannon, even the machine guns can make several holes."

    "But it's a pity to throw it away. After all, the car has some protection, which is much stronger than a car. But to be incorporated into the army, the whole army has to crawl slowly to cooperate??.  We can't leave these thirty-odd vehicles behind.  It is really tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away.  Worse than tasteless.  "

    "You have just solved a big problem. It not only enhances the mobility of our support artillery, but also uses these things as waste. There are more than 200 20mm anti-aircraft guns obtained this time.  It shouldn¡¯t be difficult to allocate more than thirty doors for modification.¡±

    "But Commander, I'm thinking about it. You see, the little Japanese can't escape from his position. The mountain cannon doesn't need to fire in a 360-degree circle. It just needs to keep the muzzle forward. With these tanks  As a carrier, there is no need to move around when moving positions, and the number of people in an artillery squad can be reduced by half. "

    "But this anti-aircraft gun is not good. This aircraft is not a position, it is very flexible. Before you can hit it on one side, it will turn to the other side of you. It is also much faster. Before you can overshoot, it will  It moved to the side. The anti-aircraft gun must be like a tank turret, with at least a 90-degree shooting angle. The rest can be made up by tactics, and I can't solve it."

    Yang Zhen smiled slightly and said: "It depends on how you discuss it with them. As for the engine, I will give you a trick. Look at the engines of those aircraft, most of them have reached the end of their service life. God cannot guarantee safety at all.  But it can be mounted on a tank.¡±

    "As far as I know, many tank engines in Western countries are themselves modified aircraft engines. Please ask Jiangbei to help renovate them and see if they can be modified. As for the ones that are not enough, I am discussing with Jiangbei to see if I can buy them from them.  It¡¯s a part of a second-hand engine, but it¡¯s up to you how to modify it.¡±

    Having said this, Yang Zhen turned to the aviation regiment's political commissar Yuan Bin and chief of staff Xia Boxun, who were bringing students to learn to fly, and said: "Please cooperate with us and disassemble the engines of the aircraft that can no longer fly and give them to Sun San and the others.  . You old soldiers, come here and help them. Your regiment leader is no longer leading the team to Yan'an, so you have to worry a lot."

    Hearing Yang Zhen's instructions, Yuan Bin was a little reluctant, and even said with great distress: "Commander, we have more than forty fighter jets in total. Except for the twenty-two Type 24s, the rest are  Old-fashioned. We are now coordinating with Jiangbei to completely renovate these engines and make them as useful as possible. "

    "But after you do this, our plan can only be stopped. Without these twenty-six aircraft, we only have twenty-two aircraft. On the battlefield, this number of aircraft is not enough.  It's just for the kid. They are a bit old, but they are fighter jets. I thought about it, and there shouldn't be any problem in putting together a dozen of them."

    Seeing Yuan Bin's distressed look, Yang Zhen shook his head and said angrily: "I sent you to Jiangbei just for these dozens of antiques? If it was just for these dozens of antiques, why would the military region spend more than 100,000 yen?  Cash for tuition? You are the seeds of our future Air Force?"

    "Those aircraft engines are all old. If they don't get to the sky, the engines will fall down. When they get to the sky, why don't you let the pilots die? They have reached the end of their service life. No matter how much you renovate, they can't be the same as the new ones. Brother Comrade, what do you think?  Let¡¯s take a long-term approach. These dozens of aircraft are for you to train and practice air tactics, not for you to fight in the sky.¡±

    "It's true that I want to take care of the overall situation and hope to build our own powerful air force. But I'm not so cold-blooded as to let my subordinates die knowing that they are dying in vain. In addition to Type 2 and Type 4,  Do you really think that the remaining junk is a match for the Japanese Type 97 fighter jets? What¡¯s more, the Japanese military¡¯s new fighter jets have already begun production.¡±

    After being scolded by Yang Zhen, Yuan Bin was speechless.  Taking off for those fighter jets is a very risky thing.  Although his subordinates have completed basic flight lessons and have flown the Wave II primary trainer aircraft in accordance with Jiangbei's regulations.  But Yuan Bin really didn't dare to let them go to these old antiques.

    But he was really reluctant to hand over more than half of the plane at once.  You must know that there are only forty-eight fighter jets in total. After handing over so many, only twenty-two aircraft are left.  This is the first batch of aircraft in the entire army, and also the first batch of fighter jets belonging to ourselves.  Before it even hit the sky, it was assigned to a tank.  Although the engine is just removed, without the engine, can this plane still be called an airplane?

    Looking at Yuan Bin who was still a little reluctant after being scolded, Kovalev, who had been humiliated by these planes before, finally found something he could show off and said hurriedly: "Dear Comrade Yuan Bin,  Don't worry about this. I will coordinate with the Far East Military Region Headquarters to replace the aircraft with 1,000-horsepower M-63 engines.

      "This is the latest engine used by the I-Fifteen and Sixteen-type fighter jets, the main force of the great Soviet Red Army. It is definitely better than the original American and British junk. There are more than 20 engines. There are more than 20 engines in the airport where you store the aircraft.  There are enough reserves. Don¡¯t worry, I will take care of this matter. I will ensure that these aircraft can take off and fight. I will give the order to the airport and let them cooperate with you.¡±

    Looking at Kovalev, who was patting his chest on his chest, Yang Zhen's face darkened: "Don't brag this time, wait until you implement it. Comrade Kovalev, your credibility has dropped to a very low level.  What I know is that you don¡¯t know much about aviation and treat garbage as treasure. Those who don¡¯t know that the equipment of the great Soviet Red Army is like this, and the engine will fall down when it takes off. "

    Kovalev, who was already a little depressed, turned red when Yang Zhen said this to him. He stood up suddenly, picked up the phone, and gave an order directly to the airport.  In the name of the commander of the military region, let them immediately pull out part of the I-Sixteen aircraft engines from the inventory and assist the Chinese comrades in replacing those Polish junks.  And send all those planes into the sky in the shortest possible time.

    After putting down the phone, he called the person in charge of the training base and wrote a note, asking him to go to the military region to find the chief of staff and transport a batch of BT tank engines one-on-one according to the number of tanks that needed to be replaced.  These French antique dress ups.  If the bt tank engine is not good, you can get whatever engine is suitable.

    And repeatedly asked them to assist the Chinese comrades and complete the transformation of these tanks in accordance with the requirements of the Chinese comrades.  For missing equipment and raw materials, you can go directly to the military district headquarters to find them.

    After all this was done, Kovalev looked at Yang Zhen and said: "Comrade Yang Zhen, I have given the order. The airport will start to implement it soon. As for this side, those engines are not needed. Anyway, it's a point.  I don¡¯t know when it will be completely scrapped, so I got you more than 30 engines made by ourselves and replaced them with you. "

    After saying all this, looking at the weird smile on Yang Zhen's face, Kovalev realized that he had been provoked.  At this time, more than 30 tank engines and more than 20 aircraft engines were sent out at once. If Moscow knew about this, I might not be able to afford it.  If a comrade, a general, does not vouch for himself, dismissal will be regarded as a minor offense.

    ¡° Dozens of engines are not a big problem, but the key is that they are used without approval.  Especially if it is given to Chinese comrades, this is a serious violation of Moscow's orders.  As an agent who only coaxes people all day long, he didn't expect that he would be pecked in the eyes by geese all day long. Looking at Kovalev in a daze, Yang Zhen patted him on the shoulder and gave him  He gave a consolation prize: "Comrade Kovalev, don't get too angry. You can tell your military district commander that these engines were given to us to gain experience in transforming old tanks. These two drawings,  You can take it back and hand it over.¡±

    As a result, when Yang Zhen handed over these two sketches, Kovalev, who was silent for a long time, shook his head and said: "That's not necessary. General Abanasek said that if you need anything, I can specially  It's a special matter. Just ask the Tank and Armored Vehicle Administration Bureau to issue a scrapping procedure. I think Comrade General Yang Zhen will agree. It's almost time for us to go back.  "

    Yang Zhen waved his hand and said: "Comrade Kovalev, I will stay here tonight. You can go back first. Just send a car to pick me up tomorrow. Go back and tell General Abana Shenk  , just say that I want to stay with these comrades of mine for a while. "

    Seeing that Yang Zhen really didn¡¯t want to leave, Kovalev didn¡¯t say anything.  After explaining to the person in charge of the tank training base and taking care of Yang Zhen's life, he turned around and left in a hurry.

    Kovalev, who was anxious to go back and report to General Abanaschenko, had no idea how important the sketches that Yang Zhen thrust into his hands would play in the Soviet-German War a year later.  It almost brought the Soviet armored forces, which had suffered huge equipment losses, back to life.

    Under the circumstances where the tank losses were huge and the production of new tanks could not make up for it, these temporary old T-26 and BT-7 tanks plus anti-tank guns or 76mm field guns, and temporarily modified self-propelled artillery, were in short supply for a long time.  Within a period of time, it replaced the tank and solved the Soviet army's urgent need.

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