Veteran never die

Chapter 383 The Past and Present of the M4 Medium Tank

0387 The Past and Present of the M4 Medium Tank

As soon as Wang Liang opened his mouth, many military enthusiasts began to pick up pens and small notebooks and began to record.

Because many of them have read the autobiography "A Generation of Warriors" written by Wang Liang, which records that for a long period of time, Wang Liang was trained in the Ramgarh Center.

Wang Liang continued: "For me, Ramgarh is a place worth remembering."

At that time, the military schools established in Ramgarh included: infantry school, howitzer school, engineer school, tank school, automobile school, communication school, general school advanced education class, and air force school.

These military academies have trained a large number of Chinese troops.

As for Wang Liang, he had been trained in the advanced education class of the general school for a period of time.

It can be said that Wang Liang received the most advanced and systematic military training there.

For those days, Wang Liang's memory is particularly clear.

Get up at six in the morning until twelve noon for queue, shooting and gymnastics training.

Training is organized in full accordance with the US infantry program.

There are two hours for lunch and rest at noon.

From [-]:[-] p.m. to [-]:[-] p.m., field training and jungle combat training are conducted, which are specially set up for the special combat environment in Myanmar.

Swimming, boating, climbing, field survival and other subjects are available.

In the evening, from seven o'clock to eleven o'clock, the students of the general school's advanced education class began to attend classes.

Command, Campaign, Tactics, Strategy
It can be said that Wang Liang's military thinking matured at that time.

Entering the long-awaited Ramga unit, it has to be admitted that Wang Liang was shocked by Fan Jianguo's collection.

At that time, the Chinese army stationed in India had combat uniforms, training uniforms, helmets, jackets, first aid backpacks and other equipment.

There are even cans provided by the US military back then.

"Uncle, look this way." With that said, Fan Jianguo pressed a button, and the curtains around him slowly rose.

It turned out to be a tank! ! !

"Good guy, M4 medium tank." Wang Liang was indeed experienced.

A behemoth.

The M4 medium tank was a tank developed and manufactured by the United States during World War II.

Vehicle height 2.97m
Vehicle length 7.54m
Vehicle width 3.0m
This is not a little guy.

Netizens watching the live broadcast couldn't help shouting 6666.

Is this still a private museum?
It's like an arsenal.

Wang Liang stepped forward to caress the tank, also known as Sherman, and blurted out the data: "Firepower equipment: 2x7.62mm caliber MG M1919A4 1x12.7mm M2HB machine gun, 76mm Gun M1A1, M1A1C or M1A2 main gun. Ammunition: 7.62mm: 250 rounds, 76mm: 71 rounds. Armor: 13-76.2mm. Slope: 30 degrees. Height over straight walls: 0.61m. Width across trenches: 2.3m. Fording depth: 0.91m."

For Wang Liang, this tank is too familiar.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force used to drive US Sherman tanks to fight against the Japanese invaders on the Southeast Asian battlefield.

When I was in the Ramgarh Training Center, I operated this tank.

When it was put into actual combat later, Wang Liang also drove it.

"I bought it from abroad, but unfortunately everything inside has been dismantled, leaving only a shell." Fan Jianguo said.

Wang Liang: "It's really not easy to keep it intact until now."

The biggest feature of Ramgarh Training Center is the combination of teaching and practice.

It doesn't matter whether you are in infantry school, howitzer school, engineering school, tank school, automobile school, communication school, general school advanced education class, air force school.

You have to go through actual combat to qualify for graduation.

From soldiers to generals, everyone is treated equally.

There, rank doesn't matter.

Wang Liang recalled: "At that time, all of China's external sea and land transportation was completely blocked by the Japanese army, and the hump route of air transportation crashed into mountains and crashed many times, causing great losses."

"In order to quickly transport aid materials from India to my country, it was decided to build a China-India road from Ledo in India to the Burma Road."

"The planned route of this road needs to pass through the northern Myanmar and the western Yunnan border, but these places are occupied by the Japanese army. The main task of the Chinese troops stationed in India is to eliminate the Japanese army along the route, so that the road will be built after the attacking troops, and the oil pipeline will follow. layout."

Wang Liang continued: "It was at the end of [-]. We received the combat order just after three months of training. The twelve students from our advanced education class were reorganized into the first battalion of chariots and ordered to Heading towards northern Burma.”

The first battalion of tanks used M4 medium tanks, Sherman tanks.

Wang Liang still remembered the name of the commander of the tank command group at that time, Colonel Rothwell Brown, an American.

The battalion commander of the [-]st Battalion of Chariots where Wang Liang is located is called Zhao Zhenyu, and his military rank is also a colonel.

"Zhao Zhenyu is from the eighth phase of Whampoa, and later withdrew to Taiwan to serve as the commander of the eighth division of Taiwan's first army." Wang Liang said.

At that time, the students in the advanced education class of the general school who were mixed like the First Battalion of Chariots had the lowest rank of lieutenant colonel and the highest rank of major general.

Wang Liang, like Zhao Zhenyu, holds the title of colonel.

But no matter how high the military rank is, they must obey the dispatch of the direct commander and execute orders without compromise.

Under the leadership of two Chinese and American commanders, the troops set out from Ramgarh and advanced towards Ledo.

Crossing the India-Myanmar border via Rado in northeast India.

Then enter the uninhabited primeval forest.

Arrive near Xinbinyang, Savage Mountain in northern Myanmar.

It can be described as thrilling along the way. For the Chinese officers and soldiers, it was a great challenge and test both physically and psychologically.

The Americans have collected detailed intelligence.

What they are about to face is the Eighteenth Division of Japan.

Because this division was organized in Kurume, Japan, it is also called the Kurume Division.

Notorious and bad.

The division once plundered and massacred in Beijing and Shanghai.

It then invaded Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore.

In [-], it defeated the Sino-British coalition forces and occupied Burma.

Wang Liang introduced: "The head of the division at that time was Tanaka Shinichi, a lieutenant general. This guy was originally the first head of the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters, and he was the core figure of the army."

"Later, he was transferred to the Southern Army General Headquarters because he scolded the Prime Minister and Minister of the Army Tojo Hideki, and has since been away from the Army's power center."

Obviously, this Shinichi Tanaka is a ruthless character.

He arranged the main force in the Hukang Valley, taking advantage of the surrounding mountains, cliffs, criss-crossing rivers, and primitive forests that block out the sky and block out the sun, and built fortifications according to danger.

Landmines are placed everywhere, every step of the way, in an attempt to stick to it.

There are also snipers all over the deep mountains and dense forests, forming small strongholds.

In addition, a cover position was occupied on the west bank of the Talong River, and a post was set up at Xinbinyang Pass.

Such a careful deployment obviously created a huge resistance to the Chinese army who wanted to open a channel.

Wang Liang only remembered that it was a fierce battle.

In the beginning, it was five days and nights of fierce fighting.

(End of this chapter)