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The situation is both clear and unclear.

The purpose of the battle was achieved: it opened up the transportation lines, severely damaged the main force of the First War Zone, and annihilated the Central Army's manpower.

After the Battle of Central Henan, the Battle of Changheng was launched at the same time. The offensive was as fierce as ever, with the field troops led by the 11th Army attacking southward.

Although we won the battle, we made life very difficult for the Japanese. Although the purpose was to open up the transportation lines, they became more and more blocked.

From the Kwantung Army to the North China Expeditionary Army, and from the North China Expeditionary Army to South China.

The main transportation lines were still in the hands of the Japanese, but as long as there was material transportation and transport troops passing through, they would face the risk of being ambushed by the guerrillas.

It is impossible to supply supplies to various garrison troops relying solely on transport teams.

Do we need to send field troops to accompany every transportation? With a transportation line of thousands of miles, the patrol troops' material consumption is also a terrifying figure.

The biggest problem in ancient marches was food and fodder. The longer the battle line, the greater the consumption of food and fodder.

Because not only the combat troops need to eat, but also the transport troops. Of 100 cans of beef soup, one-fifth will be consumed on the way.

Increasing the patrol force would require another fifth or even more.

Then it would cost even more to transport 1 tons of supplies to the front line.

In addition, there are mountainous and water-rich terrain, poor roadbed conditions, and the constant appearance of guerrillas who specialize in tearing up the rails and causing damage.

This kind of thing will not be reflected in the battle or in the battle reports. Even though no battle was fought, the Japanese could not afford it.

The ones who have been causing trouble recently are not the soldiers on the front line, but the puppet troops in the occupied areas. This group of people have no sense of righteousness for their country and the world, and only care about eating, drinking and enjoying themselves.

After the Japanese failed to deliver the promised benefits, this group of guys started to cause trouble.

He pretended to obey the orders of the Lady Lord, sometimes listening and sometimes not.

Let them go to collect food, ask Taijun for ammunition first, then take a walk outside and exchange some supplies with the Eighth Route Army, and then run back when they have enough food and drink.

So what if the grain collection mission cannot be completed?

The Japanese had to rely on the puppet army to control the occupied areas and coax these guys to work hard for them.

There were hundreds of thousands of puppet troops in North China and Central China, which were equivalent to hundreds of thousands of mouths sucking blood from the Japanese.

The puppet army is the typical type that comes to you for fame when you are at your peak, and kicks you to death when you are down and out. This group of people don't even care about their country, their family, or their ancestors, so how could they be loyal to the devils?

If they cannot get the existing interests, they will turn their guns around first. Whoever gives them food will be the new father.

The one in Shancheng is obviously the new father. He doesn't want to resist the Japanese invaders head-on, but instead focuses on the puppet troops in North China.

He promoted them to major general and lieutenant general one by one and recruited them to serve his own country.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army's territory expanding and its troops increasing in number, Mr. Niang Xipi was scared.

The defeat of the Japs is a matter of time, but the Eighth Route Army must be on guard immediately and find a way to wipe them out.

The Central Henan Army would be defeated miserably, and Hu Shoushan's 300,000 main forces were still surrounded in northern Shaanxi.

He couldn't understand one thing: a capable fighting army was forged through battle after battle, and was never built up by preserving strength.

How much vision can you expect from a guy who only knows politics but not military affairs?

The Sui-Re-Cha Military Region has a large area and a small population. Suiyuan, Chahar, Rehe, etc. are mostly mountainous and desert areas. The population is not rich, so it is beneficial to defend by relying on the mountainous areas.

But during this period of time, it was obvious that there were more people in Wucheng. After driving away the Japanese, many people gathered here.

As long as you have a few acres of land, you can settle down and recuperate.

There were also many new recruits coming from central and northern Hebei, so it was no problem to recruit thousands of people.

Arnov, who had not been seen for two months, brought new gifts and went straight to Ding Wei's headquarters.

给丁伟带来了新的装甲车辆，5辆T34/76坦克，一辆T34/85坦克。

Although it is second-hand, I am still a little excited to see the legendary tank from World War II.

"Ding, my old friend, I took great pains to get it from the Quartermaster Department. After some repairs, it can definitely be used on the battlefield."

Looking at a few old tanks, they were well armored but the tracks didn't look that sturdy.

To be fair, the T34 had many flaws and problems, but that did not prevent it from becoming a reliable main battle tank for the Soviets, and it won the battle with the Germans.

Standalone, the Leopard is indeed superior.

But war is not a one-on-one fight, nor is it a head-on confrontation. A defense line of several hundred kilometers can be breached at any point, and the bonus of a tank cluster to an infantry division is obviously more important.

Suppose you are a company commander, you would definitely want to have a Leopard tank to cooperate in the battle.

But if you are a division commander or even an army commander, and you are faced with 10 Leopard tanks and 100 T34 tanks, what will you choose?

If the number increases a little bit, 50 Leopard tanks and 500 T34s, how would you choose?

"Weiguo, hurry up and call all the technicians in our tank factory to take a good look at the design ideas of the Soviet big brother."

"This will be of great help to the development of our Eighth Route Army tanks and will point us in the right direction."

The BT light tank production line has been put together, and the first domestically produced light tank was provided to the Armored Forces Academy as a training vehicle.

Due to resource issues, the production capacity of tanks is not large. Even if we put all our efforts into production, we can only produce 2-5 tanks a month at most.

With these materials, it is of course more cost-effective to manufacture more guns and weapons. Agricultural countries, without a complete industrial system, still cannot play armored groups.

Anov came with bad intentions. His six tanks weighed 180 tons, and he wanted to take away twice as much supplies, that is, 360 tons of food.

Ding Wei immediately got angry and said he didn't want any of these old cars. What was the point of them?

"Commander, you can stay. You can consider staying." Zhou Weiguo couldn't let go of it. When he saw good things, he always wanted to get them.

Arnoff also hurriedly advised that Ding Wei would definitely make a profit by exchanging one ton for two tons.

It's just a few hundred tons of food. Can't the Suirecha Military Region provide it? It can be exchanged for 6 medium tanks, which can play a big role at the critical moment.

The thickness of the T34's armor is by no means comparable to that of the Japanese Type tank.

They are not something that the BT light fast tank can compete with. When used for armored charge, these six medium tanks can take the lead in the charge.

Apart from the tanks, Ding Wei did not see what he wanted, combat fuel and subsequent ammunition and weapons.

He still has a lot of things to deliver on his 300 million ruble loan.

Bullets, submachine guns, etc. should be transported here as soon as possible.

This also exposed one thing: the Russians were having a hard time, and they suffered huge losses after starting the strategic counterattack.

The Western Front needed a huge amount of supplies, so there was no surplus for the Far Eastern Army. The Far Eastern Army's weapons and equipment were all backward.

It is no exaggeration to say that even the Far Eastern Army may not be able to produce many T34 tanks, and the second-line troops are of course equipped with obsolete weapons.

Anov still brought some good stuff, including the Guoliunov heavy machine guns that Ding Wei specifically asked for, 45 heavy machine guns, and 100 million rounds of bullets.