Chapter 13 Landing Weapon (Part II)

Jill's words made the eyes of these generals, who had been suffering from the lack of amphibious combat capabilities, suddenly light up

If this is really the case, then in the possible future operations in the Taiwan Strait and the recovery of islands in the Nansha Sea, our side will have a great advantage in firepower, and in the amphibious landing operation, what is the most important? Naturally, it was abundant, powerful, and powerful firepower that could not raise the head of the place holding the beachhead

Several generals glanced at each other and nodded secretly: if this large hovercraft designed by the Alice Group could really ensure such a powerful firepower configuration without affecting its carrying capacity, it would really be a surprise. Although amphibious operations have the highest mortality rate among soldiers, it is naturally best to be able to die a little less soldiers.

"Generally speaking, in modern amphibious operations in the general sense, it is generally a large landing ship or dock landing ship loaded with an air-cushion landing craft, and after arriving at the landing area, the large amphibious landing ship or dock landing ship will release the hovercraft, and then the hovercraft will carry out a high-speed beach-rushing landing. If a large dock landing ship has a global reach, then the air-cushion landing craft carried by a large dock landing ship actually have a global reach...... For hovercraft, a range of hundreds of kilometers is enough for beach landings. ”

"But the European Bison-class hovercraft is an exception, and although this big guy seems to be very powerful, it has many shortcomings."

"First of all, the first one, this guy's body is too huge, this world's largest hovercraft, designed and built by the Russian 'European Bison' class air cushion landing craft by St. Petersburg 'Almaz' Central Design Bureau Shipbuilding Joint Stock Company, with a total length of 57.6 meters and a width of 25.6 meters."

"The body of the European Bison-class hovercraft is so huge that the width of 25.6 meters requires three or forty thousand tons of ships to fit, which is the tonnage that only amphibious assault ships or large ship landing ships can have, you know, the displacement of ordinary dock landing ships is usually only a "mediocre" more than 10,000 tons, and there are few types of large amphibious assault ships or large dock landing ships that can carry the 'European Bison' hovercraft in the world. ”

"It's still because of the big problems. The Bison's height of 22 meters is so staggering that it would require even the tonnage of a medium-sized aircraft carrier to fit it, or unless the Bison is flattened and stuffed in. The Bison will have a combat radius of only about 130 nautical miles, and the landing area will be very narrow. ”

"Secondly, the maintenance costs of bison are staggering, and the unit price is high, and the unit price of four bison purchased by Greece is about 50 million US dollars, which can buy a large Il-76 transport aircraft. Moreover, the maintenance price is equivalent to a 4,000-ton frigate, so the heads of Russia and Ukraine use it several times a year and rest the rest of the time, which is very cost-effective from the perspective of cost-effectiveness ratio. ”

"The third reason is that the legs of the 'European Bison' hovercraft are too short. If the 'European Bison' hovercraft is used, in terms of the combat radius of this hovercraft, its combat use range will be greatly limited, and a rough calculation will probably only be used in the three combat directions of the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam. Among the three directions, only the Shandong Peninsula is more suitable for the Korean Peninsula, and Hainan Island is somewhat insufficient for Vietnam and the Taiwan Strait. ”

"The sea landing operation must first be driven from the various assembly areas to the sea formation area, and after the formation, they will rush to the landing area, and if the voyage is short, they can only depart from the nearest port, and the range of the bison is barely enough."

Speaking of this, Jill looked at the military generals who were listening to their explanations intently, and smiled slightly, "You and the Ukrainian side have been procrastinating for 3 years to negotiate the 'European Bison' hovercraft, and they have not signed a contract until now. ”

"Or is this bison not the one you hoped for? The advantages and disadvantages of bison are very prominent, and it is not easy to use this rotten goods well. The pervert of the Soviet Union back then regarded bison as a consumable, and the landing operation was used once, and it was earned if it could retreat after the landing. ”

Hearing Jill say this, the generals of the military couldn't help but smile bitterly in their hearts.

But isn't it, this expensive and difficult cow to feed is really not very easy to use. Of course, why the Americans developed the LCAC while the Russians developed the Bison is a matter of two questions, because the requirements of the two countries for amphibious landing operations are different: the United States will land only when it has complete air supremacy; The Soviet Union, on the other hand, emphasized high-intensity landing operations, or that the US imperialists would not land easily, and the Soviet Union would easily land because of the wide conditions for repair. ,

The beautiful air-cushion landing craft were not armed in order to reduce weight, and they were not prepared to bayonet anyway; The Soviets' bison brought artillery and missiles to Longtan, so the styles of the same type of combat weapons designed by the two countries were completely different.

Of course, because the unit price and maintenance cost of the bison were completely affordable in the former Soviet Union, so in the Soviet Union and Greece, the "European Bison" hovercraft was actually used as a patrol landing craft in many cases, just like ordinary patrol landing craft to wander around, because it ran faster than ordinary patrol boats, loaded more cargo, was well armed, and was very valuable. ”

After saying bad things about the European Bison hovercraft that the domestic military planned to buy from Ukraine for a long time, in order to dispel the little idea that remained in their hearts, Jill made another turn and commented on the advantages of the European Bison hovercraft.

"As far as the domestic military is concerned, the landing operation in the Taiwan Strait is bound to be highly intense and covered by the saturated firepower of the Taiwan military, and the first wave of landing convoys will come back one end at a time, and those who come back will all be earned, and it is even very likely that they will not be able to come back at all, and a large number of civilian ships will be used after the second wave."

"So the idea of this kind of amphibious landing operation is similar to that of the former Soviet Union, basically the death squad rushes ashore, builds a bridgehead at any cost, and then the tattered civilian ships roll in, and there is no big problem without special landing ships."

"If it is not a death squad charge, it is necessary to establish a multi-wave landing fleet, but the problem is that at present, the domestic military has only a few dozen large and medium-sized landing ships, and a tenfold expansion may not be enough, but the military wants to learn the concept of amphibious landing operations of the Americans, but unfortunately, the equipment is not good."

"If our inference is correct, then the domestic military really needs the European Bison hovercraft, because this needs to be equipped for the first daredevils to carry out landing operations. Because of the large loading capacity and fast speed, the bison can land in a large area. ”

"Only 17% of the territory of ordinary landing ships can land, and only the west coast of Taiwan is suitable for landing, considering the capacity of the landing field, etc., there are only a few landing sites. But if it is a European bison hovercraft, it will be different, a few bison can bring a motorized infantry battalion, and 70% of the coastline of the east and west of Taiwan can land. ”

"It is a recognized fact that the combat strength of the domestic military is very strong, and it can be unceremoniously asserted that a domestic military's motorized infantry digital synthetic battalion can completely confront a US infantry regiment."

As soon as Jill's words came out, the generals of the military felt much more comfortable, at least Alice Group's evaluation of this equipment of the Ukrainians was very objective, and it could be regarded as a reference for them. Especially in the end, Jill also complimented the domestic military proud of the combat strength of the army, although the expression on his face did not change much, but Zhang Lan, who had been squatting in the corner and observing these old men, could clearly find that Jill's compliment suddenly made these generals feel a lot more comfortable.

"Not bad," a Navy general nodded, "the Bison is the world's largest full-cushion air-cushion landing craft, which can travel on land, and is surrounded by flexible aprons, which can go ashore, especially suitable for landing operations." However, when it comes to the bison, this giant is really not a human ship, and when it starts, the whole body trembles, sways from side to side, and when it sails at high speed, it will constantly hit the wall of waves, and it will tilt forward and backward, which can make all the infantry vomit and stumble, and cannot hold a gun. Although the Bison has a cruising speed of 55 knots (100 kilometers per hour), it will be much slower to use, and the landing force must not be busy vomiting. Only when the artillery is under fire will it pass at a maximum speed of 60 knots. ”

"That's right," another general followed suit, "armies for thousands of years have adhered to the three elements of tank warfare, mobility, defense, and firepower. Historically, the Mongol cavalry ran fast and maximized their mobility at that time, so they were able to conquer the continent. To defend well, it is necessary to build the Great Wall and castle, and to upgrade the firepower of long guns, short artillery, and nuclear weapons. For air-cushion landing craft, firepower is dispensable, because there are warships dedicated to cover, and this is about to be of great value. ”

"The Bison hovercraft can easily evade aerial bombs and torpedoes and effectively evade missile attacks. According to the research of the British side, it is much easier for a frigate with a speed of more than 40 knots to deal with anti-ship missiles, and the high speed of the Bison at 60 knots, coupled with the ability to maneuver much more flexibly than the frigate, and at the same time the target signal characteristics that are smaller than those of the frigate, I think it is not difficult to dance a waltz on the sea surface and twist a Yangge. ”

Zhang Lan nodded: Obviously, this guy is a loyal weapon buyer, and he strongly wants to use his limited military expenses to buy weapons and equipment at a high price from abroad. However, speaking of which, in fact, the speed of 60 knots makes the hit rate of the artillery very low, according to the combat statistics of torpedo boats on both sides of the strait, it is rare to sink torpedo boats, they are all aimed at that, and destroying torpedo boats is equivalent to winning the jackpot. The losses of the communist torpedo boats were mainly sunk by themselves, running up to 50 knots, making a sharp turn, and by chance a wave capsized. E