But in the planning of material distribution, a new possibility has been proposed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

That is, since it is difficult for traditional transport aircraft to transport large equipment, such as the airdrop BT fast tank is the limit of TB3, the last successful delivery of this kind of aircraft taxied for a long, long time before taking off. Limited by the take-off limit, it is better to let the transport aircraft tow a glider, its large wing occupies to obtain more lift, and then transport BT tanks is no longer a problem.

This proposal immediately resonated with almost everyone, and Tupikov, who wanted to send more supplies to the swamp, clearly realized that this was simply the best solution!

On March 21, the day of the vernal equinox, Tupikov came to the command of the Front with a proposal to increase the number of gliders.

At this moment, Timoshenko was here, looking intently at the sand table. His already fearless head shimmered, it was the reflection of the light, and the man's mind was full of thoughts about the battle, and his troubles made him sweat.

"Dear Davarich, you have been paying attention to the map for too long, and it will take a lot of time for the enemy to attack Sevastopol," Tupikov said. We still have hundreds of thousands of troops there, so you don't need to be anxious. ”

"How can I not be anxious? The Germans used heavy artillery there, super-heavy mortars with a caliber of more than two hundred millimeters, for which our strong pillboxes were no longer impregnable! Why don't you know this? ”

Tupikov naturally knew this, including the final strategic intentions of the German army. He walked to the sand table and said casually: "I think that the enemy's domestic oil reserves are running out, and in order to sustain the four million troops invaded by Germany and the client states, they need a lot of fuel every day for their huge mechanized troops. Before they occupied Simferopol, our air force had been frequently attacking Romanian oil fields. These Germans are definitely short of oil! ”

"So they must occupy the Crimea, and then the Caucasus, and take away our Baku oil fields!" As soon as he thought of this, Timoshengo gasped.

The super-large Tyumen oil depot area of this era has not yet been discovered, and once Germany finally takes over the large and small oil fields in the Caucasus, their war machine will be able to continue to operate!

Timoshenko looked at the map and calmed down for a while, then suddenly asked: "Comrade Tupikov, what good news are you here to tell me now?" Is there a new campaign plan? ”

Tupikov hurriedly shook his head: "You are the strategist, if you want to formulate a battle plan, you have to decide it yourself." I do have something to tell you about this time. ”

"It's about aid to the Pripet swamps north of Kyiv, you should have already decided on the aid package."

Tupikov nodded: "The formulation of the plan is left to the staff officers, but in the process of formulating it, they have proposed a new possibility." ”

"What possibility?"

"It's using a glider!"

"Gliders?" Timoshenko couldn't help pinching his stubbleless chin, thinking about it with his head that was so wise that it didn't grow a single hair, and said to himself: "If we use a glider, we can transport something that is difficult to transport, such as a tank?" Even if you don't transport tanks, large-caliber mortars and matching shells can transport a whole bunch of them. ”

"That's right! And for the performance of Yevlov's troops in the last battle, I'm afraid that what they lacked the most was explosives! Tupikov said excitedly, "Because Berekov, the inventor of the rocket-boosted grenade, is there, and they currently have the strength to produce and install RPGs on their own!" In the battle report, they used RPGs produced in the swamps to destroy a large number of German armored vehicles. ”

This remark reminded Timoshenko that the Chinese Berekov was obviously a rare genius of war, an inventor and chemist.

Tupikov didn't talk about anything else, he took out specific aircraft data.

The transport capacity of the so-called TB3 and Li 2 is limited, the former has no problem transporting five tons of supplies, while the latter can only carry two tons. But in terms of safety, the former is flying at great risk and can be easily shot down by enemy aircraft. In terms of self-protection, the performance of the Lane 2 is much better, at least enough to be rough and thick.

"Our 284th Guards Division currently controls a population of 30,000, of which more than 10,000 are mobilized by all combat forces, including women. These people are combat units, and the remaining inhabitants can act as logistics, and in a sense their mode of warfare, although they are guerrilla warfare, they cannot be regarded as guerrilla troops. The scale of its troops and the intensity of the war it can withstand are like elite infantry divisions! Therefore, such troops consume a lot of supplies every year, and although they are trying to produce themselves in order to be self-sufficient, our assistance to them is still necessary. If you can send more materials, you can send more materials, so it is undoubtedly a good way to use gliders to transport goods. ”

These words are all the same, and Timoshenko is to the heart of the matter. "What is the transport capacity of the glider? How much can we theoretically transport this time? ”

This account Tupikov had already written on the paper, and he opened the briefcase and read it along: "The list of all kinds of supplies to be airdropped is here, theoretically, a total of 2 or 20 TB3s in 10 planes, and 30 gliders. It can transport up to 720 tons of supplies. ”

"So much?!" Brother Temuxing was taken aback, "The upper limit of the load of one wagon of our military train is sixty tons, doesn't it mean that we can deliver the equivalent of twelve wagons of materials in one airdrop?" ”

Tupikov nodded: "That's true. IMHO, a tank can be used as a tractor to tow super-heavy equipment. It's the same thing with our transport planes pulling transport planes to fly. The load of our Ten Mile 2 transport aircraft is far less heavy than that of the glider it pulls. ”

It sounds exciting, and having the gliders out of the field will help them with huge quantities of supplies. But the quick-witted Timoshenko also immediately realized that the glider also had a disadvantage.

"These gliders only have a hard landing, and there is only a lot of forest and mud ponds in the swamps, and there is no lot of lawn," he said. I'm afraid some of the supplies we're transporting will also be damaged. ”

Tupikov shook his head regretfully: "Originally, it was very difficult to airdrop to that area, the materials were scattered over a huge area, and many materials would be scraped on the trees. Maybe it's better to use a glider, or at least a tree can be a suitable obstacle to stop it. In addition, even if it falls into a pond, the glider's wood-based structure and wide wings can prevent the group from sinking. ”

In this way, Temoshenge had the bottom in his heart, and the delivery volume of up to 720 tons was several times that of the last time.

"Comrade Tupikov, I now fully support the adoption of gliders. Now let me look at your list of supports. ”