Chapter Ninety-Eight: Driving on the Water, Overcoming the Difficulties of Landing Operations

Because of the heavy flood in the south of the swamp, which washed away the railway to the north, and the flood peaks in the north and south receded one after another, Yang Wenbin's 447 Regiment was lifted from combat readiness, and the exercise was also canceled, and the demonstration subjects of the "Xiangping Intensive Training" were changed to the division's comprehensive training base and the 448 regiment barracks for acceptance. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

So, what exactly is "Xiangping Training"?

The company commander said that the "Xiangping Intensive Training" is a code name, and specifically speaking, it is the "three modernizations" intensive training organized by the General Headquarters in the group army, that is, the intensive training meeting for digesting, deepening, and transforming the results of training reform.

There are nine main contents:

One is camouflage in motion;

the second is a multi-functional stretcher to rescue the wounded;

the third is to use composite camouflage tarpaulins to camouflage;

the fourth is to overcome swamps;

fifth, armored vehicles driving on water;

Sixth, directional antenna communication;

SEVENTH, 100MM MORTARS STRIKE ENEMY HELICOPTER GUNSHIPS;

Eighth, simple signals to implement communication command;

The ninth is to use the car rice cooker for cooked food production.

The division gave the task of demonstrating the subject of driving armored vehicles on the water to the 447 regiment.

After receiving the training task of driving armored vehicles on the water, the regiment selected the most exquisite technical backbone of the regiment and set up a group to tackle key problems, and braved the dangers that might occur at any time to begin the exploration of training topics such as beach-rushing landing, shooting, and towing and rescue of the formed companies, and gained a great deal of valuable practical experience through unremitting efforts.

On the basis of the practical experience gained, the regimental technical department organized all technicians and technical reserve cadres who had participated in armored driving training to participate in water driving training for armored vehicles.

Yang Wenbin, Qi Bin, Li Weiguo, Li Zhaowei and others participated in the training, while Bai Yong, because he had been selected to the technical department for training, became the commander on the spot.

The training site for armored vehicles on water driving is arranged at the Wangjiayu Reservoir.

Wangjiayu Reservoir, a radius of about twenty or thirty kilometers, the water surface is relatively gentle, the deepest part of the reservoir is about twenty or thirty meters, and the shallowest part is about one or two meters.

Since the water in the reservoir flows from east to west, the route of the armored vehicle on the water is to start from the south bank of the reservoir, travel about two kilometers, cross the reservoir in a northerly direction, and then go ashore on the north side of the reservoir.

The water driving training site is selected more scientifically, and the slope of the water inlet and outlet is about 15 to 25 degrees, which is suitable for landing.

Water driving training takes the form of two armored vehicles 50 meters apart and driving training at the same time.

Yang Wenbin was placed in the second group.

Before the start of the training, the armored engineers of the regiment explained the essentials of water driving training to all the cadres participating in the water driving training.

Yang Wenbin listened carefully to every detail.

When their armored training team was training, the subject of water driving was only briefly mentioned, and they did not really carry out actual vehicle training.

The water driving training that began this time was carried out at a time node that simulated a sea-crossing landing operation. In fact, there are three phases.

The first stage is wading through the water. From the shore, the armored vehicle was driven from land into the water;

The second stage is floating driving. The armored vehicle floats on the water surface by its own buoyancy and with the help of buoyancy equipment, and under the action of the driving wheels of the armored vehicle, it is floated forward in the water.

At the third stage, wading driving, the armored vehicle approaches from the water to land and goes ashore. This stage is the closest to the actual situation of the operation to cross Haideng Island.

The technical cadres in front of the platoon were already driving armored vehicles into the water for driving training. Yang Wenbin, standing in the waiting area, nervously watched every action of the armored vehicle entering the water, thinking about the actions and essentials of each stage.

After the armored car arrived on the north side of the reservoir and went ashore, a driver was changed, and after driving back to the south bank, it was Yang Wenbin's turn to start driving!

He put on the tank cap and carefully checked whether the parts that should be sealed into the water had been sealed.

He first checked the lower action part, checked the grease of the induction wheel, the load wheel, and the balance shaft support, checked the oil drain screw, and touched it to see if it was tightened.

Then check the bottom and rear of the car body, open the rear door, the bottom of the car body, and the front armor cover, check whether the sealing rubber pad is in good condition, and whether the gaps have been smoothed with grease.

Next, the front and top of the car body were inspected. He opened the inspection window of the transmission part and wiped the contact surface between the window and the car body. Take a look at the transmission part to check whether the window fixing bolts are tight, and whether the ointment strip through the hole of the car body smooths the gap and blocks it;

Take another look at whether the headlight camouflage, and the siren, have been removed.

Finally, he checked whether the float equipment had been installed and whether the installation was tight.

After all the inspection items were completed, Yang Wenbin also had a bottom in his heart.

He jumped into the cockpit and adjusted the armored cockseat to the height that suited him;

Then, the alarm was sounded, the armored car was started, the second gear was hung up, the refueling was smooth, the direction of the water was corrected, and the direction from which the water came came smoothly entered the water.

His heart was in his throat at this time, such a huge guy can float in the water, right? I can't swim!

Until the body of the car enters the reservoir, one meter, two meters, three meters.

With the help of the floating equipment, the body of the car floated and moved smoothly forward on the water

Oh, crossing the sea to fight on the island, that's probably how it feels.

He increased his confidence in his heart, and according to what the engineer just said, in the floating stage, he pushed the gear up to third gear, and then refueled smoothly.

Even though it is in a reservoir, because the water coming from upstream is flowing, and the object in the water is washed downstream, the direction of the armored vehicle, if not adjusted, will slowly deviate from the driving direction.

Therefore, Yang Wenbin kept pulling the lever on the right side and fine-tuned the direction of the armored car.

Yang Wenbin, listening to the wheels of the armored car, the sound of the rippling water in the water, I feel that the sound at this time is more beautiful than any music. The splash at this time is more beautiful than any flower.

After about ten minutes on the reservoir, the armored car, getting closer and closer to the opposite bank.

When he was about ten meters offshore, Yang Wenbin changed the armored car into second gear, and then continued to refuel smoothly, at a ninety-degree angle, aiming vertically at the shore.

Armored vehicles are about to land!

The armored car is getting closer and closer to the shore, four meters, three meters, two meters.

Yang Wenbin, refueling smoothly, grasped the direction of the armored vehicle.

With the "bang" of the tracks of the armored car, it hit the bottom and touched the hard ground. The armored car, which landed on land, raised its head and slowly drove towards the shore.

At this time, you must give oil smoothly, and you must refuel when you go uphill. Never turn off the fire.

Yang Wenbin, thinking about the essentials taught by the engineer, drove the armored car to the standby area on the shore. Then, the brakes stopped, made a 180-degree turn, aimed the front of the car in the direction of the water entering the reservoir, pulled the handbrake, turned off the ignition, and jumped out of the cockpit.

"Practice has shown that driving on the water is not difficult!" Yang Wenbin thought to himself.

Yang Wenbin felt a little excited and excited in his heart.

However, he also knows that there are still some differences between the real sea-crossing and landing operations and the current water driving.

First, at sea, the waves are not as smooth as the water in a reservoir. The bumps will be much greater than they are now.

Second, the enemy on the shore, no, will not move at all, they will, using all kinds of firearms, strike at the landing armored vehicles. At this time, armored vehicles are the target of all kinds of firearms. She can't dodge left and right, she can only bear it. Therefore, the landing force must have some battle loss rate.

Thirdly, after arriving on the shore, despite the fact that the artillery prepared for fire and the sappers carried out the clearance, the obstacles preset by the enemy will definitely complicate the road conditions, and there will definitely be some residual craters and trenches.