"Comrade Debenko, how many of the infantry units of the Leningrad Military District are skilled in the techniques of skiing operations?"

"Not much, due to the fact that the fighters come from different regions, less than half of them can ski, and due to tactical training and the environment of the military district, there are not many troops equipped with ski equipment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"I estimate that you still have a year to get your comrades to master the techniques of skiing combat, and the war will most likely start next winter. Finns are good skiers, and our comrades would suffer if they didn't master this technique. ”

Lin Junlao mentioned the characteristics of winter operations, which made Debenko feel that the Kremlin had set the time for the possible outbreak of war in winter, but why was it the winter that the Finns were used to? The Kremlin should understand that the northern country is more adapted to fighting in cold conditions than his own side, which he does not understand, and only Lin Jun can clearly know the reason: history is related, everything depends on Hitler's actions, and once that madman starts to act, the giant wheel of history will unconsciously move forward according to the design, one link after another.

Lin Jun had a foreknowledge that if the German army really attacked Poland at the end of next summer, then the war between the Soviet Union and Finland would break out in the winter of next year -- the opportunity must not be lost, and the time will never come! No matter how cold it is, you have to fight!

The Red Army soldiers were brave, they wanted nothing more for the sake of the Soviets, they would sing singers arm in arm and cross the minefield row after row, not afraid of the enemy's bullets and mines in the dirt under their feet - such excellent soldiers loyal to the Soviets, in the little Soviet-Finnish war because of various mistakes that led to more than 100,000 casualties, Lin Jun must not let history repeat itself.

If the Red Army had been able to have the technical and tactical level of the middle and late stages of the Soviet-German War during the Soviet-Finnish War, and the various branches of the armed forces had been coordinated and flexible, Finland would not have been able to inflict historical losses on the Red Army no matter how tenacious it was.

Finland's military commander-in-chief, Marshal Carl Gustav Emile Manner, once said in his memoirs: "The Soviet offensive was played like a poorly conducted symphony orchestra, with every instrument ignoring the beat." Soviet artillery shells rained down on our troops, but the fire was poorly organized, not caring at all about the movement of their own infantry and tank units. The tactics used by the Soviet tank units were also absurd: they first advanced, then fired, and finally retreated without waiting for the supporting infantry to advance. ”

The deterioration in the quality of the Red Army commanders caused by the "suppression of rebellion" was one factor, and the lack of effective means of communication and liaison and command network was another factor, and these two things have been basically solved by Lin Jun's intervention for several years.

A symphony, a symphony of war, a chaotic conductor is hard to listen to, but it's still a symphony, a symphony that the poor can't afford to support. Once the orchestra has a good conductor and the members know how to work together, it will be a magnificent poem. The symphony of war, which Finland in the north cannot afford to play.

"Moscow will provide the Leningrad Military District with the best equipment, and whatever you want, the Ministry will try to meet your requirements. The T34 tank has begun to equip the tank units of your military region, and the KV-1 heavy tank will also be given priority to you. ”

"Auxiliary equipment such as ski equipment can be solved by factories in the military districts, Comrade Andrey."

"You have a year to familiarize yourself with the new equipment, and it is very important to do a good job in the combat coordination training of all branches of the armed forces in peacetime, just like a tank can easily become a prey for the opposing anti-tank group without the support of infantry. You know this better than I do, so I won't say much more. ”

Everyone in the car was listening carefully to Lin Jun's words, he was the boss here, and some of his thinking could inspire everyone.

"The Finns don't fight us with conventional tactics, and they know better than us that they are no match for us if they are used to tactics, you have already taken that into account. Our infantry currently lacks effective means of attacking fortifications, and you don't have to worry about that, because soon the Armament Department will provide you with a batch of the latest individual assault weapons, which are still in the experimental stage, and will be able to give you a batch by the end of this summer at the latest. ”

"What kind of top-secret weapon are you talking about?"

For bazookas, Debenko is a little unheard.

"Yes, it is still top secret, and in the future this weapon will be equipped with the latest fully automatic assault rifle at the infantry squad level and become the new standard equipment of the Red Army. The Central Committee has already made a decision that the Leningrad Military District and several western military districts will be the first to be equipped, and I will give you as many indicators as possible for you to use. ”

In the face of RPGs, the average firepower built by the Finns is like papier-mâché. Historically, the Red Army used infantry anti-blasting canisters and explosives packs to destroy pillboxes that supported each other according to the terrain, and sometimes at the cost of losing multiple tanks, the tanks were close enough to open fire to destroy strongholds.

If the infantry had had had RPGs earlier, with the help of terrain, individual soldiers would have been more effective at destroying local fortifications than large and conspicuous tanks, not to mention the large number of anti-tank trenches in front of the Finns' permanent fortifications.

"Again, you have a year to familiarize yourself with the new equipment and study and use new tactics suitable for the new equipment."

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The map that Debenko provided to Lin Jun was very detailed, and Lin Jun had been studying this map since last night. The Finns built the defense line into an iron wall, but no matter how strong the defense line is, it also has its relative weaknesses, Lin Jun is looking for Finland's weaknesses in the entire "Mannalyn Line", and today he went to the border to inspect for this reason and wanted to see for himself: what kind of fortifications the Finns built! .

"Is there anything we don't know about the deployment of the Finnish positions in this salient area?" Lin Jun pointed to the map and asked Debenko.

Debenko looked at Lin Jun and pointed to the Soltavala area on the coast of the Gulf of Finland: "We have basically grasped the situation of the Finnish army in this area, and the situation is the same as that marked on the map. The Finns built two huge support points along the 15-kilometre coast, in particular the fortifications of Soltavala, which were particularly strong, and some of the fortifications were able to withstand heavy artillery bombardment. In addition, at a distance of 10 kilometers to the north and northeast of this line area, the Finnish army also had a vertical and horizontal defense line connected by rail and road. ”

The ultimate goal of the Soviets was to seize the entire Karelian region, including the important town of Vyborg (Vipri) in the northern part of the region.

Although the Vyborg area is close to the sea, it is an area where small islands, bays, and small straits are mixed, and it is impossible for the navy to land in such a complex area, and the possibility of directly stabbing the Finnish army in the waist does not exist.

In the event of war, the first task of the Red Navy was to blockade the waters around the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, to attack enemy bases and fleets, and to support the forces of the Leningrad Front in breaking through the "Mannarin Line". Compared to Finland's coastal defense navy, the Baltic Fleet alone can accomplish this task.

When the "Soviet Union" is commissioned next year, the "Marat," which is now attached to the Northern Fleet, will return to the Baltic Fleet, and then it will become the most offensive warship force in this sea area along with the "October Revolution."

"10 kilometers in depth and 18 kilometers in width, as long as we can destroy these two large fortified areas, we have a very good landing field, and the first line of defense of the Finns on the Karelian Isthmus is equivalent to half of it."

This was one of the weak points of the "Mannalien Line", who believed too much in the permanent fortifications that could withstand the bombardment of large-caliber heavy artillery. But what Lin Jun said is light, it is not the same thing to do, and the permanent fortifications in these two places are really hard bones. ”

"Comrade Andrey, with what weapons are you going to destroy these permanent fortifications along the coast?" Debenko is asking the point.

"Destroy it with battleship guns!"

It can withstand heavy artillery bombardment, but this heavy artillery is also divided into "grades": the 152-mm army gnaws at a target that cannot be moved by howitzers does not mean that 305-mm naval guns cannot destroy it!

"The Finns do not have shore guns with sufficient range in their coastal fortifications, and even if they do, they cannot hit targets on the sea at a distance of 20 kilometers without suitable means of observation. If it's a fortification that can't be effectively shelled by naval guns, blow it up with dive bombers, and we'll soon have new dive bombers adapted to the task, and we'll have as many pilots as we can guarantee a one-hit hit, and I can do it myself. ”

In this area, the battleships of the Red Navy were able to calmly shell the shore without fear of a possible threat from the air, and it was impossible for the Finnish Air Force to seize even a certain amount of air supremacy here: the density of Soviet air bases in this area was comparable to that of the periphery of Moscow.

The huge battleship can accurately shell the opponent along his own coast and get accurate artillery guidance, and the confidence in the air force is innate to Lin Jun, not to mention that the pilots under his command have never disappointed him.

In the past, the Soviet army did not have a suitable dive bomber, but now Vladimir Mikhainovich Bytriakov's twin-engine multi-role aircraft is close to completion, and the prototype model that Lin Jun saw is exactly the same as the Pe-2 (Pi-2) in his memory, and the most important model of Pe-2 is used as a dive bomber, and it is also a dive bomber with very excellent performance, and the maximum bomb load of 1600 kg is hand-to-hand to deal with this kind of point-shaped hard target.

The permanent firepower of the "Mannalien Line" is certainly solid, but it is not a super-solid target like a submarine hangar, and it will still be finished if it is directly hit by hundreds of kilograms of bombs. In the past, the Red Army did not have suitable dive bombers, so the Yi-16 was used to make up the number temporarily in case of emergency, but due to the congenital shortcomings and the short legs and small bomb load, the Yi-16 had no way to find a solution.

Historically, the Soviet Army's frontal attack on the Finnish defense line only broke through less than 40 kilometers in more than 4 months of war, which shows the solidity of the "Mannalien Line", and Lin Jun's current idea is successful, in the early stage of the war, the Finnish army's position within 20 kilometers of the defense line can be broken.

The plan was risky and depended on whether the Finns would reinforce the Soltavala defence in the future, and it would not have worked if the Finns had built the 10 by 18 km area behind the two forts as densely packed as the land frontal positions, but at least for now it seems that the Finns are confident in their defensive configuration.

Generally speaking, it is unwise for battleships and coastal forts to shell each other, but it also depends on the specific situation, if you can only fight others yourself, and the opponent's arm is out of reach, of course you can fight. Lin Jun wanted to experiment with the theory of integrated air-ground advance on the battlefield in Finland, and the Karelian Isthmus was the best training ground: there was a heavy artillery group to support it, there was a dive bomber precision bombing to open the way, and the targets left behind after a heavy bombardment were cleared by tanks and infantry -- typical World War II thinking, and at present, it is still very advanced offensive thinking.

Almost two hours after the truck departed from the barracks, it finally arrived at its destination, a forward company-level border station, two kilometers ahead of the Soviet-Finnish border.

The local garrison was not at all prepared for the arrival of the commander of the military district and Comrade Andrei, and did not inform them of the fact that it was for the sake of absolute secrecy. After being briefed on the latest situation at the border in the area, plus the company commander and an orderly, a total of 11 men went to the border post on foot.

At this time, it was the beginning of summer, and it was very quiet near the border, and you could see some birds and birds flying from time to time, a peaceful scene, but everyone understood that the tranquility here was an illusion at all, and both sides were always watching the opponent's every move.

Lin Jun, together with Debianko and the commander of the border defense company, entered the defensive observation post built on the high ground, and if someone from the Finnish army on the opposite side observed this place through a telescope, they would not see a trace of abnormality on the Soviet position.

It is a permanent fortification-style observation post built on a small plateau more than 10 meters above the surrounding terrain, connected to the rear position by a communication trench, and in it is a telescopic large artillery observation scope installed on the ceiling of the fortification. Lin Jun could clearly see the Finnish positions a few kilometers ahead.

A wooden shelf post more than ten meters high was also built on the side of the observation post, and Lin Jun originally wanted to go there to see it, so that he could see farther, but Debenko did not agree.

Although it is a "peaceful" period at present, if Lin Jun runs to that wooden sentry tower now, it is completely within the range of a second-rate sniper, Debenko must not let Lin Jun be in any dangerous situation, and he is afraid of anything.

"Comrade Andrey, one kilometer directly ahead of us is the area where the Finnish army fortified Lipolla."

Without the introduction of the border company commander, the artillery team can clearly see the fortified area in front of which is composed of multiple bunkers, anti-tank trenches, barbed wire, and concealed artillery firing positions.

"Armed to the teeth of the line!" (To be continued.) )