The nose of the armored locomotive is protected by 6 mm thick armor plates on all sides, and together with its own steel structure, it forms the most primitive "gap armor", which is completely "immune" to incoming machine gun bullets. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lin Jun climbed into the cab and took a look, feeling that it was similar to the locomotive he had seen in "Railway Guerrilla".

"This is the most powerful locomotive available in the Soviet Union, which can guarantee a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour for heavily armored trains. If necessary, short overload runs can reach a limit speed of 70 km/h. But it is generally kept at a speed of 40 to 50 km/h. Lin Jun asked about its speed just now, and the commander's answer made him very satisfied.

Behind the locomotive is a carriage with two T-28 turrets, which is much more conservative in design than the one at the locomotive, and has a basically cuboid shape. Although there are only two turrets in this carriage, there are three machine gun firing windows on each side, and a twin DT machine gun mount is also installed at the top of the car - this is supposed to be used for air defense, of course, it can also shoot on the ground, but in this way, the shooter standing in the special gondola of the carriage is more prone to casualties, and generally does not do much in the battle against ground targets, and the three Maxims on each side plus the parallel machine gun fire in the turret are also sufficient, there is no need to take this risk at all. Behind this carriage is the command carriage, which is actually a troop transport carriage that has been repurposed, and still retains the ability to partially load infantry. Further after them were two anti-aircraft carriages, followed by two fire support carriages with two "huge" turrets each, and behind them were three troop transport carriages.

After Lin Jun got off the front of the locomotive, he got into the armored car with two T-28 tank turrets, and felt that the equipment inside was similar to the previous one, so he didn't stop too much, and went directly to the command car.

Almost two-thirds of the space here is for the chain of command, with a command and processing center with a radio and in-car intercom, a large map table, a large armored conning tower above which one can climb up a ladder, and a wall panel with pictures of Lenin and Stalin. And the remaining third is still fixed with beds, all of which are three-tiered "pigeon cages", and there are several rifles on the rifle fixing rack next to them, but the number is significantly smaller than that of the bed. There is still a Makqin on each side of the carriage.

"Sure enough, reloaded!" Lin Jun thought. Even the command compartment has "heavy firepower", what do you say is not heavy loading ?!

"Comrade Andrey, this is the command center of the whole car, and it is also my home on the car, and each carriage has its own own commander, but the overall orders are issued here." Bekryev pointed to a bunk and said, "This is my bed." ”

"Bekryev, what is your administrative rank?"

"According to the old rules, I am at the battalion level, and the commander level of the railway armored train is generally half a level higher than that of the infantry."

"I remember that you should have your own bed for your level, how can you sleep in the same bunk as a warrior?"

"There's limited space in the car, so it's all right, and the other officers are like me."

Lin Jun knew that there was no concept of "equality of officers and soldiers" in the Soviet army, and the distinction between administrative levels was very strict, such as this battalion-level commander who had at least one of his own single-bunk beds on the train. This "approachable" captain won Lin Jun's favor in this regard: there are not many such officers.

Lin Jun patted Bekriev's shoulder appreciatively, "Not bad!" ”

"Let's go, let's take a look at the back." Lin Jun said and left.

Out of the command compartment is a bit "empty" feeling, because the two rear anti-aircraft carriages are semi-open, with waist-high armored guardrails on both sides, the first section is equipped with three quadruple Makqin machine gun anti-aircraft mounts, and the back section is equipped with two latest quadruple 14.5 mm large-caliber anti-aircraft machine guns (friends who have watched "The Dawn Is Quiet Here" should remember what it looks like.) ）。 The left and right guardrail armor plates of the two anti-aircraft compartments can be lowered at any time, so that it is convenient to carry out strikes against ground targets. And now some soldiers are installing movable brackets for these two carriages, and it seems that they can be covered with tarpaulins when marching.

Lin Jun also noticed a detail, even these air defense compartments are connected to heating pipes, as long as the tarpaulin is covered, it is still warm inside.

"Not armed with anti-aircraft guns?" Lin Jun asked.

"I originally wanted to install it, but we didn't have a suitable model on hand yet, so we didn't install it for the time being. But it is said that there is a 37-mm anti-aircraft gun under development, the performance is very good, and when the product is available, our factory will manufacture some cars equipped with anti-aircraft guns, and in the case of No. 72, as long as the new car towed to the station is replaced with a car equipped with a Makqin anti-aircraft machine gun, and the old car can also be equipped with a general armed train. The director of the factory introduced to Lin Jun.

"With such an arrangement, effective combat effectiveness will be formed in advance, and new equipment can be easily exchanged after it comes out." While praising the arrangement of the factory, Lin Jun also felt a little strange: Could it be that this is how the very "advanced" and popular "modular" production came about?

Lin Jun pointed to the four "huge" armored turrets on the two carriages behind and said, "This should be the Type 30 107 mm cannon long-barreled cannon, I didn't expect you to design an armored turret." ”

"Yes, Comrade Andrey. The Type 30 cannon is powerful, and whether it is fired with high-explosive or armor-piercing shells, the tank will be doomed if it takes a shot, and it is also good for dealing with strong fortifications. The disadvantage is that it is too heavy, of course, that is for the average artillery unit, and it is such heavy firepower that our armored trains need. The turret was designed by our head designer at the factory and was equipped with a self-designed rapid shell handling system and a semi-automatic loading system. "The director of the plant said that these armored turrets are very proud.

When Lin Jun arrived at these two carriages, he found that there were slides inside the carriages to transport shells, and the whole shells were delivered to the armored turret by electrically driven sprockets, and they could also be transported manually. After entering the turret, you can see that there are more than a dozen vertical mounts on the armor walls around you to place the ready shells, which significantly increases the firing speed. And the "semi-automatic" reloading system that the commander said should be the electric bomb lifting device, because the actual reloading still needs to be done by a person.

"Bekryev, what rate of fire can be reached?"

"Our best artillery crew in the test can reach 10 rounds per minute, and the average 8 rounds are no problem, of course, this is still when 50 percent of the shells need to hit the target."

"Well, that's pretty good! It's a good idea that such a bulky gun can achieve such an effect. I think designers deserve to be commended! ”

"We have already reported to the Ministry of Armament, and several comrades will receive commendations and medals." said the factory director.

After getting down from the turret, Lin Jun saw that because these two "big guys" and its supporting facilities took up too much space, there were only two DT machine guns on both sides of this carriage, but this was enough, because the entire train was already a huge hedgehog.

The last three carriages are ordinary troop carriers, but they are also protected by 6 to 8 mm armor plates, and each compartment is equipped with a Maxim machine gun on one side. After walking to the last carriage, Lin Jun felt as if something was missing, and at this moment Comrade Director spoke: "There will be a fire support carriage that is the same as the one in front of the locomotive in front of the locomotive, and it will be picked up in the afternoon."

"This heavily armored train is a fortress! I did the math just now, plus the next section, we have a total of 4 107 mm cannons, 8 76.2 mm howitzers, 22 Maxim machine guns and more than 10 DT machine guns, plus two anti-aircraft machine guns in anti-aircraft compartments, this is definitely a "big hedgehog" with powerful firepower, once a war breaks out, it will definitely be able to tear apart the enemy it faces! ”

Words of praise are, of course, loved by everyone, including Bekryev and Comrade the director of the plant.

"Bekryev, this armored train is completely dependent on railway maneuvers, and it is up to you commanders to make good use of the weapons in your hands."

"In this regard, we and our superiors have been doing research and exploration, and there is a lot of practical experience to learn from, you can rest assured, Comrade Andrei."

"By the way, are you going to leave for Minsk tomorrow, and what else do you need to stop on the way?"

"This time it's a direct invention, only adding water and coal and replenishing some supplies at the halfway station, and not making any stops."

"You're going through Moscow, right?"

"Yes, we will arrive in Moscow in about three days after departure." When he said this, Bekryev felt that something was wrong.

"In this case, Comrade Stalin wants me to rush back to Moscow, and I will take your hitchhike back."

"Comrade Andrey, this is not good, the conditions on our car are not very good." As soon as he heard that Lin Jun was going to take this armored train back to Moscow, Bekryev's head was three big. It's not that he doesn't want Andrei to ride in his car, it's definitely a good thing to have such a "celebrity" to spend a few days with his troops, but I'm afraid that he is fresh now, and then he will not be satisfied with the poor living conditions in this car.

"I think the conditions are very good, they are all newly renovated, and it is a direct car, what's wrong?. I'm also a soldier, and I've slept in the trenches in Spain, so don't worry, I'm not that expensive. Also, you don't have to worry that your superiors will say that you are carrying guests indiscriminately, this is the right that Comrade Stalin gave me, and if they say, you answer them like this. What time do you leave tomorrow? Lin Jun's words were not negotiable at all.

What else can be done, when it comes to this, I can only agree. And from Lin Jun's pre-tone, Bekriev also felt that this trip must be only good for him.

"Departure tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, Comrade Andrey."

"Well, I'll be there tomorrow at half past seven. Without further ado, there are still some local matters to deal with, see you tomorrow. ”

Lin Jun got out of the car after speaking, and the officials who went down to Tagil were still waiting for him.

"Comrades, let's go and see the other workshops. Also, tomorrow morning I will take the armored train No. 72 back to Moscow. ”

"Ah~~!?"

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