390: Garrison Frontier
Dinner, it only took ten minutes, in the army, to finish the meal in the shortest time, this is a must experience, if in the wartime, they can only use some gaps to eat two bites, even if they want to eat ten minutes to eat, it is very difficult. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The latest order has been issued by the superiors, and this time it is not allowed to carry too many personal belongings, so there is nothing to prepare.
Zhu Kuan explained to An Shan, and asked him to pack his toiletries and the coat and take it, while Zhu Kuan went to the company headquarters with many other commanders.
"I won't say much superfluous, let's cut to the chase." Company Commander Qian Bojun glanced at everyone, these are all elite commanders, well, in fact, there are so many commanders, and those who are on the bus are not among them, they did not go north with the troops this time, but stayed to form a new armored unit.
"We're going to fight this time, so you've been practicing for a few years, and you're finally going to be useful. When you get to the battlefield, I won't say much about what to do, you all know it very well in your hearts. After going back, talk to the respective crews and try to maximize their combat effectiveness.
In addition, if it is not necessary, the crew should stay in the car as much as possible, and there will be infantry to follow you outside, and if there is no infantry, you must leave the tank, and you must first make sure that the environment you are in is safe.
In addition, according to the instructions of the superiors, each crew is equipped with a Type 03 automatic rifle and two Mauser pistols, and can now come and pick up the equipment. ”
In fact, this meeting was a pre-war briefing, plus the distribution of equipment for the crew.
Although their main weapon is a tank, what if the tank is destroyed and the crew is not killed or injured? When they have to abandon their cars, how can they do without weapons in their hands?
But equipping everyone with a rifle is obviously impossible, and there is not so much space in the tank. Therefore, the equipment of the tank unit was changed to a Type 03 automatic rifle, plus two pistols.
There are a lot of bullets, the Type 03 automatic rifle is equipped with 400 bullets, anyway, it's just that, you can't even use the position of a shell, you can find a random place to stuff it, and the pistol is equipped with 200 bullets, that is, two boxes are enough.
And the standard equipment of the tank's internal ammunition depot is ninety-six shells, and this one has a fixed gun mount, which will not be affected in any way. But at some point, the crew will be overloaded, and at most, it can be equipped with an additional fifty shells, but this will affect the space in the car.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is not allowed to equip more shells, unless you receive an important task and cannot return to supply on the way, you will temporarily equip these shells, and for every five shells used, you have to throw away a box to make enough space.
Zhu Kuan carried a Type 03 automatic rifle on his back, two Mauser pistols pinned to his waist, took off the soft leather hat on his head, and stuffed twelve boxes of ammunition in it, the ammunition of the Type 03 automatic rifle was a box of fifty, and the Mauser pistol was a box of one hundred, fortunately, the distance was not far, and there was no problem in taking back the twelve boxes of ammunition.
Two pistols were distributed to An San and Sun Bing, and Zhu Kuan hung his Type 03 automatic rifle next to the commander's command position inside the tank.
But there's not a lot of space there, and it's very depressing to sit in.
Although the Boar tank is very advanced, there are also a lot of complaints for these tank crews. Because the current distribution of work is obviously very unreasonable, one person often has to do the work of two or even more people, which also greatly affects the combat effectiveness.
And the most direct impact is the combat effectiveness of the commander and gunner.
The commander of the Boar tank also doubles as a coaxial machine gun, so the commander's command position is a little behind the driver's right side, because there is still a machine gun standing there, in front of the gunner's right.
Therefore, while using the coaxial machine gun, the commander must also be responsible for commanding the whole vehicle to fight, and when fighting, the commander must at least be single-minded and multi-purpose, coaxial machine gun, command the vehicle, and command the gunner.
The gunner is a part-time deputy gunner and observer, and the commander's line of sight will also be greatly affected because of the different positions, so the task that originally belonged to the commander was also handed over to the gunner.
And the gunner had to adjust the firing elements, load and unload the shells, and at the same time remind the commander of the enemy's position.
The driver is the most relaxed, and only needs to drive the tank according to the commander's orders.
More than 80 percent of the tank crews believed that the tank crew should be increased to four, or that it would be more reasonable to have five people. At least one coaxial machine gunner is added, which can free the commander, and occasionally play the role of a deputy gunner, although the three-seven shell is not heavy, but someone hands it over, so the speed of firing the cannon will not be faster?
However, this idea could only be frustrated, at least, in the case of the Boar tank, which was an improvement on this with a four-crew configuration.
Of course, what are the current armored forces going out for? The one who is a little bit of a threat to them is the enemy's artillery, but if the tank really moves, the artillery is not much of a threat to the tank. The enemy does not have tanks, and the three-person configuration is currently sufficient.
The day has been completely shrouded in darkness, as seven o'clock is getting closer and closer, the camp is becoming more and more lively, the tank crew is directly into the tank inside, because it is in the country, so they don't need to be too vigilant, just lie in and sleep, if you don't worry, you can also be alert outside.
But it didn't have any effect, it was dark outside, but the lights of the transport trucks illuminated the convoy brightly, and others could see them from afar, and it was basically impossible for them to see people in the dark.
But there should still be some camouflage, such as the 300 trailers, the back of which is supported by wooden planks, and the entire body is surrounded with canvas, and if you don't open it, you can't see the situation inside.
The tank crews ate and drank in the car, but fortunately they were used to it, and they would stop for half an hour every night to deal with these things for them.
A trailer is equipped with three drivers, as long as the army has a car, it is still easy to train enough drivers, after all, there are not many cars now, and the configuration inside the vehicle is not high, of course, in fact, it is not low, after all, there is a warm air.
At least when driving in winter, it doesn't take a long time for the whole cab to be warm, and I don't know how many times more comfortable it is than the tank in the back.
The heating configuration is actually not complicated, but a fan is installed behind the engine that can suck air, and the fan is connected to the pipe, when the fan is turned on, the hot air is sucked into the pipe, and then transported to the cabin, although the effect is not very ideal, but it is definitely not bad, and it is even warmer than a charcoal basin.
The 103rd Division had more than 27,000 men, and although only 300 of their 360 tanks were in place, all the trucks were already in place.
There are 3,000 trucks, what is this concept? A truck is calculated by seven meters, and 3,000 trucks can be connected together to form a 21-kilometer-long dragon, such a big movement, even if this is in China, it is impossible to hide from the ears and eyes of people with intentions.
And this time I chose to set off at night, the purpose of which is to be able to keep the base secret, as for the day, forget that, the car is equipped with three drivers, the purpose is to be able to transfer day and night.
At present, the speed of the truck, calculated at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, can theoretically travel 720 kilometers a day, and then in addition to various problems, in fact, it can travel about 500 kilometers a day. (People who often get on the highway know that when they drive to 120 kilometers, they will find that after an hour, they may have only run 100 kilometers.) )
At this rate, if there were no problems along the way, it would take them five to seven days to reach their intended position, which would have been unimaginable before, but with a large number of trucks, it has become normal.
Of course, the most distressing thing is Wang Sirui, who has worked hard to save oil for several years, and almost half of it has been used up for training alone, if nothing else, it is estimated that after this battle, the empire's oil will be in a hurry.
Originally, Wang Sirui did not plan to exploit domestic oil, and his purpose in starting a war with Russia was to rob Russia's oil. However, considering that once the tanks are put into the battlefield, it will cause panic in Europe and the United States, and it will not be so easy for the empire to buy oil at that time.
Therefore, he ordered the development of the Daqing oil field, at least to ensure the oil needed by the armored troops and logistics troops.
There is such a convoy, thousands of trucks, day and night non-stop moving, mighty, has become a scenery in the Chinese Empire, although the empire actually has the kind of car that can run without pulling a horse, which is enough to make the people excited, but the news is spread ten, ten to hundred, quickly spread.
And how can foreigners ignore this important information? However, the foreigners had only heard about it at most, but they had not been able to see this legendary convoy.
As for the explanation of Britain, France, the United States and Germany, it is that the empire is hoarding strategic materials in the northeast, and the empire is planning to start a war with Russia, and invites various countries to form observation groups to go to the northeast to watch the war.
And the foreigners also immediately agreed to this request, originally they did want to observe, but now who still has the heart to observe? They just want to find out whether the legendary thousands of trucks are true, if it is true, then it is too important, if they also have so many trucks, then the ability of the troops to move in the future will not be stronger? Wouldn't there be less logistical pressure?
In short, trucks are a very important part of the strategic sense. (To be continued.) )