All around, ice floes constantly appeared, and navigating the Sea of Okhotsk in April was fraught with danger. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk, it usually begins to freeze in November and lasts until June, while in the southern part of the ice period does not exceed 3 months, and the ice melts in February, which is more dangerous, and the ice floes will collide with ships and even sink ships.

Even so, the captains of the Soviet merchant ships, not a single one flinched, and their ships, five days earlier, under the opening of the icebreaker, had set off from Polonysk.

The largest port on Sakhalin Island is Korsakov, which is also the second largest city on Sakhalin Island after Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, located on the northern coast of Aniva Bay, capable of berthing 10,000-ton cargo ships, and also has a detachment of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

However, Hokkaido is across the sea, and if a large-scale merchant ship is dispatched, the people of the island on the other side will find it unusual, so after careful consideration, the port of Polonaysk, a city in the eastern part of Sakhalin, was chosen.

At the forefront of the voyage was the Lenin icebreaker, the world's first civilian nuclear-powered ship, which served the Soviet Union in several years of sailing, breaking through two meters of ice in the Arctic, not to mention the ice floes that are now off the coast of Okhotsk.

With this icebreaker as the lead, followed by two small anti-submarine frigates of the "Milka" class.

If the Americans discover the clues, even if the main force of the Pacific Fleet comes to escort them, it will not be able to effectively guarantee the safety of the fleet. And the escort mission is more dependent on the escort of the Sakhalin Air Defense Force. So. Only these two frigates came to escort the fleet.

They were followed by a large number of merchant ships. Among them, more than half are ro-ro ships.

In the cabin, there was a strong smell of diesel, steel chariots everywhere, the high barrels, the caliber was obviously more than the western circle, the special V-shaped wave shield in front, and the round turret, all represented the huge combat power of this steel monster.

Several tank crews. We're chatting.

"Yuri, you have a good appetite." Prushenko, a tank soldier with a Moscow cigarette and the rank of sergeant on his shoulder, said: "No one else can eat, you kid, you can eat three boxes of canned food at a meal." ”

"Commander, I was a fisherman before I joined the army, and I originally planned to be in the navy, but by mistake. Entering the tank unit, this swaying fishing boat, if you haven't experienced it, you really can't vomit and eat. Now the wind and waves are not big. If you hit a big wave, you can spit out the bile, but. If you vomit, you have to eat, not eat. It's boring, how can I fight if I don't have the energy. In particular, now it's time to teach the islanders a lesson. ”

The 5th Tank Division was stationed on Sakhalin, and although there was no official order, most of the soldiers understood that it was probably going to teach the islanders a lesson, and now, on board, the order was given at the same time, to land in Kushiro and occupy Hokkaido!

On board at the same time were the 5th Tank Division and the 73rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, both divisions were fully loaded, more than 20,000 people, occupying Hokkaido, a piece of cake! Together with two flying regiments of Mi-24 helicopters, it was enough to sweep the whole of Hokkaido.

Back then, the islanders launched World War II and wanted to challenge the Soviet Union in the north, but as a result, after a battle, the islanders were scared. In the hearts of all the Soviets, the group of dwarves in the island country were not worthy of fighting against the Soviet Union at all.

"Yes, we all have to eat more, go up, I hope there will be a tough battle!" Plushenko said.

Uphill battle! The tank crew, what they hope most is to start a battle with the opponent's tanks on the plains, just like the Battle of Minsk in World War II and the like, the islanders' Type 48 tanks produced by copying the American M61 are like paper paste in front of the T-64. Even the Type 74 tank, in front of the T-64, there is only **** share.

"A few days ago, I was thinking that we were going to cross the Soya Strait and land directly in Wakkanai in Hokkaido, who knew that we would go from Korsakov to Polonaysk, go around in a circle, and run to Kushiro to land!" Plushenko continued: "Although it was a few more days of wandering, it was worth it! ”

"Commander, I really don't understand, why do we want to land on Kushiro Runway?" It was Yuri's turn to ask, "Isn't it close that we landed from Wakkanai?" ”

"It's close, and it's dying quickly." Plushenko said: "The islanders have deployed a lot of artillery fire along the coast of Wakkanai, and if we land in Wakkanai, we must be prepared to face the artillery fire of the islanders." Did you know about the Normandy landings during World War II? Each landed GI survived on the beach for no more than eight minutes. ”

After turning around, the knowledge is very great, and the most intense artillery fire of the island country has been avoided, and this landing will be unremarkable.

"Attention, all personnel, land in five minutes, land in five minutes!" Just then, the loudspeaker in the cabin sounded.

For the sake of secrecy, and at the same time to avoid the bitter cold, everyone stayed in the cabin, did not go to the deck, and did not know where they were, and now, hearing the radio, I knew that the battle was about to begin.

Yuri jumped up and got into it through the hatch in front of the tank, he was the driver, while Plushenko and another smoking GI, threw away the cigarette butt, stomped on it hard and got into it through the turret above.

Ready to land!

"Warm up the engine." Plushenko ordered.

For convenience, when boarding the ship, the tanks are upside down, so as long as they drive forward, they can be driven directly to the shore, which is the advantage of the ro-ro ship.

The temperature outside was about -15 degrees below zero, and the temperature inside the cabin was just over zero, which was a drizzle for Soviet army equipment.

Twist the front knob to set the start switch in the preheated position, let the glow plug warm up the cylinders of the icy 700 hp 5TDF engine, and when the red light of the indicator light goes out, Yuri twists the start handle.

"Boom, boom." With a puff of black smoke coming out of the tail, the T-64 was launched!

At this moment, there was also a gentle vibration from the hull of the ship, and it was already docked! The front deck is slowly falling, and the roar of engines is everywhere in the cabin, and a beautiful movement is played, and the torrent of Soviet steel is about to land in Kushiro Port!

"Boom, boom." Stepping on the accelerator, the tank in front of Yuri was already moving, he followed the tank in front of him, skillfully started, the T-64 tank held the barrel high, and drove out of the ro-ro ship, in front of which was the Kushiro dock shrouded in fog! (To be continued.) )