The train entered the station, and the fighters of the 4th Panzer Division began intense pre-battle preparations. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The tankmen got out of the compartment, climbed into the flatbed behind them, disassembled the fixtures, and then the tankmen climbed into the cab.

"Buzz, buzz." As a puff of black smoke comes out, the gas turbine is quickly started, and the driver presses the accelerator twice, loving and hating this engine.

In the past, diesel engines had to be warmed up before starting, and in the cold winter, it was very painful to start the engine, and sometimes it was necessary to ignite the fire below and bake the engine. And this kind of gas turbine, no matter how cold the weather, as long as you twist the start knob, the engine can start quickly! This thing is so perfect for the cold winter months!

However, the disadvantages are also obvious, for example, the consumption of fuel makes the task of logistics to supply the convoy quite onerous!

Now there is no need to think about it so much, it is just an exercise, and the logistics fuel has been prepared for a long time! The commander commanded below, and the driver pulled the lever, and the huge body of the car began to steer slowly.

Forward, backward, two back and forth, the tank is already on the flatbed, in a horizontal arrangement, the tanker slowly starts the tank, and after the track at the front end is suspended, it begins to gradually tilt downward.

"Boom!" The tracks in front touched the ground, and the tracks in the back were still on the flatbed, and the entire body was tilted, and the flatbed was also creaking because of the torque on the side.

Keep moving! After walking a few meters, with a bang, the tank got off the flatbed!

At this time, all the tanks on the entire train were getting off the flatbed in this unique way, and soon, the tank units were gathered.

"All, assemble at the predetermined place, bearing, 432,567.

All orders are given through a digital terminal, and the route has been displayed on the vehicle's information terminal receiver, which has a larger monochrome LCD made by Toshiba Corporation, which can already roughly display the route map.

Rally and go! The tanks and armored vehicles of the 4th Panzer Division, after quickly assembling at the station, proceeded to the exercise area according to the display of the on-board terminals, and on the way, constantly made corrections through the navigation system.

Under Andrei's intervention, the electronic technology of the Soviet Union has advanced by leaps and bounds, and various technical problems that plague them have been solved, and new equipment has come one after another. In the past, it would have been impossible to get such advanced electronic equipment on the vehicle terminal, all of which were made of large-scale integrated circuits!

At the same time, the vehicle's navigation system is also state-of-the-art, with overhead satellites providing navigation signals!

Generally speaking, when it comes to satellite navigation, you will think of GPS, this system, also in 94 years to complete the networking, put into operation, but, in fact, for the study of satellite navigation, far earlier than this time.

The predecessor of GPS is a meridian satellite positioning system developed by the US military, which was developed in 1958 and officially put into use in 1964. It works with a satellite network of 5 to 6 satellites and orbits the Earth up to 13 times a day. The system is crude, does not give height information, and is not satisfactory in terms of positioning accuracy. Even so, the meridian system enables the R&D department to gain initial experience in satellite positioning, and verifies the feasibility of positioning by satellite system, which paves the way for the development of GPS.

Under this system, the United States Naval Research Laboratory launched one test satellite in 1967, one in 1969 and one in 1974, on which the atomic clock timing system was initially tested, which was the basis for GPS precise positioning. And in '73, the United States officially established the plan for the GPS system.

In the Cold War, what the United States had, the Soviet Union also had.

Later in 1960, the Soviet military confirmed the need for a satellite radio navigation system for the precise guidance of a planned new generation of ballistic missiles. Since the existing Tsiclon satellite navigation system receiving station at that time required several minutes of observation to determine a position, it could not achieve the purpose of navigation and positioning. In 1968, the Ministry of Defence, the Academy of Sciences, and a number of naval research institutes joined forces to establish a single solution for the armed forces of the Navy, Land, Air, and Space.

In 1970, the requirements document for the system was completed. In 1976, the former Soviet Union issued a decree establishing GLONASS (global\'nayanavigatsionnayasputnikovayasistema). That is, the Soviet satellite navigation system.

In later generations, the GLONASS satellite constellation has basically been in a state of degraded operation, and only 8 satellites are fully functional. One of the important reasons is that the life of the satellites in this system is very short, almost about a year, so that in order to complete the networking, it is necessary to continuously launch satellites into space.

Now, with the advent of advanced electronic technology from the West, the Soviet Union has made rapid progress, and this satellite navigation system has launched six navigation satellites in advance, with a lifespan of more than five years. Moreover, part of the ground receiver was also developed, and priority equipment was given to the 4th Panzer Division.

This is an information-based, digitized army!

Onward, onward! The 4th Panzer Division came out of the station, set off all the way, and after a three-hour trek, came to the exercise assembly area, which by this time was already a huge army.

The chariots roared and resounded through the Polish plains, this was a build-up of hundreds of thousands of troops!

"Please pay attention to discipline and operate within the observation area we have set, and never go beyond the area, as everyone knows, we have a certain mortality target for every exercise." Andrei said with a smile to the observation group from the west.

A lot of military attachés came, as well as journalists, and the hospitality of these people was assigned to Andrei, so Andrei, the commander of the military district, had an additional task, which was to take care of these guys, not only to show the strength of the Soviet armed forces, but also not to let these guys snoop on more secrets of the Soviets!

Andrei's burden is very heavy, but Andrei's courage is even greater, and when he sees these guys, Andrei's first words are the death indicator! If you are disobedient, you deserve to die! (To be continued.) )