Chapter 1232: The Russians' Dilemma

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Although the Soviets managed to catch up with the amount of firepower on the Eastern Front after some efforts. But it is undeniable that because the mortar range is closer, and the Soviet Union's caliber in howitzers is smaller, so the effective range of fire projection will also be smaller, so these artillery must be pushed to the front as much as possible if they want to play a role, and close to the front line means a huge threat, so the Soviet Union's artillery losses will be relatively large, of course, these are talking about those medium-caliber artillery and cheap mortars. THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ARTILLERY OF MORE THAN 100MM IN ITS HANDS PLAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND PLAY A LOCAL ADVANTAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THE SOVIET UNION CHOSE THE METHOD OF CONCENTRATING A LARGE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FIREPOWER TO A HIGHER STRENGTH, AND THIS SITUATION WAS ALSO ADAPTED TO THE ACTUAL SITUATION OF THE SOVIET UNION.

IN THIS PLANE, RUSSIA LACKS LARGE-CALIBER CANNONS AND HOWITZERS MORE THAN IN HISTORY, AND EVEN MAKES A 152MM LONG-RANGE CANNON WITH EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IS A LITTLE INADEQUATE, THE ORIGINAL TECHNICAL SYSTEM IS DESTROYED IN ONE ASPECT, AND THE INABILITY TO PRODUCE IN LARGE QUANTITIES IS ANOTHER, AND THE RESULT OF THESE TWO REASONS TOGETHER IS THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE ALMOST BLANK IN TERMS OF 8-INCH HOWITZERS AND CANNONS ABOVE 6 INCHES. NOT ONLY ARE THE ARTILLERY OF THE ARMY GROUP LEVEL STRICTLY RESTRICTED, BUT EVEN THE 100MM LONG-BARRELED CANNON IS ALSO STRICTLY RESTRICTED, NOT THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT GOOD, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO EQUIP THIS KIND OF ARTILLERY ON A LARGE SCALE AT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC LEVEL OF RUSSIA. These things are relatively expensive, and Huaxia cannot provide them in large quantities at this stage.

As in history, the Russians still relied on mortars to compensate for the lack of firepower. A large number of mortars. These weapons are simple in structure and inexpensive to build. Excellent firepower projection. But soon, the Russians discovered a problem with Yan zhòng. In the development of the plan, they could not find enough direct fire. Although the Russians' support firepower for infantry has historically been almost exclusively mortars, this does not mean that the troops lack direct firepower when attacking. FOR EXAMPLE, VARIOUS ISU AND SU VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH 122MM PLUS HOWITZERS AND EVEN 152MM HOWITZERS. These dongdong belong to the kind of dongdong that is much stronger than fighting tanks. And in terms of the types of shells, the number of grenades in Soviet tanks in 2 battles was also somewhat more than that of armor-piercing shells. But there is no longer such a problem in this plane, the Russians lack enough howitzers, even less than in history!

Faced with this dilemma, the Russians responded simply, without saying a word, and asked Huaxia if there were a large number of infantry artillery that had retreated to the second line. The projectile projection quality is similar to that of a howitzer, but the only advantage of a weapon with a terrible low muzzle velocity and a very short range over a mortar is that it can fire horizontally. And if you load armor-piercing shells, you can theoretically fight opponents' armored units at close range. So the Russians decided to pack and clear almost all of China's stocks of infantry guns. Then they put various chassis on these guns. THE 75MM INFANTRY GUN WAS PLACED ON THE TRUCK, AND THE 150MM INFANTRY GUN WAS PLACED ON THE CHARIOT THAT HUAXIA HAD CONVERTED FROM THE TYPE 26 TANK CHASSIS. These things provided Russian units with relatively reliable front-line anti-bunker firepower in later wars. Later the Russians also began mass production of these infantry guns.

And in terms of armored forces, Russia is also very different from history. Relative to the huge number of Russian armored forces in history. (Well, the quantity goes up, but the quality cannot be guaranteed, neither in terms of product quality, nor in the composition of various tanks.) The T34-76 is no better than the German Longtube 4, and the T34-85 and IS1, 2 are not as practical as the Leopard) The Russians have lost the ability to massively equip tanks, also for technical and industrial reasons. The Russians' tanks at this stage can only be obtained by relying on China. It is different from the historical tactic of drowning the opponent with a large number of medium tanks. The Russians on this plane cherish every tank they have, whether light or medium? As for heavy tanks? Sorry, so far Huaxia has no plans to supply Russia with the Type 29 tank, although this tank is ready to be classified as a medium tank in the Huaxia arsenal. At this stage, China does not have the idea of letting the Russians take charge alone.

And in terms of aviation equipment and tactics, the Russians have likewise rejected the historical idea of the need for the army. This comes down to the scarcity of combat aircraft for the Air Force. Historically, almost all the tactical activities of the Russian Air Force have revolved around ground battles. Fighter units must ensure the safety of attack planes, and must not enter or leave the theater at will, nor can they arbitrarily pursue enemy planes that are far away. And the ground attack aircraft unit must cover the ground operation at any cost. Even attack planes as strong as the Il-2 were beaten quite badly by the air force and ground anti-aircraft artillery units that the Germans were waiting for under the guidance of this almost rigid tactical thinking. The Il-2 is not just the most produced attack aircraft in the world. At the same time, it is also the ...... that dies the most.

What's more, Huaxia has more restrictions on the equipment provided to the Russians in terms of air force, on the one hand, Huaxia does not want to hand over the best aviation equipment to the Russians. On the other hand, it is difficult for the Russians to maintain these high-tech equipment, not to mention anything else. The Russians cannot guarantee it when it comes to jet fuel alone. The jet fuel used in Huaxia's aircraft is generally marked with 100/130 grades. The aviation fuel of the Russians is generally 93 grade, which is almost the same as the history in terms of quality, but it cannot meet the requirements of Huaxia aircraft. It's not that it can't be used, but it means that it will have an impact on the performance and life of the aircraft after use. Inferior fuel can damage engines, and it's really hard for the Russians of this plane to overhaul an engine like the R2600.

Not to mention, the Soviet Union in history was much stronger than Russia in this plane, but the aero engine was still inferior to Germany. Needless to say, liquid cooling, the Germans are not even afraid of the US imperialism on mass production machines. In terms of air cooling, although theoretically the Russian ASH-82FN engine and the German BMW 801 are at the same level, the former is not as stable as the latter. (The early BMW 801 also had overheating problems, and the latter is said to still have overheating problems in ......the later stages.) If the German aircraft were worse at high altitude, then the Soviet aircraft at high altitude could only be described as very bad. (The MiG-3 is indeed at high altitude when it appears.) That's because he is a specialized high-altitude aircraft. Medium and low altitudes are very bad, and the author thinks that it depends on whether an aircraft pressurization system is excellent. It should be seen that they are suitable for the airspace breadth. High-altitude NB alone doesn't mean anything. It's also not practical. )

And in this plane, the land-based fighters of the Chinese are dominated by the Morin and Gryphon engines of the British. It is indeed difficult for such a tall thing to be maintained by the Russians. As for the main force of air-cooled engines in the future, the R2600 and R2800 engines are not to mention. The latter can be called a BUG-level storage zài. In addition to technical problems, the training and reserve of pilots of the Russians is even more of a problem. Historically speaking, the Soviet Union was able to achieve air supremacy on the Eastern Front in the later period, not by relying on aircraft production, let alone pilots, but because Britain and the United States finally consumed the elite of the Luftwaffe on the Western Front.

So the Russians don't think about letting the air force sweep the ground for the army, the Russians don't have so many planes and not so many pilots to send the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery. The scarcity of equipment forced the Russians to take the elite route as well. Therefore, the selected Russian pilots will enter the air force academies in China to study, and the content of study will be mainly air combat. The demands of the Russians are simple: to guarantee their air supremacy as much as possible. The tasks of the Air Force are only air combat and cover. Let's put the ground attack thing on the ground for now. At the same time, the Russians will also receive a small number of twin-engine aircraft, the vast majority of which will be night combat aircraft, taking into account ground attacks, and as a large country, it is simply unthinkable that there will be no night air defense.

Therefore, the engine currently used by the Russian Air Force will be a relatively low-end R1830 level, which has poor performance, and the F4F equipped with this engine is definitely inferior to the BF109 using DB601. Not to mention the comparison with the later FW190, but this simple single exhaust cooled engine is the most suitable for the current level of Russian production and technology. Therefore, Huaxia provided Russia with technical information on this simple engine, so that Russia could form an air force on its own. Of course, in addition to these low-end aircraft, Huaxia can provide some high-end aircraft for the Russian Air Force stationed in Huaxia. After all, the former is for Russia's technological reserves and to ensure the basic number of aircraft of the Russian Air Force, while the latter is to prepare for the Iranian war.

China did not interfere much in light weapons and infantry equipment, on the one hand, because the Russians had not yet degenerated to a level where they could not even make light weapons. On the other hand, the Russians are not very concerned about light weapons. In their opinion, since everyone uses bolt-action rifles the same. Isn't there really much difference between Mauser and Mosinagan? In terms of submachine guns, the Russians also considered their PPS to be somewhat stronger than the Germans' MP. After all, there is more ammunition. The structure is simple and not easy to break.

As for the machine gun? Both historically and now, the DP machine guns of the Russians are inferior to the MG series of the Germans. The Russians could have gotten this machine gun through Guò Huaxia. But taking into account the rate of fire of the MG machine gun of up to 1200 rounds per minute. As well as the resulting problems with ammunition pressure, the Russians finally decided to continue using the DP machine gun. And unlike the Germans, who had a machine gun in one squad, the Russians were not so generous, and this machine gun was positioned as a company-level machine gun. It is impossible to have an ordinary infantry squad.

The Russians never gave up their efforts to rebuild a whole military system. After receiving secret assistance from Huaxia, the relevant work began, starting with the most basic mortars, then infantry guns, anti-tank guns, automobile and tank engines, armor steel, optical instruments, and more advanced electronic equipment and aircraft engines. Although the things they have obtained are already a little behind the times, for the current Russia, these things alone are enough for them to digest for a while.

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