USSR 1941

Chapter 419: train

??Chapter 419 Training

?? This thing was not invented by Shulka, it is actually the "Duck" amphibious armored vehicle of the US military.

??In fact, at this time, several vehicles of this thing have been produced in the United States, but they were rejected by the US military and were on the verge of abortion.

??The reason is as Mechlis and Major General Vladimir saw them, it was like a kid putting together a car and a lifeboat and no one believed it would work.

But because of an accident, it regained the attention of the U.S. military and mass-produced and equipped the U.S. military... A small patrol boat ran aground at low tide, but there was no boat to rescue it. Large ships could not approach, and small ships went up. Facing the same fate of being stranded.

?? In desperation, the "Duck" amphibious landing ship was sent up, but the people were rescued soon after the road was unimpeded.

Of course, the "duck" at this time has not yet received the attention of the U.S. military, so basically no one outside knows that Shulka has sorted it out in another place... This thing is not complicated at all, and I will tell Kalashni the idea Cove will be produced soon and will play a big role in future amphibious landings.

??Major General Vladimir stepped forward and looked at the amphibious landing ship lying on the beach, and then turned around and asked: "How many can we produce? I mean before we attack!"

?? "We have enough manpower!" Kalashnikov replied: "Its production is very simple, and the workers in the shipyard can complete the assembly. If the parts can arrive on time..."

?? As he spoke, Kalashnikov turned his attention to Mehlis.

?? "No problem, I'll contact the Air Force right away!" Mechlis proudly raised his head: "They will send you as many sets of parts as you need!"

??Kalashnikov thought for a while, and then replied: "Fifty sets, we are rushing day and night, and we should be able to produce fifty sets by tomorrow!"

?? "Is that enough?" Mehlis asked. "Maybe we should recruit more people!"

"I think we need a hundred!" Major General Vladimir replied: "If one such ship can carry a dozen people, we should be prepared for a thousand, after all, the Germans have A battalion!"

Major General Vladimir's statement is correct. A battalion of the German army has 300 to 500 people. Let alone the German army's superiority in quality, they also have an asymmetrical geographical advantage over the enemy in beachhead defense... One side hid in fixed fortifications and fired at uncovered targets, while the other side suffered enemy bullets and artillery fire on a rickety ship.

??So even if there are amphibious landing ships, it is conservatively estimated that twice as many troops will be needed.

?? "No problem!" Mechlis raised his head and said to Alexei, "Solve it right away!"

?? "Yes, Comrade Mehlis!"

?? Then, all of these are not a problem... A shipyard in Temryuksky was shut down, and all the workers were used for production, and even more than a hundred shipbuilders were urgently transferred from another port city, Anapa.

??Auto parts are arranged for five transport planes to be transported back and forth non-stop until 200 sets of parts are transported.

??The reason why Mehlis requested two hundred sets of parts was because he was worried that some of them would be damaged or malfunctioned during the production process.

??From this point of view, Mehlis is still very forward-looking.

But think about it from another angle... This is a difficult time for the Soviet Union, and auto parts are urgently needed transportation tools on the battlefield, let alone transport planes. These things can be transferred casually and have redundancy, I'm afraid only Mehlis can do it.

??Then, the first batch of 20 amphibious landing ships was produced and immediately put into the training of the 5th Brigade of the Navy.

There is not much problem in the training process. After all, the amphibious landing ship is not very different from the original landing ship used by the navy...the operation before going ashore is exactly the same, and only at the moment before going ashore does it need to start another set of motors Let the wheels start turning.

??If there is any problem, it is that it is difficult for the motor to start under low temperature conditions, especially in this era, the motors that are still generally started by hand cannot be started just before going ashore.

?? "This is not a problem!" Major General Vladimir said: "We can start two sets of motors at the same time the moment the boat is launched!"

This method is indeed no problem. The two sets of motors are independent of each other. Although the wheels rotate in the water, it basically has no effect on the boat's forward movement. It is even easier to control in this way. You only need to aim at the beach and rush up That's it.

??Another problem was that the training took its toll: five soldiers were injured when the amphibious landing boat rolled over, and one soldier was almost certainly killed when the ammunition box hit him when the vehicle overturned.

?? This can be said to be expected, because this amphibious landing vehicle has a flaw: it cannot change direction without a steering wheel.

??So, if there are rocks and bomb craters ahead, they cannot be avoided, and accidents such as rollovers are almost inevitable.

?? "They still clamored to refuse to use this kind of amphibious landing ship!" Major General Vladimir said angrily: "Because of this accident, they thought they should at least be able to control the direction! It's hard to imagine that they would be so stupid!"

?? "Are they willing to accept it now?" Mechelis asked coldly.

"Of course, Comrade Mechlis!" At this moment, Major General Vladimir realized that he had slipped his mouth... The "King of Small Reports" also has the identity of the director of the General Political Department, who specializes in reviewing those timid and refusing to implement command of the soldiers.

Major General Vladimir felt that this explanation was not enough, so he added: "I told them that if you refuse this equipment, it means stepping on the sea to attack the enemy's coastal defense positions, and then they have nothing to say !"

?? "Yes!" Mechlis nodded expressionlessly, and said, "Next time, if there are still people who refuse or complain, let them train like this!"

?? "What?" Major General Vladimir didn't understand what Mehlis meant.

?? "I mean!" Mechlis explained: "Let them train without an amphibious landing ship and try the consequences of rejection. I believe it will be more suitable for them to step on the sea!"

?? "Yes, Comrade Mekhlis!" Major General Vladimir replied: "I promise, they won't complain!"

?? Just kidding, everyone knows this is not a joke, stepping on the seawater in the temperature of minus 40 degrees...

?? So, this problem soon ceased to be a problem.

??However, the speed during training has slowed down a lot, so the danger is not so great.

??(end of this chapter)