USSR 1941

Chapter 589: pontoon

??Chapter 589 Pontoon Bridge

?? "Another way?" Andrianka said: "But we have no other way to go!"

?? "No, we have!" Shulka said: "First of all, I want to know why the German night fighters can bomb at night!"

??Actually, it's not that Shulka doesn't know this, but as an infantry captain, he shouldn't know this, so he asked more.

?? "Is there a problem?" Major Mikhailvich asked, "Maybe they have been trained!"

??Andrianka is also unclear.

?? This is not surprising. There is a saying: "The outsider watches the excitement, and the insider watches the way."

??Major Mikhailvich and Andrianka are standard infantry soldiers, and they don’t have much knowledge. Even if they have military knowledge, they only know about infantry tactics and equipment, and they don’t know anything about fighter planes and radar.

Seeing the puzzled eyes of the two, Shulka spread his hands and said, "I don't know, but I think there must be something wrong...why their fighters couldn't fight at night before, and now there are so many fighters suddenly appearing! "

??Reminded by Shulka, Major Mikhailvich and Andrianka nodded slightly at the same time, and said, "It seems that there is indeed a problem!"

?? "If we can find the cause of it!" Shulka said, "then we may be able to find a solution, or at least limit the enemy's combat power!"

?? "But... how do we find the reason?" Major Mikhailvich asked with a confused expression.

??Shuerka couldn't help feeling dizzy, he had already hinted to this extent, but he still couldn't enlighten Mikhailvich.

?? Fortunately, Andrianka is more clever, he continued: "Maybe we can ask the Air Force, they have knowledge and experience in this area, or we can ask the intelligence department!"

?? This is what Shulka wanted.

??Although the equipment of the Soviet army at this time is not advanced enough to install radar on the aircraft and fight at night...In fact, the Soviet Union has already done this. They installed the "gneiss" radar on the PE-2 fighter jets.

?? But it was still in the experimental stage, and it was not officially put into the battlefield until 1943.

??However, this did not affect the pilots or technicians to interpret the combat methods of the German night fighters.

?? Major Mikhailvich reported this issue to Golikov immediately.

??This is because, as the head of the 82nd regiment, Major Mikhailevich has no ability to directly contact the Air Force and obtain timely information.

??To be precise, Major Mikhailvich may contact the Air Force, but it may be a correspondent.

?? After talking a lot, it may take a few days to get a reply, or the correspondent simply didn't take Major Mikhailvich's words seriously, put down the phone and forgot.

?? It would be different if Golikov came forward, especially since he was still directing the defense of Stalingrad at this time.

?? Sure enough, it didn't take long for Golikov to hear back.

"They said that the Germans may have a ground radar base station!" Golikov replied: "It can attack the ground and ensure that it does not crash into the ground at night... This is not a solution that can be solved by installing an airborne radar. It probably needs ground The cooperation of the radar!"

?? "Ground radar?" Major Mikhailvich cast a surprised look at Shulka. He already knew what Shulka meant by "find another way".

??However, why does Shulka seem to know about this before that.

?? Of course, Shulka would not admit this.

?? "That's just my speculation!" Shulka said.

?? Then naturally, a targeted plan came out: scout the location of the enemy's ground radar base station, and then cooperate with artillery, guerrillas and even the air force to destroy it, especially at night.

"This will cause some trouble for the enemy!" Akimovich said: "But it can't solve the problem fundamentally! Because the Germans are probably using vehicle-mounted radar, you know... usually hidden, until needed Come out of hiding and be ready to change positions!"

?? "So we need another tactic!" Shulka said: "In addition to the amphibious landing ship, we also need to build a bridge on the Volga River to attract the firepower of the German fighter planes!"

?? "Bridge?"

??Hearing this, several people in the headquarters couldn't help being stunned.

?? "Captain!" said Major Akimovich, "Building a bridge is no easy task!"

?? "And it is difficult to build a bridge, but the enemy only needs a few shells or a few bombs to blow up!" Major Mikhailvich also objected.

?? "Why don't we build a simple bridge!" Shulka said: "And it's easy to repair, so that the enemy can't be bombed!"

?? "What do you mean?" Major Mikhailvich asked: "You mean the pontoon bridge? The pontoon bridge is not easy without the captain..."

?? "But it's a pontoon bridge!" Shulka nodded: "You can also say it's not! I mean, we can tie gasoline barrels to both ends of the wooden boards, and then connect them end to end!"

??Major Mikhailvich and others couldn't help being dumbfounded upon hearing this.

?? After a long silence, Major Akimovich asked, "Is this okay? I mean, such a simple floating bridge..."

?? "Just because it's simple, it can be fixed anytime!" Shulka said.

?? "It's shipping volume..."

?? "Transportation volume is not a problem!" Andrianka said: "At least our reinforcements don't need ships, and they can cross the river with supplies on their backs!"

?? "Yes!" Shulka said: "Transportation with the most primitive human power!"

?? This is actually a paradox of war.

If you want to become a military power, you must keep yourself advanced, but the more advanced you are, the more weaknesses you have, such as power stations, gas stations, airports, etc. Sometimes the most primitive opponent has no or few weaknesses, because When a war breaks out, you don't even know what facilities to bomb your opponent.

?? At this time in Stalingrad, Shulka believes that this primitive manpower transportation tactic can be used.

?? "We have a lot of ingredients!" Shulka said: "Empty gasoline cans!"

?? Speaking of Shulka, he turned his gaze to Akimovich.

?? Akimovich nodded.

??This is for sure. Stalingrad is an industrial city. It is true that there is a shortage of gasoline because it is difficult to transport gasoline because of the blockade, but there is no shortage of empty oil barrels.

"And it's easy to make!" Shulka said: "You just need to simply tie the two ends of the wooden board to the oil barrel! That is to say, we may prepare a lot of such pontoons... and then they can be built in Volga without much time and manpower. There are several pontoon bridges on the river and they are ready to be repaired at any time!"

??Finally, Shulka concluded: "Suppression of the radar, coupled with amphibious landing ships and pontoons, do you think the Germans can complete the blockade mission with only these existing fighters?"

??(end of this chapter)