Red Moscow

  Chapter 552 Tank Transformation Plan (Part 1)

   Everyone turned their heads and looked towards the door, only to find that the speaker was Colonel Bely.

  Biely stepped in and saw that everyone didn't answer his question, so he repeated the question with a smile: "Commanders, are there any things to be happy about? I see you are shaking your head with laughter."

"It's like this, Colonel Bely." Belkin suppressed a smile and explained to Bely: "The headquarters just sent us a mixed regiment, and the commander who led the team was actually another colonel. I Said that Comrade Brigadier Commander had too many colonels, and he replied to me that his superiors should give him a promotion so that he could justifiably command these comrade colonels.”

"So that's how it is, hahaha!" After listening to Belkin's explanation, Bely said to Sokov with a smile: "Comrade Brigadier, based on your achievements, I estimate that in another year at most, you will be able to complete the battle." I can become a general."

"Colonel Bely, thank you for your good words." Napoleon said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Sukov dreamed of becoming a general. Hearing Bely's flattering words at this moment, he couldn't help but feel happy . But he didn't forget the business, he restrained the smile on his face and asked: "Have the fixed forts been arranged?"

"Yes, all ten tanks are in place now." Bely nodded and replied, "And each tank has two observers, who will guide the tanks to attack targets. In order to prevent the enemy from being bombarded by Injured by shrapnel, I asked them to dig a hole under the tank and hide in the hole for observation."

"Colonel Bely, I'm sorry to interrupt you." Belkin listened to Bely's report to Sokov, and the more he listened, he became more and more confused, so he couldn't help asking: "Do you give each tank a layout?" What do the two observers do? You know, if the tank starts up, the huge roar of the engine can suppress the shouts of the observers, then how will they guide the tank to attack the enemy target."

  Beley couldn't help showing a surprised expression after hearing Belkin's words. He turned his head to look at Sokov, as if asking him with his eyes: "What's going on, why did the political committee ask such a question?"

Sokov quickly explained to Bely: "Colonel Bely, the political commissar has just arrived, and I haven't had time to tell him about the tank phone." He then turned to Belkin and installed the phone on the rear of the tank so that He explained to Belkin in detail how to realize the cooperation between Butan and Tanzania.

Bely heard Sokov introduce the tank phone to Belkin, and explained in detail the results of the tank battalion today. He couldn't help saying with some complacency: "If the German planes hadn't arrived, our tank battalion would have Nothing to lose."

Bely's words reminded Sokov. He remembered that he didn't know the damage situation of the fighter regiment today, so he got up and walked behind the radio operator, and told him: "Send a report to the fighter regiment and ask them where they are." In today's air battle, the results achieved, as well as its own losses."

Taking advantage of the time when the radio operator sent the report, Sokov walked back to the table, frowned and said to Bely: "Comrade Colonel, judging from today's fighting situation, there are still many problems in the tank battalion. "

   "Comrade Brigadier, please sit down first." Bely greeted Sokov to sit down first, and asked respectfully: "Can you tell us what problems we have?"

Sokov stretched out a finger and said: "First of all, there is no vehicle-mounted radio station installed on every tank. Only the commander can have a contact radio station in a car. This will easily cause the battalion, company, and platoon leader's vehicles to be destroyed. It will be thrown into extreme chaos, and will be destroyed one by one by German tank crews or anti-tank fighters."

  Bely agrees with Sokov's statement very much. He clearly remembers that he can only convey the order Sokov gave to himself to the two company commanders, and then the company commanders will guide the attack. After keeping this question in mind, he nodded slightly, and then asked: "Comrade Brigadier, is there any solution?"

"The best solution is to install on-board radios for each tank." Sokov said unhurriedly: "In this way, every order you give can be directly conveyed to each team. "

After Bely waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he shook his head and said, "Comrade Brigadier, what you said is unrealistic. Under the current circumstances, where can we find so many radio stations to equip all the tanks?" On? And there is another problem, you may not have considered, if every car group has a radio, if everyone is calling non-stop during the battle, who can hear the orders issued by the superior clearly. "

"Comrade Colonel, this is how I think about it." Sukov knew that by the end of the war, there were still many T-34 tanks that had not been equipped with radio stations, so he adopted a compromise method: "The battalion, company, and platoon level The radio station equipped with the commander's car crew can not only accept orders, but also issue orders; while the radio station of the ordinary car crew can only accept orders. Look at my proposal, how about it?"

  Biely had an expression of surprise on his face. He nodded vigorously and said, "Comrade Brigadier, your method seems to work. As long as I can find enough radio stations, I will send someone to install them immediately."

"Today's T-34 tank, because it is a four-man vehicle, the commander is also the gunner, which reduces the command efficiency of the commander and greatly affects the performance of the whole vehicle." He pointed out the current shortcomings of the T-34 tank again: "Also, there is no command tower for the commander in the tank, which reduces the commander's observation ability a lot. Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the transformation of the tank. speed…"

   "Comrade Brigadier," Bely suddenly interrupted Sokov, looked around, and then asked curiously: "Where did Major Yakov go?"

  If Bely didn't ask, Sokov really didn't notice where Yakov went. He looked around and after confirming that Yakov was not in this room, he said with a wry smile, "I don't know either."

"Comrade Brigadier, let me give you a suggestion." Bely suggested to Sokov: "I know that there are a group of vehicle-mounted radio stations in the Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory. Let's see if Major Yakov can come forward. Go get those stations back?"

  Yakov's identity was no secret to Bely. Sokov thought for a moment, and felt that if he wanted to get the car radio needed for the tank, maybe Yakov really needed to come forward. So he nodded and said, "Okay, Comrade Colonel, I'll talk to Major Yakov later and ask him to get us the car radio we need."

  (end of this chapter)