Chapter 365: 6. Attacking tanks (3)

Recalling what happened during the day, Mikhail wrote:
"Our division arrived at the departure position at about 2am--"
In response to the first movement of the Defense Force in a large-scale attack, General Rudolf Gorke, the transportation director, and his wartime railway transportation office were almost exhausted.
When formulating the Stardust operation, the General Staff repeatedly emphasized that the success or failure of this operation depends on the degree to which the defense forces can operate according to the mission schedule. The navy and air force have little problem. These two services have technical and natural There are two advantages. The difficulty lies with the Army, or more precisely on the railway.
Although the railways in Charlemagne not only have many lines, but the number of locomotives can also meet the needs of large-scale mobilization of troops, the personnel software can also be far ahead of the times. When formulating the plan, the relevant details were fully considered and the timetable for the wartime train was prepared. But after all, this is a long-range strategic maneuver of field military-level troops on Charlemagne's land, and the battalion-scale hidden transport in the past cannot be compared with it.
How fast and economical it is to send an armored division, two mechanized infantry divisions and a large number of heavy artillery to the starting position on time before launching an attack. At the same time, these 500 trains (90~100 trains for each armored division or mechanized infantry division, 100 trains for artillery, and various types of weights) must also reach Charlie Man without disturbing them. Place... This is obviously not an easy job.
Fortunately, the railway system is sufficiently developed, and the accountants and secretaries of the Railway Transportation Office during the war are enough. All the military trains disguised as civilian trains, fully loaded with soldiers and equipment and materials, finally completed all the transport work quietly at 2 a.m. Thrilled to complete the task.
"... There was an explosion in the railway and the city, and everyone was tense. Gunfire was heard from the other forces on both wings."
Castilla’s border defense line is built on the Pyrenees Mountains. The triangle heights near the railway connecting the two countries have also built observation posts and fortress equipment. After the war, these nails threatened the railway line for the first time. Received key attention from the artillery.
The sound of guns cannot be said to be unfamiliar to recruits like Mikhail, who will be pulled to the exercise field the first day. Accept the baptism of rumbling gunfire. Mikhail also received this kind of welcome. At first, he was afraid, even shivering, and later he got used to it. After getting on the tank captain, the deafening roar is an indispensable part of frequent shooting training and exercises.
to him. Shooting guns and listening to guns are commonplace.
But the sound of gunfire in the morning is at a completely different level, and those shellings in the past couldn't be compared.
In the past, the shooting range and the practice field were mostly rhythmic shots that counted the number of shellings, and the sound of the bombardment of the triangular highlands became a piece, except for the loud noise of the pierced ears, the heat waves blowing across the skin, Miha Il and his men hardly heard anything.
The logic of the artillery's actions is extremely simple: "If you have artillery, you can't fight it. Expired and invalidated." Most of the shells delivered to them are close to the shelf life. Instead of spending money to destroy them, it is better to give them to the Castilians now. Under the excellent conditions of the open supply, in less than half an hour, 350 types of heavy artillery tilted 70,000 to 80,000 rounds of artillery shells on a hill less than 3 square kilometers. The shelling time was 6 times per second! Mikhail, who had never seen the natural spectacle of "volcanic eruption", had only one idea at the time. The two mountains exploded...
"...The gunners' skills are very good, and they are also crazy. From the 75mm field gun to the 280mm train gun, they fire like the automatic loader. The most crazy thing is a few 305mm self-propelled howitzer groups, in our Under the cover, the gunners propelled the "Tractor Cannon" to less than one kilometer from the target to aim at the bombardment. I had to retract my body into the turret basket to avoid the violent shock wave and use the periscope to observe the outside. I saw A Castilian officer rushed out of the smoke, without a helmet, in ragged clothes, and the left arm was missing. The man screamed hysterically while rushing towards us. He only ran two steps. At least two full steps The shells hit him, a pile of sand mixed with red sand rose into the sky, and the air waves almost overturned my chariot...After two hours of shelling, I found that the two hills were "short" by two males. ruler……"
The performance of the artillerymen is worthy of their inscriptions engraved on the gun carriage-firepower is supreme and heartbroken. In the two-hour artillery preparation, various types of light and heavy artillery covered every inch of land in the target area. Blow up the original green hills into a rough place. Finally, after the 107mm and 122mm rocket pyrotechnic incendiary bombs covered the bombing, the bombardment began to extend, and the plank roads built between the mountain ridges and the cliffs were blown one by one, preventing the possibility of the reinforcement of the Castilian army in other directions. As for the air power of Castile-at the same time that the artillery fired the first shell, the Air Force's floating battleship and mDS destroyed them all on the ground.
After the artillery began to extend, five Leopard-style chariots and four anti-aircraft leopards quickly formed a battle formation. The chariot was covered with battle vanguards, followed by a whole company of infantry and more than a dozen infantry panther armored transport vehicles, and carefully advanced to the high ground.
Although the medium tank is based on VK3002 (Db), Li Lin did not let this design that copied the advantages and disadvantages of t-34 directly from the drawing board~EbookFREE.me~ but in the original design The "old bottle" is filled with "new wine" of e-series technology. In addition to the details of the pig-nosed artillery shield that resembles the tiger king, the addition of turret pods and other details. The most important thing is based on this leopard-style chariot, derived from a self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery, self-propelled artillery, tank destroyers to infantry fighting vehicles, "all-inclusive" armored vehicle family.
In addition to the basic leopard tanks, there are two anti-aircraft leopards equipped with double-barrel 37mm and quadruple 20mm anti-aircraft guns. They do not need to provide accompanying anti-aircraft firepower for the infantry of the armored column at the moment, but patiently search whether there are still fish in the bombardment area. If a lucky person holds a burning flask high or prepares a self-explosive spell, and suddenly rushes out of the tail and flanks, the air defense leopard will use a fierce metal storm to beat the guy into a sieve. Suppose that the guy is lucky and hot, and has not been killed yet, and continues to rush. An infantry leopard like an infantry fighting vehicle would greet the guy with a 30mm machine gun. In addition, the automatic firearm in the infantry's hand was not good-looking. Hundreds of automatic rifles and submachine guns would let any attackers lie down with holes. .
When the chariot breaks through the defense line, the infantry will launch a final impact, sweep away the enemies, and eventually occupy the position completely.
This rigorously scrutinized process looks perfect, leaving no trace of flaws. Now it's time to test the actual combat effectiveness of this collaborative operation. The elf soldiers who smelled the actual combat secretly swallowed. (To be continued...)