Chapter 885: 11. The Girl and the Chariot (2)

The mighty steel mounts, the magnificent uniforms, and the fighting strength of a thousand riders, proud of the record of the heroes.
This is the innumerable steel knights of the Huaichun Maiden who are so intrigued. How many passionate men want to put on their handsome uniforms and stand on the command tower and scold Fang Yun.
Since the defense force broke into Charlemagne, armored forces have become the focus of attention of all parties. People are frightened by their overwhelming power, and the deliberate guidance of the propaganda agency of Alfheim and the exaggerated rendering of the Charlemagne Army to conceal the failure have created the necessary fear of this force. The chariot became the legendary evil dragon in the eyes of the public, wearing iron boots and sharp ears with daggers in his mouth to control these evil dragons, like a locust crawling out of hell. Things eat dry and wipe clean, bringing the world into a dark age.
Remove the coat used to scare ignorant women and children, and look at the defense armored soldiers with objective and rational eyes, and you will find that these soldiers are not superheroes with "magical protection, invulnerability", or invincible iron vampires who are "coach, I want to fight ten!" . In fact, they are not much different from ordinary people, but they have more professional skills. For example, cannons, drag racing, gang girls, lily...what, in a way, this is a group of "old drivers who are very good at cannons (unmistakable)".
It’s not enough to fight a car with a cannon. It’s a very sophisticated machine, and it’s often used violently. It’s not uncommon to have some kind of breakdown. If it is a glitch, the old drivers will be able to eliminate it by themselves, and if they encounter any incurable diseases, they will only let the professionals of the routine go on.
These professionals are the logistics support forces.
"The Elephant Destroyer is undoubtedly a very powerful chariot, or even too powerful. No weapon from Charlemagne’s side can penetrate any side armor of the Elephant. In my opinion, the front armor remains 120~150㎜. It is enough to keep 50% of the armor. Lower armor protection can significantly reduce the engine load. The weight of 72 tons makes the engine easily overheat, especially on complex and muddy terrain. As of today, there are 2 elephants caused by overheating of the engine Overhaul, one of the motors was completely burnt..."
Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Lemoore, the company commander of the 654th Heavy Armored Fighting Battalion, chewed gum and lay down on a simple desk made of ammunition boxes. A box of open paper was placed beside the ink bottle of the paperweight. Energy film". The air is filled with the smell of oil, grease, acetylene cutting, scorching motor and sweaty smell. The noise of electric winch, pneumatic wrench, wringer, hammer, and vehicle entering and leaving the test car is connected, and there is no need to listen Unclear what the other party said.
This hot scene is the daily routine of the maintenance company.
It is the members of the front-line team who control the tanks, and the logistics maintenance personnel who ensure the normal operation of the tanks. The performance of a tank unit depends not only on the technical and tactical level of the members of the vehicle group, but also on the strength of logistics support. Skilled servants can give full play to the effect of combat power multiplier. Those with bad technology can maintain normal tanks to the nest... this battle cannot be fought at all.
Relying on a sound education and professional training system, the logistics support team of the Defense Force is quite substantial. Each repairer holds at least one advanced machine repair certificate or senior electrician certificate. Many repairers also have the qualifications of technicians and even engineers. In addition, they also have special technical qualifications such as radio. The old qualified repairers can judge the fault by hearing. And repair it on the spot. Maintenance teams often use barrel trucks to shuttle over the battlefield of guns and bullets, and rush to repair vehicles that cannot move. In the event of unmanageable failures, the "Repair Tiger" and heavy-duty semi-tracked trailers are also required to drag the damaged vehicles back to the repair base for repairs to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the troops will not decline.
For the tank commanders, every sergeant is a pimple, and the loss of one will make them distressed for a long time. For this reason, and also provide good conditions for maintenance work, the Defense Forces Armored Forces Operational Regulations clearly stipulates that: unless the battle is fierce or there is an order signed by a senior commander, the maintenance yard should be set at 30~50 kilometers from the front At the rear of the building, select some large-scale building complexes to establish a repair base.
But this time it was a special case. Because it was a feint along the railway line, and the deployment of the troops showed protrusions, there was simply not enough depth to leave them. Even if the maintenance base was set up on the rear railway line simply by copying the regulations Will increase the pressure on the already very tight transportation line. After weighing the pros and cons, the final maintenance base was set up at a railway branch railway station 10 kilometers away from the front line of Xiaomeng, which was a compromise.
Because it is a railway station, the warehouse and maintenance trenches are all ready-made. As long as the 18-ton gantry crane frame is well placed and the equipment and devices are placed, it can basically be opened. But this does not mean that it is easy to start.
The weapons and equipment of the Defence Forces generally have a tendency to be complicated in structure. This is even more obvious in the large equipment such as tanks, that is, dwarves who also like complex machinery have to kneel when they see them. The mass-produced chariot that pushes this tendency to its peak is the "elephant".
When it comes to the "elephant" designer... you may guess, yes, it is also "electrotherapy expert", "magnetic storm infantry" Dr. Bolscher-this is cursed by countless logistics maintenance personnel. Troublesome character. The prototype of the elephant model is the Bolsheer Tiger. After the internal bidding failed, a part of the pre-completed tiger p chassis was transformed into a trial-type destroyer by the unknown transaction of the doctor and the general equipment department. Because there is no need to install a turret, a frontal armor is directly installed, and a 71-fold 88mm tank gun battle room is installed, and the weight soars to 72 tons.
On paper, the performance indicators of the elephant are quite good, but the price to pay for this is a sharp decrease in reliability. In the early use process, spontaneous combustion is often caused by excessive engine load. The automatic fire extinguisher is often not started until the last minute. The poor visual field of the rotary periscope has been criticized. The long barrel 88 gun often deviates from calibration and has a slight jamming phenomenon. . The battle room is the most frustrating thing for the servants. Not to mention the dead weight, in order to pursue the connection strength, the tenon structure is also used. Every time in order to replace the motor or main gun, the process of having to disassemble the battle room is a nightmare for the sergeant. You first need to use acetylene gas cutting to melt the welding rod gasket in the tenon joint between the battle room and the car body, and then use the crane to lift the big box away. If there is no crane or crane, you can only use a special jack to lift the battle room, and move it a little bit to the front tenon of the car body. After the front edge of the main battle room, use a special strong support to support the surrounding circle. Then you In order to disassemble the internal structure. After finishing the work, move the battle room back again, and then weld it after the card is dropped...
The whole process must be careful and careful, but this is 16 tons of full weight, which is equivalent to 8 Audi a8s. During the disassembly and assembly process, one was not fixed. Think about the miserable situation of 8 Audi a8s smashing on your body.
No one likes this kind of pit father stuff. After a total of 40 vehicles were assembled in small batches, the production was completely stopped. After the "Cheetah" was put into production, except for the 656th heavy armored fighter group, the figures of these stupid elephants basically disappeared from the defense armor equipment sequence. After a while, even these must be replaced by "cheetahs".
Prior to this, it was only the servants who were more involved.
Originally, this is nothing. Soldiers should have been obedient to obey orders. They have to do their best to complete the work. There is no pick and choose. Repairing complex models can also improve the technical level, and it is also beneficial for the transition after retirement. The servants should cherish the feelings, and always sweat and talent that are high and upward.
But no matter what, there is a limit, continuous operation for a long time, whether it is human or machinery, will sooner or later collapse.
Including the 654th Heavy Armored Fighter Battalion, all the destroyer units of the defensive protrusion are just a little bit at the threshold. In recent days, the repair rate of the destroyers and self-propelled artillery has been increasing. The types of failures are varied, all of which are caused by overloading operations. In order to guarantee the number of combat vehicles available on the front line, the maintenance force had to work overtime continuously to drive the night train. Nowadays, the servants have to keep their heads clear by taking medicines, otherwise, there may be a platoon for non-combat downsizing due to production accidents. Much. As for traffic accidents caused by fatigue driving, there are more than 30 accidents, including 5 seriously injured. Fortunately, no one was killed.
What made the elves embarrassed was that it was the Charlieman army, who was almost flattened by them, and three insignificant tanks.
According to intelligence, a Charlieman army equipped with armored vehicles abandoned in the "Long Sword Night" arrived at the front of the Shawmont three days ago. Although the opponents are only thin chariots such as "Hunter" and "Scout Leopard", they are not worth mentioning before "Elephant" and "Cheetah". But after all, it was a real tank, not a tractor equipped with armor, and the pressure on the infantry was real. In order to defend the army's current situation of being too deep, it is more than enough to attack the weak wings. Even if the small armored unit was just a toothpick, if it was in the right position, it could still kill people.
Afterwards, as expected, the Charlemagne armor launched an attack on the left wing, and the command was relieved. Charlie Man's brain was indeed muscle under his head, even if they were given to the chariot, this group of rectals would only think of being the front. The headquarters immediately ordered the emergency support of the destroyer tanks, and it was necessary to wipe out the enemy troops in one fell swoop.
Up to this time, the situation was still under the control of the Defense Force, but then the style was wrong.
Anxiously rushed to the left-wing destroyer tanks, he was distracted at that time. What about the good guns and rain? What about the Dead Sea? What about the enemy? Why are you cleaning the battlefield?
The infantry brothers said innocently: "You ask my friends, I don't even know. Just ten minutes ago, the Charlemagne whispered, and the battle report was just sent to the headquarters."
Before the captains could get their air straightened, the command issued another order, and the right wing found Charlieman's armored forces and quickly increased their reinforcements.
This time since the 654 heavy armored battalion battalion commander Captain Noak was descended, everyone collectively forced. Charlieman Armored Force? Are they still here? Why did you go to the right wing line again? Are they the legendary "59 Star Destroyer" and "Flying Five Pairs of Wheels"?
The military situation is urgent. Everyone had to put down their stomachs and suffocation, and hurried to the right wing defense line. Finally, he hurried to the scene, and the girl's daughter withdrew...
The battalion was frying on the spot, and the radio station was filled with the curses and curses of the captains. Greetings to the female relatives and officers of the Charlemagne soldiers echoed through the battalion with the radio waves. This is a heavy destroyer, not a four-wheel drive off-road vehicle. They are strictly prohibited from crossing the railway at will, in order to damage the track subgrade when crossing the rails, causing the disruption of railway transportation. If you want to wear the chariot from side to side of the rail, you must pass through the special cement crossing and turn it back, which is equivalent to a U-shaped bend. When crossing the crossing, you have to drive at idle speed and wait for the train to pass. Everyone queued over the railway, and there were more back and forth times. After being rolled back and forth by the big guys of 40 tons and 70 tons, they had to carry out reinforcement work...
After being tossed back and forth in this way, his temper will be cursed no matter how good he is. What's more terrible is that with the increase in mileage, the machine parts are constantly wearing out, and the sound of several elephants is already a bit wrong. But wait for everyone to take a breath and check their tanks, the command telegram is coming again...
After going back and forth a few times ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Captain Noahak, the commander, went crazy. These evil and despicable Charlemagne are not soldiers at all. They do not intend to engage in confrontation directly. Instead, they will use the tactics of overwork and death to form a system to annihilate destroyer tanks and maintenance personnel. Well, since you don’t let my uncle please, no one wants to be happy! Captains full of chariots and revenge thoughts threw the military orders and superior orders aside. In the 13th reinforcement, they directly ordered to attack the Charlieman side position. The mines made by the shells of the tanks were lying on the spot, and they had to dispatch a "repair tiger" to shoot the enemy cheetah and drag the broken cheetah back. Afterwards, the captain was called by the headquarters, and he was subjected to three hours of swearing. This disgraceful experience was also written in the captain’s resume. Every time he was promoted, he was taken out and reviewed.
With the specimens, the first-line commanders no longer dared to get their brains hot. They had to bite the back molars while rushing back and forth with the exhausted troops, constantly consuming their physical strength, morale and machinery.
Some staff also proposed to use air power to retaliate, but was immediately rejected. It is now the retreat phase. The main task is to attract the Charlemagne army. Premature use of air power may over-attack and deprive the enemy of their ability and interest in pursuit. Secondly, intelligence shows that the enemy army is transporting the ma components abandoned by our army to the front, allowing mds and attack aircraft to fight the ancient species equipped with ma components is tantamount to suicide. So the air strike plan was abolished.
In desperation, everyone had no choice but to continue this stupid cat-and-mouse game while accelerating the speed and shrinking the line of defense.
The only thing that pleases everyone is that they are not alone, and the mobile units on the entire front of the protrusion have encountered similar situations, some of which are more tragic than them.
For example, the 101st Experimental Heavy Armor Battalion. (To be continued.)