Chapter 2455: Landing Operation 1
Chapter 2455 Landing Operation 1
As a qualified member of the foreign military inspection team, what Major General Karls has to do is not tell the Americans how the Germans used their own troops to deal with the Allies. Because the United States is not Germany, Britain and France are not Japan, there are huge differences between them. The Germans fought large-scale field battles, and the trench warfare and breakthrough warfare derived from them. The troops are mainly heavy firepower and heavy armor. But the Americans don't need it. They are fighting a war to seize the island and a jungle war. Japan's industry is also far inferior to that of Britain and France. Therefore, a correct model should be that Major General Karls should help the Americans find a solution based on the existing equipment and organization of the US military.
So, Marshall has a point. But Major General Karls was right. The Americans only considered Japan's industrial and existing equipment problems, but underestimated Britain's assistance to Japan. In fact, think about it, at this level, the peak of the British front-line army was more than 2 million! (Not only on the Western Front, there are also British troops in the Mediterranean.) If you consider the British troops in the colonies, the size of this army is already quite large, and even the British troops in World War II were not that many.
Even if only a little of the equipment of these troops is leaked to Japan, it is enough for the Japanese to arm more than 10 divisions. You must know that there are 2 million troops, but it does not mean that the equipment is only enough to equip 2 million people! Therefore, the Japanese do not need to produce much army equipment at all. As long as they have money, the large amount of British army surplus supplies will be enough for the Japanese army to finish the Pacific War.
Of course, talking about war is not enough. The Germans always want to look at the US military exercises and battalion-level infantry tactics. The tactical exercise mainly consists of two parts, one is the landing of troops. The other part is naturally breaking through the enemy's direction on complex terrain. During the landing operations, the performance of the U.S. Navy surprised the Germans.
"With the progress of history, all military technologies are developing. The army has changed from simple rifles and field guns to now tanks and heavy artillery. Naval warfare has changed from two dimensions to three dimensions, and submarines have allowed the war to spread underwater. And aircraft carriers The emergence of the aircraft allowed us to attack opponents from the air. All this happened within a few decades. But it has to be said that the mode of landing warfare has not changed in nearly a hundred years. The environment of landing warfare has changed , the previous combat methods are no longer suitable for the current landing operations, and the United States of America will be the leader of this change." Marshall said to the German delegation who had just boarded the amphibious transport ship USS Hawaii.
"With the heavy-duty army equipment and the enhancement of the defenders' defense, we are now faced with a problem, which is how to send a large number of troops and weapons from the sea to the beach under the enemy's hail of bullets! The previous small boat landing It has now been proven to be a failure. Even with super strong fire cover, we still cannot completely eradicate the enemy's defenses simply by using artillery. Infantry, artillery and tanks are the ultimate solution to everything. And combining these personnel and weapons Transporting it from the mainland to the edge of the battlefield, and then transporting it from the edge of the battlefield to the beachhead for combat are all the problems we need to solve!" Marshall said.
"The United States has spent at least six years studying this problem, and now,
I can proudly say that we have solved more than 90% of the problems. No country in the world is more proficient in landing operations than the United States! The amphibious transport ship USS Hawaii, the heavily equipped landing ship USS Guam and the flying fish landing craft next to it are the core of the United States' landing combat system! "
"The tonnage of the Hawaiian amphibious transport ship is not large, with a standard displacement of only 5,000 tons. It is the transfer station for the entire landing operation. It transports a large number of vehicles and personnel to the landing departure position. This kind of maritime material transfer is not too magical. place. After all, during the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians could transfer more than 100 tons of coal on battleships in one hour. The real difficulty lies in the seaworthiness of the ship. For example, it is impossible for us to let dozens of tons of landing craft directly from Pearl Harbor to the Bismarck Islands." Major General Marshall said, leading the German team to the interior of the amphibious transport ship Hawaii.
"This is the main deck, used for stacking various supplies. Next to it is the crane. These are very common things. You don't need to say anything more. The real core design of this ship is the lower vehicle compartment and the openable front part of the hull. "The door." In the vehicle cabin at the lower part of the hull, the landing door controlled by a winch at the front of the hull suddenly opened, and light and salty sea breeze poured into the cabin. Then, a pedal was lowered, and in front of the hull The top forms a slope. Behind the delegation is a landing craft 12 meters long and 6 meters wide.
"Once the war begins, the landing craft will slide down the ramp from the front door of the hull into the sea. This Flying Fish landing craft can carry two squads of soldiers and the ammunition and supplies they need. At the front, we have added bulletproofing to the landing craft Steel plates are used to resist bullets and shrapnel attacks. Their draft is very shallow, and they are flat-bottomed boats, which are very suitable for maneuvering in the offshore. After approaching, there is a pedal at the front of the landing craft. Personnel can quickly land along the pedal and then go into battle . Then, the landing craft can quickly turn around and take advantage of its shallow draft to quickly go back and transport the second wave of soldiers," Marshall said.
"A Hawaiian-class landing ship can transport at least 4 Feiyu landing craft. During the actual battle, the Hawaiian landing transport ship will be outside the enemy's fire strike range and is very safe. It is the transit center for the entire landing battle. We will move the soldiers from the landing The stage from the transport ship to the landing craft is called the transfer," Marshall said.
"Very good shooting, but this kind of design with pedals or hatches on the front was also used in this war. For example, the British did this. In order to adapt to the environment of the Pacific, your country specially built a landing craft transport ship. , is very thoughtful and groundbreaking. And setting up the transfer link in the middle really reduces the possibility of the landing force being ambushed by the opponent's firepower. After all, before launching the final charge, the landing transport ship is at a safe distance." General Caliput said.
"But there is a question I want to know. We came here from the upper deck. I have observed the deck width, and it seems that there is not much change. In other words, our ship should be a flat-bottomed boat. Well, now the question comes. Yes, the full-load displacement of this ship is very large. The hull draft is limited. How does your country solve the problem of stability when sailing? If analyzed according to your country's data, the center of gravity after full load is a bit high. And in the future, your country will Fight in the Pacific, not the Mediterranean," the general said.
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