Chapter 2456: Landing Operation 2
Chapter 2456 Landing Operation 2
"Do you also have research on shipbuilding?" Major General Marshall was very surprised that an army general asked such a naval question. After all, there are so-called careers across the world, and there are definitely a handful of all-rounders like Crown Prince Ruprecht. And how does General Caliput, who has never worked in the navy for a day, know this?
"Marquis Lelio and I are good friends, and we sometimes talk about these issues. In addition, when we landed in the Gulf of Riga, we considered what to do if the weather was bad. At that time, our solution It is to increase the ballast to improve the stability of the hull. But for your country, this problem is not easy to solve, because your ship is a flat-bottomed ship, and more ballast will naturally reduce the transportation volume." Karip Te said with a smile.
"This is how we solved this problem. We are not at the bottom of the ship's bottom, and the bottom of the hull is not a completely flat bottom. If you look at the transverse section of the hull, you can find that the upper part of the hull narrows very little, but the bottom part of the hull is not narrowed very much. The narrowing is a bit large. The lower part is a water tank. We can control the draft of the ship by adjusting the water tank. When sailing on the ocean, we will increase the draft. When we go offshore or when the weather is fine, we will Reduce the amount of water in the water tank, and then the deck we are on will move from below the waterline to the waterline, open the hatch, and the landing craft inside the hull can easily enter the sea." Marshall explained.
"For heavy equipment, such as tanks, cars and artillery, we use Guam-type tank landing craft, or LST for short. This kind of landing craft generally has a tonnage of about 400 tons, uses a flat bottom, and has a very shallow draft. It can be directly loaded with tanks when landing. , and then open the hatch, and the tank can enter the battlefield along the hatch." Marshall then took a group of people to visit the newly designed tank landing craft by the Americans.
"The width is a bit small. The displacement is not large. It may be difficult to accommodate the Wolf tank." Caliput said.
"That's right, because it is difficult for us to seal the tank and then swim it. So if we want to send the tank or vehicle to the beach, we must directly wash the beach. And this seriously limits the draft of the ship. Today it affects the ship This is also an important reason why we later gave up the plan to let the Wolf tank fight the first wave of landing battles. The Wolf tank was too heavy, and its structure was very unfriendly to landing. The pressure was too high and it could easily fall into the beach. ." Marshall explained.
"Understandable," Caliput said. Military is a systematic project, and the performance advantages of some equipment are sometimes not important in the face of the whole. The parts that can make this system operate in the most appropriate way are the best. Americans do have their own reasons for making such choices when facing such an enemy.
After understanding the US military's landing combat system, the next step is to watch the US military's breakthrough exercise. And if we simply talk about breaking through the defense line, no one in the world is more experienced than the German army. Although the drill this time was a breakthrough battle at the island landing site, the Germans still discovered some problems.
Accompanied by the roar of heavy artillery, the roar of naval guns from several cruisers and destroyers kicked off the exercise. Subsequently, outside the simulated enemy's main fire range, the landing craft began to drive out from the landing transport ship, and then prepared to launch an attack together with the tank landing ship that sailed over.
The first wave to rush up was the infantry and engineers. After the naval guns cleared the obstacles and minefields on the beach, in the preset area, the American infantry rushed onto the beach from the landing craft that opened the hatch, and then began to establish Fire support point and contact point. The engineers then used explosive equipment to clear the remaining obstacles and minefields with the support of various firepower, while the scouts began to look for the remaining fire points in the distance, and then guided the naval guns to destroy them.
When the landing site expanded to a certain extent, American tanks began to enter the battlefield. American tanks are mainly Cricket tanks produced in Germany and T1 tanks produced by themselves. The latter is equipped with a 75MML15 short-barreled howitzer. (Yes, it is a type of artillery like the M1 75MM light howitzer newly developed by the Americans.) Perhaps for the convenience of transportation and improved passability in island operations, the armored defense is also relatively limited, and the frontal defense can barely block an ordinary 57MM gun. , but the side and rear can only defend against machine gun bullets.
When various tanks rumbled onto the coast, the entire exercise entered the most critical stage. According to the script written below, it was natural for the American soldiers to break through the enemy's defense line under the cover of the tanks, and then penetrate the enemy's defense line. In the end, all Annihilated the enemy.
"Let's go to the training ground and have a look." General Caliput said. Americans are still very sincere, so the Germans must also show their serious attitude. Although he may have to fight the Americans in the future, at this time, Karupt decided to make a full gesture and get things done.
"With all due respect, if I were to deploy the defense line, then I would push the main defense line back and increase the depth of the entire battlefield. Although the offensive side is at its weakest during landing, I still don't want to be here. A naval gun that faces the attacker directly on terrain that is very friendly to the attacker." Caliput said, pointing to the very neat terrain in the distance.
This is very vague. In fact, this landing site is very good for the attacker. The terrain is flat and there are almost no broken places. There is no place to rely on the terrain to set up side attack or reverse attack positions. Moreover, the shooting range is very wide, and the rangefinder on the heavy cruiser can see from one end of the island to the other. There is no cover. This is somewhat suspected of cheating. After all, it is difficult to say whether we can encounter such a good landing site in actual combat. And even if there is, according to European soil work standards, this kind of terrain will definitely be destroyed by soil work or explosives.
In Caliput's view, the Americans' exercise this time was more like an act. Or they haven't realized the cruelty of war. It looks good, and some of the theory is good, but there are too many flaws in the execution of the last step.
"For example, for this line of defense, I will not deploy a minefield that is wide but not deep enough outside the line of defense. I will use anti-tank trenches, traps, and anti-tank belts to fragment the entire exterior, and then leave a few seemingly easy Passing areas. And these places can be easily set up as traps. I don't even need to deploy mines or viper wire around the passage. It cannot be deployed by itself. At the same time, it is within the attack range of multiple bunkers. This itself is enough to destroy all intrusions. That’s it.”
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