The convoy came to the forest northwest of the town of Yakovlevo, where there was a swamp covering several kilometers. Yakov got out of the car, stood on the edge of the swamp, looked at the surrounding environment carefully, and thought about whether this place was suitable for demonstration.
hovercraft.
"How's it going, Yasha." Sokov came to him and asked tentatively: "Do you think this is okay?"
"The overall environment is good, but there are some trees in the middle of the swamp, which will block the path of the hovercraft." Yakov pointed to a sparse forest growing in an open space in the middle of the swamp and said: "I'm afraid we won't be able to deploy all the hovercrafts."
"I just want the commanders and fighters on assault missions to be familiar with the use of hovercrafts. There is no need to deploy them all." Sokov replied: "Just arrange two of the assault type and the transport type."
"Okay." Yakov felt that what Sokov said made sense, so he nodded, called an accompanying officer, and whispered a few instructions to him.
After listening to Yakov's instructions, the officer nodded and turned around to arrange for people to assemble the hovercraft.
Lunev came over and asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, do you need to call Lieutenant Colonel Dobrushin here?"
Sokov looked up at the sky. Although it was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon, it should still be four hours before dark. He nodded, "I think it's okay. Not only do we need to call Lieutenant Colonel Dobrushin over, but finally
Let him bring a company over first to get used to the use of the hovercraft."
The accompanying radio operator immediately sent a telegram to the 62nd Marine Brigade, notifying Lieutenant Colonel Dobrushin to lead a company of soldiers to the forest area to adapt to the new river crossing equipment.
Dobrushin received the telegram, read it over and over several times, and then said to his chief of staff: "Comrade chief of staff, tell me, what does the commander mean by asking me to take people over to adapt to the river crossing equipment?"
You know, we are the navy and we deal with all kinds of ships all year round. What kind of river crossing equipment have we not seen before? Do we still need to get used to it?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," the Chief of Staff said with a smile, "Since it is an order given by the commander himself, I think you should take someone over to have a look. Maybe he will give us some surprises."
"What surprises can there be?!" Dobrushin shook his head and said: "I guess it is just an ordinary ship. Comrade Commander has never fought this kind of river crossing before, so he would so solemnly ask me to take people there to adapt to crossing the river.
equipment."
Since the order was given by Sokov himself, the chief of staff knew that Dobrushin would definitely carry it out unconditionally, so he took the initiative and said: "Then I will call you immediately and transfer a company of troops to you."
"You don't need so many people." Dobrushin waved his hand and said, "I'll just take a platoon over."
"Only one platoon?" the chief of staff reminded Dobrushin: "If Comrade Commander sees that you disobey orders and bring such a small force, will you be angry?"
"I don't think so." Dobrushin said confidently, "I'll just bring a guard over there."
An hour later, Dobrushin appeared at the edge of the swamp with his platoon of guards.
Still far away, he saw four strange boats standing on the shore at the edge of the swamp. The entire hull looked like it was on a kayak. The bow was streamlined like a yacht, and there were two boats at the stern.
A huge fan.
Dobrushin quickly came to Sokov, raised his hand in salute, looked at the strange ships in the distance, and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, is this the river crossing equipment provided by our superiors?
"
"Yes, this is the river crossing equipment I asked you to adapt to." When Sokov spoke, he glanced behind Dobrushin, frowned and asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I didn't ask you to bring a
Are you able to adapt to the river-crossing equipment? But I think the people who came with you are only one platoon at best."
Sokov's words caused an embarrassed expression to appear on Dobrushin's face: "Comrade Commander, the combat backbone of our Marine Corps brigade are all from the naval fleet and can be used by almost all types of ships, so I don't think there is any
It’s necessary to bring so many people here.”
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Yakov walked up to Dobrushin, looked him up and down, and said, "This is our newly developed hovercraft. It can travel at high speed on any terrain. Your commander
Let you bring people to adapt to it, hoping to reduce your casualties during assault missions."
Sokov knew that Dobrushen had never seen a hovercraft at all, and no matter how much he said to him at this moment, he would be talking to a fool, so he said to Yakov: "Yasha, let your people demonstrate it to him first."
Yakov nodded and gestured to the officer standing next to the hovercraft, indicating that he could start.
After the officer saw Yakov's gesture, he immediately turned around and shouted to the driver of the hovercraft: "Start!"
As the order was given, everyone first saw the huge fan at the rear of the ship rotating at high speed. Then, the ship slowly advanced and slowly sailed into the swamp.
"Comrade Commander," Lunev asked worriedly when he saw the hovercraft sailing into the swamp: "This swamp is not small. The hovercraft won't get stuck in it and won't be able to get out, right?"
"Don't worry." Yakov heard what Lunev said and quickly comforted him and said: "The hovercraft can travel on any complex terrain and will never get stuck in a swamp."
As he spoke, the hovercraft accelerated and rushed to the other end of the swamp like an arrow, leaving only ripples on the water surface of the swamp.
Seeing the hovercraft rushing towards the other end of the swamp at such a fast speed, Dobrushin clenched his hands nervously and said excitedly: "Oh my God, this is the first time I have seen a hovercraft in the swamp.
Such a fast ship."
"Colonel Yakov." Seeing the hovercraft rushing to the other side of the swamp, Runev pulled Yakov and asked: "Can this hovercraft only go straight, or can it turn?"
"Of course it can turn, Comrade General." Yakov said proudly: "The hovercraft can turn on the water as flexibly as a car can turn on land."
After the hovercraft rushed to the other side of the swamp, it made a sharp turn on the shore and drove quickly towards the starting point.
Dobrushen looked at the hovercraft rushing over and couldn't help but his eyes shone: "It's at least five hundred meters from here to the other side of the swamp. But this new type of boat took less than a minute to get there.
Finished the whole race..."
Before Dobrushin could finish his emotion, Sokov interrupted and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Dobrushin, I plan to hand over these hovercrafts to your brigade for assault use."
"Really, Comrade Commander." Dobrushin grabbed Sokov's arm and asked, unable to hide the smile on his face: "Are these new ships really for us?"
"That's right," Sokov nodded and said, "If after the attack starts, the commanders and fighters of your brigade take this kind of hovercraft, even if the starting point is still two to three hundred meters away from the shore, you can definitely make it within one or two minutes.
, just pass through the river and rush directly in front of the enemy, leaving them without any time to react, thus reducing the casualties of the troops during the assault mission."
After seeing the hovercraft land and stop not far away, Sokov gently pushed Dobrushin on the shoulder and said: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, hurry up and take your people over to take a look."
, strive to adapt to the use of hovercraft as soon as possible, which will be very helpful to you in the next battle."
Dobrushin agreed and took the troops to learn the functions of the hovercraft and experience the feeling of riding a hovercraft. But after taking a few steps, Dobrushin stopped and turned to Sokov: "Commander
Comrade Comrade, please give my chief of staff a call and ask him to send two more companies of soldiers over. I want my subordinates to learn the use of this new type of ship in the shortest possible time."
Sokov waved his hand at Dobrushin, indicating that he understood. When Dobrushin saw that Sokov agreed to send a telegram to the brigade headquarters, Dobrushin couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly led his men towards the hovercraft.
"Comrade Commander," Lunev said confidently, looking at Dobrushin and the soldiers retreating in the background: "As long as our army is equipped with hovercrafts, it will be much easier to carry out any cross-river combat missions in the future."
"Comrade Military Commissar, once the enemy knows that we have this kind of hovercraft, they will come up with countermeasures sooner or later." Seeing that Lunev was getting carried away, Sokov reminded him: "Hovercraft can indeed operate on many complex terrains.
It can travel, but it is not omnipotent. Once the enemy erects barbed wire or lays minefields in front of the riverside position, it will still pose a huge threat to the hovercraft."
"Misha is right." Yakov agreed in time: "There are only a few sparse small trees in the middle of the swamp, so during the demonstration, our hovercraft had to find a way to avoid it to avoid damage to the hull. etc.
Once the hovercraft is officially put into combat, the enemy will know of its existence, and then they will definitely find ways to develop countermeasures to hinder the actions of our hovercraft."
"Let's talk about the future later." Sokov doesn't care at all whether the Germans will come up with a way to deal with the hovercraft. After all, this is a black technology that appeared in advance because of him. If the Germans can really find restraint
The worst way to do this is to launch other things in advance.
"Comrade Military Commissar, immediately arrange for people to guard these areas and not let German scouts sneak in, so as not to let the enemy know about the hovercraft in advance." Sokov said to Lunev: "In this way, our hovercraft will be very
The chance to win by surprise was lost.”
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Lunev nodded and replied: "Colonel Khokhlov's 182nd Infantry Division is stationed not far from here. I can give them this task. Although
The soldiers they recruited in the early stage are basically old and weak soldiers. These people may not play a big role on the battlefield, but if they are used for security duties, they should be more than enough."
"Yes." Sokov nodded slightly and said, "Then let's leave the security mission to Colonel Khokhlov."
"Comrade Commander, there is one more thing I want to talk to you about."
"what's up?"
"How are you going to arrange Asiya?"
"Asia?" Sokov asked with some confusion: "What happened to her?"
"That's it," Lunev lowered his voice and said to Sokov: "Didn't she and several female health workers be kidnapped by the enemy last time? Although the review of them within the army has ended, Aparna
Regarding future matters, the University of Science and Technology once specifically mentioned this matter to me, saying that our review at that time was too formal and wanted us to review it again."
Knowing that Apanashenko was paying attention to Asiya's affairs, Sokov couldn't help but frowned: "What kind of re-examination is he going to do?"
"I'm not sure about this." Lunev spread his hands and said helplessly: "If we go by the previous review, I'm afraid Asiya won't be able to stay in the army."
"Comrade Military Commissar, tell me, what should we do?"
"Actually, the method is very simple." Lunev said: "You can transfer her to the field hospital of the army group, so that she is within your jurisdiction. If anyone wants to harm her, you can also do it in the shortest time.
Know within time.”
Sokov strongly agrees with Lunev's statement. If Asiya continues to stay in the 182nd Infantry Division, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Even if something goes wrong, he may have to wait for a long time.
He knew that even the day lilies might be cold by then. Wanting to understand this, he turned to Lunev and said: "Comrade Military Commissar, I will leave it to you to take charge of how to arrange Asia."
Yakov, who was standing aside, saw that Sokov and Lunev had been muttering in a low voice. At first, he thought the two were discussing about the hovercraft, but after watching for a while, he found that Sokov's expression was solemn, as if he had met someone.
If there was any problem, he took two steps closer and asked curiously: "Misha, what happened?"
Hearing Yakov's question, Sokov couldn't help but hesitate. But then he thought about it. Yakov was also captured by the Germans in the early days of the war, and he led his own people to rescue him from the prisoner of war camp. So, Ah?
The fact that Thea was captured by the enemy didn't seem to be a big deal.
So he told Yakov about Asiya's capture by the German army some time ago, and finally said: "Now it seems that someone is planning to do harm to her. Comrade Military Commissar and I are considering how to settle her."
"Misha, it turns out that's what happened." After Yakov figured out what was going on, he said to Sokov carelessly: "If you trust me, I can let her work in the weapons and equipment department as a salesperson in the military factory.
Factory doctor. I believe no one within my jurisdiction can embarrass her."
"Comrade Commander," Lunev's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard what Yakov said, and he said to Sokov: "I think Colonel Yakov's proposal is good. Let Asiya go to the Weapons and Equipment Department. This is a good idea."
For her, it is undoubtedly the most suitable."
This chapter has been completed!