The amphibious landing ships of the Eighth Route Army cannot be regarded as "amphibious landing ships" in a strict sense. At most, they can only be regarded as landing ships.
It is more like the petty bourgeoisie living in modern society. They usually drive a car and drag a small boat to the beach, put it down and go to the sea to play.
Wang Xuexin originally wanted to simply build a small trailer at the rear and use a car to tow the boat to make it more convenient... This kind of small trailer has small wheels and a low chassis, making it easier and safer to launch the boat.
But after thinking about it for a while, I gave up.
The reasons are several:
First, it will be difficult to find such suitable small wheels for a while, and even if you find them, you will not have time to build such a strong enough trailer within three days.
The second is that the road surface is not up to standard and it is impossible to drive this kind of small wheel trailer... The small wheel has relatively high requirements for the ground, which should be hard and relatively flat. The uneven roads in this era can easily make the wheel unable to travel.
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Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is more secure to use a car chassis for transportation.
It is actually not difficult to solve the problem of high chassis. It is similar to the method of mounting a tank.
Just like now, when the car drove to the edge of the salt lake, the soldiers immediately placed logs on the edge of the lake and extended them to a platform more than ten meters away.
This platform was dug secretly by the soldiers after dark, just like digging a trench, except that the height was similar to the chassis of a car.
As long as the car is placed on this platform and tilted down, the landing ship will be slightly higher than the ground (note: the height of the log should be different between the two, otherwise the landing ship will not be able to push the log up).
In addition, the platform should be higher in the back and lower in the front, because this will form an oblique angle. The soldiers opened the iron drill stuck on the landing ship and smoothly pushed the landing ship onto the log without much effort.
Then it slowly pushed into the river.
One ship, two ships...
Amidst the almost imperceptible sound of water, the landing boats were launched one after another.
Everything is going smoothly, at least so far no problems have occurred.
Then the infantrymen followed one by one and boarded the landing ship.
The ship Wang Xuexin boarded was the No. 1 ship that carried Gangzi's armored vehicle, and there were several other ships carrying Monk's reconnaissance company.
The reason why the monk's reconnaissance company is brought along is because this company has been practicing street fighting, and the equipment is also designed for street fighting... submachine guns and grenades.
The current task is to enter Yuncheng and fight street battles with the enemy, so of course they are indispensable.
This is also the reason why Wang Xuexin established a mountain company without a reconnaissance company.
At first, the monk and Wang Xuexin were in great disgrace because of this.
When the monk found out that Wang Xuexin wanted to form a mountain company but he had no part in it, he went to Wang Xuexin and asked blankly: "Battalion Commander, is our reconnaissance company not doing well?"
"Very good!" Wang Xuexin replied.
This is true. The reconnaissance company has made many achievements since its establishment. The most commendable one is cooperating with the rocket artillery troops to blow up the Japanese airport.
"Did I offend the battalion commander?" the monk asked again.
Wang Xuexin was asked somewhat inexplicably: "I say, monk, if you have something to say, please tell me quickly. Don't beat around the bush like a bitch!"
At this time, the monk rolled his eyes and raised his chin and said: "Batalion Commander, you are not being kind! When it comes to being a good soldier, which troop can be as good as my reconnaissance company? You also want to form a mountain unit, how can you not have reconnaissance?
The company’s share!”
Only then did Wang Xuexin realize that it was for this reason, so he smiled and shook his head and said: "Monk, I'm not saying that the reconnaissance company is not good, but have you ever heard of the saying that there is a specialization in the art industry?"
"What?" The monk was confused when he heard this.
Wang Xuexin didn't bother to explain to the monk anymore, so he said: "Let's put it this way, you are fighting Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain, using submachine guns and grenades to fight in the streets. They are trekking through mountains and rivers. I can't let you bring ropes and climbing tools to the mountain."
Let’s fight in the streets where there are houses!”
By saying this, the monk understands that these are two types of troops used to fight in different environments.
Many modern special forces are all-powerful and can do whatever is required of them, but that is an effect that can only be achieved through long-term training, and cost-effectiveness and time costs are not considered at all. The Eighth Route Army in this era is not in a position to play like this.
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For example, if the mountain troops and the reconnaissance company were the same special forces now, there would be one less unit in Luotuoling ready to deal with the infiltration of Japanese agents at any time.
In the dark night, there were gunshots and artillery sounds everywhere, as well as flares fired by the Japanese, and searchlights were constantly shaking at the top of the city to search for targets... Wang Xuexin discovered that the landing craft did not need light guidance at all, because it gave them direction.
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Following Wang Xuexin's order, the landing ship started.
Wang Xuexin only felt a swaying under his feet, and a sense of instability in the center of gravity... After all, it was a temporarily welded ship, and there was an armored vehicle weighing several tons parked, so the balance was not very good. Wang Xuexin was a little worried that it would capsize in the lake.
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But Director Li is right about one thing. The engine of a shoulder strap is much quieter than that of a car, and the sound of pushing the blades is also not loud.
Then, amid the sound of water, thirty landing craft carrying tanks slowly drove towards the other shore.
The total width of the lake where we landed is 4.3 kilometers... This was measured by the artillery using trigonometric functions.
In order to win the battle, Wang Xuexin tried his best to achieve the ultimate in certain things.
The speed of the landing craft is about 30 kilometers per hour.
The reason why I say approximately is because this landing craft cannot do too many tests. It just goes around the river a few times to roughly know the maximum speed. Moreover, each ship has a different shape and weight, so it is impossible to accurately calculate it.
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Based on this calculation, it will take about ten minutes to cross the Salt Lake.
Wang Xuexin took out his pocket watch and looked at the time... When moving forward in the dark night, it is difficult for a ship to even know whether it has reached the shore, so each ship must calculate the time and slow down when approaching to reduce noise, and at the same time avoid using the highest speed to end the ship.
Hit the rocks on the shore.
At this time, Gangzi, who was in the armored vehicle, popped up and whispered to Wang Xuexin: "Battalion Commander, something happened. The engine of No. 3 ship is faulty and it can't move!"
The ships communicated via radios in armored vehicles and tanks.
Ship No. 3 carries a command vehicle. If this ship cannot move, it means that ten tanks will fight without anyone commanding them.
Damn it, you really know how to find someone for trouble. If you don't find anyone, just look for the command vehicle.
Wang Xuexin frowned and ordered: "Keep going!"
"Yes!" Gangzi responded and retracted his head.
Wang Xuexin stuck his head out from the landing ship and faced the cool breeze as he looked at Yuncheng, which was getting closer and closer, and the sound of gunfire was getting louder and louder. He thought to himself, success or failure depends on this.
If the Japanese were discovered by the Japanese in the middle of the lake and a barrage of artillery fire came over, everyone would probably sink into the salt lake and not be able to go back.