Yang Mingzhi picked up the newspaper and immediately saw the explosive headline, the so-called "Strong Allied Transport Fleet Returns Strongly."
Suppressing the trembling of his hands, he quickly read the entire article.
The common people in the Soviet Union made many jokes about Pravda, as if it had become a "false newspaper". The Soviet Union is still in the Stalin era, and it is in the midst of a cruel war. The editors of Pravda seized the opportunity to boost the morale of the people and published it on a large scale.
The reports are reasonable and reasonable.
They often use the main page to promote battles or battle victories, and selectively do not report cases of Soviet defeats.
This time, the front page described the fierce street fighting in Stalingrad, and the second page announced that the Allies had restarted the Arctic route and that large amounts of supplies were being shipped continuously.
The PQ fleet, which was nearly annihilated by the German navy in June, is back with a new look!
This time, the British and American navies formed a more powerful convoy fleet, so-called three battleships, two aircraft carriers, and fifteen cruisers and destroyers to send fifty transport ships to the Soviet Union.
Yes, this is how the newspapers described the number of Allied escort ships and cargo ships. Of course Yang Mingzhi did not believe that Britain and the United States would launch such a "nation-destroying fleet" with great fanfare to escort a transport fleet with a more terrifying total tonnage.
How strange! Fifty transport ships and more than twenty escort ships! It was really majestic. The Royal Navy almost dispatched the core of its main force! It was as if their escort of the fleet was fake and they wanted to fight the German army again. "
It's like a "Jutland"-style naval battle.
Yang Mingzhi thought for a moment and immediately understood the clues. What is conspiracy? This is it! There must be many German spies in the Soviet-controlled areas, and the German intelligence system is not stupid.
The transport fleet labeled "Eighteenth" had indeed set off, so Pravda's nonsense could boost the morale of the Soviet people and perhaps interfere with the judgment of the German army.
No matter what the data is, the newspaper at least announced a very important thing from the official position of the Soviet Union - the Allied Arctic route for Soviet aid has now been launched again.
In fact, the newspaper exaggerated that the sailing Allied fleet has 35 cargo ships and a total of 20 escort ships. The fleet does have a strong combat effectiveness, but they are traveling on the Arctic route, which is full of dangers, and are in conflict with Germany.
The encounter with Fleet Z is a certainty. A fierce battle is inevitable. Yang Mingzhi believes that most of the large quantities of lunch meat, butter blocks, and even pure flour in the cargo will arrive successfully.
This is a real help in times of need! While the fierce fighting in South Russia was in full swing, it happened to be the wheat harvest season of the Soviet Union, and we received a powerful logistical resource from the allies, coupled with a steady stream of military support from the Soviet Union.
How did the Soviet Union lose the Battle of Stalingrad?!
Yang Mingzhi closed the newspaper, suppressed his inner excitement and said calmly: "I understand. It seems that the army has a second logistics force. Modern war is also a logistics war. Our logistics strength is stronger than the enemy's and we have more troops than the enemy."
, we will definitely win.”
"Haha! Your words make me excited. Comrade General, please listen to me describe today's arrangements."
"OK!"
Yang Mingzhi learned that the military column was about to arrive at Nizhny Novgorod, one of the important cities on the journey.
Yang Mingzhi had the most basic understanding of the existence of Novgorod. When the Mongol Empire destroyed Kievan Rus and ruled one Slavic principality after another. In the end, the only remaining Slavic world in the Slavic world was the Principality of Moscow, which had certain autonomy.
, and the Novgorod Republic that surrendered to Mongolia.
Novgorod was able to make concessions to the aggressive Mongol Empire precisely because she had good strength, and this strength came from the large amount of food produced by this fertile land.
Throughout Soviet Russia, whether in occupied areas or Soviet-controlled areas, the important autumn harvest is about to begin. The so-called autumn harvest is the harvest of wheat. Before the wheat harvest, the latest season of potatoes has been harvested.
There are a large number of potatoes in the warehouse in Nizhny Novgorod, and the Soviet logistics department allocates some of them and transports them by train to several large cities in the east along the railway line, especially the industrial town of Novosibirsk.
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The city finally entered the urban area, and a large number of Stalin-style residential buildings that looked exactly the same appeared in front of people.
The train slowed down, and the roaring whistle was an alarm, notifying the train station staff that the train had arrived.
Yang Mingzhi put on his coat and put a big-brimmed hat on his head to protect his head from catching cold.
"I've been suffocating in the carriage for too long. I should go down to get some fresh air early in the morning. Felyudov, when the military train stops, you don't object to me getting off the train, do you?"
"That's your freedom, but we will always be with you."
"Yes, my freedom is also your mission."
The luxury carriage was very lively now, with Grishenko and his comrades gathered here. Yang Mingzhi said by the way: "You ten people, don't crowd here like sentries to keep warm. Come down with me. I know."
You must be exhausted, go down and smoke."
Grishenko and others showed happy smiles.
No matter how luxurious the carriages are, they are like cramped prisons. Some soldiers even joked that we were sitting in a "submarine" with a view of the scenery along the way.
Everyone was happy to get out of the car and rest for a while, and Yang Guo was even more happy.
Yang Mingzhi had already changed his clothes, and he was sitting on the leather chair, waiting to change and walk out of the box.
"It must be very cold outside, you'd better dress warmly enough." He believed that his wife would definitely obey his instructions.
The door finally opened.
Wearing a domed white fox fur hat, a sable fur coat, and leather shoes with cotton added, a short girl stood in front of Yang Mingzhi.
The thick clothes ensured warmth and also covered her changing figure.
Her smile was so intoxicating. Yang Mingzhi looked at it dreamily, falling into infinite happiness.
"Brother, what do you think of me dressed like this?"
"Yeah! You look good. Buying this outfit for you is really the best decision I made."
"Well, maybe I can buy lipstick in Moscow and I'll look better."
"Maybe there are stores in Nizhny Novgorod..."
Yang Mingzhi shrugged and waited for the military column to finally stop.
The large amount of steam accompanying the train entered the ramp. From here, the two-lane road quickly turned into a four-lane road. Finally, the military train entered the station, a station with ten railway tracks.
Of course, it may have more than ten roads. Yang Mingzhi seemed to have seen some branch roads that were separated from the main roads. After all, this was also an important big city in the Soviet Union. He was really impressed by its powerful transportation capabilities in a state of war.
After a violent shaking, the military column finally came to a standstill with a huge amount of steam.
The closed door slowly opened, and the responding train station staff put a wooden board on the door of the luxury car so that the passengers could stand directly on the platform.
"It seems that they have been waiting for this military train for a long time. Alas, the rain has not stopped yet, thanks to the large shed at the train station that blocks the rain."
First, the guards filed out. Yang Mingzhi held his wife's hand tightly, facing the cold and earthy north wind, and stepped on the damp platform.
"Ah! It's so refreshing!" Carambola took a deep breath, and his whole body was refreshed, and the fatigue of the journey was reduced by half.
"Honey, it's too cold here."
"No, it's much warmer than our hometown in the Northeast, hehe."
It was obvious that his wife was in a good mood. Seeing her happy face, Yang Mingzhi was also pleased.
"Let's go. It's rare to come out for some air, so let's take a walk. I've heard that pregnant women who walk more often will have a smoother delivery of their children."
"You...hum, who did you listen to? Is it Anne?"
"It's good for you anyway."
Yang Tao deliberately pouted her little mouth to show her dissatisfaction, which to a discerning eye would be obvious. She hugged her husband's left arm, and the couple, followed by a group of guards, walked aimlessly on the platform.
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The baby in the belly is already detectably moving. By the time of Lao Maozi's New Year's Day, the baby might be born. Giving birth is very painful, right? Isn't it more painful than being shot in a war?
"Oh, I'm really afraid of pain. But as a woman, I have to go through this hurdle."
She forced herself not to think about it, and now she focused all her energy on admiring the magnificent train.
After observing the long and narrow military column from close range, Yang Tao was surprised to find that it was so majestic!
The huge steam locomotive has huge wheels, and the front of the locomotive is still releasing steam mixed with a burnt smell. Kong Wu, a powerful and black-clad stoker, got out of the car and complemented the huge machinery. Yang Tao can only describe it as "great"
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Suddenly, there was another piercing whistle from the front of the car, and a large amount of steam spewed out of the chimney, as if to reduce the pressure of the boiler.
The temperature was low and the mist was extremely thick. The mist quickly sank to the platform, like a big wave, rushing towards Grishenko and others, and then involved Yang Mingzhi and his wife.
"I'm going for it! It's really steampunk, so exciting."
"Hey? Brother, what did you just say? What kind of customer is Steam?"
"It's steampunk, remember this word." Yang Mingzhi was excited and hugged his wife's waist, "The fog is too thick, let's move back."
The whistle just sounded sudden and harsh. It stands to reason that the military train has stopped, and the many porters at the train station should start unloading and loading. Now, it seems that the military train has other actions.
Just when the fog filled the air, the separation between the front of the train and the carriage behind it had been completed! The whistle was also a signal, so when the fog was blown away by the breeze, Yang Mingzhi noticed that the comrade conductor was standing at the railing of the front of the train.
Fenli gestured with the platform personnel, and the front of the car completely detached itself from the carriage and started moving forward.
"Huh? Brother, what's going on? The front of our car is gone." Yang Tao looked confused.
"Maybe... maybe it's to change the front end of the car?" Yang Mingzhi could only think of this, "Let's wait and see and see what else Lao Maozi can do."
Yang Mingzhi has never seen a steam train change its locomotive in his life. In this regard, he is as innocent as his beloved wife.
He took his wife and a group of guards, and everyone watched with wide eyes as the front of the car pulled the coal car, turned onto another track through the ramp, and gradually turned into the building and disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Either it needs maintenance, or this locomotive is no longer needed." Yang Mingzhi muttered in Russian.
Feryudov immediately interjected: "It should be replaced with a better front end."
"Oh? You know."
"I guess, let's wait and see."
After a while, there was another long, majestic and powerful whistle. Yang Mingzhi remembered that the train conductor talked to him a lot, but did not mention the matter of stopping to change the front of the car. Maybe it was a temporary decision? Listen to the whistle, it seems
Just need to change the front end of the car!
Yang Mingzhi guessed correctly that the front end of the car was to be replaced. He never expected that the new one was not a new front end, but three cars in series!
Three locomotives are strung together, and three times the number brings three times the power. The appearance of the locomotives has also changed a lot, for example, the boiler is larger.
"Maybe, the horsepower can be increased five times?"
This is an era without electric train technology, and it has existed for more than a hundred years and will last for another half century. Trains follow this routine, that is, if the power of a locomotive is insufficient, add more locomotives.
At the Nizhny Novgorov Railway Station, the military train became a three-car engine. What did this mean? Yang Mingzhi immediately figured it out and couldn't help but sigh: "Scrap copper and iron are unloaded in Kazan, and the remaining empty carriages are stuffed into
Potatoes, a small amount of flour, and more than fifty train leather sections, how much does it weigh in total?"
Yang Mingzhi, who put on his eyes, suddenly became sharp-eyed. From a distance, he could clearly see the inscriptions on the freight caravans. It was said that these long, narrow and uniform carriages had a standard dead weight of sixteen tons.
If it's potatoes, how many can be packed into one carriage? There must be forty or fifty tons! Calculated based on forty tons of cargo, the total weight of one carriage is about sixty tons! With more than fifty carriages, the total will definitely exceed
Three thousand tons.
Yang Mingzhi calculated this result in his mind, and his forehead was filled with water drops.
"General? Are you sweating?" Grishenko asked as he came closer.
"Yes, I'm surprised!"
"Yes, it's the first time I've seen three cars connected in series. Why is this happening?"
"Maybe there is too much cargo to be hauled. I guess there are at least two thousand tons of cargo to be transported, and maybe more!"
"Ah, it's so heavy. Three cars should...should be enough." Grishenko was shocked by the general's estimate. The actual situation was even more terrifying!
After adjusting the front of the military train, is the total weight really only more than 3,000 tons?
Big mistake! The current military column has turned into a steel python with a length of 1,100 meters. The belly of the python contains a large amount of metal and a large amount of food. How much does all the cargo add up to? The weight has exceeded
Four thousand tons!
The total weight of this military train is close to 6,000 tons, which has fully reached the transportation standards of railway freight trains in the 21st century! It's just that the steam locomotive in this time and space is not very powerful, which is why the "three consecutive locomotives" are spectacular.
scene.
Based on this kind of thinking, more train carriages can be connected, and if one or two trains are connected in series, its transportation capacity will be even crazier.
"If a large number of soldiers were needed on the front line, they would be tempted to cram a brigade of officers and soldiers into one military column, right?" Yang Mingzhi couldn't help but think about it. (To be continued)