Major General Vladimir is responsible for training the 5th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Of course, this kind of training is divided into two steps. The first day is the navy's night amphibious landing preparation training, and the second day is the training for using the landing ship after it comes out.
Although the training time is only two days, it is enough.
On the one hand, this is because the training of the Marine Infantry Brigade is already quite good. What they lack is experience in preparing for night landings. Now they just need to get used to it.
On the other hand, the winter nights in the Soviet Union are fifteen to six hours long, which means you can train for more than ten hours a day and sleep during the day.
These are small things that can be solved. Everyone is focusing on the amphibious landing ship proposed by Shulka, because it is directly related to the casualties of the 5th Navy Infantry Brigade and even the success or failure of the beach landing operation.
Production equipment is basically not a problem. The Caucasus is an industrial area of the Soviet Union. There are many factories here, such as shipyards, automobile factories, etc., the largest of which is the oil industry.
In fact, the reason why these factories are concentrated here is because Baku has inexhaustible oil... Locating factories here will have the advantages of cheap fuel and convenient transportation, which is very important in an era when production mainly relies on fuel.
If there is any trouble, it is that the automobile factories are concentrated in the Baku area, which is some distance from Demluksky.
But these difficulties were nothing to Mekhlis. With just one phone call, he had the needed auto parts flown in from Stalingrad and even brought a group of technicians.
Then he started to work immediately. Kalashnikov directed the technicians to strengthen the parts of the hull where the wheels were to be installed... Boats are different from cars. The boat floats in the water and receives even force, so the hull does not need much
It is strong and can carry a corresponding load, but the wheels are only mounted on four points. If they are not reinforced, they will soon break or sink.
After that, the wheels are welded on the reinforced part, and a motorcycle engine is added to drive the wheels to rotate. The braking device is even a very primitive friction resistance type.
Then add the counterweight... things like engines are mainly installed at the rear of the hull, which makes the hull heavier and lighter at the same time in the water.
However, this counterweight was soon replaced by something else.
"This counterweight is a waste!" Shulka said: "Why don't we replace it with a heavy machine gun? If that's not enough, add a shield!"
"What a great idea, Shulka!" Kalashnikov's eyes widened when he heard this.
So soon, a machine gun with a shield was added to the bow of the ship, and a layer of additional armor was even added to the bow.
Soon, a strange-shaped thing appeared in front of everyone's eyes. To be honest, it was really ugly. It looked like a ship on the chassis of a car. It was a bit out of place, and it was obvious at a glance that it was a shoddy thing.
"Is this the amphibious landing ship used to attack Feodosia?" Maihelis looked at it in disbelief: "It doesn't even have a steering wheel!"
Major General Vladimir also looked helpless. In his eyes, this thing was like something a child put together while pretending to be a housekeeper.
On the contrary, Kalashnikov's face was filled with excitement and anticipation: "Yes, I know, why don't we try?"
As he spoke, Kalashnikov waved to the technicians.
But the group of technicians looked at each other, and no one dared to step forward.
Mahlis couldn't help laughing: "Look, comrade, the people who produced it don't dare to use it!"
Mahlis's behavior was a little abnormal. As a commander, when he knows that there may be problems with the plan, he should be frustrated instead of taking it as a joke.
However, this abnormal behavior is completely normal when it happens to Mahlis.
"Okunev!" Shulka called to the side.
"Yes, Comrade Captain!" The actor immediately came forward with a dozen soldiers, and then pushed the amphibious landing ship into the sea.
"Look!" Maihelis nodded approvingly: "These are our soldiers, the soldiers of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade. They are the ones who determine victory or defeat!"
The amphibious landing craft looks normal after it is launched, because the wheels and chassis have been submerged underwater and cannot be seen. At this time, it looks like a ship, an ordinary lifeboat. If there is any difference, it is the front
There's an extra heavy machine gun.
Then, the actor drove it farther, then turned around on the sea and drove to the shore as fast as possible. Then he saw the hull getting higher and higher, and soon it "crash" amidst the sound of the motor.
Rushing out of the water and onto the shore...
A group of soldiers and technicians who were watching the excitement took shelter one after another. This was because the amphibious landing ship could not control its direction, and whoever it knocked over would be unlucky.
After a while, the amphibious landing ship stopped under the control of the actor, and then everyone burst into cheers, especially Kalashnikov, who hugged Shulka excitedly and shouted: "We did it,
We did it! I said it, it worked!”
Mahlis was a little confused. He looked at everyone and asked with a puzzled expression: "Is this called success?"
"Yes, Comrade Maihelis!" Major General Vladimir nodded and explained: "They did succeed, because... this thing can prevent my soldiers from getting frostbite and freezing to death when attacking the enemy.
, it can even enhance our attack speed, firepower and defense!"
Mahlis nodded in understanding, then patted Shulka on the shoulder and said: "Yes, I said you can definitely do it, Comrade Shulka!"
"I can't guarantee that it will be safe!" Shulka said to Major General Vladimir: "To be precise, it is very dangerous, mainly because it cannot control the direction, which may make it hit something or even roll over it.
Soldiers who are fighting have been landed, but it seems this is all we can do now!"
"I know!" Major General Vladimir nodded: "But these dangers are insignificant compared to the large number of people who freeze to death after wading through the sea, don't you think?"
Shulka nodded in agreement. There was nothing scarier than the cold in this temperature.
"Great, Shulka!" Kalashnikov seemed to be completely intoxicated with the amphibious landing ship itself rather than the war.
"You know what? I think we should improve it!" Kalashnikov said.
"Yes!" Shulka said: "For example, we can add a directional control system to it, and we can also integrate its two engines into one, making it truly amphibious..."