Rise from the sword

Chapter 752

October [-]th.

Southeast Asia, Andaman Sea, Motama Bay, Port Mon.

Six o'clock in the morning.

He Cheng, who finished his three-kilometer regular morning run every day, wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked into the dormitory, and began to organize his equipment.

He is a native of Guangdong Province, originally from Lufeng Jinxiang. His family conditions were good when he was a child. Although he was not a wealthy family, his parents could support him in studying. Unfortunately, when he was 13 years old, his family changed. His parents took him away from home and went south to the French colonies to make a living. .

The children of the poor are in charge early.

Since the age of 13, He Cheng has worked as a part-time worker, planing grain in the field, working as a mechanical apprentice in a factory, and working as a small car worker. At the age of 15, he boarded a French fishing boat by chance to do odd jobs, and has been stable since then. down.

This stay is five years.

Five years of doing odd jobs on fishing boats made him strong and strong, and he also became proficient in water. During this period, he himself studied for a few years and also learned half a bowl of ink from the French captain who had been in the Republic of China for ten years—— I have no problem reading and writing French and Chinese characters, and I also learned to repair that old German diesel engine.

Three years ago, the fishing boat encountered a Japanese patrol warship and was sunk. The captain followed his beloved fishing boat and sank in the Gulf of Thailand, but he survived by luck.

Since then, he can only take his parents in poor health around, struggling to survive. Half a year ago, after the devil's complete failure, he finally settled down. pregnancy.

Before he could tinker with his own fishing boat, two and a half months ago, he saw the notice of recruiting sailors from the expeditionary force.

After only a second of hesitation, he chose to sign up.

In the past six months, although the life is still difficult, the parents are not in good health and cannot do physical work, and the mother is sick and has to take medicine for a long time, but with the entry of domestic businessmen, the price of food has plummeted, and the price of medicine has also plummeted. It is gradually hopeful, and it is easier to find jobs, and all this comes from the arrival of the expeditionary force and the prosperity of the country.

If it wasn't for the fact that his parents couldn't afford to travel around, he would have planned to go back to his hometown. It is said that people with skills can find a good job.

Coupled with the abundant military salary, it was enough to make life easy for his parents, and he wanted to go back to China to fight devils back then, but he couldn't get rid of the regret that he couldn't escape, so he went straight to the registration point after a second of hesitation.

Parents are very supportive of this.

Thanks to his very good cultural level, which reached the high school level, his five-year fishing boat career, accumulated rich engine maintenance skills, and good physical foundation, he passed the recruit training and officially entered the army in just one and a half months.

Then, half a month ago, he was willing to use his brain and study hard to pass the assessment and became the deputy chief engineer of the engine room of the Warring States-class battleship. His parents were also taken to the domestic safety hospital by plane for treatment.

When he fully masters the power repair and maintenance of the Sengoku-class battleship, he will be able to become the chief engineer of the engine room, replacing today's devil technicians.

Three minutes later, He Cheng sorted out all the equipment, including new military uniforms and guns, walked out of the army dormitory, and followed the large team to the port to board the majestic first ship of the Warring States class.

After counting the collection, he went all the way to the engine room.

"I don't know how long it will take for us to master this thing!"

Looking at the big guy in front of him, eight oil-fired boilers and four steam turbines, He Cheng's teammates wiped their foreheads.

Although it is the latest power system in the United States, and the manufacturing quality control is much better than the original American version, after all, there are material and design defects here, and it also requires a large number of technicians to carefully maintain and maintain, and the work intensity is quite high.

Failures can also occur.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult for half a year."

Someone shook his head:

"Even the ghost technicians haven't fully figured it out, and we don't have any foundation at all..."

There is no problem with the normal maintenance process. Half a month has passed, and after many training sessions, everyone has mastered it.

However, in the event of an emergency failure, how to find and eliminate the problem, how to judge the operating status, and even how to operate the main engine in a timely and correct manner after receiving the captain's order, everyone has no idea.

Even, soldiers who have served in the navy.

"take it easy."

He Cheng took a deep breath and cheered for everyone:

"We have to study hard and study hard. If there is anything we don't understand, we can read the manual by ourselves, look at the pictures for guidance, or consult technical experts from Ping'an County."

No one answered, all lowered their heads, demoralized.

That being said, moreover, the technical experts from Ping'an County are very professional, and can easily solve almost all problems, and there are video tutorials, but such an advanced warship makes everyone feel uncertain.

The instructions are really thick, the steam turbine maintenance manual alone has millions of words, not to mention that they are responsible for the maintenance of the entire ship's power and electrical system.

At the beginning, everyone was full of confidence, but after so many days of practical training and learning, many things were messed up, and there was still no progress after making a lot of troubles, and everyone's confidence was almost gone.

We have to find a way to boost everyone's morale.

Looking at the still frustrated crowd, He Cheng's expression remained unchanged, but he was anxious.

After thinking about it in his heart, he quickly thought of a way:

"We can't be discouraged. Everyone doesn't want it. The engine room of our battleship has always been controlled by devils."

After the words fell, everyone's originally dejected eyes flashed unwillingly.

In the past few years, everyone has been bullied by the devils, and countless people have fallen under the devil's guns. Although the devils in the warship have not done anything serious at this time, they are still prisoners, but they are also former devil soldiers, and they control themselves How could they be happy with such a warship?
"Yes, we have to study quickly, and we have to drive this warship by ourselves, otherwise, in future wars, others will think it was fought by a little devil! How can we hold our heads up in front of our parents when we go home?"

"That's right, if devils can do it, why can't we?"

"Could it be that we are worse than devils?"

"..."

As soon as devils were mentioned, everyone stopped bowing their heads and raised their heads one after another. In a few words, the morale of the engine room members was instantly full, and everyone was full of fighting spirit.

"No wonder..."

Looking at He Cheng, who raised everyone's morale to the top with a single sentence, he thought that the old navy sailor was stunned.

No wonder, this man who has only been in the army for more than two months has been promoted to be the deputy chief engineer. He is one of the candidates for the chief engineer. With this skill alone, he really has the ability to command and lead.

"General Chu said that if we perform well, we might be able to serve on Dynasty-class battleships!"

He Cheng threw out another message.

"Really?"

The crowd suddenly boiled.

Although their Sengoku-class battleship is very powerful, comparable to the strongest battleships of European and American powers, but compared to the Dynasty-class, it is not 01:30.Otherwise, why let them, a group of half-novices, master the engine room?
Dynasty-class battleships equipped with missiles are the most advanced warships in the world.

If he can serve at the dynasty level, wouldn't it be more face-saving to go home?Parents can walk with their backs straight at home.

"Captain Chu can lie to people?"

"Also, Commander Chu made it clear that he will go to support the army in October!"

He Cheng gave everyone blood again, and everyone went to work one after another.

It is very troublesome to start the steam turbine, because it uses heavy oil, which cannot be ignited alone, and has a high viscosity. It needs to be ignited with diesel oil, and the heavy oil is heated to make it flow into the combustion chamber for combustion.Then you have to wait for the boiler water to boil to reach the working temperature and generate steam with sufficient pressure. If it is a completely cold start, it will take ten hours.

Of course, for warships during the war readiness period, the boilers are operated at the lowest power, and the steam pressure is maintained, and the startup is very fast.

Half an hour later, a fleet of two battleships, two heavy cruisers, and two destroyers left Port Meng.

As for the aircraft carrier, due to the lack of sailors, this kind of uncle who needs a large number of technical arms to serve has not yet been put into use, and is parked in the port for some pilots to train for take-off and landing.

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October [-]th.

early morning.

Cherbourg.

"The Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, and the No.12 Army under the command of General Keith have successfully landed and occupied the Great Saint Mayon, and are currently attacking Rennes."

Eisenhower received a message from the staff.

One month after Bayeux's disastrous defeat, that is, thirteen days ago, he attacked the Siegfeller defense line again, but the old fox used Caen as a node to build a whole deep and multi-layered defense line, with a large number of anti-aircraft towers as nodes, and then Coupled with the large number of mobile troops deployed in Caen, his more than 100 million troops attacked for five consecutive days with almost no results.

He also suffered heavy losses.

Trapped on the Cotentin Peninsula, the Allies were unable to occupy all of Normandy, let alone go any further.

So Eisenhower directly changed his thinking, took advantage of the Allied forces, and took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Germans was restrained by the Normandy attacking force. He repeated the same trick and landed in the Brittany area next to the Normandy region.

This move seems to have completely exceeded the enemy's expectations.

The 30 landing troops easily captured the landing field. After the subsequent 50 troops landed, they quickly advanced as if they were in an uninhabited territory. In just three days, they directly occupied more than [-]% of the Brittany region.

"very good."

Eisenhower nodded in satisfaction.

After Bayeux failed, the country was very dissatisfied with him, especially when something happened to the president suddenly. He continues to hold the position of supreme command in Europe.

But dissatisfaction persists.

Now, if the Brittany region is occupied, domestic dissatisfaction will naturally disappear.

"How's the loss?"

Eisenhower asked.

Although it was beyond the expectations of the so-called "Desert Fox", when its forces were empty, it used a large number of landing craft to forcibly project a large number of troops and heavy equipment to quickly occupy the Brittany region, but those air defense towers still stood in the way of him. The attacking force caused heavy casualties.

"Preliminary statistics show that the casualties are around [-], and our army accounts for about one-third."

The staff officer replied.

Casualties, not deaths.

"understood."

Eisenhower breathed a sigh of relief.

Generally speaking, the number of casualties, 70.00% of them are injuries, 30.00% are deaths, [-] casualties, that is [-] deaths, and only one third of them are US troops.

This figure is perfectly acceptable.

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October [-]th.

Paris, France.

Old Fox Command Room.

"General, why did you give Brittany to the enemy?"

A staff officer couldn't help asking.

Although the strength of the Western Front is far inferior to that of the Allied Forces, the total strength of the Allied Forces participating in the offensive is currently close to 700 million, while they are only 470 million, of which 100 million are still stationed in eastern France as a reserve force. In fact, very few of them can actually fight. , but stopping the Allied forces in Brittany is not a problem.

"No need."

The old fox shook his head, but did not explain in detail:

"Look for yourself slowly!"

Today, all the elite German armored divisions are equipped with the new No. [-] tanks, and even some elite "allies" units are also equipped with the new No. [-] tanks, which has greatly increased their combat effectiveness.

In terms of the air force, with the addition of 'allies' pilots, his combat aircraft on the western front has also expanded to [-]. With the mobile anti-aircraft artillery, it can basically guarantee the air defense of the armored forces.

Although the number of troops is insufficient for the enemy, in terms of armor strength, it surpasses the allied forces. In addition, the anti-aircraft tower groups in several important node cities and the rapid replenishment ability brought by the 'warehouse' are far beyond.

He has an absolute advantage in armored forces fighting in groups.

This is also an important reason why Bayeux was able to annihilate 30 US troops.

But Brittany and Normandy, from the map, are two prominent peninsulas. Even if the terrain is flat, it is not suitable for large-scale combat by armored forces. It is better to let the enemy in.

As long as the enemy cannot take Caen and Rennes, they will be trapped on these two peninsulas.

Then, I can take advantage of the advantages of logistics supplies and armored mobile forces to play a game of mobile tank group battles with the Allies in the wide French plains.

(End of this chapter)