artillery arc

Chapter 175: The Lieutenant General will teach you how to get supplies (30000 monthly votes for additional updates)

Wang Zhong: "My brother still wants to go see... He arrived at St. Catherine's Castle so early, why didn't he just go back to his home?"

"Who knows. I'm not your butler. Let's get down to business."

Wang Zhong stared at Chekhov for a few seconds: "No need to fill out the form this time?"

"You can fill it in if you want," Lieutenant General Chekhov said.

Wang Zhong: "No, I don't want to fill it out. But didn't you say last time that filling out the form is a special matter?"

"You misunderstood. You still need to have the form, but we can do it for you. Anyway, with so many forms thrown there, no one will really look at them carefully. The key lies in the content summarized on the dispatch sheet.

"It is illegal to operate like this, but how urgent the war situation is, and even the crown prince has died for his country, then of course some red tape can be omitted."

Lieutenant General Chekhov spread his hands.

Good guy, this guy simply didn’t want to stick to the pan last time, so he followed the entire process.

"Now the focus of the Air Force is to protect St. Yekaterina Fort. Most of the MiG-3s are deployed near St. Yekaterina Fort. Some destroyer groups have been sent to the front line, but not many." Chekhov said ,"what else?"

This is true.

However, he planned to ask for thirty vehicles. Including the leftovers from the previous game, there were thirty-six vehicles. However, the remaining ones from the previous game were all sent back to the factory for repairs, and it was estimated that it would take at least half a month to return them.

"No. We don't have ready-made T34s now. If you tell us your needs, we will give you the T34s that will come off the production line in the future factory."

Wang Zhong: "First build a battalion, and then I want heavy mortars. I hope to strengthen the infantry battalion with heavy mortars."

Wang Zhong pointed to the sky: "I am also forced by the war. The enemy likes to use reconnaissance planes to observe our artillery positions and then bombard them. If there are not enough MiG-3s to knock out the high-altitude reconnaissance planes, they can only use Heavy mortars are coming to cover enemy occupied positions."

Wang Zhong: "I want thirty vehicles, and you don't have to worry about the crew."

Special handling is special handling within the process framework.

"This is really not much. The main production factories are retreating, and now the output has basically returned to zero. But the production capacity of 45mm guns is sufficient. How much do you want?"

Lieutenant General Chekhov jotted down on the notebook open in front of him: "One battalion, not bad. Not too much."

"Do you have so many tank crews? No, no, this is not appropriate. And if you want so many at once, other people will have objections. Our logistics headquarters is mainly a water department, understand?" Lieutenant General Chekhov stepped forward. Qing stared at Wang Zhong and said, "Don't do so much at once. The correct approach is to have a large total amount, but each item is small and scattered among countless requirements."

Wang Zhong: "Okay, then I want T34."

Wang Zhong: “Then I’ll buy 100 cars!”

"How many tankmen do you have? Did you lose a lot in Aorachi?"

"You have two regiments?" Chekhov asked.

"That's six heavy mortar companies, which is not too much. In fact, the requirements for heavy mortars on the front line are not high now. Everyone is shouting 'anti-tank anti-tank'."

Wang Zhong: "How much do you suggest I take?"

Wang Zhong: "Heavy artillery, my artillery regiment has lost all its heavy artillery, and my anti-aircraft battalion is gone. Give me at least 24 152 howitzers."

Wang Zhong: "Yes, two infantry regiments."

"Then there's ZIS3..."

Even if the surviving tank crews of the Fifth Tank Corps were added, Wang Zhong could not muster thirty tank crews.

Lieutenant General Chekhov raised his eyebrows: "Don't you want B4? Is the experience not good?"

Wang Zhong: "It's too bulky, and the loading is too slow. It's really not as convenient as the 152 howitzers. Instead of replenishing me with B4, it's better to replenish me with 12 more 152 howitzers."

"The enemy's artillery firepower at the division level is very strong, and it is even more powerful at the corps level. In the absence of army-level or even campaign-level artillery cluster support, we must have strong enough firepower."

Wang Zhong's words actually transcend time and space. It is impossible for Ant's officers to be aware of the artillery firepower configuration of the Prosen Army. At most, they know "a lot."

But Wang Zhong had read a lot of war history. He knew that Sandezi's artillery was mainly dispersed at the division level, and even knew Sandezi's specific artillery firepower configuration.

Lieutenant General Chekhov made a note in his notebook, then raised his head and asked, "Are there any more?"

Wang Zhong: "I want a BM13 rocket launcher."

Lieutenant General Chekhov frowned: "How did you know that such a weapon existed?"

At this time, the existence of rocket launchers was still a secret. Even long after the weapons were put on the front line, the troops did not know that the model of this thing was BM13, so it was nicknamed Katyusha.

Wang Zhong smiled: "The Crown Prince and I are good buddies." Lieutenant General Chekhov exclaimed: "Yes. You...are you really going to become a prince?"

"No." Wang Zhong said firmly, "Anyway, can it be done?"

"No, all rocket launchers are being used intensively and will not be rationed to you, so give up."

Wang Zhong sighed and could only give up. He began to think about what other weapons were more powerful at this time that he could win over.

At this time, Lieutenant General Chekhov said: "Because of the experience on the front line, we have produced an incendiary bomb with a simple structure. It is much more effective and safer than the one you make with wine bottles. It also has an automatic ignition function with white phosphorus. When it is turned on, The lid will spontaneously ignite.”

Wang Zhong: "Really?"

"Really. The Troop Response Molotov cocktail is very useful, but it needs to be ignited before throwing. Sometimes the fuel will spill out and ignite the grenadier when throwing... So the engineers of the design bureau made targeted improvements."

Wang Zhong: "That's good, I want enough."

Chekhov continued: "Also, we have accelerated the mass production of the Deshka heavy machine gun, which is much more powerful than the previous old machine guns."

Wang Zhong: "Yes, it happened that we lost all our heavy machine guns when we broke out from Orachi, and now our troops only have DP light machine guns. Our light weapons gap is not big, but if we have Tokarev semi-automatic, the more the better."

Lieutenant General Chekhov nodded: "We also tried to imitate some enemy combat armors, which can be used by your combat engineers. Do you have combat engineers?"

Wang Zhong: "No, but I can have it. Yes!"

Lieutenant General Chekhov: "There are also light mortars, which would be very good as a support weapon for the infantry company..."

"Yes!" Wang Zhong said in advance, "Wait a minute, I don't think I need to order it, so I can just leave it to you."

Lieutenant General Chekhov: "No, no, no, I still want you to nod. How can I nod? I can't decide for you. But you see, as a logistics lieutenant general, I am definitely more familiar with what I have. Let me make suggestions. , this is reasonable, right?”

It’s really… very reasonable!
Wang Zhong asked: "Lieutenant General Chekhov, who is familiar with equipment, do you know that besides the 45mm gun, is there anything that can make up for our lack of anti-tank firepower?"

"I just said..." Lieutenant General Chekhov stopped and frowned.

Wang Zhong sat up straight: "Yes? Is it there?"

Lieutenant General: "There is a trial production artillery piece. Because we were in such a hurry, we haven't done detailed range testing yet. Do you want it?"

Wang Zhong: "What kind of gun?"

"A 57mm artillery piece was sent back for remanufacturing due to design flaws. Now the flaws have been improved, but it has not been tested. Because of the emergency, the Ordnance Bureau planned to use the production line, so it ordered its production. The output was not very high. , but I estimate that I can get 15 doors for you before the 24th of next month.”

Wang Zhong raised his eyebrows: "57 mm?"

Could it be the legendary "57 magic needles"? This thing is one of the best anti-tank guns in the Soviet Union on Earth.

Even in the middle and late stages of the war, when faced with a large number of Santoku zoos, the 57-magic needle still had useful penetrating capabilities.

However, this thing has a fatal weakness, that is, it is too difficult to produce, requiring a lot of man-hours and skilled workers, and the output has not been able to increase.

So in the end, the Soviet Union chose a mindless caliber and swamped the Sandoku troops with crude 85mm guns. The performance of the 85mm gun is actually very mediocre among the anti-tank guns produced by all parties involved in the war in the mid-to-late period, but it is easy to produce if it cannot stand up.

When Wang Zhong heard that there were 57 cannons that no one wanted, he felt like he had found a treasure.

He had to confirm: "Can you give it to me? This 57mm gun?"

"Yes, we did not have artillery of this caliber before and had zero experience in design and use. Then this gun had major design flaws discovered before, so no one wanted it. Of course, it is also a big reason why people don't know that this kind of gun exists."

Wang Zhong: "Give it to me! Give me as much as you have!"

Lieutenant General Chekhov stood up, went to the filing cabinet, dug out a stack of documents, flipped through it carefully and said: "There is also a production plan here. On August 8, the 22nd Arsenal will start producing ZIS30 Tank destroyers also use this 57mm gun. If they are all issued to you, there will be no need to issue 57mm ammunition to other troops. "

Wang Zhong: "What's the matter, are you trying to save trouble?"

Lieutenant General Chekhov shrugged: "My principle is that each unit should be equipped with one type of gun, and the calibers should be as unmixed as possible. Your unit already has so many 45mm guns, and then there are so many 152mms. Supply one more type of 57mm. The artillery shells are nothing, since there is a railway leading to your place. Since you want this 57-mm gun, how about I not supply you with the 45-mm gun?”

Wang Zhong snapped his fingers: "Okay!"

57mm gun, plus the ZIS30 mobile self-propelled anti-tank gun, suddenly the anti-tank firepower becomes richer!

Lieutenant General Chekhov added: "Oh, by the way, when I looked at this document, I discovered that we still have many machine gun tanks here, only equipped with machine guns. How about I grant this to you as a half-track transport vehicle? Take it. It's good for transporting ammunition or as a tractor towing anti-tank guns."

Wang Zhong frowned and pretended to be angry: "What do you think I am? A scrap collector? But you said so, give it to me. And you have to give me a driver."

Lieutenant General Chekhov said seriously: "I am in charge of supplies here. If you want people, go to the church and ask for them yourself. I guess there are many young people in the church who have learned to drive tractors and have just been drafted into the army."

(End of this chapter)