latelenovela Chapter 311 The Southern Army Chief of Staff Comes to Redeem Him
Chapter 311 The Southern Army Chief of Staff Comes to Redeem Him
The 072 large tank landing ship is 120 meters long, 16 meters wide, has a draft of nearly 2.7 meters and a full load displacement of 4170 tons.
The total power of the two diesel engines is horsepower, the maximum speed is 20 knots, and the endurance is 14 nautical miles when cruising at 3000 knots, which barely meets the needs of ocean-going operations.
舰载自卫武器包括4座66式57毫米双管舰炮，4座61式25毫米双管舰炮。
There is a 17-meter-long double-section folding springboard inside the bow gate with a maximum load-bearing capacity of 50 tons. The ship can stay directly in the shallow water area close to the beach, and then lower the springboard to allow the main battle tank to land directly.
One of the biggest features of this ship is that the transport hold is fully through-type, and the bow and stern can be opened for entry and exit at the same time, which makes the space larger and can transport more materials.
Its standard carrying capacity is 500 tons, which can transport 12 main battle tanks and 200 fully armed soldiers at the same time, plus two landing craft.
If it is only used to transport materials, it can exceed the limit of 2000 tons.
Such a huge transport capacity can load a tank company or an infantry company, including the company command vehicles and soldiers!
Assuming that a Marine Corps has five combat battalions, each battalion would need three Type 5 landing ships, and a total of 3 landing ships would be needed to transport all of them at one time, and all non-combat personnel and a large amount of logistical supplies could also be transported together.
Xu Leke would not use the tactic of refueling. After the landing ship transported one battalion, it turned around and went back to transport another battalion.
In that case, the first battalion to land would face tremendous enemy firepower.
Moreover, landing ships are simpler to operate than destroyers and frigates, easier to train crews, and can be deployed in large numbers.
By then, all landing ships will rush onto the beach in batches, and the entire Marine Corps can be transported to the beach in less than half an hour, so as not to disperse their own firepower!
The 072 large tank landing ship is priced at 50. Purchasing 15 ships will cost 750 million military merit points!
It was precisely because of the problem of carrying capacity discovered during the landing in the northern city of Mandalay that Xu Le originally planned to use the 066 landing craft for material transportation, responsible for the transfer from the landing ship to the beach, as well as transportation on inland river waterways.
Landing ships cannot rush directly onto the beach under any conditions. If the enemy deploys heavy firepower including large-caliber cannons on the beach, the landing ship will become a huge target when close to the beach.
Therefore, in that case, the landing ship needs to stay 10 kilometers or even 20 kilometers away from the shore, and then use small ships with small size and high maneuverability to land quickly.
However, the 066 landing craft is too small and can only transport a small amount of supplies and infantry, but cannot transport vehicles, let alone tanks weighing dozens of tons.
Therefore, the 066 landing craft can only be used as a second-line material transport craft. As for the first-line landing craft, Xu Le plans to use the 067 small landing craft.
The boat was built and put into service in New China in the 60s. It was the first small multi-purpose landing craft built in large quantities, which shows its powerful performance.
其满载排水量为128吨，最快航速12节，续航500海里，拥有两挺14.5毫米机枪和4座61式25毫米高炮。
In extreme cases, it can carry a main battle tank or two trucks, plus a company of soldiers at the same time, with a load capacity of 60 tons.
The price of a single ship is 8, and 35 ships are temporarily purchased, with each 072 landing ship equipped with two ships, and the extra 5 ships as spares.
This ship improvement consumed a total of 2100 million military merit points. If it were in the past, Xu Le would definitely hold his head and express his heartache, but now that he is close to a billionaire, he said: It's just a drizzle!
Just after finishing all this, Xu Le hurried back to Mandalay because Wei Li called and said that an important person was coming to visit.
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"Advisor Wei, who on earth is this person? Why did he call me back so urgently without even telling me on the phone?"
Xu Le really wanted to express that he was tired. It had been more than 10 days since the end of the war, and he had been running around in several places almost every day.
The machine gun regiment repelled several sieges organized by the Japanese in northern Myanmar with thousands of people, and annihilated thousands of Japanese and Burmese puppet troops.
1000 wounded soldiers and 5000 new recruits under An Jiehui also returned to the team, and the machine gun regiment was expanded into a machine gun division consisting of three regiments.
In just over 10 days, Xu Le hasn't had time to replenish his machine guns because he's been too busy.
Wei Li looked around and said, "Marshal, there are two groups of people coming, the Soviet Union and the Japanese!"
Xu Le was slightly stunned: "Didn't the observation groups from those countries leave two days ago? You are in charge of this matter, so why are the Soviet people still here?"
"Marshal, the purpose of inviting foreign delegations to visit is to promote weapons, but who would have thought that the Soviet representative would come to me directly and say that he wants to place an order, and the amount is very large. This matter needs to be decided by you, Marshal!"
As the saying goes: A cannon shot is worth a fortune!
As long as there is a war, selling arms is the most profitable, much more profitable than selling daily necessities!
The Xu family army is now strong and powerful, and there is no need to worry about the equipment being known to outsiders, so Xu Le signaled Wei Li to take those observation groups to visit the weapons and equipment and do more promotion.
When the troops become completely independent in the future, they will need a lot of resources as a foundation.
Of course, almost all the weapons in the army's inventory were on display, but those were not the ones that were sold.
就比如大炮，对外出售的是54式榴弹炮和70式122毫米自行榴弹炮；又比如步枪，对外出售的是56式半自动步枪；卡车的话则是直接出售BJ130轻型卡车；坦克则是出售62式轻型坦克。
In short, the principle is to keep the best for yourself and only sell the next best quality ones!
"Is the Soviet representative so anxious? Doesn't he need to go back to his country to discuss this with his leaders?"
Wei Li said with a hint of worry: "The Soviet Union's representative is a member of its National Defense Committee: Mikoyan, who holds a very high status. The Soviet Union's current war is very difficult. If it relies on itself alone, the outcome is hard to imagine, so it is not surprising that Mikoyan can make the decision on the spot!"
Xu Le nodded seriously. He didn't know why America in this world provided so little aid to the Soviet Union, but he believed that even without any support from America, the Soviet Union would still win the war, but the losses would be much greater, even doubled.
"By the way, who is coming from the Japs?"
For more than 10 days, Xu Le did not kill the 18 captured Japanese soldiers. Instead, he divided them into several small teams and escorted them to Lashio, Yinduo, Yunnan Province and other places under the guard of heavy soldiers. They all worked for him, some built cities, some built bridges, and some built roads. The system was the same as that of the former Majiazhai prisoner-of-war camp.
The reason why he kept these devils temporarily was to wait for the Japanese to redeem them.
These are not a few hundred people, nor a few thousand people, but 18, and most of them are the elite troops of the Japanese devils.
Including the 5th Division, 16th Division, 55th Division, etc.!
Although the number of Japanese army has reached about 700 million now, if one elite unit like the 5th Division dies, it will be lost, and it cannot be compensated by the old, young, sick and disabled reinforcements later.
"Marshal, just as you expected, the Japanese are here to ransom us! The leader is the Chief of Staff of the Japanese Southern Army, Lieutenant General Kuroda Shigenori."
Xu Le's mouth curled up, revealing a sinister smile: "Hehehe, let's put the Soviet representative aside for now, let's go and give the Japanese a good beating!"
Wei Li seemed to have something to say, but after hesitating, he didn't say it and followed Xu Le's footsteps!