Everyone turned to look at the door and found that the speaker turned out to be Colonel Bely.
Biely walked in. Seeing that no one answered his question, he smiled and repeated the question: "Comrade commanders, is there anything worth being happy about? I see you laughing so hard."
"It's like this, Colonel Bely." Belkin suppressed a smile and explained to Bely: "The headquarters just sent us a mixed regiment, and the commander of the group is actually a colonel. I
"Comrade Brigade Commander said that there were too many colonels under his command, so he answered me and said that his superiors should promote him to a military rank so that he could legitimately command these comrades colonels."
"So that's it, hahaha!" After listening to Belkin's explanation, Beley smiled and said to Sokov: "Comrade Brigade Commander, based on your achievements, I estimate that in another year at most, you will be
I can become a general."
"Colonel Bely, thank you for your kind words." Napoleon said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. Sokov has always dreamed of becoming a general. After listening to Bely's flattery, he couldn't help but feel happy.
.However, he did not forget about business. He suppressed the smile on his face and asked: "Have the fixed forts been arranged?"
"Yes, all ten tanks are now in place." Bely nodded and replied: "And each tank is assigned two observers, who will guide the tank to attack the target. In order to prevent being attacked by the enemy during shelling,
He was injured by shrapnel, so I asked them to dig a hole under the tank and hide in the hole for observation."
"Colonel Bely, I'm sorry, let me interrupt you." Belkin listened to Bely's report to Sokov. He became more and more confused. He couldn't help asking: "How do you arrange each tank?"
What do the two observers do? You know, if the tank starts up, the huge roar of the engine can suppress the shouts of the observers. How will they direct the tank to attack the enemy target?"
After listening to Belkin's words, Bely couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face. He turned to look at Sokov, as if he was asking the other party with his eyes: "What is going on? Why did the political commissar ask this question?"
Such a question?"
Sokov quickly explained to Bely: "Colonel Bely, the political commissar has just arrived, and I haven't had time to tell him about the tank phone." As he said that, he turned to Belkin and installed a phone on the tail of the tank for easier replacement.
The matter of how to properly realize the Bu-tan collaboration was explained to Belkin in detail.
After listening to Sokov introducing the tank phone to Belkin, Bely explained in detail the results achieved by the tank battalion today. He couldn't help but said with some pride: "If the German planes hadn't arrived, our tank battalion would have
There is no loss at all.”
Bely's words reminded Sokov. He remembered that he still didn't know the battle damage of the fighter regiment today, so he got up and walked behind the radio operator and ordered him: "Send a report to the fighter regiment and ask them where they are."
In today’s air battle, the results achieved and the losses suffered.”
While the radio operator was delivering the report, Sokov walked back to the table, frowned and said to Bely: "Comrade Colonel, judging from today's battle situation, there are still many problems in the tank battalion.
"
"Comrade Brigadier, please sit down first." Bely asked Sokov to sit down first, and then asked respectfully: "Can you tell us what problems we have?"
Sokov stretched out a finger and said: "First of all, there is no vehicle-mounted radio installed on every tank. Only the commander has a communication radio when he is in the vehicle. This will easily cause the entire battle formation to be destroyed after the battalion, company, and platoon leader's vehicles are destroyed.
It will fall into extreme chaos and end up being destroyed one by one by German tank crews or anti-tank crews."
Bely strongly agreed with Sokov's statement. He clearly remembered that he could only convey the order given to him by Sokov to the two company commanders, who would then lead the attack. He
After keeping this problem in mind, he nodded slightly, and then asked: "Comrade Brigade Commander, is there any solution?"
"The best solution is to install a vehicle-mounted radio on each tank." Sokov said slowly: "In this way, every order you give can be directly conveyed to each vehicle crew.
"
After Bely waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he shook his head and said: "Comrade Brigade Commander, your statement is unrealistic. Under the current circumstances, where can we find so many radio stations to install them on all tanks?"
Go up? And there is another problem that you may not have considered. If each crew has a radio, and if everyone is calling constantly during the battle, who can hear clearly the orders given by the superiors."
"Comrade Colonel, this is what I think about it." Sokov knew that by the end of the war, there were still many T-34 tanks that were not equipped with radios, so he adopted a compromise approach: "Batalion, company, platoon level
The radio station equipped with the commander's crew can not only receive orders, but can also issue orders; while the radio station of the ordinary crew can only accept orders. What do you think of my proposal?"
There was an expression of surprise on Bely's face. He nodded vigorously and said: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I think your method will work. As long as we can find enough radio stations, I will have people install them immediately."
"Today's T-34 tank has a four-man crew, so the commander is also the gunner, which leads to a reduction in the commander's command efficiency and greatly affects the performance of the entire vehicle." Sokov wanted to arouse Bely.
attaches great importance to it and once again pointed out the current shortcomings of the T-34 tank: "Also, there is no commander's command tower in the tank, which reduces the commander's observation ability a lot. Therefore, it is necessary to speed up the transformation of the tank.
speed……"
"Comrade Brigadier," Bely suddenly interrupted Sokov. He looked around, and then asked curiously: "Where did Major Yakov go?"
If Bely didn't ask, Sokov really didn't notice where Yakov went. He looked around and after confirming that Yakov was not in this room, he smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know either."
"Comrade Brigadier, let me give you a suggestion." Bely suggested to Sokov: "I know that there are a number of vehicle-mounted radios in the Dzerzhinsky Tractor Factory. Do you think you can ask Major Yakov to come forward?
Go get these radio stations back?"
Yakov's identity was no secret to Bely. Sokov thought for a moment and felt that if he wanted to get the vehicle-mounted radio needed for the tank, Yakov might really need to come forward. So he nodded,
Said: "Okay, Comrade Colonel, I will talk to Major Yakov later and ask him to help us get the vehicle radio we need."