"I'm going to the front. Is there any problem?"
"There are many problems, and they are very serious! First of all, we don't have a suitable transport vehicle to transport our self-propelled guns, and I can't find enough fuel delivery vehicles, so I really don't know how to transport our self-propelled guns to the front line now."
Leibrov raised his head and said in a hurry, "Salim said to find a trailer. Hasn't he sent it all the time?"
"No, and Salim said it might not be able to get the trailer we need!"
Gao Yang is a little anxious. How can his five self-propelled guns be transported to the border without a board car.
"Falk! I'll urge Salim again. If we really can't find a cart to transport our cannon, how about driving the cannon directly? Can we stick to it?"
Leibrov shook his head and said bitterly: "it's impossible. The motorcycle hour is not enough. If we drive directly, all self-propelled guns must break down on the way. The most troublesome thing is that we don't have accessories! We can't repair all the way. Driving all the way for 300 kilometers is different from maintaining every 50 kilometers."
Gao Yang is completely depressed.
Tanks and self-propelled guns in the world are basically tracked. There are only a few types of wheeled self-propelled guns. Tracked armored vehicles have better off-road performance and can run in most terrain. Wheeled armored vehicles also have certain off-road ability, but they can't drive off the road. It doesn't mean they can't drive off the road, But the off-road ability is much worse than that of tracked vehicles.
Tracked armored vehicles have good off-road performance and can gallop freely in the field during war, but they also have disadvantages, that is, long-distance transfer must be transported by vehicles, rather than relying on their own travel ability.
Tracked armored vehicles are not suitable for driving on the road. It is still a small thing to damage the road. The trouble is that long-distance driving will lead to the damage of tracks and load wheels. They run happily on the road. When they have problems on the battlefield, how can they fight that battle? Therefore, in long-distance combat, tanks and self-propelled artillery have to be pulled by trailers.
Another problem is that tanks and armored vehicles are oil tigers. It takes 40 or 50 liters of diesel to start an hour, and tanks and self-propelled guns are not designed to run on the road. Although the limit speed can be up to 50 or 60 kilometers, when driving off-road, it makes people feel fast and fast when the speed can reach 30 kilometers per hour, The fastest is to run at a speed of 30 or 40 kilometers per hour. If you really want to run according to the design limit speed, you should overhaul it when you wait for hundreds of kilometers. The engine and transmission system have to be overhauled.
Another important and troublesome problem is motorcycle hours.
The working time of the engine is called motorcycle hour. Heavy vehicles such as tanks and armored vehicles will be equipped with engine hour meter. After the engine works for a certain time, it must be overhauled.
Modern tanks and armored vehicles need to be maintained for less than four or five motorcycle hours, and more than ten motorcycle hours. Moreover, large parts such as engines and gearboxes need to be maintained,
So if we let the self-propelled guns drive by themselves, Gao Yang, they have to prepare a lot of fuel, not to mention, and they must be overhauled after they arrive at the place.
In war, the self-propelled gun must be more convenient to use than the towed gun, and its survivability is stronger. All combat systems are integrated into one vehicle, and it must be good to run after fighting. However, when enjoying the convenience, it has to pay a great price, that is, it must spend more energy and cost to maintain at ordinary times. Therefore, although the self-propelled gun is much easier to use than the towed gun, But it is impossible to completely replace the towed gun.
Now Gaoyang is facing such a problem. There are self-propelled guns, but there are no delivery vehicles, no oil tank vehicles to supply oil for self-propelled guns, and no special ammunition supply vehicles. It is impossible to drive dozens of kilometers to find a refueling vehicle with five self-propelled guns.
Moreover, there are no gas stations in Yemen after leaving several big cities.
Gao Yang looked at masiev and said loudly, "our self-propelled gun can run for several motorcycle hours without any problem?"
Masiev wiped the black oil on his hands, thought for a moment, and whispered, "there should be no problem for all five self-propelled guns to run for three motorcycle hours, but two of them need to replace their accessories, but we have no accessories and can only use them all the time. As soon as the time comes, we really can't guarantee whether they can be repaired and continue to run."
There are five self-propelled guns. We can't throw them away and then pull the towed guns to the front line. It's difficult to support the envisaged combat mode. The main reason is that we can't achieve the combat effect on the premise of ensuring safety, so the self-propelled guns still have to be used.
Gao Yang said with some annoyance, "why didn't you tell me about the lack of accessories? You didn't tell me until this time."
Masiyev was a little nervous and said, "I thought it was useless to say, because there were no accessories in Yemen. These guns were lack of maintenance. Many items needed maintenance in five motorcycle hours. There were more than a dozen or even 20 motorcycle hours to maintain. Once some parts needed to be replaced, they needed to wait a long time."
Leibrov was also very upset and said: "masiev has been here for too long. He is used to living a patchy life. I just know the specific situation. However, masiev is really powerful. Without him, our self-propelled artillery would have been damaged."
Gao Yang is very helpless. What happens here is actually very common. In places like Africa and Yemen, many slightly more advanced things are directly worn out, because no one knows about maintenance.
"It's not your fault this time, but remember, you must say in advance what parts and maintenance you need in the future. I'll give you everything you need, but how can we know if you don't say."
Gao Yang didn't get angry, but masiev said tremblingly: "yes, yes, I know. It won't happen next time."
Gao Yang waved his hand and said to masiyev, "make a list of what accessories you need, and prepare an allowance. Go, hurry up and don't miss anything."
Masiev was very surprised and said, "yes, I'm going now. Can I really get accessories? Er, sorry, I'll go right away!"
Masiev hurried away, and leibrov whispered, "boss, is the time so tight? I think Salim should find a trailer. We should pay attention to some things. There should be no problem."
"Whether there is a trailer or not, we have to prepare accessories. Be prepared. The time is a little tight, but it doesn't matter. We can arrange airdrop. Our transport planes are finally in use."