On the issue of the airdrop, Tupikov never imagined that the 63rd Army would actually bargain.

Soon after a telegram is sent, you will receive a telegram from them in return, which is very simple, that is, "the telegram has been received". However, after the airdrop list was sent, it was indeed the commander of the army group, Berekov, who was hysterical about the radar.

"Radar? How could he want this?! Does he still think he can constantly monitor the sky with thunder and lightning?! ”

In the telegram ordered by Yang Mingzhi, the core content is one point -- the guerrilla republic needs radar equipment.

The Soviets, of course, had radar, and in the hours before the outbreak of the battlefield, they detected a dense group of bombers coming from the other side of the border. In addition to developing large road-based radars, the Soviet Union also miniaturized the radar and even installed it in aircraft.

Therefore, on the telegram, Yang Mingzhi had the following requirements: "Our department hopes to obtain the gneiss radar mounted on the Pei-2 bomber, and if it is difficult to disassemble and transport it, the core magnetron will be disassembled." ”

However, Yang Mingzhi made quite a serious mistake on this issue!

Tupikov couldn't help but wonder: "Why did he think of the Pe-2 bomber, why can he still associate the plane with the radar, the gneiss radar, and what ?!" ”

Tupikov really did not understand, firstly he was not a scientist, and secondly, in the current June 1942, the gneiss radar, at all, was still at the experimental stage! The development of this airborne radar is ill-fated, and when it actually starts experimenting, it will not be until the autumn of this year at the earliest!

Yang Mingzhi only knew that the Pei-2 bomber, which was mass-produced by the Soviet Union, became the main force of the Soviet army's night air defense aircraft after it was widely installed with radar equipment, and was more capable of penetrating behind enemy lines to carry out difficult night bombing. The only thing he forgot was that the current Soviet Union was not equipped with gneiss radar.

Tupikov was so busy that he really didn't have time to ponder the word by word of Berekov's message. Since they want radar, do the troops currently have it?

Of course! The Southwestern Front was indeed equipped with radars.

Due to poor concealment, the radar vehicle suffered serious damage during the German air raid on Severodonetsk, and the entire equipment was no longer usable. He knew that Berekov was not an extravagant and wasteful person, and even if it was waste, he always thought about waste utilization.

It seems that the magnetron in the radar equipment is its core component, in this case, those radar soldiers have been idle after the radar car is all finished, and now they have a place to use!

These more than 20 people are staying in the city of Severodonetsk, and as a technical unit, the command of the front army is about to move back, and they will also be transferred.

Tupikov hastened to invite these people to his office and briefly asked about the possibility of repairing the radar car.

The answer, naturally, is no.

"Our army's RUS-2 radar antenna is damaged, the cathode tube oscilloscope is damaged, and we agree that it is better to equip a new one than to repair it."

Tupikov didn't understand any of the professional terms, and he was also unhappy with the attitude of these technicians to show off their knowledge, and asked harshly on the spot: "Since the equipment is completely broken, there are always some parts that are still good!" Like, a magnetron? ”

It is difficult for radar soldiers not to be surprised that this proper noun actually came from the mouth of the chief of staff of the group army.

"As for the magnetron, it's really still intact, because it's the core component, and it's naturally very well protected."

"That's it!" Tupikov slapped his thigh and ordered: "I know you, take out this part within an hour, and insert all the other parts that you think are still repairable." Pass it into a box and send it to the airport for me. This is a dead order, if it drags on, shoot it directly! ”

The radar soldiers were inexplicable about this order, and since it was an order, they didn't think about it, let alone joke about it. After saluting, they went to dismantle the equipment!

Tupikov figured that the Berekov should be very satisfied. When a new telegram was sent, he was thanked, and five words of "thank you" appeared in a row.

Therefore, the telegram from the headquarters came again after an hour, holding this telegram, why was Yang Mingzhi not excited?

"It's great, as long as I have a magnetron, I can build a radar!"

Fomin and Yevlov couldn't understand why their old friend was so elated, and after snatching the message, they could only read part of it.

"It turned out that the superiors were going to dismantle a damaged radar car. This is the equipment is broken, what do you want the parts in it to do, it is difficult to ensure that the parts are not damaged. Fuming asked worriedly.

"The radar soldier claims that an important part is intact. I'm telling you this, and you don't understand it right away, that's what scientists do best! ”

"You're selling knowledge!" Yevlov pinched his waist and complained, "Can you still guarantee that you can build a radar with only the parts that are picked up from the garbage heap!" ”

This suspicion made Yang Mingzhi unhappy, and he was rarely choked, and he also said inexplicable words: "Of course I can!" In fact, a microwave oven is enough, what we lack now is only a small piece of equipment, even if it is only a device as thick as your fingers, it is the key to radar! ”

"Well, I never doubt your confidence and ability. Our current task is how to properly receive this batch of supplies. ”

Tupikov had already sent all the telegrams, and under his plan, the plane would take off at two o'clock in the morning on June 1 and arrive over Novgomel at half past four in the morning. In terms of timing, it is very similar to the last airdrop, and Yang Mingzhi and others are no strangers to this.

But this airdrop is not so much an airdrop as a forced landing.

Aircraft carrying a large amount of supplies, they will not use the traditional parachute, but make the plane make a forced landing in the mud pond on both sides of the Dnieper River, let the crew perform this kind of operation, Yang Mingzhi can't help but wonder, is it the superior Shi Lezhi?! Or maybe it's just that the parachutes are too little prepared.

On second thought, he thought that his superiors might have been very distressed. The purpose of this airdrop was clearly a hasty decision, and its purpose was not to transport Deshka heavy machine guns to enhance the air defense capability of the guerrilla republics.

If they are willing to send it, the troops should accept it well.

Yang Mingzhi was in good spirits at night, the situation was only the same, and after studying with Yevlov and Fuming, they immediately gave an order.

In the unit, the experienced paratrooper brigade was ordered to move on the road to the Misi crossing, moving east to the swamps on the right bank of the Dnieper River, and they would be the first search and rescue personnel if the plane succeeded in making a forced landing in the mud pond.

Secondly, this situation was also fully informed to Salinchkin and Lyudbalyov. As far as the search for supplies is concerned, the garrison of the blacksmith village alone is not enough, and the militia units must participate in the operation.

That night, an active meeting of government agencies and the army was urgently convened in the headquarters of the group army, and a plan of action for the receipt of materials was quickly formulated.

Some are modeled after the massive airdrop in early April, and even if there are only five TB3 bombers this time, it should be taken seriously. Because, the most commonly used bullets in the troops airdropped this time are actually 700,000 rounds!