Post by deltav on Dec 13, 2014 1:25:29 GMT
Apparently I need to send a map to someplace like imgur to bring it back and use it here.
The convoy currently averages about 30 kmph, and are traveling 10-12 hours per day. Google told me once that it was about 3,500 km to Lake Issek-Kul. I tried to go back to check it, but all Google wants to talk about now is some pass in Kyrgyzstan, and do I want to book my tour now or in the spring.
We send a couple of Russian-speaking spies pretending to be traders to a spot directly above the Aral Sea and at the same latitude as the northern edge of thew Caspian sea to determine if there is a farming community there, and, if so, how extensive it is. The spies will not claim to be Russian, but since the area used to be part of the USSR, it should serve for a trading language. We aren't looking to establish relations with them, just avoid them with the convoy.
The tank traps and pedestal bombs form a rough belt three km deep stretching west from a point just south of Astrakhan. The pits are cribbed so they won't collapse prematurely and the ones closest to the Russians are 7m x 5m x 7m deep. A roof is constructed 2m below ground level strong enough to support the weight of dirt that will be filled in above it and around 2 tonnes more so that a lighter vehicle will be able to drive over it, but a tank will break through. The depth and configuration of the hole should tear the cupola right off the tank. Traps set further south would be smaller, more of a reminder than a deathtrap. The whole point is to slow the advance to let the defenders catch them. A tank with no infantry to protect it is amazingly vulnerable to other infantry, so if we can catch them in the open and attack their troops, we should be able to stop them.
The convoy currently averages about 30 kmph, and are traveling 10-12 hours per day. Google told me once that it was about 3,500 km to Lake Issek-Kul. I tried to go back to check it, but all Google wants to talk about now is some pass in Kyrgyzstan, and do I want to book my tour now or in the spring.
We send a couple of Russian-speaking spies pretending to be traders to a spot directly above the Aral Sea and at the same latitude as the northern edge of thew Caspian sea to determine if there is a farming community there, and, if so, how extensive it is. The spies will not claim to be Russian, but since the area used to be part of the USSR, it should serve for a trading language. We aren't looking to establish relations with them, just avoid them with the convoy.
The tank traps and pedestal bombs form a rough belt three km deep stretching west from a point just south of Astrakhan. The pits are cribbed so they won't collapse prematurely and the ones closest to the Russians are 7m x 5m x 7m deep. A roof is constructed 2m below ground level strong enough to support the weight of dirt that will be filled in above it and around 2 tonnes more so that a lighter vehicle will be able to drive over it, but a tank will break through. The depth and configuration of the hole should tear the cupola right off the tank. Traps set further south would be smaller, more of a reminder than a deathtrap. The whole point is to slow the advance to let the defenders catch them. A tank with no infantry to protect it is amazingly vulnerable to other infantry, so if we can catch them in the open and attack their troops, we should be able to stop them.
