Chapter 161

Seeing Stalin's tendency to get angry, I quickly stood up and replied in a panic: "report to Comrade Stalin, the senior engineer named florin, who was injured in the air raid and is now recovering in the hospital where I live."

Stalin glanced up at me, turned his pipe to his side, knocked it gently on the edge of the ashtray, poured the ash into the ashtray, and asked thoughtfully, "that day, you went to see bzikov in person for this engineer of unknown origin?"

Now that he has said this, I can only tell the truth. I looked down at the map in front of me and said, "senior engineer florin, like those passengers, is not a person of our time. I don't know why he suddenly came to us. When I first found out the truth, I was shocked. It was just incredible and incredible. " At this point, I secretly glanced at Stalin. He also looked down at the map in front of him without saying a word, and then continued: "as a military expert from later generations, he has mastered many cutting-edge military technologies that we do not know at present, which is very helpful for us to improve our existing equipment."

"You found that he was a rare talent, so you asked bzikov to help you." When Stalin said this, he raised his head, looked at me and asked, "am I right?"

"Yes, comrade Stalin, your analysis is quite right. It was a rare technical talent like Florin who was described as a German spy by junior officers of the Ministry of interior and wanted to shoot him. As you know, the troops of the Ministry of internal affairs are privileged. Although my rank is much higher than that of the officer, I have no right to change his decision, so I have to ask Colonel bezikov to help me solve this problem. "

"Have you ever talked to him alone?" Stalin said here, hesitated for a moment, then asked carefully: "did he say that we can hold Moscow?"

"Yes Although I don't know many specific details of the Moscow defense war, I know that the battle ended with the victory of the Soviet army and the defeat of the German army, so I can give Stalin a positive answer“ I heard froming say, "I know that the old man has lost his memory. Even if he met Stalin, I can't remember many things. So I have no scruples to say what I know about history in the name of froming." although the attack of the bandits was fierce, they only got close to Moscow under the tenacious resistance of our army, but failed to step into the city. Moreover, under your wise leadership, the red army launched a great counter offensive in early December, driving the invading enemy far away from our city. "

Hearing what I said, his big beard turned up slightly again, and a rare smile appeared on his face. I feel a sigh of relief in my heart. It seems that his flattery is very useful to him. He stood up, walked back and forth in front of me, and asked in a consultative tone, "how do you think I should settle this great engineer?"

"Of course, go to the ordnance manufacturing Bureau and arrange a place for him there. As long as we have the technical information provided by him, our military equipment will soon be upgraded to a higher level and the gap between us and the enemy in equipment technology will be shortened. In time, we can even surpass them. "

"Rita, you think too simply." Stalin interrupted me with a wave of his hand, which made me feel stunned. "Even if this engineer provides us with complete technical information, technical equipment such as aircraft, tanks and cannons can not be used simply after being assembled according to the drawings. There are many factors to consider: for example, whether there is a supporting production line, whether there is a complete production line, whether there is a complete production line, whether there is a complete production line and whether there is a complete production line At present, whether the domestic production of steel and other raw materials meet the standards, as well as a series of weapons testing and other work to be done, even if it is necessary to complete the loading of troops, it will be a matter of one or two years later. "

His words made me silent. It seems that I really think the problem is too simple. But it's a pity that such a rare technical talent is hidden in the snow. I bowed my head and thought that although I could not improve the large-scale technical equipment in a short time, I could try to improve the infantry weapons. So I looked up at him and said, "Comrade Stalin, I've also heard engineers say that our army is equipped with an AK47 assault rifle in later generations. You can consider asking him to provide us with the technical information of this kind of weapon first, so that this kind of weapon can be equipped in advance, so that our infantry will not suffer losses because of the differences in light weapons on the battlefield."

"AK47 assault rifle?" Stalin repeated the term and asked with interest, "is there anything special about this rifle?"

"Yes," I tried to recall what I had learned about this weapon. "According to engineer florin, this gun is a world-famous gun of later generations, designed and manufactured by a soldier named Mikhail tymofeevich Kalashnikov. Compared with the rifles equipped by other countries in the same period, the body of the rifle is short, the range is short, and the shooting distance is maintained at 300 meters in close combat, which is suitable for close assault combat. because АК－ 47 and later various improved gun types have amazing reliability, simple structure, solid and durable, high quality and low price, great power, flexible and convenient use, so that many friendly countries and even western countries' armies are widely used АК－ 47 series rifles. "

"Wait a minute," Stalin returned to the table, put down his pipe, picked up his book and pencil, and asked me again, "what do you say the full name of that soldier?"

"Mikhail tymofeevich Kalashnikov." I answered his question accurately, and added: "I once rode with him in a truck on the way to the front line. I knew that he was a tank sergeant and served as the commander of a T-34 tank."

Stalin recorded and asked, "how much do you know about him?"

"According to engineer florin, Kalashnikov was seriously injured in a battle and was sent to the army hospital in the rear for treatment. Although his life was saved, he became disabled, especially his right hand. Later, he was unable to move freely. " I know a little about the life of this legendary Weapon Master, but when I tell Stalin, I must add the prefix "listen to engineer Florin" so that I can't get involved.

Stalin rang a bell on the table, and then the door I had just entered opened, and the bald bosklebshev appeared silently at the door, holding a standing position. Stalin tore the written note from the book, passed it to bosklebshev, and said, "immediately arrange for people to go to the army hospital, find this man, and give him the best treatment. Remember, this person is very important. Make sure he survives. "

Bosklebshev nodded and agreed, "I see, comrade Stalin." Then he turned and went out, and took the door with him.

Stalin came back to me and said, "Rita, what else do you know about this Kalashnikov? Tell me all about it. I'm curious about him. I really want to know that as a tanker, he has few opportunities to use rifles. How can he think of designing rifles for infantry? "

"It is said that in the hospital, he talked about war and weapons with his comrades in arms. During a chat, a patient asked him, "why only the German army has automatic rifles, and we are short of old rifles?" This inspired him to design a new automatic rifle. During his stay in the hospital, he also asked the nurses to read all the books on light weapons in the hospital library, one of which was called the evolution of light weapons, which gave him great inspiration. "

"I want to know how he made the weapon? You should know that even if you can complete the design of weapons, you can't complete the manufacturing work by yourself. "

"During his stay in hospital, he was awarded the red star. In the spring of 42 years, he asked to be discharged from hospital and return to fight, but the hospital did not allow him to go home for half a year. So he went back to the railway locomotive repair station where he had worked before, and explored the design of firearms while working. He found krachenko, his best friend in the railway technology department, a train driver familiar with machining technology. With the help of my friends, I polished an automatic rifle by hand in a simple shed. "

"Oh, so it is." Stalin asked, "how did the rifle he designed and made get the approval of the relevant departments?"

"After the automatic rifle was made, Kalashnikov personally sent the gun to the jerrensky Artillery Academy for testing and evaluation. After the test, the evaluation committee considered that the mechanism of the rifle was too complex, and its overall performance did not exceed that of our army's PPS-43 rifle at that time, so the design was not adopted. " Seeing that Stalin was listening carefully, I simply told him all I knew: "but it was this unsuccessful automatic rifle that attracted the attention of Comrade blagonglavov of the Soviet Equipment Planning Committee. As the authority of Soviet infantry weapons and the president of dzerzhinsky Artillery Academy, the general appreciated the unique design of the rifle. In 1993, he personally recommended Kalashnikov to the advanced infantry and firearms school for further study. After graduation, he was assigned to the onsk military weapons testing ground as a technician.

In 1944, after numerous failed experiments, 25-year-old Kalashnikov designed a 7.62mm semi-automatic carbine. In 1946, on the basis of this semi-automatic carbine, he designed a full-automatic rifle ak46 and sent it to participate in the national range selection test. At that time, he also competed with the works of many famous rifle designers.

After the primary, three types of rifles, including ak46, were designated for the final review. In order to better test the real combat capability of rifles, a series of severe tests were carried out. In the extreme shooting evaluation, ak46's outstanding performance impressed many judges: ak46 fired 15000 bullets in a row. Although the barrel was red, the shooting accuracy did not change much. After a few shots, the competitor's sample gun can't work normally or even can't work at all.

After very careful calculation and statistics of the test results, the review committee compared each group of firing data, sorted out all the data into a comprehensive report and submitted it to the Soviet Ministry of defense. The judges unanimously agreed: "the 7.62mm assault rifle designed by Sergeant Kalashnikov is recommended for official equipment."

Soon after, the review committee decided to produce the first batch of ak46 rifles, and at the same time to conduct a test more important than type selection, and to give the weapons to the army for trial use. As a result, the army is full of praise for the simple and powerful ak46 automatic rifle. So the Soviet Ministry of defense decided to make ak46 the standard rifle of the army, and officially named the rifle AK47. "

After listening to me, Stalin went to the table without saying a word. He took his pipe and put it in his mouth. He took a cigarette out of the box on the table and crushed it with his fingers and put it into the cigarette end. I watched in silence what he had done and stopped talking, waiting for him to ask new questions. He struck a match, lit his pipe, took a puff, and then asked leisurely, "Rita, have you heard engineer Florin say, what's my reaction after I heard that this kind of weapon came out?"“ Engineer Florin said that you sent a colonel named Deming to inform Kalashnikov that the AK47 rifle was designated as Soviet standard equipment. Then he was recruited to the Kremlin and personally awarded a prize of 150000 rubles. " After listening to me, he looked at the ceiling, just smoking in silence, did not speak. I stood looking at him, and suddenly felt a little dry in my mouth. I secretly regretted whether I had said too many things that I shouldn't have said. After all, what I said was so incredible that it was very difficult for him to believe it completely. He put his pipe on the table, and then walked up and down the office without looking at me standing in the same place. Later, he stood at the writing desk, as if determined to say: "although it's hard to believe, I decided to believe you. If you can find the Kalashnikov you said, I will arrange for him to go to the ordnance manufacturing bureau to be the assistant of the senior engineer fronin from another time and space. "