Chapter 258

While Florin was muttering to himself, I filled the empty cup in front of him with coffee and asked him again, "Comrade senior engineer, have you found that Mikhail?"

The old engineer was stunned, "Mikhail? Which Mikhail Then he understood who I was talking about, nodded and replied, "Oh, you mean Mikhail tymofeevich Kalashnikov. He has been found. Now he has been assigned to a formal school. After finishing his study, he will be appointed as a technician of the weapon testing ground."

I asked tentatively, "are the assault rifles you are making exactly the same as those of later generations?"

"The structure of the guns is exactly the same." He confidently replied: "because the intermediate power bomb used by AK47 will not be developed until 1943. At the beginning, we tried to replace this kind of bullet with moxinnagan rifle bullet, but after the test, we found that not only the continuous firing speed was slow, but also the frequent jamming phenomenon appeared, so we finally adopted the special intermediate power bullet. "

I don't understand what he said, but I can't help but ask curiously, "is there any difference between the bullet used by mosignagan and the bullet used by AK47? Aren't they all 7.62mm bullets? "

As for my question, the old engineer's bad habit of being a teacher broke out again. He said with pride, "I'll explain to you what is the intermediate type power bomb. In order to give consideration to the power and control the firing accuracy in continuous firing, the short cartridge ammunition developed by us is called intermediate power cartridge. It can also be said that it is the intermediate bullet with power and size between pistol bullet and rifle bullet. " Although I didn't fully understand what he said, he still nodded his head blindly and pretended to understand. Seeing my expression of extraordinary cooperation, he continued: "as the regular bullet used in AK47 is 7.62 * 39mm, and the moxinnagan bullet is 7.62 * 54mm, the two kinds of bullets can't be used in common, so we shortened the shell length from 54mm to 39mm, The charge was also reduced from 3 G to about 1.6 G. In this way, although the bullet charge is less, and the power and recoil force are also much smaller, it can be fired continuously and quickly. With the same load, soldiers can carry more ammunition

"Is it convenient to make special bullets for assault rifles?"

"The output of this kind of bullets is not high. Each gun is only equipped with four clips, that is, 120 bullets, so you should save a little when using it. Otherwise, when the bullets are exhausted, the gun will only be used as a firecracker," he said

"Why is the output so low?" In my heart, I really wonder why the output can't go up since it can be mass produced. It's really puzzling.

He sighed and said: "the existence of us is a high-level secret. Except for the soldiers who escorted us to the factory, we can't meet anyone, otherwise we will be killed. In the same way, the technology we have mastered is only used in the production workshop where we are, and can not be transmitted to other countries. Due to the limited manpower and the lack of manufacturing equipment, the output of power bombs is so low. For the same reason of confidentiality, in order to prevent leakage, when publicizing the new rifle, they all said that the gun used moxinnagan ammunition. "

I didn't expect that there was such complicated inside information behind this incident. Looking at the old man in front of me, I couldn't help asking: "since you can't contact outsiders, how can you leave the factory?"

The old man showed a sly expression and said mysteriously, "I'm different from them! I'm an old man with amnesia. I can't remember anything except the knowledge about military industry. That's why Colonel bzikov dare to take me out to meet you, the life-saving benefactor. "

This old guy, when he was in the subway station, I thought he was an old fool. I didn't expect that he had been playing pig and eating tiger. I pointed to him with my finger and jokingly said, "you are such an old fox! I didn't expect that you cheated everyone so easily. " Then he changed the topic: "Comrade engineer, I've been wanting to ask you since I saw you. I don't know if you can give me an accurate answer."

"What's the matter?" asked Florin in surprise

"Where are you now?" As soon as I finished saying this, I immediately realized that I had a language problem and added, "I mean, where are you at the moment during the patriotic war?"

After listening to the question, he frowned and thought for a while, and then replied leisurely: "I joined the 18th Infantry Division under the command of Colonel cherneshoff in late October. Although we are only a militia division, we were awarded the honorary title of the 11th guard division by the supreme command for our bravery and tenacity in defending Moscow. Now we are in the battle sequence of the 16th army, launching a fierce attack on the remaining German troops in the Lamar river. "

"Have you made a contribution?"

The old man shook his head and said, "no, the day after the great counterattack, I was injured and sent to the rear hospital. I didn't return to Moscow until the summer of 1943." Speaking of this, he suddenly seemed to think of something, took a breath of air, looked at me with strange eyes, and asked, "are you in the 20th army now? Is the commander Vlasov

"Yes! I am now the chief of staff of the 20th group army and the commander of the eighth division of the Jinwei. " Although I don't know what suddenly occurred to him, I still nodded honestly and showed my current identity“ I remind you to keep a distance from Vlasov, or you will be killed in the future. "“ Why? " I'm all the more confused by what Florin said“ Vlasov The old man gritted his teeth and said, "this damned and shameful traitor, as a senior general, had shaken his faith in the most difficult years of the patriotic war. In the concentration camp of the Communist Party of China, he turned from a hero of the Red Army to an accomplice of the Communist Party of China. He collected the scum of the Soviet prisoners and formed the anti Soviet military organization "Russian National Liberation Army". Like many people in that crazy age, he used the guns and ammunition provided by the Germans to fire at his compatriots, hoping to rely on the Germans to transform the social system of the Soviet Union. This is not only futile, but also nailed himself to the stigma of history forever. "“ What happened to the 20th army? " I know nothing about the history of the Soviet counterattack, which was only limited to the fact that the German army was repulsed several hundred kilometers westward“ What else? " "In the middle of January, the 20th group army and all the Soviet troops fought together, encircling some units of the 9th group army and the 4th armored group army of Germany in vyazima. But when victory was in sight, the Soviet supreme command made a fatal mistake. Despite Zhukov's strong opposition, the Soviet supreme command prematurely withdrew Kuznetsov's first shock group army and rokosovsky's 16th group army from the west of Moscow to reinforce the north and South wings. As a result, Vlasov's 20th group army, which was trying to attack from east to west, had to widen the frontal width of the attack and gradually lost its sharpness, This reduced the pressure on the east side of the besieged German army. However, when the Soviet paratroopers and guerrillas tried to close the gap between yukhnov and viazima, they were suddenly attacked by the fourth German armored group army. On February 3, the besieged German army had opened up contact with the outside world. On February 5, 1942, the 9th German group army of moder surrounded the 20th Soviet group army, cut off its contact with the neighboring forces, and soon annihilated it. Only about 5000 members of the group escaped from the encirclement. " After listening to him talk about the coming history, I couldn't help worrying about my future. I couldn't wait to ask, "what about my eighth division?"“ Originally in mid December, the eighth division of Jinwei was transferred to the reserve of the highest base camp. I don't know why your troops are now in the order of the 20th group army. Is there any deviation in history? " I was eager to know my future fate, so I couldn't wait to interrupt Florin's thinking and continued to ask, "Comrade engineer, don't mind any deviation. I just want to know where my eighth division of guards was when the 20th army was destroyed."“ If there is no accident, your division will be transferred to the northwest front army in the middle of this month. From February to March 1942, he took part in the battle against Jamie youngsk group of German Communist army in the formation of the northwest front army and the second close guard infantry of Kalinin front army Knowing that he could escape from being captured, he could not help but breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he wanted to continue to ask, he heard something coming from the door, as if they were Vlasov. With a deep sigh, I knew that I would never have the chance to inquire about the future history of Florin today. The door opened, and it was Vlasov and others who came in. Bezikov, who walked in the front, put the rifle he had just taken out on the table and said excitedly, "this assault rifle is really wonderful. We just went out to test the gun, and the hit rate of 150 meter target is similar to that of moshinagan rifle. When attacking close range target, the killing effect is much better than that of submachine gun. " Frasov asked me with a smile, "Rita, what did you and engineer Florin talk about when we went out to test the gun?" When bezikov, who had been somewhat complacent, heard his question, he calmed down and turned his attention to me, waiting for my answer. I glanced at the old engineer sitting next to me. He was drinking tea with a cup in his hand. His eyes were staring at the tea in the cup, as if he wanted to see what was in the water. I tried to squeeze out a smile and said, "in fact, I didn't talk about anything. I just heard the engineer explain to me the characteristics of this new assault rifle. I'll know when I use it in the future."