Chapter 1028

Zhukov, after waiting for Florin to make his statement, beckoned us to sit down on the chairs around the table, and then said to me solemnly, "what you're going to hear next, Rita, will be top secret. You have to promise me that you can never let it out, or you will know the consequences. "

When I heard Zhukov say this, I immediately stood up and said, "marshal, please rest assured that I will never disclose to anyone what I hear next." With these words, I couldn't help beating a drum in my heart. My heart said whether I should find a reason to leave, otherwise I would be in danger of being killed at any time if I knew too many things I shouldn't know.

"You'd better understand that. I'm sure you can keep your promise." Zhukov listened to me, nodded with satisfaction, raised his hand, pressed it down, and ordered, "sit down."

After waiting for me to sit down, Zhukov asked Ustinov, who was sitting opposite him: "Comrade Ustinov, there is no outsider here. Oshanina also knows the origin of engineer fronin. Can you tell me something about the new equipment that will be installed in the army? "

"No problem, comrade deputy commander." "But since engineer Florin is in charge of this matter, it is most appropriate for him to explain it to you," Ustinov replied very readily

"Marshal Zhukov," Florin stood up from his position, took the stack of materials from Ustinov, bowed slightly to Zhukov, and said respectfully, "please allow me to report to you the new equipment currently developed. In more than one year, we have produced 50 t-54 and 50 t-55 tanks, six T-72 tanks, 100 pt-76 water tanks, 200 zsu-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and so on

"Wait a minute, comrade engineer." In the middle of hearing this, Zhukov suddenly interrupted the words behind Florin and asked, "judging from the tank model you mentioned, the T-72 tank should be the best, but why only six tanks have been produced?"

"Yes, comrade deputy commander." Seeing fronin's expression of embarrassment, Ustinov rushed out to explain: "with our existing technology, we can't produce enough special steel for T-72."

"So it is." Zhukov said softly, with an expression of regret on his face. After a while, he looked up at florin, waved at him and said, "Comrade engineer, please introduce to me the characteristics of these new tanks."

When Zhukov asked about his major, Florin said, "the t-54 tank evolved from the t-44 tank. The first prototype was made in 1946." Perhaps seeing Zhukov's blank face, he specially added: "t-44 tank is a medium-sized tank which appeared in 1944. It not only inherits the advantages of T-34, but also creates a new era of tanks in our country."

When Zhukov heard fronin say this, he just gave a simple "Oh", nodded his head and said to him, "Comrade engineer, please go on."

"The initial design of the t-54 started in October 1944 and was carried out by okb-520 Design Bureau. The prototype design was completed in December of that year, and the prototype car was also manufactured by the 183rd Stalin Urals tank factory in February 1945. The prototype car was tested and passed in March and April 1945, and was named t-54 by the military. The body structure and power unit of the prototype are the same as those of the t-44, but the difference is that the armor is thicker: the front armor is 100 mm in the upper part, 90 mm in the lower part, 90-150 mm in the side, 30 mm in the top, the diameter of the turret base is increased to 1800 mm, and it has a newly designed cockpit and observation window. " Although there are still many problems and defects in the t-54, it was officially put into service on April 29, 1946 and began mass production in 1947

"Comrade engineer, I want to ask you a question." When Zhukov heard this, he couldn't help interrupting Florin's words again. Seeing his attention focused on himself, he then asked, "how did the t-54 tank perform against the German tanks?"

After the introduction of the materials was interrupted, the expression on his face was very serious. When he heard Zhukov's question clearly, he could not help smiling: "Comrade marshal, you are worried too much. Our t-54 has no chance to compete with the German army, because they were defeated by us in 1945. "

"We beat Germany in 45 years?" Zhukov looked suspiciously at Ustinov, who was sitting beside him. The latter nodded with a smile and said with certainty, "yes, comrade deputy commander. Although engineer Florin's amnesia is very serious and he can't remember the specific battle, he told me more than once that we completely defeated Germany in May of '45. "

After listening to Ustinov's words, Zhukov turned to Florin and asked carefully, "Comrade engineer, if I understand correctly, our t-54 tank, which is about to be put into actual combat, has never competed with German tanks in real history. Am I right? "

"Exactly, comrade marshal." Florin gave Zhukov a positive answer.

"You absolutely use these tanks. Can you fight against Fu's Tiger tanks?" Zhukov asked cautiously: "you know, in the previous battle, we had a large number of T-34 tanks, which were destroyed by the German tigers. Even the 45mm anti tank guns could not help them."

"Don't worry, comrade marshal." For Zhukov's worry, Florin immediately gave him a reassurance, "once our t-54 tank is put into actual combat, the battle damage ratio should be around 1:8."

For such data, Zhukov obviously heard it for the first time. He was surprised to grow his mouth. After a while, he asked: "the battle loss ratio is 1:8, which may not be too exaggerated?"

"Comrade deputy commander," Ustinov said again, "this is only a conservative estimate. After all, what we are going to equip our troops with is a new type of tank that transcends this era. I think this battle damage ratio is credible."

"Yes, comrade marshal." Florin also lost no time to add: "if our T-72 is put into actual combat, the battle damage ratio can even be increased to 1:20 or higher..."

Rao shizhukov was a high-power man with a wide range of knowledge. However, after listening to the words of Ustinov and florin, he still looked back at me and said with a bitter smile, "Rita, if I didn't know that Florin engineer came from the future, and Comrade Ustinov was also a man who never lied, I would think what I heard was Arabian Nights."

"Marshal, like you, I feel that what I have heard is totally incredible." Although I was not surprised that a military expert like Florin could launch such a new weapon, in front of the three of them, I tried to put on a look of surprise: "if these tanks are really put into the battlefield, then even if the German tanks have a numerical advantage, they will still be defeated by us."

Zhukov nodded in agreement with what I said, and then asked florin, "what's the matter with land and water tanks and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns?"

"Pt-76 light amphibious tank is a light amphibious armored vehicle developed by China after World War II. It can completely replace T-26, BT and other light tanks or cruise tanks "According to the statistics of the armed forces of the Soviet Union, about 68% of the enemy planes were shot down by 25-37mm small caliber anti-aircraft guns during the whole Patriotic War. Therefore, the Armament Department proposed to develop a 37mm self-propelled antiaircraft gun. In 1945, based on the su-76m self-propelled gun body, zsu-37 type 37mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was developed, which simply installed l63m1939 type 37mm anti-aircraft gun on the armored combat vehicle In 1955, the zsu-57-2 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was finalized and produced with t-54 main battle tank as the chassis and an open thin armored rotating turret. The body is composed of armored chassis, turret, dual artillery, engine power assembly, aiming system, communication and fire fighting equipment

Although Zhukov and Ustinov listened with great interest, I, who knew little about weapons, fell asleep. I secretly pinched my legs to keep myself from falling asleep because of the dullness of what Florin was saying, and pretended to be absorbed in it.

It took him an hour or two to finish. When I was looking for a chance to ask Zhukov when he could leave, Zhukov turned to me and asked me, "Rita, let me ask you, if you want to assign these tanks to the central front army, which group army are you going to give them to?"

I had been worried about how to help chernyahovsky to ask Zhukov to replenish tanks and artillery. When I heard him ask, I couldn't help but feel ecstatic. On the surface, however, I had to pretend to be indifferent. After half a day of thinking, I slowly replied, "Comrade marshal, according to my observation and understanding in the central front army these two days, I think this batch of tanks can be given priority to general chernyahovsky."

After that, I took a furtive glance at florin, and saw a smile on his face and a slight nod of the head. From the reaction of florin, I knew that there was no problem with my proposal, so I turned my eyes to Zhukov.

After hearing this, Zhukov didn't immediately express his opinion. Instead, he asked with a smile, "Rita, why do you want to assign these new tanks to chernyahovsky's 60th army?"

"Well, comrade marshal." I finally found the opportunity to say a good word for chernyahovsky. Naturally, I would not miss it easily: "according to my observation, general chernyahovsky is a very capable commander. He has a decisive style, rich experience in organizing and commanding large regiments, and is good at concentrating a large number of troops in the main assault direction to carry out assault on the enemy. In particular, he was good at using the tank regiment to weave and encircle the German army. Therefore, I think that he can make the most of his new tanks. "

"You have a good point," Zhukov said after I finished talking about his views: "general chernyahovsky once served as the commander of tank division and tank army, and had his own unique views on commanding tank operations. I'm very relieved to give him these new tanks. "

When I heard Zhukov's promise to assign the new tanks to the 60th army, I fell to the ground, and I finally lived up to chernyahovsky's expectations. After the new tanks entered the group's defense area, chernyahovsky remembered me even if I didn't say anything. Then Zhukov and Ustinov worked out a detailed plan for which factory to participate in the production of tanks and assault rifles. Because it's all confidential, so I didn't look closer, but deliberately kept a certain distance from them. When everything had been arranged, Zhukov stood up and said to me, "Rita, it's getting late. Let's go back." Long waiting impatiently, I heard Zhukov's words. If I listened to the sounds of nature, I quickly stood up and promised loudly, "yes, I will follow your instructions!"