Chapter 1086

Although Ustinov's tone was severe, I still heard something from it. It's not that he refused to equip our department with new tanks, but the number of tanks he can equip is limited.

While I was thinking about what to say, another distant voice came from the receiver: "sorry, comrade member of the people's Committee, although your secretary said you were on the phone, I had something important to ask for you, so I broke in. I hope I didn't disturb you..."

"Don't disturb me. I'm talking to general oshanina at the front line. Please wait a moment." Although Ustinov said that the other party did not disturb himself, his tone was full of helplessness. When I heard that someone was looking for him to report his work, I couldn't help feeling a bit disappointed. My heart said that it seemed that he would hang up soon and let me ask him for a new type of tank.

Just as I was on the verge of despair, I suddenly heard the voice just now saying in surprise: "Comrade member of the people's Committee, are you talking to Rita?"

"Yes, comrade engineer." Ustinov replied positively.

When I heard Ustinov call each other's engineers and call each other by my nickname, I immediately guessed the identity of the person who came. It was the engineer from the future, Florent. If I can get his help, I believe Ustinov will provide us with enough new weapons. You know, his understanding of the battle of Kursk is far more than me. If he can help me to say a few good words, it's better than my dry mouth.

"Can I have a word with her?" Asked Florin.

"No problem, comrade engineer." Although I can't see Ustinov's expression, I can imagine that he must have a bitter face at the moment, because before he handed the microphone to florin, he said, "Rita is looking for me to get a batch of new tanks to equip her temporary 33rd tank army."

"Hello, is that Rita?" A moment later, Florin's familiar voice came from the receiver, and his voice trembled slightly, perhaps because of excitement.

"Yes, comrade engineer, it's me." I was especially excited to think that he could help me with a few words in front of Ustinov.

"I just heard Comrade Ustinov say that you want a batch of new tanks from him, right?" Florin asked very carefully.

"Yes, comrade engineer, before you came in, I was asking Comrade Ustinov to provide us with some new tanks to arm the newly built 33rd tank army." in order to make Florin aware of the seriousness of the situation, I specially emphasized: "at present, they are equipped with old-fashioned T-26 tanks. If they want to deal with the German Tiger tanks that T-34 can't beat, they are equipped with old-fashioned T-26 tanks, It's an impossible task. "

"I want to hear the truth from you, Rita." After a moment's silence, Florin asked tentatively, "are you sure that your defense area will bear the brunt of the German attack once it is launched?"

I can't help but be stunned by fronin's words. I think you, a man from the future, don't understand the German attack route in the battle of Kursk? Although he did not know the purpose of his question, he answered truthfully: "yes, comrade engineer, I think my defense area will be attacked by the German army in the early stage of the campaign, because it is necessary to strengthen the tank army in order to strengthen our defense force."

"I see." After listening, Florin said slowly, "please don't hang up. I'll talk about it with Comrade Ustinov."

After putting the microphone on the table, Florin began to discuss with Ustinov: "comrades of the people's Committee, although I have lost most of my memory, I vaguely remember that in two or three months, or even shorter time, we and the German army will break out a big battle in the Kursk region. Lida's defense area should be one of the important battlefields."

What Florin said startled Ustinov. He asked in a flustered way, "Comrade engineer, do you remember correctly? We should know that according to the judgment of the supreme command, it is impossible for the German army to launch an attack from the south of Kursk. Therefore, this change of equipment is a priority to supplement general rokosovsky's troops. "

"Trust me, comrades of the people's Committee." Florin said in a helpless voice: "although there are only some fragmentary memory fragments in my mind about the battle of Kursk, the fierce battle in Lida's defense area has left a deep impression on me."

"However, I can't make a decision on the basis of some uncertain fragments of your memory." Florin's words obviously could not change Ustinov's decision. He stubbornly said: "unless you have definite evidence that the German army will attack Kursk from the south, I will never agree to equip the 33rd tank army with new tanks."

"Comrades of the people's Committee," Florin's voice suddenly became loud: "if you don't equip Rita's 33rd tank army with new tanks, it will be inevitable that their defense line will be broken by the German army. You can't just watch the German tanks break through all our defenses and rush directly under Kursk, can you

"But if we give the new tank to Rita and general katukov comes to ask for it, shall we give it?" "If we give it to them, then with our current tank production, we can't meet the needs of the Bryansk front army and the grassland front army at all," Ustinov said

"Comrades of the people's Committee, priority should be given to the troops of the central front army and Voronezh front army, because they are the main fighting direction in the future." At this point, Florin slowed down and said, "as for the production of tanks, I'm here to talk about it."

At this moment, vasilevsky, who was sitting opposite me, saw that I didn't speak for a long time. He couldn't help asking curiously, "Rita, what's the matter? Did Comrade Ustinov promise you a new tank?"

I was deeply afraid that Ustinov across the street heard vasilevsky's voice. He quickly covered the microphone and said to him in a low voice, "Comrade chief of general staff, engineers and people's committee members are negotiating whether to provide new tanks to our group army. Please wait a little longer."

"Engineer, what engineer?" I know that vasilevsky knows Florin. As long as he talks about engineers, he knows who I'm talking about, but shumilov next to him doesn't know. He asked in a puzzled way, "who can tell me who this engineer is?"

When I hesitated about how to answer him, vasilevsky had already taken over and said, "general shumilov, the engineer we are talking about, is a very important person who belongs to Ustinov's weaponry department. As your confidentiality level is not enough, I can't tell you the real identity of this engineer for the time being. "

Hearing that, shumilov closed his mouth and kept silent.

On the other end of the line, Ustinov, after hearing what Florin said, asked nervously, "Comrade engineer, what's the matter? Is there something wrong with the production of T-72? "

"Alas, the T-72 is a tank that has been leading this era for decades. Due to the limitation of production technology, not to mention mass production, even the six tanks that were hard to be produced are only appearance goods, which can't be put into actual combat. Moreover, in normal tests, faults frequently occur." When it comes to T-72, Florin seems to have a bellyful of bitterness. After a few complaints, he changed the subject and said, "but today I'm here for t-5455 tank."

"What's wrong with this tank?" I could hear that Ustinov was a little nervous when he said this: "we stopped all the T-34 production lines and tried our best to produce this kind of tank equipment unit. If anything goes wrong, we will be in trouble. Not only can I not protect you, but even I will be in trouble. "

"Look at your fright, comrades of the people's Committee." "I'm here today to give you some good news," said Florin with a chuckle

It was a good news to hear from fronin. Not only Ustinov was relieved, but also I put down the stone hanging in my heart. "After a long time of tackling key problems with my colleagues in the secret base, we have successfully simplified the technology of the t-5455 tank. As a result, the manufacturing time of the new tank has been reduced from 7000 to less than 4000; The cost of a single tank has been reduced from 270000 rubles to 135000 rubles. In a word, we can now produce two tanks with the time and money we used to produce one. Do you understand? "

There was a silence at the other end of the phone. Because I couldn't hear anything from the other side, I even thought the phone was hung up by Ustinov or Florin. But fortunately, this silence did not last long, I heard Ustinov's voice with trembling voice because of excitement in the receiver: "Comrade engineer, what you... What you said is true... Is it true?"

"There's still something false here, comrades of the people's Committee." "When did I lie to you?" said florin, dissatisfied with Ustinov's suspicious tone

"Great, that's great." After being confirmed by florin, Ustinov cheered excitedly: "in this way, we can double the production of tanks and equip more troops in the shortest time."

"Narida's tank Army..." Florin and other Ustinov's mood recovered a little, and then tentatively asked: "is it possible to equip them with new tanks?"

"Yes, you're right. I'll call Rita and tell her the good news." Then I heard Ustinov's voice become loud: "Hello, Rita, are you still there?"

"Yes, comrades of the people's Committee, I am still here." Although I heard all the conversations they had just had, I still asked in a flat tone, "can you provide new tanks for my tank army?"

"Don't worry, Rita. Since I'm calling you, I'm going to supply some new tanks to your army." Ustinov resumed his usual voice: "three hundred, you can't count on it. Only katukov's tank army can hope to get such a number. And you, I can only provide you with 80 cars at most, OK? "

I recognized that Ustinov was asking me in the tone of consultation, so I tentatively said: "Comrade people's commissar, 80 vehicles are too few. At most, they are equipped with one tank brigade. The remaining brigade still uses the most old-fashioned tanks."

"You can divide these new tanks equally between two brigades, so that the tanks can match the old with the new." Ustinov was aware of my attempt, and even took the initiative to talk to me about how to allocate tanks: "old tanks can't deal with Fu's Tiger tanks, doesn't it mean they can't deal with enemy infantry or fire points? Your brain is good. After the tanks are distributed to the 33rd tank army, you can study with colonel berey how to use these tanks! "“ Can't we really give more Although Ustinov said so clearly, I still took a chance and asked, "even if you give me 20 more, let me make up for 100?" Ustinov was silent for a moment, and then replied, "well, in your friendship with me, I'll give you another 20 tanks." As soon as I grinned, I heard him say, "new tanks are definitely not good. I'll give you another 20 t-34s. There are still some stocks in the military warehouse, which can be delivered to your troops in two or three days at most." Hearing this, I finally felt relaxed, but I was always a very cautious person, and asked: "can the new tanks equipped for us also arrive together?"“ Yes, yes, definitely After giving me a positive reply, Ustinov said, "well, I have other things to do. Let's call it a day. Good luck! Goodbye As soon as I said goodbye, Ustinov hung up. When I put down the phone, shumilov looked at me and said in an envious tone, "it's easy to be familiar with people. Rita, after you make a phone call, you've solved the weaponry of the army. If you want to change me, you'll have to wait patiently for a few months." I gave shumilov a smile and said nothing. However, my mind frowned when I thought of the Kursk battle which was about to break out in more than a month. Especially when I thought of the Soviet army who had won the final victory but suffered heavy casualties in the cruel battle, I suddenly felt blood surging up and had an invisible heavy responsibility on my shoulders. I will make good use of the advanced weapons provided by Ustinov and Florin to rewrite the local fighting history.