May in Russia is spring, and the originally bare tree trunks will immediately grow green buds in just a few days. Residents in the city will choose this time period to go to their villas outside to grow vegetables.
When Sokov first arrived in Russia in his later generations, he heard that most residents had their own villas in the suburbs, and he was envious. Later, after staying for a long time, he realized that the villas of the residents were different from the villas he knew. When the city residents arrived in the forest in the suburbs, they would cut off the trees there, level the land, and build a wooden house with an attic. This is the so-called villa.
Sokov had seen this kind of villa with his own eyes. The residents usually surrounded the wooden house with a yard of hundreds of square meters. They would choose to grow flowers or vegetables in the yard. However, during the war, the flowers in the yards of these villas were basically shoveled away, and various vegetables were planted, so that in winter, there would be enough vegetables for winter.
Since Sokov issued an order to help local residents grow vegetables while training, all the troops have taken action. After helping residents grow vegetables, they have also planted vegetables in many forest clearings.
After learning about this information, Sameko smiled and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I really didn't expect that our soldiers had planted so many vegetables. When autumn comes, we will be able to eat fresh vegetables."
Russia's land is fertile. After the seeds are sown into the ground, there is no need to worry or fertilize them. You just need to wait patiently until winter to harvest. However, the disadvantage of this natural growth is that the yield is too low, and the potatoes and tomatoes are very small.
In later generations, Sokov's compatriots came to Russia to grow vegetables. The vegetables they planted were not only large in size, but also produced several times that of Russian vegetables. At that time, the Russians thought it was a problem with vegetable seeds, so after they wanted to get a batch of Chinese seeds, they still planted them in the original way.
The way of life is rewarding. Vegetable farmers from China get up early and go to bed late every day, and naturally get a lot of harvest when harvested. Look at the vegetables grown by the Russians, potatoes and tomatoes are only the size of eggs, and the yield is ridiculously low.
Sokov wanted to give some advice, but unfortunately he was an amateur in farming. Therefore, even though he knew that according to the soldiers' planting methods, the harvest would be ridiculously low by autumn, he could sigh. However, he always remembered that the Battle of Kursk would begin in July, and his troops would be put into the battlefield in mid-July, so his current priority is training.
After more than a month of training, the troops finally formed initial combat effectiveness in mid-June. Seeing that the time was ripe, Sokov called Yakov again: "Yasha, I am Sokov. I want to ask, when will your Weapons and Equipment Department provide me with new rockets and bazooka?"
"Misha, don't worry, I've prepared what you want for you long ago." Yakov smiled on the other end of the phone and said, "I have been waiting for your phone call, but I didn't expect you to delay so long before calling me."
"My troops are newly formed, and most of the soldiers have not undergone any military training before joining the army," Sokov explained. "If I rashly let them use new equipment, I am worried that something will happen. Now after more than a month of training, they have formed combat power, and it is perfect to let them use new equipment at this moment."
"By the way, Misha, there is one more thing, I want to inform you."
"What's the matter?"
"We recently opened a new gun production line, which is specifically used to produce the assault rifle you designed." Yakov continued: "The reason why I didn't dare to produce in large quantities in the past was entirely because of the inconvenience of bullet production. Now, after the transformation, the bullets used in assault rifles can also be mass-produced, so that there is no need to worry about guns or bullets."
"That's great." When Sokov learned that assault rifles could be produced on a large scale and even placed in the army, he was overjoyed. Having the advantage of firepower on the battlefield would increase the chance of victory. He hurriedly thanked Yakov: "Yasha, I don't know how to thank you."
"You don't have to thank me." Yakov said unexpectedly: "If you want to thank me, thank yourself."
"Thank me?" Sokov asked in confusion: "Yasa, I don't think I understand what you mean."
"Didn't you recommend a comrade named Kalashnikov to me before?" Yakov explained to Sokov: "He is responsible for the establishment and transformation of the assault rifle production line."
"Oh, it turns out that Kalashnikov is in charge." Sokov heard this name and thought of plagiarizing the creativity of the other party's assault rifle, he asked guiltily: "Is he okay now?"
"When Comrade Ustinov was inspecting the factory, he felt that he was very capable, so he made an exception to promote him to the rank of lieutenant and appointed him as my deputy to assist me in the transformation of ordnance."
After Sokov simply asked Yakov about Kalashnikov's recent situation, he turned the topic to the newly prepared question: "By the way, Yasha, I wonder how much new equipment you can provide us?"
"One thousand new rockets, one hundred rockets and supporting ammunition."
"What about the assault rifles?" Sokov thought that if a positional battle was held, the assault rifles could play a great role, so he quickly asked: "How many can you give me?"
"From the current output, I can only give you five thousand assault rifles." Yakov may be worried that Sokov was too little, so he took the initiative to say: "This is a month's output, enough to equip you with a division."
Nowadays, due to the serious shortage of troops, several divisions only have 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 assault rifles are equipped with one division. Yakov's statement is not wrong. But Sokov still asked unwillingly: "When can you increase the output of assault rifles?"
"Misha, you and I are friends, I don't hide this from you." Yakov said seriously on the other end of the phone: "Before 1944, I think my superiors would not agree to expand the production line."
"Why?" Sokov asked in surprise.
"You also know that the cities where large domestic military-industrial enterprises are located either fall into the hands of the Germans or are severely damaged in the war, so we cannot open so many production lines at all." Yakov said: "Even if a considerable number of production lines are opened in front of us, it is difficult to carry out normal production due to the insufficient number of professional workers."
"So that's how it is." Sokov's thoughts changed after he figured out what happened: 5,000 only 5,000 units. I will first use these weapons to equip a division to become the main division of the group army, which will also be helpful for the entire group army's combat effectiveness. He continued to ask: "When will these weapons be sent?"
"I will notify the logistics troops as soon as possible and let them carry out transportation." Yakov said this, silent for more than ten seconds, calculating in his mind the time for the new equipment to arrive at the destination, and then replied: "At most three days, you can see this batch of new equipment."
It is easy to do things, and it is an unbreakable truth at any time. Because Yakov personally went to communicate with the logistics department, the transportation of weapons to the 27th Army was given priority. In less than two days, all the weapons he promised were transported to the town of Kosky.
With the arrival of new weapons, how to distribute them is another headache.
According to Lunev's idea, five thousand assault rifles should be given to five infantry divisions on average, so that one bowl of water can be leveled, and no division commander will have any objection.
But as soon as he finished speaking, he was opposed by Sameco: "Military Commissioner, I think this is inappropriate. If five thousand new assault rifles were distributed equally to five infantry divisions, it would not only cause difficulties in the later supply, but also the three infantry brigades that were not assigned weapons would also protest."
"The Chief of Staff is right." Sokov felt that if the assault rifles were distributed equally to five divisions, it would be equivalent to spreading his palms and quickly forming a strong combat power. Therefore, after agreeing with Sameko's opinion, he continued to say: "I think this batch of assault rifles should be used in a concentrated manner and assigned to one of them, and find ways to make this division the main division of the group army. In the future, when encountering difficult bones in combat, the division can be sent to turn the world around."
Lunev and Sameko did not object to Sokov's statement. However, Sameko asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, I wonder which unit do you plan to use these assault rifles to equip?"
Through this period of observation, Sokov felt that the training results of the 182nd Division were the most significant. Just when he was about to equip the assault rifle with the 182nd Division, he suddenly thought that if he did this, several other division commanders who had not been assigned assault rifles would definitely come to the headquarters every now and then and ask him to equip them with assault rifles.
Thinking of this, Sokov changed his mind and said to Sameko: "Comrade Chief of Staff, call several division commanders immediately and ask them to come to the headquarters for a meeting immediately."
"Where are the infantry brigades and the marine brigades?"
Sokov considered that the Capital Infantry Brigade and the Marine Brigade were all infantry. If they were not allowed to attend this meeting of assault rifles, they would definitely complain behind their backs, so they waved their hands and said decisively: "Let them come together."
The division commanders and brigade commanders who received the notice thought that Sokov came to the command center in order to understand the training situation.
After seeing the people coming to Qi, Sokov said to everyone: "Comrades, our superiors have just transported us a batch of weapons and equipment, including five thousand assault rifles. I have summoned you to discuss which division the assault rifles should be assigned to."
"Assault rifle?" As soon as Sokov finished speaking, someone was sitting below asking: "Comrade Commander, what is an assault rifle?"
"The rifle I usually carry with me is the assault rifle." Sokov said this and turned around and picked up the assault rifle leaning against the wall, introducing it to everyone: "The assault rifle is 870 mm long and weighs 4.3 kilograms. It uses a 7.62*39 mm bullet, and is supplied by an arc magazine with a capacity of 30 rounds. The safety/speed and slow handle is on the right side of the receiver. You can choose a semi-automatic or fully automatic launch method, and the pull handle is on the right side of the receiver. Compared with the rifles currently equipped by the Germans, this type of rifle is short and has a short range, which is suitable for combat at a closer distance."
Although almost all the commanders present had seen Sokov carrying the rifle while patrolling, he had never checked it carefully. After listening to his introduction, Major General Fomenko took the rifle and looked at it. He did not say anything, and handed it back to Sokov again.
Someone in the crowd said disapprovingly: "Comrade Commander, can I understand that this so-called assault rifle is a new type of submachine gun?"
Hearing his comments, Sokov replied as usual: "Since this assault rifle uses a new type of intermediate power bomb, it not only has higher shooting accuracy but also has greater lethality than the submachine gun at the same distance."
Seeing everyone's half-doubted look on their faces, Sokov smiled and said, "I know, if you have not seen the power of this weapon with your own eyes, you will not believe anything I say. Let's go outside and try this assault rifle to see how it performs."
A group of people came to the temporary shooting range in the town, where Sokov handed over the assault rifle to Major General Fomenko and said to him in an encouraging tone: "Comrade General, try it, see how the performance of this gun is."
Fomenko took the assault rifle from Sokov, aimed at a target a hundred and fifty meters away in a lying position, and shot in a point shot. After scattering a magazine, the warrior who looked at the target immediately reported to Sokov with a signal flag: "Twenty seven shots hit the target, one of which was ten rings, three nine rings, four eight rings, and the rest were on the sixth and seven rings."
After reading the warrior's target, Sokov smiled and said to Formenko: "Comrade General, your marksmanship is good."
"This gun is better." Formenko clapped the assault rifle in his hand and said to Sokov: "I really didn't expect that at a distance of 100 meters, there would be such a high hit rate."
"Comrade General," Sokov handed a magazine to Formenko and said to him: "After trying to hit the target at a long distance, you can try to hit the target at a close distance."
The target of this shooting was a gasoline barrel full of mud and sand, placed fifty meters away. After Fomenko simply aimed, he shot all the bullets in the magazine in one breath. After this shooting, all the commanders walked towards the gasoline barrel and saw that the bullet holes were densely covered with bullet holes, and the mud and sand in the barrel were flowing out through the bullet holes.
The 188th Division Commander Colonel Koida squatted in front of the oil barrel, carefully checked the bullet holes, and said with emotion: "Oh my God, at such a long distance, if you use a submachine gun to shoot, you will not be able to form such penetration. It seems that this new type of assault rifle is really a treasure."