Yang Mingzhi knew nothing about the details of the German VI rocket being used in actual combat, but he actually knew the basic structure of this rocket better than the Soviet intelligence agency.
It's like a small airplane powered by a pulse jet engine fueled by octane.
The world's first jet aircraft was born as early as the 1930s, and related engines were researched even earlier. During the war, the major participating countries did not stop researching jet aircraft. Only Germany's von Braun was a genius.
Like a perfect combination of bombs and jet aircraft engines, an efficient cruise missile is put into combat.
Stalin did not know how much manpower and material resources Germany invested in developing this new weapon, and how many scientists worked for Germany.
He just wants results. No matter what method is used, the Soviet bomb can be delivered to the German target two to three hundred kilometers away, and the Soviet army will not lose a single soldier. This is the best!
Seeing Yang Mingzhi hesitate, he stamped his feet and asked, "General Berekov, can you improve your rocket launcher so that it can fly farther."
"Fly further? It's absolutely possible!"
"That's great!" In excitement, Stalin actually stretched out his arms and slapped Yang Mingzhi hard on the shoulder: "I'm just waiting for your promise."
Looking into the Soviet leader's piercing eyes, Yang Mingzhi knew that he was facing a major decision-making moment in his life. He had finally gained Stalin's trust and could only further satisfy him.
Yang Mingzhi continued: "The technology level of the Feiyu rocket launcher we developed is lower than that of the Germans. We have improved the fuel formula and reduced the thrust to extend the propulsion time. We have installed short wings and rudders on it to enable it to glide.
Ability. It can fly forty kilometers, and nearly half of the distance is actually achieved by gliding."
"So, it looks a lot like a glider?"
"As we nicknamed it Flying Fish, it can go farther because of its ability to glide. So according to this idea, if we increase the size of the rocket launcher and increase the amount of fuel, it should have to go further."
Stalin also had the straight-line thinking that is common in Russia, adding more fuel to fly farther, and there was no logical problem at all.
Yang Mingzhi continued to elaborate on the advantages of the Take-off Fish rocket launcher: "Compared with the German weapons, my rocket launcher has its own advantages, that is, it is low cost. In the swamp, we use scrap copper and iron from the battlefield and source materials locally.
With the configured fuel, we can complete the feat of long-range bombing. If I have excellent material resources and a large number of professionals, I believe that the 40-kilometer-level rocket launcher will be mass-produced. When its quantity reaches a level
, our army will have a strategic advantage."
"It's really great."
Stalin almost jumped up with excitement. Taking advantage of the excitement, Yang Mingzhi further introduced himself.
"Comrade Stalin, in addition to rocket launchers, I also have many new weapons research and development plans, from artillery to the most basic firearms, and even explosives! You see, I even brought all the key personnel of the design bureau I established, because I am eager to advance in scientific research.
There will be greater development in the future. I solemnly assure you that I have not told any lies, and if I fail, I am willing to accept any punishment."
"No! You will succeed! I will give you funding. The new weapons you invented will continue to enhance the Red Army's combat effectiveness. You must develop more new weapons. Haha, you are really a great internationalist fighter."
Yang Mingzhi stood up straight, his serious appearance suppressing his ecstatic heart.
"I am a soldier, a member of the Soviet armed forces, and you are the supreme military commander. All these are my obligations."
Stalin liked hearing this very much, so he narrowed his eyes and continued to listen.
"I am also a realistic person. Maybe I am not as great as you think. In Belarus, on the outskirts of Minsk, our 84th Division's 17,000 people were almost wiped out. During a year in the swamp, I
It also witnessed the sacrifice of as many as 40,000 comrades. In the Battle of Gomel alone, the Guerrilla Republic alone had 28,000 sacrifices.
They are all my comrades-in-arms, and as their commander, I have reason to avenge them."
Stalin nodded with satisfaction. He walked back to his office with his hands behind his back, sat down calmly, and opened the drawer. He took out a brown paper folder and muttered: "In this era, idealists are rare.
Realists are the most numerous. Since you call yourself a realistic person, let’s talk about realistic things.”
The document bag was opened, and Stalin personally read the contents of the document.
This document is actually the final summary of Yang Mingzhi's various honors, the battles he commanded or participated in during his service, the various honors he achieved, and how many spiritual and material rewards these honors will bring.
Stalin himself was also very realistic. If he wanted soldiers to fight with peace of mind, adequate material support was necessary. Even if the Soviet Union is in great difficulty now, front-line soldiers must at least have food to eat. Even if they don't eat well, military pay is not only paid, but also carried out.
A slight increase.
On the front line, ruble cash is basically useless, and many soldiers give their military pay to their families to support their families. The reward for killing a German soldier is 100 rubles, 500 rubles for destroying a tank, and up to 2,000 rubles for shooting down an enemy plane. It is equivalent to saying that
, the bonus earned from destroying a tank was almost as much as a soldier’s annual income before the war.
Of course, what soldiers need most is spiritual encouragement. When it comes to medals, Stalin was not stingy. A soldier who has experienced hundreds of battles can not only be quickly promoted from private, but also quickly have a breastplate made of medals.
Yang Mingzhi listened carefully. Everything was as he expected. The various military achievements he had obtained could be measured in different amounts of rubles.
According to various battle reports submitted over the past year, as well as the fact of multiple German defeats confirmed by Soviet intelligence personnel, the troops led by Yang Mingzhi did severely damage or basically annihilate the German 707th Division, 715th Division, 7th Division, 74th Division, and 64th Division.
815th Division, Romanian 6th Division, SS59 Regiment, SS Führer Regiment, and the main tank regiment of the German 7th Armored Division.
Stalin and the National Defense Committee clearly stated the price to the enemy. The soldiers did fight with the attitude of defending their homeland, but the high ruble bonuses could not stop.
Any general who has made meritorious service in commanding operations will receive a bonus far higher than that of ordinary soldiers who have made meritorious service while being promoted.
It is said that with only one army, as many as 100,000 enemies were defeated in one year. The Soviet intelligence department estimated that the troops commanded by Yang Mingzhi killed no less than 70,000 enemies in total. This result is really terrifying, so this should be given in the plan
When it came to the incredible bonus of the general, Stalin was too lazy to think carefully.
Stalin must consider that if he pays this man crazy bonuses, many generals will be dissatisfied. If he pays less, Timoshenko, Ponomarenko, and even many large guerrilla commanders will also be dissatisfied.
On the issue of bonuses, Stalin simply made a special decision based on his temper.
The so-called bonus for killing an ordinary German soldier is 100 rubles, while for SS soldiers it is 500 rubles. As the commander, Berekov takes a 10% commission. Therefore, a German division is basically annihilated based on 10,000 people.
The commander received a bonus of one hundred thousand rubles.
For tanks and armored vehicles that are captured or destroyed, the bonus will be drawn in the same proportion.
With such a rough calculation, what Yang Mingzhi got was a sky-high special war bonus!
And Stalin was indeed happy to pay this huge sum of money to tame Berekov into obedience.
The list of special bonuses is as follows:
Basically annihilate the German 715th Division, 7th Division, 64th Division, and Romanian 6th Division. Bonus: 400,000 rubles.
Annihilated the German 707th Division twice, bonus: 200,000 rubles.
Capture the commander of the German 707th Division, reward: 50,000 rubles.
Annihilate the SS59 regiment and severely damage the SS Heads of State regiment. Bonus: 200,000 rubles.
Severely damaged the 7th German Division and the 815th Division, bonus: 100,000 rubles.
Personally led his troops to annihilate the main tank regiment of the German 7th Armored Division, creating conditions for a local counterattack. Bonus: 200,000 rubles.
Kill the armored division commander with your own hands, reward: 100,000 rubles.
A total of more than 400 tanks and armored vehicles have been destroyed, and the bonus is 20,000 rubles.
A total of more than 30 German aircraft were shot down and destroyed, and the reward was 3,000 rubles.
The cumulative total of the bonus is as high as 1.27 million rubles!
Yang Mingzhi trembled all over after hearing this. More than one million rubles was a huge sum of money in this time and space. Could it be that he had been holding it back in the swamp for a year, and could he really receive this huge bonus legally?
Stalin paused and explained specifically: "General Berekov, don't be surprised, these are your bonuses. The Soviet will not wrong those who serve her, and this is only part of the bonus you will receive."
Yang Mingzhi, who was already surprised, was even more shocked: "What? Comrade Stalin, do I still have my bonus?"
"Of course! The individual anti-tank weapon you developed and put into actual combat is worth 50,000 rubles. If your 40-kilometer-range rocket launcher can be mass-produced, you will receive another 100,000 bonus. These are just bonuses,
As a soldier, you have to make up for the military pay you have owed for the past year and today."
Compared with bonuses, formal salaries are also considerable.
Stalin set a monthly salary of 10,000 rubles for himself. No one else could exceed him, and the salary would be lowered step by step. The Soviet leader was the highest commander of the army. The next level up was the marshal, and the next level down was the general, lieutenant general, etc.
etc.
By September, it was already the fourth month that Yang Mingzhi had served as lieutenant general, and his hard salary alone was 20,000 rubles. Before that, he had served as a colonel for eight months, with a salary of 10,000 rubles. As for serving as a second lieutenant battalion commander
Yang Mingzhi was very familiar with wages at that time. It was before the war, and with an income of more than two hundred rubles a month compared to the low prices, life was really good.
However, the money has not been distributed yet, because behind each medal there is an equivalent bonus, among which the Gold Star Medal carries the largest bonus.
Adding up various bonuses, arrears of wages and some subsidies, what Stalin will give Yang Mingzhi is a huge sum of 1.4 million rubles!
And this money explains his battle in Belarus.
It is said that the amount of money was so huge that Yang Mingzhi had to have doubts. He was not mentally prepared to accept such a huge sum of money.
Suppressing his inner excitement and fear, Yang Mingzhi said calmly: "Comrade Stalin, I am not leading the war for money! Besides, being on the front line, money is far less valuable than a steady stream of artillery shells."
Yang Mingzhi's calm appearance surprised Stalin. He was about to receive a huge sum of money, but this man was not surprised at all?
"After all, you have helped the alliance and performed your duties very well. Looking at the more than 10 million people in the army, you are a rare genius. You deserve such a reward. Could it be... Could it be
You are still not satisfied."
"No! No!"
"So what do you want? Since you are a real person, you must have real needs. Say it and I will try my best to satisfy you."
Now, Yang Mingzhi thought of the sky-high price breakfast he had in a canteen in Podolsk at dawn. He basically understood why the price was astonishingly high. It was because Stalin signed a series of orders to pay huge bonuses.
Encourage soldiers to kill the enemy. Soldiers really lived up to expectations, so the Soviet Union's Chervin bank notes were printed. A large amount of ruble hot money flooded the Soviet domestic market. Due to the shortage of various types of material capital due to the war, a large amount of hot money poured in, further
exacerbated inflation.
Anyway, the Soviet Union implemented a wartime rationing system and prices rose to astronomical levels, but the people still ate the rations honestly.
When the war was won, he still had to deal with the consequences of the "bonus stimulus plan" that Stalin personally created. The method of dealing with it was also very simple. New rubles were issued and old rubles were exchanged in proportion, just like Lenin did when the Soviet Union was just born.
That way.
But no matter how the currency value is changed, it will become a new ruble in the future, and more than one million will shrink to two or three hundred thousand. Compared with the extremely low prices in the Soviet Union, it is still a huge sum of money!
No matter how much money you have, it is the last word to be able to buy reliable supplies.
Since Stalin asked him what he wanted, Yang Mingzhi certainly had many needs, and these needs could not be bought with rubles.
It is said that you people have become the privileged class, and in the end, they have driven the Soviet Union into economic depression. Can I also become the privileged class? The right way is to punish people for their own sake. No matter what great ideals I have, I must first
Get your family settled!
Yang Mingzhi composed himself and already had a plan in mind.
He still deliberately showed a humble look: "This is an era of war, a peaceful life is the most precious, and peace will eventually come. I am a soldier, and I have an obligation to participate in the war and end it by defeating the enemy. If I serve as a scientific
It is okay for workers to develop new weapons so that the troops can be defeated earlier. So I should think about life after the war. If possible, I hope that my family and I can return to Belarus and return to the land where I fought. Guard
With those tens of thousands of heroic souls, I will continue to develop Novgomel, which I created with my own hands."
"Haha, what a simple and pragmatic idea."
It is said that Yang Mingzhi’s remarks surprised Stalin. As we all know, the most prosperous cities in the Soviet Union are Moscow and Leningrad, but this man actually went to remote areas by name. What on earth was this guy thinking? (To be continued)