Originally, the supply of various materials was all tilted towards the army, and the supplies of the rear military industry department were greatly weakened. After all, there are only so many supplies. If the army is hungry, it will only be a matter of time before it is completely defeated. Stalin and his close comrades must decide which is more important and which is less important.
make a choice.
However, in the foreseeable future of October, everything will happen in a major positive way for the Soviet Union.
The first thing to bear the brunt was the arrival of Allied supplies, which were thirty Liberty Ships! Half of them transported the flour and butter that the army urgently needed! Coupled with the traditional wheat harvest season of the entire alliance, in a short period of time, the Soviet frontline
The food supply has definitely improved tremendously.
It can be said that at this time and space, the Battle of Stalingrad was at a critical stage, and the allied fleets that were resuming transportation had to provide strong logistical support. The canned beef produced in Texas with the USA stamped on it sat on the military train all the way south.
into the hands of the new troops about to march to Stalingrad.
So in October, the German soldiers who continued to fight in the city's mountains of corpses and seas of blood and ruins were searching for usable Soviet submachine guns when they suddenly saw cans in the backpacks of dead bodies.
It was already very difficult for the German army to supply supplies. The German soldiers who got the cans couldn't care less and gave priority to themselves. As a result, the empty cans were taken away by the officers and finally sent to Paulus.
The Russians have begun to eat American beef, but their own logistics supply is not smooth! The terrible fact is here. When Paulus saw the cans of USA, and the battle had already been two months, the battle was still anxious.
And the most terrifying winter is approaching. For the first time, the ominous premonition of failure appeared in Paulus's mind.
All of the above happened in October.
Mustache suddenly flew to Ukraine, met with Paulus in person, and urged him to launch a larger-scale attack on Stalingrad, and must capture this railway hub at all costs.
Paulus was implementing this order. However, after the offensive was launched, the German army did not take the city with a heavy blow as their commander had hoped. By September 20, a new round of fierce street fighting had begun.
On the seventh day, the German army still could not completely occupy only the urban area on the right bank of the river.
The German army needs a large number of soldiers and a large amount of food to cope with long-term operations!
It was the traditional wheat harvest season in Ukraine. During the year of occupation, the German army ordered the people in the occupied areas to continue farming. By the time of the wheat harvest season, the German army had already harvested all the grain.
As Mustache calls "war economics," Ukraine's vast farmland will become an important source of military supplies for the German army.
The new wheat was ground into powder in several cities in Ukraine, and then transported directly to the East. The first batch of new wheat was delivered to the Sixth Army on September 14. By the way, some of the grain was also sent to Romania.
Italian army.
When it was hot, because the main force in the logistics was already the Italian army, these soldiers did not hesitate to get the bread first, first served, and first to eat the bread.
The wheat harvest season in Ukraine is one month earlier than in Siberia, and the yield is higher.
In a sense, the German army really had a great advantage in choosing the offensive node. They had the strategic initiative, and their millions of troops received a large amount of food support on the spot.
What they faced was the Soviet army, which had relatively difficult supplies for the time being.
In September, the defenders of Stalingrad had to live frugally. However, the Soviet army's logistics situation was improving day by day. They quickly contained the German offensive, and the two sides began an all-weather tug-of-war.
September 20th was another cold and peaceful day in Novosibirsk.
People here don't feel the horror of war at all. Regarding the bloody battle taking place in Stalingrad, everyone can only get information through regular radio broadcasts every day and newspapers.
They can only think of scenes of horrific scenes, which are very different from the real scenes. In other words, based on this information alone, they cannot understand how bloody the fierce battle in the distance is.
Yang Mingzhi got up early today just to go to the DP machine gun factory earlier and get back the late "gas rod".
Cars were driving on the main road in Novosibirsk. Today's city is obviously noisier than before.
There are some slow-moving monsters, they are bigger than tanks, and each one has a red flag on the cab. They are combine harvesters.
In 1929, the Soviet Union could not produce an airplane, a combine harvester, or a car. By 1941, it had the best technology, which was the best in the world at that time.
They learned technology from the United States and manufactured the top combine harvesters of this era that have begun to become popular!
When the war broke out, the Ukrainian region, an important production area, carried out a large-scale transfer of limited supplies. Some combine harvesters and tractors were seized by the German army and became important tools for the German army to obtain slightly more grain in the autumn of 1942.
All harvester teams in Novosibirsk accepted orders from the agricultural department and officially began harvesting under the supervision of city authorities.
Huge machines will enter the wheat fields of each collective farm and sweep out all the dried wheat before the cold wave arrives. They will be followed by several trucks to accompany the harvesters and catch the wheat kernels as soon as possible.
The city of Novosibirsk can harvest the wheat fields within its jurisdiction in just one day. Why is it so efficient? Simply because this city is a big city. The maintenance base for large-scale agricultural machinery is located here, and the number of such machines is the largest in the state.
After completing today's mission, the harvester will go to other cities and seize the time to help local people harvest.
The impact of all this on Yang Mingzhi is limited. Their wheat harvest operation was a great success. For their own design bureau, the first thing to bear the brunt is that they can make their own small pasta stove. It seems that that's it...
He came to the factory early and waited until noon to get all the air guide rods.
Looking at the last parts I got, they can obviously be processed at high speed, but they have been delayed until now.
Are you angry? Of course Yang Mingzhi is in the mood.
The director of the machine gun factory added a new twist to the old rhetoric. Apparently they also got the good news of an increase in food rations. On the other hand, the director also revealed that machine gun production in October must be increased by an equal proportion!
The words of the factory director really reminded Yang Mingzhi: "If we jointly add a 10% increase in food rations, the ordnance production must also increase by 10%. That Lysenko, why do you only say half of it?"
Anyway, after the parts were packed into the box properly, Yang Mingzhi suppressed the extreme excitement in his heart, tried to stay calm, and took the car back to the design bureau.
It was already afternoon, and the car had just stopped at the door of the big office when a tall man suddenly opened the door.
He shouted in his powerful voice: "All designers in the design bureau, assemble urgently! Guards, assemble urgently!"
Yang Mingzhi came back, and his first order was for everyone to line up and stand in line.
Everyone in the office is following Yang Mingzhi’s order to continue to draw a batch of backup copies according to the original drawings of the firearm. Because no one is more confident than the designer of the firearm, especially the designer who always believes that the new gun will soon start mass production.
By then, I am afraid multiple factories will be mass-producing at the same time. Instead of rushing to draw detailed drawings at that time and enduring the negative impact of hasty mistakes, it is better to prepare in advance.
The designers stopped what they were doing and stood in line with all the guards, giving them the feeling that the morning's military training was going to be even more intense.
The so-called military training is not just about kicking. Yesterday, all the semi-finished firearms were delivered. Today, the director personally went to get the remaining parts. Should we just do gun training today?
In the Academy of Sciences? Impossible!
Yang Mingzhi had already made a plan, and he was very pleased to see that everyone had gathered and raised their chests high.
"Very good, you already have the reaction speed that a real soldier should have. Now, it's just time to train you to fight like a soldier!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up a wooden box.
"Look, this is the final part of the firearm. With it, the firearms in our warehouse will really become combat weapons. Comrades, cheers! We have created the first assault rifle in the entire alliance! Remember the vocabulary I describe
, not an automatic rifle, but an assault automatic rifle. It is the beginning of a new history of the alliance. Comrades, you are the witnesses of history, and you are the promoters. Cheers! Ula!"
The scene suddenly fell into embarrassment. Seeing the director dancing and enjoying himself, everyone laughed bitterly for a while before saying a few perfunctory words of hurrah.
The reality of the cold scene was like a bucket of cold water poured on his head. Yang Mingzhi was very unhappy in his heart, but on the surface he could not accuse these subordinates of not cooperating.
After a little reflection, maybe these people really don't need to cheer too much.
What is the reality?
There is really only one person in the entire design bureau, Yang Mingzhi, who has been crazily advocating that the assault rifle is destined to have a brilliant future from the beginning. Everyone also believes that its future is boundless. As for how "boundless" it is, no one can feel it.
People can't imagine things they haven't seen before, so how can a group of people from the design bureau of this time and space imagine the glory of that plane "Ak47"?
They simply believe that the new weapon is an excellent light weapon, at most better than the current Bobosha submachine gun.
The scene of Shanhuula did not appear. Perhaps they would cheer for joy only when they saw gunfire.
Yang Mingzhi put down the wooden box in his hand and motioned to Popov: "Go to the warehouse and take all the semi-finished guns to the big office. Go quickly!"
"As you command!"
Popov had just taken two steps when he was suddenly stopped: "Wait! Go get some more bullets."
"What?!" Popov, who was surprised to realize that something was wrong, turned his head, "General, can you..."
"Don't be stunned, I have to make sure the bullet can be pressed into the gun chamber smoothly."
An order is an order. At this moment, the director is not the director, but the dignified lieutenant general commander of the 63rd Group Army!
At this glance, Popov felt the feeling of being in a swamp. The general suddenly had a strong urge to do what he wanted to do, and it was impossible to stop him!
This kind of strong action and execution is also what Popov likes.
The noise attracted Star Tao, who was chatting with Annie in the kitchen.
"Dear, the director is back. Do you want to go see him?"
"No need! Those men are designing weapons again, and I couldn't provide any help in the past."
"Huh? You were a soldier a few months ago? Why can't you provide help?" Annie asked in surprise.
"Forget it." Yang Tao stroked her belly and said happily: "I'm almost going to be a mother, so it's most valuable for me to learn some parenting experience from you."
Of course, in her heart, Yang Tao still wants to find out the success of her husband's research. His research and development efficiency is as fast as ever. It's okay to go and say a few words now and then come back to continue chatting.
She thought about it for a while and decided to forget it. How the new gun looked like might be revealed in a few days when she went to the so-called military shooting range.
Two wooden tables were put together, with only all the semi-finished rifles and all remaining parts on them.
Popov and all the designers, Grishenko and all the guards standing guard outside, everyone became spectators.
Yang Mingzhi was the only one playing with these parts in public.
As he explained, he skillfully pressed the bullets into the magazine without any bias, and exactly thirty bullets were inserted.
"Excellent, there should be no problem with the spring inside. The bullet presses in smoothly. The relevant factory is indeed producing it in strict accordance with the drawings."
"Of course. How dare they produce randomly." Popov agreed while curious about the general's next move.
The next thing is to test a soldier's basic skills in assembling a firearm.
The charging handle is connected to the gas sealing rod, and then inserted into the gas pipe. The spring at the rear end of the charging handle is very important. Yang Mingzhi completed the assembly with some effort and finally buckled the receiver cover.
In this way, the so-called "AАB42" assault rifle is assembled.
It is made up of a large number of stamped steel plates and rivets. Only the barrel and gas tube have handguards, and the butt is a steel bracket that folds left and right.
It has a layer of black paint all over, and without the magazine inserted, it suddenly feels like a semi-automatic carbine.
Popov asked: "General, your firearm is officially completed."
"No! Not yet!"
At this moment, Yang Mingzhi felt that he had simply completed a replica of the Five-Sixth Shot. Naturally, this so-called replica also added some new tricks. For example, its front sight has a semi-encircled structure, and the butt of the gun also folds left and right.
However, some classic designs are completely retained, even the magazine latches.
Anyway, the commander of the military region is a lieutenant general, which is the same level as me!
Anyway, I was already chatting and laughing with the mayor and first secretary!
Anyway, that guy Lysenko, it’s okay for me to offend him, not to mention he’s quite polite to me now!
It is normal for people who are excited to do some dangerous things.
Yang Mingzhi, after all, is only thirty years old this year. In the Soviet system, he is completely a young officer. This kind of person may be very talented, but he must also be impulsive! What's more, he has achieved great success, and his heart is inevitably a little bloated.
In full view of the public, Yang Mingzhi forgot the rules he had set and even threw Lysenko's advice aside.
He picked up the magazine filled with bullets on the table, skillfully inserted it into the chamber of the gun, pulled the cocking handle suddenly, and aimed the black muzzle at the empty outdoor target, the solid flat ground through the door.