Chapter 1778 Imagination of recruiting troops and buying horses
It has been a year since he followed the highly motivated General Berekov, and Popov has become very accustomed to the general.
The general's mind seems to be always wise, and all the ideas he puts forward have great constructive significance.
It's just that the general always hopes that everything he thinks of can be done perfectly. Although the idea is beautiful, whether it can be implemented depends on everyone's action. As a subordinate, you should fulfill all the general's orders. As for making yourself physically and mentally exhausted, there is nothing you can do about it.
thing.
Popov calmed down and said, "Just tell me."
"It's about the funding of our design bureau."
"I will be responsible for this matter for the time being. All matters related to the design bureau's funds will be entrusted to the financial department of the Academy of Sciences for the time being."
"Economic issues also need to be formalized. New buildings need to be built, and we have to be responsible for our own economic expenditures. It seems...it seems we need to recruit more talents."
The current design bureau only has twenty or thirty people. As a legal organization, the manpower is really shabby, giving people the feeling of a small workshop. In fact, according to the current situation, the entire design bureau only has one large office and two rows of dormitories.
Even if we build some new houses, they are still small and pitiful.
It's obviously a design bureau that develops assault rifles, so it shouldn't be so shabby.
"Hey, Popov, our organization must be more formal. We will have a small meeting alone later. I will tell you about the machine gun used by the squad, and we will discuss other matters. Now..."
, Yang Mingzhi stood up from the chair, took off the military coat he had worn all day, hung it on the top of the wooden wall, and put on a black woolen coat.
"Director, do you still have something to go out?"
"Hehe, of course. I have to go to the kitchen quickly. The Chinese dishes Bessika made for me should be ready!"
Sitting on the wooden chair in the kitchen, holding an iron lunch box filled with noodles, facing the warm smiling face of my wife, my happiness cannot be described in words.
"Brother, please try it. We ran here and ate noodles for the first time."
"Well, I used to be poor and couldn't afford noodles, but it seems I can eat them every day in the future."
The cooked noodles are thrown into the thick soup, and after some stirring, it becomes a simple noodle soup. It is a simple home-cooked meal, which is basically a stew with some noodles.
This is a very casual way of eating. When he got here, Yang Mingzhi could tell that what he was holding in his hands was a delicacy just by smelling it.
He held the chopsticks and put the whole wheat noodles into his mouth.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Star Tao asked.
"It's delicious! It's so delicious. It reminds me a lot. How about you make noodles for me every day from now on? Oh, I still like to eat our noodles."
"Okay, I'm happy if you're happy. Hey, I can still benefit from you, and I'll eat noodles every day from now on. Or I can make more, and we'll all eat noodles in our design bureau."
"Everyone?!"
The issue of eating is always important. Yang Mingzhi has always believed that if you eat bread every day, sooner or later everyone will get tired of it. Of course, this is his Chinese thinking. Yang Mingzhi has not thought about it carefully. In fact, Russians will never get tired of it.
bread.
If you change your eating habits, your mood will improve a lot.
Yang Mingzhi ate half the bowl in one gulp and licked the chopsticks clean.
"Yeah, that's right. You can also steam steamed buns in the future. Maybe tomorrow as soon as possible, they will deliver steamers and other equipment."
"Huh?!" Yang Tao suddenly sat upright, "A steamer for steamed buns? Where did you get it?"
"That Nikolayevsky, they can make some civilian products. You can talk to Anne about this later. I will talk about big things with Popov after dinner."
"Okay. You'd better eat slowly and don't choke."
"okay."
It is said that he is eating noodles, but in fact he is drinking noodles. It is not that Yang Mingzhi does not want to spend more time with his wife, but due to the long life in the battlefield, it is difficult for him to eat quickly.
Of course, negotiating with Popov on certain issues is also very important.
There are many things that Yang Mingzhi knows he must face. It is better to solve them in advance than to face them passively.
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There are no work tasks tonight, only a few designers are still burning the midnight oil in the big office, just to reproduce the previous drawings.
Near the heater blades, Popov set up a small wooden table with a teacup on it. He smoked a cigarette and waited for the director to come back after finishing work with his wife, Niwai, to talk about those "important topics."
With his hands in his pockets, Yang Mingzhi was full of energy after eating and drinking. He walked back to the big office almost singing, his happiness clearly evident.
"Ah! Comrade Director, you are back. It seems that the feast Comrade Besica has prepared for you is really to your liking."
"Yes. Ah, after all, the wheat from Novosibirsk is better than the ones we captured in the swamps. The ingredients of the noodles are also very good. In my opinion, they are much more delicious than those made in the swamps."
"Really? Chinese noodles, I'm jealous that you can still eat that kind of deliciousness."
"No, you don't have to be envious. Soon we will eat noodles often and you will get used to it." After saying that, Yang Mingzhi sat down quickly and stopped saying any polite words.
"Popov, now we should talk about something serious, something very important to the future of our design bureau."
"Important matter?"
Popov thought about it. The important thing the director called was probably the expansion of the design bureau. Now the core staff of the design bureau has just over ten people. The future development potential is very huge, and the demand for development is also very urgent. Therefore, the director is nothing more than
It seems that we hope to add more designers, and then divide the work internally when the manpower is sufficient.
The director's ambitions are always very high. If the design bureau will eventually become a large organization, then the framework of each branch should start from now on.
Popov did not express his opinion rashly and continued to listen to the director.
Yang Mingzhi pretended to be serious and said: "Comrade Popov, I think you need a secretary."
"What? Secretary?!" As soon as he said this, Popov was a little confused.
"That's the secretary. Although I am now the director, you are actually in charge of the actual work of the design bureau. On the other hand, my work is more like a core designer. But you are single-handedly responsible for the daily operations of the entire design bureau. Currently,
With a small manpower, you can handle everything. Our business will eventually develop, and at that time, we will need some professional administrative experts. So first, you need to assign a secretary."
"Oh, I understand when you say that."
"Our design bureau is facing major problems! In the foreseeable future, our assault rifles and rocket launchers will need rapid development, and soon our affiliated factories will be established. Let's not talk about the achievements we can achieve in the future. If we do our internal affairs
No, any achievement is empty talk.
We need some administrative experts, we need to set up a financial office, and recruit at least two full-time accountants. The work in the canteen is also very important, and Anne's kitchen needs to recruit at least two helpers. We also need full-time cleaning staff to take care of most of our work.
The place is cleaned, and I can also help everyone wash their clothes..."
Yang Mingzhi was able to talk about whatever came to his mind. His description was very detailed, and he even considered recruiting a full-time electrician.
After hearing this, Popov couldn't help but ask: "Director, did you have a drink in the kitchen?!"
"Wine? No, I don't."
"What you said, I... I really think it's too complicated. We are still a small research institute, why should we suddenly recruit so many people?"
"It is necessary! It is very necessary! No matter how small the research institute is, it is still an institution. We must formalize it, especially when the factory is completed and put into production, everything in the factory must be prepared in advance. Our team of workers may be small at the beginning, but the
The organization must be fully equipped. Just like a factory, our design bureau is currently a small research institute, and I am confident that it will double the number of researchers in thirty days."
Seeing that Popov was silent, Yang Mingzhi continued to joke: "Sooner or later we have to increase our manpower. Instead of recruiting new people when the work pressure is too great, it is better to act now. Haha, I guess the new people we recruit are all young women.
Where is the young man? Popov, don’t you think this is a good thing?”
"Young women? Of course, most factories are run by women. Even during the previous wheat harvest, most of the people who drove the harvesters were women."
"That's right. Nowadays, all young men are becoming soldiers. Even some boys aged fifteen or sixteen can't wait to become soldiers."
The director's words made Popov think of something, and he said sincerely: "This is true. Today I talked with the workers who built the toilets, and someone told me that the recruitment departments in the city are able to
Some children who lied about their age pointed it out. Their spirit of fighting for the country is worthy of praise, but they are too young. This is Siberia, not our Belarusian swamp! The situation in Siberia is not serious enough to recruit children to fight.
The point.”
"Hehe, but I can't deny that a group of fifteen or sixteen-year-old children often have a very strong will to fight, such as our Natasha."
"Natasha..." Popov took a deep sip of the cigarette and exhaled meaningfully. "I haven't heard from her for almost a month. You and I also saw her in the newspaper.
General report. She should be living a good life now."
"Alas..." Yang Mingzhi also sighed deeply, and then complained: "I asked Lysenko to inquire, and it seems that he also forgot about this matter. Just like he forgot to build a house for us. As for the children
I don’t know what happened to our Kharkov when it came to joining the army. Before departure, I promoted that brat, and it’s only been more than a month now. All the teenagers have been transformed into youth brigades, and almost all of them have
It was the Lenin Komsomol that FireWire joined.
All this is just like what it was like when the Soviet Union was first established. After all, it was a fighting organization. The teenagers defeated the White Army and the intervention forces of other countries. Now Kharkiv leads more than a thousand peers to fight against the invaders.
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Are they all okay? I hope everything is okay."
Pripet Swamp was not a good place by any stretch of the imagination, and Popov himself was forced to jump into the swamp to take refuge. However, after living there for a whole year, it was impossible not to have any feelings.
The past year was the most thrilling time he had ever experienced in his life, but it was also the happiest time.
His talents were fully demonstrated, especially when he met a strange man. Following General Berekov, his ordinary life was completely changed.
"You are right. We have not received any calls or telegrams from the guerrilla movement headquarters during this period, and there are no relevant reports in newspapers. It seems that our guerrilla republic is recuperating!"
Yang Mingzhi nodded: "That's how it should be. After this war, we almost collapsed. When I arrived at Stalin's bunker, what do you think he said?"
"What did the leader say?!"
"Comrade Stalin praised the decisiveness and timeliness of our military operations. The offensive campaign ordered by Zhukov successfully liberated Rzhev. We have made outstanding contributions at this station! Stalin and everyone in the National Defense Committee confirmed that we have
Belarus has won a battle-level victory. Of course, the victory is real, and we have only one breath left for this. If...if the German army sends two more reorganized divisions southward at that time, what can we do? We can only bring them with us
Those who could be taken away were evacuated to the left bank of the Dnieper River.
Now we have an important breathing period, and it is best not to fight during this period. Until tomorrow spring, it is best not to engage in campaign-level operations. If it is just a matter of tearing down railway tracks to make steel, follow Yevlov's wishes,
My attitude is to support this kind of destruction.
But I am not in the swamp. What can I do if Yevlov and Salynchkin insist on launching a large-scale military operation? I can only support it, but they also listen to my military guidance.
After all, I am still the nominal commander of the group army. Yevlov does not have the ability to command group army-level operations, at least not for the time being. He will have to rely on me when the time comes. Alas, having said so much, it seems to have diverted the topic."
"No!" Popov shook his head, "What you said is very realistic."
"It is very realistic and necessary. Now I think about it, one day I will still lead the troops to fight, what will happen to our weapons design bureau then? Maybe when we win this war I will come back and continue to be the director, but the big problem
Part of the time, Popov, you will be in charge of the specific work. There are more and more tasks, and you are getting older, so the heavy work pressure needs to be shared."
"It's true that recruiting manpower is necessary. I have always supported this matter, but I didn't expect you to be so anxious."
"You can't be in a hurry!" Yang Mingzhi smiled again, "Wouldn't it be a good thing if there were a large number of young women among the new recruits?"
At this point, Yang Mingzhi lowered his voice, hunched his back and approached Popov, and gently pointed at several technicians at work not far away.
"You see, they are all single. Wouldn't it be great if we recruit some female technicians and bring them together?"
"Ah~ I understand what you mean."
Yang Mingzhi has never rejected "husband and wife teams", and even believes that it is a good thing for husband and wife to work together in a company, and they need to be encouraged.
Now that the words have been made clear to Popov, it is obvious that the other party fully supports it, and the next step is to implement it.
Yang Mingzhi continued: "I'm going to the city for a meeting tomorrow. Regarding the recruitment of various types of manpower for our design bureau, I would like to ask you to go to Lysenko's office in person and explain it to the old guy. How about it?"
"Okay." Popov knew very well that anything the director is determined to do cannot be delayed. "I will go. Before that, you should at least make a list for me. You should list some departments that need to be added.
How many people are needed in each department?”
"Okay, I will write you a document now. This must be done quickly. It is best to recruit internal staff within the Academy of Sciences. You can tell Lysenko that if there are newly graduated female students assigned to Novosibirsk, there will be
It's related to our work, so try to assign it to me. Sigh... I'm afraid you won't remember if I tell you too much, so I'll write it down in detail. Anyway, I will recruit at least seven or eight more female graduates.
The manpower for scientific research work has been expanded, young people's marriage issues have been resolved, and the working atmosphere of our design bureau should also be excellent."