The train, which had received a critical rest, was running wild again, and its speed was still impressive.
Vladimir was not far from Moscow. Finally, at 4:30 pm Moscow time, the military train arrived at Moscow’s Kazan Station.
This time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs took on all the response work.
The independent platform I saw was covered with people in blue hats, all of them wearing coats.
Russians basically have high noses and deep eyes, some have blue eyes and some have green eyes. Most of their faces are very similar. Having been in the Soviet Union for a long time, Yang Mingzhi has been able to distinguish them very well.
One of them looks so familiar!
After folding the curtain of the lathe and seeing the man's face through the window, Yang Mingzhi calmly muttered: "It's Captain Larin. This guy! Feliudov is good at traveling on business, are you good at picking up cars and planes?!"
After all, Captain Larin is an old acquaintance. From Tula to Moscow, his help cannot be underestimated.
After arranging his clothes, he ordered Gryshenko to carry the few luggage. After the military column stopped, Yang Mingzhi got out of the car.
Moscow is a more pleasant city than Novosibirsk, even though it was hit by a special air raid three weeks ago.
The climate here is slightly warmer, and the entire world is not covered in snow. Instead, the sky is filled with white floating objects. They are still air-proof balloons, and there are only a lot more of them than before.
Captain Larin took the initiative to greet you with a comfortable smile: "Dear General Berekov, are you surprised? I am here to greet you today."
The captain was wearing the uniform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a black leather jacket. This outfit was unusual. You must know that in the early Cheka, almost everyone wore a black leather jacket.
Yang Mingzhi glanced around and saw that the responders were all troops from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Their blue hats were quite eye-catching, and other people at the station instinctively stayed away from them on the platform.
The scene was a bit scary, and Yang Mingzhi also noticed that Dobroff, who was carrying a small suitcase behind him, had a look of fear in his eyes.
"Indeed, you have never seen such a scene before..." Yang Mingzhi muttered mentally and began to contact the captain.
"Comrade Captain, it seems that you have not been promoted due to the successful completion of your previous mission?"
"You...well, I thought you were going to say something? Promotion? We'll talk about that later. My dear general, thank you for your concern for me."
Yang Mingzhi shrugged: "I want to thank you too! You are my trusted friend. I saw that you brought more comrades. Are they all from Lubyanka?"
"Your eyes are always so keen. Yes, we were ordered to come to pick you up, and we are also here to pick up the important goods you brought all the way." After saying that, Captain Larin glanced at the accompanying soldiers: "Comrade General,
From now on, we will accept your goods, and the work of those escorting soldiers ends here."
"Oh~ In other words, Comrade Beria will be in charge from now on?"
"Yes. Next, you and your entourage will arrive at our office building as soon as possible. Comrade NKVD is already waiting for you."
Beria? This old guy?!
The NKVD manages a wide variety of things, but ultimately the core of its work is security. Thinking about it, I will soon meet Stalin in person, so it makes sense to meet Beria first.
No! It's not just that.
Yang Mingzhi estimated that Beria is likely to accompany the Kremlin in a hurry today.
"Then don't waste time. Both you and I are very pressed for time. Besides, I really want to see Comrade Stalin now, and I think the leaders of the alliance are equally eager."
"Of course!" Captain Larin chuckled, "Let's... let's start now!"
From now on, the mission from the garrison of the Siberian Military Region Headquarters was successfully completed. They closely guarded all the wooden boxes along the way. When all the boxes were moved down, Yang Mingzhi first conducted an inspection. To his delight, There are no obvious knock marks on the box.
From now on, Yang Mingzhi knows that he must accept the management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Following the direction of Captain Larin's finger, he even saw the car that was waiting for him and the truck that was preparing to carry the goods.
After a rigorous and careful handling, all the wooden boxes were loaded into the truck. There was a company of Internal Affairs soldiers responsible for escorting the goods. They stood on ten trucks, and everyone's submachine gun was loaded.
All the vehicles formed a mighty convoy. Yang Mingzhi and young Dobrov got into the car driven by Captain Larin himself, and sitting in the co-pilot was Second Lieutenant Grishchenko, who was one level shorter than them. .
Isn’t this situation very special?
While Yang Mingzhi was still trying his best to comfort Dobroff's frightened body and mind, his perked ears heard some teasing from Captain Larin.
"Obviously, the subordinates should drive for the superiors. Grishenko, you are enjoying the privilege of overstepping your rank. It doesn't matter, you are the general's bodyguard after all, so I still have to respect you..."
Everything was smooth sailing. We only stayed at the train station for less than twenty minutes before the massive motorcade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs drove into the square of Kazan Station, then quickly turned onto Komsomolskaya Street and headed straight for Lubyanka.
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Lieutenant General Berekov will inevitably arrive in Moscow, the great capital of the alliance, on September 29th.
He is a rare comprehensive talent in the alliance, especially in the field of weapons research and development. He has incredible accomplishments. Moreover, this person is obviously Chinese. No matter what the purpose is, everything he is doing now is obviously for the greatness of the Soviet Union. cause.
Stalin didn't really believe in Belekov's absolute support for the Bolsheviks. He only believed that this man would do everything he could to help the Soviet Union win this war. After all, today's China and the Soviet Union are real allies. Secondly, it can be said that all of Belekov's positions of power were provided by himself. How could he betray such a great favor?
If the leader has such an attitude, then the people invited by him have to accept this attitude.
Russia's great-power chauvinism cannot disappear because of the collapse of Tsarist Russia. Many senior officials in the Soviet Union still have the remnants of this kind of thought deep in their souls. And because of the rapid economic development after the establishment of the Soviet Union, the people began to become confident. Senior staff are also proud of their system.
Stalin was not that kind of dreamer. He was more focused on reality, including his self-awareness of his own abilities. When he found that he lacked the ability to command battles, he no longer fantasized about being a "front commander" and honestly became the leader of the Soviet Union.
Therefore, he cannot be conceited and call himself a scientist.
Perhaps most scientific workers have their own arrogance. Stalin invited them to Moscow just to participate in the research and testing of the new weapons invented by Berekov. When several famous weapons design experts arrived at the Kremlin,
Stalin could sense a hint of distrust in Berekov.
Even the "former Chinese" improved the rocket-propelled grenade that the Soviet Union had developed for a while but was shelved indefinitely, giving it surprising combat performance.
Simonov, Deggarev, and Tokarev who arrived in Moscow all unanimously expressed the same views on rocket-propelled grenades.
Why?
The Soviet military has long thought of using rockets or recoilless guns for anti-tank purposes. The essence of the RPG is a recoilless gun. Although it can be improved and turned into a personal rocket launcher, it is not impossible.
Just like Watt who initiated the first industrial revolution, the steam engine has existed for a long time. Watt's improvements made it practical for the first time. Can it be said that Watt invented the steam engine?
No! Although Belekov's contribution has to be acknowledged, the technical core of the rocket-propelled grenade, a medium- and short-range anti-tank weapon currently equipped on a large scale by the Soviet army, still comes from the Soviet Union.
What did Stalin think after hearing such rhetoric?
He was so incredibly happy that he even felt that Berekov had stolen relevant Soviet research materials from somewhere, and that thanks to the help of the group leader named Pugachev, he was able to obtain the RPG results.
Pugachev, another guy named Pugachev started a Cossack uprising against the Tsar.
Cossacks are always rebellious, and there are many Cossacks in the Far East. It is difficult to make these Cossacks obey. They can obey orders, but if they do something behind the scenes, even the Kremlin will have difficulty supervising them.
The small weapons developed by these three firearms manufacturing experts have been widely equipped in the army. They are absolute experts in firearms manufacturing, and their comments are very important.
Their words contained doubts about Berekov, and Stalin fully understood that their doubts were justified.
The incident happened two days ago, when Yang Mingzhi was still running wildly on the military column.
In the Kremlin, the three first arriving firearms designers stood on the mosaic carpet in the Soviet leader's office.
Stalin bluntly pointed out: "The report from Novosibirsk clearly stated that the new assault-type automatic rifle developed by Berekov can continuously fire three thousand rounds of ammunition."
Stalin himself was of course very happy with this data. When he explained this data, he was immediately doubted by the collective suspicion of the three firearms designers.
"How is this possible? An automatic rifle can be slightly modified to become a light machine gun. Is there a light machine gun that can last for 3,000 rounds? No! Only a water-cooled heavy machine gun can complete such a move." It was Deggarev who made such a statement.
He is a very good firearms designer. Based on his professionalism, it is difficult to believe those data. He deeply feels that the Siberian Military Region has exaggerated the facts. I am afraid that there is a suspicion of pleasing the leader. Of course, it is also bragging. This is true.
Human nature.
In order to make Stalin understand better, Deggarev talked about the mechanical strength of metal materials.
The highly technical vocabulary made Stalin confused. He waved his right hand at one point: "Please be quiet for now." After that, he asked Simonov for his opinion.
In the office, it was very necessary for Stalin to listen to Simonov's opinions.
"Dear Comrade Simonov, I understand at least one thing. Without bullets, firearms are just scrap metal. The report I received pointed out that the bullets they used were the new bullets you developed?"
"Yes." Simonov said bluntly and sincerely: "This matter surprised me. Two weeks ago, my research institute received several long-distance calls from Novosibirsk. A local weapons research institute actually asked
I had the technical parameters of a special bullet. I quickly learned that they were the Pripyat Arms Design Bureau and it was General Berekov who asked the question. Based on the principle of mutual support, I provided the relevant technical parameters."
"Oh? So, they developed a special automatic rifle based on your bullets?" Stalin asked in surprise.
"That's true in a sense. But I'm very surprised."
"Speak quickly."
"I feel that the pistol bullets currently used by our army are too low-power, while the rifle bullets are too powerful. In early 1941, my design bureau came up with the idea of developing a compromise bullet. We have certain research results, and I intend to use this
bullets to develop a more powerful submachine gun, but we did not succeed in developing it. Maybe given us more time, we will succeed next year. Now it seems that General Belekov has completed a prototype gun ahead of schedule.
"
Simonov's explanation conveyed two meanings to Stalin. First, Berekov's success was still based on the scientific and technological research that the Soviet Union already had; second, Berekov did not carry out research and development, and Simonov
The Nov factory will also produce a prototype gun in a few months.
The RPG weapon system has been developed by the Alliance since the 1930s.
The Simonov Research Institute has completed the research and development of intermediate-power rifle ammunition, but has not produced matching firearms.
A super long-range rocket is, in a sense, a rocket that can glide.
It seems that every new weapon Berekov brings out should not be conjured by him like magic, because the alliance has already done a lot of research.
But the question came one after another, how did Belekov know these science and technologies, from bullets to rockets? Not only did he know these technologies, he could also complete research and development in a short time and achieve good results.
Stalin suppressed his doubts in his heart and continued to ask Simonov: "So, before Berekov's call, were the research results of your special bullet made public?"
"This... no! Absolutely not!" Simonov hesitated for a moment. After all, there were many researchers in his institute, and many people in the factory responsible for production took over the small batch production of new bullets.
Originally, there was no intellectual property rights in these studies. Moreover, Simonov and his assistants just felt that the prospects of this type of bullet were not very clear at the time, and they did not care about confidentiality at all, and even had an indifferent attitude.
Although this is the fact, Simonov still can't help but ask: "As far as I know, the Pripyat Arms Design Bureau was established in Belarus, and they were surrounded by German troops! Belekov has the ability to do it in that state
Research? The only way to explain it is that among the designers assigned to them later, some of them knew the research results of my design bureau. I can only explain it with this conclusion, but even so, their research and development speed is too fast!"