Then, the soldiers were taken into the production workshop by the colonel for a tour.
Of course, not everyone rushed up at once, but battalions lined up in neat formations under the leadership of the colonel to visit.
Shurka's battalion is the 1st Battalion, and this designation makes them fortunate to be the first batch of visiting troops.
The colonel walked in front, walking through an open gate dozens of meters wide.
An engineer came up and shook hands with the colonel, then took the loudspeaker from the colonel's hand and shouted: "Comrades, I am Sisoy, the person in charge here, and I will take you to the production of the T34 tank!"
Then, Sisoy led the troops forward like a tour guide, explaining as he advanced: "The T34 tank is divided into three parts. The driver and electromechanical personnel are located at the front of the vehicle, the combat compartment is in the middle of the vehicle, and the rear of the vehicle
Fitted with engine and transmission..."
In fact, it might be useful to talk to the tank soldiers, but most of the 333rd Regiment are infantrymen who don't even know anything about combat compartments or transmission devices. This is almost like playing the piano to a cow.
But this does not affect the soldiers' visit.
In the workshop, there are neatly lined up tanks waiting to be assembled. The tanks are being assembled or have been assembled. Workers and tank crews are busy inside... Just like the colonel said, the tank crews are learning to deal with simple faults from the workers.
The soldiers had never seen such a grand scene before, and they couldn't help but let out a burst of admiration.
However, after a period of "confusion", they quickly thought of the key point:
"Comrade Sisoy!" a soldier asked: "It is said that our tanks are better than the German tanks, right?"
"Yes!" Sisoy nodded and replied with a proud expression: "I mean the T34 tank. It can easily penetrate the enemy's No. 3 and No. 4 tanks at a distance of 500 meters or even 1,000 meters.
No. 1 tank, and the enemy has to be at least 100 meters away to penetrate the T34 frontal armor!"
(Note: The 76mmf34 cannon equipped with the 1941 model T34 can penetrate 69mm homogeneous steel plates at a distance of 500 meters and 61mm steel plates at a distance of 1000 meters)
Then the problem comes...
"So, why are German tanks rampaging on the battlefield?"
Sisoy's head immediately turned from high to low as soon as he heard this question. He didn't know how to answer this question, so he turned to the colonel for help.
"I've already told you the reason, you idiot!" the colonel replied: "You should pay attention. This is why your superiors sent you here to visit!"
This explanation seems reasonable, but Shulka knows that this is only one of the reasons.
When we reached the middle part, Sisoy gave the soldiers some free time and also took this opportunity to meet with the tank crews.
Shulka had no interest in this. While others were chatting enthusiastically, he walked to a tank being assembled and looked up and down... It was not a common opportunity to enter the workshop and watch the production of tanks up close.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Sisoy asked Shulka: "You look very interested in it!"
"Yes, Comrade Sisoy!" Shulka replied.
"Look, they are installing antennas!" Sisoy explained: "So that the inside of the tank can receive radio signals from outside!"
"Not all tanks are equipped with it, right?" Shulka asked casually. In fact, he already knew the answer.
"No, of course not!" Sisoy replied: "It is only installed on the command vehicle. We don't have so much radio equipment to install it on every tank!"
"Comrade Sisoy, don't you think there will be any problems with this?" Shulka asked.
"Problem?" Sisoy replied: "Of course there is a problem, it will make it difficult for the tanks to cooperate, but this problem is solved to a certain extent... A smart guy, he thought of a way, which is to connect an external phone
Machine! This is really a pioneering work, isn't it? I heard that he was just a sergeant. It's hard to imagine that a sergeant could come up with such a good method!"
"He is a second lieutenant now!" Shulka said.
"Oh, really?" Sisoy said: "What a lucky guy!"
Shulka was a bit dumbfounded. He didn't expect that his reputation had spread to the tank factory.
"But that's not what I'm talking about, Comrade Sisoy!"
"What's the problem?" Sisoy looked at Shulka in confusion.
"Antenna!" Shulka raised his head towards the towering antenna that the workers were installing.
"There's something wrong with the antenna? You mean it's broken?"
Shulka almost spat blood onto the ceiling. If engineers were like Sisoy and only focused on technical issues, then the Soviet army would be miserable.
"Comrade Sisoy!" Shulka said: "If you are a German and you see this tank and there is an antenna on this tank, what will you think of?"
"No, comrade! I'm not a German!" Sisoy said with a serious face and a bit of panic: "I can prove it, I have documents... and there are many people who can prove it!"
This was Shulka's fault. He forgot that there were many German spies in the Soviet army, and the Soviet army was conducting a large-scale investigation, so this kind of joke could not be made casually.
The colonel seemed to notice what was going on here, so he came up and asked, "What are you discussing?"
"Colonel!" Sisoy grabbed the colonel and said, as if he had found reinforcements: "Comrade Second Lieutenant thinks I am a German. You can prove it..."
The colonel cast doubtful eyes on Shulka and said, "Did you admit the wrong person, second lieutenant?"
Shulka was speechless.
"The problem is with that antenna, Colonel!" Shulka said: "If you were a German and saw this tank and it had an antenna, what would you think?"
At this time Sisoy exclaimed: "Colonel, he suspects that you are also German!"
Shulka helplessly spread his hands towards the colonel.
The colonel seemed to understand something, and then burst into laughter.
Then his expression turned serious again.
"You're right, Lieutenant!" the colonel said, "They'll see right away that it's a command vehicle!"
"Yes!" Shulka said: "Then it will become the enemy's main target!"
"So, how should we solve this problem?" The colonel touched his chin habitually.
"What's the problem?" Sisoy was still a little confused.
"Comrade Sisoy!" the colonel explained: "The antenna will reveal that this tank is a command vehicle and will make it the focus of the enemy's attack! This is what the second lieutenant said..."
Sisoy couldn't help but said "Oh" and patted his head before relaxing.
This made Shulka shake his head secretly. No wonder some people say that scientists are all madmen and paranoid.