In fact, this is not because Shulka is unwilling to join the R&D department.
How good the R&D department is. It occasionally comes up with ideas or suggestions. There is no need to fight, no need to go to the battlefield, no danger, no danger, and it can really work, such as developing some equipment.
But Shulka could no longer influence the battle situation on the front line.
It would be okay if everything goes according to historical trends. Although there are dangers everywhere, the Soviet army will still win in the end.
The problem is... Shulka is not sure whether his changes will have some impact, and this impact may appear to be positive but is actually negative.
For example, Kalashnikov was saved, but the result may be that he was unable to leave the position of a tank driver, so he was unable to develop the AK47. Another example is that he defended Kiev, but the result was that Moscow was surrounded in advance.
Especially the latter. The early siege of Moscow was not only a matter of the German army having one more month, but also a matter of the Soviet Union sending reinforcements from the Far East Front... The Soviet army had never dared to send reinforcements from the Far East to reinforce Moscow because they were worried
The Japanese army would launch an offensive until the High Command learned from intelligence personnel in mid-October that the Japanese would not participate in the war against the Soviet Union until the autumn of 1942, so it transferred back 11 divisions totaling 250,000 people and a large amount of equipment.
But now, because the German army launched an offensive in advance, there was a gap of more than a month between the defense of Moscow and the reinforcements in the Far East.
Therefore, Shulka could not and did not dare to transfer to the R&D department, even though it was very tempting for him.
"You can consider Comrade Kalashnikov!" Shulka said: "As you know, he has designed other things before this. He is better at designing things than a tank driver. More importantly,
I think the R&D department lacks people like him who have battlefield experience and understand the actual situation..."
Sisoy nodded and then turned his gaze to Katukov.
"No problem!" Katukov agreed immediately: "But this will not happen next time. The Fourth Tank Brigade is also in short supply of tank soldiers with maintenance skills!"
"Of course, Comrade Katukov!" Sisoy replied, with a look of disappointment on his face... It can be seen that he is not very interested in Kalashnikov, otherwise Kalashnikov was under Stalin
He should have asked for it when he was working at the Gulla Tractor Factory.
But Shulka knew that Sisoy had made a mistake.
Ten minutes later, Kalashnikov came to say goodbye to Shulka.
"I don't know what to say, Comrade Shulka!" Kalashnikov said: "I don't even know if this is right or wrong!"
Shulka could understand Kalashnikov's mood at this time. He was not sure whether he would be able to achieve success after being transferred to the R&D department. If not, he might as well be a driver in the 4th Tank Brigade... After all, this is
The 4th Tank Brigade, Klin has become famous after defeating a German armored division in the first battle. Others who want to join this unit must go through layers of selection.
"Have confidence in yourself, Comrade Kalashnikov!" Shulka said: "You can definitely do it! At worst... just come back and become a tank soldier again!"
Kalashnikov laughed, hugged Shulka and left.
At this time, Shulka secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Everything seems to be moving in Moscow's favor, the Kalashnikov problem has been solved, and the gap in reinforcements from the Far East has been filled... As long as the Fourth Tank Brigade continues to fight like this.
However, what Shulka didn't expect was that things were not as simple as he thought.
At the Western Front Headquarters, Zhukov's phone rang.
Zhukov took the call, and Stalin's voice came from the other end of the phone: "What's the enemy's current situation?"
"The concentration of the enemy's assault group seems to have been completed!" Zhukov replied: "It seems that they want to encircle the north and south again and break through the second line of defense!"
"Where will they conduct their main attack?"
"It is expected that the north will be in the Volokolamsk area, while Kedrian's army is likely to attack from the south, bypassing Tula and heading towards Kahira!"
"Comrade Shaposhnikov and I believe that our army should launch a preemptive counterattack to crush the enemy's organized attack!" Stalin said.
Zhukov couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.
"Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov asked: "Has there been any change in the situation on other fronts that makes it possible to realize the counter-assault you mentioned?"
Zhukov thought that the battle in the direction of Kiev or Leningrad was victorious but he didn't know it, so Stalin wanted to counterattack.
But Stalin's answer denied this speculation.
"No, the situation on all fronts is still very tense!" Stalin said: "The enemy is still approaching!"
"So..." Zhukov asked doubtfully: "What forces should we use to counterattack? Our current forces can only defend!"
"We cannot sit still, Comrade Zhukov!" Stalin said: "If we continue to defend like this, the second line of defense will be broken through by the enemy just like the first line of defense! We need to take the initiative to disrupt their deployment, and we
It's not that we don't have excess troops. We also have the newly formed 4th Tank Brigade, the cavalry corps commanded by Dovatore, Belov's cavalry corps, Guttmann's tank division and part of the 49th Army.
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"Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov objected: "These troops are our mobile force and our last reserve force. If we invest in this uncertain counterattack... once it fails, we will no longer have the force to consolidate our defense and we will not be able to maneuver."
Defense! We will be extremely passive then..."
"You have six armies under your command, isn't that still too little?" Stalin interrupted Zhukov: "And the Fourth Tank Brigade can easily defeat an enemy armored division, which proves that we have the ability to counterattack!"
"Comrade Stalin!" Zhukov said helplessly: "Our defense line is more than 600 kilometers, and six army groups are scattered on these defense lines. The number of troops at each position of the defense line is actually pitifully small!"
But Stalin did not give Zhukov any room to argue: "The counterattack has been decided. You should make a counterattack plan immediately!"
With that said, he hung up the phone.
Zhukov was stunned on the spot and hung up the phone after a while.
When Zhukov was looking at the map and wondering what to do, Bulganin, a member of the Military Commission, appeared in front of Zhukov.
"Comrade Zhukov!" Bulganin said: "Comrade Stalin said you are proud, and asked me to come over immediately and work with you to quickly organize a counterattack!"