The plane landed directly at the Stalingrad Tractor Factory.
Of course a tractor factory of this size has a place to land aircraft.
As soon as the door was opened, the actor rushed out of the plane and even fell and rolled down due to his unsteady steps when walking down the stairs.
This embarrassing appearance made Major Yefimsi and his men couldn't help but laugh.
Major Yefimsi said to Shulka: "Your men don't look as calm as you, Comrade Shulka!"
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "He is just better at killing people!"
Major Yefimsi and others suddenly lost their voices.
Yefimxi and the others may not have any ill intentions, but people like them sitting in the office will not understand that people who have fought together on the front line have a life-or-death relationship, and this kind of relationship is even more reliable than blood relations.
Therefore, making fun of actors means making fun of Shulka, and Shulka will side with the actors without hesitation.
"Are you okay, Okunev!" Shulka said, "Stand up your chest like a warrior!"
"Yes, Comrade Second Lieutenant!" The actor wiped his mouth and really puffed up his chest and strode forward.
However, he was handsome for only three seconds. Before he took a few steps, he said "Wow" and bent down and took another sip of bitter water.
The person who came to greet Shulka was Kalashnikov. He looked a little nervous and said: "Comrade Shulka, you can't believe how much they attach importance to this discussion... Many people have come. But you have to have
Mentally prepare..."
"What kind of mental preparation?" Shulka was a little surprised.
"They basically won't let this plan pass!" Kalashnikov replied.
"But you just said they value this discussion!"
"I think..." Kalashnikov spread his hands and replied helplessly: "They just want to see the 'breakout hero'!"
Shulka had a dark look on his face.
Kalashnikov brought several people into a conference room, which should be a place to test guns, because before Shulka went upstairs, he saw an indoor shooting range downstairs, and there were several gunshots from time to time.
Come.
The soundproofing equipment in the conference room upstairs is very good, and the gunshots are basically inaudible after closing the door.
Sure enough, just as Kalashnikov said, the conference room was crowded, and warm applause broke out immediately when Shulka and others came in.
Sisoy came forward to shake hands with Shulka and said: "Comrade Shulka, you are welcome to visit our factory again..."
"Inspection?"
Before Shulka could react, Sisoy said to the others: "Comrades, let us warmly welcome the 'breakout hero' Comrade Shulka!"
Then there was another round of applause.
"We are fortunate to have Comrade Shulka today!" Sisoy continued: "Comrade Shulka bravely faced the Japanese invaders on the front line and defeated them time and time again to defend Moscow from the enemy.
The enemy has invaded. Now, we ask Comrade Shulka to tell us about his experience on the front line..."
"Comrade Sisoy!" Shulka interrupted Sisoy: "It seems that our topic today is not this!"
"I know, Comrade Shulka!" Sisoy said: "We can talk about it later..."
"No, we should talk now!" Major Yefimsi stood up. He was doing Shulka a favor.
"Okay, Comrade Shulka!" An old man with a beard stood up and said: "In this case, let's talk about it! We think that half-track vehicles are not realistic...a half-track vehicle
How many people can it carry? One shift? It’s only one-third that of a car, but the cost and production hours are twice that of a car or even more!”
"The cost and labor hours of a T34 tank are more than that of a car, right?" Shulka asked.
"Of course!" the old man replied.
"So does that mean we don't need tanks?" Shulka said: "Are we driving cars to fight against enemy armored forces?"
The old man could not help but be speechless.
"Our production capacity is limited, Comrade Shulka!" Sisoy said: "If we produce half-track vehicles, we will have to reduce the production of cars, and the cars we produce cannot even meet the needs of the battlefield!"
The old man continued: "What's more, we also defeated the enemy without half-track armored vehicles, just like Comrade Shulka's Fourth Tank Brigade!"
Everyone in the conference room laughed heartily.
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "But you don't know that when we followed the tanks in cars, there were people along the way who were shot or killed because of insufficient car protection, or were hit by bullets or
Shrapnel hit!"
The conference room quickly became quiet.
"Sitting in the car, there is only a layer of canvas between us and the enemy!" Shulka continued: "We can't even see the enemy because our sight is blocked by the canvas, and our backs are to the enemy, and the enemy
But they can see us... To be precise, they don't see us, they just need to point the gun at the trunk and pull the trigger, it's that simple!"
"Those are my comrades who have fought with me through life and death! They have fought many battles, and some of them even fought with us from the Brest Fortress to here!"
"I believe that on the battlefield they can flexibly avoid the enemy's gunfire. They have even learned to judge the explosive point of the artillery shell based on the sound of it. But... in the car they have no choice but to sit there quietly and wait.
Knock them down with shrapnel and bullets piercing the canvas!"
"There were seven soldiers in total! On our way to Tver, seven of my men fell to stray bullets! This is even more casualties than when we fought face to face with the enemy on the battlefield!"
Shulka wasn't lying, but that was mainly because his troops were fighting in armored trains.
But of course, Shulka would not go into such detail.
"We only need to produce one kind of vehicle!" Shulka finally concluded: "A vehicle with armor protection, which only needs armor to prevent stray bullets and shrapnel, can avoid all this!"
There was silence in the conference room.
After a while, the old man replied: "We feel sorry for the comrades who died on the front line. They are all brave. But..."
"Let's put it this way!" Major Yefimsi replied on his behalf: "Comrade Shulka, what we are in short supply now are tanks, cars, and anti-tank guns, so... we believe that the purpose of producing this kind of weapons is to protect soldiers.
The equipment is not urgently needed!”
The old man, Sisoy and others nodded silently.
Then Shulka understood that other reasons were actually secondary. The important thing was that the Soviet army believed that they did not lack people compared with equipment, or that as a soldier, they should carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of death instead of