After Bazarov left, Nikolayevich smiled and said to Sokov: "Comrade Major, I think the rifle you designed will be the standard equipment of our army in no time."
Yakov, who had not spoken, finally asked after Nikolayevich finished speaking, "Comrade Director, can you really take out the sample gun tomorrow?"
"Yes, comrade Captain." Nikolayevich nodded, looked at Sokov and continued to say to Yakov: "According to the detailed drawings provided by Major Sokov, our technicians and workers will definitely be able to create the sample gun before tomorrow."
Yakov brought Sokov here to learn about the factory's development of a new type of rifle from the factory. At this moment, seeing that the design drawings provided by Sokov had been recognized by the factory director and the chief engineer, he stood up and said goodbye to the factory director.
The two of them came outside the factory building. When Yakov saw that there were no idle people nearby, he turned his head and looked at Sokov and said, "Misha, you really make me unable to see through. The new rocket designed some time ago made Comrade Ustinov look at you differently; today he actually took out another design drawing of a new rifle, which actually shocked the factory director and chief engineer."
Hearing Yakov say this, Sokov laughed twice, and then said modestly: "This is something I have figured out when I am fine. I don't know if the sample gun I made can achieve the ideal effect."
After Sokov finished speaking, he said with a serious expression: "Misha, you don't know the Bazarov engineer. He is a very rigorous person. He has even reached the level of nitpicking in certain matters. In short, he is a very difficult person. But after reading your design drawings, he even praised it. It seems that your design is very successful. I have a feeling that if the gun you designed is put into the army, you might be recorded in history."
Sokov did not refute Yakov's analysis because he knew very well that Kalashnikov, the maker of the AK47 assault rifle, was recorded in history because of this gun. The AK47 is not only a standard weapon of the Soviet Army, but also the most used weapon in the world.
Sokov didn't want to get involved in this issue anymore, so he changed the subject and asked, "Yakov, where are we going next?"
Yakov raised his hand and looked at the watch and replied, "I thought it would be at least dark today before work would end. Who knew that once you took out the design drawings, you would make the problem simple. Anyway, there is nothing to do now, so we can go around the city."
After the two got on the jeep again, Yakov asked the driver: "Comrade Driver, we want to go to the city to have fun. Please recommend a few attractions to us!"
After Yakov finished speaking, the driver immediately said without hesitation: "There are many attractions in Nizhny Novgorod: the Kremlin, the Great Pokrov pedestrian street, the former residence of Gorky's childhood, the Chikarov stairs, the State Art Museum, the bronze statue of Chikarov, and many churches."
After hearing the driver's series of attractions, Sokov smiled and said to the driver: "Comrade Driver, we are not familiar with Nizhny Novgorod. Please be a guide for us and go stroll around the more famous attractions."
Seeing that Sokov handed over the initiative to himself, the driver didn't say anything, so he started the car and drove straight to the attractions he thought were the most suitable.
The jeep drove for half an hour and stopped beside a European-style street. The driver said to the two: "Two commanders, this is Pokrovka Pedestrian Street. Please get off the car, I will be your guide."
Sokov came out of the car and stood at the intersection of the street and looked inside. He saw that the spacious street was empty, and there were neither the stalls nor the pedestrians. He turned his head and asked the driver: "Comrade Driver, why are there no one on the street?"
"Comrade Major," the driver replied politely: "It's working hours now, and it's time for nearby residents to come to this street for a walk and leisure. Two comrades in command, please, I will be your guide."
The driver walked in the front, pointing his fingers at the buildings on both sides, and introduced to the two: "...The Kremlin is on the left, and the bronze statue of Gorky can be seen on the right... This street is named after a church that was located on this street a long time ago... It turned out that there were many shops, cafes, restaurants and souvenir shops on this street, but since the outbreak of the war, most of them have closed down, and now there is only one restaurant and two cafes left..."
The pedestrian street is not long, only three or four hundred meters long. After visiting the pedestrian street, the driver took the two to the Kremlin on his own initiative and continued to introduce to them: "The Kremlin in Nizhny Novgorod was built in 1500 and took 15 years to complete. In such a long time, a city wall of 2,000 meters long and 20 meters high was built, with 13 towers on it, each tower was 30 meters high. At that time, the Kremlin was often besieged by Tatar troops, but it was never conquered. Until the mid-17th century, with Russia's decisive victory in the war against Kazan, the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin had lost its military strategic significance... "
The tour guide stood at the entrance of the palace gate and turned his head to ask the two: "Two commanders, do you want to go in and take a look? On the city wall here, you can see the Volga River from afar."
"Let's go, Misha." Yakov said before Sokov could speak, and said, "Let's go to the city wall to look at the great Volga River."
A few minutes later, the three of them stood on the wall of the Kremlin and looked at the Volga River in the distance. When Yakov was impressed by the beautiful scenery here, Sokov looked at the rushing Volga River and thought to himself: In a few months, a major battle between the Soviet and Germany will break out in the lower reaches of this great river. For a city named after the Supreme Commander himself, millions of troops from both sides fought desperately here. After making great sacrifices, the Soviet army finally achieved the final victory. This bloody and largest battle in human history was not only an important turning point in the Soviet-German War, but also a turning point in the entire Second World War.
"Misha, what are you thinking?" Just as Sokov's heart was thinking about the bloody battle a few months later, Yakov's cry woke him up from his thoughts, "I see you keep staring at the river surface intently, as if you are thinking about something."
Chapter completed!