Karamov faced Malashenko with a stern expression without any pretense, as if he had the standard posture of a soldier waiting for orders.
Malashenko, who originally hoped that the atmosphere of the conversation would be more relaxed and pleasant, didn't care about this and didn't take it to heart. After all, he was already yawning and dozing off at the moment, so he had better hurry up.
"Come in, I have something to talk to you about."
Although the night outside the tent was filled with snow and the wind was howling, Malashenko still chose to call Karamov inside to talk.
The reason for doing this is for no other reason than to be as foolproof as possible.
Malashenko didn't want to ruin his good work because the conversation leaked and was overheard by some big-tongued guy. Once he teamed up with Kotin and Kalashnikov, he secretly created a project without plans or targets.
The gun thing was exposed.
Malashenko could predict that not only would his follow-up plans be ruined on the spot, but that he would even be dragged to eat peanuts.
"I want to see Comrade Stalin, and I want to have a phone call with him! Comrade Stalin knows me, let me call him again!"
On the execution ground in a certain month of a certain year, he was shot to death while wailing these words. Although such a bad thing may be just a simple act of sexual intercourse, Malashenko, who considered the worst case scenario, really thought so.
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"I don't want to die young and be burdened with notoriety. It's better to be careful in everything."
With such true thoughts in mind, Malashenko called Karamov, who had been waiting outside the tent, into the tent.
"One thing, Karamov, are there any other items or things that were sent with these new rifles?"
Malashenko guessed that there should be matching intermediate-power rifle ammunition or something else, but he never expected that Karamov's next answer would be like this.
"There are matching new rifle ammunition stored in another warehouse. Oh, by the way, Comrade Division Commander, there is also a letter without any signature or label. I don't know who sent it. It is to escort these weapons.
The second lieutenant who came here gave it to me, and it's right here."
With that said, Karamov took out an unopened letter from the lining of his coat and handed it to Malashenko in front of him.
Malashenko was really curious about what the letter contained, but after thinking about it carefully, he guessed that it was definitely the final result sent to him by someone sent by Kogin.
In terms of reasons, only Kojing has relevant reasons to do this to himself.
In terms of ability, this is something that only Ke Jing can do.
If it were a young boy like Kalashnikov, Malashenko estimated that the second lieutenant responsible for escorting would not even be able to give him a thumbs up. He had the ability to send others to deliver messages to him, and at the same time, he had the courage to do so.
The only one with good reasons is Ke Jing.
Of course, the content of the letter revealed after opening the envelope was certainly not what Malashenko expected. It was a letter written by Kotin himself.
"Malashenko, I hope you are the first person to see this letter. Of course, if you are not the first, then it doesn't matter. You and I both know very well what we are doing.
No one has ever done anything terrible without knowing exactly what the worst consequences would be."
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Crow's Mouth! Can't you say something nice?
It is true that he was the first person to see the content of the letter as Kotin hoped, but Malashenko, who was familiar with Kotin's handwriting, still couldn't help but secretly speak and complain, and then continued reading.
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"I have completed the tasks you asked me to do and fulfilled my promise to you. The batch of new assault rifles you mentioned has a total of 376. It was originally possible to make more. But the Moscow inspection team arrived, and I
These secret and shady production and manufacturing processes have to be suspended, and it is easy to be discovered that heavy industrial equipment used to make tanks is used to make small arms."
"The design and finalization of these new assault rifles was completed by Karamov, whom you trust. The people I sent to him were all my trusted confidants, and they didn't know what they were doing. They thought they were doing this.
It is still a secret mission assigned by superiors and needs to be kept strictly confidential."
"So I hope that young Kalashnikov is worthy of your trust, and of course, worthy of my reasons for doing this."
"Whether these new assault rifles you particularly like are good or not, this is the final answer I give you, and I have fulfilled my promise to you. In addition, the matching new rifle ammunition, I passed some at the Tula Arsenal
The acquaintance has taken care of it.”
"This is what I did under the guise of "new vehicle-mounted small arms". Taking the detailed data you gave me and Kalashnikov's sketch plan, I went to find my old acquaintances at the Tula Arsenal to do it myself. You don't
You will want to know what kind of price and effort I have paid for this. If the matter is revealed, you may not even be able to read this letter. This is not an exaggeration."
"The new intermediate-power rifle bullets have good range and accuracy, and are also very powerful. This is the result of the preliminary test. The number of bullets is marked on each box, and the quantity is not large. There are only a few boxes in total.
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"What I want to say is that you have to make good use of these ammunition. Your performance opportunity is only once. Seize it. There will be no more ammunition before mass production. It is already possible to get so many new rifle ammunition.
The limit of my ability. If there is any more, you, me, and that little Kalashnikov will be implicated in the investigation. I believe you understand what this is about."
"There is nothing more I want to say to you. Let's stop it here. If we can meet again, we will leave it to the next time. Remember to make good use of this opportunity. We will never have the opportunity to do this again.
Yes. I believe in you and am willing to help you do this. Although I had hesitation and regret afterwards, I did it in the end. Don’t let me regret it again in the end.”
The content of the letter came to an abrupt end. After reading the entire letter, Malashenko felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, and he felt a mixture of emotions.
"It seems that Ke Jing is still not willing to work together with me... That's right. Others might have reported me long ago, and it's no wonder Ke Jing is in trouble. Let's just leave it like this for now, anyway.
The first step is already done."
Malashenko, muttering softly, took out the lighter from his pocket, lit the flame in front of Karamov, and led it directly to the bottom of the letter.