Let’s not say that the relationship between Kotin and Morozov is like fire and water. It might be a bit too much to say that, but the competition between the two and the design bureaus they lead on the issue of production resources is obvious.
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It seems that medium tanks and heavy tanks do not interfere with each other and are built separately. But in this world, you have to have priorities and priorities for everything.
Tanks that can get priority for production and high weights will definitely get more resource tilts, but tanks that don't get these resource tilts and priority production weights are like a child without a mother and can only sit there and build them slowly.
Because of this, whoever's tank has a high priority for production and a strong weight is also regarded as recognition that the design work is excellent enough. But among these chief designers who are engaged in military research and development, who doesn't want their work to be recognized?
Can it be given priority for production?
The answer is of course everyone wants it, which explains why there is a competitive relationship between Kotin and Morozov, two seemingly incomparable tank masters.
This is not only a matter of the specific production of their respective tanks, but also a matter of men's self-esteem and even personal reputation.
The person who loses in the competition will be like the loser who fails in a duel. Even if we meet in the future, he will always feel a little unable to hold his head up in front of others and feel a little lower.
Kogin, whose own production of heavy tanks was not as vast as the medium-sized tanks, was even more concerned about the skewed allocation of production resources.
It is also because of the emergence of Malashenko that Kotin has actually been doing smoothly in the past few years, and has often won praises and awards from Comrade Stalin. He was praised for designing the heavy tanks that greatly strengthened the
The combat power of the Red Army's tank troops is a heavily armored iron fist that the Red Army can rely on and trust at any time.
Ke Jing, who had encountered such a good thing, would not only publicize it to the outside world, but at least when outsiders asked about it, he would have to talk about it and be a little "humble" in front of others.
As the matter spread, Malashenko naturally heard these rumors, and also learned that winning in this kind of competition turned out to be so important to Kotin.
To a certain extent, this also strengthened Malashenko's idea of notifying Kotin in advance and talking about this matter in advance.
After all, the relationship between me and Ke Jing is really unusual now, and I can no longer deal with the problem from the perspective and method of dealing with strangers.
What if you didn't say anything, just went to Morozov's place, and Kotin found out about it afterwards.
In the worst case scenario, Malashenko felt that he might be viewed as a betrayal by Kotin.
You can't say that Ke Jin is a petty person who likes to worry about people and take revenge behind their backs. But Ke Jin is also a master of political struggle and class struggle.
If he is really regarded as betraying him by Kojin, Malashenko is not worried that Kojin will cause trouble for him behind his back and launch a counterattack. With his current network of connections and identity background, as long as he does not do anything extraordinary,
If the handle is in someone else's hands, it's really just that you are not afraid of the shadow. You can use whatever tricks you want. I am afraid that you will count me as the loser.
However, it is always better to keep a close friend, a close friend, than to create an enemy for yourself. This is an eternal and eternal truth.
So even though Kotin might get furious because of this, jump about in anger, or even start swearing directly, Malashenko still believed that he had to say it.
For no other reason than to keep Ke Jin as a friend, it is better to let him know about this matter in advance than to hide it from him and wait for him to find out through some way.
After hearing what Malashenko said, Kogin, whose expression did not change much, thought for a moment, and then spoke shortly.
"Why are you telling me this? In fact, you can go directly. You don't have to tell me."
Kogin's attitude when asking questions was calm and calm, as if nothing happened, and Malashenko's answer was truthful.
"Because you are my brother and a good friend with me. I know this matter may make you feel uncomfortable or even hurt your feelings, so I chose to speak out and let you know."
"We can talk about this matter together and solve all the problems. When everything is clear, it will not be too late for me to leave for Morozov's place."
"I don't want to lose a good friend or a brother because of official work, but I can't mess up my responsibilities and official work because of personal emotions and relationships. I want to do my best to get the best of both worlds, at least try to do it, no matter what
Regardless of the final result, I will try my best to give it a try. This is what I think in my heart and is my final answer."
Looking at the expression on Malashenko's face that had nothing to do with lying or hypocrisy, Kotin did not remain silent for too long after thinking for a while.
"I guess I have to say thank you, Malashenko, my brother."
"Actually, I have been thinking about an issue since you left last time."
"I put the competitive relationship between me and Morozov above work, or at least on the same level as work. Am I doing something wrong? Did I not do it in the first place?
Do you know which thing is more important?"
"Personal career success is important, but it is far less important than defending our motherland."
"I have to admit that the competition between Morozov and I did have a certain impact on our tank military industry. Maybe there was a shortage of medium tanks on the front line for a certain period of time, but because of the gap in the excellence of the works
Larger values lead to different production weights and more resource tilt.”
"Perhaps during this period, the frontline troops received more heavy tanks instead of medium tanks. Or maybe when I could have given Morozov a hand and helped him improve and complete certain designs, I did
I sat back and did not do this, just to satisfy my selfish desire for competition. This indirectly led to the inferior equipment of our Red Army tank troops, so that the Germans rode on our heads and shit."
"I have been thinking about this issue recently. Sometimes I feel that it is indeed the case, but maybe it is because I am too negative about myself and don't want to admit it completely. What do you think is the situation? I want to hear your opinion,
No matter what the outcome is, I am mentally prepared."
People will encounter many unexpected emergencies in this life. For example, Malashenko never expected that Kogin could say these words, so he directly responded to what Malashenko had originally prepared.