How to give Morozov the confidence to believe that mounting 100 guns on the vehicle is a practical and effective solution at the moment. This is the core point that Malashenko is considering now.
"Is the 100 gun useful? I think so. There is no problem with its paper performance. It can deal with any tank currently in service by the Germans. Even those heavy and huge King Tigers can be easily taken down, as long as they are at a normal firefighting distance.
There won’t be any problems.”
"But it's not enough that I think it is useful. I just have rich practical experience, and what I say may not be 100% correct. This needs to be verified in practice."
"How to prove it? It's simple. You give me the prototype car that you think is fine, and we will shorten the process directly and take it to the front line for testing. Whether the car works or not, you will know if you try it on those German guys. As long as the front line
If there is no problem with the feedback, we will immediately move to large-scale mass production.”
"In this way, the time issue you are worried about will be solved. All the Red Army tank units on the front line can use the new vehicles as soon as possible. This is a solution that has the best of both worlds, Comrade Morozov."
The solution Malashenko proposed to Morozov was the model of cooperation that he had maintained with Kotin before.
Kotin modified the prototype plan according to Malashenko's suggestions. After building the prototype, it conducted a fully reliable factory test and delivered it to Malashenko after it was confirmed to be correct.
Next, Malashenko will conduct more specific actual combat tests. Generally speaking, prototypes built based on the experience and knowledge that Malashenko brought from later generations will not have any major problems. In terms of actual battlefield performance,
The blocks are basically passed in one go.
After getting actual combat feedback from Malashenko, all Kogin had to do was to make certain minor changes to the mass-production version of the prototype.
Some are changes based on cost control and ease of production, and some are modifications to some unreasonable details. In most cases, the models that are actually put into mass production will be slightly weaker than the prototypes. After all, according to the top version
A carefully built prototype carries the burden of testing all systems and data, while a production line running at full speed is completely different.
Based on this special cooperation model, the mass production progress of various types of heavy tanks designed by Kojing has been greatly accelerated by more than doubling or even tripling the speed.
Morozov did not know that Malashenko and Kotin had always done this, and he even seemed a little surprised when he first heard about this situation.
"Is this... is this possible? If the prototype has a fatal flaw, it will cause big problems when it is delivered to the frontline troops. I have never heard of it being done like this."
Malashenko could probably guess what Morozov would say, and had already prepared the corresponding answer.
"Let us step back for a moment, Comrade Morozov."
"Even if the prototype does have fatal flaws as you fear, so what? The worst result is that we lose one, two, or three prototype tanks, and we may also die as a result.
A few soldiers. But there are more than tens of thousands of people dying every day on the front line? The sacrifice does not depend on the number of people, but on the meaning, what the sacrifice of the soldiers brings in exchange."
"What has been gained in exchange? The answer is simple. The lost tanks can let us know where their fatal flaws are on the battlefield. This is much better than wasting time on the test field. Put the problem in measurement
It is better to solve the problem at the prototype stage before production than to leave the problem to be solved after mass production starts."
"At that time, it will not be as simple as losing a few tanks or killing a few people. It will be a loss of tanks for the entire battalion and entire regiment, and soldiers will be sacrificed. Which of these two situations do you think is better?"
"Furthermore, this is only the worst-case scenario we imagined. We can also think about the bright side and what the consequences will be under the good scenario."
"The result is that tanks that have been proven to be excellent in actual combat can be put into mass production as soon as possible. Or what I just said, just imagine how many lives of soldiers this will save? If these excellent and reliable new equipment are used one day earlier, maybe the war will be over.
End it one day early.”
"No, let alone one day, if the war ended a few hours earlier, even if it ended dozens of minutes earlier, think about how many soldiers would have survived? Everything we do is of great significance, you have to
Believe this. Then always keep this in mind and devote yourself to work. This will give you infinite power to work, isn’t it?”
Malashenko increasingly feels like a qualified lobbyist or negotiator.
This conversation may sound a bit long-winded, but in fact, it was all spoken from the truth. Even Malashenko himself felt that "what I said is damn right." As a native of this era, Morozov could not possibly
Don't be touched. You must know that this is "super brainwashing" from later generations of time travellers.
Ahem, brainwashing is a derogatory term, it is more appropriate to "learn with reason and move with emotion".
"..."
Morozov did not answer directly, but leaned on the sofa where he sat with Malashenko and began to close his eyes and meditate.
Malashenko did not intend to interrupt Morozov's thinking. It was normal for him to need some time. Morozov had to slowly digest what Malashenko had just said.
If it were him, Malashenko felt that he would probably be in Morozov's current state. There is nothing surprising about this, he just needs to wait a little patiently.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe three to five minutes, or maybe longer.
When Morozov, who was sitting on the sofa, finally opened his eyes again, Malashenko took a quick look and immediately came to the answer: He had definitely made a decision!
Why do you say?
Because the look in Morozov's eyes at this moment has silently explained everything. The saying that the eyes are the window to the soul is not in vain. Many things that need no words can be explained clearly by just looking at the eyes.
"Will you help me? Comrade General. If I really want to do this, I need your experience, your advice, and all the help you can. If you don't get these, then this can only be empty talk."
The good news is that Morozov has really thought about it seriously and considered all the issues and details that should and must be considered. You can tell just by his words.
The even greater good news is that Malashenko had made his decision long before arriving on this trip, and it has not changed to this day.
"The answer is inevitable, Comrade Morozov, otherwise why do you think I would come back from the front to find you? That's why I am here."
Malashenko's words were as firm as his eyes. Morozov, who had found the answer he wanted from the comrade general, had the same look on his face at this time.
"Come with me, Comrade General, I want to take you to see something that will definitely interest you."