The question raised by Malashenko was placed in front of him. The political commissar who was asked the question thought for a moment and pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke to Malashenko with the intention of giving it a try.
"One thing is that when the batch of TOS-1 was delivered, I remember that a group of accompanying technicians arrived. They were all skilled technicians from the original factory, and some of them participated in the entire process from equipment project development to manufacturing testing.
The equipment arrived at the front line to guide us in using it."
"I understand that it may not be a wise move to let comrades workers directly join the battlefield, but at present there is no other way. In terms of their familiarity with equipment, they are the most proficient group of people, and there is no other way among the combatants.
Those who know these new equipment better than them."
"If it is feasible, then my suggestion is to deploy elite train crews, and then include the worker comrades to break up and reorganize. Make sure that each new train crew has skilled worker comrades who are familiar with the equipment, plus the elite veterans of our division.
With high learning and understanding abilities, I think this can at least solve the problem of equipment familiarity, and at least simple battlefield use and initial combat effectiveness formation should not be a big problem."
"..."
Comrade Political Commissar proposed a solution to Malashenko that seemed to be able to solve the problem. However, while solving the existing problems, it also created some new problems, which had to make Malashenko appear a little cautious.
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"Let comrades workers directly join the fight? This... This has never been done before in our division. Do you really think this is possible? Can our superiors agree to this?"
Malashenko's worries are not unnecessary. Even compared with the elite veteran crews on the front line, the value of these skilled workers from the rear is not inferior at all. The difficulty and cost of cultivating an excellent and skilled worker is no more than cultivating a
The experienced and elite old tank soldiers are low.
Moreover, technical workers themselves are not combatants. If they go to the battlefield, accidents will inevitably happen. They have not received strict military training and have no battlefield experience. Whether they can withstand a big scene is a question. If they don't do it well, they may
All kinds of unimaginable chaos will result.
Furthermore, these skilled workers are not leaders. No matter how hard you put it, they can only be regarded as temporarily seconded to cooperate. Malashenko, Party A, has to pay more or less to Party B's manufacturers.
Give me some face.
Someone comes to help you debug and master the equipment, but you leave them to death on the frontline battlefield. Even if you have a reason, it is not a very beautiful thing, and it is somewhat unjustifiable. Even if you want to take a closer look, you will feel a little "laughing"
The feeling of "strong man", anyway, Malashenko felt that the more he thought about it, the more inappropriate it became.
Perhaps he guessed the general situation from Malashenko's changing expression, and the political commissar who could understand Malashenko's mood at the moment continued to speak without much thought.
"Comrade workers going to the battlefield is one of the glorious traditions of our Red Army. First in Leningrad and later in Stalingrad, comrades workers drove tanks that had just come off the production line and went to fight with the French in work uniforms with their hands stained with oil.
The Hispanic bandits fought to the death and fought side by side with the frontline soldiers to defend the motherland. They are also members of the Red Army, and we should not deprive them of the right to fight for the motherland, especially when they are needed."
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You cannot say that what Comrade Comrade Political Commissar said is wrong, because the real situation is indeed the case. Whether it is the situation in Leningrad or Stalingrad, Malashenko has truly experienced it and knows it clearly.
At that time in Leningrad, after the valuable machines of the Kirov Factory were removed, there were only some old and outdated production equipment and machines that could not be taken away, or that there was no need to waste transportation resources to take away.
But even under such circumstances, the workers who voluntarily stayed at the Kirov factory continued to stick to their posts and fight on the production line.
Using inefficient old equipment and hand-polished parts without corresponding production equipment, they pieced together a steady stream of tanks in factories that were repeatedly bombarded and shelled, and supplied them to the front line, so that the besieged Red Army could always obtain low-yield products.
, but the supply of tanks will not be cut off, and the tank continues to confront the sworn enemies of the Fascist besieging the city.
In the later stages of the war, the besieged Red Army tank units had fewer and fewer available crews, and casualties were increasing. There began to be situations where there were tanks but no experienced crews could be found.
Upon learning of this situation, the workers put down their tools, organized themselves spontaneously, organized themselves into vehicle crews, drove their own tanks and directly joined the frontline battle, fighting side by side with the Red Army against the Fascists and defending the motherland.
After all, when no one can use the equipment you create, there is no point in making more. When the war situation is indeed so bad, someone needs to step forward. In the great city of Leningrad,
Malashenko, who lost a fight to the death in the city, has never forgotten all this.
The situation in Stalingrad was similar.
The workers of the Stalingrad Tractor Factory also persisted in production despite the devastation of enemy artillery bombardment. When the war situation became urgent and tank units were urgently needed to put out the fire, the workers drove the newly produced tanks straight to the war zone without saying a word to fight with the Red Army.
Fight side by side against powerful enemies.
It was only when the Germans destroyed the tanks and won some of the battles to clean up the battlefield that they were surprised to find that in the tanks that came for emergency support, those who fought to the death with their own side were not the Red Army, but Soviet workers wearing shabby and dirty work clothes.
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Paulus and his group of thieves and thieves did not understand until their death. The Russian soldiers were just fighting with them, but why even the workers who were oppressed, exploited and looked down upon in the traditional sense, actually
He is so locked in a fight with himself that he doesn't even care about his own life. It's really confusing and incomprehensible.
After the valuable tank troops as a technical arm were exhausted, workers were directly placed on top to continue fighting. This was a situation that the German army had never encountered in the battles that conquered the entire Europe. It only happened in the Soviet Union.
As a witness, Malashenko certainly has vivid memories of the past that happened in these two great cities. He has experienced all these personally, and some have even fought side by side. Those with oily faces and grinning hands
Workers who only show white teeth when they smile at you are worthy of being heroes of the patriotism and worthy of respect.
But today is different from the past. When the overall war situation is very favorable to the Red Army, Malashenko always feels that it is a bit uncertain whether it is reasonable and legal to recruit workers to join the battle on the front line, even if he has the power to make his own decision.
There is also something wrong with making decisions.
It’s not that Malashenko is afraid of taking responsibility and ruining his reputation, it’s just that Malashenko simply wants to be responsible for life. The lives of soldiers and workers are equally valuable in Malashenko’s eyes, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior.
You should not act arbitrarily.
"Let's do this in two steps."
"You report this matter to the front army headquarters and ask for the opinions and instructions of the superiors. I will go down here to see the thoughts and wishes of the worker comrades, and we will act now."