"As for tanks," this is far more important to Malashenko than supplementary personnel.
Lack of experience can be made up for by gaining experience in combat. After all, masters all grow up from rookies, but the gap in equipment quality cannot be made up for by humans.
If the cannon is not powerful enough, it will not be able to penetrate the Germans. If the armor is too bad, it will be beaten into a hornet's nest. It will definitely not be able to carry one more gun. Not to mention the maneuverability, running is as good as constipation and the feeling of stretching the crotch is really good.
It makes people feel like they are dying.
Malashenko prayed that Comrade Zhu would never give up on himself with a pile of rags. Fortunately, Zhukov's next words obviously far exceeded Malashenko's psychological expectations, and brought a huge
An unexpected surprise.
"I specifically called Comrade Kejin to discuss the tank issue. He has asked me about your whereabouts several times before. He is very concerned about you. It can be seen that you are a relatively important person to him."
It is usually a good thing to be cared about by others. Malashenko, who had already met Kogin once and had a good impression of each other, was not surprised at all, but he was "especially cared about" by an older man whom he did not know very well.
", this will make people feel a little bit...
Uh... I feel uncomfortable, although it may just be a psychological effect.
Malashenko thought so in his heart.
"The good news I want to tell you first is that the first batch of IS1 heavy tanks has been rolled off the assembly line. This is why Kejin called me several times to inquire about your whereabouts."
"He wanted to get the feedback report from you on the prototype vehicle that was delivered to you for use. However, because you were on the front line of Stalingrad, such a thing was really impossible, and in the end it was left to nothing.
There was not much ready-made reference feedback. He told me on the phone that it had been optimized in every detail he could think of. If there were still problems, it could only be modified in the next few batches of production cars. At present,
The first batch can also be said to be just a trial."
"In addition, he emphasized to me that this time you must hand over the frontline feedback report to him. This is very important for subsequent batches of IS1 mass-produced heavy tanks."
Several months have passed since Malashenko took over the is1 prototype heavy tank. During this period, Kotin repeatedly revised the design plan in an effort to do the best on the mass-produced is1 heavy tank, but as Zhukov said
In that case, the lack of Malashenko's frontline actual combat feedback report is the most fatal problem.
Kojin knew nothing about the advantages and disadvantages of the is1 prototype heavy tank that he personally led people to hand-build. He had no way of knowing what design flaws actually existed and what needed improvement.
It is true that Kotin is the father of Soviet heavy tanks and a genius tank designer, but he has never driven a tank to the front line to fight those Germans. There is a professional gap that cannot be ignored between designers and soldiers. According to
A tank built with the optimal design may not be easy to use on the front line.
Just looking at the history of World War II, it is not difficult to find that almost all the outstanding tanks that have made their names in history were modified and modified from the original model, and were continuously upgraded and optimized based on feedback from the front line to become the most suitable model. Stay in the office and production workshop
I looked at the design drawings and worked on it behind closed doors, but I couldn't come up with a final result that would satisfy the frontline soldiers.
It is certainly a good thing to get the first batch of is1 heavy tanks. Malashenko does not ask how powerful the first batch of is1 is, as long as it can reach the level of his own prototype. Because there is a saying
First, is1, which does not seem to have changed much, is actually not a bit better than the original kv1 in actual use.
It is certainly a good thing to obtain such a powerful new heavy tank, but Malashenko obviously has other pressing concerns.
"Comrade Zhukov, I am very happy to receive the support of new heavy tanks, but I would like to know how many are the first batch of IS1 heavy tanks? This is directly related to the combat effectiveness level of our brigade after it is actually formed, and is very important.
"
Indeed, Malashenko not only took his tone of voice to the extreme, but Zhukov, who had been having direct conversations with Malashenko, could also see on the other's face that the word "very important" could be said to be almost used by Marashenko at the moment.
Shenke had an impatient and serious expression written on his face, impatiently waiting for the answer.
"There is one thing, Malashenko, you need to understand clearly in advance..."
Zhukov changed the subject and did not directly answer Malashenko's question, but directly shifted the focus of the question to the prerequisites.
"Moscow is currently in a state of great disagreement over the mass production of new heavy tanks. Those who supported arranging immediate mass production of the production plan at the military committee meeting believed that this would be able to prepare in advance for the Germans' new heavy tank army.
, the new German heavy tank previously captured in Leningrad has fully supported your previous speculations and judgments."
"88mm main gun, frontal defensive armor with a physical thickness of more than 100mm, higher unit power-to-weight ratio and better mobility than KV heavy tanks... Comrade Kogin told me on the phone that Germany
In addition to being too precise, prone to malfunctions and inconvenient to maintain, Lao's new heavy tank is an almost impeccable war machine. He also supports the immediate mass production of the IS1 heavy tank to prepare for it."
"but......"
Comrade Lao Zhu, who did not finish his words in one breath, made Malashenko extremely anxious. This habit of half-sentence and hesitation can make people anxious to death! But due to the huge difference in status, Malashenko also
He had no choice but to endure the attack. It could be seen that Zhukov himself seemed to be in a state of hesitation about this matter.
"The new heavy tank is almost a new design, and there are very few parts that can be used in common with the original KV heavy tank. Once we decide to mass-produce this new heavy tank, our existing monthly tank production will inevitably be greatly affected and decline.
.”
"Workers and engineers need to be retrained, frontline logistics repair personnel also need to supplement their training, and the equipment and processes on the production line need to be updated and changed for the new heavy tanks. All of this will take time to complete. But for us currently, we have
We are not qualified to waste this time, this is an issue that no one can guarantee."
"This is the main reason held by those who do not support the immediate mass production of new heavy tanks. This group of people believe that the current heavy tanks are enough to form a quality advantage over the enemy, so there is no need in the short term to continue to raise the level of potentially unreliable tanks.
We sacrifice quality advantages at the expense of quantity advantages, and it will not be too late to mass-produce them until the German army’s new heavy tanks appear on a large scale.”