In fact, the Commander-in-Chief’s concern that these few people were purged of counter-revolutionaries was somewhat unnecessary. The recall of several top leaders of the Far East Military Region to Moscow was indeed related to aiding the Anti-Japanese Alliance, as the Soviet lieutenant general said. [.Com text]
Of course, it was not just this one thing that allowed these top leaders of the party, government, and military in the Far East to be recalled at the same time.
In the Moscow Kremlin, Stalin, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union who had just worked all night, summoned the top leaders of the party, government and military in the Far East region as soon as possible after learning that these top party, government and military leaders in the Far East had arrived in Moscow, regardless of the fatigue caused by the overnight work.
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After watching the film material of the commander-in-chief showing several weapons used in exchange for supplies to the Soviet Far East Military District, Stalin, who showed great interest in these weapons, turned to Marshal Voroshilov, the People's Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union who was also watching.
, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army General Shaposhnikov, Minister of General Ordnance of the Soviet Army General Kulik, Director of Soviet Artillery Lieutenant General Voronov and Commander of the Far East Military District General Abanashank said: "Look at these few
How about weapons designed by Chinese comrades? Are they suitable for our Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army?”
In response to Stalin's questions, these marshals and generals seemed very cautious. After several years of purging counter-revolutionaries, countless senior generals were killed, which made these senior Soviet generals extremely cautious when speaking, especially in front of Stalin. In case they themselves
After praising these weapons and equipment that seemed to have excellent performance, Comrade Stalin might get angry and someone else might be in trouble.
If these weapons are demoted to be useless, it would be really hard to see these weapons with excellent performance being buried. Especially Lieutenant General Voronov, the artillery director in charge of the Soviet artillery, was attracted by the simple structure of the one in the information at a glance.
The multiple rocket launcher has a very fast rate of fire and is quite powerful.
After pondering and pondering, several people turned their attention to General Kulik, the Minister of General Ordnance in charge of weapons production. He was an old relationship with Comrade Stalin. Was he promoted by him? He was also in charge of weapons production. I must have
Even if you say the wrong thing, it doesn't matter.
It's just that other people can not answer for the time being, but General Kulik, as the general ordnance minister of the Soviet army in charge of weapons and equipment production, has to answer. Seeing that several other people are looking at him, he is extremely conservative by nature and is not interested in new weapons.
General Kulik, who was very enthusiastic, hesitated for a moment and then said: "Comrade Stalin, these weapons and equipment look good."
"Especially the 107mm rocket launcher. Compared with the Katyusha rocket launcher that we have started trial production now, although its firing mechanism only has twelve tubes, the number of firepower at one time is not as good as that of the sixteen-pack rocket launcher we have started trial production.
Бm-13 rocket launcher, but its eight-kilometer range is farther than ours. Moreover, the dispersion area of the shells is smaller than ours."
"This kind of weapon made by Chinese comrades uses the seamless steel tube used to make ordinary artillery barrels as the launch rail. Not only is it relatively simple to produce, it is also much simpler to maintain and operate than the I-shaped launch rail we use.
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"And judging from the data, this weapon is light enough. After being broken down, several Red Army soldiers can easily carry it. The most important thing is that Chinese comrades have already used this weapon in actual combat, and at least it seems to have good effects."
The original intention of General Kulik when he said this was not to hope that the Soviet army would be equipped with this kind of weapon. He has always been very conservative about the equipment of new weapons. In particular, he was worried that the Bm-13 rocket launcher, which was under development and had entered trial production, would have a negative impact on traditional artillery.
have an impact. So he has been creating obstacles to the design and production of this kind of rocket launcher.
General Kulik, who was very aware of Stalin's strong self-esteem, knew that it would be difficult for Stalin's personality to accept the great Soviet Red Army's weapons and equipment, although they had excellent performance and were designed and manufactured by the Chinese. So he praised this weapon.
The performance of this weapon is actually to completely terminate that damn rocket launcher project.
It should be said that although General Kulik was extremely conservative in weapons production and design, his vision was still very accurate. Although the movie data cannot show the full picture, he could still see the excellent performance of this weapon at a glance.
Regarding General Kulik's evaluation, Stalin nodded slightly. Although this old comrade was a little conservative, his vision was still very accurate. Although he did not point out whether this weapon was suitable for the Red Army's equipment, he pointed out that this weapon was closely related to the equipment of the Red Army.
The comparative advantages of the Bm-13 rocket launcher, which is still in top secret status.
Stalin, who was still very satisfied with General Kulik's evaluation, turned to the other generals and said: "Now, General Abanashank, commander of the Far East Military Region, will introduce several other weapons designed by Chinese comrades."
After receiving Stalin's order, General Abanashank stood up, opened the box that had always been inconspicuous beside him, took out three weapons with a somewhat strange appearance and said: "These are several other weapons designed by Chinese comrades.
Of course, these three weapons are not all used by Chinese comrades in the hope of exchanging supplies with us. We have just seen two of the weapons used for exchange in the movie materials."
"One is a so-called automatic rifle that uses our standard 7.62mm Mosin-Nagant rifle ammunition. However, although the ammunition used in this rifle has not changed in caliber, it has changed in the length of the bullet. By
The original fifty-four millimeter was changed to thirty-nine millimeters, which is what they call the intermediate bullet."
"After switching to this intermediate bullet, although the effective range of this weapon dropped from the original 400 meters to 200 meters, the recoil was not difficult to control under the extremely high rate of fire. Comrade Stalin,
The rate of fire of this weapon is estimated by personnel from the Ordnance Department of the Far East Military Region that the combat rate of fire of this weapon is at least about 200 rounds per minute. The theoretical rate of fire can reach 600 rounds per minute."
"Whether it is the M1910 heavy machine gun or the DP light machine gun we are currently equipped with, if we want to achieve this combat rate of fire, we need a heavy gun frame. And this kind of weapon can be easily carried by one of our Red Army soldiers. If there are a large number of
With the equipment, I believe that the firepower of our Red Army infantry soldiers will reach an unprecedented stage."
"This weapon adopts the gas-guided automatic principle, a rotary locking bolt, and a stamping production process. Not only is it simple to manufacture, but its maintenance performance is no more complicated than our manual Mosin-Nagant rifle, and our soldiers can easily learn it.
operate."
"The disadvantage of this weapon is that it cannot perform long bursts of fire. Once it fires a burst, although the accuracy of the first few rounds is good, the accuracy of the subsequent rounds will be extremely poor. However, this kind of weapon cannot be fired in bursts or short bursts.
However, its accuracy is still very good.”
"However, although this weapon was designed by Chinese comrades, because they did not have suitable steel, they could only use captured inferior Japanese military steel, so the quality was very poor. After only firing more than a thousand rounds, the barrel appeared
Metamorphosis.”
"The bullets used are also Japanese standard 7.7mm heavy machine gun bullets that they improved, and they often jam. The key is that the bullets need to be oiled before use. Otherwise, the bullet cases will easily break or not extract.
Condition."
"The one in front of us was made by our Far East Military Region in accordance with the instructions of the Chinese comrades, using nickel-chromium alloy steel produced by our Soviet Union. The bullets it fired also used our own 7.62mm intermediate bullets. In the experiment
, the performance is extremely excellent.”
"The most important thing is that it is extremely reliable. Even if it is soaked in muddy water or buried in sand, it can be loaded and fired directly without any maintenance. Although the aiming baseline is short and the muzzle jumps up seriously during bursts, which affects
accuracy in bursts, but still an extremely reliable automatic weapon."
After introducing the first weapon, General Abanashank picked up the second weapon with the same drum drum as the PPD-type submachine gun that the Soviet army had previously equipped in small quantities but had been withdrawn from the Soviet army and said: "This weapon
It uses our standard 7.62mm Tokarev pistol ammunition, and its drum can load 71 bullets at a time. Its firepower is extremely dense, and its accuracy is also quite good. It is almost the same as our Tokarev
The Lev pistol is as good as the other."
"And this kind of structure is also simple and easy to produce. The barrel of this kind of gun can even be made directly from the barrel of our Mosin-Nagan rifle. The barrel of a Mosin-Nagan rifle can be cut off directly to make two of this kind of gun.
The barrel of a submachine gun."
After that, he picked up a weapon that had a weirder appearance that he hadn't seen in the film and television materials just now. It looked like it was made up of several pipes, and a long magazine was inserted into the side of the gun body.
He said: "This gun was not specially designed by the Chinese for us, but we collected it from the guards around the commander-in-chief of their Second Route Army."
"This gun uses their improved Japanese eight-millimeter Southern pistol bullet. Although it uses a magazine to feed ammunition, its firepower is not as sustained as the submachine gun we just saw. The accuracy is also slightly worse. But the structure is
It’s even simpler than the submachine gun we just saw. Even an average plumber can make it.”
After putting down the submachine gun in his hand, General Abanashank glanced at the generals present and said to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, I feel that these weapons designed by Chinese comrades are easy to produce and simple in structure.
The firepower is also very durable. It is very suitable for use by our Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army.”
"Especially the anti-tank rocket launcher, which can greatly change the situation of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's heavy anti-tank equipment. Once our army encounters an enemy-scale tank attack in future operations, this lightweight anti-tank weapon can be used in large quantities
play a role.”
After General Abanashank finished speaking, General Shaposhnikov, the Soviet Chief of General Staff who had been silent, carefully looked at Stalin's expression after listening to the introduction and said: "Comrade Stalin, since General Abanashank
These types of weapons have high evaluations. I wonder if we can organize comrades from the Ordnance Department to organize small-scale production and conduct experiments on these types of weapons."
"If these weapons do meet our requirements, I think we can organize mass production to replace the Mosin-Nagang manual rifles we are currently equipped with, and equip grassroots officers with a suitable self-defense weapon. The Tokarev pistol
Although it is very powerful, neither the range nor the firepower are satisfactory."
General Shaposhnikov, who was quick to accept new weapons, had already had enough of the conservatism of the Minister of General Ordnance. Not only did many new weapons plans fail due to repeated artificial obstacles, but even the ppd that had already started production
The submachine gun was also retired.
But because of Stalin's favor, Shaposhnikov has been patient. Now taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the mature and prudent Shaposhnikov did not add insult to injury, but he also took the opportunity to kick him in. In order to try.
Take the noose off the production of new weapons.
As the Chief of General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Stalin still attached great importance to Shaposhnikov's opinions. Since Shaposhnikov suggested putting these weapons into trial production, Stalin agreed.
After the generals who watched the information on these new weapons left, Stalin said to General Abanashek and Ivanov, the political commissar of the Far Eastern Military Region and the first secretary of the Far Eastern Territory, who were left alone: "You said these new weapons are Chinese
Designed by comrades in the Northeast specifically to exchange with us some supplies they need?"
In response to Stalin's question, General Abanasek nodded without thinking: "Yes, Comrade Stalin. The commander-in-chief of their Second Route Army is still waiting for our answer at the Khabarovsk Far East Military District Headquarters."
"The Chinese comrade who designed these weapons clearly knew what kind of weapons our Red Army needed. The weapons he designed were not only practical and extremely simple, but also convenient for mass production. If the Red Army were to replace these weapons with
Without increasing the number of troop logistics trucks, it can be upgraded to a higher level."
"Especially that kind of anti-tank rocket launcher, which can be used by almost everyone. Its lethality against tanks is no worse than the 37mm anti-tank gun we are currently equipped with, but it is extremely light and does not occupy the troop establishment.
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"Obviously these weapons can just meet the needs of our Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Comrade Stalin believes that we can exchange them. Although the Chinese comrades have provided samples of the weapons, the design drawings and material requirements are still in their hands."
"Comrade Stalin, the automation of infantry weapons is the development trend of weapons in the world. The so-called automatic rifle they designed is better than the Tokarev semi-automatic rifle we have produced now in terms of reliability, productivity, and firepower sustainability.
The rifle is much better."
"Although the so-called intermediate bullet has been modified and the range has been reduced, the intensity of firepower has increased significantly. I think if this weapon is used in conjunction with the long-range Mosin Nagant rifle, it will be greatly improved.
The firepower of the Red Army infantry."
"If we can exchange some of the materials they urgently need, we can save a lot of manpower and material resources in weapons research and development. This part of the weapons research and development funds can be used in places where they are more needed."
Regarding General Abanashek's sincere appreciation for these weapons, Stalin smiled but did not give him a direct reply. Instead, he changed the subject and said: "Comrade Abanashek, in addition to these weapons, Chinese comrades,
What kind of things can be exchanged?"
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