Just as I was holding the AK47 in a daze, Vlasov on the side asked Bezikov curiously: "Comrade Colonel, why did this comrade engineer say that Leda was his savior?" ”

When I heard Vlasov ask this, I couldn't help but feel a thrill and stared nervously at Bezkov, wanting to hear what he had to say. However, I soon found out that Fronin's identity seemed to be a top secret, and Bezikov looked at me and said lightly: "The last time Leda went into the city to treat her injuries, she was attacked by an air raid on the road, and by chance, she saved the engineer's life." ”

Vlasov seemed to see something wrong with Bezikov's perfunctory explanation, but he just sighed and did not continue to ask questions, but took the assault rifle from my hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then asked Fronin: "Comrade Senior Engineer, what are the characteristics of this assault rifle?" ”

Fronin stepped forward, took the rifle from Vlasov's hand, put it on the table, and began to give us a detailed introduction: "This rifle is my newly developed assault rifle, with a body length of 870 mm, a weight of 4.3 kg, and a 7.62 mm bullet, that is, the Mosin Nagant rifle cartridge currently used by our army, which is fed by an arc magazine with a capacity of 30 rounds. The safe/fast handle is on the right side of the receiver, you can choose semi-automatic or fully automatic firing mode, and the pull lever is located on the right side of the receiver. Compared with the rifles equipped by various countries, this rifle has a short body and a shorter range, which is suitable for close-range combat. ”

Mr. Lin picked up the rifle and looked at it, did not speak, and put it back on the table. Vlasov said with some disapproval: "This rifle is equivalent to a new type of submachine gun." ”

Hearing his evaluation, Florin said with some displeasure: "At the same distance, compared with submachine guns, assault rifles not only shoot more accurately, but also have greater killing power." ”

Vlasov sighed, turned his head and asked Mr. Lin: "Comrade Deputy Commander Lin, what do you think?" ”

Mr. Lin smiled slightly and said lightly: "Without investigation, there is no right to speak, and it is useless to just talk on paper here." We must know that the practice of the Tao is the only criterion for testing the truth, and only after we have personally practiced it can we know what the performance of the gun is. ”

"Alright, let's go outside and find a place to test the power of this weapon." Vlasov said, picking up the rifle on the table again and asking for Bezikov's opinion: "Comrade Colonel, come with us?" ”

Bezkov nodded in agreement, and at the same time asked Flonin: "Comrade Senior Engineer, are you also with us?" ”

The old man waved his hand, sat down and said, "I'm not going." I'm a little tired and want to rest here. Speaking of this, he looked up at me and said, "Comrade female commander, I wonder if I have the honor to let you stay and chat with me?" ”

I smiled a little awkwardly, and suddenly felt that it was neither staying nor leaving, but fortunately, Vlasov relieved me: "Lida, since Comrade Senior Engineer is tired and wants to sit down and rest in the command headquarters, then you can stay with him." ”

"Yes!" Since the commander said so, I naturally stayed.

When everyone had left, I poured a cup of black coffee for the old man, pushed a plate of biscuits in front of him, and greeted him warmly: "Comrade Senior Engineer, please try the biscuits baked by the chef in our unit." ”

Instead of speaking, Fronin looked around before asking in a low voice, "Leda, how is Vaskov?" Or should I say that there is such a person as a warrant officer? ”

When I first heard Vaskov's name, I didn't come back to my senses, and I didn't remember who Fronin was talking about, but when I heard the warrant officer he went on, I immediately understood who he was talking about, and I was immediately scared into a cold sweat. Ignoring his words, I rushed to the door a few steps, opened the door and looked out a little weakly.

Sitting outside on duty, a lieutenant officer saw me standing at the door, quickly stood up and saluted me, and asked, "Comrade Chief of Staff, do you have any instructions?" ”

I looked at the empty hallway, breathed a sigh of relief, and then cautiously asked him, "Commander, have they all gone?" ”

The lieutenant on duty looked at me with some surprise and replied, "Yes, Commander Vlasov, Deputy Commander Lin, translator, Captain Yushchenko, left with the colonel who had just arrived. After a pause, he cautiously asked me: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is there anything you have to do?" I need to call them. ”

I waved my hand again and again and said, "No, no, I'll just ask." Keep on duty. After saying that, he didn't care about the dazed lieutenant, and slammed the door shut.

After closing the door, I looked back to see that Fröning was leisurely sipping coffee there. I walked up to him and sat down, looked at the old man in front of me, and asked in a low voice: "Comrade engineer, aren't you amnesia?" How could you suddenly ask about Warrant Officer Vaskov? ”

The old man smiled smugly and replied in a low voice: "When I was at the subway station, didn't you tell me that this is the Stalin era, and if you want to live in peace, you have to change your way of thinking and think of yourself as a person who has always lived in this era. You have to learn to pretend to be confused in order to live a long time. ”

I leaned in to him and asked, "Comrade Engineer, what the hell is going on?" You've confused me. ”

"It's easy!" Floning explained to me: "After listening to your words, I have been thinking about how to pretend to be confused without arousing the suspicion of the authorities. I was injured and hospitalized in an air raid on the road, so I had an idea and pretended to have amnesia. I didn't expect to deceive everyone like this. ”

Seeing the old engineer's smug expression, the stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground, and then I turned the conversation to the point. I asked him curiously, "I didn't expect you to make an assault rifle so soon." However, I have a question, to be able to produce so many rifles in such a short period of time, is it because of the construction of another gun production line? As soon as I asked this question, I immediately denied my guess, "No, no, even if you want to go to the production line, a month is far from enough, what is going on?" ”

The old engineer looked at me as if he were an alien monster and said, "Lida, it seems that you are a layman. Don't you know that these assault rifles were made by hand by the workers of the Izhevsk machine-building plant? ”

"But just by putting together the drawings you provide, can the workers produce a qualified product?"

Florene sighed, with a look of defeat on my face, and explained, "Do you remember those skilled workers in the subway station? You must know that many of them were originally workers in the arsenal. Not to mention the construction according to the drawings, even if there are no drawings, these skilled technicians can still assemble the assault rifle with the right parts. ”

"But didn't all those workers die in German air raids after leaving the subway station?"

The old engineer waved his hand and said: "This is impossible, except for Engineer Serekin who was killed in the air raid with the same car, the rest of the technical workers are alive and well, they are currently working in a workshop specially provided for them in the Izhevsk machine-building plant, and these AK47 assault rifles are produced by them overtime." ”

"AK47, it turns out that the name of this assault rifle is AK47." I pretended to be suddenly enlightened and agreed, and then I deliberately understated: "The number 47 should be the year when the troops were installed, if this assault rifle has been equipped with our army since 1942, should it be renamed AK42?" ”

When Floning heard me say this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "You're right. Although this gun is the AK47 of the later generation, it came out so many years in advance, and it may really only be called AK42. ”