"What about tanks, are there any new tanks?" Although there is an RPG bazooka from later generations, I am still not satisfied, thinking that if I can launch another batch of main battle tanks in the sixties and seventies, it will not be like playing to clean up the German army's Tiger Leopard, so I asked Fronin repeatedly: "Have you developed a few main station tanks of your era?" ”

"Of course!" "Don't forget that I am a senior engineer at the arsenal, and although I work in a factory that only produces small arms, I also worked in a tank factory for ten years," Fronin smiled and said. Let's put it this way, except for airplanes and warships, which I am not familiar with, all the weapons and equipment of the army, as long as I give me time, I can get them out in advance. ”

"I wonder what model of tank you plan to launch?" I continued to ask curiously.

“T-72！” Flourin proudly said: "This is the best main battle tank of our time." ”

"What about the quality, how about the quality?" Thinking of the complaints of the Egyptian tank soldiers about the old Maozi tank in the post in later generations: poor quality, repaired every day, broken every day, either water leakage or oil leakage, dead gear, brakes often fail, fire control is backward, artillery power is low and other shortcomings, I can't help but ask Floning: "How is the battlefield survivability of the new tank?" Or to be precise, can it deal with the Tiger tank that the Germans have just introduced? ”

Floning frowned, as if speechless for an idiotic question like mine. After a long while, he said leisurely: "When dealing with tanks of the same era, it doesn't look like a good thing when you go one-on-one, but when there is a group-for-a group situation, you know how good it is." As for speaking of the German Tiger tanks. Florin's face had a smug look on his face. Said disdainfully. "Even if our army only dispatches ten T-72s and encounters fifty of the latest Tiger tanks of the Germans, we can defeat them."

It was a big one, but I knew he was right. You must know that the T-62 of later generations, ordinary anti-tank guns will not be able to take it, and even if the 40 rocket launcher is fired at close range, it will not be able to penetrate its side armor, and Florening's upcoming T-72 is obviously superior to the former. It occurred to me if our army could be equipped with such tanks in large quantities. In the upcoming Battle of Kursk, it will be possible to easily defeat the German armored forces. Thinking of this, my curiosity was even stronger: "I don't know when I will be able to install the troops?" ”

"Troops?" After repeating my words, Fronin shook his head and said regretfully: "I estimate that you will not be able to achieve your wish before 1947." ”

"Ah, what do you say, this tank couldn't be equipped with troops 47 years ago?" Hearing Floning say this, I couldn't help but feel very sorry, and I said that I would wait until after the end of the Great Patriotic War. This latest type of tank can be installed in the troops, and it completely loses the significance of being launched in advance.

"yes. Lida. Florin also said with a regretful face: "At present, many technologies are still very backward and cannot be produced on a large scale. Even that prototype took 10 months to produce with a full set of drawings and is currently undergoing various performance tests. The superiors believe that instead of wasting time on the production of a limited number of super tanks, it is better to go all out to produce the T-34 tanks that our army urgently needs at present. Seeing my lonely look, he specially added, "Due to the sudden outbreak of the war, many heavy industrial production bases like Kharkov fell into the hands of the Germans. ”

Seeing that the matter of equipping the troops with new tanks in the short term was out of play, I turned the topic to a question that I was urgently concerned about: "Comrade engineer, I would like to ask you, what is the final outcome of the Kharkov battle that is currently underway?" ”

"Battle of Kharkov?" Upon hearing my question, Floning's brow furrowed. After a long time, he said slowly: "I found that a lot of history is quite different from what I know. For example, Leda, you, are just a character in a novel, and you have already died heroically when you followed Warrant Officer Vaskov to stop the German paratroopers. But when I came into this world, the first person I met was you, and you are still a general, a general who has never appeared in the history of the Soviet Union, which makes me feel very dazed, and sometimes I even suspect that I am having a nightmare that I can't wake up from. As for the Battle of Kharkov," Fronin paused for a while, then breathed a sigh of relief, "we must have failed, but the Germans did not please much, although they won the victory, but a large number of elite troops were consumed in the battle, so that the final victory in the battle could not reverse the defeat of the German army after the Battle of Stalingrad, let alone prevent the final fate of defeat due to the shortcomings of the military-political and economic system of Nazi Germany." ”

Although I had already guessed such an outcome, I still asked unwillingly: "But at present, we have two fronts in Ukraine, and the total strength is several times more than that of the German army, can't this stop the enemy's counterattack?" ”

Before answering my question, Florin looked left and right for a moment, and then said to me mysteriously: "Leda, don't just stare at Ukraine, in the north of Ukraine, west of Moscow, and the hundreds of divisions of the German Army Group Center, as long as they move south and form a flanking attack with Manstein's troops, our troops will not be able to fight back at all." Seeing that I looked depressed after hearing his words, he quickly comforted me and said, "But don't worry too much. As I just said, there is a certain deviation between today's history and the history that I know, for example, in the historical Battle of Kharkov, our troops did not reach the right bank of the Dnieper at all, and you not only led your troops to the right bank, but also managed to capture Kyiv. Perhaps today's history will change unexpectedly again because of the liberation of Kyiv. ”

After listening to Floning's words, I couldn't help but fall into deep thought, although Kyiv was in the hands of our army, but because the front-line airfields of our army were destroyed by the Germans, and the distant airfields were difficult to increase air support for our ground forces, the air supremacy of the battlefield was ceded to the Germans. If you keep fighting. The only armored forces we have. It will be lost under the intensive air raids of the German army. In the end, the fate that awaited our army was either completely annihilated or routed.

While I was thinking, I suddenly heard someone enter the hall, and before I could look up, I heard a loud voice: "This is not Comrade Oshanina." ”

Hearing the other party call out my name, I guessed that it was another acquaintance, and quickly looked up in the direction where the voice came from. I saw two people walking towards us side by side, and the man on the left who was wearing a military civilian uniform was a little thin. It still looks a little familiar; I don't have the slightest impression of the handsome man in a black tweed coat on the right.

"What? Oshanina, don't know me anymore? The two of them stopped not far from us, and a middle-aged man in civilian military clothes said to me with a smile on his face: "Take a closer look, we have known each other for a long time." ”

I didn't look very closely at the man in civilian uniform, but now he was standing in front of me, and when I looked closely, I immediately recognized who the other person was. My heart trembled, and I said nervously, "You...... Are you ...... Gram...... Comrade Krochkov. It's from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

Crochkov turned his head and looked at me after glancing at the person next to him. Spread his hands and said helplessly, "Isn't that me?" I thought that Comrade Oshanina, after he became a general again, did not know me as an old friend. ”

The first time I met Crochkov, I was almost shot by him as a German spy, and I have dealt with him several times, but I have always avoided him. It was only when he spoke well for me about the execution of the German prisoners who had mutilated Zoya that I ordered the rapture, and our relations eased. It's not about turning enemies into friends, at least they won't be so awkward after meeting, and they can simply exchange a few words. I hurriedly stretched out my hand to him and said politely: "Hello, Comrade Krochkov!" ”

I was shaking hands with Crochkov, and Fronin, who was next to me, also took the initiative to greet the handsome guy in the tweed coat: "Hello, dear Dmitry. Fedorovich, it's a pleasure to see you here. ”

"It's you, Comrade Engineer." Demetri. Fedorovich shook Floning's hand and said enthusiastically: "I haven't seen you for a long time." I was going to see you another day, but I didn't expect to see you here today. ”

"Comrade Ustinov, let me introduce you." Crochkov waited for Fronin after their greetings were over, and said to that Dmitry. Fedorovich said: "This is Comrade Oshanina, an old subordinate of Marshal Zhukov. Don't look at her as a woman, but she has made a lot of achievements. ”

I heard that Crochkov introduced me to the other party first, according to Russian custom, when making an introduction, I must first introduce the person with a high status to a person with a low status, it seems that he is a big leader with a status far higher than mine, so I quickly straightened up and quietly waited for Crochkov to introduce the identity of the other party to me.

I only heard Krochkov say: "Comrade Oshanina, this is Dmitry. Fedorovich. Ustinov, People's Commissar of the Ministry of Weapons and Equipment, is responsible for leading the production of guns and the development of new weapons in our army. ”

When Crochkov said Ustinov's full name and identity, I immediately remembered that when I was recuperating from my wounds in the city, I saw that he was the one who took Flonin out of the ward, and that he was the one who was held in high esteem by Stalin, and was called the youngest People's Commissar. Thinking of this, I hurriedly reached out to hold his outstretched hand and said politely: "Hello, Comrade People's Commissar. ”

When shaking hands, Ustinov smiled and said: "Comrade Oshanina, you are the protagonist of today's meeting, don't be too restrained." It's too much to call the People's Commissar, so just call me by my name. ”

"Okay, Comrade Ustinov." I had already felt that the title of People's Commissar was awkward and made me feel uncomfortable, but since he said so, I naturally called his name.

After a few more small talks, Ustinov said to Fronin: "Comrade engineer, I have something important to tell you, let's go to the other side, and leave it to Comrades Krochkov and Oshanina to catch up." ”

After the two left, Crochkov asked curiously: "Comrade Oshanina, I heard that your superiors are interested in transferring you to the reserve front as chief of staff, I don't know when you will take office?" ”

Although Bezikov announced to me that he would go to the reserve front, after all, it was not a notice from his superiors, and I really couldn't answer when he would be able to take up his post. Therefore, I shook my head and said to Crochkov: "I have not yet received an official order from my superiors, so I don't know when I will be able to go to work." ”

After saying this, I suddenly remembered the problem of my eyes, and quickly asked again: "Comrade Krochkov, do you know which hospital has the best level of medical care?" ”

"The best doctors, almost all evacuated to the rear. Almost all of the remaining doctors were also called up to serve the wounded and sick in military hospitals. After saying this, he couldn't help but look me up and down, and asked with some surprise, "Is your injury recurring and you need to go to the hospital for treatment?" In that case, I will accompany you to the nearest military hospital as soon as the ceremony is over. ”

Seeing that he had misunderstood what I meant, I hurriedly waved my hand and explained to him: "Comrade Crochkov, not what you think. It's not that my old injury is recurring, it's that something seems to be wrong with my eyes. ”

My answer surprised Krochkov, who asked in surprise: "What, something is wrong with your eyes?" Tell me, what the hell is going on?. ”

Seeing Crochkov's question, I hurriedly told him about the symptoms of my eyes. After hearing this, he said thoughtfully: "Oshanina, I estimate that your eye disease is not light, and it may not be useful to go to an ordinary military hospital, and you need to go to a special hospital to see an ophthalmologist." Well, when the ceremony is over, I'll take you to a hospital. I know a very skilled ophthalmologist who can definitely help you find out what's wrong with your eyes. ”

If I had always had a grudge against Crochkov, after he said that, I began to regard him as my friend. I shook his hand and said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you, Comrade Krochkov. ”

As soon as my words fell, a familiar voice sounded not far away: "Isn't this Comrade Oshanina?" Long time no see, how are you doing? (To be continued......)