In fact, the commander-in-chief was worried that these people would be somewhat redundant. The recall of several top leaders of the Far Eastern Military District to Moscow was indeed related to the aid to the Anti-Japanese Alliance, as the Soviet lieutenant general said. Of course, it is not only this matter that these top party, government, and military leaders in the Far East can be recalled at the same time.

In the Moscow Kremlin, Stalin, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU, who had just worked all night, summoned him as soon as he learned that the top party, government, and military leaders of the Far East had arrived in Moscow, regardless of the fatigue caused by the overnight work.

After watching the film materials of the commander-in-chief showing the Soviet Far Eastern Military District several weapons for exchanging supplies, Stalin, who was very interested in these weapons, turned his head and said to Marshal Voroshilov, People's Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union, General Shaposhnikov, Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, General Kulik, Chief of the General Ordnance of the Soviet Army, Lieutenant General Voronov, Director of the Artillery of the Soviet Army, and General Abanashenk, Commander of the Far Eastern Military District, who were watching together: "What do you think of these weapons designed by Chinese comrades? Is it suitable for our Workers' and Peasants' Red Army? ”

In response to Stalin's question, these marshals and generals appeared to be very cautious. After several years of purge, countless high-ranking generals were killed, which made these high-ranking Soviet generals extremely cautious in their speech, especially in front of Stalin. If he praised these weapons and equipment, which seemed to be of excellent performance, and did not make Comrade Stalin angry, he might not be able to tell who else would be unlucky.

If these weapons are degraded to nothing, it is really a bit unbearable to watch these weapons with excellent performance be buried. In particular, Lieutenant General Voronov, the artillery chief in charge of the Soviet artillery, immediately liked the multiple rocket launchers with a simple structure, extremely fast rate of fire, and no small power.

After pondering and pondering, several people set their eyes on the General Ordnance Minister in charge of weapons production, Senior General Kulik. They are old relations of Comrade Stalin, and they are in charge of weapons production. It doesn't matter if you say the wrong thing.

It's just that others can not answer for the time being, but Senior General Kulik, who is the chief ordnance minister of the Soviet army in charge of the production of weapons and equipment, cannot fail to answer. Seeing that several other people were looking at him, General Kulik, who was extremely conservative by nature and was not very enthusiastic about new weapons, hesitated for a moment and said: "Comrade Stalin, these weapons and equipment seem to be performing well. ”

"In particular, the 107-millimeter rocket launcher, compared with the Katyusha rocket launcher that we have begun to trial-produce, although its firing mechanism is only 12 tubes, and the number of firepower fired at one time is not as good as the БМ-13 rocket launcher that we have begun to trial-produce 16 batteries, but its range of 8 kilometers is far from ours. And the dispersion of the shells should also be smaller than ours. ”

"This kind of weapon made by the Chinese comrades uses a seamless steel tube for the manufacture of ordinary artillery barrels as a firing guide, which is not only relatively simple to produce, but also much simpler in terms of maintenance and operation than the I-shaped firing guide we use."

"And judging from the data, this weapon is light enough, and after dismantling, a few Red Army soldiers can carry it very lightly. The main thing is that this weapon has already been used by Chinese comrades in real combat, at least it looks good. ”

General Kulik's original intention in saying this was not to hope that the Soviet army would be equipped with such weapons, and he had always been very conservative about the equipment of new weapons. In particular, there are concerns that the БМ-13 rocket launcher, which is under development and has already entered the state of trial production, will have an impact on conventional artillery. So he has been creating obstacles in the design and production of this rocket launcher.

General Kulik, who had a very thorough understanding of Stalin's strong self-esteem, knew that with Stalin's personality, it was difficult to accept a Soviet Red Army with great weapons and equipment designed and manufactured by the Chinese, although it had excellent performance. So when he praised the performance of this weapon, he actually wanted to completely terminate that damn rocket artillery project.

It should be said that although General Kulik is extremely conservative in the production and design of weapons, his vision is still extremely accurate. Although the film materials do not show the whole picture, he can still see at a glance that the excellent performance of this weapon is there.

In response to General Kulik's evaluation, Stalin nodded slightly. Although this old comrade-in-arms is a little conservative, his vision is still very accurate. Although he did not indicate whether this weapon was suitable for the equipment of the Red Army, he indicated the advantages of this weapon in comparison with the БМ-13 rocket launcher, which was now in top secret.

Stalin, who was still very satisfied with General Kulik's evaluation, turned to the other generals and said: "Now the commander of the Far Eastern Military District, General Abanashenk, will introduce several other weapons designed by the Chinese comrades. ”

General Abanashenk, who received Stalin's order, 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 the Chinese comrades. Of course, not all of these three weapons were used by the Chinese comrades in the hope of exchanging supplies with us. The two weapons used in exchange for this are already seen in the film material. ”

"One is the so-called automatic rifle that uses our standard 7.62mm Mosin Nagant rifle cartridge. It's just that the ammunition used in this rifle has not changed in caliber, but in the length of the bullet. The original 54 mm was changed to 39 mm. That is, what they call intermediate bullets. ”

"After switching to this intermediate type of ammunition, the effective range of this weapon has been reduced from the original 400 meters to 200 meters. However, in the case of an extremely high rate of fire, the recoil is not difficult to control. Comrade Stalin, the rate of fire of this weapon is estimated by the personnel of the ordnance department of the Far Eastern Military District to have a combat rate of fire of at least about two hundred rounds per minute. And the theoretical rate of fire can reach six hundred rounds per minute. ”

"Whether we are currently armed with M1910 heavy machine guns or DP light machine guns, we need bulky gun mounts to achieve this combat rate of fire. And this kind of weapon, our Red Army soldiers alone can carry lightly. With a large amount of equipment, I believe that the firepower of the infantry fighters of our Red Army will reach an unprecedented stage. ”

"This weapon adopts the principle of gas-conductive automatic, rotary locking bolt, stamping production process. Not only is it simple to manufacture, but its maintenance performance is no more complex than our manual Mosin Nagant rifle, and our fighters can easily learn to handle it. ”

"The disadvantage of this weapon is that it cannot fire in long bursts. Once the fire is fired in bursts, the accuracy of the first few shots is good, but the accuracy of the rest of the shots will be extremely poor. However, the accuracy of this weapon is still very good when using burst fire or short fire. ”

"However, although this weapon was designed by Chinese comrades, they had no suitable steel and could only use captured inferior Japanese-style military steel, so the quality was very poor. After just over a thousand rounds, the barrel was deformed. ”

"The bullets used are also their improved Japanese standard 7.7mm heavy machine gun bullets, and they often jam. The point is that before use, the bullet also needs to be oiled. Otherwise, the shell will easily break or not be drawn. ”

"The one in front of us is made by our Far Eastern Military District on the instructions of our Chinese comrades using nickel-chromium alloy steel produced by our Soviets. The bullets fired are also 7.62mm intermediate bullets made by us. In the real yàn, the performance is extremely good. ”

"The most important thing is to be extremely reliable. Even if it is soaked in muddy water or buried in sand, it can be loaded and fired without any maintenance. Although the accuracy of the burst is affected by the short aiming baseline and the muzzle jump of the gun during continuous fire, it is still an extremely reliable automatic weapon. ”

After introducing the first weapon, General Abanashenk picked up the second gun, which was drummed like a PPD submachine gun that the Soviet army had been equipped with a small amount of equipment before, but had been withdrawn, and said: "This weapon uses our standard 7.62 mm Tokarev pistol cartridge, and its drum can be loaded with seventy-one rounds at a time. Its firepower density is extremely high, and its accuracy is quite good. Almost on par with our Tokarev pistols. ”

"And this same simple structure is easy to produce. The barrel of such a gun can even be made directly from the barrel of our Mosinagan rifle. The barrel of one Mosinagan rifle can be cut off directly, making the barrels of two such submachine guns. ”

After that, he picked up a weapon with a more strange appearance that he had not seen in the film and television materials just now, which looked like a patchwork of several pipes, and the long magazine was inserted on the side of the gun and said: "This gun was not specially designed for us by the Chinese, but we collected it from the guards around the commander of their Second Route Army." ”

"This gun uses their modified Japanese eight-millimeter southern-style pistol cartridges. Although due to the use of magazines, its fire is not as sustained as the submachine gun we just saw. The accuracy is also slightly worse. But the structure is simpler than the kind of submachine gun we just saw. Even the average plumber can make it. ”

After putting down the submachine gun in his hand, General Abanashenk glanced at the generals present and said to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, I feel that these weapons designed by the Chinese comrades are easy to produce, simple in structure, and have good firepower. It is very suitable for our Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. ”

"In particular, the anti-tank rocket launcher can greatly change the situation of the bulky anti-tank equipment of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Once our army encounters a tank attack on the enemy's largest scale in future operations, this lightweight anti-tank weapon can play a large role. ”

Senior General Abanashenk's voice fell, and Senior General Shaposhnikov, the General Staff of the Soviet Army, who had not spoken for a long time, carefully looked at Stalin's expression after listening to the introduction and said: "Comrade Stalin, since Senior General Abanashenk has a high opinion of these weapons, I wonder if we should organize the comrades of the Ordnance Department to organize a small production of these weapons and carry out practical activities. ”

"If these weapons do meet our requirements, I think we can organize mass production to replace the Mosinagan hand rifles that we are now equipped with, as well as to equip the rank and file officers with a suitable weapon for self-defense. Although the Tokarev pistol was very powerful, neither the range nor the firepower was satisfactory. ”

For the conservatism of the Minister of General Ordnance, General Shaposhnikov, who was quick to accept new weapons, had long since become unbearable. Not only did many plans for new weapons die because of its repeated artificial obstacles, but even the PPD submachine guns that had already begun to be produced were decommissioned.

It's just that because of Stalin's favor in him, Shaposhnikov has been patient. Now, taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the old and serious Shaposhnikov did not fall into the ground, but he also took the opportunity to kick it. In an attempt to free the lasso for the production of new weapons.

As Chief of the General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Shaposhnikov's opinion was still taken seriously by Stalin. Since Shaposhnikov put these weapons into trial production, Stalin agreed.

After the generals who had watched the materials on the new weapons left, Stalin said to General Abanashek and Ivanov, political commissar of the Far Eastern Military District and first secretary of the Far Eastern Territory, who were left alone: "You say that these new weapons were designed by comrades in northeastern China and specially used to exchange with us some supplies they need?" ”

In response to Stalin's question, General Abanashek nodded without thinking about it: "Yes, Comrade Stalin. The commander-in-chief of their Second Route Army is still waiting for our reply at the headquarters of the Far Eastern Military District of Boli. ”

"The Chinese comrade who designed these weapons is clearly clear about what kind of weapons our Red Army needs. He designed these weapons that were not only extremely simple in practical terms, but also convenient for mass production. If the Red Army is equipped with these weapons, its firepower will be able to rise to a higher level on the basis of not increasing the number of logistics trucks in the troops. ”

"Especially the kind of anti-tank bazooka, which can almost be done by everyone. Its lethality against tanks is not inferior to that of the 37-mm anti-tank guns we are now equipped with, but it is extremely lightweight, and it can not occupy the strength of the troops. ”

"It is clear that these weapons meet the needs of our Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Comrade Stalin, I think, we can make an exchange. Although the Chinese comrades provided samples of weapons, the design drawings and material requirements were still in their hands. ”

"And Comrade Stalin, the automation of infantry weapons is a trend in the development of weapons in the world. The so-called automatic rifle they designed is much better than the Tokarev semi-automatic rifle that we have now produced in terms of reliability, productivity, and firepower continuity. ”

"Although the so-called intermediate bullets have been modified, the range has been reduced, but the intensity of the fire has increased significantly. I think that this weapon, if used in conjunction with the long-range Mosin Nagant rifle, will greatly increase 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 weapon research and development. Use this part of the weapons research and development funds to where they are more needed. ”

In response to General Abanasek's heartfelt appreciation for these weapons, Stalin smiled but did not give him a direct reply, but changed the subject: "Comrade Abanasek, in addition to these weapons, the Chinese comrades also proposed what things could be exchanged?" ”