The most helpless is Ustinov.

Before leaving, he swore to the Kremlin bigwigs that he would not tear off a piece of meat from China and be a minister who lived for nothing in his life, but he never thought that his face would be completely swollen after only a few days of hard work.

Thinking about the former ambassador to China who he forcibly sent back to China, Ustinov can't help but be a little envious, anyway, he still occupies a dominant position in the negotiations with China, and even reached an agreement at one point.

But after he took over, it was far from reaching an agreement between the two sides, and the most important thing was China's core technology, which was a key process related to the core interests of the Soviet Union in the world.

The only one who has the right is the one in the Kremlin.

And for Ustinov, this is tantamount to stabbing into the sky.

After all, being known to the Supreme about this, a criticism that is not well handled will never escape, which is fatal to Ustinov, who is only 40 years old and still hopes to climb the peak in his political career.

Because in the Soviet Union under the rule of the Supreme People, he was no different from losing his political life under this criticism, and even in some respects he was inferior to the former ambassador who was escorted back to China by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, after all, he did not reach the sky anyway, and he pierced the sky.

However, it's too late to regret it now!

"Jingle bell~~~"

The long silence, broken by a short phone ringing, made Ustinov, who was sitting on the sofa, shiver involuntarily.

If there were 10,000 possibilities, he didn't want to answer the call, after all, the call was likely to be the verdict of his fate.

The bell became more and more urgent, like a curse, which made the elegant Ustinov more and more uneasy, his hair that was neatly groomed on weekdays had already been messed up like a chicken coop, and the coffee that had never been in his hand had long since disappeared, only the confused and empty eyes and the cold sweat oozing from his forehead were silently telling what it meant to be anxious.

Finally, Ustinov grabbed the phone with difficulty and said weakly: "I'm Ustinov!" ”

"Promise the conditions of China, the great USSR needs their craftsmanship, as for you...... Come back tomorrow, stay in Moscow, don't expect anything else! ”

The voice in the microphone carried the rough arrogance of the Ukrainian countryside, but more than that, it was unquestionable, but Ustinov was extremely pleased with the uncivilized voice, after all, it was a great blessing to be able to stay in Moscow after such a big thing.

So he quickly thanked you, my dear Sergeyevich, I swear allegiance to you for the rest of my life!" ”

"Okay, don't talk about those useless things, think about the lessons of this failure, okay, I'm still busy, that's it for now!" Sergeyevich on the other end of the phone was a little impatient, hurriedly coped with a sentence, and then hung up the phone rudely.

Ustinov listened to the blind sound in the earpiece and was stunned, then he came back to his senses and said coldly: "Don't worry, where I fall, I will get up, this shame, I will never have a second time!" ”

After saying that, he hung up the phone with a bang!

On the third day, with the will of the Moscow bigwigs, Ustinov came strongly, like a lost dog, left China in disgrace, although there was no arrest by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he went extremely disgracefully, not only did not obtain enough benefits for the Soviet Union, but also almost lost the process that the Soviet Union urgently needed because of his stubbornness.

Because of this, the Soviet high-level who knew the situation decisively pushed him to the end, if it weren't for the backstage who supported him at a critical moment, even if he didn't go to the guillotine, he would inevitably be arranged to go to Siberia to pick potatoes.

However, Ustinov's departure brought Grechko, who played the role of technical adviser, into the eyes of the bigwigs of all parties, and after Ustinov stepped down, he became the head of the negotiations on the Soviet side.

This made Grechko very surprised, he never thought that Moscow would let him take on the big responsibility, but if you think about it, you can understand, after all, Grechko has both profound technical skills and rich experience in negotiating with China, and more importantly, the heads of the two circles have a very good evaluation of him, and the bigwigs in Moscow are not stupid people who drill the horns of the bull, so who else is used?

As a result, the new general representative Grechko officially took office on the back foot as soon as Ustinov left on the front foot, and the first thing he did when he took office was to inform the 102 chief that the Soviet side could start substantive consultations on technology and equipment exchange.

On this basis, the process was tacitly accelerated, and the Soviet Union, in particular, showed great sincerity to China, and the long-awaited agreement between the two sides was naturally finalized in such a friendly atmosphere.

……

Baiyun Plant, Deputy Chief Engineer's Office.

Bai Yi stood in front of the wall, looked at the design drawings hanging on the wall, shook his head slightly, and then turned to look at Chen Yaoyang on the side and asked, "What draft is this?" ”

"Sixth draft!"

Chen Yaoyang replied without thinking, but Bai Yi sighed: "Still not out of the shackles of German MG42!" ”

"There's no way, our design team is taught by German experts, how can we not be influenced by the image of MG42." Chen Yaoyang was also a little helpless.

The MG42 general-purpose machine gun is very good, but with the current technical conditions of the Baiyun Factory, in addition to the design drawings and a few stamping shells, other core components cannot be made at all, not to mention the principle components after the assembled barrel, not even basic durable materials, let alone the roller locking mechanism inside the bolt.

That's not just a matter of materials, it's also about the most demanding precision machining methods.

Although Germany has made MG42 easier to produce on the basis of MG34 after a lot of simplification, it is compared to Germany, which is industrially developed, and for a country like China that has just started, it is impossible to pass the precision machining of the bolt alone, let alone others.

Therefore, Bai Yi emphasized in several technical meetings that MG42 can be used for reference, but it cannot be limited to MG42, otherwise it will really be hanged from a tree, so we must boldly innovate and bring the road to life.

But the problem is that in addition to knowing about the MG42 from German experts, the R&D team members don't know about other general-purpose machine guns at all, of course, with today's situation, even if they want to understand, there is no way to achieve it, after all, there is only one kind of general-purpose machine gun in the whole world.