"This young Chinese man named Bai Yi is indeed very interesting!"

Located in the mountains southeast of the Bilgorod shooting range, there stands an inconspicuous anti-aircraft bunker, through the observation window connected with the outside world, a high-precision artillery mirror extends out, just 1.5 kilometers away from the shooting range in full view, of course, there is also Bai Yi who is smiling helplessly at this time.

It seems that he is really interested in Bai Yi, the middle-aged man wearing the standard military uniform of the Soviet Army and wearing the epaulettes of the major general, looked at it with the artillery mirror for a few minutes, and then moved away from Bai Yi's delicate face, and then stood up straight, with a few more meaningful smiles on his thin face, and shook his head quite interestingly: "It seems that he is very smart, he should see my plan!" ”

At this time, his adjutant handed over a hot towel, and when the thin-faced general took it, he said with some noncommittality: "It should be impossible, I dare to say, let alone a Chinese, even the military experts in the design bureau probably can't guess the general's thoughts!" ”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, the thin general couldn't help laughing, and immediately applied a hot towel to the smooth head, and the migraine caused by fatigue was slightly relieved by the heat flow, so the general asked: "Then tell me, do you guess it or not?" ”

"Me? Don't laugh at me, my dear general, I can't guess! Although the adjutant was approaching thirty years old, he had a childlike pure heart, and when he heard the general's questioning, he didn't think about it and said honestly: "But many comrades, including me, don't understand very much, anyway, the T-54 is also a masterpiece of the design bureau, and has become the main force of the country's foreign arms sales and assistance...... So we are all afraid that because of this incident, the reputation of the design bureau named after you General Morozov will be damaged! ”

The adjutant's words were very straightforward, but the general he called Morozov was not half annoyed, but smiled even more, if Bai Yi could be here at this moment, he would definitely drop his jaw, because the general who smiled and looked at the distance was none other than the Soviet tank genius, the world-renowned tank design master Alexander Aleksandrovich Morozov.

From the T-26 before World War II to the T-34 that shook the German armored forces, from the timeless classics of the T-54 to the low-key mystery of the T-64, Morozov's life history is a history of the development of the Soviet armored forces.

Because of this, Western countries called it the soul of the Soviet armored force, and it should be said that this assessment is not an exaggeration at all, knowing that it was under the genius guidance of Morozov that the Soviet tanks were able to always lead the West in the Cold War by a generation, thus making the other side of the Iron Curtain tremble for decades.

But it is already incredible that such a technical genius, even Stalin was impressed, to suspend the development of new tanks and take time out of his busy schedule to come here to watch the target shooting, but what people never expected was that Morozov directly ordered his proud T-54 tank to be used as a target vehicle for the added AC targeting!

If Morozov's arrival is incredible, then the latter decision can be called shocking, so it is no wonder that even his personal adjutant is a little incomprehensible, but Morozov didn't care, handed back the cooled towel to the adjutant, and then slowly said: "No matter how good the reputation is, it will disappear with the passage of time; Just as the T-54 tank is good, there will be a day when it will be scrapped, only continuous innovation and breakthroughs are truly eternal. ”

The adjutant was completely blinded, although he was an adjutant, but he and Morozov were like masters and apprentices, seeing that he did not understand, Morozov was overflowing with the aura of morality, sat on the chair next to him and began to ask step by step: "Think about it, what is the topic that the design bureau is tackling at the moment?" ”

"Armor applications of composite ceramics!" The adjutant replied without hesitation, and Morozov nodded with a smile: "That's right, it's the armor application of composite ceramics." But why are we doing this? ”

"This ......"

The adjutant shook his head honestly, although he knew that such a project existed, but what it was doing and why, he didn't know, he couldn't help it, just because the research was always in a high state of secrecy, and even General Molozov's adjutant had no access to more core things.

"Without him, it is only because the existing homogeneous armor made of pure steel is difficult to withstand the ever-changing anti-tank ammunition, especially the increasingly powerful armor-piercing ......"

Morozov said it easily, but the adjutant was shocked when he heard it, you must know that this study is top secret, and he has no right to know it with his authority, but now Morozov has put this matter on the table, does he listen to it or not......

Just when the adjutant was hesitating between listening and not listening, Morozov's next words dispelled the chaotic thoughts: "You don't have to worry, those guys in the Ministry of Defense have already partially revealed this research, and what you heard is not confidential. ”

Hearing this, the adjutant was even more stunned, whether or not to decrypt a project is a weather vane for whether the top level attaches importance to it or not, and what does the sudden decryption mean? The adjutant couldn't figure out why this was happening, so he could only ask with a simple mind: "Hasn't this project been supported by the Ministry of Defense since it was established?" ”

"In the face of complex interests, anything can change!"

Molotov sighed helplessly, since the end of World War II, Molotov began to summarize the technical details of armored warfare during World War II, so as to set the tone for the development of tanks in the future, so after several years of unremitting efforts, Morozov finally summed up several basic elements of the future development of tanks, and applied this achievement to the development of T-54, thus creating a generation of classics.

However, when developing the T-54, Morozov suddenly discovered that the traditional steel homogeneous armor may not continue to lead the trend in future armored warfare, and the reason is very simple, there are too many anti-tank weapons developed based on steel homogeneous armor.

Needless to say, the traditional armor-piercing bullets, armor-piercing bullets and armor-fragmenting bullets specially created for the mechanical characteristics of steel homogeneous armor are simply the natural nemesis of steel homogeneous armor.

However, this has brought an unavoidable side effect, that is, the rapid rise in the overall weight of the tank, which brings adverse effects such as insufficient engine power, low maneuverability, and excessive bomb area, which makes it difficult for the tank to play the ideal combat effect.

During World War II, Germany's "Rat" heavy tank is the best example, due to the blind pursuit of firepower and protection, the overall weight increased exponentially, resulting in the power of the engine, fundamentally unable to implement effective agitation, and finally became a live target on the battlefield, without firing a single shot, became a prisoner of the Soviet army.

Because of this, Morozov realized that the traditional path of steel homogeneous armor could no longer be followed, and that he had to start from scratch to develop a new type of armor that was lighter, more flexible, and effective, so he turned his attention to the fledgling composite ceramics.

The reason why this material is still unpopular today is mainly because the composite ceramic itself is resistant to high temperatures and has the characteristics of sufficient toughness, especially a little lower, which is simply the natural nemesis of armor-piercing bullets, because the high-temperature resistance of composite ceramics is enough to resist the impact of metal jets, so as to protect the safety of the tank.

Based on this, once Morozov put it forward, it could attract the attention of the Soviet army, so he soon set up a special research group to study the armorization of composite ceramics, but a few years have passed, and the Soviet army has invested countless funds, but Morozov's research has fallen into a bottleneck, and it has not been able to come up with an ideal solution.

At this time, the Korean War broke out, and the T-34\85 tanks belonging to the Korean People's Army were like bamboos all the way, not only defeating South Korea, but also making the US troops who came to reinforce helpless.

Because of this, the Soviet Ministry of Defense judged that there would be no more lethal anti-tank ammunition in the next few years, so the Soviet T-54 tank was sufficient to deal with the threat in the coming years, and the research that was too expensive should be suspended or canceled due to cost considerations.

Don't talk about others, but what will Stalin, who is everywhere in China, think after learning about the great progress of China's military chemical industry, so Bai Yi did not pretend to be forced to the end like Lao Tang, but felt that the heat was about the same, so he began to withdraw, as for the next private game, it depends on the true sincerity of both sides.

It's just that if you want to get out smoothly, you have to get through the Yaktoev level first, but can this old guy agree? Bai Yi obviously didn't have much hope, after all, this old guy had no way out except to win, and he wanted him to agree to the end, unless the sun hit the west and came out.

Based on this, Bai Yi simply did not discuss with Yaktoev, and directly forced him to submit to the top of Mount Tai, so he asked T-54 as a target vehicle to seize people, and now Yaktoev's arrogance is still sluggish, and Bai Yi, who carries the general trend, naturally wants to get off the donkey, so he looks solemn and ready to go down this step.

But before he could speak, he saw a Soviet major hurriedly walk in with a cold face, and then whispered something in Yaktoev's ear, which made Yaktoev's face suddenly look ugly, and hurriedly asked the major officer who broke in: "Are you sure?" ”

The major officer nodded firmly: "Sure, so I'm bothering you to execute it immediately!" ”

After speaking, the Soviet major left in a hurry, but Yaktoev glanced at Bai Yi with a complicated expression: "I have just received an order from my superiors to allow the request of the Chinese comrades to use the T-54 as a target vehicle and continue our exchange target shooting activities!" ”

Hearing this, all the people, including Bai Yi, were surprised and speechless, because they never thought that some big people in the Soviet Union would agree to Bai Yi's request, so many Soviet officials wanted to figure out why, but before they could speak, they found that Yaktoev had already sat back in his seat in a gloomy manner, and then waved his hand at them weakly: "Don't ask anything, just carry out the order!" ”

Looking at Yaktoev's appearance, no one could see that the current situation was no longer under the control of this bad old man, so those Soviet officials didn't ask more questions, and began to prepare separately, only Bai Yi raised his head with deep meaning, looked at the mountain opposite, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a helpless wry smile......

Looking at Yaktoev's appearance, no one could see that the current situation was no longer under the control of this bad old man, so those Soviet officials didn't ask more questions, and began to prepare separately, only Bai Yi raised his head with deep meaning, looked at the mountain opposite, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a helpless wry smile......

Looking at Yaktoev's appearance, no one could see that the current situation was no longer under the control of this bad old man, so those Soviet officials didn't ask more questions, and began to prepare separately, only Bai Yi raised his head with deep meaning, looked at the mountain opposite, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a helpless wry smile......