The new round of Lend-Lease between the United States and the Soviet Union had not yet been decided, and Manturov had already begun to direct production work in the rear. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The assistance provided by the United States was important, but it was even more important to ensure that the industrial production in the rear of the Soviet Union was sufficient to sustain tens of millions of troops.

Historically, U.S. aid has played a large role in the Soviet Union's war of resistance.

In the case of the occupation of most of the developed regions in the west, the Soviet Union lost a number of industrial centers such as Kiev, Kharkov, Donbass, etc., which seriously affected the industrial production of the Soviet Union. Fortunately, the work efficiency of the People's Commissariat of Construction and the Evacuation and Evacuation Committee of the USSR was high, and most of the important factories were relocated to the rear in a timely manner and put back into operation in a short time, and the Soviet Union's dependence on foreign aid would have been even greater.

In addition, the grain production of the Soviet Union was greatly affected by the fall of such a "big granary" as Ukraine. However, farmland could not be moved away at will like factories, and as a result, the Soviet Union's grain production dropped sharply, and if the United States had not provided the Soviet Union with a large amount of food aid and canned food, I am afraid that the Soviet Union would really have to face the problem of food shortage.

Fortunately, Ukraine did not fall into the hands of the German fascists in this time and space, and the Ukrainian peasants worked as usual, harvesting their hard-earned grain at the end of 1941.

(Historically, many farmers in Ukraine retreated before harvesting grain, leaving large quantities of grain for the Germans.) ）

Moreover, during Manturov's tenure as secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Party Committee, he took advantage of the large arable land area of Siberia to carry out land reclamation work on a large scale.

At the same time, he also provided a lot of help to the expansion of the Novosibirsk Plant 179, increased the production scale of the 179 plant, increased the output and quality of agricultural machinery, and promoted the development of agricultural mechanization in Siberia and even the entire Soviet Union.

In addition, Ukraine's industrial system was also able to continue production because the German army had not arrived, and Manturov also established new military industrial enterprises in the Urals, Siberia and other places in advance, and developed a number of industrial zones, so that the industrial production of the Soviet Union was much more developed than at this time in history, so the supply of materials was more sufficient, and the demand for and dependence on foreign aid was naturally reduced.

But despite this, the Soviet government still hoped to get more aid from the United States. First, it was because some of the industrial and agricultural products of the Soviet Union were relatively scarce, which were insufficient to supply the needs of the army. Second, it wants to take advantage of more, even if the Soviet Union does not lack tanks, oil, or steel, but it still asks the United States to provide these materials.

It is necessary to take advantage of it, but this does not mean that the Soviet Union can live by taking advantage of it. For both Manturov and Stalin, American aid can only be counted as a little supplement. The most important thing is to do a good job in the industrial and agricultural production of the Soviet Union itself, especially in the rear areas of Siberia, the Urals, and Central Asia.

For this reason, Manturov, who had just become a member of the National Defense Committee and was also vice chairman of the People's Commissariat Committee, rushed from Moscow to Western Siberia to inspect and guide this area that he had built with his own hands, so as to ensure that there would be no problems in the production of Siberia's strategic rear and that he would be able to supply a steady stream of strategic materials to the front line from the rear.

"Let us welcome with warm applause Comrade Vladimir Manturov, Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Member of the State Council and Deputy People's Commissar of Defense, former First Secretary of the Novosibirsk Region!"

Manturov, amid applause, once again came to the conference room of the Novosibirsk regional party committee.

In the past, when he was the first secretary of the Novosibirsk Oblast Party Committee, he often held meetings of the Novosibirsk Oblast Party Committee in this conference room.

But since he left Novosibirsk to take up his post in Moscow, he has not been to this room again, and it was not until this day that he came from Moscow to inspect in the name of a representative of the Central Committee, and then had the opportunity to return here.

Manturov glanced at the people present and found that most of them were acquaintances, including Chernenko, the current first secretary of the party committee of the Novosibirsk region, as well as the leaders of various municipal party committees and local state-owned factories.

In addition to representatives of the Novosibirsk Regional Party Committee, municipal party committees and factories, the meeting was attended by the First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Pavel Khristofrovich Kulakov and the Third Secretary of the Party Committee of the Omsk Region, Veronica Ustinova.

"All right, comrades," Manturov said as he walked to his seat, standing, "I am glad to be able to see you again." ”

Manturov sat down, put his hands together on the table, and said: "I am here today not to catch up with you, but to learn about the work on behalf of the National Defense Commission, the Central Supervision Commission, the People's Commissariat for Defense, the People's Commissariat for Construction, and the General Political Department of the Red Army.

Before I begin, on behalf of the Central Committee, I would like to thank you for your contribution to the development of Siberia.

The main purpose of my visit today is to learn about the problems that exist in the industrial and agricultural production of Western Siberia and to find out how to solve them. ”

As soon as Manturov returned, he showed an attitude of eagerness to find and solve problems, which reminded the Novosibirsk cadres present of the days when Manturov was the first leader of the state party committee.

This is Manturov's consistent style of doing things, and it is this attitude of "actively looking for problems, trying to solve them, actively looking for shortcomings, and trying their best to make up for them" that has improved the social and economic situation in Novosibirsk.

During his tenure in office, the Novosibirsk Party organization and government resolved many of the problems left by Ekh (former Secretary of the Party Committee of the West Sibirsk Territory, who served as Secretary of the Novosibirsk Party Committee after the division of the West Sibirsk Territory into the Novosibirsk Region and the Altai Editor) during his tenure, laying a solid foundation for the construction of Novosibirsk's economy and people's livelihood.

The cadres of the Novosibirsk region have long been accustomed to Manturov's style, but Kulakov, secretary of the party committee of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, who came to attend the meeting, met for the first time such a leader who likes to find problems, and this is probably the reason for his success.