Manturov did not stay in Novosibirsk for a long time, he spent two days inspecting the progress of construction of Novosibirsk's industry and infrastructure, implementing the plans for the production of T-179 tanks at the Novosibirsk Plant and the military-industrial complex. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In general, Manturov was satisfied with the development of the construction of this place, and his successor, the first secretary of the new Novosibirsk regional party committee, Chernenko, also largely inherited his direction. Just as in history, Chernenko, after taking over as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU in 1984, also inherited Andropov's direction, which is why Manturov chose Chernenko.

Manturov took only one person with him on this inspection, and he did not have a half-time meeting, so it seemed that it was not a big deal. But in fact, he established Novosibirsk as a center for the development of the military industry, personally made decisions and confirmed a number of projects, and also made a lot of constructive suggestions for the leadership of different factories and the responsibility of infrastructure projects.

Most importantly, he personally inspected and implemented the plan for the construction of the tank production line of the 179 plant in Novosibirsk, as well as the plan for the expansion and increase of production of the 153 aircraft plant.

These two plans, at that time, were not very important, because factories for the production of aircraft and tanks were also found in other parts of the Soviet Union, such as Kharkov, Tbilisi, Leningrad, Stalingrad and other places. Even if the Novosibirsk side does not engage in it at all, the production of aircraft and tanks in the USSR will not be greatly affected.

However, most of the Soviet aircraft and tank production lines were located in the western regions. Historically, after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, many aircraft factories were attacked by air raids, and the aviation industry was greatly damaged. While aircraft production was not affected much, aluminum plants in the western region and factories that produced advanced engines were also damaged.

As a result, the Soviet Union was unable to produce the Yak-3, which had better performance but required more aluminum and more advanced M-105 and VK107 engines, and was forced to shelve the production plan for this excellent fighter.

However, Novosibirsk, which was transformed by Manturov, not only has the highest level of technology and the highest production efficiency in the Soviet Union, but also has its own subsidiary engine factory at the 153 aircraft plant here, which has largely solved the problems that hindered the production of the Yak-3.

Even if Manturov had not "revealed" the design of the Yak-3 to Yakovlev, according to historical development, this excellent aircraft would still have made its first flight on April 12, 1941, more than two months before the Soviet-German war.

The problem of the production of aircraft is not very large, at least historically, when the Soviet-German war began, the Soviet Union had already set up aircraft factories in Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tbilisi in the rear, and had a certain rear industrial base. But in the case of tanks, the tank production centers of the USSR were almost exclusively concentrated in the western regions.

At the time of the war, the Soviet Union had three tank production centers, one was Leningrad, where there were the Kirov Plant, the Voroshilov Plant and the Bolshevik Plant, which produced tanks designed by Kotin, including the T-26, T-28, T-50 and KV series, and later the IS series tanks.

The second is Kharkov, which produces the BT series designed by the team of Koshkin and Morozov, as well as the T-34 tank. In addition to this, the T-34 tank was produced at the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, the third largest tank production center.

However, in September 1941, the Germans reached the gates of Leningrad, and in October they occupied Kharkov, and two tank production centers were forced to evacuate (Leningrad still partially continued production).

After that, the People's Commissariat of Construction presided over the relocation and reconstruction of the production line. Ginsburg, the historical People's Commissar of Construction, was responsible for the evacuation of the Kharkov plant to Nizhny Tajikistan and the creation of a production line for the T-34 there, which was the predecessor of the Ural Production Complex, the largest tank production enterprise in the world; The First Deputy People's Commissar for Construction, Eugene, was responsible for establishing a production line for KV tanks in the Chelyabinsk region, turning Chelyabinsk into a "tank city".

Even if the Soviets in a timely manner, in a very short time, and with great efficiency, removed all the equipment for the production of T-34 tanks from Kharkov, it would have taken a lot of time to move from relocation to reconstruction.

During the relocation of the Kharkov plant, only the Stalingrad Tractor Plant and the Krasnoy Solmov Plant 112 were producing T-34 tanks. Fortunately, the output of the two factories was still able to keep up, and the Kharkov plant completed the relocation after three months, and full production was resumed, and a production line for T-34 tanks was established in Omsk, otherwise the Soviet Union might not have enough tanks.

However, tank factories in Stalingrad, Nizhny Tajikistan and Omsk had to face a problem, that is, the supply of raw materials was relatively tight, and the quality was not good, coupled with the poor production technology of the workers, the tanks produced did not meet the expected standards.

On the Novosibirsk side, although the level of workers is not much better than in other places, the output and supply of raw materials are relatively abundant, and there is quality assurance. In that way, in times of war, the quality of production of tanks will not be greatly affected.

Moreover, the establishment of the Novosibirsk production line can also reduce the pressure on the Stalingrad side, so as to reduce the occurrence of things on the Stalingrad side at the expense of quantity and quality.

However, merely engaging in construction and increasing production could not completely solve the problems in the Soviet army. The problem of insufficient training of Soviet soldiers, the problem of command and strength of the Western Front, the problem of coordination of various units, the problem of inexperience of generals, and so on, Manturov could not solve it, nor could it completely solve it before the start of the war.

Despite this, what Manturov is doing so far is not without effect, the development of the military industry, the increase in ordnance production, and the early appearance of the Yak-3 and T-34/85 can theoretically improve the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army, and reduce the casualties of the Soviet army in the early stage, and even turn the tide of the war in advance.

However, these positive changes are only theoretical, and what they actually will be known will be known later.

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After a ten-hour flight and a half-hour drive, Manturov returned to his new home at 8 Tver Avenue in Moscow.

"Vorodya, you look so tired." Katia looked at Manturov, who had just returned home, and said, "Aren't you able to fly?" ”

In the past, Manturov came to Moscow from Novosibirsk and had to take a 48-hour train ride. Now, having become a People's Commissar and receiving a prize of 100,000 rubles from the Order of Lenin, Manturov, who lived comfortably and had a certain amount of power, enjoyed the privilege of flying and the flight time was reduced by almost five times.

However, the early airliners were not very comfortable, and the weather was bad, and the plane encountered air currents many times, and Manturov, who had always had difficulty sleeping, almost never rested the whole time, and lay on his bed as soon as he got home.

"I'm so tired, I didn't sleep the whole time just now." Manturov's strength was almost gone, and his voice was even muffled by the sound of a car coming from the window, but fortunately Katia had good hearing and could barely hear Manturov's words.

"Don't sleep too long, Dad (Voroshilov) will come back for dinner later."

"You say...... What the? Volo ...... Shilov ...... Will you come? Got it. ”