"When you were 18?" No matter what Tvorsiyan thought, he couldn't remember who the young man in front of him was. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info"Are you a member of the Central Committee at the meeting, or a staff member at the venue?" Or an assistant to one of the commissioners? ”

Manturov smiled enthusiastically and said: "Comrade Tvosyan, at that time I was a representative of the Novosibirsk region, and at the time of the elections to the Central Committee, I gave you a vote of support. ”

Tvorsiyan thought that the young man in front of him was getting closer to himself and getting a better position through himself. Emphasizing that he voted for himself back then, isn't it almost what he wants to do?

"Thank you for your vote." Tvosiyan only lightly thanked the vote and did not intend to give the little representative a chance to cling. "Okay, you two talk slowly, I'll go in and have a look."

"Comrade Tvosiyan," Manturov grabbed him by the shoulder as he was about to leave, "I have something to discuss with you. ”

"You're looking for me?" Tvorsiyan asked with a puzzled expression.

"That's right, I was going to come to you tomorrow and talk to you about the construction of Soviet-class battleships. Now that we're rarely meeting, let's just discuss it here. ”

As soon as he heard that it was about the construction of Soviet-class battleships, Tvosyan, as the Minister of Shipbuilding Industry, naturally had no reason to refuse. But when you start discussing, you have to find out who the other party is. "Who are you?"

Manturov held out his hand and said his name. "My name is Vladimir Fedorovich Manturov, you can just call me Vladimir."

Tvorcyan never imagined that the young man in front of him was actually the deputy prime minister in charge of the heavy industry and construction department, and he was his boss. He hurriedly shook the other party's hand and said enthusiastically: "It turned out to be Comrade Manturov!" I would also like to tell you about the difficulties that our Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry encountered in the construction of Soviet-class battleships. ”

"I came to you to help you solve these difficulties. Both Ukraine and Soviet have been in production for more than a year, but are less than half complete. I think there were a lot of problems during the construction process. ”

"There were a lot of problems. Thanks to your efforts, the production of steel in the USSR in the USSR was greatly increased, and the quality was improved a lot, but our People's Commissariat of Shipbuilding did not receive a sufficient amount of armor steel. ”

Tvosiyan also felt that his behavior just now was a bit rude, and he was worried that it would damage the relationship with the deputy prime minister in front of him, so he first affirmed the other party's credit for increasing steel production before saying the difficulty.

Manturov's expression did not change in the slightest, and he still had a warm and serious smile on his face, and there was no hypocrisy, as if he was happy to solve the problem, "How much do you need?" And now how much is Project 23 (a plan for the construction of Soviet-class battleships)? ”

"We need more than 10,000 metric tons of armor steel. But so far we have only received 6,500 tons, of which 2,000 tons, of which are not of the standard of mass as a battleship, and have been transferred to the manufacture of civilian ships. ”

In fact, historically, the shortage of steel has been worse than that of Manturov. Historically, shipyards that built Soviet-class battleships had received only 1,800 metric tons of steel, and more than half of them did not meet the specifications, and probably less than 900 tons of armor steel were used to build ships.

In other words, the shipbuilding department received less than 9% of the armor steel, and the shipbuilding progress of the first ship in 1940 was less than 13%, and it was impossible to complete it before the war.

Now, if Tvosiyan's claims are true, the shipbuilding program will be allocated 45 million tons of armor steel, which is already five times as much as in history. And if the shipbuilding progress really had been "less than half completed" as he called it (historically, less than 13% had been completed in the same period), it would have been possible to complete the Soviet before the war began in 1941.

As for the second ship, the Ukraine, although the progress is even slower than that of the first ship, the Soviet, it is still possible to complete it before the war if it has enough resources, enough equipment, and proper management.

However, the construction of the third ship, the Belorate, was only completed in December 1939, and there was no possibility of completion before the war. But in any case, even if only one Soviet-class battleship was completed and entered service with the Navy, it was actually very important for the naval strength of the Soviet Union.

Compared with the most powerful Bismarck in Germany, whether it is firepower or protection, the Soviet-class battleship with a standard displacement of 60,000 tons is a grade higher than the 40,000-ton Bismarck.

Nine 406-mm cannons make people feel the power of the Soviets, and the 420-mm thick armor on the side also gives people a sense of what an "unbreakable alliance" is. In terms of volume and displacement, it is the largest battleship in the world except for the Yamato, and will be the king of the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea!

However, before the construction was completed, these two steel giants were basically useless, and they also consumed a lot of resources, and they were still costing hundreds of millions of rubles.

If, after the start of the Great Patriotic War, the construction was not completed, and finally it was forced to cancel because the Germans captured or threatened the shipbuilding areas, then the funds of hundreds of millions of rubles would have been wasted and would have brought huge losses to the country.

"Please rest assured about this, I will inform the People's Commissariat of the Black Metal Industry as soon as possible to produce more and better quality armor steel and solve the problem of steel. See if we can try to complete the Soviets and Ukraine by May 1941. Manturov, while promising to solve the problem, also stated the deadline for completion, which put new pressure on Tvosyan.

"If the steel problem is solved, of course it is good. However, I am afraid that we will not be able to achieve the goal of completing the project by May next year. ”

"Why? Are there any other difficulties? ”

"Yes." Tvosiyan nodded and continued: "In addition to the supply of steel, we also have a lot of technical problems. ”

"Please tell me about these problems in detail, and I will find a way to solve them." Manturov's serious expression showed his patience and sincerity in solving the problem.

"First of all, the equipment of the turret factory in Nikolaev was so backward that it was impossible to assemble the firmware for the 406-mm gun.

In addition, the Kharkov turbine plant, so far not even a single steam turbine has been made. Although we have already sent one of the steam turbines purchased from the Swiss company Blanc Bauveli to Kharkov as a production model, the experts there have not been able to solve the technical problems in production for almost a year, and not a single one has been built.

I am afraid that we will have to import three more turbines from the Swiss before we can complete the construction of ships 1 and 2 in May 1941. ”

As soon as he mentioned imports, Manturov immediately thought of another technical problem encountered in the construction process from the memory of his descendants. "So, is the rotating shaft imported?"

"The output of rotating shafts in China is too small, and at the beginning, the orders of all relevant factories in China have exceeded the compliance, and we cannot provide us with enough rotating shafts." Tvorsyan exhaled and said: "Fortunately, half a year ago, after the Novosibirsk Mechanical Parts Plant was put into production, we ordered a sufficient amount of machinery and equipment from there, solved the problem, and did not need to import. ”

"Are there any other difficulties then?"

Tvorsiyan thought about it carefully, and then said, "I think there should be none." Why don't I write you a report tomorrow, listing the difficulties encountered in building ships, and listing the details of these problems for your reference. ”

"Very well, that's bothering you." (To be continued.) )