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On the morning of February 1, 1940, just as the Soviet Red Army was launching a large-scale offensive against the Finnish army, concentrating its forces on the narrow front of the Mannaheim Line, only 16 kilometers between Tepal and Mnasuzawa, Manturov and Air Force Deputy People's Commissar Alexander Shekivich Yakovlev were enjoying their special breakfast in the restaurant of the Novosibirsk Hotel.

"I'm just an ordinary Communist Party member, what is there to admire?" Although Manturov became the People's Commissar, his modesty remained unchanged.

"You are not ordinary," said Yakovlev, picking up a butter knife, cutting off a slice of butter and spreading it on freshly baked, wheat-scented white bread. ”

"Where?" Manturov took a sip of the thick beetroot soup, and then gave a mouthful of white bread to "dilute" the strong flavor of the soup, "If it were someone else, Novosibirsk would still be developed into what it is now." ”

Manturov looked at the statue of Stalin hanging on the wall and continued: "Without Comrade Stalin, without the five-year plan, where would Novosibirsk be what it is today? And I, who was nothing more than an assistant to Comrade Stalin, was responsible for the implementation of his five-year plan. If there is no five-year plan, I am afraid that this is still the small city with a population of just over 100,000. ”

Yakovlev felt both appreciative and helpless about Manturov's overly modest attitude. What I appreciate is that such a young and promising cadre can still maintain a modest attitude; But at the same time, this kind of overly modest performance makes people feel a little helpless.

"Comrade Manturov, among so many secretaries of the state party committees that have implemented the five-year plan, you are the youngest, but you are also the one with the best political achievements. No one else can do this achievement of increasing local steel output by more than 10 times and industrial output by several times.

Moreover, along with the increase in quantity, the quality has also improved greatly, and the metallurgical technology used was invented by you. In addition, in addition to the metallurgical industry, the state's industrial and agricultural output has increased dramatically and miraculously.

Even the housing problem was solved in a short time, and only the Novosibirsk region in the country can allocate each family to their own apartment. ”

"None of what you just said is my credit. The main credit should go to all the cadres in the state. Without them, the Novosibirsk region would not have developed to the point it is today. Manturov gives credit to his subordinates, which is both factual and glorifies his image as an "exemplary leader."

"If every local leader could be like you, our country would definitely be a better place."

Having said all this, Manturov began to introduce the topic he wanted to talk about the most, "Comrade Yakovlev, you are one of the engineers I admire the most, the design of your I-26 fighter (later Yak-1) is really good, with it we have a fighter that can compete with the German BF-109." ”

"You praised it, and this is not only my personal credit, but also the credit of the comrades of the entire design bureau."

"Of course, the credit of the comrades of the design bureau is also important. The design of this aircraft is very good, compared to the I-16, it is not inferior at all, it is stronger in all aspects.

However, I also found that there is still a lot to be done with this aircraft. ”

At that time, the I-26 (Yak-1) fighter was still in the testing stage, and it was not until February 19 that it was renamed the "Yak-1" and officially put into production.

Yakovlev came to Novosibirsk this time to prepare for the commissioning of fighters. He inspected the equipment and production of Factory 153, provided relevant technical documents to the factory, and explained the relevant precautions to the leaders of the factory.

At the beginning of the Soviet-German war, the Yak-1 was undoubtedly the most outstanding fighter in the Soviet Air Force, and it was also the only fighter that could single-handedly challenge the German BF109E/F.

However, compared with the latest development of the German FW-190 and the BF109G, the performance of the Yak-1 is a bit backward. The Soviet Air Force still could not escape the fate of being heavily damaged by the Luftwaffe and losing air supremacy.

Therefore, in history, Yakovlev made changes to his work, inventing the Yak-3 with excellent performance, as well as the Yak-9 with excellent performance and easy production, these two fighters are not inferior to the German BF109, and the performance of the Yak-3 is even higher than the FW190, which is considered the most flexible and agile fighter in the entire World War II.

Is the Yak-3 so powerful? Example? On July 14, 1944, a newly formed Yak-3 squadron with a total of 18 aircraft faced 30 BF109s, and shot down a total of 15 (124) BF109s, but the team did not lose a single one. The Luftwaffe commanders therefore advised the pilots to "avoid engaging Yak fighters without oil coolers in the nose of the aircraft below five thousand meters".

Although the Yak-3 was powerful, it began its first flight on April 12, 1941. But in the initial period of the war, it was not mass-produced, not massively equipped with troops.

In the early days of the war, when many aluminium smelters and aircraft engine factories were destroyed or forced to retreat by the Germans, it was difficult to obtain large quantities of aluminum and produce new liquid-cooled engines, forcing the Jacques Design Bureau to turn to the development of a variety of new models.

The Yak-3 uses the most advanced aluminum construction and uses new engines to adapt to the front-line combat environment that requires high acceleration, but it lacks aluminum and has enough engines and has been forced to stop production.

But in Novosibirsk, where Manturov had been transformed, there happened to be the most advanced metallurgical complex in the Soviet Union, named after Manturov. In addition to the steel mills, the company also had the most technologically advanced and productive aluminium mills in the Soviet Union and even in the world.

Recently, the joint company, together with experts in the field, has even completed industrial trials and industrialization of modern pre-baked tanks of 180ka, 280ka and 320ka. The technological improvement and transformation centered on energy saving, production increase and environmental protection standards have promoted the transformation of self-baking tank production technology to pre-baking tank, which has achieved great success and increased the output and production capacity of aluminum.

As for engines, Manturov, back when he was secretary of the state party committee, proposed to set up an engine plant near Plant 153 to supply plant 153 with aircraft engines. This suggestion was quickly adopted, and the engine plant was completed and put into production in 1939.

With the arrival of Yakovlev and preparations for the production of the Yak-1, the engine plant is ready to set up a new line of VK-105 engines, which will be able to equip the Yak-1 and, in the future, the Yak-3.