"Comrade Ginsburg, I would like to refer you to this plan for the construction of railways, telecommunications and road systems in the Leningrad Region, the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Murmansk Region. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

On his third day in office, Manturov handed over the first construction plan to the People's Commissar for Construction, Shei Sa Ginsburg.

The purpose of this development program was not only to improve the operational efficiency of the Soviet transport and communications system, but also to alleviate the supply, logistical and communications problems faced by the Soviet Red Army during the Winter War.

True, this plan came too late, a few days into the war, and Soviet troops had already entered Finnish territory. And this series of construction plans will take at least half a year to complete. If you take into account the inconvenient transportation in some areas, as well as the severe cold weather and frequent snowfall in winter, which will affect the construction progress, I am afraid it will take a year or more to complete.

Of course, these roads are not highways, and there are only two concrete roads, mainly dirt roads that are easy to develop. Otherwise, the war would have ended before the road was opened, and the Soviet army would still be tormented by supply problems, with more than 100,000 casualties.

Fortunately, the Murmansk and Karelia regions bordering Finland also have a large gulag population, even more than in Novosibirsk. It is estimated that the number of people can be as high as 200,000, and the available labor force is also tens of thousands. If these people are mobilized, it is estimated that the construction of the improvised road will be completed in two or three months.

It is probably impossible to complete this construction project before the end of the war, or even before the tide of war is turned. But even if only part of the road and railway were completed, less than half of the planned roads and railways were built, it would have a very positive effect on the logistical supply of the Soviet army.

Historically, such a plan was proposed in January 1940 by Zhdanov, the first secretary of the Leningrad Party Committee, but only in the Leningrad region. At that time, the war had entered a white-hot stage, the Soviet Red Army suffered heavy casualties, and the level of logistics supply was extremely unbearable.

The plan proposed by Manturov, which covered the Autonomous Republic of Karelia, as well as the Leningrad and Murmansk regions, was of positive help to the logistical supply of the entire front of the Soviet army.

After the end of the war, these plans will also be beneficial to the economy and livelihood of the northwestern region of the Soviet Union, and even if they do not help the war in the short term, they will have a long-term and important impact on the local economy and people's livelihood.

"Vladimir," Ginsburg said, pulling off his glasses, "your plan is good, but ...... How to solve the labor problem? Neither the Murmansk region nor the Republic of Kayria had such manpower. Under normal circumstances, I'm afraid it would take more than two years to complete. ”

"Comrade Ginsburg, both the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions have a large population of the gulags, see if you can use them?"

"This ......," Ginsburg pondered for a while while holding his bare forehead, "this, we have to communicate with the Ministry of Internal Affairs." After all, this is not a national project, just an ordinary local infrastructure project, and I am afraid that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not agree to so many Gulag prisoners. Even if it is reunified, it may not be able to pass the pass of Comrade Stalin. ”

Ginsburg is a pure engineer and is very good at the implementation of projects. However, he did not know much about the general planning, operational planning, and overall management, as well as the political, economic, and military factors behind them. That's why the Ministry of Construction needs people like Manturov, who are good at strategizing, have a little political literacy, and at the same time know a little about military affairs.

"Semyon (Ginsburg), these projects are actually to provide better logistics and communications for the Soviet Red Army involved in the war against Finland. This project is very important for the development of the current war and for the future of national defense, and it involves the national level. If Comrade Stalin had known that these projects would be beneficial to national defense, he would have approved the use of Gulag prisoners. ”

Ginsburg briefly entered a state of deep thought, and after thinking for a while, he gave a reply: "Well, I will try to contact the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I will submit this plan to Comrade Stalin for review." ”

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On the other side, the Moscow city party committee is also discussing the issue of Manturov-style apartments.

"Comrade Voroshilova," Alexander Sergeyevich Shcherbakov, first secretary of the Moscow City and State Party Committee, frowned at hearing about Katya's plan, "and we thought about building such new apartments. However, the speed of construction and the questionable reliability of the built-in construction method may have a negative impact on the safety of the building. This is the conclusion we have come to after careful study. ”

"Yes, Comrade Voroshilova." Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Council Anyukov said: "I know the relationship between you and Comrade Manturov and also believe in his abilities. But now, we don't have any evidence that Manturovian buildings are sufficiently safe and reliable. ”

Hearing this baseless speculation, Katia smiled coldly. She showed off a document and said: "Comrade Shcherbakov, Comrade Anyukov, in response to this problem, Professor Vetrov of the Department of Structural Engineering of Novosibirsk State Technical University did a special study and wrote an investigative report.

The report pointed out that there are no safety problems in Manturov apartments in the Novosibirsk, Omsk and Chelyabinsk regions, and all projects meet the safety standards of our country, and the safety and reliability of some projects even meet or exceed the level of apartments on the riverfront street, which is absolutely reliable and reliable. ”

Katya took out drawings of a second-generation Manturov apartment in the Lenin district of Novosibirsk and handed them to Anyukov, an engineer by training, and deputy chairman of the administrative committee in charge of urban construction. "Comrade Anyukov, this is the drawing of one of the completed project projects, located in the city of Novosibirsk."

Anyukov pondered the drawings for a while, but no matter how he looked at it, he didn't see a problem. "If you look at the drawings, you really don't see any problems. In any case, I believe in the competence of Vorodya, that is, Comrade Manturov, and even more in the authoritative opinion of Professor Vitrov.

In that case, then it would be okay for us to try to build a few of them, and if such apartment buildings are really as good as Comrade Voroshilova said, then we will increase the scale of construction. ”

Obviously, Anyukov did not sincerely accept this plan. In Katya's opinion, it is possible that Anyukov was concerned about the safety of the apartment building and intended to be careful; It is also possible that he is jealous of himself and Manturov, and does not want to give himself and his old man more credit.

This Katia, who looks young, but in fact, has more than forty years of life experience and has long "learned" to be suspicious of others. She showed a deep look that did not match her age, her whole body was black, her expression was stiff, and she looked a little cold and chilling.

From the very beginning, Shcherbakov noticed the change in Katya's expression, and always felt that this person was not very simple. "Comrade Voroshilova, your plans are good and well prepared. But the exact effect of this apartment is still unknown to us. As Comrade Anyukov said, we should first try to build a few and see how we can think about expansion.

The specific construction sites and plans will be handed over to the relevant departments for follow-up and study, and at the same time, it is also necessary to increase exchanges with the People's Commissariat of Construction. ”

Shcherbakov eventually took control of the situation, affirming both Katya's proposal and Anyukov's proposal, so that it could be partially implemented.

For Katya, winning part of the implementation is half the battle, and the most important thing is to get Shcherbakov's affirmation.