"Comrade Stalin, I think that next year we should launch Operation Bagration and the Lviv-Sandomierz offensive, launch an offensive against the German forces in Belarus and Ukraine, and advance to the Baltic coast to cut off the land link between the German Army Group North and Army Group Center. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Next year?" Stalin looked at Manturov suspiciously and said: "Tell me what you think." ”

"At present, the German army has about 3.5 million to 4 million troops deployed on the front line, of which 3 million are deployed in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus. If we are to recover Western Ukraine and Western Belarus, we need to repel these three million German troops.

Most of these 3 million German soldiers were superior in individual combat ability to our Red Army soldiers, and their commanders were more experienced in combat, making them difficult opponents to defeat.

Under such circumstances, we need to invest at least 4 million, or even 5 million troops, to make up for the disadvantage in individual combat capability and command capability with overwhelming numerical superiority, so that we can be sure to repel them.

In order to sustain the supply of military and ordnance for these millions of people, we need not only a sufficient level of industrial production, but also a sufficient number of transport vehicles to carry these materials.

However, the number of trucks, half-track transporters, trains and other transport vehicles in our army is still small, and they not only have to undertake logistical transportation tasks, but also need to transport soldiers to ensure that the army can reach the designated area in time.

At present, our army's transport vehicles are still enough to provide sufficient supplies to the front-line troops, but if we have to carry out the tasks of logistics transportation and troop transportation at the same time, I am afraid it is still a bit insufficient.

Fortunately, truck production in our country is currently increasing. At the end of this year, after the completion of the third phase of the expansion of the Moscow Automobile Plant, the plant's truck production will be able to increase to the level of 180-200 vehicles per day, and the national production of trucks will be able to increase to the level of more than 350 vehicles per day.

Coupled with the truck assistance provided by the United States to our country, it is estimated that by the beginning of 1943, the number of military trucks of our army will reach more than 500,000, which is enough for our army. ”

"What if we attack at the end of the year? How sure do you think we are? Stalin looked a little anxious, and it seemed that he did not want to wait any longer.

Manturov thought for a moment and said, "There should be no problem, but before the attack, we need to send enough supplies to the front line, and we also need to recruit some civilian trucks for military use, for logistical transportation and troop transportation tasks."

In addition, snow on roads and railways needs to be cleared, otherwise it may adversely affect the logistics supply of the army and reduce the efficiency of rail and road transportation......

If we attack again in 1943, I believe that we will have a greater chance of victory, and we should pay fewer casualties. ”

"Then attack at the end of the year, we can't wait any longer! The people of the Soviet Union cannot wait any longer! Sure enough, Stalin really couldn't wait, and he couldn't sit still since the American troops landed in Casablanca.

Fortunately, in this world, the strength of the Soviet Red Army is much stronger than that of the Soviet Red Army in history, and the number of trucks, half-tracks and other transport vehicles is also more than in history, so that the Soviet army has a greater chance of victory than in history, but to achieve victory, I am afraid that it will have to pay a lot of casualties.

Of course, if we had waited until 1943 to launch an attack, perhaps the odds would have been better and the cost of casualties would have been fewer.

In any case, now that the Supreme Leader had already made his decision, Manturov, as a subordinate, had no choice but to obey the decision of the "organization" and do his best to create the conditions for the success of the offensive.

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Seeing the behemoth rising from the ground, Manturov, who has always been accustomed to seeing big scenes, could not help but be amazed - this is the tallest building in Europe, and it will become the tallest building in the world, and at the same time, it is also a symbol of the national strength of the Soviet Union, the office and meeting place of the Supreme Soviet -- the Palace of the Soviets.

Although it is not yet completed, it has now broken through the 300-metre mark, making it the tallest building in Europe. By the time the topping out was completed in 1944, the building would be 500 meters tall (495 meters before the 1941 revision, but increased to 500 meters after the revision), more than 100 meters higher than the Empire State Building in New York!

"Comrade Secretary," said a man in a suit and a hard hat to Manturov, "at the moment the construction of the Palace of Sovets is two-thirds complete, and the height of the completed building is 300.1 meters, which is 0.1 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris and is the tallest building in Europe......

At the current pace, it is expected that the topping out will be completed in 1944, but it will take a lot of time for the interior to be renovated, and it will not be fully operational until 1945. ”

As Manturov looked at the massive building, he said to the engineer next to him, "When will it be partially operational?" What I mean by this is to concentrate the people and resources for the interior renovation first, focus on the decoration of some of the rooms and halls, and then put them into operation after the renovation is completed, and then move on to the next stage of the renovation work. ”

"In this case, it is also feasible for the Palace of Sovets to be partially operational at the end of 1944, but we still need to study this option."

"By the way, Vadik Nikolayevich, did your family get an apartment?" Manturov came to inspect the construction site of the Palace of the Soviets this time, not only to learn about the progress of the construction, but also to take the opportunity to learn about the housing situation in Moscow through his old friends.

The engineer named Vadik Nikolayevich nodded and said: "I have been allocated a two-bedroom apartment of 80 square meters in a residential complex in the proletarian district, facing the park in a very nice environment. ”

Proletarian district? It seems to be the location of the Stalin Automobile Plant, is it really appropriate to build an apartment there? The pollution is so bad.

"Then have all your relatives been assigned apartments?" The sudden question surprised Wadik a little, but he didn't expect Manturov, as the secretary of the Central Committee, to have the leisure to take care of his family's affairs. But the leader's mind is not something that a pure engineer like him can figure out, and the problem is certainly not as simple as the problem itself.

"Most of them were allocated, but there were some relatives crammed into the shared apartment."

"It seems that the construction of housing and the distribution of housing in Moscow are going well, and it is estimated that in a few years, every family in Moscow will be allocated their own apartment." Manturov said with a smile.

"I hope so." Vadick lowered his voice and whispered to Manturov: "By the way, there is something...... I think...... Please do me a favor. ”

Manturov turned his head and looked at the engineer with a cramped face, "What's the matter?" ”

"This ...... Can we say it somewhere else? ”

As soon as Manturov heard this, he roughly guessed the nature of the matter, and there must be something "not necessarily dark" in the insider, and only a high-ranking official like himself can help solve it. "Two hours later, waiting for me at the gate of the Stalin Automobile Plant. If someone asks you where you have been, you say that you are going to report to the leadership of the People's Commissariat for Construction. ”