"Woke up?"

When Manturov regained consciousness, he heard Katya's soft, sensual voice. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Katyusha, where am I? What happened? "Manturov's head hurts, and there is not a single place in his body that has strength. Even when he spoke, the sound that usually sounded like a bell was only a little louder than the sound of the second hand beating.

But when he opened his eyes and saw Katya's angelic face, her fair, perfectly curved legs, he suddenly regained all his energy, but his head still hurt so much.

"You were drunk last night." Katia shook her beautiful leg and said, "You drank better than I expected, and it took ten glasses of vodka to get drunk." In the past, you didn't drink a drop of alcohol, and I thought you would get drunk after a sip. ”

"Katyusha, I don't really want to drink it." Manturov explained: "But in front of three members of the Politburo, more than a dozen members of the Central Committee, how can I not drink? Having lived in Russia for so many years, I know the consequences of refusing to drink in front of so many people. ”

Katya smiled, that smile was both concerned and with a hint of contempt, "Volodya, the last time Marshal Budyonny ordered you to drink, you dared to openly disobey the order and not drink. At that time, you were still the secretary of the Novosibirsk Regional Party Committee.

But last night, no one ordered you to do it, you didn't have to drink, but you got yourself drunk. And I, too, had a drink and left, and no one blamed me at all. But you, the deputy prime minister, will actually get yourself drunk. It seems that the higher the position, the less courage you have. ”

Manturov explained, "In the past, when I had dinner at the university, people still looked at me as the secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee and did not force me to drink.

But last night was different, although I was the Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, there were also several members of the Politburo present. You are different, women are not obligated to drink, they can stop drinking if they say they don't drink, but I can't. You have to figure this out. ”

Katia gently stroked Manturov's face with her snow-white, smooth right hand, "And do you have a headache now?" Do you need to take some medicine? ”

Manturov grabbed Katya's jade hand and kissed it on the back of her hand, "Honey, you are the best medicine." When I see you, my head doesn't hurt. ”

"Are you hungry then? Last night's feast was so sumptuous that you got drunk without eating anything. ”

"Of course you're hungry, do you have anything to eat at home?" Although Katia has the effect of curing headaches, she can't eat after all, so Manturov didn't use her as a joke.

Katia stood up and said, "There are four pieces of white bread and a lot of caviar." I'm going to get it for you, and I'll make you a cup of coffee by the way. ”

"Will you rush?" In Manturov's memory, Katia had never brewed coffee.

"Don't underestimate any woman." With that, Katia walked out of the bedroom. And Manturov, too, walked out of the hall and picked up Pravda on the table.

"Ding Dong!" At this time, a loud doorbell suddenly rang.

Manturov put down the newspaper in his hand, walked straight to the door, opened it, and saw two men in suits. The one standing on the left is the Minister of Shipbuilding Industry, Tvosiyan, whose suit jacket imported from England still has no wrinkles, and at a glance it is a high-end product.

Standing on the right is the Minister of Electricity Industry Mikhail Pervuhin (mnxan?л_Гeo?pгneвnч_Пepвy?xnh). He was also dressed in a neat suit, with a pair of round iron-framed eyes, and his hair was very neatly combed.

"Comrade Manturov, are you feeling better?" Tvosyan, who was also at the banquet last night, first expressed his condolences to the young man in front of him who was not drinking well but had a high position.

"Much better." Manturov looked at the briefcase in Tvosyan's hand and said, "You are here to report to me today about the construction of Soviet-class battleships, right?" ”

"Yes, Comrade President." Tvosyan began to introduce the man next to him, who was wearing glasses and looked to be thirty-five or sixteen years old, "This is Comrade Mikhail Pervukin, People's Commissar (Minister) of the Electricity and Electronics Industry, and he will talk to you about the production of turbines. ”

"Very well," Manturov said, looking at the thick briefcase in Pervukhin's hand, "it seems that both of you are quite well prepared, so come in and sit down." ”

"Katyusha!" Manturov called out to his wife in the kitchen, "Please make a cup of coffee for the two People's Commissars!" ”

"Okay!" Katia replied in that beautiful voice.

The three men sat down on the couches in the hall and began to talk about serious business.

As soon as Tvorsiyan sat down, he pulled out a large stack of classified documents from his leather briefcase. "Comrade Manturov, these are documents related to Project No. 23, including the specific design of the Soviet-class battleships, the specifics of the individual shipyards, as well as reports on the progress of the construction of the ships."

Manturov took the document, looked at it, and then said: "Comrade Tvosyan, has the construction of the third ship Soviet Belarus begun?" ”

"Construction has already begun, but it is now in a state of suspension due to the lack of raw materials."

"That's good," Manturov nodded, and said, "Put all the resources into concentrating on the construction of the first ship, the Soviets, and the second ship, the Soviet Ukraine." As for the third ship, the Belarusian, then the construction will resume after the first ship is launched. ”

"Why?"

"I think both of you know that now the USSR is in a state of combat readiness." Manturov had to say what he foreshadowed: "And I estimate that in June 1941 the Germans would tear up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact and wage a war of aggression against us."

Of course, this is only a conservative estimate. In any case, we need to complete the construction of the Soviet Union by May 1941, so that the largest warship since the founding of the Soviet Union can be launched into battle as soon as possible.

As for the Ukraine, it would be better to try to complete it before June 1941.

In order to achieve this goal, the construction of the Belarus must be stopped and resources must be concentrated on the construction of the Soviet and the Ukraine. ”

Tvorsiyan frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "It's a bit difficult, but it's not unachievable. At present, the main difficulties we face in building ships are the problems of turbines, turrets, and armor steel, and as long as these difficulties are solved, I believe that the construction of the two ships can be completed by June next year. ”

Manturov thought of a solution to the problem of the supply of armor steel, "The problem of armor steel, I have already thought of a solution. (To be continued.) )