Chapter 19: Happiness Is Always Short-Lived
"Hehe, I'm going to be a father, hehe, I'm going to be a father, heheγγγγγγ" Lin Jun looked at his wife on the bed, and kept giggling there, like a child without grace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
"Andre, I'm so busy with work now, but the dean won't let me work, and I'm annoyed at home every day! You, don't laugh, you'll be a fool if you laugh again! β
Vukinskaya looked at her husband with a happy face, but her husband's stupidity made her cry and laugh a little.
Lin Jun can't laugh, he was almost 30 years old in his last life, and he was still a single, and now such a beautiful and virtuous and capable wife is going to give birth to him, of course he is happy.
But happy is happy, and the problem at hand still needs to be solved. Vuginskaya usually participates in the work Lin Jun is in favor of it with both hands, but now it is a special situation, absolutely not! Lin Jun is absolutely selfish and **** on this issue! Two days ago, my wife fainted because she was too tired from work, and she also frightened the comrades in the affiliated hospital. They had all been informed that the excellent surgeon was the wife of a Kremlin upstart and must be well taken care of. As a result, I took care of fainting at work, and the test results were still not long pregnant, who would take care if something went wrong?! Yes, no one dares to let her work anymore now, so it's better to take care of herself.
"Kaya, it's not up to me, now you're in a special situation, and what you need is to take care of yourself. Now that the new ship is basically on track, I will also be empty, and I will spend more time with you. If we get bored, we go to the city or other places. Anyway, in a word, it's a big deal that nothing happened to have children! β
The direction is clear and the attitude is resolute!
"How can it be so fast, it will take more than 7 months to give birth, it will take you to be in a hurry." Vukinskaya knew that her husband cared about him, and she also asked Andrei to make up her mind about the big things in the family. She also knows that although her husband is only 22 years old, he is like a man in his 30s, and he can't change what he has made up his mind about.
"Come, let Daddy come and hear what his son is saying." Lin Jun looked happy and wanted to put his head on his wife's stomach.
"you, listen to your head!" Vukinskaya shoved her husband's head again.
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The weather in Leningrad is getting colder, Vukinskaya's belly is getting bigger, and "Belarus" surrounded by high fences is becoming more and more like an aircraft carrier.
Lin Jun has already received information from the Kremlin that the latest two "Soviet"-class battleships have been started at the Severodvinsk Northern Machine-Building Shipyard (402) plant in the Arkhangelsk region at the same time after the October Revolution Festival, named "USSR" and "Ukraine". This arrangement is to make the best use of existing resources and concentrate the construction. The start of construction of the next two ships was scheduled for 3 years. Both ships are expected to be built by 1940 at the latest.
And the Ukrainian Odessa Shipyard and the Baltic Shipyard (Plant 189, also in Leningrad), near the naval shipyard where Lin Jun is now located, are simultaneously working on two of the latest fleet aircraft carriers. After the design modification, the full load displacement of the two ships was controlled at the level of 35,000 tons, and they were named the "Russia" class, the first ship was the "Russia", and the second ship was named "Kirov" in memory of the assassinated Sergei Milonovich Kirov. It is estimated that it can also be completed and delivered around 1940.
After learning these news, Lin Jun only hoped that these warships could be delivered to the troops on time and that they could form combat effectiveness before the German invasion.
In fact, the start of construction of new ships is also the result of a compromise, and if according to the original opinions of the Naval Council and the "big ships and big guns" elements in the Kremlin, the number of battleships started construction is twice as many as these, and the long-term plan is to build a total of 18 "Soviet" class ships, which should be said to be very crazy. But after receiving Lin Jun's "indiscriminate bombardment", their brains were blown up, and they could only compromise to reduce the number of battleships built in the first step, and arrange the construction investment of two fleet-type aircraft carriers.
Now the entire shipbuilding industry of the Soviet Union and its supporting industries are mainly running for the construction of these warships, it should be said that this is 3 years earlier than the start time in Lin Jun's memory.
"The difference in 3 years may be the difference between different endings." Lin Jun was thinking.
In fact, it is not only the visible workers who have worked for these giant ships, but also the "Cheka" hidden in the shadows. Since Stalin listened to Lin Jun's opinion, he ordered that the construction of new ships should be based on self-reliance, and not put the main hope on foreign technical assistance. In this way, in order to obtain some key data, the "Cheka" has also made great efforts. The Soviet shipbuilding industry can be said to have a weak foundation for the construction of battleships and aircraft carriers, especially for aircraft carriers, and it can even be said that it is poor and white, and in the absence of a choice, it can only resort to these abnormal means.
The renovation project of the "Belarus" in the dockyard of the Leningrad Naval Shipyard should be said to have gone more smoothly than Lin Jun expected. First of all, due to the fact that its technical difficulty is not too high, and with the hard work of all the people involved, the progress is much faster than expected. In Lin Jun's view, even the speed of construction in wartime is no more than that.
When the Kremlin learned that the construction of the "Belorussia" had exceeded expectations, it sent a telegram of commendation and raised the salaries of all those involved in the construction work by 20%, so that everyone was more enthusiastic about their work.
By the New Year of 1936, the shape of the "Belarus" was basically formed. It has a standard displacement of about 25,000 tons, and it is estimated that the engine can produce a maximum of 100,000 horsepower. The flight deck is 240 meters long and 30 meters wide, and is expected to reach speeds of up to 24 knots. Due to the large depth and width of the hull, a double-decker hangar was set up, which could carry up to 80 aircraft. As long as nothing else, by the second half of 1936 at the latest, the Soviet Union will have its first aircraft carrier. Of course, as for the actual performance of the aircraft carrier, we can only know after it is actually used.
At the end of April 1936, Lin Jun sent his wife back to Moscow, and in a little more than a month Vukinskaya was due to give birth. And he just happened to be able to participate in the May Day parade.
The house in the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy is still the same, it is always being cleaned. Since Lin Jun still had a mission on his side, he couldn't stay by Vukinskaya's side for a long time, which made him feel a little guilty. But fortunately, with Andlupf's wife Nova Ivanovna and Arshipo's husband and wife Galina Teofilovna taking care of his wife, Lin Jun is still relieved. In particular, Nova Ivanovna simply moved to Lin Jun's house with her son Katya to take care of Vuginskaya because Andrupv was basically not at home, so that Lin Jun was more at ease.
Reluctantly bidding farewell to his wife, Lin Jun returned to Leningrad again. He still had a lot to do, because the Spanish Civil War in his memory was about to begin.
"Maybe this will be the first war I have ever experienced!" Every time he thinks of this, Lin Jun feels his blood boiling: he should have been born for war, and what flows in his bones is the blood of soldiers. And the thought that he would have the opportunity to fight with the comrades of the international column made him extremely excited.
At the end of June, Vuginskaya gave birth to a son for Lin Jun. And when his son was born, Lin Jun was still struggling on the slipway of the shipyard.
Andlupf asked Lin Jun: "What a strange name you gave your boy, what is the name of Lin Andreevich Prenyakov." β
"What my son is called, that's my business. Blame? That's personality! β
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The year 1936 was an era of international changes. The shadow of war began to loom over Europe.
In the early morning of July 18, 1936, a British plane secretly took off from the Canary Islands, a Spanish possession, and then turned northeast. After flying more than 1,000 kilometers, it mysteriously landed in Texan, Spanish Morocco.
The hatch opened, and the first person to come out was a soldier in uniform with a murderous face: General Francisco Franco, commander of the Spanish garrison in Canaria.
Born in 1892 to a family of naval officers in the Eeroferol region of Spain, Franco graduated from the Toledo Infantry School and the French Military Academy in Paris. In the Army, he served as Deputy Commander of the Foreign Legion, Rector of the Military School of Zaragoza, Commander of the Barearic Islands Garrison, and Chief of Staff of the Army. He enjoyed a high reputation in the Spanish military circles for his strong performance in leading the army to suppress the Moroccan people's uprising and the Asturian uprising.
Although Franco was a professional soldier, he had strong political ambitions and was extremely close to the Falangist organization in Spain.
After the formation of the Popular Front government in February 1936, the hostile Franco was demoted from chief of staff of the army to commander of the garrison in the Canary Islands, and forced him to stay away from the capital, Madrid.
Franco was greeted at the airport with no cheering crowds and no fluttering flags, only a few main leaders of the local garrison. After meeting each other, they exchanged a few pleasantries, then got into two black cars and hurriedly drove to the headquarters of the Texon garrison.
According to the plan, Franco issued a strongly worded anti-government statement to the press that afternoon, declaring that he would lead the Spanish army to destroy the Popular Front government and prevent the proletarian revolution in Spain, so as to prevent Spain from suffering "****".
Franco's statement marked the official beginning of the Spanish Civil War.
(As a result of the large-scale involvement of various international forces, this civil war soon turned into a major contest between the democratic and progressive forces of the world and the forces of international fascist aggression.) The contest lasted until 1939, and the main battlefield of the contest was in Spain. οΌ
Germany and Italy have openly intervened in Spain since 30 July. They flew the rebels from Morocco to Spain, as well as weapons, ammunition and later interventionists. About 50,000 German troops and 150,000 Italian troops arrived in Spain.
Britain and France adopted a policy of "non-interference" in response to fascist aggression. In August, 27 countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, signed an agreement on "non-interference" in the Spanish civil war, prohibiting the delivery of weapons to Spain and prohibiting the transit of weapons purchased by Spain. οΌ
When Lin Jun learned the news of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he rushed back to Moscow as soon as possible.
"The war has finally begun!"