Chapter 51: Back to Moscow
Winters in the Soviet Union were very cold, and heavy snow often blocked train traffic. Lin Jun, Ibos, and the other passengers on the train were on www.biquge.info train to welcome the arrival of the 1937 New Year, when the train was stranded in the wilderness of Belarus, and Lin Jun and Ibos celebrated with a bottle of red wine presented by Davtejan. Comrade Ambassador had foreseen the "difficulty" of the trip, so he specially prepared a lot of daily necessities for the two of them.
As soon as the train entered the territory of the Soviet Union, a Soviet officer waiting at the border checkpoint brought Lin Jun a full set of Soviet military academy officers' winter clothes, and even prepared a new gun. Because it was argued that Comrade "Hero of the Soviet Union" might not return home with weapons.
"Haha, I not only carry weapons, but also hot and cold weapons!" Lin Jun and Ibos joked.
Actually, this is not a joke, it is a fact: two pistols, six Damascus steel knives.
This journey is not as boring and idle as the previous sections, this is a train belonging to the Soviet Union, because it is often blocked by snow, so the comrades on the train will respond to the call of the commander to get off the train to shovel the snow and open up the road, Lin Jun, a lieutenant colonel officer, has to stand in front of the labor army. Although he choked on the cold every time he got out of the car, he watched the active actions of other people and "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel is good!" Lin Jun felt worthy, and even felt warm!.
"The socialist working people will always be the best people in the world!" He was thinking as he worked.
It was not until the afternoon of January 3, 1937 that the train arrived at the Moscow railway station. The Kremlin's special bus was already waiting on the platform, and the staff who came to pick him up sent Lin Jun directly to the Kremlin.
Lin Jun was fully prepared for the meeting with Stalin, wearing the gold medal "Defender of the Republic" and the silver medal "Valorant" awarded in Spain on his chest. At the registration office, Lin Jun untied his rifle, but he asked the staff to report to Stalin first: he had a captured enemy weapon to present to Comrade Stalin, and he hoped to bring it into Stalin's office.
A few minutes later, Lin Jun arrived in Stalin's office.
"Haha, what did my little Andre bring me?"
What was waiting for Lin Jun was the enthusiasm that he didn't expect, not a scolding or any other "storm" at all. In fact, it has been almost 20 days since I learned that he had participated in the white-knuckle battle, and more than half of Stalin's anger has passed, and Stalin did not think about what to do with him at first. And this Andrei waited left and right before he arrived, and the train was still blocked on the road for two days, which made Stalin even more anxious to see his "staff officer". Stalin had one thing that annoyed and troubled him to deal with, and he needed to listen to Andrei's opinion, because some of Andrei's ideas were often unexpected and fanciful, but they were very effective.
"Hello Comrade Stalin! Andrey reports to you. Allow me to offer you the sabers of the enemy that I have captured with my own hands. Lin Jun saluted Stalin, and then presented a delicate Moroccan scimitar to Stalin with both hands.
Stalin, who took the scimitar, looked at Lin Jun carefully, and then looked at the scimitar in his hand. Draw the knife out of the sheath, "Good knife!" Stalin couldn't help but admire.
Of course, it was a good knife, this knife was specially prepared by Lin Jun for Stalin, it was the most exquisite and of the best quality of the captured scimitars, the hand-carved silver scabbard and the handle were also inlaid with a few precious stones, and the pattern on the blade was like flowing water without a trace of notch. This originally belonged to a Moroccan officer, and he should be a Moroccan nobleman, otherwise he would not have such a good sword, but Mr. Noble was cut off before he could make a move with Lin Jun.
"Andrei, the war has made you more mature and stronger, and you have received the highest medal of the Spanish Republic, very good, very good!." After Stalin put away the knife, he said to Lin Jun, "But you also made me very angry, and asked you to go to Spain for training, not to ask you to go hand-to-hand combat with the enemy!" If there is an accident, it is not only you who will lose, you must know that you are not only your own, but also belong to the Soviets! ”
"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I will be taught a lesson." Lin Jun could only make a look of being willing to accept criticism.
"How's your injury? They report that your hearing is severely damaged. ”
"Thank you Comrade Stalin for your concern, it's much better, but sometimes I still have tinnitus." It's better to be honest about this.
"I have asked the comrades of the Moscow hospital to arrange that in a few days you will go there for systematic examination and treatment, they have the best ENT specialists, and the pilot's ears are as important as the eyes." Stalin was still very concerned about this subordinate.
"I'm in a hurry to get you back because there are a few things that need to be heard." Stalin put down the scimitar in his hand on his desk and got to the point.
"The development of the new fighter was much slower than we expected, and they had a lot of difficulties, especially in terms of engines. We have already read the report you sent back to Spain on the latest German fighter planes, and the comrades of the aircraft designers are doing further research to develop more advanced fighters aimed at it. I'd also like to hear about your own experience. ”
"Comrade Stalin, the German Messerschmitt 109 is more advanced than all our existing fighters, but at the moment our I-16, piloted by excellent pilots, can barely compete with their existing 109 models, but only by good pilots. And from my point of view, the Messerschmitt 109 has a lot of potential room for improvement, and their aircraft designers and the leadership of the Air Force know better than I should know that it may not be long before we encounter the new 109. If this happens, we will be in a very disadvantageous position, and the German army has a very large number of excellent pilots, to be honest, that is, Germany will put a large number of existing models of Messerschmitt 109 into the Spanish theater, and our air force will suffer huge losses. ”
Lin Jun said very truthfully, and it was better to say so in front of Stalin.
"I played against their Messerschmidt 109 and that time technically the Germans had the upper hand. At that time, the four I-16s led by me encountered two Bf109Bs, and the Germans attacked our planes, but they did not succeed. Later, our three I-16s combined to attack the opposing wingman and shoot it down, and I was badly damaged in the scuffle with the opposing plane, and I only caused minor damage to it. When our other three fighters came to the rescue, the enemy's long planes broke away at high speed, and our I-16 could not catch up at all. Lin Jun told Stalin about the encounter with Messerschmidt 109.
"It seems that the situation is very tricky. Andrey, what is your opinion on the development of our new fighter? ”
"Comrade Stalin, I can't say anything, Comrade Designer knows more than I do. Just wanted to give some advice on firepower. Our existing 20mm guns are very effective, whether it is a ground attack or against air targets, but it is impossible to maintain a long-term fire continuity, and there is no way, the cannon is limited in size and weight. And the 7.62mm machine gun is not powerful enough to deal with our future opponents, let alone enemy bombers. Therefore, when developing a new type of fighter, can a light weight and reliable 12.7 mm caliber aviation machine gun be developed at the same time as an auxiliary weapon for the new fighter? ”
"And the Germans have already started to use tanks in Spain in large quantities, and although our air force has given their thin-skinned guys to fight head-on, it is estimated that they will develop tanks with better protection. Moreover, the effectiveness of the coordinated operations between the air force and the ground forces has also been verified in Spain, so we must also develop a new ground attack aircraft, and when a new war breaks out, it is very likely to be a high-speed propulsion integrated with air and ground. ”
"Aircraft designers have already taken this issue into account, and the unit responsible for the development of aviation machine guns is already moving, and it should be completed before the development progress of the new aircraft." Stalin had already seen the "fire crisis" from the battle summary sent back by Lin Jun in advance: "You can talk to the designers about specific things, but in a few days, you can't let your family go to work without going back." ”
"Thank you Comrade Stalin for your concern, I hope to be able to devote myself to work as soon as possible."
"I'll arrange it." Speaking of which, Stalin took out a file bag from the drawer of his desk and handed it to Lin Jun, on which was written "Top Secret".
"This is a top-secret document brought back by the comrades in Berlin, you take a closer look, I want to hear your opinion." At this time, Stalin looked a little serious, "Sit down and watch." ”
Lin Jun took out the document and looked at it carefully, and Stalin on the side asked the secretary to bring in two cups of coffee.
What exactly was the document that made Stalin pay so much attention? Lin Jun understood when he saw the title of the document -- 'International Agreement between Germany and Japan.'" This was negotiated and signed by Ribbentrop and RB representatives in Berlin in November 1936, which was clearly directed against the Soviet Union. And in October of this year, Ribbentrop will facilitate the signing of the agreement by Italy, leading to the formation of the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis.
It took Lin Jun half an hour to read the document, and after thinking about it, he said to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, the conspiracy of the Germans and the RB has been completely exposed, and they have always had extreme hostility to communism. I suspect that it won't be long before Italy joins their plot, so we'll have to prepare. ”
"Be specific." Stalin was in a hurry to transfer Lin Jun back this time, and this document was the biggest reason.
"The RB has always had their eye on the Far East, and now they have taken over the northeast of China, using it as an outpost to attack the whole of China and threaten the Far East. Judging by the current military development of the RB, they have been preparing for a big war, and Germany on the other side is the same, Hitler will definitely not be satisfied with the current international status and environment. Lin Jun paused slightly, "I estimate that Germany will start a big war in two to three years, and the small RB over there may be even earlier, because it has already tasted the sweetness of war, and it is extremely arrogant." But from a practical point of view, the German side is to start a war, and the target at the beginning will not be us, the Soviet Union, because Hitler and his generals know that their current strength is not yet able to compete with us, but when Hitler solves the nearby opponents, the target must be us, because that dwarf is shouting all day and night "Get land for the German plough with German cannons", and he will definitely fight us, but it should be 3 to 4 years at the earliest. On the contrary, the RB over there may make some moves in the Far East to test us, because they do not understand us at all, nor do they understand the combat effectiveness of our mechanized troops, and they are extremely greedy for the resources of the Far East. Therefore, we have to mention the small actions carried out by the RB people, but at most they are tens of thousands of small fights, and the current forces of the Far East can basically cope with it. And when we teach the RB people a profound lesson, the situation in the Far East can be stabilized. ”
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