Stalin must have been in a hurry to recall Lin Jun back to Moscow, but what exactly it was for will only be known after Lin Jun arrives in Moscow. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since Stalin had called, Lin Jun became "unkind" in the course of the next meeting, and gave him drastic "guidance" on the work of "suppressing the rebellion." The sudden phone call just now allowed Lin Jun's opinion to be implemented in Nizhny Tagil to the letter, and no one dared to have an opinion on the words of Comrade Inspector at this moment.

"Comrades, it seems that I will not be able to stay in Nizhny Tagil for a few days, and Comrade Stalin's orders must be carried out to the letter, and this requires hard comrades, and in the work of "suppressing the rebellion", we must grasp the new yardstick, and we must put production in the first place, and in terms of political struggle, I have just made it relatively clear, comrades can handle and grasp it according to the specific situation. Lin Jun was once again "holding chicken feathers as an arrow", anyway, no one would ask Stalin what he said on the phone.

But what is in his hand is really "Kremlin chicken feathers", which is more effective than arrows.

"The inspection of the special prison scheduled for tonight will be cancelled, and I believe in the ability of the comrades to rectify the specific rectification there. Okay, I wonder if we can make full use of the time, pick up the momentum of continuous combat, and inspect the non-ferrous metal refinery after the meeting? ”

Of course, Lin Jun's proposal was fine, because of Stalin's phone call and the attitude of the "inspector" just now, the comrades from the Nizhny Tagil side who attended the meeting were still worried that if Comrade Andrei saw the situation in the prison, he might be furious. Now he took the initiative to hand over the rectification to his side, it should be said that he gave everyone enough face, and everyone was certainly not afraid of this "continuous battle".

To build machinery and equipment, tanks and artillery, it is not only necessary to use steel, but also to use a large number of non-ferrous metals, such as copper, aluminum, and manganese. The simplest is that tank tracks cannot be made without manganese, and the wear and tear of tracks that are not made of high-manganese steel is not ordinary, and high-manganese steel has a characteristic: the stronger the impact, the tougher it is.

The Urals region has an unrivalled advantage as a base for heavy industry, and no matter where you build a factory to manufacture large machinery, almost all the raw materials you need can be obtained within 1,000 kilometers, except for non-metallic rubber, of course.

The non-ferrous metal refinery in Nizhny Tagil not only extracts copper, but also aluminum, which is a relatively small resource in the Soviet Union, so its position is very important. He also has two factories for the refining of gold and various platinum group precious metals, which are very important for the production of precision instruments.

During a visit to the precious metal refining plant, Lin Jun asked about the security situation: "Precious metals have an unparalleled attraction for anyone, and we in the Soviet Union need them very much, which is in some ways a guarantee of a country's economic stability, I wonder how the production security situation is here?" ”

"The comrades working here are all well-tested comrades, and almost all of them are Communists, and the young workers are also excellent Komsomol members, and they are politically infallible." Accompanied by the director of the factory.

"Also, as far as I know, there will be a lot of harmful substances in the production and refining process here, and we managers can't ignore the health of our comrades because of the output, and I don't know what measures the city and the factory have to protect the health of front-line comrades?" Lin Jun asked a more "headache" question, which is a problem that many countries cannot solve.

"We organize a health examination for front-line workers every two months, and also arrange for front-line comrades to recuperate in the Caucasus every year, and the recuperation system has been relatively perfect, and all front-line comrades have the opportunity to recuperate once every three years, and each time has more than a month."

"It's good, it's a great place to recuperate in the Caucasus. I went to Sochi once, and on that occasion I met some comrades who went to recuperate there on the steel front, and we must continue this mechanism of recuperation, where the warm climate and good environment are very beneficial to the body of the comrades. Lin Jun still remembers going on vacation to Sochi that year and drinking with those comrades in the club every night.

It was midnight when he returned to his residence after inspecting the factory, but Lin Jun couldn't sleep. "Where is progress happening? Is it the engine? ”

It stands to reason that the progress in this area of the engine should not be so fast, and Stalin did not make it clear on the phone that this should be a major breakthrough or extremely important.

"If you don't understand, you don't want to, sleep!"

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Early the next morning, Lin Jun, accompanied by local comrades, went to the Ural Railway Carriage Factory, which was the largest factory in Nizhny Tagil with tens of thousands of workers. This carriage is not only a carriage, but also a locomotive, and Lin Jun was attracted by a big guy as soon as he entered the factory.

On the railroad tracks in the factory is an armored train that has only been seen by Lin Jun in the movies. The heavy armoured train consisted of 11 armoured cars of various types: 4 troop carriers, 4 fire support cars with rotating turrets, 2 anti-aircraft gun cars, and 1 armored locomotive.

"This is the heavily armored train No. 72, which was modified by the armored train unit at our plant, which was completed just a few days ago and will leave for Minsk tomorrow." The comrades who received it introduced to Lin Jun.

This is a very distinctive heavy armored train, with a newly designed streamlined armored car attached to the front of the armored locomotive, it has three rotating turrets, two of which are knapsack facing the front, the front one has a firing range of about 270 degrees, and the turret above the back and the rear position have a firing range of about 360 degrees, and there is a conical armored conning tower above the middle of the box. On each side of the compartment there were two machine-gun firing ports and observation hatches, all of which were protected by armor plates that could be raised and lowered at any time. Except for the front carriage, all the carriages behind the locomotive are connected by passages, and the personnel inside can communicate with each other.

Lin Jun walked to the front of the carriage, pointed to the turret and said, "This turret was originally equipped on the T-28 tank, right?" ”

"Yes, now that the T-28 has been discontinued, a large number of turrets have not yet been equipped, and we have installed them on armored trains when they are refitted, and these tank guns are still very good as suppressive firepower, and the power is absolutely okay." The factory director introduced to Lin Jun.

The T-28 tank's 76.2 mm 16.5 times caliber KT28 howitzer lacks anti-tank capabilities, but the high-explosive shells fired are still extremely lethal to infantry. And the turrets in stock now also need to be "recycled", and this armored train is the best choice.

At this time, a lieutenant officer ran towards the crowd, "Hello comrades, I am the commander of armored train No. 72. The commander saw that in addition to the original comrades in the factory, many of the people in this group were local personnel from the lower Tagil area. And everyone surrounded a young colonel like "stars holding the moon", and the colonel's uniform was also covered with high-ranking medals.

"Only one young colonel will have so many medals, and he must be Comrade Andrey!" When Captain Bekryev saw Lin Jun, he thought.

"This is Captain Bekryev, an excellent commander of an armored train, and he and his train were transferred from the Far East years ago." The director of the Ural Railway Carriage Plant said, "This is Comrade Andrei, Hero of the Soviet Union, who has come to inspect the equipment of the Red Army. ”

Bekryev "snapped" another salute, "Hello, Comrade Colonel." Allow me to invite you to visit our trains. ”

Lin Jun returned the salute and said, "Hello, Comrade Captain. I accept your invitation. "Actually, even if he is not invited, he will find a way to go in and have a look, he is too interested in this big guy.

Armored trains cannot be left the tracks, and only a small damage to the tracks can make the train incapacitated. It is also much more dependent on logistical support than other weapons: trains have to be constantly replenished with water, coal has to be replenished every day, boilers have to be cleaned, and so on. Although it has a lot of flaws, its advantages are also obvious: fast speed, even in the face of enemy ground and air attacks, armored trains can travel more than 500 kilometers in 1 day, and - ordinary light weapons and artillery shell fragments can not penetrate its armor, so when the heavy armored train can engage the enemy at close range, a large number of artillery and machine guns on board can form a powerful firepower, and it also has the ability to air defense and carry infantry. Although the armored train was a relatively outdated weapon during World War II, it was still useful in certain situations: as a defense force for some fortresses and as a defense force for large railway junctions.

If an enemy infantry unit wants to attack the railway junction protected by the armored train, it is basically an impossible task, because the armored train has a strong firepower and a huge amount of ammunition reserves, which is the "nightmare" of the opponent!

Lin Jun followed Bekleyev into the carriage with three turrets, along with the comrade factory director. Comrades from other places waited outside, because there was discipline: comrades from other places were not allowed to enter, with the exception of the factory director, whose work allowed him to do so.

It was very warm in the carriage, and several Red Army soldiers were sorting out shells and bullet boxes on ammunition racks, and when they saw the commander of the car accompanying a comrade colonel in, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Take a break, everyone is busy, I'm just visiting." Lin Jun said.

At the signal of Bekryev, several fighters went to work on their own.

"How much ammunition is this carriage equipped with?" Lin Jun asked.

"Report to Comrade Colonel, the standard armament is 300 rounds of 76.2 mm shells per turret, of which 30 armor-piercing shells, 20 smoke shells and 20 flares, the rest are high-explosive shells; The ammunition reserve for each turret parallel machine gun is 3000 rounds. The four Maxim machine guns equipped here have a total of 40,000 rounds of ammunition. The ammunition reserve for all weapons can also be changed on a case-by-case basis, and if necessary, we can even increase the ammunition reserve in case of overloading, but then the carriage will become crowded. Bekryev said.

"With such a large amount of ammunition and firepower, if you are on the battlefield, you can drink a pot for the enemy! Hehe. By the way, Comrade Bekryev, in the future, just call me Andrei in an informal setting. ”

"Yes, Comrade Andrei."

Lin Jun knocked on the armored hull, "How thick is this armor?" ”

It was the factory director who answered Lin Jun: "Comrade Andrey, the armor of all hulls is made of high-quality armor plates 8 mm thick, the enemy's machine guns and shell fragments are impenetrable, and the armored conning tower of each carriage is armor 15 mm thick. If necessary, additional armor plates can be bolted to the outside of the hull, but this will affect the driving speed. The armor in all compartments where ammunition is stored is 25 mm thick, and we have focused on protecting this part. ”

"Very well, a heavily armored train with such protection and firepower is an absolute nightmare for the enemy!"

Lin Jun paused and asked Bekryev: "What is the interconnection in the car?" ”

"In the past, we relied on internal microphones, but this time the factory has installed an intercom on the train, and the effect is much better than that of the microphone, but we still keep the microphone as a backup measure." Bekryev paused and added: "We are also equipped with high-power radios, which can get in touch with superiors at a distance of up to 500 kilometers. ”

"These communications equipment will greatly strengthen our combat effectiveness." Lin Jun said, "Also, how is the heating of this train solved?" ”

The harsh winters of the Soviet Union were not ordinarily cold, and in the winter if these iron guys did not have reliable and perfect heating facilities, they would definitely turn into large ice cellars, and the people inside wanted to maintain their combat effectiveness in such an environment. (German armored trains suffered from insufficient heating on Russian railways: their narrow-gauge armored trains, specially adapted for Soviet railways, did not have reliable heating equipment, and as a result, they simply could not maintain their proper combat effectiveness during the harsh Russian winters.) ）

"All the carriages are connected to special equipment for the locomotive with special heating pipes, and a steam heating system is used, which can ensure that our fighters can maintain 100% combat effectiveness in winter." Bekryev introduced.

It's a bit dark in the carriage because all the lights aren't turned on, and although the temperature inside is relatively high, it still feels a bit gloomy inside the "steel box".

Lin Jun walked up to a "huge" Makqin machine gun and tried the movable armor plate on the rectangular shooting window, feeling that it was still a little difficult to close. The water-cooled Maxim machine gun was very cumbersome, of course, only for infantry, and not on an armored train: as long as there was an enemy in front, its rate of fire of 600 rounds and its ability to fire sustained fire were absolutely immense.

There are no living people in front of the Maxim machine gun position! - Lin Jun remembered this famous saying of the First World War, and when he was in Madrid, he had heard about a Maxim guarding a bridge.

"The old guy's power is still okay!" He said as he touched the machine gun.

He saw that the machine gun chain in the ammunition box next to him was still using the old-fashioned canvas chain, "Bekryev, how reliable is this canvas chain?"

"It's okay, Comrade Andrei. Although it is not as reliable as the new metal bullet chain, the logistics are easy, and our machine gun shooters are veteran comrades with rich experience, which can ensure that the chain is not adjusted at critical times. ”

Lin Jun also got into the turret basket of a T-28 tank and found that it had been changed to electric rotation, so that the reaction ability in battle was faster than that of hydraulic pressure, and the manual device was also there, which could be used when necessary.

"Comrade Andrey, shall we go to the other carriages to have a look?" Bekryev asked.

"Okay, let's take a look."

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