What was the most expensive and difficult to buy in the Soviet Union? Not fur, not wool, but silk!

Not only the Soviet Union, but the entire Western world will be bothered by silk - ladies in the market will no longer be able to buy expensive silk underwear and shirts, and two pairs of silk stockings will be exchanged for a Swiss-made watch on the black market in Berlin!

The ladies are only facing small problems, and it is also possible to overcome them, because the silk is prioritized to make parachutes! At present, silk is an out-and-out strategic material, which is strictly controlled in all countries (some friends may not have noticed that China's cocoon silk policy was only released a few years ago, but as the absolute world's largest silk producer, we don't have to worry about not being able to buy silk shirts before it is not released.) Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info), especially the military powers, countries with little or no silk production!

More than 100 years ago, the world's main silk production areas were concentrated in East Asia centered on China and Japan, as well as the northern coastal areas of the Mediterranean represented by Italy and France, and Central Asia and West Asia along the ancient "Silk Road"; In the 20 years from 1890 to 1909, China and Japan accounted for 58.9% of the world's raw silk trade, while Italy and France accounted for 32.7%; In the 30s of the 20th century, the world's main silk producing areas were gradually concentrated in East Asia, centered on Japan and China, and in the 10 years from 1930 to 1939, Japan and China accounted for 86.8% of the world's raw silk trade, while Italy and France accounted for only 6.3%.

This will make the United States DuPont is trying its best to overcome the difficulty of using nylon for parachutes, because for a long time, American parachutes have been exported from Japan, and many times they are directly imported from Japanese parachutes.

The Soviet Union had its own traditional silk production regions: Central Asia represented by Uzbekistan and the Black Sea coast, but the quantity did not meet the domestic demand - in order to satisfy the domestic people's consistent preference for silk, the domestic production of the Soviet Union was simply not enough: a few years ago, young people could have a silk shirt when they were newly married, it was very face-saving, and it was in great demand!

Silk is a relatively expensive fabric, and when it is used by the military industry, the importance is even more prominent - it is not impossible to replace it, but this will not be comparable to the quality of silk.

Lin Jun was well aware of the importance of silk to the Soviet military industry and army building - he had long told the foreign and foreign trade departments to import large quantities of silk from China every year: the trade of silk for arms was beneficial to both sides, and it was more practical than hard currency. Even then, the Soviet Union was still trying its best to import silk from China.

The importance of silk to the Soviet Union was not only reflected in the period of the Great Patriotic War: historically, during the Cold War, the Soviet missile industry was in a state of unsustainability due to the shortage of a material, which was not a precious metal, nor a high-precision electronic instrument, but silk produced in China!

Beginning in 1950, Soviet missile design expert Nepobedimi worked in the Soviet missile research and development department: at that time, the wire-guided anti-tank missiles developed by various countries required a very thin cable to connect the missile to the launcher, through which the soldier gave instructions to the missile to hit a target several kilometers away. The cable consisted of several metal wires, each wound with extremely fine silk wires to ensure mutual insulation – a demand that only silk produced in China could meet in all socialist countries.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, China and the Soviet Union established close relations, and the Soviet Union imported tens of thousands of tons of silk to China every year in the name of the Ministry of Textile Industry, of which only a small amount of silk was supplied to textile mills, and most of it was supplied to the Ministry of National Defense Industry for missile manufacturing.

After the 60s of the 20th century, with the complete rupture of Sino-Soviet relations, China no longer supplied silk to the Soviet Union - the Soviet Union had to produce a huge number of anti-tank missiles every year, what should I do?

The task of finding a substitute for Chinese silk fell on Nepobetimme: at first, it was proposed to replace it with silk produced in the Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, but locally produced silk could not be compared with Chinese silk at all, firstly, the production of Uzbek silk in Uzbekistan and nearby regions was too small, and secondly, Uzbek silk thread was 3 times thicker than Chinese silk, and the weight was also twice as high, which was completely unsuitable for missile construction.

Finally, a fortuitous discovery, and finally through special channels, the equipment for the production of Western Rafsan synthetic fibers was obtained, and the USSR solved this problem.

Lin Jun knew very well that silk was very important, not to mention the huge demand for parachutes in the Great Patriotic War, so when normal trade with China was still possible in the first two years, silk imports were in a very important position, in order to avoid being passive in this regard after the start of the Great Patriotic War.

Lukashevich left the parachute to Yurasov and them, it was a good thing to make a shirt, the clothes made are not easy to break, they are strong, and they can be changed a lot! In peacetime, the comrades of the Air Force even have to hand in the old parachutes that have been eliminated, and there are very few opportunities for them to stay - people from other units can get a parachute, which is simply a windfall! (In "Band of Brothers," there isn't an American GI who carried his parachute until the end of the war, preferring to carry a heavier load with him than take it home, and that is the silk parachute, which reflects its preciousness.) ）

Hearing the shouts of Comrade Lieutenant in the truck, Yurasov immediately reacted and told his men to hurry to get the parachute so that no one else would take it: this was something more precious than half a truck of captured grain (barter, not without it among the units of the Red Army in the early and middle period of the Great Patriotic War, it was the brutal war that forced this primitive trade, in Stalingrad there was a situation of exchanging watches for bread, and even "selling prices" appeared. Even now, it is common for one unit to want to take something from another unit, and it is common for some kind of transaction to be made in a situation where relative resources are more difficult, and it is the same all over the world, Li Yunlong will also fight with brother troops in order to grab the spoils of war, normal. - It can be distributed to the old comrades in the camp who are married, and each of them will be given a piece enough to make a shirt and send it home, and the comrades will be very happy!

Two trucks pressed 6 prisoners to the back, and the stretcher did not get into the car, and the bumpy road had to be killed! Lukashevich also took the initiative to take on the role of escort, leaning on the railing of the car with his comrades and staring at the three prisoners in front of him.

With an assault rifle on his back, he held his own Tokalov pistol in his hand.

"Comrade pilot, you take a break, and I will replace you later." A senior soldier on the side said.

A Spanish general, a colonel and a major, were all nestled in the middle of the carriage, unable to run and unable to run, as Lukashevich knew - but they were not allowed to talk.

It's always right to sit on the board of the carriage with your eyes on the captive, and be careful.

It took a full 5 hours for the truck to make a detour into the eastern city of Minsk, which was still a hundred kilometers from the airport of a regiment. This made the lieutenant, who was accustomed to galloping in the sky, very tired and unaccustomed - this air force is really a high-tech service.

Lukashevich could not go back on his own, and he could not expect to take a ride, so he could only follow the advice of the comrades of the escort team and go to the headquarters of the Front, where he might be able to get in touch with the airport, and the regiment commander might send a car to pick him up.

For the first time, he saw the city of Minsk from the ground, and there were always nearby comrades pointing and shouting at the places where the trucks passed, and some people shouted curses: they saw the captured fascist officers in the car.

The front command had been waiting for these prisoners for a long time, and the people involved in the interrogation were ready, and Lin Jun wanted to meet the Spanish general with his own eyes.

As for Spain's top military commander on the Eastern Front, Lin Jun was polite to Lieutenant General Munoz Golandas, and was not prepared to let the courteous-looking interrogators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs treat him rudely, and he met the prisoners like an old friend. Before that, he saw the Lukashevich in the hall looking around, and the lieutenant was trying to borrow a phone to use it, but it seemed that the situation was because of the side of the escort team "sneaking into" the front headquarters, which would have to wait.

Lin Jun still remembered the lieutenant in a flight suit and called him over to ask a few words.

"It's not convenient to send a car at night, you stay here today, and I'll go to the cafeteria to get some food for yourself, and I'll have someone send a car to take you back to the airport tomorrow morning." After saying that, Lin Jun went to the room where the prisoners were held: he didn't have to worry about where the lieutenant slept, he didn't have to worry about where he slept, he couldn't freeze to death here, and he and the pilots he knew could just find a place to spend the night - at least there was a place for a fire in the nearby buildings.

When Lin Jun walked into that room, the Spanish general was on trial, and Munoz Gorandas saw Lin Jun and two of his entourage coming in, got up from the chair prepared for him, saluted Lin Jun, and spoke in Spanish.

Lin Jun returned a military salute very casually, which can be regarded as a kind of respect for the title of "general".

"Marshal, he said it was very embarrassing to see you here, but he still felt honored to meet the famous Soviet pilot in Madrid." The translator said on the side.

Lin Jun smiled a little contemptuously: "It's unfortunate, Lieutenant General Golandas, I didn't meet you in the university city of Madrid, but on such an occasion. ”

Listening to the translator's words, Golandas showed a hint of embarrassment.

"I received a report four hours ago that your Spanish volunteer division has been completely annihilated by us, and the Spanish army formed on Soviet soil has completely become history."

The interrogator gave up his seat, "You go on, I just listen, don't interfere." ”

As for Golandas, he was not afraid of the Russian interrogators, because he was a general, and the Russians would not do anything to him. But Lin Jun's arrival doubled his psychological pressure: he knew that the No. 2 man in the Soviet Union was once a member of the "International Column" and had a deep hatred for the Spaniards on his side! And the psychological pressure given by the rank of "marshal" alone is incomparable to those interrogators, and Golandas knows better the attitude and methods of this Russian towards the enemy!

The interrogator will not put himself how, but he can! As soon as Lin Jun gave the order, whether it was to be executed or pulled out and shot, those executioners would not hesitate to carry it out.

What Lin Jun wanted to know was the trend of the Spanish high-level policy towards the Soviet Union, followed by the "Blue Division" near the troops, the deployment of the German army that the Spaniards might know about, and the decision-making of the German high-level army.

Very satisfied, in an hour, the interrogators got what they wanted, and Lin Jun also planned to leave.

After walking out of the interrogation room, Lin Jun asked the people on the side: "If they all cooperate, they will be temporarily given the qualifications to be prisoners, and they will be sent to Moscow for a few days of interrogation, and the propaganda department over there will use these people." ”

"Yes, Marshal."

Just seeing Zhukov, Lin Jun smiled: "Zhukov, it seems that our opponent will have less troops from other countries." ”

The news of the total annihilation of a division, which also represents one of the countries of the "fascist coalition army," is good news for both the morale of the Red Army and the international situation of the Soviet Union.

"The Spaniards may change some of their policies, and that Franco should understand that this is not so easy."

"I hope he's wise."

Zhukov was right, Franco and his government should sober up the head that had been dizzy by Hitler's early victories and re-examine their relations with the German and Italian fascists.

(This chapter is a bit verbose, but the word count is absolutely real) (To be continued.) )