At noon on January 27, 1937, a passenger train from Moscow slowly drove into the Kharkov railway station, and after the train came to a standstill, a young colonel stepped out of the first-class carriage. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mikhail I. Koshkin had been waiting on the platform with the driver for an hour, and when he saw that the person to be picked up had arrived, he immediately greeted him: "Hello Comrade Andrei, I am Koshkin, chief engineer of the Kharkov Comintern International Locomotive Plant, and you are welcome to the factory to guide the work. ”

"Hello, Comrade Koshkin. Why are you two coming to pick me up at the station? "The chief designer came to pick up people, which made Lin Jun very strange. He knew the identity of the middle-aged man in his 40s in front of him, the chief designer of the Kharkov Mechanical Design Bureau and the father of T34, although in history he did not see the day when his "child" was equipped with troops.

Koshkin thought that the "Hero of the Soviet Union" in front of him was unhappy, and hurriedly said: "The leading comrades in the locomotive factory were all waiting at the railway station, but a production accident occurred in the factory, and some worker comrades were killed, so only the two of us were left." They are all concerned about the safety of their comrades, so when they rush back, you must not be angry. ”

"Of course not, what kind of accident? Let's go check it out. Lin Jun pulled his legs and left, and the driver on the side hurriedly snatched the suitcase in his hand, but he couldn't let this important leader move things by himself.

"It was a furnace explosion in the foundry, and the comrades who came to report said that two comrades had been sacrificed, and several comrades were injured." This Koshkin is very "unable to speak" and says everything.

Koshkin's psychology is a little uneasy, because the current situation is very complicated, and there is a major production accident at the juncture where the "Kremlin comrades" have just arrived, and I don't know what will happen next ?!

Why was it the chief engineer of the design bureau who stayed to pick up the people, and not the head of the plant? Because the leader has to take responsibility for leadership, and the chief engineer of the design bureau does not need to take responsibility for production safety. So when he learned of the accident, the chief engineer of the design bureau took the initiative to stay and pick up people, and the other leaders rushed back to the factory.

What else does it mean to be complicated? Because it is not only the Kharkov side that is designing new tanks, but also the Stalingrad Tractor Plant is also developing them, and the current chief engineer Zhuzov Yakovlevich Kotin has always had good relations with the Kremlin, if the comrades who came to "inspect" this time seize the accident, it is very likely that the hard work of the Kharkov comrades will be wasted, and the leading comrades may also be charged with "sabotaging production."

Competition exists in any environment. If it had been someone else, Koshkin's worries might have come true, but it was Lin Jun who came. Lin Jun knows the power and significance of the T34, and also understands Koshkin's ability, if it were not for the selfless work and efforts of the chief designer, this kind of tank that affected the history of world wars would not have appeared, and in history, the famous tank designer died young because of selfless work and hard work, and he was only in his early 40s when he died.

Why did Lin Jun appear in Kharkiv? How could he, an Air Force commander, inspect a tank factory?

Because Lin Jun's several actions in 1935 brought about a big change in the development of the Soviet tank industry, which was different from the original history. Lin Jun's suggestions and some technical indicators were sent to Kharkov and Stalingrad respectively, and the two sides were led by two talented designers, Mikhail I. Koshkin and Zhuzov Yakovlevich Kotin, respectively, to develop the new tank. The Kirov plant on the Stalingrad side was mainly responsible for heavy tanks, and the Kharkov side was responsible for medium tanks. This allowed the development of the new tank to be developed two years earlier than in history, because the historical T34 prototype design only began in 1937, and the design indicators at the beginning were not so high, and it can even be said that it was blind and "without specific goals".

Before Lin Junlai, Stalin had already seen the design drawings and wooden models of the latest tanks, and he was satisfied with both tanks designed by the two units. Judging from the reaction of the designers, the technical indicators and requirements they got at the beginning allowed them to avoid a lot of detours, but they didn't know that this was Lin Jun's "masterpiece", because the designers didn't know who "he" was.

Stalin was well aware of Lin Jun's role in this, and he was still a "tank king", so he asked Lin Jun to go to two tank factories to "inspect" them, in the name of short-term investigation and research. "It's just an investigation and research, and come back and report to me", this is what Stalin told Lin Jun. The aircraft manufacturing side has not yet been fully developed, the design work has already begun, and the aircraft factories and design bureaus are working at full capacity, but the problem of the engine cannot be solved at once, so Lin Jun can slow down and go again, and even if he goes now, he will not be able to solve the problem, because he does not understand the development of the engine - Stalin has already given Lin Jun these two important tasks, because Stalin knew that "Andrei will surprise him." In terms of the navy, before coming to Kharkov, Stalin also talked with Lin Jun: now that the "Belarus" has been rebuilt, it is waiting for the final sea trials to be delivered to the Red Navy.

Lin Jun took the initiative to ask not to participate in the final test of the "Belarus", which Stalin also understood: the power he gave Andrei was too great, and if he gave it again, he would set up an unnecessary enemy.

As soon as he arrived at the Kharkov Comintern Locomotive Plant, Lin Jun went straight to the foundry under the leadership of Koshkin.

The foundry was overcrowded, the bodies of the comrades who died had been removed, and the staff and leaders of the factory were dealing with the aftermath and investigating the accident.

It was very hot in the workshop, and Lin Jun took off his military coat and held it in his hand. At this time, the people in the workshop noticed that an unfamiliar colonel officer had arrived.

Ю.Ε Maksarov, secretary of the Party Committee and director of the Comintern Locomotive Plant, was very busy. More than an hour ago, he had just arrived at the train station to pick up an important "inspector," but as soon as he entered the train station, he received news that there had been a major accident in the factory, and he had to rush back to the factory without stopping. He knew that the "Hero of the Soviet Union" he was going to pick up today was very important, so important that he could influence the future of the factory, so he pulled the chief designer who had been busy in the factory to the station to pick up people, in order to show the importance of the arrival of this "Hero of the Soviet Union", but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at the moment, God knows what happened next?! But as soon as he learned of the accident, Maksaryov felt like the sky was about to be stepped on. What to do?! The experienced party secretary made the only choice - to leave the chief designer to pick up the people, and all the other people involved to return to the factory.

I hope that the legendary Comrade Andrei will understand his actions, and if he stays at the railway station, Comrade Andrei knows that he will wait for him regardless of the accident at the factory, and there will be absolutely no room for turnaround.

When Mark Salyov saw a young colonel standing in the workshop, and his chest was covered with medals, Mark Salyov knew that it was he who came.

"Hello, Comrade Andrei, I am Mark Salyov, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Kharkov Comintern Locomotive Plant, and you are welcome to visit the factory. There was a major accident in the factory, so I'm sorry I didn't pick you up at the station. ”

"Hello Comrade Mark Salyov, the lives of the comrades matter, in general Comrade Koshkin has already told me, how many comrades were sacrificed? Is a wounded comrade in danger? ”

"Two comrades were killed, seven people were injured, all of them were burned, but fortunately they were far away when the explosion occurred, and the scald area was not very large, and there was no danger to life. We have done a preliminary investigation, there should be no possibility of artificial destruction of production, the biggest possibility is that there is a technical problem in the smelting process, the specific situation will be known after a detailed investigation. I will report back to you as soon as the results of the investigation are available. ”

"I don't understand steel technology, we have to try to avoid accidents, but since it has happened, we must do a good job in dealing with the aftermath of the sacrificed comrades, and we must also let the injured comrades get the best treatment." Lin Jun is most concerned about people, not whether there is "someone sabotage" or something, and accidents in the steel mill are unavoidable, but the time and environment are a little special, "We have to resume production as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes, Comrade Andrei. Now that the technicians are doing the investigation, we can't help much at once, so I'll take you to rest for a while. You must be tired after more than a day on the train. ”

"Hehe, it's nothing, I came lying down all the way, so let's go to the hospital first to see the injured comrade."

As soon as he saw that Lin Jun was going to the hospital, of course Maksalyov had no opinion, and immediately asked someone to pick up Lin Jun's luggage, and then prepared a car to rush to the Affiliated Hospital of Kharkiv Medical College.

After such a busy time, it was time to return to the locomotive factory at dinner time.

After a brief dinner, Lin Jun attended an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee of the Comintern Locomotive Factory: first, to welcome Lin Jun's arrival, and second, the results of the accident investigation had already been obtained.

I have to admire the work efficiency of this era, Lin Jun originally thought that the investigation would have to take ten days and a half months.

The final conclusion was that the furnace exploded due to a worker's error, and the worker in charge of the operation had been killed. Now something is wrong!

Lin Jun didn't understand what the mistake was, he didn't know anything about this work, but what he understood was: he couldn't determine who was responsible, because there were two workers who were killed, and both of them were old workers in the factory, and they were both innocent old ** members.

The leadership responsibilities of the workshop director, the branch leader and Maksaryov cannot be escaped, but who is to blame for the operation error? This was something that all the participants of the Comintern Locomotive Factory did not dare to express their position on.

Lin Jun went to the hospital to visit the injured just to understand the specific situation at the time of the accident. As for the description of the injured worker, he already had some bottom in his mind: it should be an accident, not someone deliberately sabotage. Moreover, the factory originally attached great importance to safety and security, and the workers inside were also politically reliable comrades.

"Comrades, I would like to make a statement. Since it has been determined that it was an accident and it is impossible to determine the person responsible for the accident, I think it can be handled in this way: we must grasp the principle of "not letting go of a bad person and not wronging a good person", and the first thing we must do is "not wronging a good person". So let's just assume that both workers are sacrificed for production, so that the sacrificed comrades will not be wronged. I'll sign the decision on the investigation as well. ”