From to 1935 2020

"What's going on, the quality of this batch of guns is worse than those we received before the Northern Expedition."

Liu Shuai, the principal of the Red Army School, also expressed slight dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, with me here, that's [-] guns, most of which can be repaired."

On the same day, Huang Ke used his ability to identify these firearms one by one, and at the same time instructed the technicians in the gun repair shop to carry out targeted maintenance. More than 200 rifles are not too many, and they can be repaired in a few days.But in the end, some firearms were judged to be scrapped and dismantled because the barrels were too rusted, and they were temporarily used as "parts and organ donation guns".

PS: In order to save people from slurring without reading the next few chapters, they will not take the initiative to inform the Soviet Union of the plot of the existence of the traversers. This chapter is actually written about the limitations of human beings.Obviously there is the best option, but because of their own limitations.Unable to make the best choice, the relevant plot will be described later.

-------------------- Chapter 107 The Crisis of Blyuchel -------------------

Chapter 107 Blueher's Crisis

(Note: There was a historical error earlier. The 50mm mortars of the Soviet Union were not put into production until 1938, so Stalin could not provide this equipment. I have modified this bug and now replaced it with three 3 caliber M76.2 field guns)

After careful inspection of other weapons aided by the Soviet Union, there is no quality problem. The 12.7mm Jieggarev machine gun is a new weapon that has only been equipped with the Soviet Red Army in recent years.However, the biggest problem with this machine gun is that it has not yet designed a special ammunition chain, but uses a large drum with 30 rounds to feed ammunition, and the continuity of firepower is very problematic.

Huang Ke asked for this machine gun by name, the main purpose is to see his armor-piercing performance against lightly armored targets-this is for the future Suiyuan battle to open up the Mongolian communication line-in history, during the Battle of Bailing Temple, Fu Zuoyi But dispatched a self-made armored car.

As for the three M1902 field guns that were dismantled into parts, historically this gun was sold to China to participate in the War of Resistance.During the Anti-Japanese War, the national army also had a high evaluation, and the batch shipped to China was an improved version with a longer barrel.

At that time, the artillery was in a state of completely disassembled parts. Fortunately, the Soviets were rarely careful about this matter, and included a complete set of artillery assembly instructions.Although it is in Russian, there are many experts in the Red Army who are proficient in Russian, and they have their help. In addition, Huang Ke, an expert who is proficient in mechanics, has ended up, and a "half-handed" "artillery expert" from other places has helped. After a long time, the first artillery was finally installed, and then "heartbroken" successfully fired a shell.

At that time, the artillery was fired at the maximum range according to the shooting table given by the Soviets, and finally reached a range of 13.5 kilometers, which really surprised everyone.

"A gun is not a good gun, but a cannon is really a good cannon!"

The only dissatisfaction is that the early steel tires are used, which are not easy to maneuver.After Huang Ke measured the relevant dimensions, he decided to get a batch of better tires for him to replace in the future.After confirming that the assembly was successful, the remaining two doors were also assembled in the afternoon.

The reason why there are no portable mortars in the artillery is that the Soviet Union in this period did not pay much attention to mortars. If you want to find mortars in China, you can only go to the warehouse to find the remaining French aid from World War I. Cultural relics such as trench guns really can't be brought out even if they want to help them.

This is why Huang Ke asked Stalin for a large number of 75mm and 100mm seamless steel pipes. Maozi couldn't make them, so he planned to make them himself.However, what Huang Ke built was not a mortar, but a projectile artillery invented by Britain in the history of World War II. Its manufacturing difficulty is lower than that of a mortar, and the most important thing is that the production of shells is very simple.When Huang Ke was in Shanghai, he took so many Jiaotong students as apprentice technicians. The "homework" that these students were required to do at that time was the spare parts of this weapon.

Those new students were just beginners, but after two months of doing it blindly, using the tools and materials provided by Huang Ke, they made more than 20 sets.Later, they were all handed over to the Red Army by Huang Ke.It's just that the supporting shells were not produced in time, so I missed the battle of Yulin, but caught up with the battle against Sanma.

After getting in touch with Big Huang Ke, Xiao Huang Ke also got another grenadier design that is more economical, more economical, and more suitable for the characteristics of the Red Army.It's just that although the weapon is extremely economical to use, it is somewhat troublesome to manufacture.However, he has produced the relevant production drawings, together with two other weapon design drawings suitable for China's national conditions, and handed them over to the Soviet captain, who will bring them back to the Soviet Union for commissioned production.

On the first night after the gun inspection, Xiao Huang Ke met Da Huang Ke in a dream and mentioned the matter.Then Rhubarb asked netizens about Mosin Nagant's question in another way.Ge De, one of the rebels in the group of netizens, told Huang Ke: This is one of the reasons why Bryucher was later shot dead by the bearded man.

According to Gede netizens, among the marshals who were killed in the Great Purge, Tukhachevsky was too foolish. Liu Heer is too incompetent, doing nothing in the Far East, doing nothing serious, even the management of the arms inventory is in a mess, and a lot of arms are missing.

The last sentence suddenly attracted the interest of many netizens, and then everyone came up to discuss the dark history of the famous "General Galen".

Marshal Brucher, this man is full of the breath of a Cossack in the old Tsarist Russia.His biggest mistake was actually incompetence and refusal to give way, which made Stalin extremely dissatisfied - he was charged with two crimes when he fell. Much is lost.The real reason why Stalin finally shot him was that the Soviet Red Army under his command and control was insufficiently trained and had extremely poor combat effectiveness.A lot of problems were exposed in the Zhang Gufeng conflict: For example, the front warehouse had insufficient ammunition storage, and the armored force had the advantage but lost more than the opponent.

Although the Soviet Red Army won the Battle of Zhanggufeng strategically, it suffered a small loss in terms of tactical casualties.When the armored force hits the enemy's infantry, the loss is greater than that of the opponent.

After the night of the second dream encounter, Xiao Huang Ke basically figured out the situation.

Huang Ke told the people in the center of the collected information, and they made the decision.

"In the Far East, it is estimated that the Soviet Red Army's arms inventory is in a bad situation. In this case, we asked Stalin for arms assistance, and the guns arrived in less than a month. It is estimated that he was in a hurry and did not have enough firearms in stock, and then came out. This situation. Now the Soviet Union is undergoing a big purge..."

Afterwards, Huang Ke told everyone in detail about the Soviet Union's purges. Since Huang Ke "spoiled the history", and the Red Army itself has also learned the painful lesson of the "Great Purge" of accidentally injuring its own comrades, now everyone agrees. This matter is very sensitive.

Wu Hao asked: "The gun issue doesn't affect us much, does it?"

"The impact is not great. Liao 13 and Mauser 1924 use the same kind of bullets. The bullets provided by General Galen should all be produced by the Northeast Army, and they were seized in the Middle East Road incident that year."

Huang Ke said: "After the maintenance, there are only dozens of guns that are really unusable. Those guns are mainly because the barrels are corroded or worn too badly. When you apply for assistance next time, just ask Comrade Stalin to send more spare parts for replacement."

Wu Hao suggested: "How about this? Our telegram to the Soviet Union said that all the guns, weapons and ammunition have been received, and we are very satisfied. We thank Comrade Stalin for his assistance. In addition, we still have a lot of Soviet rifles left over from the Northern Expedition. , Due to the long time of use, the barrel of the gun is severely worn out and is no longer usable, please send another batch of Mosin Nagant barrels for maintenance and replacement during the next aid."

He wants to make peace in everything he does, strive for completeness, and try not to offend others. This is Wu Hao's style, which has been baked into his bones.

Chairman Li said: "The internal problems of the Soviet Red Army are very serious... No wonder Comrade Stalin used such strong means to solve them..."

"His major surgery almost killed the Red Army, but he couldn't cure it. The so-called proper treatment is not so easy. It has been more than 20 years since the victory of the October Revolution, and many problems have accumulated over the past 20 years. Years, the price to be dealt with is even greater. Moreover, in the process of dealing with bad people, selfish people, or paranoid people, the crooked monk recites crooked scriptures intentionally, even like Xia Xi's confidant guards , simply a KMT spy, or like Zhang Guotao, in the name of suppressing counter-revolutionaries, playing with the Red Army to kill the Red Army and eliminate dissidents..."

Chairman Li originally wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he waved his hand and agreed, "Just send a telegram according to what Comrade Wu Hao said."

The relevant thank you telegram was sent to Moscow and appeared on Stalin's desk.

After seeing the telegram from the Red Army, Stalin laughed:

"The comrades in China, to be precise, are Comrade Li Runshi. He is always too soft-hearted and too polite. Obviously, among the [-] guns, there are a bunch of junk that can't be used at all. Another quarter is used by other guns. The gun was repaired, but they didn't even mention a word. Asking me for repair and replacement parts is also such a roundabout...Sitting in my position, it is really too difficult to hear the truth gone."

When Stalin laughed, Leobyshev trembled aside, because he knew that Stalin was actually angry.

After the Wang Mingmifu incident, what Stalin hates most now is that others lie to him and fool him.

Just a few days ago, Yezhov handed over to Stalin a piece of secret information, which was all about the current situation of the Soviet Army in the Far East: the Far East’s combat readiness was lax, the army management was chaotic, the accounts of the armament warehouse were unclear, and there were a large number of inexplicable firearms. lost.This time Stalin ordered Blyuchel to urgently transfer 13 Mosin Nagants from the armament warehouse to support the comrades in China, but the Far Eastern Military Region was thrown up and down.The huge Far East Military Region couldn't gather enough Mosin Nagants, so they had to use the captured Northeast Army rifles instead.Knowing that things were not done well, Blyuchel's men packed ten extra boxes of Liao [-] rifles as compensation when delivering the guns.

Blyukher thought that the whole thing was done seamlessly, but in fact he had been secretly reported to Stalin by someone with a heart.

And Stalin watched everyone's performance in silence.

He thought for a while, and issued two orders in a row. The first order was to order the military factory to produce more Mosin Nagant barrels.The second order was to send an inquiry telegram, asking the Far East Military Region to report the inventory situation of Mosin Nagant again.

A day later, Blyuchel sent back the data in a telegram, which was consistent with the inventory report data received by Stalin.

After seeing this data, Stalin sneered, and immediately sent a second telegram, asking Blyukher to transfer all the excess Mosin Nagant rifles from the Far Eastern Military Region to Cherlov for convenience. Shipped to Mongolia to support Chinese comrades in the south.As the end of the year was approaching, he also asked Blücher to report his material needs for next year.

It was a deadly telegram.

A lie needs more lies to cover up.

After receiving the telegram, Marshal Blucher, for this small mistake, soon began to make bigger mistakes...  

Not to mention that Stalin was digging a hole there to deal with Blyuchel, Huang Ke was in Yan'an, and the key discussion with the high-level officials was the issue of "spoiler history" to the Soviet Union in the future.

Wu Hao said to Huang Ke: "You and Elena are priceless treasures. Letting the Soviets know of your existence will actually bring you certain dangers. Avoiding the tragic human casualties of World War II in history, and at the same time avoiding the dangers caused by people's selfish desires, greed and other reasons, this is a big problem."

From the perspective of being a person or doing things, Wu Hao is different from the chairman who is straightforward and always points at the key points. In the same way, he always makes people feel comfortable when he says it - but in many cases, it is actually nothing Useful, unable to withstand the critical moment and unable to make the right decision, this is his biggest shortcoming.

Chairman Li Runshi said the key point: "As human beings, they have selfishness. Xiao Huang and Elena, their value is too great. Their identities have been leaked, and there are too many unknowable things. We can't bet everything on Stalin Comrade's personal morality, the uncertainty in the middle is too great..."

Speaking of this, Chairman Li paused, looked around, and the group of people around him also nodded in agreement.

"Actually, my idea is to let Comrade Stalin know the relevant intelligence at key historical points, and at the same time let him trust our intelligence sources. The specific method is to make up a non-existing overseas intelligence agency, especially It's the German intelligence service."

Huang Ke said:

"There is no need for fiction. Elena and I plan to sell streptomycin all over the world in the future, and we will also set up a branch in Germany. This agency is a good trick for an intelligence agency. It can make fakes come true, or It is true and false. And many of the materials we need can only be purchased through Germany."

"To make the fake come true, that's right, you should turn the fake into the truth! Lies are actually the easiest to be exposed, and the real key is the magnified and enhanced "truth"!"

The chairman nodded, agreeing with Huang Ke's statement.

"My opinion is that after our party is able to become independent and face external pressure and crisis, we will consider further issues. What do you think?"

The "further question" he mentioned naturally meant letting Stalin know about the special existence of the two.

The chairman's proposal was quickly passed unanimously.

In fact, in the few months since Huang Ke came back, this issue was the most discussed among the upper echelons of the Red Army.

Everyone knows that with Huang Ke's ability to surpass the times, it is easier to "realize" in a large industrial country, but the situation in the Soviet Union is too complicated, not to mention the dark side of human nature: for example, the Soviet Union used the "Communist World Revolution" The overall situation called for Huang Ke to go to Moscow by name, stay in the Soviet Union for a long time, and then not let him go to "extract oil" for a long time.

It was Mr. Peng who raised this question.

In terms of personality, Peng always speaks directly and without reservation, but at that time, everyone was speechless when he asked.

The other point is the unstable political situation in the Soviet Union, and each generation of succession is a bloodbath in the style of raising Gu.It has almost become a practice for the later generation to deny the previous generation.This is also something the chairman has to consider.

And the third point is that the people in the Soviet Union, the upper-level minds, are naked in front of the "travelers"-in fact, this problem also exists in the Red Army.It’s just that in the Red Army during this period, people who were able to participate in the revolution without rebellion, even those cadres who made mistakes, were actually doing the revolution with their heads up, and their selfishness in this regard was not so serious.

But the Soviet Union is different. Those former dragon slayers have already tasted the taste of power, and they have begun to degenerate and corrupt—although it is not obvious, but don’t forget, why did Stalin want a big purge?Huang Ke, who has read the declassified archives of the Soviet Union, knows that there are actually a lot of problems in the Soviet Union during this period.

The October Revolution, the process of the Bolshevik Party gaining power was too smooth, but the problem of insufficient cadres was extremely serious.A large number of old aristocrats from the old era, White Russian officers, were retained.A large number of speculators mixed into the revolutionary ranks.Stalin realized that the Soviet regime was becoming bureaucratized, inefficient, and even "Russian", so there were such things as "Great Cleansing".

But if Huang Ke really revealed his identity and stayed in the center of the storm in Soviet Russia for a long time, no one knew what would happen in the future.

Therefore, even though everyone at the scene knew what to do to maximize Huang Ke's role, it was the risk of "maximizing benefits" that prevented them from making up their minds and taking the most crucial final step. .

"Things after next year" is actually just a distant time.Even the chairman couldn't make up his mind.After Huang Ke arrived, they discussed for a long time, and finally chose the "moderate" choice of "fabricating real information".

As for the code name of the so-called intelligence organization based in Europe, Huang Ke's "egg pain" joke broke out again.

"My last code name was Sea Snake, this time this organization is called Hydra, Hydra!"

During the five days Huang Ke stayed in Yan'an, apart from discussing the planned itinerary for the next year, the rest of the work was to participate in the planning of the industrial construction of the Red Army's base area in the next year.

The expansion of Yan'an Airport has been completed during this period, and the first batch of technical experts from the Soviet Union will arrive after January next year.

The newly conquered Yulin is extremely rich in mineral resources.It is the only salt producing area in Shaanxi Province.Salt resources are abundant and there are many varieties.There are rock salt, lake salt, and soil salt, especially the Ordovician rock salt is rich in reserves, and it is the largest salt field in the world that has been discovered so far.Yantian starts from Hongjiannao in the north, Qingjian in the south, Jingbian in the west, and the Yellow River in the east, with a total area of ​​4.3 square kilometers and an urban area of ​​2.5 square kilometers.

In addition, in the Ordos Basin at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, Yulin Jingbian and Hengshan counties also have abundant natural gas resources, not to mention oil fields.In this area of ​​Yan'an, there are also many coal fields with large reserves.

When he came back this time, Xiao Huang Ke brought the mineral distribution maps and detailed information on the four regions of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Mongolia.As for how to use the resources in these places and build factories, it needs to be planned according to local conditions after the arrival of Soviet experts.

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-------------------- Chapter 108 Huang Ke's Smelliest Weapon --------------------

In this area of ​​Gannan, after passing Tianshui, the further west you go, the more barren the land will be.

A mule and horse transport team composed of more than 100 pack carts marched on the desolate land in the northwest.

There are large bags of grain piled up on the horse-drawn carts.The solid rubber tires imported from the United States have greatly increased the carrying capacity of mules and horses, and now the grain that can be pulled by a carriage has nearly doubled compared to before.

Each carriage consisted of three people, one coachman, two guards, and a team of more than ten cavalrymen spread out to support the formation.This is a grain transport convoy departing from Dingxi to Yuzhong.

When passing a hill, the scouting cavalry who was at the forefront and responsible for scouting the enemy stopped their horses.He jumped off his horse, bent down on the ground, and put his ear on the ground.

A few seconds later, the man stood up abruptly, pulled out a paper tube from his waist, lit it with a match, and raised his right hand above his head.

With a pop, a red firework flare flew into the sky, and at the same time, the scout cavalry galloped quickly towards the convoy.

"The horse cavalry, the horse cavalry is here!"

He ran and yelled at the convoy.Unlike most of the co-pilots in the convoy, this leading scout has darker skin and distinct "northwest" features.His name is Sun Youwu. In fact, he himself was born as a "Guanzhong swordsman" in the northwest when he was young, and then joined Sun Dianying's army.After the Red Army came out of Sichuan in August this year, he joined the Red Army with his horse in September and became a reconnaissance company commander of the newly formed First Cavalry Division.

Sun Youwu, who is less than [-] years old, has been riding a horse and fighting with a machete for nearly ten years in the northwest, a land soaked in the blood of various ethnic groups. He is very familiar with the fighting methods of the Majiajun cavalry.Not long after he took the initiative to "vote red" on a horse three months ago, he was soon appointed as the commander of the special cavalry company by Peng Xuefeng, the commander of the newly formed [-]st Cavalry Division, because of his excellent horsemanship and familiarity with the local environment.

Under Sun Youwu's early warning, the entire mule and horse convoy did not simply stop on the spot, but adjusted on the spot, and quickly circled a concave arc-shaped defensive position on the ground.

Almost at the same time as the convoy formed a defensive formation, a large group of cavalry on horseback, armed with carbine guns and machetes emerged from behind the opposite hill, whistling and whistling to launch a charge.

They are the cavalry of Ma Jiajun that Sun Chengwu discovered in advance.

The Red Army's offensive against Sanma in the Northwest began in November, simultaneously with the Battle of Yulin.

After all, the Northwest Sanma is also a veteran who has fought for decades.Fighting for many years in the Northwest, a place where Gu grows, Sanma has also formed his own unique fighting style, and also explored in actual combat that "when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we fight; "Tactics—that's right, at the Tianshui military meeting, Wu Hao summed up the sentence, "They are very similar to us", which is the combat characteristic of the three horses in this period. Of course, this is a degraded version.

When the Red Army seized the land of Hedong, it quickly felt that the fighting style of the opponent was very different from that of the Central Army and the Southern Warlords.

After taking Dingxi easily, the Red Army in Gannan continued to advance westward, and soon captured Yuzhong, and in the southwest, they captured Guanghe.In the fall of the two places, the Red Army directly put their guns on the throats of Qingma and Ganma.Especially Ganma, its capital, Lanzhou, is actually a city crossed by the Yellow River, half of which is in the east of the river.