Burning Moscow

I followed the captain and entered the checkpoint, and walked towards a gray-green car parked on the side of the road. Seeing our arrival, the driver quickly got out of the car, ran to the back and opened the door, and then stood upright. The captain walked quickly to the door of the car, made a gesture to me, and then respectfully said: "Comrade General, please get in the car!"

The car we took slowly drove forward along the simple road in the forest. Seeing the dense forest on both sides of the road like a continuous wall, some fortifications such as bunkers appeared from time to time. I couldn't help but curiously asked the captain sitting in the co-pilot position: "Comrade Captain, we are the Where do you open it?"

Hearing my question, the captain immediately turned to the side and said indifferently: "Comrade General, I am only ordered to send you to the next checkpoint, and someone else will take you to your destination."

For the captain's reply, I felt a little annoyed in my heart, but I couldn't have it. After all, he was only following orders. Knowing that it would be for nothing to ask any more, I had to cast my gaze back out of the window, looking at the virgin forest like a wall outside.

In the middle of the road ahead, two tall iron gates appeared. On both sides of the gates are ocher walls extending into the depths of the forest. The walls are covered with dense barbed wire. Outside the fence that blocks people's vision, there are groups of three to five patrols, and almost every patrol carries a military dog. Seeing all the soldiers on patrol as if they were facing the enemy, it made me full of curiosity about the base that I was about to enter.

The car drove to a stop just a few meters away from the gate, then the captain and the driver pushed the door and got out of the car, standing upright on both sides of the car. Their behavior made me wonder to the extreme. I don't know why the two of them didn't even say hello to me. Just get out of the car.

Before I decided to get out of the car, I saw two people coming out of the small open door on the iron gate. When the captain standing by the car saw the two men, he quickly greeted him, raised his hand in salute to one of them, and pointed his hand to my side. He took the other person and walked towards the car.

When the two came to the car, I realized that the one who was coming with the captain was a major. The major bent down and looked into the car, then raised his hand to salute me, and said politely: "General Oshanina, hello. I am ordered to wait for you here and take you to the base."

I nodded and said politely: "Thank you, Comrade Major, please get in the car."

I originally thought that the major would come straight to the back row. Also deliberately moved to the side. Unexpectedly, he opened the front door directly and sat in the position of the co-pilot, while the person he brought with him sat in the position of the driver. The major waited for the driver to close the door, and ignored the captain outside, directly instructing the driver: "Drive!"

As soon as our car started, the door of the original confinement was opened. As soon as our car passed, the two doors closed again. I learned the lesson just now and knew that the commander leading the way would not answer any questions. I don’t even ask, anyway, I’ll know what’s going on when I get there.

The car drove for about five minutes and turned to the right at a fork. Feel the driver slowing down. I quickly looked out from the gap between the driver and the major, and saw two large iron gates with walls in the middle of the road ahead, with seven or eight heavily armed soldiers standing outside the gates. Seeing our car passing by, one of the officers-like people walked to the middle of the road and raised his right hand high to signal us to stop.

After the car stopped. The major pushed the door and got out of the car, and walked over to the officer who was blocking the road. After he talked a few words with the other party. What documents were shown to the other party. Then, the officer turned his body to one side. Made a please gesture. The door that had been confined opened slowly again.

As soon as the major returned to the car, he immediately ordered the driver: "Go ahead!"

Our car drove into the big iron gate at a slow speed. I saw a simple duty room behind the iron gate, and the officer just now was calling someone on the phone.

"Major, is there a checkpoint ahead?" I asked cautiously after seeing the iron gate behind me closed again.

"Yes, Comrade General." The major leaned over and replied respectfully: "We have to pass through a checkpoint to reach the final destination, Wolfsmoke: My latest chapter of 1937."

After a few minutes, the car turned a turn again, and an iron gate with a wall appeared in front of it. Perhaps it is because behind the door is the secret base I am going to reach, so the guard is more tightly guarded. In addition to more patrols and soldiers on duty, there is also a permanent reinforced concrete firepoint on both sides of the road. From the shooting hole of the firepower point, a black hole machine gun muzzle was exposed.

This time the major did not get out of the car, but sat in the car waiting for the officer on duty to come over. The officer who was notified by his subordinates walked over from the side door of the iron gate. He pulled the car door, raised his hand to his forehead, and said, "Comrade Major, you are welcome to come back!"

The major handed him a certificate without saying a word. The officer received the certificate, only briefly looked at it, and then returned it to him. After completing this procedure, the officer bowed his head and asked me: "May I ask you General Oshanina?"

"Yes!" I gave the officer standing by the car an affirmative answer.

After listening, he straightened his body and took a step back, and raised his hand to salute me. Seeing that the iron gate in front of him was also slowly opened, the major slammed the door and ordered the driver to drive again.

Soon, the car stopped next to a tall reinforced concrete bunker. At a glance, I saw four soldiers and an officer on duty standing outside the iron gate of the entrance.

The major first pushed the opening door and jumped out of the car, and took the initiative to open the back door for me. I thanked the major and got out of the car slowly. I looked at the tall building in front of me, and said to my heart: "Is this the secret base that Marshal Zhukov asked me to come to? But it doesn’t seem to be anything special, and the area of ​​the building is too small, at best. The area of ​​a swimming pool."

While I was looking at the building, the officer standing at the door came over, raised his hand to salute me, and said politely: "Hello, Comrade General. Please come in, Comrade People’s Committee has been waiting for you for a long time. "

"People's commissar?" I heard that the person waiting for me inside was not Zhukov, but an unidentified people's commissar. I couldn't help but wonder: "Which people's commissar is it?"

"It's Comrade Ustinov from the Ministry of Weapons and Equipment." The officer said to me respectfully: "Comrade General. Please, I will take you to the People's Commissar."

I followed the officer and walked into this reinforced concrete building. As I walked along the long corridor, I saw that every ten to twenty meters in the corridor, there was a fully armed soldier. Seeing so heavily guarded. I couldn't help but strike up a conversation with the officer and said, "You are very well guarded here."

A polite smile squeezed out of the officer's face and answered me: "Yes, Comrade General, this is the core area of ​​the base, and it's a matter of course that it is heavily guarded."

We walked forward for a long time, and even stepped down twice as long as 40 or 50 steps. The further I moved forward, the more I became interested in this mysterious base. Although it doesn't look too big, it seems that most of the entire base is buried deep in the ground. If it weren't for someone to lead the way, I would never have thought that there would be such a large base underground even if I went to the periphery.

This is a tortuous and long tunnel. Many large and small caverns were densely punched on both sides. Many soldiers or technicians in white coats hurried past us with documents or equipment in their hands.

But when we came outside a house where there was a sentry guard, the officer stopped, turned his head and said to me: "Comrade General, Comrade People’s Committee is inside, please come in quickly." After that, he raised his hand and pushed away. The door made a gesture to me. Signaling that I can go in.

After nodding to thank the officer, I opened the door and walked in. The light in the room is much brighter than in the corridor, as soon as I enter the door. I saw Ustinov sitting at the long table. He walked quickly to him, raised his hand to salute, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade People's Committee."

Ustinov was talking to other people and heard my voice. He turned around and said with a smile at me: "Comrade Oshanina. You are here!"

"Yes, Comrade People's Committee." I don't know why he called me to this mysterious base. I can only answer honestly: "I have been ordered to report to you. I am waiting for your order. Please instruct!"

"Okay, it's not an army here. It doesn't require so much etiquette." Ustinov asked the staff next to me to bring me a chair and greeted me: "Oshanina Comrade, please sit down. I'm sorry, but you have been called here before your injury has fully recovered."

I just sat down and heard Ustinov say this, and quickly stood up from my seat: "Comrade People’s Committee, thank you for your concern. I am just a little hurt and it won’t be a hindrance."

After I sat down again, Ustinov pointed to the engineers sitting around the table and said to me: "Comrade Oshanina, several of them are our military experts. Comrade Florin Under his leadership, he is responsible for the research and development of new weapons."

I nodded to the military experts, saying that I don’t know anything about weapons and equipment. Why did you call me here? When he was about to ask Ustinov, he had already said: "Comrade Oshanina, maybe you are strange, why did I call you here suddenly?"

"Yes, Comrade People's Committee." Seeing that he asked so directly, I didn't conceal what I was thinking, and said to him truthfully: "I am a layman with regard to weapons and equipment. I don't know you. Call me here, what is the important thing?"

"As far as I know, Comrade General." A military engineer not far from me asked: "You are the first batch of users of the assault rifle developed by Comrade Florin. I want to hear what you think about this weapon. Evaluation."

"Comrade Engineer," I said politely to the engineer with a smile on my face: "I think this new assault rifle is very good. During my use, there has never been a jam or other malfunction. The shooting accuracy And the power is also pretty good."

"Do you think that if this weapon is installed in the army, it will bring the army's combat effectiveness to a higher level?"

I heard that the ak47 assault rifle might be deployed in troops, and I couldn't help but ecstatic. He nodded to the engineer and said, "You are right, Comrade Engineer. My special guard company is equipped with this assault rifle. Even though they only have more than a hundred men, they can interact with at least one German battalion. Contend and win the final victory. But..."

When the engineer listened to me complimenting the assault rifle, a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Hearing the "but" after me said, his expression suddenly became nervous, and he hurriedly asked: "But what, Comrade General?"

I sighed and replied: "It's a pity that the ammunition is insufficient. Once the assault rifle has been lit up, it can only become a display. If we can establish a production line for this new type of short-barreled ammunition, then the assault rifle will be used. Only by deploying troops can it become a reality."

As soon as I finished speaking, Ustinov continued: "Comrades, you have all heard what General Oshanina said. The power of assault rifles on the battlefield is absolutely superior to our existing light weapons. , So we have to complete the construction of the short barrel bullet production line in the shortest time. I wonder if you have any comments?"

"No!" Several military experts replied neatly~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After a moment of silence, another engineer spoke. But this time he did not say to me, but to Ustinov: "Comrade People’s Committee, now that a consensus has been reached on the bullet production line for assault rifles, should we then consider the issue of new tanks? "

"The power of the new tank, I think everyone has seen it." Ustinov seemed to be prepared for the engineer's question. Hearing his question, he immediately replied: "Within a range of two hundred meters, it is not only ours. The t-34 tank gun is still an anti-tank gun, and even the captured German tanks cannot cause any damage to the new tank. However, it can destroy the latest German Tiger tank at a distance of 1,500 meters or more."

"This kind of tank is good, but some production technologies are not up to the standard." The engineer said bitterly, "If it is okay to produce a few vehicles, I guess it will take at least two years for mass production."

"What, wait two years?" Hearing the engineer say this, I couldn't help but interject: "Comrade engineer, have you ever thought that in two more years, the Germans will be defeated by us, and then we What's the point of using this kind of tank to install troops?" (to be continued)