69novels Chapter 974
Chapter 974
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: 0.927s Scan: 0.085sThe wide-gauge railway is indeed effective, but it is not enough to stop the invasion of the enemy with just this means! In the Ural Industrial Zone in the west of Moscow.
The leader of the Russian bear, Starlin, is inspecting industrial zones in Kazan and other places.
As in history, the Russian bear carried out industrial transfer a long time ago, transferring the factories in Eastern Europe to the Ural region in the upper reaches of the Volga River. This is located at the junction of Europe and Asia, and is very far away from Eastern Europe. Considering that the enemies that the Russian bear needs to face are mainly from Europe, this location is already quite safe for them!
There are very few enemies capable of threatening here, even Napoleon in those days could not get here!
In this time and space, because the joint military intervention of the Allies came earlier and on a larger scale, the destruction of the Russian bear’s industry was more serious than in history, which was good and bad for them. The disadvantages are obvious. The industrial strength of the Russian bear has declined to the extreme, close to the level of an agricultural country with no industry at all.
The benefits are also obvious. If they want to rebuild the industry, they don’t need to expand around the original foundation. They can find a suitable place to build from scratch!
There are two such places in the bear country. One is the industrial zone around the capital Moscow, one is the industrial zone centered on the Stalingrad area in the south, and the other is the Ural Industrial Zone centered on Kazan.
These industrial zones have their own characteristics. For example, the aircraft production base of the bear is mainly concentrated in the Stalingrad area, while the tank production base is concentrated in the Ural Industrial Zone.
As for the industrial zone here in the capital Moscow, all kinds of products can be produced, covering more and more categories.
The news from Motlov in Europe is not good, which makes Starlin feel a sense of crisis, so he has been preparing for the war in advance.
In fact, as early as 192, he had already anticipated that there would be a contest with the German army. When the German army attacked Poland, he was worried that the German army would take the opportunity to attack the bear, so he hurriedly sent troops to occupy the eastern part of Poland and fill the weaknesses on his front first!
After that, after seeing the amazing performance of German tanks, fighters and bombers on the battlefield, he immediately began to pay attention to the research and production of domestic weapons in this area. The Russian bear imitated the German Panzer IV tank, and almost copied the appearance and indicators, and tinkered with his first real main battle tank.——T-34 tanks!
And their fighter planes have also been developed rapidly at this time. The Il-15 fighter plane has been launched, and is undergoing test flights and improvements. It will soon be put into large-scale production.
With these two weapons, the German air superiority can be effectively curbed. The Soviet army does not have to worry about being beaten to the ground by the German army because of the lack of effective equipment like the British, French and American armies!
However, Starling knew very well that relying on these weapons was not enough to ensure their own safety!
The military strength of the German army is not only reflected in weapons. Their rich experience and excellent tactics are also not possessed by the Soviet army. In particular, the purge itself has caused the army to lose a large number of generals. Many of these generals grew up during the civil war and have rich combat experience!
Their purge is definitely a loss for the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army, but Starling still has to do it. To resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the country. Starling also deeply agrees with this sentence.
The strength of the bear is not as good as that of the Third Reich. If they can no longer be fully integrated and their potential can be brought to the extreme, what can they use to fight the Third Reich?
If one wants to integrate the strength of the entire country and bring out all the potential, one must ensure his absolute authority. In this way, all work can be carried out without compromise under his absolute will!
Therefore, even if the Great Purge caused unrest in all social classes, chaos in the military system, and caused great losses to the national strength of the Russian Bear, Starling would still not regret it.
He even regretted not launching the Great Purge earlier, otherwise, the Russian Bear’s advanced tanks and fighters and a series of other advanced weapons that could rival the German army would have been available long ago!
Now, although these weapons have been available, they appeared too late, resulting in only a small part of the Soviet army being equipped with these advanced weapons, and most of the remaining army’s weapons and equipment have not been updated. And in terms of the current factory’s production capacity, it is still a long way to go to get the entire army to complete the replacement!
“Chairman, look, this is the T-34 tank we have just produced. Its armor is very thick. At a distance of one thousand meters, ordinary anti-tank guns basically cannot threaten it. Moreover, it not only has excellent protection, but also has very powerful firepower. Its main gun is a 76mm gun, which is slightly larger than the German main gun. This makes it more powerful, with a longer range and greater armor penetration depth!”
“With this in mind, if we meet on a battlefield in the wild, our tanks will definitely be the first to destroy the German tanks!”
The director of the Ural factory seemed very excited about the inspection of Starling and others. He knew that this was a great opportunity for him to perform in front of the leader. If he could leave some impression in Starling’s mind through this weapon introduction and achievement display, then he might be appreciated by Starling, and he might be promoted rapidly in the future!
Starling nodded slightly to the director’s introduction, and seemed to be quite satisfied.
The German tanks used 75mm tank guns, while the Soviets used 76mm. Although they were only one millimeter larger, the difference of one millimeter could still bring a considerable performance difference.
At least in this regard, the Soviets proudly announced that their weapons were better than those of their German counterparts!
In theory, if the artillery technology levels of both sides were similar, then the one with a larger caliber would obviously be more powerful.
However, the reputation of Krupp’s artillery was known to the world, and it was hard to say what the level of the Russian artillery was, so this was ultimately just self-boasting on the part of the Russians!