1006 Soviet Rear

While German factories were working overtime to produce weapons and equipment for the front lines, in Chelyabinsk, the hinterland of the Soviet Union, tired workers were also working overtime to contribute to their national army. However, their working environment is not comparable to that in Germany. After all, their country is being beaten, while the German army is fighting abroad.

If the weapons and equipment produced by Germany could reach the front line directly without transportation, then the Soviet Union may have lost this crucial war. Fortunately, their crappy traffic environment and infrastructure saved the country. Up to now, the German army seems to have stopped attacking because of resources and transportation more than because of Soviet blocking.

Sometimes, the vast land and rich resources are also an advantage, which is never envied by a regional power like Germany. Steel and oil, the Soviet Union has been self-sufficient until now. Although the Baku oil field has been cut off, the fuel reserves can still allow the Soviets to build their own tanks with confidence.

The only thing that the Soviet commanders criticized was the output of Stalin's tanks, and the performance of the t-34 tanks gradually became mediocre. In order to speed up production in the early army, the t-34 tanks used relatively simple and large 76mm caliber guns. However, the power of this kind of artillery was extremely limited in actual combat, so the t-34 tanks were also assigned to Stalin in actual combat. Tanks are used as cannon fodder for coordinated operations.

In fact, in the original history, the t-34 tank as a successful design was too mythical. Most of the time, this kind of tank was bullying the German infantry. The reason why they performed well in the war was actually the German armored forces. Too rare.

These tanks have a strong battery life, so they can tear open the German defense line and quickly outflank - although in the process of attack, they are often hit head-on by the German elite armored units, but thousands of attempts even fail. It doesn't matter, because just one success for them is enough to collapse the German defense line.

The typical Soviet style of play is to use t-34 tanks to tear the German infantry defense line, and then break through and roundabout... If you are pushed back by the German armored forces, then try another place. As long as the breakthrough is successful once, the next step is to use the battery life of the t-34 tank to surround the German infantry and annihilate its vital forces.

However, in the current war situation, the strength of the German armored forces is too large, so large that it is already dragging down Germany's precious crude oil reserves, so the cheap t-34 tanks are not a problem.

Unlike the German infantry in another time and space, the current German infantry group has a large number of independent anti-tank battalions and assault artillery battalions. These infantry and armored battalions are usually used to support infantry attacks, but they are used as self-propelled anti-tank guns when defending Use - These weapons did a lot of damage to Soviet tanks and made German infantry positions more impenetrable.

Just delay for tens of minutes,

The nearby German armored units would arrive, and a mass of elite Panther Tiger King Tiger tanks would cut in from the flanks and wipe out the Soviets trying to break through the German positions - so the exchange became unbearable for the Soviets: the Germans used a small number of cheap The assault gun of the Leopard chassis replaced a large number of new Soviet t-34 tanks.

According to the data provided by a statistical department in Akado, for every assault gun lost by the German army, the Soviet army would lose 2 to 3 t-34 or kv-1 tanks. In terms of construction hours and production capacity, an assault gun is only about equal to a t-34 tank.

So a matter that made all the top Soviet leaders panic was finally put on their table. This problem was also faced by German commanders in another time and space: the opponent's armor force is fighting more and more! And the higher the quality, the better the performance!

So naturally, the Soviets are also trying to find ways to solve various problems encountered by the front-line troops, such as the large-scale distribution of large-caliber anti-tank guns for infantry units, such as strengthening the armor of Stalin tanks, and becoming more powerful. A stronger but slower Stalin II tank.

Facts have proved that it is not only the Germans who have huge brains. After the crisis came, Soviet engineers and scientists also had their own whimsical inventions: they reinforced the Stalin tanks, widened the tracks, and used lower turrets. Stalin 4 tank. It's just that this kind of tank is still on the drawing board and cannot be produced immediately at all.

At the same time, the Soviet rocket anti-aircraft fighter, a weapon imitating the German Friedrich rocket launcher, an improved individual firearm similar to the MP-44 assault rifle, and the Il-2 attack aircraft equipped with an updated engine, etc., were born at the same time. Unfortunately, due to the collapse of industrial capabilities, most of these weapons that can be called classics by later generations have not really been put into production.

However, the Stalin 2 tank, which has reinforced armor and is completely used for defense, can actually be put into production directly. The Soviet industrial sector desperately began to produce fixed-turret tanks similar to German assault guns, which were used as front-line anti-tank weapons. The Stalin tank without a turret was named the Su-122 destroyer, while the T-34 tank without a turret was named the Su-76 destroyer.

It is obvious that these weapons are named after the caliber of the main gun. Although they have been simplified a lot, they are still welcomed by the front-line troops. Of course, they were also welcomed by the workers in the rear-the supervisory department only asked how many Stalin tanks or how many T-34s were produced, but they didn't ask what kind of tanks they were.

The first batch of 300 su-122s and su-76s were sent to the front line in an attempt to stabilize the collapsing Volga defense line. The Soviet defenders there could be breached at any time, so most of the weapons produced were thrown there. It is a pity that the direction of Moscow has been tight recently, so more than 100 tanks produced were sent to the northern front line.

Thinking about it is enough to make people desperate: the German army produced the advanced and powerful Tiger King 2 tanks in the rear factory, but the Soviet workers worked overtime to produce simplified versions of Stalin tanks and T-34 tanks. It's a contest of disparity in strength.

"Why only 90 152mm artillery pieces were produced this month? Can't comrades produce 10 more for the motherland?" A Soviet officer in charge of distributing the produced weapons looked at the factory director with a disheveled face. . The production of large-caliber artillery has not increased a little this month, which is a very strange phenomenon in wartime.

The main reason is actually a problem with the distribution of raw materials. A large amount of steel was transferred to the tank production department. The artillery side stopped work for 2 days-the workers really need to rest. Since January, they have not missed a day off. , Day and night produced more than 400 152 howitzers for the front line.

It is a pity that their production speed still did not meet the speed of the lost artillery on the front line: records show that 150 howitzers of the Soviet army on the front line were captured by the Germans, more than 300 were destroyed by bombers or blew up when they retreated by themselves, and more than 50 were bombed or other Faulty damage pending repair.

"Comrade general, comrade workers need to rest. Most of them haven't been home for two months at most..." The factory manager looked at the general in the logistics department, opened his dry lips helplessly, and said in a sad voice: " Everyone can only eat two meals a day, if things go on like this, something will happen sooner or later!"

Seeing that it is June, the Soviet army has lost a large area of ​​​​the original grain-producing areas: Ukraine and Belarus are now in the hands of the German army. Now a large part of the stored grain has been consumed, and the food shortage that was impossible to happen will now break out as the war progresses.

Most areas in the rear began to implement a rationing system. In order to prevent unrest, all food was taken over by the army, and civilians were only given out two meals a day.

"What can go wrong? You are alarmist! Comrade! Watch your words and deeds!" The general reminded the factory director in front of him in a cold voice, and then continued to reprimand loudly: "The Germans are approaching Moscow, the great Comrade Stalin, the leader of the Communist Party, is setting an example for us, defending Moscow! At this moment, we should do our best to produce weapons as soon as possible to support the soldiers on the front line! Do you understand?"

What can go wrong? Don't you look at how many people in the entire rear are still thinking about working overtime... Our side is desperately producing weapons and equipment, but we haven't heard of any decent victories in frontline battles. Zhukov went south to recover several broken cities, and now the radio is still repeating the commendation every day, but the Germans hit Moscow, but no one said it.

I didn't pay attention to the silence of the factory manager here, because the general of the logistics assignment was already devastated by other things. He has stacked about 30 tanks and more than 100 heavy artillery here, but because there is no suitable means of transportation for these weapons, there is no way to send them to the front line in a short time.

Most of the train wagons carried people and food, and some were squeezed out to deliver ammunition. The front line lacked everything, so the limited railway capacity could not meet the needs of the front line to replenish losses. Transportation by car is a joke. The Soviets are well aware of the bad road conditions, but the production of cars can't keep up with the losses on the front line...

In desperation, the Soviet general waved to the factory manager, motioning him to go out, and after the factory manager went out, he picked up the phone in front of him: "Has the car assistance from the United States not arrived yet? Our It’s waiting to be used here! Yes! Hurry up, at least 300... well... 300 or 400, preferably 500."

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, looked at the goods delivery list left by the factory manager just now, smiled wryly and signed his name on it.

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