Chapter 1587 Difficulties Are Bigger than Mountains

"So, Comrade General, what are you doing here?"

When the two of them sat down, Morozov asked directly, but Malashenko, who had guessed that this might happen, was not surprised.

"Of course I came to talk to you about tanks. I am a major general of the tank army. It is my job to drive tanks and command tanks to fight and defend the motherland. Now is a war year. I came here from the front line and asked for leave. I can't come here to chat with you, Comrade Morozov."

Malashenko was quite straightforward and told the real purpose of his trip, but Morozov didn't seem surprised.

"Let me guess, it should be a bad evaluation and feedback. I have received a lot of similar news before. The front-line troops have a bad evaluation of our tanks. Some people even say that this is a traitor's design of broken scrap metal, and they want the Red Army tank soldiers to be slaughtered by the Nazi fascists."

"It's hard to hear, but I know it means how bad the tanks designed by our bureau are. Facing the new tanks of the Germans, they may not even have the power to fight back. No wonder the front-line soldiers said so badly."

When Morozov said this, the expression on his face was obviously a little lonely, disappointed, and even self-blame. And it was the kind of self-blame that was almost impossible to pretend.

Malashenko saw all this and kept it in mind. Not to mention the bad temper, most of the front-line tank soldiers who were rough and rough evaluated the tanks in this way, and Malashenko could understand it.

After all, after seeing the overwhelming power of the German Panther II and King Tiger, the medium tank troops without heavy tanks to rely on will inevitably face a one-sided massacre in the face of these new monsters.

Especially the fishing rod equipped on the King Tiger is 88 long. Without considering the problem of hitting, as long as it can hit the Red Army's medium tank, it will definitely be able to hit it with one shot and kill it on the spot. The penetration of this thing has long exceeded the ultimate defense of the Red Army's active medium tanks. Even the thickest part of the whole vehicle defense with the tilt equivalent taken into account cannot stop the bombardment of this thing.

If only the King Tiger can kill the Red Army's medium tanks in various seconds, it will be fine. After all, the King Tiger is the latest elite of the German heavy tank force. There are not many in number and it is difficult to make a difference.

But the problem is that the German medium tanks, the latest Panther II and the old Panther I, can also achieve similar results.

As long as it enters the two kilometers of the general conventional exchange of fire, the 75mm full-caliber capped armor-piercing shells that whizz in will almost certainly blow the Red Army medium tanks apart on the spot. Neither the upper front nor the front of the turret can stop its fierce bombardment. Only the latest T43 medium tank, with a sufficiently large defensive angle, may survive a shot by chance.

However, in actual combat, there are not so many opportunities to give you the best defense angle. If the angle is too large, you may even be embarrassed to take care of the head and ignore the buttocks, and the side of the vehicle will be exposed too much and then be penetrated.

It is impossible to defend, and it is even more useless to attack these new tanks of the Germans on the opposite side.

The situation when confronting the Black Panther is barely better, at least the front armor of the Black Panther's turret can be penetrated at a medium exchange of fire distance, but the situation when confronting the King Tiger is almost desperate to suffocation. The Red Army's medium tanks can't do anything to this monster unless they have a chance to shoot at the side.

Well, it's normal that medium tanks can't beat heavy tanks head-on.

But the problem is that the Red Army's medium tank units have too many problems and troubles at this stage. So many that they can't penetrate the King Tiger, which is normal, and it will intensify the complaints and complaints of the front-line tank soldiers. After all, they need to pay their lives to fill the gap in equipment. In this case, any man with a temper will become irritable, which is normal.

Malashenko, who just came back from the front, is very clear about the current situation. As for how to deal with this situation, he needs to know some prerequisite factors before making a decision. Malashenko is not an all-rounder who can speak freely. It is necessary to ask some details in advance to facilitate the subsequent communication and dialogue.

"Comrade Morozov, I know all the situations you mentioned. To be honest, our medium tanks are indeed facing a big dilemma at present, and I came here to help you solve the difficulties."

"Before I start, I want to clarify one question first. What kind of design will our medium tanks have in the future? I mean, what kind of design plan are you currently working on? I want to know all the details, including the improvement and upgrade of existing models and the new design plan. Only by knowing these can I really help you."

Morozov has long known that Malashenko and Kotin have close contacts.

If we think about it from common sense, it is not impossible that Malashenko is a "spy" sent by Kotin to get information.

But at this moment, Morozov asked himself in his heart, even if the real situation is like this, what can he do?

In the past two years, Kotin's momentum to lead him has become more and more obvious. This situation has existed since Kotin began to preside over the new Stalin series of heavy tanks and has intensified.

When Kotin was tinkering with the heavy and difficult-to-use KV1, Morozov asked himself if he could still maintain a technical and psychological advantage. Most of the time, the front-line troops tended to favor the T34 in their evaluation of the KV1 and the T34. The KV1 was difficult to operate, slow in maneuvering, and was as clumsy as an old cow when turning.

But now, the situation is completely different.

The Stalin series of heavy tanks designed by Kotin have long become a symbol of victory for the Red Army tank troops to beat the Germans. In particular, the Stalin Guards 1st Tank Division under Malashenko relied on the powerful combat power of more than 200 heavy tanks to rush left and right in Cherkasy, like a tiger attacking a flock of sheep.

The Germans, who were in chaos at the front and rear, were unable to control the situation and ended up with a lightning-fast defeat.

Kotin himself was also appreciated by Comrade Stalin for his excellent works, and he was praised and awarded honorary awards at meetings many times. On the contrary, he was always sitting on the bench like an orphan without a mother's love, as if Comrade Stalin would have a stern face and no smile when he mentioned the Second Design Bureau.

Given this situation, is it necessary for Kotin to join forces with Malashenko to trick him again?

The answer is obviously no.

Morozov, who only wanted to treat a dead horse as a living one, was straightforward and spoke directly to Malashenko without much thought.