Chapter 991 Tank City

In the dimly lit hut, the cold outside could not be felt, and the conversation between Malashenko and Malokov continued.

"The letter was sent from Nizhny Tagil in Chelyabinsk. The information was erased because it was sent to you. In addition, the person who sent this letter was not ordinary. It was Comrade Kotin, the head of the Second Special Design Bureau of Chelyabinsk and the People's Commissar of Industry."

"Kotin?"

Malashenko, who was holding the envelope in his hand, was excited. The letter in his hand was actually written by Kotin, which was really unexpected.

"Yes, it was Kotin. You met once in Moscow before."

Malokov, shaking a half-full wine glass in his hand, pointed to the envelope in Malashenko's hand, and then continued to speak.

"You can open it now. The letter is expedited. Fortunately, I intercepted it quickly at that time, otherwise you would not have seen it."

Listening to Malokov's words, he looked at the envelope in his hand again.

Malashenko, who couldn't guess why Kotin was in such a hurry to find him, started to work. He flicked the envelope downward with his fingers to ensure that he would not tear the letter paper, and then gently tore a slit with both hands to take out the letter paper inside.

The content of a piece of paper can be concisely described in detail. Kotin explained two things in his mind and hoped that Malashenko could help him quickly.

First, under Zhukov's strong recommendation, Comrade Stalin, who was originally on the side of the "Wait Party", finally made up his mind and passed the first phase of the expansion of mass production plan for IS1 heavy tanks against all odds on the grounds that "the new heavy tanks have been proven to be effective against the Nazis' new heavy tanks."

However, Kotin, who got the permission for the expansion of mass production plan, did not have time to be overjoyed, because there was another thing that made him even more anxious: Kotin did not know the actual combat feedback of the First Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, which was the only unit to be refitted. Therefore, a special letter was sent, hoping that Malashenko could solve this problem quickly, which was related to whether the IS1 heavy tank needed to continue to modify the design and officially put into mass production.

Second, Kotin proposed in the letter that if possible, he hoped that Malashenko could go to the rear to visit the Chelyabinsk Second Special Design Bureau, which he presided over, after the front-line war was over. There are many plans and trial prototypes here, and there are many designers and engineers waiting to communicate with Comrade Malashenko, the hero of the Soviet heavy tank.

Kotin has reason to believe that Malashenko's arrival will definitely provide great help for his next stage of work!

Especially when the Chelyabinsk First Special Design Bureau, presided over by Morozov, was also tinkering with their broken ones, the arrogant Kotin believed that his heavy tanks must be ahead of medium tanks, and first make a name for himself in the front-line troops, so as to prove that the Chelyabinsk Second Special Design Bureau he led was the best! At the same time, strive for more heavy tank production resources, which is an important matter related to future development.

Of course, Kotin did not say these contents in the letter.

Although it seems that he is using Malashenko, Malashenko himself is still hoping that Kotin can come up with something more powerful and equip his troops as soon as possible, so this can be regarded as a mutually beneficial and co-prosperous relationship.

After reading the letter, Malashenko put away the letter in his hand and was about to say something else, but then he saw Malokov, who was sitting opposite him, snoring loudly on the table with his arms around the bottle of wine, and his saliva mixed with the remaining little vodka flowed on the table. It can be seen that it is not an easy task to wake Malokov now.

Basically, there are not many questions left. Malashenko put away the letter, and it took a lot of effort to move the slightly fat Malokov to the bed, pulled the blanket over his belly to prevent him from catching a cold at night, and turned around and left after simply packing up his luggage.

After spending a few more days with Natalia who was reluctant to leave and saying goodbye, Malashenko, knowing that it was not the time for romance, immediately boarded the train to Chelyabinsk.

Malashenko, who had made up his mind, no longer cared about the bullshit butterfly effect caused by himself.

Since the German tanks were more powerful, let the Soviet Red Army's heavy tanks continue to become more brutal.

Throughout the history of the Great Patriotic War, the Chelyabinsk Second Special Design Bureau under Kotin's leadership actually had quite a few excellent heavy tank plans.

Although most of these heavy tank plans had some more or less problems, and were eventually eliminated.

But as a time traveler, Malashenko asked himself if he had the ability to correct these problems. He was the only one in the current era who knew the future tanks best and what direction to develop in was the right path.

So as long as he slightly corrected the imperfect design plans of Kotin's men, Malashenko, with his mouth unconsciously raised, immediately felt that the Germans' garbage was nothing.

Isn't the Battle of Kursk this year? Well, let's make as much noise as possible in this year's Kursk!

Say goodbye to the bullshit butterfly effect, the real fun is just beginning!

The Second Special Design Bureau led by Kotin and the First Special Design Bureau led by Morozov are next to each other, both located in Nizhny Tagil, Chelyabinsk.

This place was originally a grazing place with only livestock and herders. To put it bluntly, it was a barren land that had not been properly built.

But when the Soviet Red Army's tank production line was moved here due to the Nazi invasion, everything changed.

The original grazing scene disappeared almost overnight, replaced by a heavy factory that roared all day and manufactured tanks.

After a series of subsequent accelerated renovations and expansions, Nizhny Tagil is now a tank city with more than a dozen tank production lines.

Malashenko had heard before that at its peak, an average of one tank roared off the production line every five minutes, making it one of the core representatives of the Soviet Union's powerful heavy industrial production capacity.

After getting off the train, Malashenko quickly found the person who was arranged to pick him up. It seems that Malokov, the guy who looks a bit unreliable, did inform Kotin of his special trip to Chelyabinsk.

Thinking that it was really easy to get things done if I knew someone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Malashenko, who had already driven into the Tank City, sat in the passenger seat and looked at the scene he had never seen before. He was amazed like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

"I never thought this place would be like this. It's different from any place I've been to. When I got here, I felt like I was home."