Chapter 210 Earth-shaking December (End)
After determining the logical order of priority development of air force defensive equipment, clear instructions were also made for fighters: walk on two legs, one is to continue working hard in the field of piston aircraft, using the r-1800 and British Merlin engines provided by the United States to counterfeit it; the other is to prepare to start the construction of jets, and use the Russian version of Harveyland engine to strive to achieve the first jet fighter test flight - the time is set in 1947. Among the existing equipment, the Rat 7 and Rat 9 are the main fighter jets, and the Jacques-9 are recommended to retain them because of the large range in escort operations, so it is recommended to keep them, and the other models will be cut without hesitation.
When aiding the Soviet Union, the United States only stingyly provided junk goods such as p-39/p-38/p-63, which they don’t want in China. But now, since the axis mentality is very strong, East Russia, as a country with some strength, and at the same time, has a great conflict with Japan and Germany. At the same time, from the current implementation of the "new economic policy" by the Soviet Union, there are signs of policy changes, and Stalin’s father supported the United States in other aspects and expressed his desire to "hang together to keep warm". So the United States gave up its long-standing ideological confrontation and generously pushed the United States’ p-51\p-47, f4u and British fire to the Soviet Union, giving physical objects to the real objects and drawings.
If the intellectual property rights of American companies are copied in the future, they will have to be paid for - independent absorption and digestion are not counted, and prices are calculated after the war (in fact, it is a hint that you can be denied debts). The Soviet Union is of course extremely grateful for this. Now the caliber of domestic propaganda has quietly changed. Capitalism is no longer the unilateral enemy of the Bolsheviks, but should be wary of the lackeys of national socialist dogs around them - Vlasov and Western Russia. It is even said that free trade zones and special economic zones can be drawn up in the Far East in the future for Americans to invest in factories and develop land, forests, oil, fisheries and other mineral resources.
As for MiG, since the main fighter MiG-3 and MiG-5 units produced were very average in response and their actual combat performance was also very average, they decided to stop production. However, because of MiG, MiG chief designer MiG, MiG's brother, is Politburo member Anastas Ivanovic MiG, so Voroshilov could not have no face at all, so he hoped that MiG Design Bureau would transform. MiG was very interested in jets, so MiG ordered it to become the organizer of the new generation of MiG jets.
Among the attack aircraft, the Il-2, which can attack the ground, is still the center of gravity, but the order of other heavy bombers is lined up backwards. For example, the Tu-4 bomber that imitates the B-29 was originally highly valued by Stalin, but because of the actual situation in East Russia, he was forced to give up and only instruct imitation and testing, but he was not prepared to enter large-scale production. Even this compression has affected the production of medium-sized bombers such as the Tu-2 and SB-2. The number of equipment has been compressed to a very low level. However, because the trade of transport aircraft is now booming, there is a lot of equipment necessary.
The worst of the three services in the new military structural adjustment was the navy - it was weakened to almost impossible to see.
Stalin always had a complex of giant ships and cannons, and also had an urgent desire to build an aircraft carrier. A large number of construction plans were formulated, and a grand goal such as Soviet-class battleships have now become a silence. Even Stalin himself admitted that continuing to develop the Navy under the current situation exceeded the limits of the Soviet power.
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At the Politburo meeting, all Navy warship construction of more than 1,000 tons were cut off. Except for theoretical research that can be continued, the focus of the rest of the construction is shifted to air, submarine, and fast - especially submarines and speedboats. The Politburo believes that it is necessary to develop vigorously.
The reason is of course very pertinent - even the United States can't fight a fleet decisive battle with a giant like the Japanese Joint Fleet, let alone Eastern Russia. Instead, the development of submarines and speedboats (torpedo boats) can give the Japanese army the necessary killing and will not arouse the opponent's vigilance. From the German combat practice, submarines and speedboats (S-boats) play a great role and value in combat, so of course they should be taken seriously.
Another factor that restricts the development of the Navy is the material factor. The steel, boilers and engines involved in naval shipbuilding are all materials urgently needed by other industrial fronts. It is better to invest in other fields than to invest in the Navy in the short term.
In this way, the Soviet Navy has changed from the dream of "Blue Water Navy" to the "Yellow Water Navy" and may even become a garrison navy. Facing the gloomy Deputy Chief of Staff Kutsnetsov (in charge of the Navy), Stalin patted his shoulder: "Calligraphy, the Soviet Union built a fleet from scratch, and in the future we can also build another powerful navy! Believe me, this day will not be far away. If I can't do it, other comrades will definitely do it! The Soviet Union cannot never have a powerful navy!"
In order to maintain the capacity to build large ships, a plan to build a 16,000-ton cargo ship based on the US Free Ship was finally approved to meet trade requests in the Far East. It also planned to build a batch of 1,500-ton fishing boats to go to the ocean fishing grounds to fish and provide the people with much-needed meat and protein supplies.
After the military plan is determined, the national economic plan is determined.
The situation facing Eastern Russia now is different from that during the civil war. Although the threat of war is great, it is more urgent to meet the most basic living needs of the 30 million population. Kutznezsky, the new member of the Politburo and director of the National Planning Commission, proposed a comprehensive plan - no longer mentioning the priority development of heavy industry, but focusing on balance.
The so-called balance refers to the balance of industry and agriculture, the second is the balance of light and heavy industries, and the third is the balance of arms and civilian industries in heavy industries. He believes that the overwhelming task at present is to meet the survival problems of 30 million people and solve the shackles of importing grain to ensure independence. Therefore, industrial products such as agricultural machinery production and fertilizer production are given priority; secondly, it is not surprising to develop ordinary civilian industries, so that millions of people can continue to stay in shacks. He hopes to basically solve the housing problems of migrant populations by the end of 1946, and complete the community construction of all workers' new areas by the end of 1948 - this requires the development of building materials industry and household goods industry.
The Politburo has a great disagreement on this point, and Stalin himself did not agree at first, but Kutznezsky had exchanged views with him in advance in private - he believed that the Party has suffered setbacks in leading the war and has no way to turn defeat into victory for the time being. If we want to win the support of the people again, we must work hard to change the lives of the people and then talk about other things.
What he said was very explicit: "If you suppress the people and do whatever they want to develop their arms, once the Vlasov bandits attack, it is hard to say whether the people will still follow the party..."
This reminder scared Stalin into a cold sweat at that time, and also made several members of the Politburo sweat: The words are correct, but no matter how you look at such words, they are suspected of being "political incorrect".
After his patient persuasion and explanation, the Politburo finally basically passed the idea of "comprehensive balance" and planned to formulate a "three-year plan" for national economic recovery to start completion, and it was clear that the Economic Restoration Committee would be led by the Kutznezsians to be responsible for the overall completion - Voroshilov was only responsible for the work in the arms field.
As for the introduction of the construction of the US Capital Development Special Zone, the development of trade and industrial exports to China are also an important part of Kutznezsiansky's package plan.
Unfortunately, the Kutznezians, who were working hard to promote this plan, paid a heavy price for it, because after the recovery of the Eastern Russian national economy after great hardships, there will be criticism after criticism waiting for him - "pessimism", "shaking", and "compromising" hats that will not be denied?
At the end of the meeting, Molotov quietly sent a message:...Hitler began to pay a state visit to Britain the day after tomorrow. Yesterday, he talked about the issue of captives and labor in our country when he inspected the state farm in East Prussia.
"What did he say?"
"Once Stalin completes disarmament and fulfills his treaty obligations as required, the Red Army soldiers captured by our country during the war will be released one after another, and ordinary officers and soldiers who have no war crimes will be released first. We respect each person's choice: they can go to Eastern Russia under the Bolshevik rule, or Western Russia in the Mensheviks, choose to go to Poland, or choose to go to German East and West Africa, and continue to stay in the Prussian state farm - the last one depends on personal volunteer application and local farm approval approval. I estimate that the number of people will not be large, maybe 200,000 to 300,000..."
"We need to find ways to win back more people. Of course, it is the top priority to further reduce the size of the army." Stalin thought for a while, "The number of Red Army personnel will be reduced to 2 million according to regulations, and 500,000 internal affairs and Red Guards will be retained. All grassroots regimes must use the self-defense forces, pickets and militia organizations at all levels that do not break away from production!"
Chapter completed!