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T-54-2, the most difficult import project, was won. Others such as BM-31-12 rocket launchers are not worth mentioning.

In fact, on the Korean battlefield, the BM-31-12 rocket launcher may play a greater role, but the introduction of the T-54-2 is of great significance to the Chinese tank industry and even the entire Chinese ground equipment industrial system. ——The premise is not only to buy tanks, but also to complete the supporting facilities.

"The engine overhaul plant and vehicle repair plant, T-54-2 is very different from the T-34 series and IS series tanks, so it needs to be built in a selected location." Krasovsky said, "Considering the Korean War It cannot be finished in the short term, so both the Soviet industry and the General Staff have suggested placing them in the Northeast."

Tang Hua: "The engine overhaul factory and maintenance factory are located in Changchun."

Krasovsky: "The T-34-85 maintenance factory we helped build last year was in Shenyang. Why did you change the city this time?"

Tang Hua: "Now China's heavy industry planning has made some adjustments. In addition to basic heavy industry in Shenyang, the products at the end of the military industrial chain will focus on aerospace. Our plan for tanks and armored vehicles is to put them in Changchun and Baotou. one."

Krasovsky: "Changchun and Baotou, similar to the pattern of Nizhny Tagil and Kharkov? ... But I don't even know where Baotou is on the map."

Tang Hua smiled and didn't ask him where Baotou is. "For the parts factory that matches the repair shop, engine and gearbox parts are handed over to Changchun Second Machinery Factory, chassis and running gear parts are handed over to Jilin Special Machinery Factory, and tracks and road wheels are handed over to Changchun Vehicle Machinery Factory. We have already started construction of the supporting factory for the civil work of the new plant. If Soviet experts and equipment can be in place in February or March next year, it will just catch up with the progress. In addition, we need to build a 2mm ammunition production line to be able to produce special armor-piercing projectiles Yes, this one is in Dalian."

The supporting factories for the three overhauls were negotiated by Xu Shuai's delegation in the Soviet Union long ago. This time, Tang Hua and Krasovsky talked about the implementation of the factory site and construction period.When China buys weapons, it must have supporting equipment. The overhaul factory is the minimum requirement. It is impossible for all tanks to be brought back to the Soviet Union for overhaul after three years.

Moreover, if building a brand new tank is considered to be [-]% successful, overhauling is equal to training [-]% successful.During the overhaul of a tank, basically any parts can be replaced. If the overhaul factory and the supporting parts factory required for the overhaul are established in a down-to-earth manner, then it is not far from producing tanks by itself.

As for the 100mm armor-piercing projectile production line, it was additionally proposed in this meeting.

For no other reason, armor-piercing shells for 100mm guns are too expensive...

Now the two T-34 tank divisions are equipped with about one hundred SU100s, and judging from several battles, the SU100+ special ammunition is the most effective means of penetrating American heavy tanks, which may not be able to penetrate with ordinary steel core ammunition Front of "Pershing", "Patton".As for the T-34-85, it is even more embarrassing.

Krasovsky: "As far as I know, your arsenal in Dalian is very large... It can also produce ordinary large-caliber shells. If you want to produce 100mm armor-piercing shells, what equipment do you need to complete?"

Tang Hua: "Ammunition drawings and technical data, tungsten melting furnace, tungsten alloy smelting equipment, tungsten alloy processing machinery. That's all."

"This may be the most expensive type of shell production equipment." Krasovsky wrote down Tang Hua's request on paper, "I will report to Moscow as soon as possible, but there is no guarantee that the higher authorities will approve these orders .”

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Xu Guangda and Krasovsky mainly talked about armor training and tactical training. After the discussion, the number of armor experts and consultants sent by the Soviet Union to China doubled from 10 to 20.

The training and tactics of the new tank division may be completely different from the past.

And the price is completely different from the T-34 tank division...

It doesn't matter, you don't have to worry about debts.

As the end of the year is approaching, Tang Hua can also see some data on this year's fiscal revenue and expenditure, national budget implementation and so on. In 1950, the Korean War had only been fought for half a year, and at the end of the year, the ratio of military spending to central government spending soared to 44%. In 1951, wars were fought throughout the year, and the proportion of military expenditure only increased to 52%.The main reason is that fiscal revenue is increasing rapidly, so despite spending a lot of money to resist US aggression and aid Korea, the proportion of military expenditure has not increased much.In terms of the absolute value of the amount of funds alone, in 1951, the central government invested in workers, peasants, culture, education, and health services, which also increased significantly.

By the end of 1951, although Tang Hua did not make careful statistics, he felt that the scale of money spent in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea had decreased compared to the past.

The main reason is that the number of volunteers entering North Korea to participate in the war has declined.

In the original history, in the autumn of 1951, the number of volunteers reached 115 million, 19 armies and 58 divisions, and it felt that it was not enough in the face of the autumn offensive of the United Nations army. The country was preparing a new batch of troops to join the war in North Korea.At the peak of the Volunteer Army, 134 million people were deployed in North Korea, almost one-third of the total strength of the People's Liberation Army.But having said that, the U.S. army in North Korea is also one-third of the total number of his army...

It is now the early winter of 1951. There are a total of 85 volunteers in North Korea and 14 armies. This is only so many when there are one corps on the east and west coasts of North Korea to defend against landing. On the front, there are 8 armies and one army facing the United Nations army. Tank divisions, of which 6 are on the front line and 2 are in reserve.

Moreover, Tang Hua knew that Suyu planned to reduce the number of volunteers who faced the front after the Spring Festival-by February 1952, the tunnel system was basically formed, and the 2 armies could be reduced to 8 to firmly hold the position.By the end of 6, 1952 to 3 top-line troops could be cut.The anti-landing troops on the east and west coasts will not need a whole corps with three armies in the future, and probably two armies will be enough.On the one hand, the number and combat effectiveness of the Korean People's Army are also gradually recovering. On the other hand, the anti-landing troops can now maneuver on the road relatively freely without having to squat in place.

If this is the case, the total strength of the Volunteer Army in North Korea will never exceed 85 in the future, and Tang Hua estimates that it will eventually fall back to about 60.

So even if some expensive gadgets are allocated to the volunteer army, it will not burn more money than in history.

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The Volunteer Army Engineers and the 15th Army Automobile Regiment working at the foot of Gwangam Mountain in Dongducheon have never seen such a tunnel digging.

In other places, detonators, explosives and shovels are used to gnaw the soil and rocks bit by bit. This big guy called a "shield machine" drills directly into the mountains. They were busy transporting the dug-down soil and gravel to a distance of one or two kilometers.The most powerful thing about this machine is that while digging the soil, it also sticks curved concrete prefabricated parts on the wall of the dug out hole, and arranges them tightly one by one.After the shield machine drilled through, it was a large tunnel with a diameter of 4.2 meters and a length of more than 1000 meters.Engineers then placed a half-moon steel frame at the bottom of the tunnel to form a flat road, allowing tanks and cars to drive in.

In November 1951, the 11th Regiment of the 4nd Tank Division moved forward from the station in Yeoncheon, and more than 90 tanks drove into the large tunnel in Dongducheon.Relocating to Dongducheon means that the 4th Tank Regiment is on the front line. On a dark and windy day, you can drive to the front line in 10 minutes from the tunnel to crush people.

The 4.2-meter shield machine is gnawing at the second tunnel, and the rocket launcher of the 21st Artillery Division is scheduled to settle in this tunnel. The tunnel dug by the 2.6-meter shield machine is used as a large shelter for front-line infantry, and can be connected with hand-dug tunnels to exchange personnel and replenish ammunition.

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Major General Frank Everest of the U.S. Air Force walked into Fifth Air Force headquarters, and all the officers and NCOs on duty rose to salute the new commander.

Lieutenant General Strattermeyer, commander of the Far East Air Force, was hospitalized with a heart attack.Partridge, the former commander of the Fifth Air Force, didn't have a heart attack, he... was just replaced.

Partridge took office in October 1948 and stayed in the position of commander of the Fifth Air Force for two and a half years. Originally, it was almost time to add a star in May this year, and he should have been appointed in June to July 10. Transferred back to the mainland to take charge of a certain command, and then promoted to lieutenant general.

However, the Fifth Campaign and the "Disaster of May" temporarily froze his promotion process.Before he could recover, it was another "October Disaster".

Like Verlander, Everest's face is not looking good now.

Walking into the headquarters, the first thing Everest saw was the map of the Korean Peninsula. In the area of ​​North Korea, the staff drew four big red circles in Anju, Pyongyang, Wonsan, and Changfeng. The strokes are full of slashes.

This is the combat radius of the four S-25 air defense missile bases...

"Are these four red circles the absolute forbidden zone of the Fifth Air Force?" Everest asked the staff.

"It is a restricted area for all aircraft of the Far Eastern Air Force," the staff officer replied, "but it is not absolute. The F-86 of the Fifth Air Force has escaped the pursuit of large missiles twice. The B-2 that cannot escape is so far. So far, B-29 and RB-29 have entered the anti-aircraft missile area eight times and have not escaped once."

埃弗勒斯接过参谋的报告仔细阅读。“11月2日，一架F-86迷航进入防空导弹作战半径，躲过导弹攻击返回。……11月12日，两架F-86、1架B-29进入导弹作战半径，F-86有1架被击落，1架返回；B-29被击落。哦不错，超出了我的意料，一共有3架F-86向防空导弹发起挑战，其中两架获胜了。可为什么11月12日远东空军还要派出他们的B-29和我们的F-86进入防空导弹作战半径？”

Staff officer: "General Weiland is going to test a new jammer against anti-aircraft missiles."

Everest: "So the test failed?"

Staff officer: "Yes, General."

Everest: "Then how did this new jammer get approved for production and installation? What reason or intelligence was used to determine the parameters and design?"

Staff officer: "The Air Force Ordnance Bureau has improved the jammer on the B-10 based on the detection data of the electronic reconnaissance unit in October. The upgraded jammer has been tested and tested in Okinawa, and the effect is good."

Everest: "But when used over North Korea, it has zero effect?"

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Everest fell into thought again.He took office yesterday to find out first, and came back to think all night. He just got a clue and called the staff in the morning. After learning the detailed combat records, he felt that the results of his overnight thinking were no longer useful.

As an old man who has served in the Army Air Corps/Air Force for more than 20 years, the biggest challenge Everest encountered before was the Battle of Guadalcanal from the end of 1942 to the beginning of 43. At that time, he was in charge of the 11th Heavy Bomber Battalion, and it was extremely exciting to play with the Japanese In the end, the U.S. military's airport was taken down, and the Japanese airport collapsed. —So Everest is a bomber commander who started out.

So what is the situation in North Korea now?If the Fifth Air Force and even the US Far East Air Force can't do anything about these flaming small missiles on the ground, then what should the Fifth Air Force do?

"General Verlander has reminded him that he has some information about the new plan in his hand, and he asked for it from the Far East Air Force." Everest said to the staff.

"But these new plans will not be implemented until January 1952 at the earliest."

Everest: "The Fifth Air Force has nothing to do now. Instead of this, we should familiarize ourselves with the combat plan for more than a month in advance and see what it will let us do."

Chapter 194, comrades from the Soviet Union came to visit

Since the outbreak of the Korean War, Sergei Matveyevich Shtemenko, Chief of the Soviet Army's General Staff, has come to China for the third time.