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After receiving Stalin's call back, the Soviet ambassador to China, Luo Shen, contacted and negotiated with the central government to discuss whether the Soviet Union could assist the Northeast Frontier Army with some equipment.

Soviet side: Ambassador Roshin, military attache Yegor, translator.

Chinese side: Prime Minister, Tang Hua, Bo Gu.

"Our current plan is to mobilize a total of 4 infantry divisions from 12 armies to form the Northeast Frontier Defense Army. In addition, we will also organize 3 artillery divisions, 3 anti-aircraft artillery regiments, 1 tank regiment, and engineering units. Our country has already produced rifles, Infantry light weapons such as machine guns, submachine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., but artillery, especially artillery divisions, lack large-caliber heavy artillery.” The Prime Minister said, “Infantry weapons and ammunition are produced in Dalian. The situation of our military factories in Dalian has been the same for you in the past three years. I understand. Now that Dalian needs to expand its production capacity and upgrade the quality of weapons, the Soviet Union needs to provide 5 tons of chromium per month, which will last for about 12 months, and our domestic chromium ore will be put into production after one year.”

"Well, it's only 5 tons per month. I think we will soon deliver 60 tons of chromium to you at one time." In 1937, when Luo Shen was still a secretary, he participated in the military aid negotiations between the government and the Soviet Union.Compared with the government that kneels down and reaches out for everything, even metal belt buckles, China now makes him feel much more comfortable. He has done most of the work within his ability, and only speaks to a small number of places where he must ask for help.

"Mr. Luo Shen, I hope that the Soviet Union can provide the technical information of the AK-47. If it is convenient, they will also sell us [-] to [-] finished guns, so that the troops can quickly familiarize themselves with the equipment and tactical training." Tang Hua said.

"AK-47? What is AK-47?" Ambassador Luo Shen asked.

Listening to Luo Shen's question, Tang Hua knew that the AK-47 would probably not be available in a short time.

The AK-47 was put into production in about 1948. The top-notch performance made the Soviets love it from Stalin to ordinary privates. Therefore, this gun was kept in a state of high secrecy for several years after it was installed. Even in 1945-1946, even the 7.62X39 intermediate rifle ammunition It is not disclosed to the public. At the end of the exercise, the soldiers have to pick up all the shell casings one by one.Now Luo Shen asks what the AK-47 is. There are two situations. The first is that the Soviet Army keeps the AK-47 so secret that even the ambassadors abroad have no right to know it; the second is that this gun Luo Shen knows. But it is absolutely not allowed to say any information from his mouth.

In either case, it is likely that the Soviet Union will not provide AK-47 to China now.

"In terms of weapons, the focus of our shortage is still anti-aircraft artillery, heavy artillery and tanks. In addition, our air force is still very weak. At present, we have signed an agreement for the air force to introduce aircraft and train personnel, but it needs to be accelerated." The prime minister said, " Our artillery division urgently needs to complete the unified standardization of artillery. Now the artillery division is equipped with mixed types of artillery, including Japanese weapons, American weapons, Germany, Italy, Britain, and France. The supply of ammunition is chaotic, and the technology is old and the combat capability is very low Difference."

Tang Hua: "If the Soviet Union supports it, we plan to replace the three artillery divisions of the Northeast Frontier Army with one 3mm division and two 1mm divisions. In addition, the Northeast Frontier Army's tank regiment is the only one in our army that The tank regiment now plans to expand to become the first tank division of our army."

Luo Shen and the military attache did not refute or agree, but only said that they had heard it, and recorded China's request on paper.There are a lot of artillery in the inventory armory of the Soviet Army in the Far East. If it is really impossible, it is possible for the second-line troops in the Far East to temporarily hand over the artillery to China.But whether to provide these aids to China needs to be sent back to Moscow for approval by Stalin, who is only responsible for recording the requests made by Chinese comrades.

"I think I need to remind you," Yegor said, "armored and motorized units are very expensive. Not only the purchase cost of equipment, but also the cost of use. A tank division has nearly 300 tanks, as well as armored vehicles, Self-propelled artillery, the vehicles of the whole division are equipped with about 1500 units.... Artillery divisions, regardless of 152mm howitzers, 122mm howitzers, and cannons, cannot be drawn by mules and horses, and trucks must be used. If 12 infantry divisions, 1 For tank divisions and three artillery divisions, you need to import about 3 tons of gasoline and diesel per month."

"If the Northeast Frontier Army wants to enter North Korea to fight, the enemy they have to deal with must be the US Army. I think everyone understands that if the gap in equipment cannot be narrowed as much as possible, the battle will be very difficult." Tang Hua said.

Tang Hua knew Russian, and the prime minister had to wait for Bogu to translate Yegor's words.

"Just like how you support the Korean People's Army," the Prime Minister said, "if the Northeast Frontier Army is still stationed in China, then I don't think it will consume 3000 tons of fuel every month. If the Northeast Frontier Army enters North Korea to participate in the war, it will increase dramatically The consumption of fuel and ammunition, and the loss of weapons and equipment, in my opinion, it is necessary and obliged for the Soviet Union to provide more assistance..."

The prime minister negotiated with the Soviet ambassador about aid one by one, and if he could get free aid, he would try his best to let the Soviet Union give it away; For new equipment, the Prime Minister patiently bargained with Luo Shen.

Tang Hua also saw for the first time a diplomatic negotiation that needed to be adjourned for a meal in the middle. It opened from 11:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, and went out for a meal at [-]:[-] in the middle, and then came back to continue the discussion.

Talking about the evening, Ambassador Luo Shen and Yegor were obviously tired too, the atmosphere at the venue became more and more harmonious (?), and the conditions won became more favorable.

47. In terms of team weapons and infantry regiment weapons, the problem was basically solved (the AK-[-], which Tang Hua didn't hold much hope for, was rejected by the Soviet Union).

[-]. Weapons and equipment for the artillery and armored forces, [-]% off for active duty and stock weapons, and loan payments. Ambassador Luo Shen promised to report to Moscow for final approval by Comrade Stalin.

3. The three anti-aircraft artillery regiments have been expanded to six, and the anti-aircraft artillery equipment is a mix of 6mm and 85mm, which is also a loan payment.

45. The Soviet Union agreed to transfer the technical materials of the Klimov RD-[-] jet engine, two types of rocket engines and one type of rocket booster.This still needs Comrade Stalin's final approval, but Stalin's problem is not a big one. As long as the Soviet Academy of Sciences or the defense industry department does not get in the way and sing against it, Stalin will definitely give it up with a wave of his hand.

五、将预定1950年12月派遣的飞行员教官提前到1950年8月，教的是米格-15喷气式战斗机的飞行和空战；

30. Purchase another [-] air search radars.

"Prime Minister, the harvest of today's negotiations is still good."

Tang Hua flushed his face and head with cold water in the bathroom, wiped his eye sockets, and saw the prime minister and secretary also came in.

"We are both socialist countries. Although they will haggle over every detail during negotiations, they will reach out to help in the end. After all, we are in the same camp." The prime minister also looked tired, and took the wet towel handed by the secretary to wipe his face and hands.Seeing Tang Hua flushing his face under the faucet, the Prime Minister asked the secretary to hand Tang Hua another dry towel.

"This is only the first military aid negotiation," Tang Hua said. "Prime Minister, if the situation in North Korea goes bad in the future, there may be a second or third time. Moreover, the amount of negotiation is larger than the previous one..."

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The second and third negotiations will not be so fast, it is estimated that it will take at least a month.

Now Tang Hua is waiting for the feedback from the Soviet Union. When Moscow finalizes the aid terms, he will go to Dalian to tell Jianxin to turn around and go in a new direction.In fact, in the past few days, he has already issued several instructions by telegram, mainly to reschedule the production plan and change the production direction.

After processing the documents and telegrams, Tang Hua was planning to inspect the construction sites of the Beijing Institute of Computer Science and the new building of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Industry when the phone on the desk rang.

"Ah, Vice Premier Dong, Mr. Dong," Tang Hua said, "We haven't seen each other for more than half a year."

"Little Tang, let's get down to business today." Dong Biwu said slowly on the phone, "A sudden increase of 1000 million rubles in the account yesterday made him, the Minister of Finance, feel very uneasy. I heard from the Prime Minister that you should have done this." How about it, tomorrow morning, you come over, plus Minister Bo, me, and the Prime Minister, let’s have a meeting to discuss how to spend the money.”

"Oh, computers," Tang Hua understood, "Sell 20 units a month?"

Chapter 50, grabbing toys with children

Moscow Children's Palace, Museum of Science.

The Science Museum is a favorite place for students in Moscow, and it is always crowded with people on weekends.Even during the school hours from Monday to Saturday, groups of elementary school students from Moscow come here specially to visit, or to take experimental classes using the equipment—aircraft cockpits, tank models, guns and weapons, etc.The electronic computer presented by China to the Soviet Union is also placed here, and a computer area is set up in a conspicuous position in the middle hall of the Science Museum.According to Tang Hua's intention, the computer casing was painted with cute patterns of white, lake blue, and light pink.

This cute iron cabinet, which is as tall as a person and has big round eyes with two double eyelids, is the most powerful computer in the Soviet Union. Its computing power is more than twice that of the MESM designed by Tang Hua in Kiev. Four times the size of the "Electronic Computing Machine" designed by the Academy.Let's put it this way, there are currently "three and a half" computers used in scientific research and engineering design in the Soviet Union. The T50 in the Children's Palace has a higher computing power than the sum of the "three and a half" computers.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Morozov from the Design Bureau of the Nizhny Tagil Ural Vehicle Plant came to the Children's Palace and went straight to the Science Museum.When he saw the two big cute eyes, he realized that he was one step too late, and a group of eleven or twelve-year-old children had already gathered there.

"Clang, clang," the computer administrator knocked on the table, "Students, please be quiet."

"Our science class today is about mathematical calculations and computers." Natalia Poklonskaya, the teacher who brought the class to the class, said to the students, "We have taught mathematics since the first grade. Now you I am already in the seventh grade. I have already learned four operations, multiplication, square root, function, number sequence, and series. I will soon learn derivatives and integrals. So how long does it take you to do a two-digit addition and subtraction in normal times? What time?"

"I want 20 seconds" "I want ten seconds" "I can do verbal calculations, just two seconds"

"Student who only uses two seconds, you are great," Natalia said with a smile, "then we will use two seconds as the standard. In fact, when we calculate the value of the root, function, and series, Calculations on scratch paper will eventually be decomposed into four arithmetic operations..."

Teacher Natalia explained patiently in front of the computer, and the students sat on the floor and listened carefully to the teacher's lecture. Only Morozov was burning with anxiety.

"Comrade Administrator," Morozov said, taking out a sheet of paper from his briefcase, "I'm from the Urals, I'm a designer in the Design Bureau, and I want to use this computer to calculate the results of several formulas. , see if you can..."

"Wait a minute, the students in this class are here for the experimental class, and you can use it after the end." The aunt administrator seems to be used to this kind of situation.

"But my work is very urgent," Morozov said, "Look, these children are listening to their teacher's lecture to introduce background knowledge, and the computer is not in use. Can I go ahead and do the calculation of the two formulas?"

"No, no, the children are still in class, you can't go in and disturb them. If you go in and use the computer, the teacher won't be able to maintain order in the classroom."

"why is that……"

Morozov looked around, gritted his teeth again, and rushed in while the administrator was not paying attention.

"Comrade! Comrade! Stop!"

The administrator aunt chased after him, and teacher Natalia also came to block the road when she heard the noise. The two aunts who weighed more than 200 pounds tried their best to clamp Morozov, who weighed less than 120 kilograms.Then Natalia and the administrator each stretched out a hand, and lifted Morozov out of the computer area of ​​the Science Museum.

The dejected Morozov had to stand and count ants at the entrance of the computer area.A few minutes later, another short man with a round face, round glasses and a mustache walked over.

"Are you... Leonid Karpov?" Morozov appeared to have met the man at a meeting last year.

"Molozov, hello." Karpov from the Kharkov Factory Tank Design Bureau also recognized him and greeted him briefly.

Then the two stood together at the door, looking at each other from a distance, as if facing a big enemy, relatively speechless...

Well, colleagues are enemies, and they are all tank design bureaus. The dog brains can be typed out at the Soviet Union's next-generation tank selection meeting.