Red Moscow

Chapter 2576 “Top Secret Documents”

Hearing the name Adelina said, Sokov couldn't help but shudder, thinking to himself that the Serova you mentioned could not be the one who had an affair with Marshal Rokossovsky? ? If it is really her, then I have to think about it carefully.

Seeing Sokov's delay in speaking, Agelina pushed Sokov's shoulder with her hand and asked curiously: "Misha, why don't you speak? I wonder if you are satisfied with the person I recommended. ?”

Sokov couldn't tell her the pain in his heart. He couldn't tell her that the relationship between the actor and Marshal Rokossovsky was extraordinary. If she were to play the role of Lida, there would probably be many problems. . After thinking for a moment, he pretended to be confused and said: "Agelina, who is this person you are talking about? How come I have never heard of it? Can you briefly introduce her situation to me? ?"

Agelina thought that Sokov really didn't know Serova, and when she was about to introduce Serova to him, the phone in the room rang again.

Sokov thought it was another long-distance call from Yakov, so he grabbed the phone and put it to his ear: "I'm Sokov!"

"Hello, General Sokov." The adjutant's voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Deputy Commander wants to see you, please come to his room immediately. By the way, bring that Comrade Agelina Call me, the deputy commander also wants to see her."

 “Okay, I’ll go there immediately.”

After Sokov put down the phone, he said to Agelina: "Comrade Deputy Commander asked his adjutant to call and said that he wanted to see us both and asked us to go to his room immediately."

"What, Comrade Deputy Commander still wants to see me?" Agelina asked in surprise: "Why did he see me?"

“I don’t know.” Sokov stood up, pulled Agelina and walked outside, saying, “We’ll find out what the specific matter is when we get there.”

On the way, Agelina asked Sokov worriedly: "Misha, just before we returned to the room, wasn't Comrade Deputy Commander still criticizing the members of the prosecution team? We have no contact with them, how could we call them Where shall we go?”

Seeing that Agelina was still struggling with the matter, Sokov comforted her and said, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."

When Sokolovsky arrived at the door of his room, the adjutant who was sitting behind the desk immediately stood up and came over: "General Sokovsky, you are here!"

"Here it comes!" After Sokov replied, he asked tentatively: "Is Comrade Deputy Commander in there alone?"

"Yes, he is alone inside." The adjutant said, turned around and opened the door, and said to Sokov and Agelina: "Please come in!"

Sokov entered the room and saw Sokolovsky sitting on the sofa reading documents. He quickly took two steps forward and raised his hand in salute: "Comrade Deputy Commander, Sokovsky has been ordered to come here!"

Hearing Sokov's voice, Sokolovsky put the document in his hand on the coffee table in front of him. He stood up and came over to shake Sokov's hand: "Misha, you're here! Please sit down quickly!"

After Sokov and Agelina sat down, they asked cautiously: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I wonder if you asked us to come over. What's the matter?"

 Sokolovsky picked up a brown paper document bag from the table and handed it to Sokov: "Misha, look at this."

　　When Sokov was about to receive the document bag, he suddenly saw a red word marked on it: "Top Secret Document". He hurriedly withdrew his hand and said to Sokolovsky: "Comrade Deputy Commander, this is a top-secret document. It's inconvenient for me to read it."

　　"I tell you to look, just look, don't worry about so much."

Hearing what Sokolovsky said, Sokov took the document bag with confidence and took out a stack of documents from it.

 When he was about to read the document, Agelina, who was sitting next to him, also leaned her head over to see what was written on it.

Just when Sokov was in a dilemma and wondered whether he should let Agelina see this top-secret document, he heard Sokolovsky saying: "Misha, it doesn't matter, this document can be seen by Agelina." . If you have any questions, please wait until you finish reading.”

Since Sokolovsky said so, Sokov no longer had any scruples and began to read through the documents with confidence.

 The title of the document reads: "Development and Application of KV-6 Heavy Tank".

 Seeing this topic, Sokov couldn't help but be stunned: KV-6 heavy tank? Although there were many posts boasting about this kind of tank on the Internet in later generations, he knew that the Soviet army had not manufactured any KV-6 heavy tanks at all. They were all fabricated by military enthusiasts. As a result, they were misrepresented and mistaken for the Soviet Union. The army's secret weapon during World War II.

The document states: In July 1941, shortly after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the Supreme Commander himself heard that a KV-1 tank of our army blocked the German 6th Armored Division for two days, which made him feel... Shocked. He felt that in order to fight against the huge German armored forces, the Soviet army urgently needed a tank that could be used to boost the dwindling morale, and finally chose the KV tank as the basis, because it was proven in the first stage of the war that it was Equally excellent. Tank engineers realized that if they put all the components together, they could create a giant tank that would take the same amount of time to build but have far more firepower, so the super tank was born, known as the KV Land Cruiser.

The KV-6 heavy tank is 15.5 meters long. It has three main turrets installed on the extended tank chassis. It is equipped with two 152mm howitzers, two 76mm artillery, one 45mm artillery, and sixteen machine guns. The tank is equipped with three 600-horsepower V-2 engines, has an armor thickness of 160 mm, and has a crew of up to 16 people. Even so, the engineers still felt that the firepower was insufficient, so they deliberately installed a Katyusha rocket launcher on the tail, bringing the total weight of the tank to 138 tons. Moreover, this tank is also equipped with a wading device and can cross rivers up to 3 meters deep. Because this vehicle pursued firepower too much, the body with three turrets was too long, making turning a big problem. In other words, on special terrain, you can only drive forward but cannot turn. But Comrade Stalin did not think this was a problem at all, and even said that the car did not need to turn. All it could do was drive directly to Berlin.

In December 1941, the first prototype rolled off the production line and was quickly put into use in the defense of Moscow. However, problems arose the first time it participated in the battle. Due to poor visibility in the thick fog, the rear turret actually blew away the middle turret with one shot, causing the tank to be scrapped.

 The second prototype was completed in January 1942 and immediately sent to the Leningrad front line. To prevent a repeat of the mistake, the tank was equipped with indicators so that the gunner could see the direction in which each turret was firing. But a new problem came again. When the KV-6 passed through the canyon, due to the lack of strength of the tank body, the tank body broke into two pieces. The sparks instantly ignited the leaked fuel, causing a violent explosion.

 The third prototype continued to operate on the Leningrad front line for actual combat testing. This time, the first result was the successful shooting down of three German aircraft. Unfortunately, while continuing to fire at the German position, three artillery guns fired from the three o'clock position at the same time. The huge recoil instantly pushed the tank into a ditch. The 152mm ammunition inside exploded, causing the tank to be scrapped again.

  The cancellation of three prototypes made the Supreme Commander himself realize that it was not cost-effective to build such a tank. It was better to produce more T-34 tanks to adapt to battlefield use. Therefore, the mass production of KV-6 heavy tanks has temporarily stopped...

The document also cites a lot of information at the end, saying how the Soviet military industry personnel put the resumption of KV-6 heavy tank production on the agenda after the war, and planned to start large-scale production of KV-6 heavy tanks in the military factories in the Soviet-controlled areas at the appropriate time. Large-scale production of this powerful heavy tank.

 Following this are a dozen hand-drawn exploded views of the KV-6 heavy tank.

After Sokov quickly read this so-called "top secret document", the corner of his mouth could not help but raise slightly. He wondered whether the Soviet army planned to set up a "War Ignorance Bureau" to let this wrong information mislead the Allies and cost them money. Put great effort into developing such a meaningless heavy tank?

Sokolovsky saw Sokov's expression and asked in a calm tone: "Misha, what do you think after reading this document?"

"Comrade Deputy Commander," Sokov put the document on his knees and looked at Sokolovsky and said: "As far as I know, our military industry personnel installed some Fire-breathing device, convert it into a fire-breathing tank, and the KV-6 heavy tank mentioned in this document does not exist at all. "

Hearing what Sokov said, Sokolovsky showed a smile on his face: "Misha, you are right. We have indeed not built this so-called KV-6 heavy tank."

"Then what is the purpose of giving me this document?" Sokov looked at the other party and asked cautiously: "Do you plan to let me use some way to let this document fall into the hands of the Allies and let them spend it? Spend a lot of time and energy developing weapons and equipment that are not suitable for battlefield use? "

"Yes, I did think so." Sokolovsky nodded with a smile and continued: "I plan to ask you to send this document to the Allies, so that they will misjudge that our army is about to Start mass production of this super tank."

"Comrade Deputy Commander, I can't just hand over this top-secret document to the Allied commanders and tell them that this is our top-secret document and let them study it, right?" Regarding Sokolovsky's statement , Sokov said awkwardly: "Even if I take the initiative to hand over the documents to them, they may not believe it."

"Misha." At this time, Agelina pulled Sokov's sleeve beside her: "Actually, you can do this."

Just when Sokov was stunned, Sokolovsky, who heard Agelina speak, said with a smile: "Comrade Agelina, tell me what we should do to make the alliance Do you believe in the authenticity of our document?”

Seeing that Sokolovsky asked her to express her opinion, Agelina was not frightened. She stood up and said: "Didn't General Patton invite Misha to his place as a guest? Misha can bring this document to his place." , and then pretended to be careless and left the briefcase containing the documents somewhere, giving the US military enough time to take photos of this top-secret document.”

"Agelina, it's not as simple as you said." Sokov shook his head and said in confusion: "How could Barton believe that I would go to him with top-secret documents?"

"Misha, you don't have to worry about this, I can arrange it." Sokolovsky said with a smile: "For example, before you return to Berlin, you visit General Patton's headquarters and carry with you an official document containing top-secret documents. It seems reasonable.”

When Sokovsky heard what Sokolovsky said, he couldn't help but think of the "Star Wars Project" that had existed for decades. The background of this plan was in the late Cold War, because the Soviet Union had a more powerful nuclear attack force and missile attack force than the United States. The United States is afraid that the "nuclear balance" situation will be broken, and it needs to establish an effective anti-missile system to ensure the survivability and reliable deterrence capabilities of its strategic nuclear forces and maintain its nuclear superiority. At the same time, the United States also wants to use its strong economic strength to bring down the Soviet Union's economy through competition in space weapons.

Now, shortly after the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union are still in the honeymoon period, but they have begun to plot against each other. I have just seen this fake "top secret document", which is to cause the United States and its allies to misjudge and spend a lot of time and energy. and economic investment in the wrong direction to ensure that the Soviet Union became the winner in the subsequent arms race.

"Okay, Comrade Deputy Commander." Now that Sokolovsky has arranged the matter, Sokov can't refuse, so he can only ask politely: "I don't know when you plan to ask me to go to General Patton. ’s headquarters?”

"Don't be anxious, Misha." Sokolovsky said with a smile: "We will arrange the specific time to see Barton. Before that, we still have some paving work to do, so you can rest assured. At the hotel.”

 "Padding work?" Sokov asked in surprise: "What preparation work?"

"In order for the United States to steal our intelligence, there must be some news in advance to let them know that a top-secret document is in your possession and you will take it back to Berlin." Sokolovsky said confidently: "As long as the United States If they believe the rumors we spread, they will ask Patton to contact you and invite you to visit the 15th Army. Then they will look for a suitable opportunity to steal the document you are carrying."

"I understand." Sokov nodded vigorously, glanced at Agelina beside him, and asked tentatively: "Am I the only one to go?"

"Of course not." Sokolovsky shook his head and said: "In addition to the guards led by Major Vaserigov, Adelina also went with you. I know you understand English, but your level is definitely not as good as Come on Agelina, I feel more at ease having her by your side as a translator."

Sokov was originally worried that Sokolovsky would let himself carry out this order alone, leaving Agelina here to work as a translator. At this moment, when he heard that Agelina was going with him to see Patton, he also showed a relaxed expression on his face: "That's great, Comrade Deputy Commander. You know, when I went to the US military prisoner of war camp last time, Agelina Na is with me and has also met Patton. If I had her with me when I visited the 15th Army, things would have been much smoother, at least Patton's suspicions would have been eliminated."