After Bely said these words, he quickly came to the door. After opening the door, he shouted outside: "Is there anyone there? Come to my place."
Following Peter's shout, the rooms on the right opened, and a young man ran out of it. He came to Peter, stood up and asked, "Comrade Director, what's the matter?"
Peter pointed toward his room and told the young man: "I say, it's cold outside. The commanders and comrades have just come in from outside and need some hot tea to warm themselves up. Go to the kitchen immediately and give me some They brought over some hot tea.”
Just as the young man agreed and was about to turn around and go to the kitchen to cook, Sokov came out of the room. Hearing Peter's instructions to the young man, he quickly stopped him and then said to Peter: "Comrade Factory Director, Forget about drinking tea, we are pressed for time and cannot spend too much time here, so you should hurry up and take us to see that batch of supplies."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Peter said with a smile, "I know your time is very tight, but since you are here with us, you can't just go to work without drinking a cup of hot tea, right?"
"Comrade Factory Director, I don't think it's necessary to have tea." Bely stood up and walked to the door, saying to Peter: "You'd better let us take that batch of supplies back as soon as possible."
Seeing the resolute attitude of Sokov and Bely, Peter did not insist on his proposal, waved to the young man and sent him away. Then Peter walked to the door of a room on the left, opened the door with the key, walked in, turned on the light in the room, leaned out half of his body, and said to Sokov and the others: "Please come in, comrades commanders, please come in."
Sokov thought that the car radios were piled in the room, so he walked in. Unexpectedly, when he walked into the room, he found that the room was empty and there was nothing. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade Factory Director, what is going on? Where is the car radio we need?"
Peter didn't speak, just smiled faintly. After everyone came in, he closed the door, locked it with the key, and went to the other side of the room. In full view of everyone, he opened a closed door, turned around and said to everyone: "Comrade commander, please follow me." After saying that, he took the lead and walked into the door.
After what he had just experienced, Sokov felt that the car radio would definitely not be behind the door. However, he was eager to find out what was at the door, so he quickly came to the door. Behind the door is a corridor five or six meters long. There is a downward staircase in the middle of the corridor. Peter is walking down the stairs.
Seeing this situation, Sokov knew in his heart that Peter was going to take them to a place with a higher level of confidentiality, otherwise the entrance would not be in such a hidden place. Sokov walked down the stairs. Not long after walking, he came to the entrance of a long corridor. Peter stood at the entrance and waited for a while. When he saw that everyone was here, he continued walking forward.
This corridor is very long, but there is an incandescent lamp every twenty meters so that everyone can see clearly where they are standing. Kalashnikov, who was walking at the end of the team, saw this corridor and couldn't help but curiously asked Yakov who was walking in front: "Comrade Major, do you know where the factory director is taking us?"
Although Kalashnikov spoke very quietly, it was so loud in this long and narrow corridor that Peter, who was walking at the front, heard him. While Peter continued to walk forward, he turned to the back and said, "Don't be anxious, everyone, we will be there soon."
Soon, the corridor came to the end, but Sokov did not see a road or a door ahead. When he was wondering, he suddenly saw Peter taking off the earpiece of a phone from the wall, and said close to his ear: " I’m Peter, open the door right now.”
Not long after Peter put down the phone, there was a sound on the front wall, and then the front wall cracked on both sides, revealing a huge space. Only then did Sokov realize that the color of the door was the same as the wall. If Peter hadn't led the way, even if he got here, it would be difficult to find the door disguised as a wall.
Everyone followed Peter into the door and found a huge warehouse in front of them, filled with various supplies. In addition to two militiamen armed with submachine guns guarding the door, patrols of groups of four could be seen from time to time in the middle of the goods, walking back and forth.
As Sokov walked forward with Peter, he secretly sighed in his heart: Such a large warehouse, buried so deep underground, must store important materials.
Peter led them to a pile of wooden boxes, pointed with his hand, and said: "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, the vehicle radios you need are all here. I will have them sent to you later."
Sokov knew that this was an important warehouse and outsiders were not allowed to enter it casually. He was worried about how to ask people to move these things back to the assembly workshop. When he heard Peter say this, he nodded quickly and said gratefully: "That's really awesome. Great, Comrade Factory Director, on behalf of the comrades of the tank battalion, I thank you!"
"Director Peter," Bely waited for Sokov to finish, then suddenly pointed to a corner of the warehouse and asked, "Can I ask what is covered by the canvas?"
Sokov looked in the direction of Bely's finger and saw an object covered by canvas in the corner of the warehouse. It should be a round object in shape. Sokov stared at the thing for a long time, but it was difficult to guess what it was, so he had to ask Peter: "Comrade director, can you tell me, what is that thing?"
Hearing Bely and Sokov asking about the things in the corner, Peter hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Two comrades, commanders, come and see for yourselves."
Everyone came to the corner of the warehouse, and Peter asked two workers to come over and uncover the canvas. As soon as the canvas was unveiled and everyone knew what it was, they couldn't help but be shocked, and secretly shouted in their hearts: Oh my god, what the hell is this?
This is an oval green object like a rugby ball, with a gun barrel and tracks on it. After staring at this thing for a while, Sokov asked Peter tentatively: "Comrade director, you are not going to tell us that this damn thing is a tank, are you?"
"Yes, this is a tank." Yakov took a step forward and said in a positive tone: "If I am not mistaken, this should be designed by Comrade Fotrisov and is similar to the SHT-1A spherical tank that was finalized last year. .”
"Spherical tank?" When Sokov heard what Yakov said, he couldn't help but took two steps forward, stared at the tank that looked like a rugby ball, and asked dubiously: "This kind of tank can go on the battlefield. ?"
Yakov walked to the spherical tank and explained to everyone: "This tank has an L-10 76mm short-barreled main gun on both sides of the tank, which is installed on their respective rotating shafts and can be easily turned to the surface. To attack the target. The balance system of the spherical tank is very unique. Due to the gyroscopic effect, the tank can appear very stable while traveling. A ballast system is installed on the bottom of the vehicle. No matter how big the angle of the tank is, the rollers will always be horizontal. of.
The spherical tank has good off-road performance and is easy to control. It can spin in place as flexibly as a top and can easily cross craters or trenches. It can reach speeds of 50 to 60 kilometers per hour, and can jump over 1.2-meter-high obstacles when accelerating at full speed. "
This was the first time Sokov saw this strange tank. After listening to Yakov's introduction, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Yakov, has this spherical tank ever been used in actual combat?"
"No." Yakov replied unequivocally: "When I was in the weapons and equipment department, I had only seen this kind of tank on drawings. This is the first time I have seen it in person."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Peter waited until Yakov finished speaking and said to Sokov with a smile: "The code name of this spherical tank is SHT-1A. It was originally planned to be installed in the army as soon as possible after testing. . However, Comrade Fotrisov felt that the production of this tank required a new special production line, which would have a negative impact on our existing military production, so he decided to suspend the production of SHT-1A and focus on producing cheap, easy-to-use tanks. Made T-34 tank."
Sokov walked around the spherical tank a few times, thinking to himself: Nowadays, a large number of tanks are needed to defend the city. Instead of letting this tank idle here and let it slowly rust, it is better to let it go to the battlefield. Play a role. Thinking of this, he came to Peter and asked in a consultative tone: "Comrade director, could you give me this tank?"
"What, give you a spherical tank?" When Peter heard Sokov's request, he immediately shook his head like a rattle, "No, absolutely not. Not to mention that after the prototype of this spherical tank was built, Without testing, whether it can participate in combat is still a question. More importantly, only three spherical tanks of this kind have been produced in China. The number of this spherical tank in our factory is No. 03. If you want to use it, Permission must be obtained from the Defense Council.”
Sokov's heart suddenly went cold when he learned that the use of a tank actually required permission from the National Defense Committee. He thought to himself: If I know people from the People's Commissariat of National Defense and I am begging you here to send a telegram directly, the superiors will allocate this special tank to their own troops.
"Director Peter, I will be responsible for applying to the National Defense Committee." Just when Sokov was disappointed, he suddenly heard Yakov say: "Please prepare the fuel and shells needed for this tank as soon as possible. , along with the batch of car radios, sent people to send them to the assembly workshop for us."
Peter knew Yakov's energy, so he nodded and said cheerfully: "No problem, Major Yakov, I will immediately have people prepare fuel and ammunition for this tank. As long as the National Defense Committee gives me authorization, I will immediately Send you the tank."
