While working overtime to produce weapons and equipment for the front line, in Chelyabinsk, the hinterland of the Soviet Union, tired workers were also working overtime to contribute to their national army. However, their working environment was incomparable to Germany. After all, their country was being beaten, while the German team was fighting abroad.

If the weapons and equipment produced by Germany were not transported and could directly reach the front line, then the Soviet Union might have lost this crucial war. Fortunately, their poor transportation environment and infrastructure saved the country. Until now, the German army stopped attacking due to resources and transportation, which seemed to be more time than the Soviet army stopped due to blocking.

Sometimes, large land and abundant resources are also an advantage, which is something that Germany's regional powers will never envy. The Soviet Union has been self-sufficient until now. Although the supply of the Baku oil field has been cut off, the fuel reserves can still allow the Soviets to build their own tanks with confidence.

The only thing that criticized the Soviet commanders was the production of Stalin tanks and the t-34 tanks in terms of performance became more ordinary. In order to accelerate production within the early army, the t-34 tanks used relatively simple and large 76mm caliber guns, but the power of this kind of artillery in actual combat was very limited, so the t-34 tanks were also allocated to Stalin tanks in actual combat and used as cannon fodder for collaborative combat.

In fact, in the original history, the T-34 tanks that were successfully designed were too mythical. Most of the time, these tanks bully German infantry. The reason why they performed well in war was actually because the German armored troops were too rare.

These tanks have strong endurance, so they can tear open the German defense line and quickly encircle them. Although they are often hit by the elite German armored troops during the attack, it doesn't matter even if they fail thousands of attempts, because once they succeed, it is enough to collapse the German defense line.

A typical Soviet style of play is to use T-34 tanks to tear the German infantry defense line and then break through the detour... If it is pushed back by the German armored forces, then continue to try again. As long as you succeed in breaking through the detour, the next step is to use the endurance of the T-34 tank to surround the German infantry and annihilate their ▼style_txt; have vitality.

However, in the current situation, the power of the German armored forces is too huge, so huge that it has already dragged down Germany's precious crude oil reserves, so the cheap T-34 tanks are not enough to cause trouble.

Unlike another German infantry in space-time, the current German infantry cluster has a large number of anti-tank battalions and assault artillery battalions. Their armored battalions usually serve to support infantry attacks, but when defending, they are regarded as self-propelled anti-tank guns to use these weapons to cause a large amount of damage to Soviet tanks, and make the German infantry positions more indestructible.

As long as it delays for a few dozen minutes, nearby German armored troops will arrive, and a large number of elite leopard tiger king tanks will cut from both wings and annihilate the Soviet army trying to break through the German positions, so the exchange becomes unbearable for the Soviets: the German army replaced a large number of new Soviet T-34 tanks with a small number of cheap leopard chassis assault guns.

According to the information provided by a statistical department in Akado, for every 1 assault gun lost by the German army, the Soviet army would lose 2 to 3 T-34 or KV-1 tanks. According to the construction hours and production capacity, an assault gun is only about equal to one T-34 tank.

So a matter that panicked all the Soviet senior officials finally put it on their side. This problem was also faced by the German commanders in another time and space: the more the opponent's armored forces were fighting, the higher the quality, the better the performance!

So naturally, the Soviets were also trying to solve various problems encountered by front-line troops, such as large-scale allocation of large-caliber anti-tank guns to infantry units, such as strengthening the armor of the Stalin tank, and turning it into a stronger but slower Stalin Type 2 tank.

Facts have proved that not only the Germans had huge brains. After the crisis came, Soviet engineers and scientists also had their own whimsical inventions: they reinforced Stalin tanks, widened the tracks, and used lower turrets to create Stalin 4 tanks. However, this tank is still on the drawings and cannot be produced immediately.

At the same time, the Soviet rocket air defense fighter was born, a weapon that imitated the German Frederick rocket launcher, an improved soldier firearm similar to the MP-44 assault rifle, an Il-2 attack aircraft equipped with updated engines, etc. Unfortunately, because industrial capabilities tend to collapse, these weapons that can be called classics in later generations, and most of them have not been actually put into production.

However, the Stalin Type 2 tank, which was reinforced with armor and used for defense, could be put into production directly. The Soviet industrial department tried its best to start producing fixed turret tanks similar to German assault guns, used as anti-tank weapons on the front line. Stalin tanks without turrets were named Su-122 destroyer, while the T-34 tank without turrets was named Su-76 destroyer.

It is obvious that these weapons are named according to the caliber of the main gun. Although they have been simplified a lot, they are still welcomed by the frontline troops. Of course, they are also welcomed by the workers in the rear. Supervision departments only require the production of Stalin tanks or T-34s, but they just ask what kind of tanks they are.

The first batch of 300 su-122 and su-76 were sent to the front line to try to stabilize the Volga defense line on the verge of collapse. The Soviet defenders there could be broken through at any time, so most of the weapons produced were thrown there. Unfortunately, Moscow has been in a tight direction recently, so more than 100 tanks produced were sent to the northern front line.

It's hopeless to think about it: the German army produced the advanced and powerful Tiger King 2 tanks in the rear factory, but the Soviet workers worked overtime to produce simplified versions of the Stalin tank and the T-34 tanks. This is really a battle of huge power disparity.

"Why are only 90 152mm caliber artillery produced this month? Can't comrades produce 10 more for the motherland?" A Soviet officer in charge of allocating the produced weapons looked at the factory director with a sweet face. The production of large-caliber artillery did not increase slightly this month, which was a very strange phenomenon in wartime.

The main reason is that there are problems in raw material distribution. A large number of steel were transferred to the tank production department. The cannon was suspended for two days and the workers really needed to rest. Since January, they have not spared a day of vacation and have produced more than 400 152 howitzers for the front line day and night.

Unfortunately, their production speed still did not meet the speed of missing artillery on the front line: records show that 150 howitzers on the front line were seized by the German army, more than 300 were destroyed by bombers or exploded when they retreated, and more than 50 were blown up or other faults were damaged for repair.

"Comrade General, the workers need rest. They have not been home for at most for two months..." The factory director looked at the general of the logistics department and opened his dry lips helplessly and said sadly: "Everyone can only eat two meals a day. If this continues, something will happen sooner or later!"

As June comes, the Soviet army has lost a large area of ​​its original grain-producing areas: Ukraine and Belarus are now in the hands of the German army. The reserved food has been consumed a large part of it, and the food shortage that was originally impossible will now break out with the war.

Most of the rear areas began to implement a rationing system. In order to prevent unrest, all the food was taken over by the army, and each civilian was only given two meals per day.

"What trouble can happen? You are exaggerating! Comrade! Pay attention to your words and deeds!" The general reminded the factory manager in front of him in a cold voice, and then continued to rebuke loudly: "The Germans are approaching Moscow. The great leader Comrade Stalin is setting an example for us and defending Moscow! At this moment, we should do our best to produce weapons as soon as possible and support the soldiers on the front line! Do you understand?"

What trouble can happen? You don’t look at how many people in the entire rear are still in the mood to work overtime... We are working hard to produce weapons and equipment, but in the end we didn’t hear any decent victory in the battles on the front line. Zhukov went south to recover several broken cities, and now he is still commending every day on the radio, but the Germans fought in Moscow, but no one said that.

He ignored the fact that the factory manager said silently because the general assigned by the logistics was already worried about other things. He piled up about 30 tanks and more than 100 heavy artillery here, but these weapons were not able to be sent to the front line in a short time because they did not have suitable means of transportation.

Most of the train wagons carry people and food, and some of them are squeezed out to deliver ammunition. There is nothing on the front line, so the limited capacity of the railway cannot meet the needs of the front line to replenish losses. Transporting with cars is even more a joke. The Soviets knew the poor highway conditions, but the production of cars really could not keep up with the losses on the front line...

The Soviet general waved to the factory director in desperation and signaled him to go out. Then, after the factory director went out, he grabbed the phone number in front of him: "Have the car assistance from the United States not arrived yet? We are waiting for it! Yes! Prompt it, at least 300 vehicles... Well... 300 or 400 vehicles, preferably 500 vehicles."
Chapter completed!