However, no one criticized Voroshilov too much. This is the reality. There is nothing to worry about. In the face of quality and quantity, quantity is always the first priority. What's more, the marshal has come up with practical solutions in other places. T-34/85 and I-1 cannot be mass-produced smoothly. KV-1skv-13kv-85 and other experimental models failed one after another. After proving that they are not Tiger opponents, he grandly launched the T-43.

75% of the parts of t-43 and t-34 are universal, and there are two major aspects: one is to increase the volume of the turret, increasing the thickness of the front armor on the turret to 90mm, and the front armor on the body adopts a 75mm/55-degree inclination layout; the other is to drive and suspension system, even if the weight of the vehicle is increased to 34.1 tons, its mobility can still reach the level of t-34. Since there has not been much change in structure, its stability is much stronger than other new heavy tanks.

Voroshilov used all the saved armored steel to ensure the production of t-43. Theoretically, if the t-43 and the No. 4 H type faced alone, the former had the advantage, because the 75mm/55-degree inclination angle is far stronger than the 80mm vertical armor of the No. 4 tank. Before the No. 4 75mm cannon can break through the No. 4 front armor, the t-43 tank gun can first penetrate the No. 4 armor. When facing the Tiger, the t-43 also has better defense. At least 1,500 meters away, if the Tiger does not use a tungsten core to deal with the front armor of the T-43, it will be difficult for the Tiger to deal with the front armor. Moreover, front-line tank soldiers usually attach some tracks or steel plates removed from the broken tanks to the front armor. These irregular defense measures not only increase the jump coefficient and strengthen the defense capabilities.

T-43 is very similar to T-34 in appearance. If you don't look carefully, it is easy to misunderstand, which makes the tactical strategies possible at some point. However, in fact, since the t-43 sighting equipment is not strong enough, these advantages need to be discounted, but at least some advantages are still available compared to No. 4, which is much stronger than the shoddy t-34. Therefore, in terms of tank allocation, guard tank troops are given priority to replacing t-43 with good quality and good performance, while other ordinary troops are equipped with t-34.

In addition to the T-43, Voroshilov's other great contribution was to accelerate the launch of two anti-tank destroyers, Su-122 and Su-85, and at the same time, the Su-76 was decisively stopped production. Faced with the actual threat of the Tiger and the new heavy tanks could not work for a while. The Soviet military department, who was in a hurry to seek medical treatment, imitated the German hunters and the assaulter's idea, came up with a new tank destroyer. Among them, Su-122 and Su-85 can cause fatal damage to the Tiger under certain conditions, and the production difficulty is much lower than that of heavy tanks. Even if this emergency product has some defects and shortcomings, as long as it can be used and effective, Comrade Stalin will always look at him with appreciation.

What's more, tank destroyers without turrets significantly reduced production requirements and fuel consumption was slightly smaller than T-34. It seemed that the number of tanks and armored vehicles in the front-line Red Army troops was not that small. In internal estimates, tanks and destroyers were usually estimated together. In the German army, destroyers and anti-tank guns were considered artillery firepower, while in the Soviet army, destroyers were considered armored forces.

This is not self-deception, because offensive combat and defensive combat are completely different concepts. In different environments, the same technical weapons play different roles. More than 70% of the Tiger tanks destroyed in the past three months are due to the results of these new anti-tank destroyers.

"So, how should we defend against this possible Caspian landing?" Seeing that everyone was a little silent, Stalin asked calmly, "Of course, don't mention the method of increasing the 250,000 army. Isn't it better to have so many troops directly pushing to the front line to attack?"

Everyone was stunned.

"The General Staff has considered three ways to reduce the possibility of such problems: First, draw airborne troops to be assigned to the front line and conduct tactical attacks with tit-for-tat; Second, try every possible means to strengthen the defense of the front line of the Caspian North Coastal Sea, lay mines, build semi-permanent fortifications, and draw more small and medium-sized warship gunboats to join the coastal patrol; Third, increase the allocation of air forces, use the air force to weaken and delay the opponent's offensive. However, these methods are relatively negative, and the General Staff proposed new ideas after comprehensive consideration."

Huasilevsky's eyes were bright and bright: "Just put these enemies up and fight! At the beach of Li, the enemy has an advantage. Instead of barely coping, we should put these enemies under Stalingrad City and strive to concentrate 5-6 times of the force to eliminate the 100,000 enemy troops. However, if we do this, we can only take a defensive position in other directions."

Zhukov agreed with this idea. If Rommel had really had 100,000 people and 1,000 tanks, he felt that it was necessary to concentrate at least one front army to encircle and annihilate them. What was more beneficial to encircle and annihilate these German troops than encircle and annihilate other battlefields was that their supplies must pass through the long Caspian front line. Once effectively cut off, it would be impossible to support the German air force alone. The German heavy equipment troops that lost their logistics supply would soon be vulnerable. This was the "reverse" plan that the two men thought about after thinking hard.

The opposite of the "reverse" plan is the "positive" plan. This is actually the continuation of the Uranus Operation that was very unsuccessful: the German heavy army group consumes its attack power under the city of Stalingrad, and uses human lives, barricades and fortifications, and urban street fighting gradually weakens the German offensive power, and supports it until the arrival of the muddy period in autumn, and then invests a large number of reserves to counterattack. Compared with the reverse plan, the forward plan is much more powerful. It may be necessary to consider encircling and annihilation of 300,000-500,000 German troops, that is, 3-4 armies. The Red Army may need to use more than 2 million troops. Not only should all the mobile forces in the Stalingrad theater, but all the mobile forces in the Moscow theater must be drawn. At more critical moments, even the main force of the Far East Military Region must be drawn.

In comparison, the forward plan is more appropriate, and the overall practice has been practiced in the Moscow Defense War. Zhukov believes that even if the German army speculates that the forward plan cannot give up attacking Stalingrad, it is so important and significant. He does not think that the axis will give up because of the loss. What the two sides compete is speed, whether the German army will first conquer Stalingrad or the Red Army's heavy army group will first encircle the German offensive forces.

In his vision, the situation involved in the forward plan would be very grand. In addition to the need for 2 million troops to encircle and annihilate in the later stage, he would also have to prepare at least 1.5-2 million troops to defend in the early stage. Considering the successive losses and additions, the entire battle process would require more than 4 million Red Army to deal with it. It was a decisive situation and a strategic decisive battle in a weak situation.

Zhukov, who served as the commander of the Kiev Military Region, had different ideas from most people. He did not think that the German army would eventually fight a final battle by attacking Moscow. The reason was very simple. The German army had more advantages in the Southern Front War Zone than the Central War Zone: the area here is vast and the terrain is flat, which is conducive to the German armored forces' maximum effectiveness; after the German army completely controls the Black Sea, the axis can be maintained through sea routes and two railway channels, which is much more convenient than the Central War Zone; in terms of climate, the Southern Front War Zone is hot earlier, colder later, and has less extreme low temperatures, which are all factors that are conducive to large corps combat and supply; fighting in the Southern Front War Zone can also receive cooperation and assistance and assistance from Romania, Ukraine, Caucasian nationalists, Iran, Turkey, etc., which is also very important and critical.

If he were Manstein, he would rather fight a final battle on the southern front than gnaw the hard bones of Moscow.

As for the decisive battle, he had no psychological burden and even had some expectations. It was not that he thought he was sure to win. He had repeatedly calculated in his mind that the Soviet-German strategic battle is now in the Red Army's winning rate will not exceed 20%, but he believed that the painless maintenance situation cannot be delayed anymore. If it drags on, it will be the destruction of the entire Russian nation.

He is far more visible than ordinary people: the Soviet Union's grain output dropped to one-third before the war, and the oil output was only 40%. According to comprehensive calculations of other industrial capabilities, it is only about one-third. If the German high-big tactics continue to advance, he believes that the final outcome will only be suffocation.

Although he could not see the report from the civil affairs department in the rear, when he knew that the situation was very bad, those newly reclaimed wastelands could not be eaten until autumn. Now the elderly who were unable to work in the rear had refused to eat and wanted to leave the food to the young people at home. The death rate of newborn babies was said to exceed one quarter of them, mainly because of hunger. The factory was filled with child laborers around 12 years old, and some of them were only in their early 10 years old who should have received education in schools. He also firmly opposed the behavior of recruiting pure female soldiers divisions, but he could not resist Comrade Stalin, who had become possessed, and finally could only agree against his will!

For the sake of food, Comrade Stalin not only sent Budunny to China to grab grain and livestock, but also traded with Japan. Even so, the food he got was a drop in the bucket and made his reputation very bad! Zhukov clearly understood that these foods obtained by any means would never be left to the civilians in the rear, and they only had one purpose for military rations!
Chapter completed!