After saying this, Be Lei quickly came to the door. After opening the door, he shouted outside, "Is anyone? Come to me."
With Peter's shout, the rooms on the right opened, and a young man ran out of it. He came to Peter and asked, "Comrade Director, is there anything wrong?"
Peter pointed his hand into his room and told the young man: "I said, it's cold outside and the commanders just came in from outside and needed some hot tea to warm up. Go to the kitchen immediately and order them hot tea."
Just as the young man agreed and was about to turn around to the kitchen master, Sokov walked out of the house. He heard what Peter told the young man to do, and quickly called the other party, and then said to Peter: "Comrade Director, let's forget about drinking tea. We are in a hurry and we can't delay too long here. You should take us to see the supplies quickly."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Peter said with a smile, "I know your time is very tight, but since you have arrived at us, you can't just go to work without even a cup of hot tea, right?"
"Comrade Director, I don't think there is any need to drink tea." Be Lei stood up and walked to the door, saying to Peter: "You might as well let us take the supplies back soon."
Seeing Sokov and Bereh's attitude was firm, Peter did not stick to his proposal anymore, waved his hand 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 and turned on the lights in the room, poked out half of his body, and said to Sokov and the others: "Please come in, commanders, please come in."
Sokov thought the car radio was piled up 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 ask curiously: "Comrade Director, what's going on? Where is the vehicle radio we need?"
Peter didn't say anything, but just smiled faintly. After everyone came in, he closed the door, locked it with the key, and came to the other side of the room. In front of everyone, he opened a closed door and turned to everyone and said, "Comrade Commander, please come with me." After that, he took the lead in walking into the door.
After having just experienced it, Sokov felt that the car radio station would definitely not be behind the door. However, he was eager to figure out what was in the door, so he came to the door quickly. Behind the door was a five or six-meter-long corridor, with a downward staircase in the middle of the corridor, and Peter was walking down the stairs.
Seeing this situation, Sokov understood in his heart that Peter was preparing to take them to a place with a relatively high degree of confidentiality, otherwise the entrance would not be in such a hidden place. Sokov walked down the stairs, and after walking for a short while, he came to the entrance of a long corridor. Peter stood at the entrance and waited for a while, and saw that everyone was here, and continued to walk forward.
The corridor is very long, but there is an incandescent lamp every twenty meters, so that everyone can see their feet clearly. Kalashnikov, who was walking at the end of the team, couldn't help but ask Yakov, who was walking in front of him, curiously: "Comrade Major, do you know where the factory director is going to take us?"
Although Kalashnikov spoke very quietly, it seemed particularly loud in this narrow corridor, so that Peter, who was walking in the front, heard it. While continuing to walk forward, Peter turned his head and said to the back: "Don't worry, everyone, you will be at the place soon."
Soon, the corridor came to an end, but Sokov did not see a road or a door ahead. When he was wondering, he suddenly saw Peter take off a phone headphone from the wall and put it close to his ear and said, "I am Peter, open the door immediately."
Shortly after Peter put down the phone, a sound came from the wall in front, and then the front wall cracked to both sides, revealing a huge space. Sokov then realized that the color of the door was the same as the wall. If Peter had not led the way, even if he walked here, it would be difficult to find a door disguised as a wall.
Everyone followed Peter into the gate and found a huge warehouse in front of him, filled with various supplies. In addition to two militiamen carrying submachine guns guarding the door, there were also four patrols in the middle of the goods, from time to time, walking back and forth.
While following Peter forward, Sokov secretly sighed in his heart: Such a large warehouse is buried in such a deep underground, and it must be important materials stored.
Peter brought them to a pile of wooden boxes, pointed his hand and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Sokov, all the on-board radio stations you need are here, I'll send them to you later."
Sokov knew that this was an important warehouse and outsiders could not enter it casually. He was worried about how to move these things back to the assembly workshop. When he heard Peter say this, he nodded and said gratefully: "That's great, Comrade Director, I thank you on behalf of the comrades of the Tank Battalion!"
"Director Peter," Bereth said, and suddenly pointed his finger at a corner of the warehouse and asked, "Can I ask, what is covered with canvas?"
Sokov looked in the direction of his finger of the Lei, and only saw an object covered by canvas in the corner of the warehouse. It should be a circular object in the 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 it is? Is that something?"
When Peter hesitated for a moment when he heard Bere and Sokov ask about things in the corner one after another, he gritted his teeth and said, "Two commanders, you can see it yourself."
Everyone came to the corner of the warehouse, and Peter asked two workers to come and uncover the canvas. When the canvas was uncovered, everyone was shocked when they knew the thing, and they were secretly shouting in their hearts: Oh my god, what the hell is this?
This is an oval green object like a rugby, with gun barrels and tracks on it. Sokov stared at the thing for a while and asked Peter tentatively: "Comrade Director, you won't tell us that this ghost thing is a tank, right?"
"Yes, this is the tank." Yakov took a step forward and said in a positive tone: "If I did not admit my mistake, this should be designed by Comrade Fotchisov and was designed with the SHT-1A ball tank that was finalized last year."
"Ball-type tank?" Sokov heard Yakov say this, and couldn't help but take two more steps forward, staring at the rugby-like tank, and asked half-doubtedly: "Can such tanks go to the battlefield?"
Yakov walked to the ball tank and explained to everyone: "There is an L-10 76mm short gun body main gun on both sides of the body of this kind of tank. It is installed on its respective shafts and can easily turn to face the attack target. The balancing system of the ball tank is very unique, and due to the gyro effect, the tank can appear very stable during the movement. A basin system is installed under the vehicle. No matter how large the angle of the tank rolls, the rollers are always horizontal.
The ball tank has good off-road performance and is easy to control. It rotates on the spot like a gyro, and can easily cross craters or trenches. Its speed can reach 50 to 60 kilometers per hour. When it accelerates with all its strength, it can jump over obstacles of 1.2 meters high."
This was the first time Sokov saw such a strange tank. After listening to Yakov's introduction, he couldn't help asking curiously: "Yakov, has this ball tank ever been put into actual combat?"
"No." Yakov replied unambiguously: "When I was in the Weapons and Equipment Department, I only saw this kind of tank on the drawings, and this is the first time I have seen it."
"Lieutenant Colonel Sokov." Peter waited for Yakov to finish his words and said to Sokov with a smile: "The code name of this ball tank is SHT-1A. It was originally planned to be put into the army as soon as possible after testing. However, Comrade Fottesov felt that the production of this tank needed to be reopened a 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 make every effort to produce cheap and easy-to-made T-34 tanks."
Sokov circled the ball tank a few times, thinking in his mind that it was necessary to defend the city now. Instead of letting the tank stay idle here and letting it rust slowly, it would be better to let it play a role on the battlefield. Thinking of this, he came to Peter and asked in a negotiated tone: "Comrade Director, I wonder if you can give me this tank?"
"What, give you the ball tank?" Peter immediately shook his head like a rattle when he heard Sokov's request. "No, I will definitely not. Not to mention that the prototype of this ball tank has not been tested after it was built, and it is still a question whether it can participate in the battle. More importantly, only three ball tanks are produced in China at present. The number of this ball tank in our factory is No. 03. If you want to use it, you must obtain permission from the National Defense Commission."
When Sokov learned that he had to use a tank, he had to obtain permission from the National Defense Commission. He thought to himself: If I knew the people from the National Defense People's Committee, I would like to ask you here to send a telegram directly, and the superiors would allocate this special tank to his troops.
"People, I'll be responsible for the application of the National Defense Commission." Just when Sokov was disappointed, he suddenly heard Yakov say: "Please prepare the fuel and shells needed for this tank as soon as possible, and send someone to the assembly workshop together with the on-board radio stations."
Chapter completed!