Struggle in Soviet Russia - Chapter 632

Comrade Kuznetsov’s opinion is to use Petropavlovsk Port as a key post for the future Union Navy to park aircraft carriers, and at the same time, to make Kamchatka Peninsula an important station for rocket troops, because from Kamchatka Peninsula to Looking down from the south, it can threaten the whole of Japan, and naturally it can also threaten all the military bases set up by the Americans in Japan.

Victor listened, and he saw it very clearly. Whether it was the shipbuilding plan for the next ten years or the status of the Petropavlovsk Port, Comrade Kuznetsov’s position was based on This point is not in line with the mainstream naval construction thinking within the alliance, and it can even be said that it is not in line with the overall military construction thinking of the alliance.

In the world before Victor was reincarnated, the world had an inherent impression of various Soviet products, which were rough but practical, and felt as if the Soviets could not produce fine things.

This view is of course biased. The Alliance also has highly technically integrated and sophisticated things, but to be honest, what the Alliance pursues in various technologies is indeed not sophistication and perfection, but practicality and durability. Like the AK47, like the T-34 tank and so on. Based on this, in the development direction of the Navy, the decision-making level of the alliance also seems to have a tendency, that is, the aircraft carrier is a very delicate thing, of course, it is also very expensive, but its practicality is not very strong.

Think about it, spending so many resources is just to move an airport to the sea. This is not enough. When the airport is completed, in order to ensure its safety, a bunch of ships will have to be surrounded by it. Operation, and as its enemy, submarines only need one or two torpedoes to send this flashy sea airport to the bottom of the sea, so in terms of practicality, which is better, submarine or aircraft carrier?

In addition, the alliance has successfully tested a rocket with a range of 900 kilometers, which means that if the alliance can install this rocket on a ship, it only needs to use such a ship, equipped with a nuclear warhead. A rocket can easily wipe out an entire aircraft carrier formation, so in terms of power, which is greater, a rocket or a carrier-based aircraft?

Therefore, within the current alliance, there are actually three views on the development of the Navy, namely: the old, obviously outdated view of the supremacy of battleships; the view of winning only submarines based on wolf pack tactics; the Rocket Army The point of view that decides everything. And the view of developing aircraft carrier technology like Comrade Kuznetsov is not mainstream.

In fact, all kinds of military development theories must be based on the actual situation of the alliance in the final analysis. The reason why Comrade Kuznetsov’s theory of large aircraft carriers is not mainstream is that it cannot get the core of decision-making. The main reason for the recognition of the alliance is that the alliance does not have such strong economic strength and technological strength, and cannot invest a huge amount of money to send six aircraft carriers into the water in just ten years.

Compared with building aircraft carriers, whether building submarines or building rockets, the cost is much lower. Therefore, the majority of people support these two views.

Furthermore, in today’s alliance military field, those who have the main say are still the generals from the Army. Considering the limited amount of military spending that the Union can invest each year, how could people like Vasilevsky accept Comrade Kuznetsov’s opinion that in the next ten years, the allocation of generals’ expenses will be entirely inclined towards the Navy .

As far as Victor is concerned, he is very happy to support Comrade Kuznetsov’s opinion. Of course, the so-called support here refers to his proposal to retain limited aircraft carrier strength. As a traveler, Victor is very clear that in the near future In the future, the aircraft carrier will occupy an important position in the field of naval operations, and as a high-level official of the alliance in reality, he is also very aware of the status quo of the alliance. To put it bluntly, Comrade Kuznetsov proposed The ten-year shipbuilding plan of the Alliance is just an illusion.

In addition to the shipbuilding plan, Viktor also agreed with Comrade Kuznetsov’s assertion about the Kamchatka Peninsula. In his limited memory of the Soviet Union in his previous life, the Port of Petropavlovsk seemed to be the main submarine base of the Union Pacific Fleet. , the Soviet Union and Russia after it, more than half of the strategic nuclear submarines are stationed here, and their fundamental purpose is to carry out the most effective nuclear threat to the United States.

After Comrade Kuznetsov came up to speak, was a middle-aged man with a bald head. This man was a political commissar who had worked in intelligence work, and was also in charge of diplomatic negotiations, but he also served as the commander of the Tenth Army during the Moscow campaign. , and chased Guderian’s second armored group for 400 kilometers, liberating Marshal Philip Ivanovich Golikov of a dozen cities during the march of the troops.

In Victor’s impression, this person is very strong, like he can do any job, but… Maybe because of his bad image, Comrade Stalin seems to have no good impression of him until the recent period. Over time, things got better.

Comrade Golikov made mistakes when he was in charge of intelligence work, so he was dismissed by Comrade Stalin, and his military command ability was fully demonstrated during the Moscow campaign. Time Magazine’s cover. For more than a year after that, his military career was quite smooth, and he soon became the commander of the Allied Front at the first level until during the Kharkov counterattack.

During the Kharkov counterattack campaign, Comrade Vatutin greedily advanced, but was defeated by Manstein, and the entire front collapsed. In order to help Vatutin evade his guilt, the General Staff at that time, together with Comrade Zhukov, did some tricks with Stalin and concealed the actual battle situation on the Kharkov front line. The purpose was also to give Vatutin a chance to recover.

The worst thing is that after Vatutin’s troops collapsed, Golikov’s troops on his flank were in a critical situation, and they could not stop the German attack at any time. At that time Golikov sent a request to the General Staff and the High Command to move his troops back in an attempt to re-establish a defensive position southwest of Kharkov.

Considering the real battle situation at the time, Comrade Golikov’s request was correct and in line with the actual situation of the battlefield. If the Supreme Command approved his request, perhaps the Kharkov counterattack campaign would have another ending. But the problem is that in the war report submitted to Comrade Stalin, the General Staff did not truthfully reflect the defeat of Vatutin and how much impact it had on the entire Kharkov front line. Therefore, Comrade Stalin believed that the situation on the front line should be Not so bad, and on this basis, the request of Comrade Golikov was rejected.

In the end, everyone knew the outcome of the Kharkov counterattack. The Soviet army suffered a head-on blow when the situation was very good. The three fronts suffered heavy losses and had to give up the follow-up offensive plan. Turn to defense. After the battle, the Supreme Command investigated the responsibility of the front-line commanders. Under the cover of the General Staff and Comrade Zhukov… It was indeed a cover up, and it was an unprincipled cover up. Comrade Vatutin escaped him. Comrade Golikov, who was originally supposed to bear the guilt, but did not have much contact with the General Staff, and was born in the intelligence department, became the most suitable scapegoat. Although he was not sent to a military court, he was deprived of his The right to command the battle on the front line is directly transferred to the rear to do logistical work.

It was this matter that created a chasm that was difficult to bridge between Comrade Golikov and the generals of the General Staff. I understand that Comrade Golikov really hated Vasilevsky, Zhukov, and Vatutin to the core.

Comrade Stalin obviously also knew the rift between Comrade Golikov and those in the General Staff. Therefore, after the war, in order to suppress the arrogance of the General Staff, he brought Comrade Golikov up again, not only Let him be in charge of the management of army cadres, and let him hang a title of deputy chief of staff.

It must be admitted that Comrade Golikov is indeed the best weapon against the General Staff. His hatred for the General Staff and Zhukov is simply undisguised. A few months ago, in the criticism against Comrade Zhukov, those generals who had opinions on Comrade Zhukov mostly criticized him for being arrogant, greedy for power, and criticizing him for assigning the honor of the alliance and the collective to himself. , being immodest, etc., are all innocuous charges. And Comrade Golikov published an article in the “Red Star”, launching a merciless criticism of Comrade Zhukov. Later, at a meeting of the Central Committee, he publicly accused Zhukov, saying that he blamed all the failures in the Great Patriotic War on others, but took the merits on himself. This is exalting His own position, belittling the Bolshevik Party, belittling the High Command. Based on this, Comrade Golikov believes that Comrade Zhukov is a genuine Bonapartist who wants to be the head of the Red Army system and wants to overthrow the Soviet rule and replace it with his warlord dictatorship.

Don’t underestimate the hat of this “Bonapartist”. In the past, Tukhachevsky and other veterans of the Red Army basically died under this crime. Comrade Golikov did not hesitate to put this hat on. The **** hat was put on Zhukov’s head, obviously eager to put the other side to death.