Struggle in Soviet Russia - Chapter 633

Fortunately, although Comrade Stalin was dissatisfied with Comrade Zhukov, in his attitude towards this great hero of the Great Patriotic War, all he wanted to see was to attack the opponent’s prestige and eliminate his influence in the Red Army system. However, Comrade Stalin has not considered such a thing as putting him to death. In addition, although there are many generals in the Red Army system who are dissatisfied with Comrade Zhukov, there are also many generals who stand by him, sympathize with him and support him.

Based on various factors, Comrade Zhukov finally escaped the disaster, otherwise, Comrade Golikov’s accusation would really let him get rid of a layer of skin.

From an outsider’s point of view, Victor thinks that Comrade Golikov is really not a must-see. His revenge against Comrade Zhukov is not without reason. After all, Comrade Zhukov was really cruel when he was covering up Vatutin. Pit people. At that time, Comrade Golikov was just in the rising period of his career and had a bright future. In the words of “Times Weekly” at that time, he was “one of the most successful front commanders” in the Soviet Red Army. Ranked above Rokossovsky, Konev and Vatutin.

As a result, because of a black cauldron, the military career was directly ruined. From the front-line commander to the post of logistics, he was absent from all subsequent battles, and at the same time, he naturally also missed all subsequent honors. . From 1942, he was the commander of the front army with the rank of lieutenant general. Now, his rank is still lieutenant general. As a soldier, this black pot is equivalent to ruining the whole meaning of Comrade Golikov’s life for the rest of his life. , how deep is the hatred between him and those in the General Staff.

Of course, although I can understand the contradiction between Comrade Golikov and the General Staff, Viktor has no sympathy for the other party. After all… This unhappy general is Comrade Khrushchev. of identified followers.

Comrade Golikov’s speech also focused on the military construction of the alliance in the next stage, but as a general from the army, his position is completely different from that of Comrade Kuznetsov, who is a firm supporter of the rocket victory theory. Bing, according to his proposal, the alliance should focus on the development and promotion of military technology in the implementation of the next five-year plan.

The alliance’s current research on military technology mainly focuses on three major aspects, one is the research and development of a new generation of combat aircraft; the other is the further development of nuclear weapons; the last one is the update and enhancement of rocket technology.

Needless to say, the research and development project of a new generation of combat aircraft, jet aircraft is a technical project that the alliance must overcome. This decision was finalized in April last year; not to mention the research and development project of nuclear weapons, nuclear technology. The utilization of nuclear power has become a benchmark project of the alliance in the field of military science and technology. After the successful test explosion of the first nuclear bomb, the alliance is planning a new test explosion project, how to further enhance the power of the nuclear bomb and reduce its size as much as possible, It is a topic that the Alliance has been working hard on.

The update and enhancement of rocket technology is a topic that has been discussed within the league in recent months.

Before the successful test launch of the first rocket with a range of 900 kilometers, the Red Army system did not know enough about the importance of rocket technology. Those who could recognize the broad prospects of this technology were always only a minority, and among them, Ge Comrade Likov is one of them. Victor had seen four reports submitted by this person to Comrade Stalin, all of which talked about the importance of rocket technology and the strategic and tactical issues based on rocket technology.

To Viktor’s surprise, a report submitted by this man last December mentioned a very far-sighted problem, the problem of rocket defense.

In the report submitted by Comrade Golikov, he talked about the range of rockets. He believed that since the alliance can develop a rocket with a range of more than 900 kilometers, it will be able to develop a range of more than 3,000 kilometers and more than five kilometers in the future. Thousands of kilometers, or even more than 10,000 kilometers of rockets. In other words, one day in the future, with the support of rocket technology, the alliance can effectively strike the United States anywhere on the earth.

Comrade Golikov believes that rocket technology can be regarded as a powerful supplement to the air force’s combat methods. A rocket is like an unmanned high-speed bomber with no return. Its disadvantage is that it can only carry There are limited bombs, and the advantage is that it can easily break through the enemy’s air defense firepower and carry out effective bombing on the enemy’s strategic depth.

In other words, the bombing of bombers, when the enemy’s air defense firepower has not been paralyzed, and we have not yet fully grasped the air supremacy, the bombing operation that is too in-depth is not easy to succeed. But rocket technology is different. As long as the range is sufficient, it can strike any target in the enemy’s territory at any time from a long distance.

From this, Comrade Golikov deduced a problem, that is, since in the process of military technology development, people have developed defense methods against aircraft, so that various fighter jets flying in the sky cannot attack any ground unscrupulously. target, then with the development of military technology, especially with the advancement of rocket technology, one day in the future, there will inevitably be military means that can effectively defend against rocket attacks.

Here, Comrade Golikov even made some kind of predictive speculation about possible means of rocket defense. He believes that the most effective means of air defense at present is to use offensive fighters combined with radar technology to resist the in-depth penetration of local bombers. Then the means of defense against rockets in the future may also be to use a special type of rocket to resist local rocket attacks. In the process of this defense, it is very likely that radar-related technologies will also be combined.

It must be admitted that although Comrade Golikov’s vision for future rocket technology is rather vague, his thinking is very correct. In the world before Viktor’s rebirth, the most effective means of defending against missiles is still there. Targeted missile defense systems, and at the same time, various types of missile defense systems really need to cooperate with “radar” technology.

Based on this expectation, Comrade Golikov believes that the alliance must increase investment in rocket technology research and development. According to him, although the alliance is currently ahead in rocket technology, compared to the United States, it has a certain advance, but this advantage is not permanent, after all, the Americans are already actively promoting their own The rocket development program is underway, and according to the information held by the Foreign Intelligence Service of the People’s Commissariat of National Security, the Americans are making rapid progress in this regard.

Comrade Golikov’s opinion is that if the alliance wants to form a lasting strategic advantage over the Americans, it must always be ahead of the Americans in the research and development of rocket technology. The content of each aspect: First, it must be ahead of the Americans in technology, and second, it must be ahead of the Americans in the number of rockets.

Now, the alliance has successfully tested a rocket with a range of more than 900 kilometers, and it is continuing to study a new generation of rockets with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers. In the opinion of the military, a rocket with a range of 900 kilometers is a bit tasteless. It cannot be called a weapon of strategic significance, at least it is not very threatening to potential opponents of the alliance.

In the next step, if a rocket with a range of more than 3,000 kilometers is successfully developed, then rocket technology will be a strategic weapon in the true sense, because its appearance can help the alliance directly threaten the British mainland, and at the same time, it can also be used against the alliance surrounding a A series of countries constitute sufficient deterrence. At that time, it is necessary for the alliance to partially install this type of rocket in the army.

Whether it is the research and development of new rocket technology, or the mass production of rockets and equipment for troops, the alliance requires continuous investment of resources. Based on this, Comrade Golikov suggested that the alliance should regard the Rocket Army as a new and important With sufficient investment and development, it should even be independent of the army, navy and air force, calling it the “strategic rocket army”.

Comrade Golikov’s statement lasted more than an hour, more than half the time used by Comrade Kuznetsov, and the former’s “rocket victory theory” was obviously more popular than the latter’s “big navy” theory. There is no reason for the attention of the participants. The investment in the “rocket victory theory” is much less than the investment in the “big navy” theory. The alliance does not have enough resources to build six aircraft carriers in one go, but it has enough funds to invest in it. Rocket technology research and development institutions, after all, investment in technology research and development is a slow and continuous process, but investment in armament construction requires a one-time payment in a short period of time.

In addition, now the whole world knows how powerful nuclear weapons are. To a certain extent, nuclear bombs have become a magic weapon for military victory, and the whole world is superstitious about this thing. Rockets can be used to deliver nuclear bombs, and they can also be delivered to hundreds of thousands, even tens of thousands of kilometers away. Therefore, the strategic importance of rockets is obvious.

As for the aircraft carrier… Even if you have such an expensive toy, you may not be able to win the war. The former Japanese are the best example. Their aircraft carriers are equally scary, but they are still in the war. failed in.

In the same sentence, the alliance respects simple and practical logic, and aircraft carriers do not conform to this logic. Therefore, Comrade Kuznetsov’s proposal cannot be approved by the Central Committee.

As a rebirth, Victor certainly has his own opinions on the issue of the alliance’s military development, but again, his current status is not enough, and it is not his turn to express his opinion on issues like this.