The Ural Mountain belongs to the central part of the Soviet Union. It starts from the Baidalaz Bay in the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean in the north and ends at the Kazakh grasslands in the south. It stretches for more than 2,000 kilometers, between the Eastern European plains and the Siberian plains.

The mountain is generally not high, with an average altitude of 500 meters to 200 meters; the People's Peak, 894 meters from the subpolar area, is the highest peak in Ural.

This is the dividing line between the Eurasian continent. For the Soviets, they have always attached great importance to European industrial construction. In the past, the Ural Mountains were simply a place to exile prisoners.

However, the Ural Mountains are a treasure house of minerals in the Soviet Union. Its east slope contains magnets, copper, aluminum, platinum, asbestos and other minerals; the west slope stores potassium salt, oil and natural gas.

There are also a large number of forestry resources. Large areas of broad-leaved forests and coniferous forests are distributed on the west slope. In the forest are linden trees, oaks, maples, birch and other species; most of the eastern slopes are larch, and broad-leaved forests are rare.

Such mineral resources are crucial to the Soviets. Along the Ural Mountains, there are some cities distributed, such as Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Ufa, Izhevsk, Olenbulg, Nad Tagir, Magnitogorsk and Kurgan.

Now, the industries in these cities have developed tremendously, because almost all the industries in the western Soviet areas have been moved.

Yekaterin Arbor is an important mechanical production base, Chelyabinsk is a famous tank and automobile base and steelmaking base, as well as the most important railway hub. Magnitogorsk, Nah Tagir, Sverdlovsk and Ufa are part of the Ural steelmaking industrial zone and are large-scale steelmaking, ironmaking, coal coking, coal mining and iron ore industrial bases.

Lower Tagil, 183 Factory.

The Soviet Union also often named factories by numbers, and in later generations more of their place names were circulated, the Ural Mountain Locomotive Factory.

This place turned out to be the i.v. Stalin Ural Railway Vehicle Manufacturing Factory. Later, as the situation in Ukraine deteriorated, the Kharkov steam locomotive factory was relocated as a whole, and they combined the latest and larger Ural Mountain locomotive factory.

Now, the locomotive factory is producing T-34 tanks day and night. Although this tank does not have much technical advantages in front of the Germans, its design is simple and the output is large, meeting the needs of the Soviets.

Defeat the opponent with a huge number!

There is a shortage of oil now, but the Soviets are also trying their best to increase oil production. The second bombed Baku is also resuming oil production, which has nothing to do with them.

They just need to produce tanks.

At the critical moment when the Soviets were facing life and death, the workers at the tank factory in Tagir also burst out with great enthusiasm for production. With only a few pieces of bread every day, they are still producing day and night. The current monthly output has reached an astonishing 700 vehicles!

This can be compared with Germany. Although Germany has integrated European industries and coordinated distribution by Krupp, Germany's most important Tiger tank has a monthly output of no more than 400 vehicles, which is already the total output of all factories.

In a tank factory in Tagil, 700 tanks can be produced in one month!

At this time, a large number of tanks were already parked in the open space outside the factory, and these newly built tanks were waiting for railway transportation.

In order to transport iron ore from the Ural Mountains, the Germans specially built a railway. Now, this railway has played a role and can make their transportation more convenient.

Even so, because transportation is needed in every place, they have to wait for material dispatch.

At the same time, right next to the tank factory, there is a corresponding tank design bureau, codenamed kb-520.

This design bureau has a long history. They were the design team that once led by Koshkin to develop the famous T-34 tank.

Unfortunately, Koshkin died young, which is a pity. After that, the design bureau was led by Koshkin's close friend, Alexander-a-Morozov.

In this period, they are quite nervous. Although there is an industrial foundation here, they are still facing a mess.

There is a shortage of rubber, steel, electrical equipment, and almost all the required materials are short.

In this case, the Design Bureau must improve the production of tanks and make every effort to save every ton of rubber, steel, armored steel, wires and all precious production materials.

Therefore, almost all components of the prototype T-34 tank were modified to adapt to this difficult wartime environment. For example, cast iron parts were replaced by copper parts and welding was replaced by rivets. The production procedures were greatly simplified, the production speed was accelerated, and the cost was reduced. This made a huge contribution to the large-scale production of T-34 tanks in wartime conditions.

As for the poor quality of the product? Of course he doesn't have to worry about it. Anyway, tanks will last for an average of ten hours on the battlefield, as long as they can drive up.

Compared with Germany's pursuit of excellence, the inside of the tank turret has a leather interior that prevents soldiers from kowtowing. The Soviet tanks are the difference between Rolls-Royce and Sanmazi.

However, Molozov knew that it was far from enough to produce these t-34s that were purely used to consume.

"Now we lack anything. It is good to be able to complete the production tasks set by our superiors. We have no ability to improve the tanks at all." In the humble conference room, Molotov's assistant, n-a-Cocherenko, said.

It is simply a new round of disputes, and such disputes have almost begun since they were put into production here.

Molotov wants to improve t-34.

"We can see that the current t-34 is purely a role that consumes German shells, and we cannot even destroy the German tiger style from behind. In this case, we still produce behind t-34, which is actually a crime. We must improve it, and we can't wait." Molotov emphasized again.

Not to mention the departure of Koshkin, I can't bear to see the end of T-34 today. I just cherish the lives of the frontline soldiers and must improve the existing tanks.

"How to change?" asked another assistant, a-v-Koresnikov.

He was keenly aware that Molotov's words had changed. A few days ago, he had been calling for the development of a new tank, but today, it suddenly became an improvement of the existing tank. Perhaps it was even less difficult?

"We have a serious lack of firepower and we must improve the tank gun. For the existing guns, it is most appropriate to use 85mm anti-aircraft guns to improve. At the same time, we will expand our bottom seat ring, increase the turret space, and change it to a three-person turret." Molotov said.

(There is also a saying that this 85mm cannon was born from a cannon?)
Chapter completed!