Red Moscow

Chapter 2425

 Two days later, when the train arrived in Chelyabinsk, Sokov couldn't help but said with emotion: "I didn't expect that we would be back in Chelyabinsk so soon."

Unexpectedly, after Sokov said this, he found that Yakov was staring in the direction of the city intently, as if something special had attracted his attention. Seeing this, Sokov couldn't help but asked curiously: "Yasha, what are you looking at? Is there anything attractive outside the window?"

“Misha.” Yakov looked away from the window, looked at Sokov and asked, “Do you think Chelyabinsk can produce a submarine that can dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal?”

Hearing what Yakov said, Sokov couldn't help but be stunned. He clearly remembered that the diving depth of submarines in this era was only 100 to 300 meters. It was simply impossible to reach the bottom of Lake Baikal with an average water depth of 730 meters. .

"Yasha, I think you know as well as I do that submarines in this era cannot reach that depth at all." Sokov said jokingly: "Why, it's been a few days, and you still haven't forgotten the bottom of Lake Baikal." of Tsarist gold?”

"Misha, that's 1,600 tons of gold." Yakov said with an exaggerated expression: "It would be a waste to let it remain buried deep at the bottom of Lake Baikal. I think finding a way to fish it up can also be regarded as waste utilization. Yes. You said that current manufacturing technology cannot produce a submarine that can dive hundreds or even thousands of meters deep. In other words, it is possible that it can be built in the future?"

Seeing Yakov's persistence, Sokov couldn't help but curiously asked: "Yasha, what I don't understand is that if we talk about shipbuilding, it should be a shipyard in Ukraine. How come it involves Chelyabinsk in the inland area?" Woolen cloth?"

Hearing Sokov's question, Yakov was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Misha, if I tell you something, can you keep it a secret?"

Seeing Yakov's serious expression, Sokov realized the seriousness of the problem, nodded and said: "Don't worry, Yasha. If what you are talking about is top secret, I will definitely keep it secret and never let anyone else know it." Three people know."

Yakov nodded after hearing this, then stood up, walked quickly to the door of the box, opened the door suddenly, and then poked his head out to take a look. Seeing that there was no one in the corridor, he closed the door and walked back to his place.

His operation confused Sokov, and he asked in confusion: "Yasha, what are you doing?"

Yakov grinned and said: "To be on the safe side, just in case the partition wall has ears."

"Don't worry, Yasha." Sokov comforted the other party and said, "Now that our train is running, it makes a lot of noise. Even if someone is hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, he can only hear someone talking at best. But you can’t hear what we are saying clearly. If you have any secrets, tell me quickly.”

"Two days ago, when our train passed the Tunguska River, you once mentioned the Tunguska explosion to me." Yakov said mysteriously: "Do you still remember this?"

“Remember, of course I remember.” Sokov nodded and said, “I am not even 70 or 80 years old, so I naturally remember very clearly what I said two days ago.”

“Now that you know about the Tunguska explosion, it saves me a lot of trouble.”

Hearing this, Sokov vaguely guessed that the secret Yakov was going to say should be related to the Tunguska explosion, so he couldn't help but interjected and asked: "Could it be that the top secret you are going to talk about is related to the Tunguska explosion? "

"That's right." Yakov nodded and said, "The secret I'm going to tell you is indeed related to the Tunguska explosion. Before I tell you the secret, can you tell me what are the major cities in our country that produce tanks?"

Sokov replied without thinking: "There are three cities I know, one is Stalingrad, one is Leningrad, and the other is Kharkiv."

"These three cities were all occupied or besieged by the German army during the war, and they were definitely unable to carry out normal production. Guess why, under such circumstances, our army continued to obtain a large number of tanks, including many new models Where are the tanks?”

"After the war broke out, many arsenals moved eastward to Asia." Sokov said cautiously: "As far as I know, not only Moscow, but even Leningrad also moved a large number of military industrial enterprises to Thousands of kilometers away in Asia, and re-established new military factories there, continuously providing a large amount of equipment to the frontline troops."

“On the surface, this is indeed the case.” Yakov said with a smile: “But you may not know that the role Chelyabinsk played during the war is unmatched by other cities.”

“Yasha, stop talking in circles and tell me quickly what’s going on?”

"I heard," Yakov quickly explained to Sokov after saying this, "I have heard that shortly after the establishment of the Soviet Union, a large scientific expedition team was sent to Tunguska conducted an inspection. During the inspection, they discovered something from outside the earth. To be precise, it was a technology that was more advanced than our existing technology. After the person in charge reported the matter, he quietly Brought back and deposited in Chelyabinsk.”

When Sokov heard this, a thought immediately came to his mind: "Today wouldn't be April Fool's Day, otherwise why would Yakov tell me such incredible things? If the Soviet Union really obtained technology from alien planets, It would not have been so badly beaten by the Germans at the beginning of the war. If it had not received so much military assistance from the United States, Stalin might have had to abandon Moscow and retreat to Siberia for the final resistance."

Full of doubts about Yakov's statement, Sokov asked cautiously: "Yasha, who did you hear what you said?"

"Misha, don't forget, since you rescued me from the prisoner of war camp, I returned to Moscow and entered the weapons and equipment department under the arrangement of my father." Yakov met Sokov With doubt written all over his face, he explained: "As for Chelyabinsk's possession of technology from extraterrestrials, I learned about it while working in the Weapons and Equipment Department. However, because my level is not high enough, the content I know is very Limited." Listening to Yakov's explanation, Sokov couldn't help but believe a little of what he said to him. In order to better understand this so-called alien technology, he continued to ask: "Yasha, I wonder how much help these alien technologies have played in the research and development of our army's weapons and equipment?"

"I can only tell you that it helps a lot." Yakov was afraid that Sokov wouldn't understand, so he specifically explained: "For example, a new type of tank goes from design, development, qualification, to final mass production. It will take two to three years. And with the help of this alien technology, we only need ten months to a year to put the new tank into service."

Sokov laughed dryly and said: "It seems that the help of this alien technology to us is still limited. I thought that with its help, we could shorten the time from research and development to fielding of tanks from the original time." One year has been shortened to one month.”

"Theoretically, it's possible." Yakov sighed and said, "But since we haven't fully mastered the use of alien technology, everything is being done on a trial basis, and the shortened time will naturally not be what you said. It’s so obvious. But I believe that as time goes by, our people will become more and more proficient in mastering this technology, and then we can let alien technology play a greater role.”

Yakov’s words aroused Sokov’s deep curiosity: “Yasha, if you have the opportunity to go to Chelyabinsk to see this technology with your own eyes in the future, could you take me with you?”

Facing this request made by Sokov, Yakov also laughed, and then said: "Misha, if you want to see this kind of technology, you need to pay the corresponding price."

"The corresponding price?" When Sokov heard this, he suddenly remembered the secret military-industrial cities of the Soviet Union that were exposed in later generations. More than 100,000 or 200,000 people in the city lived in isolation from the outside world, and the residents in the city were engaged in work step by step. Military production, but outsiders know nothing about them. After the Soviet Union collapsed and these cities were exposed, residents living in other cities would be surprised to find from time to time that their relatives who had been missing for more than ten or twenty years actually lived in such secret cities without names.

Thinking of this, he asked tentatively: "Will those who know the secret have to live in isolation from the world in the future?"

Hearing what Sokov said, Yakov had a look of astonishment on his face, and he asked in surprise: "Misha, how did you know?"

"The reason is very simple," Sokov said: "You have worked in the weapons and equipment department for such a long time, and you still have a high level, but you still only know this kind of black technology that exists in Chelyabinsk. Knowing his name but not knowing the specific circumstances means that this matter is absolutely confidential. In order to prevent leaks, people who have access to this secret will either disappear from the world or live anonymously and isolated from the world."

"Yes, Misha, you are right." Yakov agreed with Sokov's statement: "Due to work needs, Comrade Ustinov once mentioned this to me. He specifically emphasized that this technology involves top secrets. If I need to know more about it, I need to enter the secret base in Chelyabinsk and work in isolation from the rest of the world."

"What does your father think of this matter?" Sokov was very concerned about Stalin's attitude towards this matter.

"After I told my father about this, he kept smoking silently." Yakov said: "When he finished smoking and knocked the ashes into the ashtray, he told me that he completely respected my opinion about this matter. Choice, whether I want to go to Chelyabinsk or not, he will not interfere with my decision at will."

 “So, you chose to give up later.”

"Yes." Yakov replied: "I saw that my father hesitated for a long time before giving a general answer. I realized that even if I was his son, I had gone to Chelyabinsk's secret After the base, I’m afraid I can leave just because I want to. I don’t want to live my whole life in anonymity in a strange place, so when I finally replied to Comrade Ustinov, I said that I was unwilling to go to Chelyabinsk.”

After Sokov waited for Yakov to finish speaking, he specifically asked about the approximate date. He finally realized: "Oh, so that's it. I finally understand why you wanted to be transferred to the General Staff Headquarters, when Ustino That’s why Comrade Husband agreed so readily.”

"Well, you guessed it right." Yakov continued: "At that time, Ustinov hoped to send a trustworthy person from the weapons and equipment department to Chelyabinsk. Since I didn't want to go, he wouldn't either. Reluctantly. But it was not suitable for me to continue to stay in the Weapons and Equipment Department, so I took the initiative to request to be transferred to the General Staff Headquarters, and with the help of Comrade Ustinov, the transfer was successfully completed."

After listening to Yakov's words, Sokov finally understood why Yakov, who was engaged in weapons research, directly entered the General Staff. The job he later engaged in can be said to be different from his original job. Horses and cows are not related, it turns out that it involves a certain secret.

This time it was Sokov's turn to ask: "Yasha, although you have not been to the secret base in Chelyabinsk, do you think they have the ability to develop a new type of submersible that can reach a diving depth of 700 meters or even 1,000 meters?" Where’s the submarine?”

"I think it should be possible." Yakov looked at Sokov and said: "This is why I brought Bashilashvili back to the country. He knows the approximate location where the Tsar's gold sank. If Chelyabin If Sksk can really develop a submarine that can dive to a depth of 1,000 meters, then there will be a chance to salvage the gold buried deep in the lake bottom."

"Well, that is to say, as long as your father becomes interested in the Tsar's gold and prepares to salvage it, then it is possible that the secret base in Chelyabinsk will carry out the research and development of new submarines." Sokov asked rhetorically. Said: "Am I right?"

Yakov gave Sokov a thumbs up: "You are very right. As long as my father wants to salvage the gold from the bottom of Lake Baikal, he must develop a new submarine. This way, when the new submarine comes out, he can go to Baikal." Lake on a mission to search and salvage gold.”

Although Sokov felt that Yakov was taking it too much for granted, even if a submarine with a depth of 1,000 meters could be developed, finding the missing Tsarist gold at the bottom of the vast Lake Baikal would still be a needle-in-a-haystack job. If gold were really so easy to find, the whereabouts of the Tsar's gold would not have become a historical mystery in the 21st century.

However, he did not want to dampen Yakov's enthusiasm, so he could only smile and said: "Yasha, I hope you can successfully persuade your father to agree to salvage gold and carry out research and development of new submarines."

"I will find a way to convince him." Yakov seemed very confident about this matter: "Now that the war has just ended, the country is in dire need, and various reconstruction works require a lot of funds. If this batch of gold can be salvaged, it will It will play a vital role in our economic recovery.”

 (End of this chapter)