Chapter 332
"The research and development capabilities of the three crane equipment factories, Drogobych, Strela and Novokramadsk, are still a little weak," Voznesensky took the umbrella from the guard beside him and motioned the guard to drive the car over. Then he continued, "I suggest that we transfer some experts from the Academy of Sciences to them."
To be honest, Voznesensky's words seemed to be overstepping the line. After all, this aspect of the work was the responsibility of Yuri and had nothing to do with him. If he gave such advice to a petty-minded person, it would probably not only fail to have the effect of the advice, but would instead cause the other party to be disgusted.
However, Yuri is not a petty person after all, and he also knows that Voznesensky's suggestion is correct. He thinks that he said this with good intentions, and it is at least a feasible suggestion.
But then again, Yuri had considered Voznesensky's suggestion, but why didn't he implement it? For no other reason, it was because the Soviet Academy of Sciences was currently very busy and could hardly spare more people to do other things.
What is the top priority of the Soviet Academy of Sciences at the moment? Without a doubt, it is the development of nuclear weapons. Any work in the Soviet Union must give way to this work, and no one can be exempted.
The nuclear weapons research and development project is not an ordinary small project. To be honest, although the construction project of the Palace of Soviets is huge, compared with the nuclear weapons research and development project, this simple construction project can only be regarded as child's play.
At present, most of the manpower of the Soviet Academy of Sciences is concentrated on this project, and there are simply no more experts to be transferred elsewhere.
According to intelligence obtained by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs' intelligence department, the Americans had successfully developed their first nuclear bomb and were currently organizing a test explosion, while the Soviet Union's research work was seriously lagging behind.
At present, the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons research and development is fully promoting the development of three core technologies, namely uranium enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing technology and heavy water production technology. Among these three tasks, uranium enrichment and heavy water production technology have made breakthrough progress, but spent fuel reprocessing technology is still under technical research.
In addition, in order to speed up the research and development progress as much as possible, the detonator is also under intensive development. At the same time, the site required for nuclear testing is also under intensive construction.
But after all, it would still be quite difficult for the Soviet Union to test its first nuclear weapon before the end of this year.
Although Comrade Stalin was very concerned about the construction project of the Palace of Soviets, as the leader of this country, he was very clear about priorities. Therefore, he would not rashly withdraw engineering machinery experts from the nuclear weapons project for the construction project of the Palace of Soviets.
In addition, Yuri was also a little confused. He didn't understand why Voznesensky suddenly gave him such a suggestion. Did he really care so much about the construction project of the Palace of Soviets? This seemed a bit weird.
Without thinking too much, Yuri talked to Voznesensky for a few words at the entrance to the cemetery under the Kremlin wall, and then got into his car.
After returning to the Disarmament Working Committee building to change into dry clothes, Yuri took a bus to the Moscow Design Institute.
The model that was originally planned to be presented to Comrade Stalin during the May Day celebration was not completed before May Day. Yuri had to postpone the time of presentation. Finally, he decided to postpone it to December, which was Comrade Stalin's birthday.
Since the time was extended for more than half a year, Yuri put forward a new requirement. He wanted to enlarge the scale of the model. The model of the entire Moscow city would be bounded by the Garden Ring Road, and the main focus would be on the urban area within the Garden Ring Road.
For this model, the Moscow Design Institute has deployed nearly 30 carpenters and 17 painters to work on it. The model is made of wood, and every house and street is carved and processed from wood. The outer layer is also sprayed with paint to make the whole model more realistic.
The entire model is 23 meters long and 19.7 meters wide. It is constructed using a panoramic imitation method. The most difficult part is the production of seven large buildings, including the Ministry of Heavy Industry Building, Moscow University, and Ukraine Hotel. Because these buildings do not exist now, craftsmen need to build them according to the design drawings.
After arriving at the design institute by car, Yuri saw the model being made in the auditorium of the design institute. Now, the main part of the model has been completed, and only a few major buildings have not been made, including the "Seven Sisters Buildings" proposed by Yuri, the Palace of Soviets, and the Kremlin.
Among these buildings, the Seven Sisters complex and the Palace of Soviets complex are more difficult to build due to technical problems, and the Kremlin... Today's Kremlin is not open to the public. It is the heart of the heart of the Soviet Union and an absolutely confidential area. There are no floor plans and corresponding architectural structure drawings, and craftsmen do not have the ability to build them out of thin air.
As for the floor plan and architectural structure drawings of the Kremlin, they are top secret. If Yuri wants to take them out, he must get the approval of the Kremlin Security Bureau. At the same time, in order to avoid risks, it is better to get permission from Stalin himself.
Although he wanted to give Comrade Stalin a surprise, Yuri was not blinded by the desire to flatter him. He decided to put the Kremlin model aside for the time being, and then complete it after getting Comrade Stalin's approval.
After inspecting the progress of the model production in the auditorium of the design institute, Yuri went to the Yuri Iovan Engineering Design Institute next to the design institute. This design institute is affiliated with the Moscow Design Institute. It is named after the designer of the Palace of Soviets and is now responsible for the construction of the Lenin statue on the top of the Palace of Soviets.
Initially, Yuri proposed that the statue of Lenin be made of copper with anti-rust paint, but his proposal was rejected by the design institute because copper would not only be difficult to prevent from rusting, but also difficult to solve the problem of counterweight. The experts of the design institute insisted that granite was the most scientific method, which could save costs and bypass some technical problems.
The solution proposed by the experts is to use a steel structure as support inside the statue, and the granite material used to construct the statue is divided into more than a thousand parts. Each component will complete preliminary work such as drilling and trial assembly on the ground, and then be reassembled on the top of the Palace of Soviets.
Currently, Yuri Iovan Design Institute is designing the steel structure, and the granite building materials used as the components are also being processed. This is also a task with a large amount of engineering and a high level of technical content.
Even though Yuri had broken down the entire Soviet Palace construction project and assigned each task to specific people, he was still the person in charge and was directly responsible to Comrade Stalin. Therefore, before the entire project was completed, the burden was still firmly on him and he was under great pressure.
Recently, he would walk around every day to check on the progress of his work. If he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to sleep well at night.
After a tour around the design institute, when Yuri was leaving by car, the drizzle that had been falling for almost the entire morning stopped.
His car drove half a circle around the Garden Ring, turned off Granovskoe Street, and drove about two hundred meters before arriving at a two-story building that looked a bit shabby.
There are many cars parked outside the building, and some soldiers in the uniforms of the Internal Guard are busy. This is Sherbakov's residence. Yes, this fat guy who looks like a corrupt official has lived here since he first arrived in Moscow in 1938, and he lived here until he died of illness. He built villas and luxury apartments for high-ranking officials in Moscow, but he always lived in this dilapidated building.
Now, he died suddenly of illness, and his widow will take her children back to her hometown in Ruza. It is said that Comrade Stalin personally issued an order to arrange a fairly good residence for Comrade Sherbakov's widow and children there.
Yuri's car stopped only seven or eight meters away from the small building. Just as he was about to get out of the car, he saw a gray Haiyan slowly driving towards him and stopped about ten meters away on the opposite side of the street.
Yuri frowned and gave up the idea of getting out of the car. The door of the car opposite opened and Zhukov, dressed in a military uniform, got out of the car with a gloomy face. He looked at him from a distance. It was obvious that the other party had seen him.
Comrade Zhukov has now completely left the core of power in Moscow. Although his rank of marshal has not been stripped, he is probably left with only this rank of marshal. Apart from that, he can no longer even retain the dignity of being a Soviet marshal.
At the end of summer, Comrade Zhukov held a sand table exercise in the Odessa Military District, probably to practice some new tactics of coordinated operations of the three armed forces, or to relive the glory of the war years. But unfortunately, the old man seemed to have forgotten one thing, that is, he has become a fallen phoenix, and anyone can really step on him.
Then, Comrade Abakumov, who was in charge of counterintelligence in the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, submitted a report to Comrade Stalin, saying that Comrade Zhukov had organized a war exercise in the Odessa Military District without the approval of the Kiev Military District, which was an attempt to rebel.
Comrade Stalin certainly did not believe that Zhukov would rebel, so he reprimanded Abakumov, who framed him, and dismissed him from his post as the director of the Counterintelligence Bureau of the People's Commissariat of Defense. Later, Comrade Stalin dismissed Zhukov from his post as commander of the Odessa Military District and transferred him to the lower-level commander of the Ural Military District.
