After the Polish army suffered successive defeats, Liu Zhaocheng's First Army arrived on the battlefield!

This strong force, formerly known as the "Sun Wu Legion" of the National ** Army, was commanded by Liu Zhaocheng, a young Chinese general who was in the limelight and invincible in the Northern Expedition, and fought abroad for the first time.

If Liu Zhaocheng still had reservations during the civil war, then in this overseas war, Liu Zhaocheng will show all his talents abroad:

I will be used in battle, and I will be victorious in my battle!

1Q2。 On 24 May, Polish troops in the south encountered for the first time the 1st Cavalry Army of Semyon Budyonny. On June 5, Budyonny broke through the Polish-Ukrainian front with Cossack cavalry. The Russians then used mobile cavalry to strike at the rear of the Polish army, targeting communications and supplies. By June 1. On Sunday, the Polish army fully retreated, and on June 13 abandoned Kiev.

The commander of the Polish 3rd Army Corps in Ukraine, Eduard Rezshmigvi, decided to break through the Soviet front to the northwest. Polish forces in Ukraine, although they retreated smoothly, were unable to support the northern front and strengthen the defenses on the Ota River. composed

Due to the lack of troops, Poland had only a weak 120,000 men and about 460 guns on a front line of more than 300 kilometers, and there were no strategic reserves, and there were almost no fortifications.

Facing the Polish front was the North-Western Front of the Red Army, commanded by M.H. Tukhachevsky, with 1 force. More than 18,000 infantry and 11,000 cavalry, 722 guns and 2Q13 machine guns. In some key points, the Russian army has four times as many troops as the Polish army!

And at the critical juncture of the Polish army, the Chinese army has finally arrived!

Liu Zhaocheng vs. Tukhachevsky, the contest between the two famous Chinese and Russian generals!

This is a contest of life and death for Poland, and it is also a contest for the direction of the Russian war!

At this time, the Chinese army arrived at the battlefield of 30,000, and only about 20,000 could be directly used on the frontal battlefield. And on the opposite side, Liu Zhaocheng will directly face the Soviet Russian army of 50,000 and more than 5,000 cavalry!

The Polish army could not be counted on at all, and they had to face the Red Army, which was also strong on the other side.

Liu Zhaocheng, who had just arrived on the battlefield in Russia, had to face such a bad situation!

But Liu Zhaocheng did not seem to notice the current serious situation, as if there was no essential difference between 20,000 people and 55,000 people.

The calmness shown by this young Chinese general was completely beyond his real age.

After arriving at the battlefield, he even took the time to see the scenery of Brest, where he was located.

"Commander, can you think about the actions of the Russians?" Seeing Liu Zhaocheng who came back after enjoying the scenery, Li Zongren, chief of staff of the First Army, said with a smile.

Liu Zhaocheng took a sip of water from his cup: "The Russians, who have nothing to think about, will inevitably launch an offensive along the line from Smolensk to Brestlitovsk, crossing the Ota River and the Berezina River. The Russian 3rd Cavalry Corps in the north intended to move from the north to the border between Lithuania and East Prussia. The Fourth, Fifteenth, and Third Armies pressed westward, while the Sixteenth Army in the South was responsible for supporting missions. Tukhachevsky's wishful thinking was an attempt to break through the Polish front and push the Polish army to the Pinsk swamps in the southwest. ”

Li Zongren and the staff officers were a little surprised. The commander just went outside a few times to take a look at the scenery, could it be that the whole plan of the Russians was already under his control?

Liu Zhaocheng felt a little strange about the expressions of the staff officers, which seemed to him to be nothing to make a fuss about, and the strategic deployment of the Russians was clear at a glance as long as they looked at the intelligence.

This is a military genius, and not everyone has the insight and judgment of this genius who can see the deployment of the Russians at a glance, but his staff officers are unable to do so.

"In that case, how is the commander going to fight?"

"Let Rao Guohua's 2nd Division carry out an attack and test the attitude of the Russians." Liu Zhaocheng stood in front of the map and looked at it: "The attack location is chosen in the area of Lechinkerst. Is Rao Guohua here? ”

"Here!" Rao Guohua, who was also young and full of vitality, walked in loudly

Liu Zhaocheng didn't raise his head and said:

"When you attack, you should use all the artillery, remember to observe the response measures and deployment of the Russians, break through a certain point in the Shasarat defense line, then build fortifications on the spot, hold on for a whole day, and then abandon all the existing positions and retreat to the original defense line." …,

"Yes!" Rao Guohua replied loudly.

"The 3rd and 4th divisions are ready to respond." Liu Zhaocheng ordered again: "Remember to fight really, and defend really, as soon as the time comes, retreat immediately." If the Russians attack fiercely, then even if the time is not enough, it is allowed to retreat in advance! ”

"Commander, I will complete the attack and stay there for the whole day.

"Guohua, we are testing the attitude of the Russians, not really trying to stick with them." Liu Zhaocheng smiled: "If the loss is serious, it will outweigh the loss." ”

"Understood."

Rao Guohua walked out with firm steps, Liu Zhaocheng seemed to have nothing to do, and he didn't know what to do when he stood there.

Li Zongren didn't know where to find a pair of chess: "Commander, come to a game?" ”

"Good!" Liu Zhaocheng sat down excitedly, set up the chess pieces, and came first with a fierce momentum

Li Zongren smiled and flew a horse.

The young commander's chess style and fighting are completely different things, he is not in a hurry to fight, he is calm and calm, and the marching array is light and skillful, but when he plays chess, he opens and closes widely, and he can't wait to checkmate the opponent at once!

After only a few steps, Liu Zhaocheng's chess game fell into passivity.

Li Zongren smiled secretly in his heart, this young commander is a genius in the military, and he is really not good at chess.

"You say, why didn't 1 Jie Shuai simply transfer all the troops at once and solve the situation in Russia in one fell swoop?" Liu Zhaocheng asked while frowning and thinking about the chess game.

Li Zongren's brows also furrowed slightly: "I think the president doesn't have the idea of solving the situation in Russia at all. At the moment there are the White Guards of the Russians in Russia, the Polish army, and the intervention armies of various countries, and as soon as we come in again, in fact, the situation is very unfavorable for the Soviet Russians. But the president is fighting unhurriedly and slowly increasing his troops, and I think the president means that he wants to slowly consume the strength of the Russians here. ”

Liu Zhaocheng stopped what he was doing: "You mean that the president doesn't want to end the Russian war so early?" ”

"It's not that you don't want to end early, it's that you don't want to see either side win." Li Zongren lowered his voice: "A united Russia is a huge threat to China, but a confrontational Russia ......"

"Divided Russia?" Liu Zhaocheng groaned.

Li Zongren nodded: "European and American countries do not want the Bolsheviks to win, but the president does not want to see Russia complete reunification, whether it is red or white, and a united Russia is not in the interests of China." Otherwise, the president would have brought in all the elites in the country and continued to attack Soviet Russia with the support of the European and American powers. ”

Li Zongren's judgment on these things is very keen, which even Liu Zhaocheng admires very much. After listening to Li Zongren's analysis, he nodded slightly and said:

"So it seems that after defeating the Red Army on the opposite side, we should also slow down a little."

Li Zongren smiled.

The young genius commander did not take the Russians on the other side to heart at all, and in his opinion victory was a matter of hand-to-hand capture, and what to consider was what to do next.

It is no wonder that the president put Liu Zhaocheng in Russia, ignored him, and was only responsible for his logistics and supply, and left the rest of the things to his discretion.

It's a trust!

"Wait, it's wrong." Liu Zhaocheng put a chess piece in his hand, but when he saw that it was wrong, he hurriedly wanted to take back the chess piece.

"A husband with no regrets." Li Zongren hurriedly said.

Liu Zhaocheng withdrew his hand stupidly.

The staff officers around him let out a knowing smile.

Li Zongren drew Liu Zhaocheng's attention back from the chessboard: "How is the commander going to fight this battle?" ”

"Let's attack first, and then we will withdraw." Liu Zhaocheng was obviously dissatisfied with his chief of staff for not allowing him to regret his moves, but he still said:

"The purpose of the Russians is to attack, so we will let them attack. I am not worried about the Poles, although they will be defeated in the offensive, but for their own benefit, they will definitely defend to the end, and with our arrival, they will force the ...... Tukhachevsky had to divide his forces and disperse his forces, unable to concentrate his forces on the attack......"

Speaking of this, he muttered there: "Spread the forces of the Russians as far as possible, and then thwart their spirits, and for the arrival of new reinforcements for us, and after the training of the new Polish troops, they will be thrown into a major counterattack, and once the Russian offensive in Molensk-Brest Litovsk has been thwarted, the rest will be much easier." ”

Li Zongren listened very carefully, and Liu Zhaocheng continued:

"The momentum of the attack does not have to be fierce, the key depends on whether the Bolsheviks can afford to consume it, to see how far their patience can go, and then find a flaw in it and annihilate it in one fell swoop. I asked Rao Guohua to take the initiative to attack and test the attitude of the Russians, which is precisely this purpose. Hey, Chief of Staff, get me a glass of water. ”

Li Zongren listened very attentively, and when he heard this, he stood up, touched the cup, the water was cold, poured some hot water into it, and handed it to Liu Zhaocheng's hand.

Liu Zhaocheng suddenly dropped a chess piece: "General, dead chess!" ”

"Ahh Li Zongren stayed there, Liu Zhaocheng had already stood up with a smile and paced outside, Li Zongren looked at the chessboard, and suddenly shouted loudly:

"That's too bad, you stole one of my cars!" ）