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The last weekend of 1936.

Under the snow-capped outskirts of Moscow, the repression movement and the blizzard devastated the once-great Soviets, which once attracted the vast majority of the world's proletariat and intellectuals, are going astray step by step. In the coming New Year, there will be no church prayers, no good wine to keep warm, life will become a plan, and family and friends will be on guard against each other. All this pained Tukhachevsky's heart, but he could not do anything. The marshal sounds good, but it is not a means to empty power, and when a soldier becomes a marshal, it also means that his military career has come to an end. ""The fastest update, full text hand-typed

But he didn't want to end it so early, not because he was nostalgic for power, but because the current situation in the Soviet Union was too sinister. So he drove to Blyukhel early in the morning, hoping to persuade the other side to support his idea of abandoning hostile Germany and going all out against China.

"Comrade Tukhachevsky? Come in. Rising early as usual, Blyukhel, who opened the door with a bite of black bread, was surprised by his visit. As one of the first marshals to be promoted, few guests came to his house. Especially now in this political chaos, when many officers have been arrested and imprisoned, because his friendship with Kuibyshev is even more avoidable. Moreover, the military ideas of the two are different, he can be regarded as Voroshilov's faction, and Tukhachevsky is a pro-German faction, and they usually compete with each other fiercely. Baidu search "" to see the latest chapters

Tukhachevsky did not want to talk about the differences, which he felt were all about making the Soviet Union stronger, and he did not believe the rumors about Blyukhel. He knew that Blyukhel had been seriously injured during the civil war, and that the wound would ache faintly every winter, and that he needed strong wine to keep the blood alive and dispel the bruises, so he took out a bottle of vodt from his bag as a gift: "Are you okay?" ”

"Have a drink, it will be better." Blyukhel laughed, took the vodka unceremoniously, and deliberately pretended to smell it: "I haven't drunk it for a long time, you wait." I'll go get the cup. ”

Tukhachevsky smiled slightly, Blyukhel's character is to become more and more courageous the more frustrated. At the beginning, he could have reversed any disadvantage in the civil war, and in the Dutch East Indies, if it had not been for the outbreak of famine in the country and the inability to support, I am afraid that he would have been able to make greater achievements.

Seeing him go to get the cup, Tukhachevsky simply walked into the small study by himself. The study room was a little messy, and the military map hanging on the wall was covered with red and black arrows and lines depicting the more than 3,000-kilometer front from Afghanistan to Krasnoyarsk. Counting the staggered salient and mountain detours, the total length is actually close to 4,000 kilometers! Two hostile countries face off on such a long front. It is unique in the history of human warfare. Neither the Soviet Union nor China could make the entire line of defense impregnable.

He saw this not because he was worried about the battle line, but because the military map was densely marked with various annotations, which showed the depth of Blyukhel's efforts on the eastern front. For him, who has always been arrogant, only such a person is worthy of talking about military strategy with him.

"We are worried that Yang Qiu and his generals will not be relieved either." Blyukhel walked in with two glasses, saw him looking at the map, poured him a drink, and handed it over.

"Comrade Konstantinovich. You've been to the General Staff for too little lately to do that. ”

"I know, I'll get to work as soon as possible."

Like most Soviets, spirits went down. The relationship between the two is much closer. Tukhachevsky asked a few questions about the current situation, fearing that he would be depressed because of Kuibyshev's affairs, and reminded him that he should cheer up. But it's hard to say much about it, after seeing him agree. Walking to the map with a wine glass, his expression gradually became solemn: "In the past few days, I have had some quarrels with Comrade Voroshilov. Because there have been rumors lately. Yang Qiu has reached a secret agreement with Germany that is unfavorable to us. He also traveled to France, the Czech Republic and Hungary, and stayed in Warsaw for a week. Having already infiltrated Persia and the Arab region, and Turkey's unclear attitude, I have reason to believe that he is co-opting these countries to build a common front against us from the Baltic to the East.

Just last month, France, Italy and Japan all said that the Washington Naval Treaty would not be renewed after it expired, indicating that the arms race of countries has begun and the war is getting closer! So my opinion is to resolve the contradictions with Germany first, but Voroshilov insisted that the army be ready to fight on two fronts, so I would like to hear your thoughts. ”

Although the two men had different military thoughts, Blyukhel still admired his analysis, and he outlined the whole situation in just a few sentences. Indeed, the current situation in the Soviet Union is really bad, and Germany has shown an aggressive posture after Hitler came to power. In the East, Yang Qiu, who had changed 10 years earlier than the Soviet Union, also showed his fangs, and the Persian Gulf and Turkey were traditional British and French spheres of influence.

The worst thing on this front is that it is too far to the east, and it is difficult for the Soviet army to react quickly. If we really want to do it, we must strike first and destroy the front-line living forces in northwest China, otherwise it will be very troublesome to completely mobilize a nation with a population of more than 500 million, standing at the gate of a big industrial country, able to endure hardships, and with a tenacious character.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that vodka was not so delicious, and wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve. This action made Tukhachevsky secretly smile bitterly, the most handsome of the five marshals, but the most unfocused on personal image is probably this one. But Blyukhel didn't care about the image, and said: "You are right, the current situation is indeed dangerous. But I don't think it will be a Chinese myth, I have dealt with them, although they have a certain advantage, but the advance across thousands of kilometers is an extremely difficult task for any army. After the outbreak of war, we can fully mobilize guerrilla forces and cooperate with the regular army in a defensive war of attrition. Bad weather and roads will exhaust them, all we have to do is be patient and wait for the opportunity for a counteroffensive to arise, so I'm worried about Germany and the Persian Gulf instead!

Germany is becoming more and more aggressive, Hitler has seen us as an adversary, and the comrades in Spain are being slaughtered, all of which show that Western imperialism is using Germany to stifle our GCIST cause. Therefore, we must not stop supporting the Spanish comrades, but must take advantage of the opportunity to test the attitude of Germany and China. ”

Tukhachevsky moved his mouth, he wanted to say that the Soviet-German contradiction was actually only a political contradiction, but in the end he chose to keep his mouth shut, because this issue had been discussed countless times within the Soviet army. Blyukhel did not pay attention to this small gesture and continued to say what he thought: "The impact of the Saudi independence incident is underestimated by everyone. Yang Qiu's tough stance in that crisis gave the Arabs hope of getting rid of the British, so Arabs and Islamic guerrillas from Egypt to India were waiting for his second strike. So I think he will most likely be in an alliance with Germany, because as long as Germany is strong, Britain and France cannot distract themselves from the Far East and the Persian Gulf, and his army can quickly fill these gaps. As soon as he gained a foothold in the Persian Gulf, he could deploy troops to Iran and Iraq, threatening the security of the Caucasus and even the Caspian Sea. ”

"But I don't think Yang Qiu will form an alliance with Germany. He was the best strategist I have ever met, and he should have known that Hitler was just an Anglo-American trained executioner, in alliance with such a person. It will trap him and China in the trap of being used and abandoned. Tukhachevsky disagrees with him: "What he is doing now is just acting!" He wants us to break the deadlock! I know that Voroshilov has always seen Iran and India as a breakthrough to break the imperialist encirclement, but this is exactly what Yang Qiu wants to see the most. Because of the interests of Britain and France in which places, if we go south, we will give him an excuse not to offend Britain and France, but also to garrison Saudi Arabia!

Also, we all ignore Japan's power. The Japanese Navy is a formidable force in the Pacific, and if it wants to defeat China, it must strengthen its relations with Japan. Therefore, I believe that we should reconcile with Germany, and then concentrate on preventing the Chinese threat together with Japan. Turn. Because the Japanese Army is not worth relying on, if a war breaks out with Germany, Yang Qiu only needs to set up a defensive line in the northwest to consume us. At that time, Japan will think that we are not attacking well. Think that we are in trouble and do not dare to continue to flank China. Even out of prudence, he will reach an agreement with China to develop in the Great Flat Ocean. In this way, the only partner who can cause trouble for China will be farther and farther away. ”

"Comrade Tukhachevsky, didn't you think that going south was a good way to break the deadlock? Comrade Voroshilov's idea was to break the Anglo-American encirclement. If they collude with China, we can also resolve it with Germany, isn't it the same? ”

"Nope! It's not the same. Previously because of the decay of Germany, but now that they have returned, the strategic situation has undergone a fundamental shift. In this case, if we take the initiative approach, we will create the illusion of expansion in the countries, and then contact Germany will be seen as an alliance! But we can't form an alliance with Germany, because that will bring Britain, France and China together smoothly! Even the United States may well throw itself into their arms! Only by enduring it will Yang Qiu's choice become difficult. ”

"But I'm afraid Germany won't let us go, Hitler ding-dong, ding-dong." Seeing that the discussion was about to turn into a dead knot again, the doorbell suddenly rang. Blyukhel and Tukhachevsky looked at each other, who would come with this kind of ghost weather?

"I'll open the door first." Blyukhel walked out of the study, looking at his back, Tukhachevsky still felt that they were underestimating Yang Qiu, so he turned around and looked at the map again, trying to find a flaw to persuade Blyukhel to support his idea. But a moment later, Blyukhel's angry roar could be heard outside.

"Who are you? Why! Whose order is it?! ”

Tukhachevsky is also strange, who dares to provoke a marshal to make such a big fire? When I went outside, I found that several secret policemen dressed in the uniforms of the Security Bureau had blocked the gate and had drawn their pistols and pointed them at Blyukher. This scene made him angry, these secret police are so presumptuous! He dared to point his gun at the marshal of the country, and angrily walked over and shouted: "What are you doing? ”

The secret police seemed to have known that he was here for a long time, and unhurriedly took out an arrest warrant: "Report to Comrade Marshal, Marshal Blyukhel is suspected of a case of collusion with reactionaries, and we have come to ask him to return for investigation." ”

"Nonsense, Comrade Blyukhel is a Hero of the Soviet Union, how can he be treasonous!" Tukhachevsky did not believe these people at all, he was well aware that the anti-rebellion campaign had already begun

Be a tool for some. But the secret police did not care about his roar and pointed to the signature on the arrest warrant: "Comrade Marshal, here is the signature of General Secretary Stalin, we are acting on orders." ”

"Nonsense! Nonsense, this is nonsense! Yezhov, bastard! Tukhachevsky, who had always been proud of himself, became even more angry, believing in his heart that someone had deliberately deceived Stalin. Although he did not agree with Blyukhel's strategic thinking and was not accustomed to the conservatism of their faction, he would not want to see a highly meritorious marshal framed, and said excitedly: "Someone must have deceived the general secretary!" Comrade Blyukher, you first cooperate with them in their investigation, and I will go to Comrade Stalin to explain the situation. ”

After Tukhachevsky dropped a sentence. Immediately drive to see Stalin. Blyukhel wanted to stop him, but it was too late to speak. Neither of them knew that shortly after his departure, a message of "a conspiracy between Tukhachevsky and the traitor Blyukher" was sent to Stalin by Yezhov.

By the time he arrived in the Kremlin, the news had already been locked up by Stalin. Looking at him who ran in angrily, Stalin instead gestured to the stool across from the desk with a calm expression: "My comrade marshal, who made you angry?" Tukhachevsky immediately told the story of Blyukher's arrest and said: "General Secretary. This must be a frame-up! Comrade Blyukhel has made many important contributions to the country, and his analysis and vision of the Eastern Front are unparalleled, so someone must have taken the opportunity to blame him for this incident. ”

Stalin, however, did not hesitate and handed him the intercepted letter: "Comrade Tukhachevsky, you look at this first. ”

Tukhachevsky opened the letter, and the more he read it, the more solemn it became, because it was written by Ivanmir, and it mentioned that he hoped that Blyukhel would carry out a coup d'état, and that Germany would provide the necessary help. After a detailed analysis. He slammed the letter on the table: "Fake! This is a forgery from hostile forces! No one would try to rebel against the army while fleeing! They just want to upset the political situation in our USSR, a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy! Or the UK, or China. In short, this is definitely a conspiracy! ”

"Why not Germany?" Stalin raised his eyebrows, and the fire in his pipe grew brighter and brighter.

Tukhachevsky did not notice Stalin's tone and focused on his own judgment: "Comrade General Secretary. The contradiction between us and China is territory and is non-negotiable! But it is politics that separates us from Germany. And not our friendship, not the friendship of the Red Army to the Wehrmacht. If we join hands, then they, together with us, Germany and the USSR, will be able to force the whole world to accept our terms. So, whether it's the UK, France, China or the US, they're all scared of us coming together.

Therefore, there is no need for Germany to slander Comrade Blyucher, only China and Britain will be afraid of him. Because they're afraid we're going south! Thinking that we would attack the Eastern Front, the Arab region and India, came up with such a bad idea! They're trying to mess up our interior. In my opinion, we should take this letter to Germany to ask for clarification, and we can also take this opportunity to resolve the contradictions, so that we can mobilize all our forces to concentrate on dealing with the Eastern Front! ”

"Comrade Tukhachevsky, Germany is now our enemy! And imperialist countries like Poland, Great Britain, France and China, all of them! Stalin's tone was somewhat impatient.

"Enemies can become friends! Britain is far away and can't change anything. When Germany becomes strong, it will be France that will suffer first, not we, the Soviet Union. As for Poland, I think we should try to start a revolution from the grassroots, because Poland is a natural barrier between us and Germany, but if Poland does not exist, then we have to worry about German ambitions. "Tukhachevsky was in a hurry, he was afraid that Stalin would expand the purge to the army, because this would seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, so he constantly said that the Soviet Union and Germany should join forces. But the more he did this, the more uncomfortable Stalin felt, because he himself had a deep German background, and from time to time he made remarks that he was very envious of the quality of the German army.

However, Stalin was not a fool in the end, and his words still moved him very much, after all, Tukhachevsky had already shown superb military qualities, and he was a soldier that even Britain and Germany feared. So he slammed his pipe and asked, "Do you think the Far East is the biggest trouble?" But Comrade Egorov believed that Germany was the trouble, and the distance and weather in the Far East were our allies. ”

"Yes, but distance and weather are also our enemies! Comrade Egorov forgot one thing, what to do if the Eastern Front was unfavorable? What if the squadron goes deep into the border, our counteroffensive also faces these difficulties. ”

Stalin was silent, and Tukhachevsky's idea really made sense. But because of this, he felt that this person was too threatening. Although his words revolve around military issues, and he has been limited to military affairs for so many years, and he has worked hard to be a general who has performed well in military affairs and a real people's commissar, but how can a person's ** be so easy to say?

The bigger problem is that the more right he is, the more it will help him win love and respect, if everyone believes in his strategy and fights according to his ideas. Accept his leadership to defeat the enemy, so what position should he put as the general secretary? These suspicions made Stalin uncomfortable like poison, was it important to be a military strategist, or was it important to be a great general secretary?

Stalin had already made up his mind in his heart, but his face remained unmoved: "My dear marshal, I will seriously consider your proposal, and as for the question of Comrade Blyukhel, I will have it properly investigated, and we GC party members will not frame a good person, but we will not spare any reactionary." ”

Having said that, the arrogant Tukhachevsky was helpless. He now only hoped that Stalin would really listen to what he said, and that Blyukhel would suffer somewhat. But he would never have imagined that Blyukhel, whom he thought was only suffering, would never appear again, and that he himself would be killed because of what he had just said.

Little did he know that just after he was gone, Stalin made a series of strange moves. First, he picked up the letter, looked at it repeatedly, and marked it with a pen, line by line, and then walked to the map and stood for a long time. Finally, he pressed the electric bell on the table: "Let Minister Motorov and Yezhov come to me." ”

Two weeks later, to Tukhachevsky's relief, Motolov set off for Germany. But he never expected that it would be on the day of Motolov's departure. Yezhov personally led the secret police of the Security Service to storm his house and execute him on trumped-up charges of treason, as well as the commanders of the army group, Yakir and Ubolevich, who were as pro-German as he was, and Kolk, the commander of the 2nd Army. Army commanders Primakov, Putna, Feldman, Edelman and eight others were arrested together.

Soon they were all secretly executed!

Many years later, military strategists unanimous in revealing this history if Tukhachevsky were still around. All that follows may be rewritten. At least, Yang Qiu didn't know it at this time, and someone had already seen his thoughts. He should be glad to have Qin Jian, to have countless dragon teeth who are on the line of life and death for the country, and he should be glad to have an excellent secret front. It was precisely because of this front that Stalin made one of the worst and greatest mistakes of his political career.

By this time, Yang Qiu had returned to Beijing from a long visit. Overall, the visit was a success, not only maintaining an inseparable relationship with Germany, but also exporting hundreds of white-shouldered fighter jets and weapons and equipment to Poland and other countries, making Moscow more and more convinced that China and Germany are accelerating their closer together.

The news of the president's return to Beijing quickly spread throughout the political arena of the Republic of China, and officials of all sizes regained their spirits and threw themselves into work. I don't know when Yang Qiu has become a mountain that they can't climb in their hearts, which not only overwhelms everyone, but also calms the surging sea of Huan, making people feel that they have the backbone. This kind of ambivalence pervades all walks of life in the Republic of China, so when he returned, the presidential palace, the Congress, and various departments were crowded with clerks again.

"This is the organization plan of 15 armies. The original 1st and 2nd Divisions have been reorganized into the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions, and all of the original eight independent armored brigades can be changed into armored divisions by the end of the year, plus the 121st, 122nd, 123rd, and 124th mixed infantry divisions. At the first presidential breakfast meeting after returning, Song Ziqing took out the prepared plan. Yang Qiu, Wang Zhengting, and others briefed Yang Qiu, Wang Zhengting, and others on the expansion of the army: "In addition, it is expected that the installation of new tanks for the four Central Guard Divisions will be completed by the beginning of next year, and the 15 th Army will also be able to complete the organization by March next year at the latest. ”

As the size of the troops is getting larger and larger, it is very inconvenient to command the current division establishment, so after consultation, the General Staff Department decided to set up a command structure at the army level, with each army having five divisions under its jurisdiction, so that after the completion of the organization, the whole army will have 75 divisions, four central guard divisions, and three independent brigades, plus two airborne divisions and two marine brigades that are being expanded, and the total ground strength will reach 1.8 million. If you add the navy and air force, the actual total strength is 2.33 million, not including the second-line National Guard.

The expansion of the army will bring about problems such as increased daily consumption and weakened combat effectiveness. Fortunately, since the new military reform in 1922, the Wehrmacht has paid attention to the reserve of grass-roots officers, and the total number of professional soldiers in the army has exceeded 300,000, and the proportion of non-commissioned officers is second to none in the world, so the current expansion will not have much impact on combat effectiveness.

"One more thing." After Song Ziqing finished reporting, he suddenly glanced at it and took a deep breath: "Preliminary information, Tukhachevsky and Blyukhel have not appeared for two weeks!" Whether he was arrested or left is still being verified. ”

"Really!"

Yue Peng was the first to jump. To tell the truth, the few people in the Soviet army who he feared the most were Tukhachevsky, Blyukher, and Yegorov, because these people were veterans of the civil war, not to mention experienced, and they also attached great importance to the development of new military affairs ideologically. Even Yang Qiu couldn't hold back the ecstasy, got up and paced repeatedly, in fact, he didn't need to verify that he also knew, because Stalin deliberately concealed the death of the two in history.

Stalin's attack on the army meant that the strategic opportunity that had been waiting for years was opened to China! So, will the next step lay the groundwork for winning Asia, or will it be a slippery failure? It is still unknown, only Yang Qiu is still full of confidence.

Quickly wrote a few words and handed them to Song Ziqing: "Tell Xiao Jinyun and let Zhang Zhidan get ready." ”…… (To be continued.) )