Li Xiaofeng does have the intention of taking the opportunity to kill Hegel, although he only has three divisions of mobile troops at hand, but Hegel is not much stronger, is he? Moreover, there are Germans as undercover agents, and it should not be difficult to cooperate with Hegel inside and outside.

But what Li Xiaofeng didn't expect was that Hegel was too old and calculating, and the eight divisions of his department were crowded together, so that he had nowhere to speak, and the old man also sent people to stare at the Germans and didn't give him a chance at all.

For Hegel, who was so cautious, even Li Xiaofeng had no choice, so he could only say to Trian Dafilov: "It seems that we have no war to fight!" ”

Why did Li Xiaofeng feel that there was no war to fight? The reason is very simple, with Foch's troops surrounded on the outskirts of Warsaw, the shape of the battlefield is already very clear, and if the Red Army can destroy Foch before the reinforcements of the Entente army arrive in Warsaw, then it can basically be said that the Entente intervention has been defeated.

As mentioned earlier, apart from Hegel's pitiful troops, it will take a long time for the main forces of the Entente to reach the battlefield, and in such a long time, unless Frunze, Tukhachevsky and Ubolevich are brain-dead, and the Red Army and the PLA eat Croton, Foch will have no way out.

In other words, after the elimination of Foch, the Red Army and the Entente could once again confront each other in Poland, most likely near Poznan. And is it possible that this confrontation will once again lead to an unprecedented decisive battle?

It should be said that it is unlikely. The last time Tukhachevsky confronted Foch, neither side could figure out the other's fighting, and both thought that the shape on the battlefield was in their favor. Under the manipulation of this blind optimism. Only then will the two sides fight and fight a decisive battle on an unprecedented scale.

And after a month of confrontation. Both the Red Army and the Entente intervention forces basically figured out the details of each other. There is a good understanding of the combat effectiveness of the opponent. In this case, both sides are probably in a cold sweat, and they dare not act rashly.

Li Xiaofeng's analysis is not correct at all: when the Politburo and the Military Commission appointed Frunze as commander-in-chief on the battlefield, the elders actually had a quarrel about the future development, and the specific topic was whether to advance to Germany immediately.

According to the theory of the Trotskyists, it was naturally necessary to advance to Germany, and the significance of Germany to the Trotskyists was the lifeblood. Trotsky always stubbornly believed that Germany was the lever of communism to leverage the world, and that as long as Germany was taken, the world revolution would not be a problem. Therefore, Lao Tuo still supported to continue the fight and continue to advance towards Berlin until the victory of the revolution was won.

If this discussion had taken place a month earlier, there would have been no doubt that Trotsky would have won the victory. At that time, the shape was very good, and the Red Army seemed unstoppable. But now, the situation is completely different, although because of the genius of the Baltic Front. Reverse the total passivity of the Red Army, and even have the possibility of annihilating Foch in Warsaw.

But the battle was difficult. The luck of winning made the bigwigs of the Politburo and the Central Committee drenched in a cold sweat. The superior Belarusian front was almost crushed by the imperialist army, and the gates of Belarus and Ukraine were almost blown open again, and Russia was almost once again facing the danger of being in the city.

This heavy sense of oppression calmed down the exuberant minds of most of the bigwigs of the Central Committee at last, and when they carefully examined and took stock of the Red Army's background, they sadly found that the Red Army was indeed no match for the imperialist powers. Compared to their opponents, the Red Army appeared primitive and weak. It would be too reluctant to expect victory with such an army!

The magnates who had calmed down finally woke up from the almost fantastical illusion that Trotsky had depicted before, and after careful consideration, they had to admit that it seemed too reluctant to carry out the world revolution at once, and that if they insisted on it, they might even ruin the fruits of the victory of the Russian Revolution.

After this reflection, they would certainly not continue to be on Trotsky's side, they would not be able to play with fire with old Tollsky, and they would have chosen Lenin, who was relatively conservative and not so anxious. It is not surprising, therefore, that at this meeting the Mentor won a complete victory, and that the guidance on the limited blow to the arrogance of imperialism, the preservation of the fruits of the victory of the Russian Revolution, and the subsequent struggle for a complete victory, was unanimously accepted.

Lenin had set the goal for the Polish campaign again, and according to his demands, the Red Army was to thwart the imperialist attempts to continue to interfere in the internal affairs of Russia, which had been ruthlessly discarded for the victory of the German revolution. In other words, Frunze only needs to think about eliminating Foch and finding a way to stabilize the defense.

In fact, such a goal was tantamount to laying the groundwork for a negotiated settlement of the dispute between the Bolsheviks and the imperialist bloc in the future. This means that the Red Army will no longer take the initiative to launch an offensive, unless the imperialists show a big flaw.

The question is, will Hegel show such flaws? The extremely conservative, extremely old-fashioned old man had not yet arrived at Kutno, and Foch's troops could no longer hold out. On November 5, when the first snow of early winter fell, Foch knew he could no longer sit back and wait.

On this night, he summoned all the army commanders and division commanders for a plenary meeting, and the topic of the meeting was only one point - breakthrough!

In the words of the old man: "I'm afraid the reinforcements can't wait, we must rely on our own strength to survive, and tomorrow night, we will break through!" ”

Foch delineated the final direction of the breakout, in which he believed that the most likely and meaningful one of success was the south, and as for the north and west, the old man did not think about it at all, because the Red Army's defenses in these two directions were very strong. And to break through to the east, although the old man also mentioned it, but everyone knows that to break through to the east is actually to break through to the city of Warsaw, and what is the point of this breakthrough? It's just rushing from one cell to another.

The breakout began on the night of November 6, and under the personal leadership of Foch, the remaining five divisions of the Entente army in the encirclement rushed in a southwesterly direction. At one point, it broke through the two blockade lines of the Red Army. And just as they were about to break through the last line of defense of the Red Army, the devil's howl sounded!

The two rocket artillery brigades that hurried to the battlefield were firing at full fire. Two volleys were fired in one go, and the dense rocket fire completely covered Foch's troops, and the dense Allied soldiers who were exposed to the open space were killed in pieces, and in just a few minutes, the casualties were as high as thousands.

The ferocious fire of the rocket artillery interrupted Foch's good momentum, and his troops began to hesitate, and it was this precious time that Mironov arrived on the battlefield with the 2nd Cavalry Corps to block the breakthrough. Drove back the soldiers of the Entente with sabers.

The failure of this breakthrough greatly dampened the morale of Foch's troops, and some of the Allied soldiers who were not strong enough to surrender to the Red Army.

"We should intensify our psychological offensive! If we can put more pressure on the enemy, they will soon collapse! Frunze said with some excitement, "Let the air force throw more leaflets into the encirclement, let the political commissars at the front step up their shouting, and be sure to break the enemy's morale in the shortest possible time!" ”

With Frunze's final word, the Red Army's approach to fighting changed substantially, previously they greeted the enemy with bayonets and artillery, and now they were more verbal. On the forward position, the political commissars did not listen to the loudspeakers and shouted at the Allied soldiers on the opposite side to persuade them to surrender. The topic of attacking the heart within the friendship of the proletariat is constantly raised.

What's more, the hot cauldron was directly placed on the position. The aroma of cooked beef and mutton in the pot wafted to the Allied positions along the wind, and many hungry Allied soldiers sneaked over despite the threat of being shot by their superiors. At first, there were still few people, but as the "offensive" of the political commissars became more and more intense, soon there were many examples of the surrender of the entire squad, the entire platoon, and even the entire group.

In the face of such a good shape, Frunze was also a little proud, he pointed to the dead silence of the Allied positions on the opposite side and laughed loudly: "We have won!" ”

However, what Frunze definitely didn't expect was that at the same time as he said this, Foch was also making the final battle arrangements in the encirclement.

"How many more can run and hold a gun?"

In just a few days, Foch looked like he was more than ten years old, and he looked like an eighty-year-old man in his sixties. His gray hair was like withered grass, and his sallow skin was soothing, as if a gust of wind could blow the old man down.

However, although Foch's face is not good-looking, the old man's breath is not chaotic, and under this extremely unfavorable shape, the old man resolutely maintains the calmness that a marshal must have.

"We must break through again, this time our troops are divided into two routes, the British expeditionary force continues to break through to the southwest, and the French army breaks through to the east, and the breakthrough time is in the early hours of tomorrow morning, everyone, is there a problem?"

The army commanders and division commanders below, whether they were British or French, did not say anything, because the battle was fought to this extent, what else could they say? As for the direction of the breakout? What difference can there be between south and east, anyway, the probability of success is not high anyway!

Yes, at this time, the morale of the Entente troops in the encirclement has been dispersed, and the original five divisions are left at this time in the appearance of three and a half divisions.

In fact, Foch himself thought that this was a dying throes, and when the old man explained to his adjutant why he wanted the French army to break through to the east, the old man said: "The enemy artillery fire is too fierce, and the British will not succeed." We seem to be breaking through another dead end, but the probability of success is higher. ”

Why did Foch think so? In his opinion, it is unlikely that the Red Army will be able to block his run to the city of Warsaw, and if he runs in anyway, he will still be besieged, and who will desperately rush from one encirclement to another?

And the British side is different, if you stand out, the sea and the sky are wide, and the Red Army will inevitably fight to the death, and the failure of the last breakthrough operation is not the best example?

Moreover, Foch also believed that as long as the British broke through to the southwest, they would inevitably attract the attention of most of the Red Army, so the pressure on his side would be much less, and naturally the probability of success would be higher.

To put it bluntly, Foch just wanted the British to be a substitute for the dead, and this cunning old man specially hinted to the division commander below before the operation began: "Wait until the British start to break through." Wait at least fifteen minutes. Let's get moving! ”

But at the time. His adjutant asked, "But even if we succeed in storming the city of Warsaw, what will we change?" Aren't you waiting for death? ”

Foch laughed at the time and said nothing, but wrote in his diary: "I can only wait, with my forces it is simply impossible to break through successfully, and only by storming Warsaw will my troops have a chance to breathe!" I have always believed that it is impossible for the state to completely abandon us! ”

To put it bluntly, Foch still wanted to escape into Warsaw to gain a respite, after all, Warsaw is better in the city than in the wild. Storming Warsaw at least didn't have to be frozen in the wilderness, maybe a little bit of food from the Poles' mouths, and it was able to last longer by relying on urban street fighting.

I have to say that Foch is really scheming, he has probably discovered that even if he can break through from the southwest, he will face the pursuit of the Red Army later. It is true that the cavalry of the Red Army has no role in positional warfare, but they are very competent for this kind of work of beating the water dogs.

In Foch's opinion, even if he can break out of the encirclement, he will probably die faster. If he wants to pick up a life, the only way is to rush into Warsaw. That would hold out longer, and the longer it would last, the more likely it would be to wait for reinforcements.

Observe a moment of silence for the British, the John Bulls may not have imagined that they have been calculated by their allies, and Foch is ready to pave a way for himself with their blood. On the contrary, at that time, the British thought that the old man was still very cute and felt that the old man was righteous enough.

The battle for the breakout began again, and the British went forward one after another to rush and attack the positions of the Red Army, which was indeed a bit of a ruin, and on the other side, the French, who were supposed to break through at the same time as them, were silent, and when most of the attention of the Red Army was attracted by the British friends, Foch ordered the breakthrough!

The Red Army on the east side of the encirclement did not put up fierce resistance, and when the French showed their hysterical side, the Red Army chose to open the net, probably thinking that even if the French rushed through, it would still be a dead end.

"Quick! Faster! ”

Foch ran out of breath with the support of his adjutant and orderly, and if the Reds reacted quickly, he would not have a second chance. So when the old man rushed into the city in one go, he directly triggered asthma and almost gave his life away.

Foch's breakthrough was a complete success, when most of the British were bloodied in front of the Red Army's iron walls, and when a few John Bulls were chased by Mironov's cavalry like dead dogs on the Polish plains, most of Foch's troops rushed into the city safely, and after connecting with the troops in Warsaw, the French at least did not have to freeze in the field for the rest of the night.

Foch was happy, but Frunze was not happy at all, before he put most of his troops on the encirclement and suppression of Foch, preparing to clean up Foch and then turn back to clean up the remaining Allied troops in Warsaw. But now, Foch fled into the city with a large group of enemies, and the two groups of enemies merged into one, which made the rest of the battle difficult.

Yes, Frunze actually didn't want to fight street battles, according to the experience of the civil war, even if there was a double advantage in troops, it would be very difficult to fight street battles, and heavy losses would be paid. And now Frunze does not want to bleed heavily, after all, according to the requirements of the Politburo and the Military Commission, he will have to confront the imperialists in Poland later, and he must reach a draw. If the losses in Warsaw are too great, the rest will not be good.

This is why, as soon as he took office, he stopped the siege of the enemy in Warsaw and instead eliminated Foch first. Fortunately, the enemy has poured into the city, making the street fighting even harder.

"Continue to besiege and blockade the enemy, as long as they don't break through, we don't have to take the initiative to attack!"

With Frunze's gritted teeth and issuing this blockade order, the Battle of Warsaw entered its final stage, although no large-scale fighting broke out in this stage, but it fully exposed the blockade and strangulation and the worst feelings of human nature.

On 10 November, after a difficult march, Hegel finally arrived cautiously on the outskirts of Warsaw with his troops, and by this time, both the French and the Americans knew that the old man would never make any effort to rescue Foch in siege, and that he was thankful that he could remain on the outskirts of Warsaw to put some pressure on the Red Army.

In fact, the first thing Hegel did when he arrived at the outskirts of Warsaw was to ask for supplies and reinforcements from the rear, and in the words of the old man: "The enemy on the opposite side is very strong, and the weather is cold, and the troops are very depleted, and there is no possibility of breaking through the siege with the present strength of our troops...... If you want to successfully break the siege, you need at least twenty divisions and abundant material support! ”

There are twenty divisions of the Entente, but they can't send Poland for a while, and the key point is that the Entente doesn't think it's reliable, even if it can rescue Foch's troops?

In order to completely solve the Bolshevik problem, it is not enough to take Warsaw and Poland, and then Belarus and Ukraine must be taken, and all the way through the Russian hinterland. What, in Poland, a dozen divisions were thrown in, and how many troops had to be thrown into the Russian hinterland? (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to Comrade hzwangdd and Comrade Juventus!