Yegorov had a very fulfilling month, leaving the political department of the General Headquarters of the Red Army, which made him greatly relieved. It's really not a good job to be in charge of screening old officers, and it's a thankless job to put it mildly.

For what to say, I have said before that Yegorov himself is also an old officer, and it feels awkward to let him, an old officer, identify his former colleagues. Moreover, it is very difficult that the future of these identified officers can be said to have the final say. One sentence determines life and death, although this kind of power sounds very cool and awesome, but in practice, Yali Mountain is great!

What is terrible is not only the identification work itself, but also the possibility that this work will be found to be repaid. Although Yegorov worked diligently, it was impossible for him to pat his chest and say that none of the old officers he had screened out had problems!

No one can guarantee this! Because human nature is so complicated, it cannot be ruled out that there are counter-revolutionaries who are good at camouflage and are deeply hidden, and there is no guarantee that old officers who are not counter-revolutionaries at this time will not become counter-revolutionaries in the future.

Human nature is fickle, can you see through the direction of a person after ten or eight years? No one can have this kind of sharp-eyed ability, even if it is replaced by an immortal, it is for nothing. Not to mention Egorov, who did not have immortal arts?

Moreover, there is really no operational standard for defining counter-revolution. Many times, in Soviet times, the decision to be counter-revolutionary did not depend on specific actions, but on political needs and the intentions of the superiors.

And this situation makes the person in charge of the identification work even more big. In case the person who passed the appraisal inexplicably becomes a counter-revolutionary, then who will reason with him? If you don't get it right, you will be held accountable for "misidentification".

Although Yegorov was a military man, he was not completely ignorant of politics. I also mixed up in the Socialist-Revolutionary. What's going on in politics. He still understands something. Therefore, when a certain immortal invited him to join, the reason why he agreed was not to escape from the General Political Department of the Red Army.

And now, he is very happy with this decision. Although the border police force at first glance does not sound like a regular force, and its numbers are not too large, it has relieved him of a heavy burden. He can focus on military issues with all his heart and mind, rather than worrying about whether politics is right.

This simple and relaxed working atmosphere makes him very comfortable, or a little happy. Until a certain immortal suddenly found him.

"What? You're going to get the troops ready for battle in a month? Yegorov asked in disbelief.

"That's right." Li Xiaofeng nodded heavily. This shows that he is indeed very serious.

"It can't be!"

Yegorov raised his voice abruptly, in his opinion, a certain immortal was simply joking, the border police force had just been formed, and even the basic military training of the group had not ended, and at this time to go to the battlefield? It's not a joke, what's it?

Li Xiaofeng sighed and said: "I know that the training work is not over yet, but the situation in Finland is very bad, and there is not much time left for us, so we must prepare early!" ”

Egorov frowned, he was also a high-ranking member of the Red Army. Although he resigned from the General Political Department of the Red Army, he still had many old connections in the Red Army. According to what he learned. The situation in Finland doesn't seem to be as bad as someone makes it say, is there any inside information?

"No inside information!"

Li Xiaofeng naturally shook his head and denied that his inside information came from the advantage of the traverser, he just knew that Kuxining was not powerful, and sooner or later he would be beaten to the ground by Mannerheim.

"I am not optimistic about Kuusinen and his Red Guards, he and his troops are no match for Mannerheim, especially after the Germans openly supported the Finnish Provisional Government, Kuusinen is likely to suffer!"

Yegorov thought about it, as a professional soldier, he did not believe in subjective judgments, and he preferred to measure the victory or defeat of the battle by deduction.

He asked, "How many men are in Mannerheim's troops?" ”

Li Xiaofeng thought for a while and replied, "Nearly 100,000 people. ”

"What about Kuusinen's Red Guards?"

"That's about the same amount. Probably a little more than Mannerheim. ”

Egorov glanced at a certain immortal, and to tell the truth, the situation seemed to him to be five or five, anyway, everyone's troops were hastily assembled rabble, and no one dared to say whose combat effectiveness was higher.

In fact, Li Xiaofeng also knew what Yegorov wanted to say, and he sighed: "I admit that the two sides may be about the same in terms of troops, and even Kuusinin still has a certain advantage." However, Mannerheim is, after all, a regular professional background, and in terms of battlefield command ability, he surpasses Kusinen by too much. And ......"

Speaking of this, Li Xiaofeng paused slightly, lowered his voice and said: "You can see from his training of the Red Eagle Regiment that Mannerheim also has a set of training soldiers, not to mention that he also has the help of the Swedish Volunteers and German military advisers, and what about Kuusinen?" What does he have? ”

Yegorov was stunned, if such a comparison is made, Kuusinin really has no advantage, the officers are too important, otherwise the Bolsheviks would not have had to engage in the old policy of appointing officers.

Egorov touched his chin and said slowly: "In this case, Mannerheim does have an advantage, but this advantage is not decisive. According to my estimates, the scene should be at a stalemate, but why do you think Kuusinen has lost? ”

Li Xiaofeng sighed again and said faintly: "Because there is still the existence of the German Expeditionary Force, if the German Expeditionary Force arrives in Finland, the situation will be completely different?" ”

Yegorov was taken aback and asked: "The Germans are really going to send an expeditionary force to Finland?" Didn't you hear that from June, they were preparing a large-scale offensive on the Western Front? How is it possible to transfer troops to other battlefields at such a time? ”

Li Xiaofeng wanted to say to Yegorov: "You take it for granted. "Historically, after the signing of the Brest Agreement, it should be said that the German army could completely avoid fighting on two fronts, and it was completely possible to transfer all the troops of the Eastern Front to the Western Front. But in reality, the Germans did it carefully. And did not fully believe in the Brest contract. Instead, nearly a million troops remained on the Eastern Front. It was to guard against the sudden backlash of the Bolsheviks. For the Germans, it was not a problem at all to draw one or two divisions from the million-strong army on the Eastern Front to Finland.

Egorov's face was not very good-looking, and he knew very well how much of a German regular army of one or two divisions could play in Finland. To put it mildly, a standard infantry division would be enough to crush Kuusinin's troops.

With a gloomy face, he asked: "That is, if our border police force is going to fight in Finland." It is quite possible that the real enemy to face is the Germans? ”

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

After getting a positive answer from a certain immortal, Yegorov finally understood that it was wrong for someone to build a border police with extremely powerful firepower, and it turned out that the root was to guard against the Germans. But it was clear that it was clear, but Yegorov didn't think it necessarily worked.

For what? No matter how well equipped it is, it has to be operated by someone, and the firepower of the border police force on paper is strong enough, but these new recruits today may not be able to give full play to their powerful firepower advantage. Compared with the German army, which had long been familiar with the battle formation, the gap in this regard was too great.

Li Xiaofeng could only comfort the future Marshal of the Soviet Union, "The Red Eagle Regiment is already stationed in Finland, and they will also cooperate with us in the fight against the German army." If necessary, I will apply to Comrade Lenin and the Military Commission for the use of the Finnish garrison. It should be able to reach a draw with the Germans, right? ”

Yegorov said in his heart that this is only better than nothing, although the Red Eagle Regiment is powerful, but the number is too small, and to tell the truth, this unit is not very experienced in combat, but only fought a few good battles before and after the October Revolution. Fighting a tailwind fight is completely different from a headwind fight!

As for the Finnish garrison, to tell the truth, Egorov didn't have much hope, but he knew the attitude of the Central Committee towards Germany, and it was basically impossible for the Red Army to return to a head-on conflict with the Germans!

Seeing that Yegorov's face was not very good-looking, Li Xiaofeng could only comfort and cheer up, "We still have a relative advantage, backed by the Petrograd industrial base, we don't have to worry about the problem of supply, while the Germans are fighting across the sea, and we have the support of the Finnish proletariat, and the people are ......."

To tell the truth, Li Xiaofeng blushed a little, because the so-called people's hearts are very, if this sincerity worked, Kuusining would not have lost in history. So he hurriedly found a better reason: "And our firepower configuration is very powerful, as long as it is ......"

Before he finished speaking, Yegorov glanced at his mouth: "Comrade Andrey, I must remind you that our superiority in equipment exists only on paper, and in fact the pace of refitting of troops is ...... Let's put it this way, the vast majority of our warriors haven't seen the weapons they're going to use, do you think we really have an advantage in that regard? ”

Li Xiaofeng stopped talking, speaking from his heart, he was not satisfied with the speed of redressing, but there was not much way to do it, the production capacity of NORINCO was there, and the qualified weapons that could be produced each month were limited, and according to the original plan, the border police force should be involved in the Finnish civil war a little later.

But who made Ji Lu unable to catch up with the changes, and who made Kusining too weak?

"It looks like we have to meet the Germans."

Li Xiaofeng sighed, for the sake of now, he can only maintain the balance between the Finnish Red Army and the White Army as much as possible, so that they can hold each other for a while. The Germans must not be allowed to join too early to upset the balance.

"Mr. Andrei, I am baffled by your accusations?" "Are you acting on your own behalf or on behalf of your government?" ”

Akimovich knew that the Bolsheviks turned a blind eye to their interference in Finland's internal affairs, and were entirely bent on solving Russia's domestic problems as a priority. It is for this reason that they dare to interfere in the internal affairs of Finland. And now a certain immortal actually came to protest, the smell is a little strange!

Li Xiaofeng said quietly: "It doesn't matter in what capacity I speak, what matters is whether your country has attracted attention!" ”

Akimovich is now playing at a level where the tide is rising, and he said without leakage: "If the name is not right, it is not good, and if you do not make a stand, how can you make our government pay attention?" ”

Li Xiaofeng glanced at him and said coldly: "Then don't pay attention to it, just let me say nothing...... But before that, if something unpleasant happens in Finland that undermines the harmonious relations between our two countries, you will bear the consequences! ”

"Tsk!"

Akimovich is really afraid of someone's threat that is not yin or yang. If someone is really causing trouble in Finland. There's really nothing you can do about it. It's like before someone slammed Turkey in the face. Pull out the Black Sea Fleet and show off its might. Someone can do this kind of thing.

"What do you want my government to do?" Akimovich's tone slowed, "Please make it clear that our government is helping and supporting them at the request of the legitimate government of Finland. In accordance with the agreement reached between your Government and the Government of Finland, your country has no right to interfere with the will of the Government of Finland! ”

Li Xiaofeng glanced at him, who would not fight this kind of officialdom, he would also: "My government is very concerned about the situation in Finland and is very worried about the chaos that has taken place there...... Now the situation shows. The actions of the Provisional Government of Finland are a serious threat to the freedom and security of our nationals...... From a humanitarian standpoint, we must pay attention to the situation in Finland and never allow the Interim Government of Finland to continue to wantonly kill the population and persecute Russian citizens! ”

Akimovich looked at Li Xiaofeng dumbfounded, and it was not difficult to see from his expression how shocked he was by the nonsense of a certain immortal, and at this moment he was afraid that he would complain in his heart - Nima, this is okay?!

What can't you do? It's the opposite. To put it bluntly, isn't it the consistent face of politicians and international hooligans to turn black and white into black and white and refer to deer as horses? For example, in the Hereafter. When the US imperialists dismembered the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, they shouted that human rights were above sovereignty, that they wanted to prevent a humanitarian crisis, and that they would single-handedly allow Kosovo to referendum on independence. And when the civil strife in Ukraine and Crimea was about to fall into the arms of the woolly bear, the words were reversed, and it became the inviolability of sovereignty, shouting that international law had been trampled on.

Speaking from the heart, it really stinks and shameless. When the Kosovo referendum was held, where did international law and sovereignty go? For international hooligans, the importance of human rights and sovereignty depends entirely on their own national interests.

And now that Li Xiaofeng is just learning to use it, don't you Germans say that you are being invited by the legitimate government of Finland and are legally interfering? Who wouldn't wear this kind of hypocritical cloak, Lao Tzu is in charge of Finland's affairs, that is, to safeguard humanitarianism and the interests of the Russian diaspora, no?!

Akimovich naturally can't say no, but he still has to emphasize: "I have never heard of what you said, and I think you are misled......"

Before he finished speaking, Li Xiaofeng interrupted without saying anything: "It's not misleading, and no one can mislead me." I can tell you right now that I am very concerned about the humanitarian crisis in Finland and do not rule out the possibility of a further radical response! ”

Akimovich is on wax, if someone is just biting this, he really can't help it, who makes someone too awesome? He smiled wryly: "Then what exactly do you want to express?" My Government has decided to send an expeditionary force to keep the peace at the invitation of the Provisional Government of Finland, and this cannot be changed! ”

Li Xiaofeng laughed: "In this case, I can also inform you that because of the high concern about the humanitarian crisis that broke out in Finland, the Russian people have spontaneously organized a volunteer army and will go to Finland to prevent the humanitarian crisis from continuing to spread!" ”

Akimovich snorted, someone's shameless means of playing cards with uneasy routines really overwhelmed him, volunteers? What kind of bullshit is this?

"This will not help solve the chaos in Finland!" Akimovich emphasized.

"Then you can solve the chaos in Finland by sending an expeditionary force?" Li Xiaofeng sneered.

Akimovich could only emphasize once again: "We are ...... at the invitation of the legitimate Government of Finland"

Li Xiaofeng sneered: "We are also invited by the Finnish people and Russian expatriates who have been inhumanly tortured and mutilated to quell the chaos in the spirit of humanitarianism!" ”

Akimovich was so desperate that he had to ask with a wry smile: "Let's open the skylight and say something." Mr. Andrey, what exactly do you want? ”

Li Xiaofeng glanced at him and said: "My request is to ensure the end of the humanitarian crisis in Finland, to ensure the legitimate interests of the Russian diaspora, and that your country's military operations must not exceed 28 degrees east longitude, otherwise our country will take decisive measures to safeguard the interests of the Finnish people and the Russian diaspora!" ”

"28 degrees east longitude?"

This request surprised not only Akimovich, but also the German ambassador Mirbach. But when he spread out the map to find the area crossed by the meridian, the ambassador somewhat understood what someone was trying to do.

East of the 28th parallel east longitude is basically the border between Finland and Russia, which leaves a certain depth for the city of Vyborg. Taking into account the interests of someone and the Bolsheviks in the area of the city of Vyborg, it is almost clear for what such a request is for.

"Russia only wants to ensure their interests in Finland and has no intention of massively interfering in Finland's internal affairs!" Mirbach said lightly.

"You mean we can say yes?" Akimovich asked cautiously.

Mirbach said calmly: "Can you promise not to be in our hands?" But I don't think the prime minister will object. ”

Akimovich asked again: "For what?" Wouldn't it be better for us to take all of Finland? ”

Mirbach smiled: "For the time being, there is no need to provoke the Russians too much, and they will be more troublesome if they do not care about intervening in the Finnish issue...... Hehe, it's better to stabilize them first. ”

"But ......"

"There's nothing," Mirbach waved his hand and said with a smile: "If we agree to this condition, we can also take the whole of Finland, don't forget that the Russians demand that our expeditionary force cannot cross the 28th longitude east, but they don't stipulate that Mannerheim's army can't cross the line either, we can take advantage of this loophole!" (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank the three comrades of the Rider King, the second kill potato and Juventus!