Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Konev, no matter which of these three people will be well-known Soviet generals in later generations. Zhukov won't mention it, it's awesome. Vasilevsky also recovered Crimea and liberated Königsberg, and was even more well-known than Rokossovsky and Konev in the troika of the Soviet Red Army.

The last Konev, this one is a geek, as I said before, this is not a pure military commander, he was first engaged in political work, and he is considered a halfway monk. But what is awesome is that Konev not only did a good job in political work, but also surpassed the Soviet Union in terms of military command and infantry artillery coordination. Unlike Zhukov and Rokossovsky, who are masters of playing ironclad torrents, if they do not have a sufficient amount of armored forces for them, they will not be able to exert their full strength.

Konev was different, he could win a good battle without enough tank support, in Kursk, Konev did not have enough tanks, and as a result, he liberated Kharkov, which made Stalin excitedly order 224 guns to fire 20 gun salutes.

So among these three candidates, who does Li Xiaofeng like more? In fact, a certain immortal thinks that all three of them are okay, and Zhukov at this time is only a military commander, and he is still messing around in Kiev, which is not as prosperous as in history; As for Vasilevsky, the son of this priest also worked for Tukhachevsky in the General Staff, and was only a major general; Konev did not mix very well, and before the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, this had just been transferred to the Central Asian Military District as chief of staff of the military district. After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the only task of the Central Asian Military District was to provide reinforcements to other tight theaters. There's really nothing to do.

Anyway, these three belong to the generals who are not up or down. Compared with the old qualifications of the older generation. They have poor qualifications, and there is a lack of backstage for new players like Rokossovsky and Lukin. All in all, if they were given a chance to perform, they would probably be very happy.

According to Li Xiaofeng's idea, after proposing these three candidates, the only thing the Military Commission has to do is to choose any one, and then Hu Zongnan will suffer. It's just that what he didn't expect was that. He oversimplified the problem.

At first, the Military Commission thought that Zhukov was good, and although the old Zhu belonged to the remnants of the Stalin-Voroshilov clique, his talent was high enough, and his performance after that was also good. During the defense of Kiev, his infantry corps fought brilliantly and was highly praised by Shaposhnikov. Even Trian Dafilov, after communicating with him, believed that his ability was outstanding and should be reused.

Let Zhukov go to Inner Mongolia to fight, there is no problem at all. But Shaposhnikov resolutely refused to let him go, and Lao Sha's reason was: "I urgently need Zhukov here." In the battle to lift the siege of Kiev, Zhukov played a greater role. At this time, how can it be transferred to a barren land thousands of miles away to pick up a few turtles that I don't know what to call it? ”

According to Shaposhnikov: "Zhukov is the most outstanding representative of the Ukrainian Front. He must stay in Kyiv, this is crucial! ”

However, many years later, when Shaposhnikov recalled why he refused to let Zhukov go, he said it in a different way: "Zhukov has the ability, as long as he is given a chance, he will soon be able to show his talent, and the siege of Kiev will be the best stage." Transferring it away at this time, isn't this inexplicably burying talents? ”

To put it bluntly, Zhukov was not interested in the stage arranged by Li Xiaofeng, he already had a better choice, so naturally he didn't want to go to the Far East.

Zhukov was out of play, and Vasilevsky's side quickly dropped the chain, for the simple reason that Tukhachevsky did not let go, and as an assistant to the chief of the General Staff, he did a pretty good job, so much so that Tukhachevsky, who has always been picky, was very satisfied. And for Tukhachevsky, the most important Minsk counterattack in the future needs the help of this excellent assistant, how can he be transferred?

In Tukhachevsky's view, Li Xiaofeng was uneasy and well-intentioned, and he was weakening his lineage in the General Staff and disrupting his preparations for the Minsk counterattack under the guise of beating the Kuomintang and scraping the KMT. Naturally, it was impossible for Tu Shuai to make a certain immortal happy, and soon at the behest of Tukhachevsky, Vasilevsky was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and assumed the post of deputy head of the Army Operations Department.

Two of the three candidates have been removed, and it seems that Konev can only be spent, but it is interesting that Konev is not too interested in this. After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, Konev has been on the way, trying to transfer back to the Western Front. After a few months of running, he had a preliminary place to go, and the Baltic Front was ready to accept him.

So Konev is also not interested in going to China, yes, for the Red Army generals, the Western Front is far more attractive than the Eastern Front, although they are all defending the country, but the Eastern Front is always a little lower than the Western Front. Any aspiring general would be willing to fight the Nazis, not bully the little devils.

Therefore, Konev also directly told the Military Commission that he would prefer to go to the Western Front to fight the Nazis rather than go to the Chinese gangsters on the Eastern Front.

This made Li Xiaofeng cry and laugh, originally he wanted to give these three people a chance to show their talents, but who would have thought that these three people were as afraid as snakes and scorpions, and they really wasted his kindness. For a moment, he had the intention to give these three a little color to see, but then he thought about it, there is no need, people go to high places and water flows low, it is a good thing to be enterprising, since these three people have "each own ambition", then don't force it. Anyway, it's easy to teach a lesson to just one Hu Zongnan, the three of them don't go, there are still many candidates!

For example, what Chuikov, Meretskov, Malinovsky, Sokolovsky, Tolbukhin, anyway, a certain immortal can find a large number of spare tires at will. Li Xiaofeng was ready to replace the spare tire, but what he didn't expect was that the Military Commission was angered by the attitude of Zhukov and others, and the soldiers took obedience to orders as their duty. Nima, whether you are in charge or the Military Commission is in charge, this matter cannot be left as it is, it must be dealt with seriously!

Serious dealing? So who to deal with? At this time, it can be seen that there is no importance of backing, Zhukov has the endorsement of Shaposhnikov and Timoshenko. And the reasons given are barely passable; Vasinevsky had Tukhachevsky's backing on his side. The waist board is a bangbang. Naturally, I am not afraid.

And what about Konev? What does he have? Nothing! Think about it, if Konev has a powerful backstage, can he be thrown to the Central Asian Military District to sit on the cold bench? Among the three people, he has the most no backstage, and the Military Commission is sorry for the audience if he doesn't pinch him, a soft persimmon!

Soon, Konev was given a serious warning by the army and the party, and the military commissar ordered him to arrive in Ulaanbaatar within the stipulated time and immediately pick up the task of punishing the Kuomintang, otherwise he would be punished by military law.

This is really bullying. Anyway, Konev almost vomited blood, and then what? Then Konev could only go to Ulaanbaatar with a sullen stomach to take office. Anyway, Konev was very angry and hurt at that time, but after he arrived in Ulaanbaatar, his mood calmed down a lot.

It's not that Konev has accepted his fate, how can someone like him accept his fate? A person who sighs and sighs when he encounters a little setback will not be able to achieve decent results in his life, let alone become a so-called "superior person". The reason why Konev was able to turn from a political cadre into a military strategist, and he was the leading military strategist in the Soviet Union and even in the world, was because he had a heart that would never admit defeat.

Konev will never resign himself to his fate, just look at his performance in history when he has been repeatedly frustrated. How could he break the can? Konev not only did not break the can, but actively summed up the lessons and lessons.

So what lesson does Konev think he has learned? His idea was simple. That is, there is no one in the DPRK and China to do it, and there is no strong backer, even if he is only eight buckets, he can only be a stepping cloth. Look at Zhukov, look at Vasilevsky, like him, they all resisted the Military Commission, why is he the only one who is punished? The reason is obvious and very simple, who let him have no backer.

Konev is a particularly calm and ambitious person, and when he discovers his shortcomings, he will try to make up for them. So did he find a way to make amends? After arriving in Ulaanbaatar, he had an initial idea - I seemed to be able to catch Andrei. Comrade Petrovsky's line?

Why did Konev have such an idea? Quite simply, in Ulaanbaatar he saw a plan to punish the People's Party army in its entirety, in which the name of a certain immortal fell on it, and Chuikov, who had just rushed to Ulaanbaatar from Chongqing, also hinted to him that it was a certain immortal who recommended him Konev in the Military Commission.

Konev was surprised and delighted at the time, and his surprise was naturally that he didn't know the current affairs before, and he dared to refuse the nomination of Comrade Andrei, who was in the middle of the day in the military. Konev, who was born as a political worker, knows too well the energy of a certain immortal, and it is like a joke to clean him up like a military-level cadre.

Konev immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and he was extremely glad that he was only warned and punished by the party and the army. Of course, while rejoicing, he was also a little happy, a certain immortal only gave him a warning, which fully shows that someone still values him very much, otherwise he should be directly knocked to death with a stick, instead of forcing him to come to Ulaanbaatar to take office.

That is, he Konev has already entered someone's sight, and as long as he performs well, he will definitely not worry about the day of his future. And this made him extremely happy, he was worried that he couldn't find a hard enough backstage, but now the backstage has been sent to the door, and if he doesn't seize this opportunity, Konev himself can't forgive himself.

This was the first reason for Konev's calmness, and the second reason was that he was surprised to find that the combat units assigned to him were not so rubbish. One Outer Mongolian cavalry corps, one standard Red Army infantry corps, two armies and six divisions are full, and there is still priority in supply. If we look at it this way, the country still attaches great importance to this operation, otherwise, there is no need to draw the strength of a single army from the Far Eastern Red Banner Front, which is very short of troops.

Since directing this operation was not discriminated against, Konev was naturally more relaxed and immediately went to work. Konev's first task was to understand the situation of his opponent, and according to the information obtained by the Turkish Republic and the KGB, the People's Party army involved in this operation was Hu Zongnan's 34th Army.

The 34th Group Army, with Hu Zongnan as commander and Song Xilian and Tao Zhiyue as deputy commanders, was under the jurisdiction of Ding Delong's First Army, Dong Zhao's 16th Army, Li Tiejun's 76th Army, Zhao Xiguang's 36th Army, and Kong Lingsui's 80th Army.

A group army has five armies under its jurisdiction, which is so full that it can no longer be fully organized, which shows how much attention the bald head attaches to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Moreover, among these five armies, there is also a royal army like the First Army. Its combat effectiveness is considered very strong in the national army (at least the equipment is very good).

The Scraping People's Party dispatched five corps. And Konev had only two corps at hand. It seems that there is an extremely large difference in strength, and this battle does not seem to be easy to fight. However, Konev was not at all frightened, in his opinion, although the enemy was superior in numbers, but the combat effectiveness was not particularly strong, at least by the standards of the Red Army, most of the units to which the 34th Army belonged were not even light infantry, and there was a serious lack of heavy weapons, especially large-caliber artillery.

And in this regard. The Red Army then had absolute superiority. For example, the 53rd Infantry Corps of the Red Army, which was assigned to Konev, was attached to the 107th, 133rd and 178th Infantry Divisions. Originally, the 53rd Army did not strengthen the artillery attached to the army, but in order to increase the firepower of the army, the Far Eastern Red Banner Front temporarily transferred the artillery regiment of the 207th Army Division, which was originally assigned to the 55th Infantry Corps, to the 53rd Army.

Note that the corps artillery regiments of the Red Army were divided into two types, a three-battalion formation with 36 guns and a four-battalion formation with 48 guns. Three of the battalions usually have 12 107 cannons, 12 122 cannons and 12 152 howitzers. Of course, there is also a special three-battalion artillery regiment, which is armed with 36 152 howitzers.

The 207th Army Artillery Regiment is a four-battalion formation, with 12 107 cannons, 12 122 cannons and 24 152mm howitzers. It can be seen that its firepower is more powerful than that of ordinary military-affiliated artillery regiments.

And at the same time, scraping the troops of the People's Party. It is a dream to have 150 mm artillery at the army level, and it is difficult for the group army to get the support of 150 mm artillery (Lao Jiang Gong imported that 150 howitzer. A batch was lost at the beginning of the war, and the ammunition was basically consumed).

Not only is there a lack of heavy artillery, but the scraping army is also quite weak in medium-caliber howitzers and cannons, and the number of 105 howitzers is extremely limited, so it can be said that the support firepower of the national army is also a 76 mm mountain artillery or field artillery, and there are still problems with the supply of shells.

On the other hand, on the Red Army's side, the division's firepower was enough for the scraping army to drink a pot, and according to the standard infantry division establishment of Tukhachevsky in 1941, each infantry division had a heavy artillery regiment, a field artillery regiment, an anti-tank artillery battalion, and an independent anti-aircraft artillery battalion. It was for this that the Red Army's engagement with the Germans was considered too small in number of anti-tank guns (35 45-mm anti-tank guns in one division).

Speaking from the heart, a standard infantry division of the Red Army is enough to crush an army of the scraping army, and even a group army of the scraping army still has an advantage in heavy weapons.

Anyway, when Konev saw the formation of the scraping army, there were 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping away in his heart. I'll go for it, this Nima is also called a group army? If you want artillery or no artillery, you don't have a car or a car, and you don't have even a tank, what the hell is this group army?

Chuikov could only explain to him: "Ivan. Comrade Stepanovich, you don't know much about the current situation in China, this country is poor and weak, there is hardly any heavy industry, except for rifles and other light weapons that can barely be self-sufficient, and the rest, including a considerable part of machine guns, mortars and most of the medium and large caliber artillery, are dependent on imports...... In fact, the country lacks everything but population! ”

Konev was dumbfounded, he could not imagine how a country that was not even completely self-sufficient in ammunition could win a modern war? Is it just a human head to fill in? How many people would have to die?

Chuikov smiled bitterly and continued to explain: "In fact, Hu Zongnan's 34th Group Army is already the best equipped among the scraping troops, and a considerable part of the scraping Kuomintang army can't even make a set of military uniforms, and many soldiers go to the battlefield bare-butt. ”

Konev almost fainted, the current situation in Huaxia was completely beyond his cognition, he could no longer imagine it, but the more "terrible" was still to come, because Chuikov continued: "This is still the army of the Kuomintang, and our comrades in Huaxia are even more difficult than their conditions, they can't even make a rifle per person, and the bullets are surprisingly few, not to mention that artillery and even mortars are baby bumps." Even a considerable part of the guerrillas operating behind enemy lines did not even have enough to eat. That kind of hardship was more than ten times greater than during our revolutionary war, but they persevered tenaciously and dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese invaders under the interference of the Kuomintang......"

Konev was amazed, he originally thought that the Red Army during the civil war was difficult enough, who would have thought that there would be a worse existence than the Red Army at that time, and he became deeply interested in such a unit that adhered to the revolutionary ideals and fought to the end under extremely unfavorable circumstances.

He wrote in his diary: "I would love to see with my own eyes what the state of the Turkish Communist army really is. If there really existed a one like Vasily. The revolutionary army that Comrade Ivanovich spoke of can only be called a miracle in military history. I'm quite interested in this miracle! ”

For the first time, Konev became interested in fighting in the East, and began to change the prejudice between them against the Eastern front, both the East and the West are the same, both fight to resist aggression and maintain peace, both are to defend the homeland! Even compared with the Western front, the difficulties in the East are greater, and the results achieved are even more difficult! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to Yushiren, MFL, MFL, Bao Kuroko and Comrade Juventus!