Li Xiaofeng gently pinched the corners of his forehead, even as an immortal, he felt a little tired. And the reason why he feels tired is also very simple, on the one hand, the pressure of the battle situation, and on the other hand, the reaction of the grassroots.

Needless to say, the pressure of the war situation has entered the second half of November, but the situation on the battlefield has not improved much, the Bryansk Front can be regarded as stabilizing the front at best, as for when it will be able to repel the German army, no one can guarantee this.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng is not particularly worried about this, as an immortal, he has too many ways to make the Germans collapse. The reason why he hasn't used it all the time is that he's still enjoying the fun of the game, and the fun of playing games on a regular basis will be greatly reduced, and now the only thing he's not so boring in this world is to play this game.

In addition to this, what really makes Li Xiaofeng feel pressured is the feedback from the grassroots. What's the situation? It's just a summary of the work of the commissar.

Previously, Li Xiaofeng focused on strengthening the adjustment style and emphasizing the role of political commissars. It was precisely because of his persistence that the role of the commissar was greatly strengthened. However, judging from the feedback in the recent period, there are many problems among the political commissars, especially those newcomers who have just graduated from the military academy.

Judging from the reaction at the grassroots level, there is a general belief that the political commissar is useless, and there is a strong demand for the abolition of the so-called dual head of head system. It is believed that the new political commissars have no passion, but they are not able to deal with the actual situation. For example, there are often slogans on the lips that shake the sky, and when you really go to the battlefield, not to mention the sloppy pendulum, it is more or less similar to a goose. Some were even directly stunned!

This has greatly increased the burden on military commanders at the grassroots level. Originally, they were only responsible for the fighters. Now I have to take time to take care of these guys who have lost their chains. This has caused grassroots commanders, especially the vast number of company commanders, to complain constantly.

If it's just that the newcomers don't go well, forget it, after all, for a group of rookies who have never been on the battlefield, poor performance is normal. Even Li Xiaofeng confessed to the Politburo very frankly before that there would be problems at first.

But as long as the rookies are given time to adapt and let them go through it a few more times, they will be able to get on the right track. If you really can't get on the right track, then it's normal to eliminate it.

The more difficult problem is that there are also problems with the working methods and attitudes of these rookie political commissars. For example, they do a terrible job by taking their most important job, boosting morale, and solving the ideological problems of the commanders and fighters.

When morale is intense, the slogans are too pale, and when it comes to solving ideological problems, the means are too blunt. One-sided emphasis on dedication and sacrifice, lack of intimate care for commanders and fighters. In today's terms, it's just that this group of people is not grounded at all. Naturally, it is difficult to gain the love and support of the fighters.

According to the commanders at the grassroots level, the soldiers generally did not welcome the political commissar, and in their eyes, the political commissar was equivalent to the overseer. It's the kind of executioner who usually stands tall and only uses a pistol to kill them at a critical moment.

Let's put it this way. The relationship between cadres and the masses is very tense, or a high degree of antagonism has emerged. And this made Li Xiaofeng an unusual headache.

As a politician, well, at least as someone who is trying to get closer to a politician, Li Xiaofeng knows very well that in order to establish himself as a politician, he must definitely do something that will leave a mark. For example, in the harmonious country of later generations, every leader must shout a slogan, from the four modernizations to the three represents, to the harmonious society to the Chinese dream, is this just the policy program and goal?

No, this is actually a political monument behavior, the big guy is an official for a long time, not to mention benefiting one party, you have to let future generations remember something, right? And now, Li Xiaofeng is working hard to let future generations remember his exploits.

The army's rectification campaign is just the beginning, and to put it bluntly, it is someone's little test. If this experiment is successful, then next time, he will naturally be more confident and can take bigger steps when he starts a new project.

And the most terrible thing is that this first step is crooked, or simply can't get out, and directly falls on his back, then who will believe that he Li Xiaofeng has the ability to lead the Soviet Union to open a new chapter in history?

Therefore, this first step is quite important, and now, Li Xiaofeng's first step is in big trouble.

"I warned you a long time ago that those little kids from the School of Political Science can't be trusted." Yakov smiled bitterly, "They are too naïve, too naïve, and especially too dogmatic. To put it mildly, it is to have a low eye. I must warn you that the prestige you've built up before you are being consumed by these little kids! ”

Li Xiaofeng sighed: "Of course I know that those little cubs are unreliable, I know that they are naïve and naïve, and I know that they are all a group of dogmatists who can only do things according to books. But who else but them can shoulder the weight of the rectification movement? Is it to hand over the rectification movement to those old bureaucrats? ”

This is the helplessness of reality, it's not that Li Xiaofeng doesn't know that the group of little children don't have hair on their mouths and can't do things well, but the reality has decided that if you want to rectify the atmosphere, you can only use stunned heads, those bureaucrats like old fritters have no sharpness, so that they can change themselves as objects who need rectification, it is better to believe that pigs will go to trees and dogs can change the problem of eating.

After more than 20 years of development, officials of all sizes up and down in the Soviet Union have formed an intertwined network of nepotism and interests, and if they want to change, they must use the stunned young people who are fledgling and do not know the height of the sky, unless Li Xiaofeng is only ready to shout a slogan to make an appearance.

Of course, Li Xiaofeng didn't just plan to shout slogans and make a show, so it was doomed that he could only rely on those stunned youths, which was something that had no choice.

"So what's next?" Yakov spread his hands and asked, "Why don't you pause first, the reaction of the troops is very bad now!" ”

"Isn't it bad?" Li Xiaofeng sneered.

As for why he sneered, Yakov also knew very well that it was difficult to say how many of the most genuine voices of the grassroots could be reflected in this aggregate reaction against the rectification. The reason is very simple, grassroots work has always been the most complicated, and it cannot be ruled out that rookie political commissars do have problems. But these questions have reached the height of negating the rectification movement in front of us. That's pretty hard to say.

It is not excluded that some vested interests will make it bad. No one will sit still. In order to protect their vested interests, these guys will do everything they can, it is normal to sow discord, and it is also possible to deliberately intensify the contradictions, and it is not even ruled out that they have been doing things in secret.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng's attitude was: "I don't believe that all political commissars are faulty, isn't there a problem with our most grassroots commanders?" I think this is someone deliberately trying to fight against the rectification, this is a stumbling block behind the scenes! ”

"You mean tough repression?" Yakov took a breath of cold air and persuaded: "It's easy to exacerbate the contradiction by doing this, so don't you make self-criticism first." First improve the professional quality of the political commissars, and then ......"

"You don't understand, Yakov!" Li Xiaofeng sneered, "The affairs of the grassroots are not as complicated as you think, these grassroots little bureaucrats have always been afraid of the soft, if you take a step back, they will dare to take an inch." From the beginning, you have to let them know that you are real, and you have to put a knife on their necks and force them to cooperate obediently. Giving in to them will only make them feel that you are weak and deceitful. At that time, the rectification movement really couldn't go on, and I would really become a joke! ”

Speaking of which. Li Xiaofeng added with a smile: "For them little bureaucrats, it is necessary to make an example of chickens and monkeys, only if they know that I am playing for real and may take off their official hats at any time, they will have a sense of awe!" ”

After pondering for a moment, Li Xiaofeng ordered: "You go through those summary reports again, pick out those guys who have the most fierce reactions, and immediately remove them from their posts and transfer them from their original posts, well, they will be sent to the punishment camp!" It just so happens that there is a big vacancy there! ”

Yakov's eyes widened, and in his opinion, such an attempt was tantamount to using power to open the way and use violent means to achieve the goal. But does such a rectification really work? There is no need to listen to the opinions of the grassroots.

Li Xiaofeng smiled: "Of course you have to listen, who said I won't listen." You organize a rotation training class for grassroots political commissars, and I will personally give them lectures to improve their professional level! So who has something to say. ”

Yakov went out to carry out the order, but Li Xiaofeng's expression was still so serious, as an old fritter who had been mixed in Soviet politics for more than 20 years, a certain immortal really knew too well where the mastermind behind this demolition of his platform was. Commanders at the grassroots level dare to dismantle the platform so blatantly, and you say that without the instruction and support of the higher authorities, how could that be possible?

In fact, Li Xiaofeng also knows very well that the bureaucratic style at the grassroots level is just chicken feathers and mung beans, and although the behavior is rampant, the harm caused is not fatal. It is the middle and high-level who really need to die, and those old revolutionaries of the older generation who have experienced civil war and fought the world are the root cause of opposition to rectification. It is precisely under the instruction of this group of people that the grassroots dare to brazenly dismantle Taiwan; otherwise, with the nature of a bureaucrat, with him, a member of the Politburo, director of the General Political Department, and commander and political commissar of the front army, who would dare to report the worries and not the good news?

"Tear down the stage, right, engage in soft confrontation, right?" Li Xiaofeng smiled.

This is not a good sign, and it is quite tricky to deal with, the middle layer is not like the bottom, the bottom layer is actually not much stronger than cannon fodder, and if you don't look at it, you will cut it. The middle level is different, especially those old revolutionaries with old seniority, their old leaders, old comrades-in-arms and old subordinates are all over the world, and a large piece can be involved in one move, and even Li Xiaofeng has to sit on wax if one is not good.

And this is also one of the important reasons why they have the confidence to resist the rectification, that is, Lenin personally spoke in support of the rectification before, otherwise their confrontation would not only be a soft confrontation, but a group attack.

At this time, Li Xiaofeng also completely understood why Lenin had spoken out to support his rectification, and I am afraid that his mentor also saw this state of affairs, and Trotsky and Sverdlov, who were bent on expanding their influence in the army, were unlikely to support any rectification at that time, which was completely a matter of sinners.

Even Lenin probably had the idea of taking a look at the quality of a certain immortal, if someone could carry out the rectification and achieve good results. I'm afraid that the tutor will not object to him taking Sverdlov's class, otherwise, it will be difficult to say what will happen in the future.

In other words, rectification is actually a touchstone, just as Lenin used Trotsky to sharpen Stalin and Sverdlov, if someone is proven to be a piece of gold, then he is qualified to go further.

Li Xiaofeng took a breath, and he took the challenge. If even the army, a relatively closed society with a less bureaucratic atmosphere, cannot be managed. In the future, how can he deal with the more complex bureaucratic society outside?

Do not solve bureaucratic problems. In other words, it is uncertain that there is a living personnel system, and no amount of whimsy can save the Soviet Union. Yes, after all these years of tempering, Li Xiaofeng has discovered that there is only one thing in this world that is the most precious -- that is, talent.

The system is dead, but the talent is alive, in other words, no matter how good the system is, it needs people to maintain it. Otherwise. Look at India, which is also a so-called democracy, and it stands to reason that the system is scientific, but more than half of India's population is struggling on the poverty line, and there are few muddles that pass the buck and change the order? If the people of the Great Harmony Country live in such a country, I am afraid that the rebellions and uprisings will occur one after another, and I don't know how many will be broken in the brains.

System building is very important, but if this system does not select outstanding talents, it will be doomed in the end. Li Xiaofeng can't guarantee the system now, and that's not something he can interfere with for the time being. The only thing that can be done is to select a little more talent and try to ensure the quality of officials. Of course. It will not be easy to do this, first of all, it is necessary to eliminate the incompetent old revolutionaries and old seniority.

"It is necessary to break the shackles of the Soviet Union's cadres who can go up and down, and it is necessary to eliminate a considerable number of incompetent and incompetent cadres and replace them with fresh blood!"

Li Xiaofeng wrote in a letter to Ruzutak that when a certain immortal was leaving Moscow, he accidentally discovered that Ruzutak was also working in a similar direction to him, but the latter was more concerned with the limitation of power and did not involve personnel issues. Li Xiaofeng could feel that there were only two people in the Politburo who could support him, one was Dzerzhinsky and the other was Ruzutak.

Of course, the support of these two people is basically enough, because Lenin has basically made his attitude clear before - if he goes to the army to rectify the situation, Frunze, who naturally represents Lenin's position in the Politburo, will not oppose it.

This is already more than half of the advantage, and even Trotsky and Sverdlov will not resolutely oppose it, Lao Toll belongs to the second teacher, and he can see the dangers of bureaucracy, but he is not in a position to solve it for the time being. And Xiao Si, although he does not necessarily support a drastic attack on bureaucracy, but on the premise that a certain immortal and Ruzutak strongly advise, reservations can be expected.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng suggested in a letter to Ruzutak: "We should carry out a training course for middle and senior officers in wartime, and gather those middle and senior officers of the older generation whose qualifications are somewhat out of step with the times to study." This will not only improve their business level, but also reduce the resistance to the development of the rectification movement......"

Ruzutak readily agreed to this suggestion, and immediately approached Sverdlov to do the work, and sure enough, although he did not explicitly support it, he also said that he could try.

A few days later, at the suggestion of the Politburo, the Central Military Commission adopted a resolution that officers of the Red Army with the rank of lieutenant colonel and above would take turns to go to the General Political Department's rectification study class for rotational training, with each batch studying for two months.

According to Li Xiaofeng's plan, the study class would begin in early 1942, which was the depths of winter, when the Germans were unlikely to launch large-scale offensive operations, and the rotation training had the least impact on the troops. According to his estimates, there will be about three rounds of study classes in the first half of the year, which will be enough to leave hundreds of officers at and above the regimental level.

Without the interference of this group of officers, the rectification movement would have been much smoother, and without the support of this group of people standing behind the scenes, the cadres at the battalion and company levels below would not have been able to make any waves.

Of course, this is only a little smoother, but it does not mean that the rectification movement will be unimpeded, as the so-called policies and countermeasures are under the policy, and the people below are full of imagination when they are crooked. For example, Yang Feng Yin violation, this is quite common. Even some officers thought that this was the three fires of a certain immortal's new official, thinking that if they survived these three fires, then everything could be as usual.

All in all, this is a long-term task, and in Dzerzhinsky's words: "It is necessary to take ten years as a unit, and only by persisting in it for twenty or thirty years can the tide of bureaucracy be curbed!" ”

Note that Dzerzhinsky is saying that the tide of bureaucracy is being curbed, not solved, and that if you want to solve the bureaucratic problem once and for all, you have to persist for a hundred years, and there must be no slackening during this period!

Leaving aside the problems of bureaucracy and rectification, after entering December, Li Xiaofeng finally got good news, as the weather improved, the intelligence obtained by the armored train played an important role, and in order to drive the German army out of Russia before 1942, the Politburo and the Military Commission paid special attention to the operations of the Bryansk Front.

Hearing that the Bryansk Front was preparing to carry out an air raid on an unprecedented scale to destroy the German army's logistical supplies in one fell swoop, so as to achieve the goal of defeating the army without a fight, the Politburo and the Military Commission did not say a word and mobilized all the air forces that the Red Army could now draw up, concentrated hundreds of bombers and attack planes, and prepared to bomb the Germans to the bottom!

In order to achieve the suddenness of the air raid and to paralyze the German army, the degree of secrecy of this air raid was not ordinarily high, and only members of the Politburo and the Military Commission could know the details of the operation. And the fighters were assembled only the day before the start of the air strikes.

"The code name of this air raid is Rolling Thunder!" Arksnis personally briefed the commanders of the bomber and attack divisions participating in the battle: "We will completely destroy all the enemy's supply warehouses with a thunderbolt and cooperate with the Bryansk Front for a full-scale counteroffensive!" (To be continued......)

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