Ruzutak's subjective idea is very good, and he hopes to maintain stability and harmony within the group, which can be regarded as truly for the collective good. However, subjective kindness is not always understood and appreciated, and many times it is in vain for a blind man to light a lamp.

Of course, it's not that Li Xiaofeng doesn't give him face, so he rushes at Luzutak's kindness, Li Xiaofeng is also willing to give him face, and no one can bully a kind-hearted person, right? In addition, Li Xiaofeng did not mean to completely turn his face with Xiao Si at this time, no matter how much we said that everyone has come over after so many years together, there are still feelings, why be in a hurry to fry each other!

However, being willing to communicate with Xiao Si does not mean that Li Xiaofeng meets Xiao Si's request, anyway, he will still refuse those unrealistic requests. Li Xiaofeng has already made a decision in his heart, and when it comes to issues of principle, he must not give an inch. Of course, if Xiao Si "repents", he doesn't mind letting go of his previous suspicions.

All in all, what Li Xiaofeng wants is very simple, for the time being and for a period of time in the future, at least 5 to 10 years, he has no idea of replacing Sverdlov, as long as Xiao Si can recognize his political status and treat him as a real partner rather than a fart, then everyone can naturally go hand in hand again, on the contrary, everyone should clean up the snow in front of their own door.

Ruzutak was very satisfied with Li Xiaofeng's attitude, and also felt that the relationship between the three giants should be like this, not a well-structured relationship between superiors and subordinates, but a comradeship with Xiao Si as the core and everyone working hand in hand.

Ruzutak likes this kind of comradeship, and thinks it is a normal working relationship. So after getting Li Xiaofeng's "positive response", he immediately flew back to Moscow as soon as possible, ready to do Xiao Si's work in person. Solve the problem. On the plane. Ruzutak was in a good mood. There is a sense of relaxation that has let go of the burden of thought, and in the words of his confidential secretary: "The chief seems to be ten years younger all of a sudden!" ”

But what Ruzutak didn't know was that when he urgently flew to Bryansk for urgent consultations with Li Xiaofeng, there was a new movement on Xiao Si's side. And this move is probably not too happy for Ruzutak.

In the previous meeting, Xiao Si touched a gray nose at Ruzutak, and the mood was extremely bad, please note this adjective, I am not exaggerating. Ruzutak's statement did make Xiao Si very disappointed and even desperate. He felt that this was Ruzutak who was going to betray him.

And at this moment, Yagoda suddenly came to tell him: "Comrade Yakov, I have just received a very important piece of information - Comrade Ruzutak suddenly flew directly to Bryansk!" ”

Although Yagoda's words are a description of objective facts and are neutral, his expression and tone are all hinting at Sverdlov - Ruzutak has betrayed you, look, the meeting has just ended, and he hurried to report to someone, combined with his speech at the meeting, isn't this qiē obvious?

"Comrade Yakov. We must be prepared! "Yagoda is a serious Jianyì Dao.

Preparing early? Sverdlov's mind was a little dazed, and it was clear that Yagoda meant to take action against Ruzutak and Li Xiaofeng. So as not to make the opponent take the lead and be passive. But Xiao Si never believed that his relationship with Ruzutak and Li Xiaofeng would come to this point.

Yes, he held a small group meeting before, and it seemed that he was preparing to target a certain immortal, but that didn't mean that he was ready to turn his face with Li Xiaofeng. He did this as a gesture and a temptation. He just wants to put pressure on Li Xiaofeng and let someone know that he is the boss and should listen to him at every turn, and he is a soldier who is ready to surrender without a fight.

But who would have thought that at the meeting, before his posture could be fully expressed, Ruzutak gave him a stick, strongly opposing the meeting and the political gesture he expressed. This caught Xiao Si off guard, and just when he was actively considering how to repair the disagreement with Ruzutak, Yagoda actually told him that Ruzutak had "committed treason", and this blow was no less than hitting Xiao Si's forehead with a 50-pound hammer, which was really full of gold stars.

All of a sudden, Xiao Si's mind was not clear, and it could even be said that he was a little confused, his thinking ability and thinking ability plummeted, and he was taken into the pit by Youngoda in a daze.

"And what do you think I should do?" Xiao Si asked in a daze.

Yagoda has been waiting for this moment for a long time, since the first unpleasant meeting with a certain immortal, his life has been relatively difficult, otherwise with his qualifications and Xiao Si's background, as for 1940, he had not yet mixed into the Central Committee?

Sometimes, Yagoda can't help but think, if there is no Li Xiaofeng, his fate will be completely different?

Hey, this thing is really not wrong, without a certain immortal his fate would be completely different, he will become the boss of the Cheka, receive several orders of the Red Banner, and enter the Central Committee in 1934. During the period of the Great Purge, a large number of old revolutionaries were persecuted (whether they were forced or not, this is a fact), and then because the results of the purge could not satisfy the leaders (Stalin), they were ruthlessly kicked from the trial seat to the dock, and were charged with treason and conspiracy to subvert the Soviet regime, and finally had to "confess" to participating in the Trotsky counter-revolutionary group, being a German spy, killing Gorky (Yakoda had a very good relationship with Gorky), Kuibyshev, Minzhensky, and murdering Yezhov (Youngolda's successor, also the one who killed him), murdered Kirov, and then was categorically sentenced to death. Three months after his death, his wife was also sentenced to death and was executed immediately on the day of the sentence.

Let's put it this way, without Li Xiaofeng, by 1941, Youngolda's bones could be beaten, and even the whole family would be dead. Now, although this product is not as good as it was in history, but his life is worry-free, and with Xiao Si here, how bad can he be even if he mixes badly?

It can only be said that sometimes some people are born to die, and they can escape the first calamity, but they can't escape the second calamity. For example, Yagda, whose ambition is now uncontrollable, gave Xiao Si a bad idea: "You must regain the power that originally belonged to you, you must take measures in the army, I have discussed it with Comrade Muranov of the Main Directorate of Homeland Defense, it's time to take action!" ”

Xiao Si was still a little hesitant: "Is it really okay to do this?" Isn't it too reckless? ”

Yagoda immediately jumped to his feet. urged: "Comrade Yakov. It's 100,000 now. People have put knives around our necks, do you want to sit and wait for death? ”

Xiao Si didn't know when he agreed, anyway, when a cold wind woke him up, Yagoda was already in a hurry to carry out the operation, at this time he looked at the snowy Kremlin, and hesitated, several times reached out to grab the red telephone on the table, but every time when his finger just touched the receiver. It was as if he had been electrocuted, and he immediately shrank back again.

For a long time, he muttered as if talking to himself and as if he was hypnotizing: "You forced me, no wonder I ......"

Some comrades may wonder, is Xiao Si going to carry out an armed coup d'état? Of course, this is absolutely impossible, and if you want to carry out an armed coup, you have to rely on real ground forces, at least contact the local military district in Moscow. Relying on the General Directorate of Homeland Defense to carry out a coup d'état is really a brain in water.

And Xiao Si doesn't need to engage in a coup d'état at all, after all, whether it is the ranking of the Politburo or the status of the party. He is all in front of Li Xiaofeng, who has ever heard of the opposition of the superior to the inferior? Even if Xiao Si really wants to carry out a coup d'état. It was also directed at Trotsky, the problem was that now he had no contradiction with Trotsky, and there was no need to use a knife or a gun.

Xiao Si's real intention is to seize power within the army, please note that it is to seize power through normal means, and this normal means is to win over and support new military agents. For example, the Muranov that Yakoda said.

Lieutenant General Muranov, who served in the Main Directorate of Territorial Air Defense under the Air Force Operations Department of the General Staff, was responsible for territorial air defense.

Some comrades may be asking again, isn't this job good? Isn't it good? Muranov didn't think it was good at all, on the contrary, he thought that his own value was not fully reflected, and he desperately wanted to change the status quo.

Let's leave aside for a moment the preparations for the "rebellion" of Muranov and Yagoda in order to explain the reasons why Muranov was not satisfied with the status quo. As I just said, this is the director of the Main Directorate of Homeland Defense, and his main job is to defend the airspace of the Soviet Union.

There may be comrades who immediately reacted, the matter of air defense, isn't that the matter of the Red Air Force? It is also true to say that the vast majority of countries in the world have entrusted this work to the air force, for example, the current Soviet Union, for example, which is composed of front-line aviation, long-range aviation, and territorial air defense forces.

Among them, the long-range air force is actually shouldering the task of "strategic bombing," while the front-line air force is responsible for supporting "field operations," and the main task of the territorial air defense force is to defend key areas (big cities, air forces, and naval bases), and its main task is to intercept the enemy's strategic bombing. The main means of interception were to intercept enemy bombers with interceptors, or to have the garrison anti-aircraft artillery units block the firing.

Supposedly, this division of labor is actually quite good, but the work pressure and burden of the territorial air defense department is actually very great, and to put it bluntly, the front-line aviation and long-range aviation are offensive and basically do not care about the air defense of important areas. The Luftwaffe's bombing of large cities and bases in the Soviet Union was almost entirely on the Main Directorate of Territorial Air Defense.

Think about it, when the ordinary people of the Soviet Union were bombed and displaced, when Moscow and Leningrad were by the enemy, the faces of the Politburo members and Central Committee members could be good-looking?

The bosses' faces are not good-looking, so they naturally want to find trouble with the Homeland Defense Department, anyway, the Homeland Defense General Administration will have to be criticized for three days, can such a day be comfortable? What is even more terrifying is that when the General Administration of Land and Air Defense basically failed to get praise, the enemy planes were intercepted, and the cities and bases were preserved, but at that time, the common people and bigwigs from all walks of life did not think that this was a merit, but thought that it was deserved, and they did not suffer losses, so they turned their heads and forgot about this stubble.

To put it bluntly, the General Administration of Homeland and Air Defense is a department with heavy tasks, high pressure, and low salary, and belongs to the kind of department that can't please a good dog even if it does its hard work.

Think about it, does anyone want to be a dog? Anyway, Muranov is fed up, and he strongly demands to change the status quo!

How can we change the status quo? Quite simply, Muranov believes that the only way to do this is to upgrade the General Directorate of Territorial Air Defense and its subordinate air defense forces (please note that this "army" is really an establishment at the army level, not the air force, navy, and army, nor the front-line aviation and armored forces), air defense divisions, and air defense brigades to the territorial defense forces in the real sense of the word (this is a branch of the army, not a formation). In other words, Muranov sought to establish a fourth branch of the Red Army, so that the Territorial Defense Force could gain the status of the Navy, Army and Air Force.

What are the benefits of doing this? Very simple. After independence from the Air Force. The leaders of various departments of the Territorial Defense Force have been promoted by one and a half levels. It has changed from a quasi-branch of the armed forces that is the first grade of front-line aviation and long-range aviation to a real branch of the military. Take Muranov as an example, before he had the rank of lieutenant general, and after becoming the leader of the new Territorial Defense Force, his military rank had to be promoted to general, and it was not a dream to get closer to the marshal in the future.

The military rank is still the most secondary, and the main thing is that, as an independent service, it enjoys the same status as the navy, army and air force. It will give the Territorial Defense Forces a great deal of financial and budgetary autonomy. In the past, the Air Force gave them as much as they wanted, but now, they can directly face the Military Commission and cry for money. For example, now, the advanced Yak-3 and Lager-5 have nothing to do with the General Administration of Territorial Air Defense, and all these advanced fighters are given priority to the front-line aviation, and the goods assigned to the General Administration of Territorial Defense are MiG-1, MiG-3, and Pe-2.

Of course, Muranov thought it was very good, but it was not so easy to move up the ranks. The Marines also had this idea before, but it was directly rejected by the Military Commission mercilessly. And the Air Force definitely has an opinion on this. Who wants less power and less money?

For this problem, Muranov broke his leg and broke his mouth, but there were almost no leaders at the chieftain level who were interested in it, and it was easy to catch the line of Sverdlov, and it was with Yakoda's promise that this man had the courage to rush, otherwise he would not dare to act rashly if he was scared to death.

On Ruzutak's flight back to Moscow, Sverdlov proposed to the Military Commission in his own name the promotion of the Main Directorate of Territorial Defense to the Territorial Defense Force, and soon his proposal was put on the desks of the members of the Military Commission.

There are also those who support this one, but there are even more who oppose it. Why? It's not just a matter of interest. The three branches of the navy, army, and air force have long cut the cake for military spending, and at this time, a territorial air defense force suddenly appeared, and an extra knife was added to cut the cake, which naturally made the navy, army, and air force have opinions.

In particular, in the Air Force, although Alksnes was not as domineering as Goering, believing that as long as it flew in the sky, it should be under his control, but he was also dissatisfied with the behavior of the General Administration of Homeland and Air Defense to set up its own door.

"This is completely repetitive construction, the Air Force is not doing badly now, why do it again?"

In this regard, Sverdlov explained: "The Air Force can focus on the front-line battles, and now the form of air operations is becoming more and more complicated day by day, so that the Air Force is not only concerned with the front line, but also responsible for striking at the enemy's depth and also worrying about air defense, the task is too heavy...... Under the existing system, the Air Force has too many tasks, which will only distract the Air Force's energy and liberate the work of territorial air defense, which is also convenient for the Air Force to pay better attention to the frontline. ”

It seems that Sverdlov has some truth in saying that the work of homeland air defense is indeed quite complicated and the tasks are also very heavy, and it is difficult for the air force to pour too much energy and effort into this general administration of homeland air defense, which is destined to only undertake defense work, and it seems that it is a good idea to strip it away.

For example, in history, after World War II, the Soviet Union did strip the homeland defense work from the air force and set up a special homeland defense force.

However, Arksnis does not see it that way, after the Air Force stripped off the functions of territorial air defense, it seems that the burden has been reduced, but the question is, who will protect the front-line airfields of the Air Force? Is it the front-line fighters who are in charge or the Territorial Defense Forces who are responsible? The two branches of the armed forces will need two sets of command systems, and when the time comes, enemy planes will sweep through the airfields of the air force, and the air defense force will say that Lao Tzu is only responsible for the air defense of key areas, and your airfields will be handled by themselves.

On the contrary, the enemy's bomber group was first discovered by the Air Force, and at this time the Air Force intercepted or did not intercept? In case of no interception, and in the end the air defense force does not complete the interception task, who should resist in the end? The most feared thing in this world is that there are many politicians, and in the end, who should be responsible has become a bad thing to play ball.

For example, the command system, the Air Force is a set, and the Air Defense Force is an independent service, so it is naturally impossible to communicate with the Air Force, and when the time comes, it will be necessary to maintain two different systems, and the two sides will have to play the ball constantly, which is really speechless.

After all, the territory of the Soviet Union is too large, and it seems necessary to refine the specific work, just like Sverdlov said, it is good to liberate the air force from the air defense interception mission, and everyone has their own share.

Later, however, Li Xiaofeng found that the current Soviet military system is still very different from that of history, and that the former Red Army Military Region only assumed administrative functions and was not responsible for specific command work. In this time and space, the large military region is actually equivalent to the function of the theater command, and the commander of the large military region is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces in the region, and all the qiē troops in the theater are deployed by him.

In other words, all theaters have separate command functions, and this has greatly reduced the pressure on the operational departments of the various services in the general staff headquarters at the next higher level. Indirectly, the problems faced by the Air Force have become smaller, and at this time the General Administration of Territorial Air Defense will make trouble, which is purely selfish...... (To be continued......)

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