It's still the same old problem, whether to accept it when you see it, or to solve all the problems once and for all. This is a test of a statesman's determination and foresight. If the bigwigs of the Bolsheviks were all Zinoviev, the future would not be optimistic.

"Comrade Andrei's opinion is ridiculous, the Kronstadt sailors are honest and did not participate in the rebellion of Korentai and Debinko, why should they hold on to the slightest mistake? I think it is necessary to agree to the conditions of the sailors and restore peace to Petrograd! ”

In a sense, Zinoviev was also a guiding light, and after the February Revolution, everything that he tried to advocate vigorously from the bottom of his heart was generally not a good thing. It is not wrong for him to choose against it when he supports it. This continued until the fall of Trotsky, and after repeated attempts and responses, the accuracy was more than 85%.

And this time too, for a moment Trotsky hesitated, because before that, although the Politburo had made the decision to carry out a sweep of the Navy, especially the Baltic Fleet, it did not determine the depth and breadth of the sweep. It's just that in a very general way, we must be strict in discipline and correct in the attitude of the navy.

Undoubtedly, this can also reflect a lot of problems. At the very least, the Politburo itself did not reach an absolute unanimous opinion on this, and it was a bit of a feeling of testing the waters and feeling the stones to cross the river. In particular, when Trotsky was on his way to Petrograd, Lenin made a special exchange with him, during which his mentor made a special point of telling him that he should deal with problems flexibly depending on the situation.

Dealing with problems flexibly requires considerable political means, and even for a great master like Trotsky, it feels like dancing on an egg. As the new People's Commissar of the Navy. Completely wipe out the remnants of the old navy. The Fleet Council and Debinko's sense of existence are completely formatted. No, no, no. But at what cost, no one can say.

At least Trotsky was bottomless, and he did not think that it would be entirely beneficial for him to be swept away by such a doxxing. The first is that it is easy to offend too many people, and secondly, after the old forces are uprooted, who will fill the gaps?

Trotsky was a politician, so he would be very careful before making a choice, and he would try to avoid the disadvantages as much as possible. So. He neither agreed with Li Xiaofeng's drastic moves, nor did he agree with the appeasement of the big pie face.

At that time, he wrote in his diary: "I am paradoxical, emotionally speaking, the Baltic Fleet is of extraordinary significance to the Party and the revolution, and I have imagined countless times that this great fleet will play a greater role for the revolution. Instead of standing on the opposite side of the party, as is the case now...... From this point of view, Korentai and Derbinko cannot escape the blame, and they must be severely punished! ”

“…… But the biggest problem I faced was. In the overall situation, I must maintain the stability of the overall situation. From that point of view. Any drastic and easily detonating contradictory measures is not suitable...... However, there is no thorough criticism and no accountability for the main responsibilities that lie beneath the superficial problems. Just like Andrey. Petrovich said that there is a high probability that the Baltic Fleet will break out for the second time......"

"I thought about it for a long time and decided to make an attempt, it would be undesirable to completely tear down the Baltic Fleet and rebuild, but it would be even more undesirable to do nothing, like Zinoviev...... I was determined to adopt a gradual strategy to solve the problem. First focus on eliminating the influence of soldier advocates like Derbinko in the navy, transfer or drive out these people, weaken the influence of the old forces as much as possible, and then change the blood of the Baltic Fleet little by little by constantly mixing sand...... I believe that with the right means, this can be achieved! ”

It must be said that Trotsky still took great pains to solve this thorny problem by slowly reconditioning the Baltic Fleet in a period of one to two years, according to his plan.

It is difficult to say whether Trotsky was right or wrong to make such a choice, but one thing is certain: compared with Zinoviev, who did nothing and ignored and whitewashed the peace, Lao Toll was still willing to do practical things and knew how to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

However, Li Xiaofeng may not like his method, according to Lao Tuo's method, this blood exchange will be a long-term process, and in this process, it may be very difficult for the Baltic Fleet to make a difference. In his opinion, it was a waste of time!

Naturally, this guy and Trotsky couldn't pee in the same pot, especially after the tutor agreed to Trotsky's rectification plan, and the unhappiness in the hearts of a certain immortal naturally became more and more great. Having obtained supplies for the volunteers in Petrograd, he ignored Trotsky's request to stay in Petrograd for the time being to assist him in stabilizing the situation and returned straight to Vyborg.

"Young man, it's normal to have a little temper." The mentor also has a bit of a headache about this, someone is so stubborn that he doesn't even buy his face, let alone Trotsky, he can only apologize to Lao Tuo on behalf of someone: "Andrei is still young, sometimes he will be more impulsive, I hope you can understand!" ”

Trotsky didn't really mean to complain, he just told Lenin as a joke, and of course he didn't care about the little temper of a certain immortal, and although a certain immortal refused to stay, he did not order Petrograd Cheka to deliberately not cooperate. This attitude is much better than some goods that are contrary to yin and yin.

When Li Xiaofeng returned to the Vyborg front, the war situation had a new development in the few days he left, with the German expeditionary force transferred a large number of fighters from the mainland, the activities of the Volunteer Air Force were greatly restricted, and compared with the new fighters put into service by the Luftwaffe after 1917, those models of the Volunteer Air Force were already somewhat unable to keep up with the shape, and compared with Germany, an industrial power with an independent and sound aviation industry, Russia, the most backward and poorest power, without external help, I really can't fight the Air Force.

As the Volunteer Air Force weakened its attack on the Finnish White Army's supply lines, and as hordes of White troops arrived on the battlefield, the pressure on the Volunteer Army began to rise sharply.

"30.2 The heights changed hands three times in one day, and the shells of the White Army almost plowed our positions, and the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment suffered heavy losses...... If the enemy continues to maintain such an attack intensity. The front-line positions of the 2nd Regiment would soon be broken through. ”

Tukhachevsky's face was grim. Compared to when I first arrived in Finland. He no longer felt relaxed, especially when the casualty report was delivered to him every day.

He concluded: "We have 50,000 enemies in front of us, and the number is growing, and compared to them, we have reached Vyborg, with a total of more than 10,000 troops, not counting the Finnish Red Guards...... The troops are in dire need of reinforcements......"

The second group of troops to enter Finland was actually delineated long ago. The second infantry division of the Red Eighth Army, which had completed its training, was about to enter Finland, but just as they were about to set off, Korentai and Debinko suddenly made a fuss, and in order to stabilize the situation in Petrograd, the plan of this infantry division to enter Finland to participate in the war was temporarily shelved, and they would stay until the situation in Petrograd was completely stabilized before they could go to Finland.

"When will the 2nd Brigade of the Border Police complete the redress?" Yegorov also knew that the Red Eighth Army could not be counted on for the time being, so he could only call the idea to the border police force.

Li Xiaofeng sighed and said, "It will take at least half a month." The second division took up a lot of equipment ...... that originally belonged to them."

Yegorov sighed and said: "That is, at least half a month." Let's not all count on reinforcements from within the country? ”

Li Xiaofeng nodded, in fact, if it weren't for him, an immortal. The situation is much worse, and the Central Government is now attacking the White Army on three battlefields at once, in addition to Finland, in Ukraine, on the Don Volga and in the Caucasus. The Socialist-Revolutionaries in the Urals have also gathered a force, which is said to be ready to move, and perhaps war will soon begin there. Even the Anglo-American forces in the Murmansk direction tried to have the intention of moving south. It can be said that after entering the second half of May, the flames of war will spread everywhere.

The production capacity of the military industry is limited, and it is inevitable that there will be priorities to supply these many battlefields, and unfortunately, the Finnish battlefield is definitely not the highest priority.

Therefore, even if Vyborg is very close to Petrograd, the supply of ammunition is quite tight, and if the rhythm of the battle in the previous paragraph is followed, it will really not be able to hold out for half a month. At the critical moment, a certain immortal had to use a cornucopia to open a golden finger, which barely made up for the combat consumption.

Grigorovich, a veteran of the battle, recalled: "The battle was very pleasant at the beginning, and we resolutely kept the white dogs out of Vyborg, beating them to the point where they cried and cried for their mothers. But as the Germans increased their aid to the White Army, and industrial production in our rear could not keep up with the pace of the fighting, the fighting began to get tougher......"

"We had to abandon some of the less important positions, shrink as much as possible, concentrate our forces on the defensive front support points, and at that time, under the command of the squad leader, we kept ourselves as concealed as possible, ready to meet the attack of the White Army...... There was gunfire all around, and to make matters worse, it started to rain. Until dusk, we repelled three attacks by the White Army. These white dogs, armed by the Germans, began to grow bold and constantly tried to attack. Even as night fell, they wouldn't give up. ”

"Night battles are a headache, you don't know when the enemy will come from which direction, but luckily with the arrival of summer, the nights are very short. But even so, we must be more vigilant. ”

"In order to prevent us from suffering losses in the night battle, the higher authorities proudly distributed some new types of anti-infantry mines, which are called anti-infantry directional mines. As soon as night falls, the company commander will send some engineer comrades to the front of the position to set up, and the effect is very good, the stupid white dogs will trip mines, and the steel balls sprayed by directional mines will beat them into a sieve, and we can immediately find out the direction of their attack. Of course, while directional mines are very useful, they are also very dangerous jobs. ”

"Just like this time, four sapper brothers disappeared into the night with mines on their backs. Ten minutes later, I heard a scream coming from the left front of the position, and soon after the two engineer comrades who were in charge of laying mines on the right side of the position returned, and they still had no news. We speculate that the two comrades who went to the left of the position must have run into the scouts of the White Army. ”

"As the night deepened, after a day of fierce fighting, the comrades were a little drowsy, even if we all knew that we could not close our eyes at this time, because it was definitely not an accident that the scouts of the White Army touched it, and it was very likely that they would carry out a night attack! But we were too tired, especially the commissars, from after the start of the battle. He didn't close his eyes. Or cheer up the comrades. Or personally lead the team to launch a counter-charge, he is the kindest and bravest commissar I have ever met! ”

"Sure enough, at the deepest hour of the night, the white dogs sneakily touched, and our machine guns and rifles opened heavy fire on the suspected target, and I threw a dozen grenades in one go. Just when I thought I had repelled the enemy's sneak attack, a shrill shout came from the bunker to my left. The sound lasted for about a few seconds and seemed to come from the mouth of a person who was struggling with it. Then someone shouted for help. I and two other comrades ran quickly to the place where the voice came from. ”

"Next to the cat's ear hole. Our commissar was covered in blood and lay there on his back face the sky, motionless. Beside him, a white dog was pulling back the stinger, and when he saw the muzzle of the black hole in my hand, he immediately dropped his rifle and raised his hand in surrender. And in the cat's ear hole, two people are fighting hard, one is the white dog, he has a bayonet in his hand, and under him is Ivan, the most aggressive and brave soldier in the company. We all call him Ivan the Mad, this big man has a lot of power. I once beat two white dogs to death with my fists......"

"Another comrade and I rushed up and grabbed the white dog's bayonet hand, and our squad leader slashed at the white dog's neck with his own sapper shovel. Blood splattered my face. The poor creature immediately let go, and the crazy Ivan escaped with his throat cut. He was covered in blood, his eyes were red, he held the bayonet in one hand, and covered his bleeding wounds with the other, like a wounded beast! ”

"Ivan roared like a madman in anger: 'This bunch of dog mongrels killed the commissar!' Where is a dog mongrel? So saying, he strode after the captive who was being escorted back, and in an instant he plunged the spear into the white dog's stomach. One, two, three...... As he stabbed he, he cried out: 'Blood debt and blood payment!' ’。 When the white dog died no longer dead, Ivan still couldn't calm down, and he was ready to slaughter all the remaining white dogs with a fierce look in his eyes. We had to hold him hard so he wouldn't do anything stupid again. And he kept yelling, 'Let go of me.'" I'm going to avenge the commissar! ’”

In the end, it was the company commander who calmed him down, and the only people in the company who could calm Ivan were him and the commissar, but now the commissar is gone...... I really can't imagine how a good person like a political commissar could be poisoned by a white dog. Each and every one of us wants to avenge the commissar, and if it weren't for discipline restraining us, none of these damn white dogs would have thought of walking into the prisoner of war camp alive! ”

"May in Finland is a chilly day when the rain soaked our clothes and made them heavy, and we hugged each other to keep warm during the breaks...... Firing? Kid, do you know what it means to start a fire on the front line? Before you can warm up your frozen hands, enemy shells will fall on your head. I saw with my own eyes that several comrades did not obey the order and privately lit fires to keep warm, and five minutes later they were covered with enemy shells...... After the shelling, we could barely put them together in their entirety......"

"After dawn, the enemy went on the offensive again, shells of various calibers hit our positions. The explosions barely stopped, and we repelled at least ten enemy attacks that day. During the interval of the battle, looking out from the bunker where I was, the comrades in the trenches looked so haggard one by one, and the faces under the military hats all showed extremely tired expressions. ”

"Worse than being tired, being hungry is having to go hungry. The enemy's artillery fire was so heavy that supplies could not be delivered at all. In order to keep the comrades on the front line fed, the comrades of the Lianli cooking class sent food to the front at any cost, and almost all of them sacrificed in a few days, such as the respected chef Daddy Valentin, whose potato stew was the most delicious, but in order to send food to our position, he fell under the machine gun of the white dog, and when he died, he was still holding a bag of leba tightly......"

"Fortunately, the white dog was frightened by us and did not dare to attack, but kept torturing us with infantry artillery and machine guns, round after round of shelling, there was no end at all...... The sun finally came up, and we felt a little warmer. When the sun went overhead, we stayed in our bunkers. Everyone was hungry, but a great Red Army soldier should learn to endure the cold, the heat, the rain, hunger and fear until the battle is won! ”

"Three days later, the second company took our place. When only a dozen comrades remained in our company withdrew to the second-line position. With tears in his eyes, the battalion commander personally brought us baskets of baked potatoes. I remember eating 10 potatoes in one sitting, and it was amazing! ”

There were not a few Red Army soldiers like Grigrirovich, and for a period of time, because of the disparity in strength, the volunteer fighters had to fight bloody battles in extremely harsh conditions. This made a certain immortal break out again, and he angrily sent a telegram directly to the Politburo, demanding that the Red Eighth Army, which was staying in Petrograd to maintain stability, be transferred to Finland immediately, without a second of delay! (To be continued......)

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