Why is the Politburo dissatisfied with Li Xiaofeng's plan? Could it be that Li Xiaofeng is really pointing fingers at the Great Elders like a two-hundred-and-five?

Definitely not, Li Xiaofeng is not a political idiot, although his appearance has been really good recently, but no matter how good he is, he can't argue with the Politburo. The Politburo is the core of Russia, and they are qualified to decide Russia's affairs. At that time, Stalin just didn't understand this, and set up a small military clique to argue with the Politburo, and as a result, he was cleaned up very badly.

This is a lesson from the past, you must know that Stalin at that time was one of the great elders of the Politburo, and even a big man with such qualifications as him was beaten up like crazy, Li Xiaofeng is just an alternate member of the Central Committee, and it is estimated that he will only be killed by the explosion of chrysanthemum.

Therefore, in the report submitted to the Politburo, Li Xiaofeng did not say anything about how the navy should be built, but cautiously put forward opinions and opinions, revealing modesty and prudence between the lines, anyway, it was low-key enough.

In that case, why is the Politburo still not satisfied with the report? The reason is very simple, the great elders of the Politburo feel that a certain immortal is too conservative!

According to Li Xiaofeng's plan, the Red Navy will eventually retain 12 capital ships, 4 battle cruisers, 3 Russian-made Dreadnoughts, and 5 German-made Dreadnoughts. At first glance, it is also a displacement of more than 300,000 tons, which is a hundred times stronger than the tattered Red Navy in the twenties and thirties in history!

But the Grand Elder of the Politburo was not satisfied, thinking that this share was too small! Yes, you read that right, the Great Elders are just not satisfied with this share, it's amazing, isn't it? To know at this time in history. The Great Elders, including Lenin and Stalin, looked down on the Navy. The Mentor said that the navy is a flashy ornament. Stalin simply asked rhetorically what is the use of the navy? This fully shows how badly the Red Navy mixed up back then!

So why is it completely different in this historical time and space? Quite simply, the Red Navy did not have much to show in that period of history, and there was a strange Debinko and a scandalous Kronstadt sailors' uprising, which made the Mentor lose his appetite for the Navy. It is natural to despise and suppress the Navy.

And now, the Red Navy is much stronger than it has been in history, and the critical period of encirclement and suppression of the Czech Legion in 1918 was the Black Sea Fleet, and not long ago the Baltic Fleet fought with great strength in the face of the powerful Anglo-American combined fleet, and won both tactically and strategically.

You read that right. The Mentor and the other Grand Elders of the Politburo thought so, even though they knew that most of the results of the battle were the result of Sukhoi's naval navigation, and that Basilev had lost three Ganguts before sinking a Tiger, they felt that it was not easy for the Navy to have such a appearance. In 1904, when facing the "weak" Japanese Combined Fleet, the navy was completely wiped out and did not sink a single enemy ship, and now it is not easy to achieve results in the face of the more powerful British and American Combined Fleet.

And from a strategic point of view, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet really repelled a powerful enemy, forced the enemy to retreat and abandon plans to invade Szczecin from the sea. Even if Britain and the United States have been chirping crookedly, what naval battles will not fall behind, naval battles and so on. However, the Great Elders, including the Mentor, saw very clearly that the Red Banner Baltic Fleet had indeed thwarted the enemy's attempts. Since the British Royal Navy felt that they were the victors in the Battle of Jutland. Then, naturally, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet is also the winner of this naval battle.

Even Lenin felt that the significance of this "victory" was more than that, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet resisted the attack of the combined Anglo-American fleet and "drove the opponent" out of the Baltic, at this moment, the entire Baltic Sea supremacy has actually fallen into the hands of Russia, that is to say, the possibility of the enemy threatening Petrograd from the Baltic direction has been completely stifled, and Petrograd is safe!

This is of great significance, because in February and March of this year, when Yudenich came out of Estonia to make trouble, the Politburo was really quite worried that the Allied navy or the German navy would attack from the sea and cooperate with Yudenich to occupy this huge center of the revolution. Even if Lenin once had the idea of giving up Petrograd, he knew that if he really did that, the impact would be quite bad, and doing so would be equivalent to breaking the wrist of a strong man.

And now Lenin no longer had such worries, and even after seizing the Baltic Sea dominance, the Bolsheviks had a new route to export the revolution, and the Red Navy had the ability to reach the coasts of Germany and Denmark, and it was completely possible to support the proletariat of these developed countries from the sea, so that they could once again stick an imperialist stab in the back.

All in all, Lenin and the Politburo were quite satisfied with the appearance of the navy, and these great elders discovered for the first time that the navy was not a useless ornament, but of great use. Especially in the context of the current military confrontation with the Entente, it makes sense to retain a sufficiently powerful navy.

At this time, Li Xiaofeng was talking about how to reduce the size of the navy, although someone did not immediately say that it would be reduced, and with Russia's national strength, it could not afford to raise too large a fleet. But the Politburo still thinks that someone's pattern is small!

Yes, in the eyes of the Politburo, although the current revolutionary form is not very good, it is still good on the whole. Tukhachevsky annihilated an entire division of the enemy, captured more than seven thousand men, and also kept the Entente troops out of Warsaw. Of course, the battle was very tangled, but on the whole, it was not left behind. Presumably, with the arrival of Frunze's troops on the battlefield of Warsaw, the situation would soon improve. At this time, the pattern should be enlarged a little! The victory of the German revolution did not immediately cause a chain reaction in Britain and France, but the proletariat was not even stronger? Counting Germany's national strength, what is it to keep a strong fleet?

Moreover, in the long run, in order to eliminate the imperialist forces of Britain and the United States, it is necessary to cross the sea, and a strong navy is inevitably needed. If there is a demand, how can it be arbitrarily dismantled?

It would be a good idea to sell the four Kaiser-class ships to the Jewish allies, and the Politburo elders would naturally see the idea of someone casting a long line to catch a big fish. Objectively speaking, it is indeed a good idea. But it's still the same sentence. The pattern is small. Because someone's means are based on the fact that the world revolution did not go well, on the basis that only the Russian revolution was victorious.

As mentioned earlier, the German and Austro-Hungarian revolutions were victorious? What's the big deal with a few dreadnoughts? I guess the real problem at that time was that the fleet was not strong enough, right?

The big guy is not mistaken, the Politburo at that time was indeed so optimistic, and based on this optimistic feeling, it is naturally not eye-catching for someone's arrangement. So the Politburo immediately discussed and studied the naval question, and for this purpose specially called Trotsky in Warsaw back to Moscow.

After some study and discussion, the opinion of the Politburo on the issue of the Navy was: For the time being, nothing can be done, four Kaiser-class ships cannot be sold to East Prussia, and even those who look old dreadnoughts cannot be decommissioned, and everything will wait until Warsaw decides the winner.

Out of the most pessimistic predictions, the Politburo felt that if the war in Warsaw did not go well (note that the Politburo felt that Tukhachevsky would not go well at best, and at worst would be a draw with the Entente), the proletarian camp and the imperialist camp could only consider longer-term goals if the balance of power was maintained.

What are the longer-term goals? That is, to accumulate strength and wait for the next revolutionary upsurge. In this state, it is necessary to decommission those old dreadnoughts and old cruisers. But for capital ships. The Politburo believes that maintaining at least one battleship detachment (four) in each sea area is a minimum requirement, and that two battleship detachments should be maintained in key sea areas.

That is, in the vision of the Politburo. The Red Banner Baltic Fleet is definitely a key sea area, and two battleship detachments will be retained here, specifically two Bavarians, four King-class ships and two Kaiser-class ships. And the Black Sea Fleet, in addition to retaining two Empress Maria and one Poltava, added one more Kaiser. And in the Arctic Ocean direction, four German-made battle cruisers will be retained, and as for the remaining two Kaiser, then go to the Pacific Fleet, anyway, the Pacific direction is not the focus for the time being, and it is enough to have two dreadnought guards.

That is, the Politburo is ready to leave all the capital ships behind, and even according to their theory, there are still two vacancies for this. In fact, they all thought of ways to fill the vacancy, weren't the Izmail-class battlecruisers half built? Aren't those four battle cruisers waiting to be outfitted? Although we don't have that much money to build all four, it's okay to build half of them, right?

To be honest, this idea is too naïve, it is simply treating the dreadnought as a cabbage, which is preparing for a big wholesale. And if you really want to do this, it's really looking for abuse. It seems that the overall size of the Russian Navy is quite amazing, and the displacement of the capital ships is absolutely at the level of the top three in the world. But it was evenly distributed among four completely uncommunicative seas. Each fleet has no advantage in the face of the most powerful enemy in its own sea, and in the end it is broken by each of them. At that time, it is estimated that it will be a joke about the Russo-Japanese naval war again.

More importantly, the Politburo probably did not think about the cost of maintaining such a powerful fleet. They probably thought that most of these capital ships were ready-made, and they didn't need to spend money at all, so they didn't need to use them in vain.

However, the problem is that the cost of ship maintenance is actually the real majority, and one capital ship costs more than 1,000 officers and men, and 20 capital ships cost 20,000 or 30,000 people. It costs money for these people to eat, drink, and lazar, and it costs money to train. The simplest, you need fuel to go to sea, right? The equipment needs to be updated and maintained, right? Although the expenditure of a single ship is not very conspicuous, it adds up to an astronomical amount!

It is a pity that the Bolshevik Politburo bosses were still full of "revolutionary romanticism" in their ideas and methods of governing the country, and they would unnaturally underestimate the difficulty of the problem and unnaturally solve the problem by taking it for granted. And then...... Then he hit his head and bled in front of the iron-like objective laws and reality.

Therefore, when Li Xiaofeng received the Politburo's opinions and views on his report, he was somewhat helpless. However, he was not too disappointed, because he had long realized that the Politburo would be overly optimistic and would take it for granted. The reason why he wrote this report is actually more about vaccination, which is a reminder.

When the problem is exposed in the future, the elders of the Politburo will remember his reminder and help him brush up on his political prestige.

Moreover, there is no need to be too anxious to sell the Kaiser class and catch big fish, anyway, the Jews will not be able to take over immediately for a while, and some details still need to be studied and discussed. Before that. He could have helped the Jews train sailors first. Wait for the war in Poland to end. When the great elders of the Politburo found that the world revolution had turned into a flower in the water and the moon in the mist. When the capital ship reveals the essence of the Gold Devouring Beast, the Great Elders may not be able to wait to get rid of these hot potatoes, and that is the best opportunity to operate this deal.

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng was not in a hurry at all, he felt that the most important thing at the moment was to deal with the land battle, the Entente British, American and French coalition forces gathered an army and rushed out of Berlin, rushing towards Szczecin. For the time being, let's think about how to deal with them!

However, what Li Xiaofeng didn't expect was that his idea was interrupted as soon as it came out, not the Politburo. And not Jews, but Germans who people can't think of!

"Akimovich, what is this guy doing here?"

Kirikaze Jevic was also taken aback when he informed someone that Akimovich was going to see him. When a certain immortal had intimidated the Germans before, the two sides had a bad quarrel. Anyway, Akimovich's face was not much better than the bottom of the pot when he left. With the little character of the Germans who love to hold grudges, there is no reason to send their faces to the door so quickly, right?

However, the more important reason for Li Xiaofeng's surprise was the current situation of the world, he had heard that the Germans had basically reached an agreement with the Entente, and the rest was a matter of details. The Versailles contract was soon to be concluded, and Germany should not have sent anyone to contact him at this time. Rather, it should be fully cooperated with the Entente bloc in the eradication of the evil Bolshevik devil, as the Albert government called out.

Based on these questions, Li Xiaofeng directly skipped those greetings and politeness. He got straight to the point and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Akimovich actually didn't want to come, but who made him one of the few people in Germany who had more in-depth contact with someone, and at this moment of national crisis, even if he didn't like someone anymore, he had to forcibly suppress his disgust and take care of the overall situation.

"Andrey. Mr. Petrovic, my Government and people have always wanted peace and friendship with your country, and we have agreed on a number of important issues. However, due to the changes in the international situation, our government has to ......"

Li Xiaofeng was really not interested in listening to these unnutritious nonsense, and stretched out his hand to stop Akimovich from continuing: "Stop! I don't have time to listen to this nonsense, you'd better have something to say, or I'll just let you fuck off! ”

Akimovich showed an embarrassed look, a meeting of this nature was more awkward, not to say some scenes to close the distance to break the deadlock, and when he got down to business, wasn't there no drama at all?

If it was someone else in Akimovich's position, I am afraid that he would already be stupid, because a certain immortal is uneasy and plays his cards with common sense, and he seems to be aggressive and unsophisticated. But this is not the first time that Akimovich has been deflated by someone, nor is it the first time he has learned someone's suzhì, and he has experience in dealing with such situations - that is, pretending not to hear the insults and going straight to the point at someone's request.

"My government hopes to restore normal relations with your government and cooperate in related fields!"

Li Xiaofeng's eyes narrowed, because Akimovich's words surprised him a little, because according to the trend of history, Russia and Germany should have cooperated in the twenties, and now it is undoubtedly much earlier.

However, there is nothing wrong with Li Xiaofeng in advance, because it is obvious that Germany and Russia do have a basis for cooperation, as the two countries that suffered the most in World War I, as the target of the Entente bloc, the enemy of the enemy is a friend!

But what interests Li Xiaofeng is, how do the Germans want to cooperate?

"Given the current international situation, public engagement between our two countries may be too sensitive, so even after the resumption of normal relations between our two countries, our cooperation can only be carried out through third countries and hidden channels."

Seeing that Li Xiaofeng did not say anything, Akimovich thought that someone was not very satisfied with this cooperation model, and quickly explained: "Although this kind of cooperation is a bit strange, the sincerity of our government is quite obvious. ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled and asked, "What sincerity?" I'm sorry, but I don't see any sincerity at the moment! ”

Akimovich knew very well the personality of someone who did not see a rabbit and did not scatter an eagle, so he did not go around in circles, and said: "Some of the ships of your Baltic Fleet should have been damaged in previous battles, right?" ”

Li Xiaofeng's brows moved, could it be said?

Sure enough, Akimovich continued: "So our government is willing to provide enough spare parts for your country, do you think this sincerity is enough?" ”

Li Xiaofeng sighed in his heart, I have to say that the people who supported the Albert government were very clever, how to repair the damaged four German-made battle cruisers before really gave him a headache, these robbed ships The supporting system is completely different from Russia, and it feels a little difficult to repair them. Unless someone breaks free and directly replaces a qiē German product, there is no way to fix it at all.

And now, the Germans offered to supply spare parts, this hand was too clever, anyway, for the Germans those fleets no longer belonged to them, and there was no point in keeping the reserved spare parts. It is better to be a favor, which can not only bring relations with Russia closer and open the deadlock, but also disgust the Entente group by the way, why not?

However, Li Xiaofeng did not rush to eat the sincerity of the Germans, but asked: "Your conditions!" (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you Comrade Juventus!