With doubts, Frunze decided to personally see the strength of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, so after explaining a few precautions to his assistant, he personally rode to the defense area of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, he wanted to know why this unit was so capable of fighting.

At this time, Grigory. Ivanovich, who was directing his men to step up the repair of the fortifications, was startled when he learned of Frunze's sudden arrival, and could not help but wonder if Luga had been lost and whether the commander-in-chief had escaped from the chaos alone.

"Grigory. Ivanovich. Frunze dropped the reins, jumped off his horse, and greeted him warmly.

This somewhat dispelled Grigory. Ivanovich's doubts, if Luga is finished, the commander-in-chief will definitely not be so easy, but he can't understand why Frunze will leave the troops on the front line at this time and come to him.

"Hello, Comrade Frunze," Grigory. Ivanovich asked straight to the point, "Why are you here?" ”

Frunze smiled, "Temporarily repelled the enemy's attack, you can take a breath." I'm here to see how your position is being built. ”

"You're welcome to come and inspect it!"

Grigory. Ivanovich didn't think much about it, thinking that Frunze was about to lose it, which was a disguised urge to urge him to quickly repair his defensive position, in fact, from the evening onwards, when a steady stream of wounded soldiers withdrew from Luga, he knew that it was only a matter of time before Luga was lost.

Frunze beckoned at him and motioned to Grigory. Ivanovich followed him, exclaiming as he went: "Grigory. Comrade Ivanovich, your 1st Machine Gun Regiment is doing really well...... On the front line, you can destroy more than a thousand enemies in a single company, several times more than a brigade under my command can destroy more enemies. How do you do that? ”

Grigory. Ivanovich was stunned, he didn't expect that Frunze really wanted to know this, but he said very modestly: "This is completely your credit, which shows that you command well!" ”

Frunze shook his head and denied: "I don't command well!" In a dozen hours, more than half of my workers' Red Guards would have suffered casualties, without your company. I'm afraid the casualties will be even greater. "Speaking of which. He suddenly asked, "Do you know how many comrades your second company has suffered casualties?" ”

Grigory. Ivanovich shook his head, he was busy rushing back and forth this afternoon, and then it was time to repair the fortifications, and he really didn't have the time to care about the second company that was transferred.

"Of the twenty-six casualties, only seven of them died," Frunze sighed, "and the casualty rate was only 20 percent." And most of the wounded comrades were slightly injured. This is a miracle compared to the casualties you inflicted on the enemy! ”

Frunze couldn't wait to ask, "Can you tell me how you created this miracle?" Or rather, what advanced experience do you have? ”

Grigory. Ivanovich smiled bitterly, how could he have any advanced experience, before the outbreak of war. He was only a secondary school teacher, and after he was drafted into the army, although he participated in a series of battles, he did not hold a high position.

Before serving as the commander of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, although he was the acting commander of the Pyotr Paplov regiment, it was only because the regiment commander and the main commander of the regiment either died honorably in battle or were seriously wounded and left the command. To put it bluntly, he was made up for it, before that. He was just a deputy battalion commander.

After escaping from Petrograd. The Central Committee reorganized the Petropavlov Regiment and the 1st Machine Gun Regiment, and I don't know why they were killed. Most of the commanders of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment were not promoted, but he, an outsider, was transferred to the position of regiment commander.

Then there was a month and a half of intensive training, at the Finnish base, he, the halfway monk, finally learned some military knowledge and skills, but according to Mannerheim, his level is at most a company commander, and being a battalion commander is okay.

Grigory. Ivanovich is very self-aware, he has nothing outstanding in military affairs at all, and the reason why he can become the regiment commander is mainly due to his previous merits and the extreme lack of commanders in the troops. Therefore, he has no way to talk about Shenma's advanced experience, and he can only be silent about Frunze's questions.

For a long time, Grigory. Ivanovich said: "I don't know much about fighting, if you ask me what advanced experience I have, I can't say ...... at all."

At first, Frunze wondered why this guy in front of him was a stuffy gourd, and wanted to urge a few words, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was modest, which made him a little dissatisfied: "Grigory. Comrade Ivanovich, don't be too modest, too modest is pride! ”

Grigory. Ivanovic's face turned red, and he scratched his ears and cheeks and said: "Comrade Frunze, I am really not modest, if you must ask us how our 1st Machine Gun Regiment is different from other units, then I can only say that first of all, the Party gave us the determination and will to fight to the end. Secondly, we are a regular army, and our comrades have all been on the battlefield and have a certain amount of combat experience. Last month, we started systematic training at our base in Finland and changed some of our equipment......"

Frunze scoffed at the first two, the will to fight was nonsense, and the workers' Red Guards under his command did not lack the same will, they were not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, and they all wanted to destroy the White Army. As for the regular army, it is even more nonsense, the military quality of ordinary Russian soldiers can only be said to be a mess, the combat effectiveness of the regular army is not much higher than that of the guerrillas, more often than not, the regular army is a group of rabbits, as soon as the guns are fired, they may scatter and flee.

What really made Frunze care about was the last one, "Finnish base? What is that? Who is systematically training you? Also, what gear did you all change? ”

Grigory. Ivanovich patiently explained to Frunze about the Finnish base and equipment, and when Frunze heard that a former lieutenant general was teaching them a lesson and teaching them combat skills, he nodded approvingly.

Modern soldiers are no longer just the kind of macho men with sound limbs and two arms in the past, they must not only have physical fitness, but also arm their minds. The main reason for the low combat effectiveness of the Russian army is not that the soldiers are not brave enough, but that most of the soldiers are illiterate, they do not know how to correctly carry out the orders of their superiors, do not know how to operate more and more advanced fighting machines, and can only foolishly act bravely.

Frunze has noticed more than once that the Red Guards of the workers under him are brave, but they are all a group of tendons. He will only stupidly charge at the enemy with his bayonet. I didn't even think about whether this was sending me to death.

Not only soldiers, but also a group of simple-minded fools who command battles, such as that Voroshilov, who will simply and rudely let his subordinates charge and send the boys to the enemy's guns, but never think that command is also an art.

It is necessary to systematically train soldiers and commanders. Improve their military qualities and adapt them to modern combat. This was the first conclusion Frunze made in his heart. Then he said, "Let me see your redressed weapons!" ”

The first thing that appeared to Frunze was the Uzi submachine gun, a small and powerful repeating weapon that Frunze praised if his workers' Red Guards also had this weapon, and they would definitely not have lost so many comrades this afternoon.

If the Uzi submachine gun still amazed Frunze, then the PK machine gun made him a little crazy. Compared with the stupid and stupid Makqin. The lightweight, avant-garde PK is a work of art – at just 9 kilograms of empty weight, slimmer than many of today's "light machine guns", yet it has the firepower of a heavy machine gun, in fact, if it is mounted on a tripod, it is a heavy machine gun in the truest sense of the word.

Frunze stroked the PK machine gun with some excitement, as if he was stroking his lover, "How many PK general-purpose machine guns do you have?" ”

Grigory. Ivanovich replied honestly: "Each infantry squad has one PK, and the fire platoon has four." The battalion is a machine gun company. There are twelve, each of which has an anti-aircraft gun mount. Can be used as an anti-aircraft machine gun ......"

Frunze was completely mad, what did he hear, a company has 13 machine guns, a battalion has 51, and that regiment has hundreds of machine guns! Your uncle, nowadays, the standard light infantry division of Russia does not necessarily have more machine guns than one of your regiments, what kind of trouble are you doing!

Grigory. Ivanovich, who seemed to see that Frunze was stimulated, explained in a low voice: "Comrade Frunze, we did not completely change our clothes, according to Andrei. Comrade Petrovich's program, we will at least double the number of machine guns, each infantry squad should have two light machine guns, forming two assault squads...... And our artillery has been greatly weakened...... The 60-mm mortars that were supposed to be equipped to the infantry company were chopped off...... Today there are only 18 120-mm mortars in our regimental artillery battalion, and 6 82-mm mortars in each battalion artillery company......"

Grigory. Ivanovich didn't dare to go on, because Frunze was already foaming at the mouth, especially when he heard that advanced 120-mm mortars could shoot 12 to 15 rounds of 15.4-kilogram grenades per minute, and that they could reach up to nearly six thousand meters away, he almost suffered a stroke.

In those years, the Russian infantry divisions equipped with Type 1913 76-mm infantry guns had a maximum range of only 7 kilometers, and the projectile weight was less than seven kilograms. It is almost certain that if the two sides were firing at each other, it would have been the Type 1913 76mm infantry guns that would have been suppressed. The Whites had to replace the 122mm howitzer or introduce the French 107mm cannon to recover the disadvantage.

However, these two types of artillery were only possessed by the elite units of the White Army, and for the ordinary Russian light infantry divisions, they were more equipped with 1913 76mm infantry guns and 1904 or 1906/1909 mountain guns, and they had no advantage over the 120mm mortars of the 1st Machine Gun Regiment.

Frunze began to regret it, he should have come to know the 1st Machine Gun Regiment earlier, if he had known that the other side had such fierce firepower, then at least he would have borrowed artillery from them to use it. In the defensive battle of Luga, the enemy artillery caused the greatest casualties to his workers' Red Guards, and if he also had artillery support, he would at least inflict greater casualties on the enemy, not to mention being on a par with the enemy.

But it's not too late to understand now, at least Frunze is more confident in completing the blocking mission, with the first machine gun regiment here, he can definitely inflict heavy damage on the enemy on the banks of the Luga River!

"These advanced weapons are procured by the central government in foreign countries?" Frunze asked curiously.

Grigory. Ivanovich shook his head, "As far as I know, these weapons were purchased by Comrade Andrei in Finland and are said to have been produced by his brother in an arsenal in Finland......"

This is already Frunze's second time from Grigory. Ivanovich had heard Andrei's name there, and in fact he had heard it a lot since the beginning of the month, and it was he who raised the funds for the activities of his workers' Red Guards, and also supported some of their guns and ammunition.

More importantly, in the letters and telegrams exchanged with the principal comrades of the Central Committee, many bigwigs with heads and faces mentioned this name more than once. It is said that he is one of the most important confidants of the Mentor. Very popular with his old man. There are even many old friends who have written letters without jealousy, saying that we have been revolutionary for decades, but in the end we are not as good as a hairy boy who has just participated in the revolution.

In the past, Frunze thought that this was an exaggeration, but now it seems that it is not an exaggeration at all, and if he can get such advanced weapons and huge funds, he will also appreciate this kind of young talent if he is a mentor. Revolution early is nothing. In the end, it doesn't depend on how much you have contributed to the revolution!

Frunze became more and more interested in Li Xiaofeng, he forgot about Luga's battle, and fought with Grigory. Ivanovich consulted in detail about all the information about a certain immortal, when he intermittently obtained information from Grigory. Ivanovich was shocked when he squeezed the toothpaste in his mouth and asked what someone had been doing since he joined the revolution. Even secretly made up his mind, after quelling Kornilov's rebellion. Be sure to go to Petrograd and meet this amazing Comrade Andrei.

Li Xiaofeng couldn't have imagined that he was favored by Frunze. At this time, he was also a little anxious, not that the situation of the revolution had deteriorated. The situation in Petrograd was very good, and after a day of fierce fighting, as the Peter and Paul Fortress returned to the hands of the revolutionary army, only the Winter Palace remained of Kornilov's territory in the city. And outside the city. He sent troops to attack Kronstadt. Under the guiding ideology of Denikin's preservation of strength, he launched two or three attacks in disguise. I started grinding foreign workers.

All in all, Kornilov was in a bad situation, and if his reinforcements did not arrive in Petrograd as soon as possible, he would soon be wiped out. Even if his reinforcements arrived on time, at most it would be to cover the down-and-out former supreme commander to fight his way out of the encirclement.

Kornilov can't make any waves, and it is Shu Lijin who really makes trouble for Li Xiaofeng. The supreme leader of the Russian underworld, I don't know if Lu Dao suddenly woke up, or maybe he got some news, and he no longer waited to be ready to play the trick of the yellow sparrow, and without warning, he suddenly returned to Petrograd.

On the one hand, he intervened to temporarily stabilize the situation that was about to collapse for Kornilov, and on the other hand, he suddenly captured Anna.

"Little slut, say, why do you want to betray me!" Shu Lijin waved her leather whip frantically, constantly whipping Anna's bare skin.

This special nine-tailed cat whip, each whip will leave nine blood marks on the human body, and the one in Shu Lijin's hand has been treated with special materials, which brings not only severe physical pain to the victim, but also soul trauma.

Ordinary people would die and come back to life after a beating, but Anna had already taken a dozen beatings, and every time she felt that her soul was about to be torn apart, and that feeling was really worse than death. However, Anna Leng didn't let out a scream, she just looked at Shu Lijin coldly, as if it was another person who was tortured.

Anna's indifferent attitude completely angered Shu Lijin, no one has ever been able to ignore his existence, and no one can betray him and ignore him. This aroused his bestiality, and while slapping Anna hard, he roared like a beast: "You bitch, do you think I can't do anything about you? I will let you spend every day of your life in hell, and I will make your life worse than death! ”

Anna didn't care about this, for her, it was already a great pleasure in life to see Shu Lijin's angry expression, she laughed cruelly, and said sarcastically: "Hmph, so what? As long as I can sabotage your plans and let your hard work go to waste, I will be a victor even in hell. And you, Ha Luha, arrogant, self-righteous, thought that you could control everything, but you were defeated by a weak woman who was powerless...... You're a true loser, and I really want to ask you, how does that feel? ”

Shu Lijin punched and kicked the past, Anna's sarcasm almost drove him crazy, but he didn't know how to refute this sarcasm. Anna was right, he had completely failed, even to stabilize the situation temporarily, but even he himself had to admit that Kornilov was completely hopeless. The best outcome for him is to save his life, and there will be no place for him in Russian politics.

Kornilov's defeat represented the bankruptcy of his attempt to restore Nicholas II. For Shu Lijin, this blow is no less than a thunderbolt in the sky.

After the frenzied violence, Anna was beaten to death. Shu Lijin gasped for breath, and her red eyes stared at Anna, who was covered in blood, as if she wanted to swallow the poor weak woman with her belt bones.

But soon, he gave up this plan, he threw the nine-tailed cat whip on the ground fiercely, and commanded to the left and right: "You continue to treat this slut well, and you must not let her have a good time...... Bring that kid in...... Isn't there another traitor? I don't believe I can't pry his mouth open! (To be continued.) )