Rokossovsky was really unlucky, his Sixth Army once made Guderian have no temper, but who would have thought that the German army would increase its troops halfway, there is a way that two fists are hard to defeat four hands, Rokossovsky is no matter how capable he is, he can't scatter beans into soldiers.

On the 18th day, Kalinkovich was crushed by the iron hooves of the German army, but fortunately Rokossovsky found that the situation was not good, and wisely withdrew the main force from the line of fire before the defense line was about to collapse, otherwise, this time it would not only be as simple as the fall of Kalinkovich, but also the burial of the 6th Army.

Rokossovsky's even more shameless was still behind, and seeing that the enemy's advance could not be stopped, he wisely chose to retreat quickly rather than continue to resist the regrouped forces that Tukhachevsky had hoped for. The 6th Army retreated to the right bank of the Dnieper in one breath and joined up with the 16th Army, which had arrived at the news, before regrouping.

Objectively speaking, Rokossovsky judged the situation and successfully avoided the end of the 6th Army being surrounded and annihilated by the German army, it should be said that the table is not bad, if you take into account that he single-handedly blocked Guderian for 17 days before, this is quite rare. It should be said that it was not his responsibility that the defensive line was broken, but that the General Staff misjudged the situation on the battlefield and failed to predict the real direction of the German offensive.

This has to start a few days ago, when Guderian was helpless in the face of Kalinkovich, the German General Staff formulated a new assault plan, shifted the focus of the attack from the flanks to the center, and transferred the first part of Army Group South to cooperate with the second tank group to achieve a central breakthrough.

In order to paralyze and mislead the Red Army, while stopping the siege of Kiev and transferring troops, Rundstead commanded Army Group South to make a feint in the direction of Kharkov and Konotop. The German feints were too deceptive. So much so that the General Staff of the Red Army judged that this was the preparation of the Germans to intensify their attack on the Southern Front. Take Kharkov and Konotop in one fell swoop. And then threaten Kursk and the Caucasus.

Therefore, Tukhachevsky demanded that the Ukrainian front be strengthened as much as possible and focus on the situation in Ukraine, while ignoring the warnings of Triandafilov, Ubolevich and Li Xiaofeng that the German army might focus on attacking Rokossovsky.

At that time, the attention of the Red Army was attracted to Konotop and Kharkov, and Rokossovsky was simply forgotten, until the Germans succeeded in conquering Kalinkovich in one fell swoop, at which point Tukhachevsky and the General Staff realized that something was wrong. And by this time, the Dnieper defense line on the territory of Belarus was already in jeopardy.

According to the requirements of the Politburo, the Dnieper defense line must be held, this is the red line, so Tukhachevsky immediately ordered Triandafilov to hold this line of defense and must not allow the German army to cross the Dnieper.

The problem is that this order is simply nonsense, so much so that Triandafilov, having received a telegram from the General Staff, angrily tore the telegram to shreds and scolded Tukhachevsky. thinks that the goods are blind again.

Tukhachevsky was not wronged at all, because he was just blindly directing. Rokossovsky and the 6th Army had already fought hard and suffered heavy losses before, and now they had no defense line to support, how could they fight the Germans on the left bank of the Dnieper. To put it mildly, Tukhachevsky's order was for Rokossovsky and the 6th Army to be sent to his death.

Of course, Trian Dafilov could not accept this, so he immediately called back to the General Staff, explaining the difficulties faced by the 6th Army, and directly said that this order could not be carried out, and he also refused to carry it out!

Tukhachevsky's side was naturally very annoyed, since Triandafilov became the commander of the Central Military District in Moscow, he did not like the General Staff, and the instructions of the General Staff have always been contrary to the yang and yin, and the friction and discord between the two sides have continued. Anyway, it's not pleasing to anyone's eyes.

Tukhachevsky feels that the reason why Triandafilov was able to come to power was to change the situation of the war in Belarus and Ukraine, but for more than a month, the Red Army has been fighting passively in addition to retreating, and has always been passively beaten. This fully shows that Triandafilov is nothing more than that!

Anyway, Tukhachevsky was full of disdain for Triandafilov, and this disdain and dissatisfaction were detonated by Triandafilov's callback.

"Triandafilov is only fit to be the head of the Military Divisional Academy, at best a staff officer who beats the drum, and now he has handed over millions of troops to a pedant, which is a joke. Look at his results this month, it's a mess, the Red Army is fleeing except for retreat, losing a large area of territory! And now openly confronting the leadership of the General Staff, this is absolutely unacceptable, and I strongly demand that a more suitable comrade be replaced to preside over the work of the Central Military District in Moscow! ”

When Tukhachevsky proposed this proposal at the Military Commission, the opinions at the meeting immediately froze, because all the members of the Military Commission understood that Tukhachevsky had lit the fuse, and there would always be bombs to explode next!

Sure enough, the sound of a counterattack immediately came out, and Ubolevich angrily complained: "Comrade Tukhachevsky, when you said this, did you ask your conscience? How did the current bad situation come about? Isn't it wiping your ass for your previous miscommand? It took Comrade Triandafinov more than a month and a lot of space to offset the bad consequences of blindly sending the Red Army to death, and it was very difficult to stabilize the situation in the midst of danger. If Comrade Trianda Filov can only be badly evaluated, then how should you evaluate your previous miscommand? Is it terrible? ”

Tukhachevsky's face turned white, but this is only the beginning, and the more embarrassing is still to come, Li Xiaofeng also said: "Before, Comrade Triandafilov reminded you that Comrade Rokossovsky's defense is weak and may be attacked by the enemy, how did you answer?" A series of miscalculations by the General Staff are the root cause of the current bad situation, and now the General Staff has actually beaten a rake, which is simply shameless! I think that's what some people are trying to pass the buck to. It's just throwing the pot! ”

Seeing that this emergency meeting of the Military Commission is about to turn into a meeting of criticism of Tukhachevsky. Sverdlov hurriedly interjected: "Comrades. This is not the time to pass the buck to each other, the most important thing now is to try to hold the Dnieper line! ”

Li Xiaofeng glanced at Xiao Si and sneered: "Comrade Ubolevich and I have never shirked our responsibilities, but some people always do not do self-examination, but have to find fault with those comrades who actively take responsibility, and I can no longer stand such shameless behavior." As for the Dnieper line, where is there now what the Dnieper line of defense is? Thanks to the wise command of the General Staff, on the right bank of the Dnieper. We had only two army groups that had suffered heavy losses, and opposite these two armies were the elite German 1st and 2nd tank groups. Not to mention the extreme disparity between the strength of the enemy and us, the latest reinforcements are still hundreds of kilometers away, and this situation is that the god of war will not be reborn! ”

Sverdlov's face was not very good-looking, because Li Xiaofeng rarely ridiculed him so positively, he forcibly endured his unhappiness and demanded: "We Bolsheviks do not believe in ghosts or gods, and we have the support of the people of the whole country and the proletariat of the whole world, and we ......."

Li Xiaofeng interrupted him mercilessly again: "At this time, it is useful to shout slogans and empty words. We don't have to sit here in a meeting. If Comrade Yakov can mobilize the entire population and the proletariat of the whole world to the right bank of the Dnieper to fend off the Germans, then I apologize to you immediately. If you can't, don't talk this nonsense! Except for wasting time and saliva, it's useless at all! ”

Xiao Si's face became more and more ugly, and it was obvious that he was on the verge of exploding, but after a few seconds, he held back his anger. Why? Because he noticed that the vast majority of the members of the Military Commission present were despising him, even those leftists who stood on the side of the Trotskyists in the rectification movement were also despising him (for the simple reason that no one wanted to be cannon fodder, Tukhachevsky could sacrifice the 6th and 16th armies today, and he could sacrifice them tomorrow for the same reason), it was obvious that what he just said was not at all against the generals, and if he continued to insist, there would be only one consequence, a complete loss of military support.

So Xiao Si could only endure this breath and patiently explained: "What I mean is that I hope that the 6th and 16th armies will play a revolutionary heroic style, block the enemy with a spirit that is not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, and buy time for reinforcements." They should be able to do that, right? ”

In Li Xiaofeng's opinion, Xiao Si's words are no different from the previous fart, they are still fake and empty, and they have not considered the actual situation on the front line at all. The 6th and 16th armies could not be the opponent of the enemy's two tank clusters at all, and if they insisted on stopping the vehicles with their mantis arms, they would be crushed in minutes, and it was impossible to buy much time.

In Li Xiaofeng's view, there is only one consequence of insisting on letting Rokossovsky and Lukin fill the hole: these two army groups are eaten by the enemy in one bite, and then the enemy easily crosses the Dnieper River and continues to advance towards the Russian hinterland.

It can be said that such sacrifices are meaningless, and what is wrong with the 6th and 16th armies, why should they let these troops, who have fought bloodily and already made heavy sacrifices for the Motherland, once again pay for the mistakes of the General Staff and the Politburo's demands for a good face?

Isn't this a pit man?!

Li Xiaofeng was still very practical in this regard, and he and Ubolevich immediately refuted Xiao Si's opinion to the fullest, and even directly said: "At this time, we can only continue to retreat, and we can only consider blocking the enemy in Bryansk, and all other ideas and opinions are useless!" ”

At this time, things became interesting, the vast majority of the people in the Military Commission believed that they should continue to retreat and should not be blocked, but the Politburo still stubbornly demanded to hold on to the Dnieper, and the opinions of the two sides could be said to be highly opposed, and neither was convinced, and for a time it reached a stalemate.

"The political action is the first element, and military operations must obey the command of the political government!" This was the opinion of Xiao Si and Trotsky, who felt that the CMC had crossed the line, and that the CMC should obey the opinion of the Politburo, in accordance with the principle of the party commanding the gun.

However, most of the members of the Central Military Commission, represented by Li Xiaofeng, do not think so: "It is true that there is a specialization in the art industry, and the Politburo coordinates the overall situation, but in the military aspect, the Military Commission is the insider, and it is not a joke to let the layman guide the insider?" Once the worst happens. In the end, is the Politburo in charge or the Military Commission in charge? ”

The military commissar's statement implies that it is a general. This meant that in case the 6th and 16th armies were all hit. The Dnieper defense line was not held, and in the end the German army was still driven straight in, who is to blame for this? If the Politburo is willing to issue a military order for this, then the Military Commission will implement it. And the Politburo naturally will not make such a military order, in case the Military Commission releases water and deliberately makes them take the blame?

All in all, it is impossible to talk about it at all. Even more interestingly, Tukhachevsky, in the name of the General Staff, sent orders directly to Rokossovsky and Lukin, asking them not to take a step back. It must be guarded against rigidity.

But as soon as Tukhachevsky's order arrived at the headquarters of Rokossovsky and Lukin, Triandafilov, in the name of the commander of the Central Military District in Moscow, gave an order to let Rokossovsky and Lukin exchange space for time, leaving only a small number of troops on both sides of the Dnieper River to block the German army, and the main force immediately retreated back to Bryansk. They were also asked to build a defensive line in Bryansk and wait for reinforcements to converge.

Two very different orders have made it difficult for Rokossovsky and Lukin, whose orders should be carried out? Of course, as we can see later, Rokossovsky and Lukin finally carried out Triandafilov's orders, because Triandafilov personally arrived in front of Rokossovsky and Lukin by helicopter and demanded that their future actions should be subject to the orders of the Military Commission and the Moscow Central Military District. Any orders that do not originate directly from the above-mentioned institutions will be ignored!

Trianda Filov has said it all. And Rokossovsky and Lukin were originally very resistant to rigidity, so they naturally followed the good as flow. Anyway, no matter what Tukhachevsky's toughly worded telegrams said, they took it as a deaf ear and retreated to Bryansk in one breath, leaving Tukhachevsky to stomp his feet in Moscow.

"It's simply unheard of, that a commander can ignore the orders of the General Staff and act on his own, what is the nature of this?" Tukhachevsky shouted, "I strongly demand that Triandafilov, Rokossovsky and Lukin be held accountable, they are just fleeing and should be brought to court-martial!" ”

"What's that?" Li Xiaofeng sneered, "Comrade Triandafilov is just implementing the resolution of the Military Commission, which has decided to abandon the Dnieper River and instead fight a general battle in Bryansk. As the commander of the Central Military District in Moscow, what is the problem in implementing the instructions of the Military Commissariat? ”

Tukhachevsky was furious and shouted: "But I am the chief of the General Staff, and the General Staff is responsible for military command, and the Military Commission cannot bypass me to give such an order!" ”

Ubolevich said coldly: "You also have no right to cross the Moscow Central Military District and dictate the 6th and 16th armies!" In addition, the General Staff is a subordinate organ of the Military Commission and should be completely subordinate to the command of the Military Commission. Do you think the Red Army is yours alone? ”

Tukhachevsky, of course, will not admit this, he justified: "I am a member of the People's Commissariat of Defense, I am carrying out the decisions of the Council of People's Commissars, and Comrade Trotsky is asking for a stop from the enemy on the Dnieper, this is the request of the Council of People's Commissars!" ”

Li Xiaofeng said very politely: "The People's Committee has no right to directly interfere in the command of the Military Commission, and it is the party that commands the gun, not the People's Committee." The Red Army belonged to the party, not to the Council of People's Commissars. As the core organ of the Party commanding the Red Army, the Military Commission is responsible for all military operations of the Red Army, and the General Staff is only under the leadership of the Military Commission. Comrade Tukhachevsky, don't you even understand this? ”

Tukhachevsky still argued: "Of course it is the party that commands the gun, and the decision of the Politburo is ......"

Li Xiaofeng interrupted him again: "The Politburo is only responsible for macro-strategic decision-making, and the Military Commission is the organ specifically responsible for implementation, and how to implement the requirements of the Politburo is a matter for the Military Commission to consider collectively, not for you, the chief of the General Staff, to do it for you!" ”

Tukhachevsky was very angry, because according to the current situation, he, the chief of the General Staff, does not deal with the mainstream opinion of the Central Military Commission, and if he completely follows the instructions of the Central Military Commission, then he, the chief of the General Staff, will be dispensable at all.

In fact, Tukhachevsky was right, and Li Xiaofeng felt that the functions and powers of the Central Military Commission and the General Staff were entangled by Tukhachevsky, and the General Staff always wanted to overstep its authority, always thinking that it could make a decision. But in fact, the Military Commission is the boss, and the General Staff is just an executive body, and the executive body should honestly listen to the command, what do you want to do when you jump up and down? Do you want to seize power?

Li Xiaofeng is fed up with Tukhachevsky's stirring up in the middle, even if he can't replace him this time, he has to hatefully give him a little color to see, so that he can be honest in the future. Of course, this is also to blame Tukhachevsky himself, since the start of the war, he has been too disgraceful, and his once more faint moves have squandered his former prestige. Now there are more and more people dissatisfied with his command, and this force is quite amazing! Even the old subordinates and old friends who supported Tukhachevsky could not be completely suppressed.

Of course, this is the case in the Military Commission, where it is Tukhachevsky who is being criticized, and in the Politburo, it is different, where Li Xiaofeng belongs to the minority...... (To be continued......)

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