076 Hurry and don't hurry
What happened to Yazov and Kulikov, Li Xiaofeng didn't know what happened, in fact, he was not interested in knowing what happened, so he didn't have enough to eat and was so idle that he was worried about the enemy. Having agreed to Rokossovsky's plan of general attack, he returned to his makeshift office, rested his feet on the table, closed his eyes and prepared to squint for a moment.
A certain immortal is not tired, but his immortal power has been a little unable to make ends meet in the past two days, and he must seize all the time to replenish his immortal power, and meditation is obviously a very suspicious gesture, so he can only pretend to sleep.
According to his plan, two hours of "sleep" was about the same, but he was woken up again at five o'clock in the morning, nearly three hours later than he had asked Macvey to wake him up.
"Comrade Andrei, it was I who told Comrade Makevi not to wake you up. You're so tired, you haven't slept for four hours in those two days. Pjanitsky said with emotion, handing a cup of coffee to Li Xiaofeng: "Drink a little to refresh yourself." ”
Li Xiaofeng took the coffee, but didn't touch it, but put the cup on the table next to him, and then asked, "Is the general attack going well?" ”
Pjanitsky shook his head: "The resistance of the enemy is fierce. We can only slowly clear every room. ”
"The enemy did not surrender?"
"Yes, but according to your request, once the statute of limitations for the ultimatum has expired, we will not accept surrender!" Pjanitsky explained, his expression and tone of voice showed that he was supportive of Li Xiaofeng's approach, "We must not accept the surrender of these die-hard elements, we must wipe them out!" ”
"Hmm." Li Xiaofeng nodded silently to express satisfaction, but then. He asked suddenly. "What about the Central Executive Committee? They didn't bother us? ”
Pijanitsky immediately showed a puzzled expression. According to their previous estimates, the Moscow Central Executive Committee will never watch them take credit, and they will find fault and create obstacles in their own way, but what is confusing is that the Moscow Central Executive Committee has done nothing!
Li Xiaofeng showed a contemplative expression: "The Moscow Central Executive Committee should not be so honest, I have a very bad feeling. ”
"I think so too, their behavior is unusual!" Pjanitsky took a worried sip of his coffee and continued: "I suspect that they are engaged in a scheme. We're being calculated. ”
"You're not wrong at all!" As soon as Pjanitsky's words fell, Vladimirsky rushed in angrily and slapped a telegram on the table, "Those bastards just want to take credit, they have been silent because they are waiting for Voroshilov!" ”
Voroshilov?
Li Xiaofeng glanced at the telegram on the table, which did not mention the stupid big man, but the meaning was very clear: it was nothing more than saying that Frunze's troops were about to arrive in Moscow, and the Central Executive Committee thought that it was very appropriate for him, a comrade who was very rich in armed struggle, to command Moscow's military operations...... That is, the Central Executive Committee of Moscow is ready to deprive them of military power in another way.
"There's no mention of Voroshilov here?" Pjanitsky asked stupidly.
Vladimirsky said hatefully: "Of course there is no mention. This was privately revealed to me by a friend in the Central Executive Committee, who said that Voroshilov's troops were halfway through. Arrive in Moscow at noon today! ”
Pjanitsky still didn't understand the corners. Stupidly asked: "I don't think there's anything wrong with letting Comrade Frunze command the armed uprising, after all, the Revolutionary Military Council in Moscow is paralyzed, and there's nothing wrong with having a comrade with high moral standing and rich experience in military struggle preside over the overall situation, right?" ”
Vladimirsky glanced at his old partner speechlessly, and was almost mad at his simple kindness. He named Voroshilov by name, you fool why don't you understand what the Moscow Central Executive Committee wants to do!
Li Xiaofeng was very calm, and did not rush for Pjanitsky's simplicity, in fact, he felt that Vladimirsky was not much stronger, if it wasn't for the thrilling scene that the two of them witnessed together in the Central Executive Committee the day before yesterday, he would have also been kept in the dark.
"Comrade Voroshilov and Joseph. Comrade Stalin had a very good relationship, and it is said that he was also old friends with Mikoyan and Kirov......" Li Xiaofeng threw out this sentence lightly, and then closed his mouth and began to drink coffee as if nothing had happened.
Pjanitsky was still stupidly waiting for the next step, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Li Xiaofeng speak, and he immediately became anxious: "You mean, Voroshilov and Kirov are in the same group?" No way? ”
"Nothing is impossible!" Vladimirsky clicked the telegram on the table again, "Look at this telegram, the Central Executive Committee wants us to hand over the command of the army to Voroshilov!" ”
Pjanitsky was stunned, he slowly stitched together several clues, and then asked cautiously: "You mean, the Central Executive Committee wants to suppress us in the name of Comrade Frunze!" ”
"Isn't that obvious?" Vladimirsky slapped the table heavily, "The armed uprising in Moscow has basically been victorious, only the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee has not yet surrendered, and whoever wins the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee will be the hero of the revolution." The Central Executive Committee of Moscow wants to take away the fruits of our bloody struggle, and they want to use the fruits of this victory as a fig leaf for their inaction! ”
Pjanitsky's face suddenly turned pale, and he muttered: "How can they do this, how can they be so shameless!" ”
"They've been playing this idea for a long time!" As soon as Vlakirmysky remembered that he was almost detained by the Central Executive Committee in Moscow that day, he suddenly became angry, "They were ready to do this the day before yesterday, but their conspiracy was thwarted by Comrade Andrei, and now they have turned their conspiracy into a conspiracy and are ready to blatantly steal the fruits of victory!" ”
Speaking of this, he suddenly turned to Li Xiaofeng and asked sincerely: "Comrade Andrei, you have a lot of flexible brains. Tell me about it! What should we do? ”
Li Xiaofeng glanced at him and Pjanitsky, then stood up and stretched: "Comrades, things haven't gotten so bad yet. He struggled to squeeze out a smile and shrugged his shoulders with ease. Frunze is Frunze. Voroshilov is Voroshilov. The two of them are not the same thing at all. Even if we have to obey the leadership of Comrade Frunze, it does not mean that Voroshilov can use chicken feathers as an arrow. Besides, am I, the central commissioner, a fake? ”
"But in case they are just ready to be shameless...... "Vladimirsky reminded, "haven't you seen how unscrupulous they are!" ”
"So it is." Pjanitsky nodded, "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, in case they ......"
Li Xiaofeng picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip first, as if he was thinking. After a moment, he asked, "How long will it be before we take the enemy's most rear-end positions?" ”
"It should be a few more hours, and the enemy is hiding in the cellar, which is very difficult to deal with!"
"All in the cellar?" Li Xiaofeng suddenly smiled, "That's easy!" ”
How can it be simple?
Both Vladimirsky and Pjanitsky felt that Li Xiaofeng was opening his mouth, and the strong cellars and caves were the most difficult to clean, and in that dark and narrow environment, the superiority in military strength could not be reflected at all, and every step forward would have to pay a huge price!
"That's the traditional way!" Li Xiaofeng smiled, and he asked again: "Didn't Comrade Konstantin use a flamethrower to deal with those rats hiding in their holes?" ”
Flamethrower?
Neither Vladimirsky nor Pjanitsky saw the power of flamethrowers. Ignorant of this flame-spewing weapon, they all asked, "Is this weapon useful?" ”
"Of course it works!" Li Xiaofeng smiled. Casually picked up the earpiece and asked the operator to connect to Rokossovsky's front-line command, "...... Comrade Konstantin, flamethrowers are especially suitable for dealing with rats hidden in holes in the ground...... What the? Used? Why didn't that work...... Oh, there's no fuel...... This is my negligence, you pause the attack, and I will soon send someone to bring you fuel! ”
Li Xiaofeng really forgot that the flamethrower was bought by him in the cornucopia, and he only cared about buying the flamethrower at that time, forgetting that this thing burns oil, generally speaking, a single flamethrower, at most ten times need to be refilled with fuel and high-pressure air, these ten flamethrowers used for two or three days, and they should have been out of cooking a long time ago.
"Let's go to the front line together!"
As soon as Li Xiaofeng put down the earpiece, Pjanitsky suggested: "First of all, you can cheer up the comrades who are attacking the fortifications, and secondly, you can also see the power of the flamethrower!" ”
Li Xiaofeng naturally knew that it was fake, but it was true that Pjanitsky wanted to see the power of the flamethrower. Presumably, he did not have confidence in the power of the flamethrower, and did not believe that the flamethrower could speed up the clearance.
Let's go and take a look, Li Xiaofeng is not resistant to this, with him as an immortal, the clean-up operation should be smoother, at least he can sense the position where the white army is hiding, so that the attacking troops can avoid unnecessary losses.
It should be said that Li Xiaofeng and they went at the right time, just before they arrived, Rokossovsky was in trouble, and just as he was about to put the Pyro back into the battlefield, the White Army hiding in the hole suddenly raised the white flag.
"What does that mean?" A Red Guard asked, stunned.
As mentioned earlier, because the time for the ultimatum has come, Li Xiaofeng demanded that the troops must not accept the surrender of the enemy and must be killed. It was not without the White Army that they had tried to surrender before, but they were all beaten into a sieve. And now, these guys haven't even learned their lesson, don't they know that this is a dead end?
However, to the surprise of the Red Guards, although the white flag was raised, no enemy came out of the fortifications, they just hid inside and shouted: "Don't shoot!" I am delivering a message to you on behalf of the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee! As long as you guarantee our personal safety, the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee will surrender immediately! Again, as long as you guarantee our personal safety, the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee will surrender immediately! ”
This circumstance was very difficult for Rokossovsky, and in all fairness, he was not averse to accepting the enemy's surrender, after all, this would break the enemy's resistance and also reduce the casualties of the troops. But Li Xiaofeng's order was placed there again, making it clear that he would not accept surrender. But now it is the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee that wants to surrender, and if they surrender, they can declare victory in the battle, and it seems that this can be opened?
"Contact Comrade Andrei. Ask for his opinion! "Rokossovsky gave the order to the heralds. But this is already redundant. Because at this time, Li Xiaofeng was walking in with Vladimirsky and Pjanitsky.
"No surrender!" Li Xiaofeng said categorically, "Let the flamethrowers get ready and start attacking!" ”
Rokossovsky's eyes widened, he didn't expect Li Xiaofeng to be so decisive, and he also didn't expect Vladimirsky and Pjanitsky, who said in unison: "That's the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee!" ”
Li Xiaofeng smiled contemptuously, "What if it's them?" These scum don't deserve to stay in this world. Without them, our revolution would have gone much smoother! ”
In fact, Li Xiaofeng made up his mind early on that he must be the scumbag of the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee, and accepting their surrender would be tantamount to letting the tiger go home, because with their seniority in the Russian political arena, they really can't do anything to them after being captured, and they can't even put these goods in prison. Rather than watching them slip away and then continue to fight against the Bolsheviks in another place, it is better to deal with them directly on the battlefield and save them from looking for trouble later.
"That's not good, is it?" Pjanitsky asked in a whisper. "They have a lot of influence, and it's very likely that the Social Revolutionaries, the Mensheviks, and the Cadets will take advantage of this!"
Vladimirsky also advised: "That's right. Do you consult the Central Executive Committee of the Moscow Central Committee, or directly ask the Party Central Committee for instructions, and then make a decision! ”
Li Xiaofeng waved his hand resolutely and said coldly: "There is no need for this!" As a commissioner of the Central Committee, I have the most say in this matter. There is no need to be polite to these revolutionary enemies, and it is best to destroy them directly. What if the Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Mensheviks had something to say? Whoever asked them to join the reactionary organization of the National Salvation Revolutionary Committee, anyone who opposed Su Wei, the representative of the Workers' Soldiers, and the People's Commissariat was an enemy of the revolution. Do not be merciful to your enemies! ”
Speaking of this, he commanded aloud: "Attack." ”
"Yes, Comrade Andrei. Start attacking immediately. Rokossovsky nodded, passing the order to the herald.
The herald saluted him and ran away. It didn't take long, maybe only a few minutes, for the soldiers with flamethrowers on their backs to aim their guns at the entrance to the fortifications. An orange-red flame shot in, and immediately a terrible wail was heard from the fortifications......
Voroshilov was enjoying his breakfast like the rudest Russian peasant, tearing off a small piece of meat, putting it in his mouth and chewing it loudly, then swallowing it vigorously and taking a big sip of vodka. Then raise the fork and pick up another slice of meat, and repeat the same motion.
Twenty minutes had already taken him to breakfast, but Voroshilov was not in a hurry, as if he did not feel the passage of time at all, in stark contrast to the last night's anxious flight to Moscow.
The officers and soldiers of the cavalry regiment were not without opinion about this absurd style of Voroshilov, but no one had the ability and courage to persuade him to change. Offending the commander was not right and tolerated in any army, even in the revolutionary army of the Bolsheviks, so Voroshilov's men had to be patient.
So why did Voroshilov suddenly become not in a hurry at all? The reason is simple, first of all, he is already only twenty kilometers away from Moscow, and if he wants, he can enter the city in half an hour; Secondly, his scouts had already entered the city ahead of schedule and made contact with the Moscow Central Executive Committee, and according to the information they had sent back, Li Xiaofeng had not yet been able to take down the National Salvation and Revolutionary Committee, and according to the internal information obtained by the Moscow Central Executive Committee, Li Xiaofeng's troops would not be able to end the battle before noon today.
In that case, why should Voroshilov be in a hurry? He hoped that Li Xiaofeng would attack desperately, pull out nails for him, bite hard bones, and preferably wait for him to take over the battle, so that he could easily win the victory. That is the best praise for him, and it is also the best blow to the mortal enemy.
Therefore, Voroshilov was very calm, not in a hurry at all, and even wished that Li Xiaofeng would suffer more casualties. It is better to lose combat altogether, in which case his troops can easily suppress the opponent and then take over the supremacy of Moscow.
Just as Voroshilov was imagining a bright future, a small group of cavalry rushed into his temporary garrison at high speed, and the sergeant who led the team dismounted and walked directly to Voroshilov's side, gasping for breath, and saluting him with an irregular military salute.
"Comrade Voroshilov."
Voroshilov raised his eyelids and looked at him, then continued to gobble down his breakfast, until he swallowed all the pieces of meat in his stomach, and then lazily asked, "What's the matter?" ”
The sergeant replied: "The Central Executive Committee of Moscow asks you to enter the city at once!" ”
"Didn't I already tell them, don't be too anxious?" Voroshilov snorted very dissatisfied, "What's there to worry about?!" ”
"That's right, Andrey. Comrade Petrovich quickened the pace of the attack......"
Before the sergeant could finish speaking, Voroshilov let out a wild laugh, as if he had heard some good news. This baffled the sergeant, and he could only bite the bullet and say: "The comrades of the Moscow Central Executive Committee think that it is necessary for you to enter the city at once and take over the ......"
"No," Voroshilov refused directly, "there is no need for this at all, you go back and tell the comrades of the Central Executive Committee that everything is expected by me, don't be too nervous!" As he spoke, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said confidently, "I will enter the city in an hour." ”
"An hour?" The sergeant almost shouted, "Comrade Voroshilov, the Central Executive Committee demanded ......"
Voroshilov motioned for him to shut up and told him: "This is my order, I will rush to the battlefield at the most opportune moment, and now is not that time." ”
"But ......"
"Execute the order!" Voroshilov snorted impatiently, and after saying that, he no longer paid attention to the sergeant in front of him, lowered his head, and went to deal with his breakfast again. (To be continued......)