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"Shouldn't the principal leading comrades of the Central Military Commission be held responsible for the fact that a skirmish that should have been won quickly has turned into what it is now?"

At the Politburo meeting, Kamenev opened fire with some triumph, he had been waiting for this opportunity for too long, and to put it mildly, he had been waiting for this opportunity to counterattack and slap his face since the day the October Revolution broke out in 1917. More than ten years of waiting was finally not in vain, the emperor lived up to his painstaking efforts, and he finally got enough to slap some people's faces.

After Kamenev spoke, Zinoviev couldn't wait to jump out, he didn't mix much better than Kamenev over the years, and finally he returned to the core of the supreme power again, if this is not a good breath, how sad is it?

"This war was unnecessary from the very beginning, what kind of war was fought when the country was engaged in large-scale economic construction? The problems of the Far East could have been completely resolved peacefully, and now it is good, it has become a mess! ”

The two bigwigs of Trotsky's coalition spoke in a way that seemed a bit imposing, but in fact it was also true, because Ulitsky, Trotsky's most hardcore ally in the Politburo, also hastened to speak: "I agree with Comrades Kamenev and Zinoviev that this war is too bad, too inexplicable, and some comrades are really to blame for it!" ”

While Ulitsky was speaking, Trotsky had been observing the expressions of Stalin and Sverdlov, when Lenin had been there. Suppress him to death. At that time, Trotsky was genuinely unconvinced. He thought that without Lenin's interference, pinching the two to death would be like playing. And today, Lenin has retired, and it's time for the whole party to see how good he is.

However, to Trotsky's surprise, in the face of the attacks of Kamenev, Zinoviev and Ulitsky, Stalin and Sverdlov were very calm, and his calm and confident appearance made him very depressed and even hateful.

Trotsky didn't understand. The front is fighting so badly, as the main person in charge of the Military Commission, Stalin and Sverdlov, you don't have a little pressure?

Was Stalin and Sverdlov under pressure? Yes, but it was more of a military-technical one, and the poor technical and tactical level of the Red Army and the problems with the equipment exposed in the battles really annoyed them. As for the pressure on the political zhì, hehe, I really don't!

Why not? Quite simply, the conference has already ended, and the dust has settled. The Politburo is a 4-4-1 tie, as long as it is a matter of facts. Dzerzhinsky will act impartially, and you Trotsky will not have the upper hand. As for the Military Commission, hehe, your Trotskyists are already water dogs, whether you beat you to death depends on our mood, since this is the case, what is there to be afraid of.

Of course, the most important thing is that, under Li Xiaofeng's reminder, both Stalin and Sverdlov were ready to deal with the Trotskyists. The round of attacks just now was not expected by them at all, and even Stalin and Sverdlov were a little disappointed. According to their deduction, the Trotskyist expression should be better, and the kind of difficulty just now is really not a problem!

There was a brief silence in the conference room, but soon Ruzutak spoke: "The Military Commission is indeed responsible for this, but it is not responsible for the failure, but for all kinds of mistakes in the military construction work in the previous ten years. The so-called breakthrough tactical operation is flashy and flashy, and even those tanks required by the General Administration of Armored Forces before could not meet the needs of the battle. ”

Ruzutak did not open his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the Trotskyists were taken aback, and the gang never imagined that Stalin and Sverdlov would kick the ball back, and it was a kick back with oil and vinegar. According to Ruzutak, Tukhachevsky and his friends were simply heinous and should have been dragged out and killed. Just imagine that Tukhachevsky should be killed, and should Trotsky, who has always supported Tukhachevsky's "nonsense", be killed?

Trotsky's face turned white with anger, and the feeling of being beaten upside down was unpleasant, and he was a little annoyed: "Could it be that the problems exposed in this battle are all the fault of Comrade Tukhachevsky?" Is there not a problem with the principal leaders of the current Central Military Commission? ”

Trotsky's voice made Kamenev, Zinoviev and Ulitsky echo the crowd, but Stalin and Sverdlov remained very calm, and one said: "How long has the main leadership of the current military commission been working?" Doesn't it take time to correct previous mistakes? And the other said: "Even if the main leadership of the current Military Commission makes mistakes, it is that they have not been able to detect and correct Comrade Tukhachevsky's mistakes as soon as possible!" ”

This really did not infuriate Trotsky, no matter how difficult he was on military issues, Stalin and Sverdlov were unanimous in shifting the blame to Tukhachevsky, and even the stricter the accusations on his side, the more black pots were thrown at Tukhachevsky.

Anyway, in the end, this meeting is developing more and more in the direction of unhappy dispersion, and if it weren't for the intervention of Dzerzhinsky, who really couldn't stand it, this meeting really couldn't go on.

"Comrades, this is not the time to look into the problems and mistakes of the past. But what's next? The enemy is building up and the fighting is showing signs of expanding, should we continue to fight, or should we find another way to solve the problem? ”

Kamenev hurriedly replied: "Continue to increase the troops? Are you kidding? Is it necessary to continue to hand over our precious Red Army fighters to the command of a group of incompetent fools and let them shed their blood in vain? I am categorically against it! ”

I have to say that Kamenev is really a pig teammate, and it's good that he doesn't say it. As soon as he opened his mouth, he Frunze. As the current Chairman of the Military Commission. He was also a representative of the Red Army who Lenin single-handedly helped into the Politburo. It stands to reason that he should obey the command of his mentor and assist Trotsky as much as possible. But the previous attacks of the Trotskyists, especially the vicious attacks of Kamenev, could not bear it anymore.

Why couldn't Frunze help it? The reason was very simple, because he felt that the Trotskyists were a bit vexatious on this issue, and from the beginning of the battle on 1 May to today, it was only more than half a month, and half a month was spent annihilating tens of thousands of enemies on an unfamiliar battlefield. Is it easy?

As an insider, Frunze knew that this was not easy, from the battlefield environment to the supply of the Red Army faced a lot of trouble, and the troops who had not fought for more than ten years were really difficult to get them into the state immediately. It must even be noted that the political environment of this expedition is harsh, the aftermath of the Leningrad case is still unsettled, and the mechanization construction has not been completely straightened out, and there are piles of problems, in such a situation. It's good to be able to play like this.

And in the mouth of the Trotskyists, it was as if the Red Army officers and men at the front had fought a great defeat. But is that really the case? Blyukhel firmly controlled the initiative on the battlefield and had begun to divide and surround the Japanese army, which should be said to have made heavy progress, which is good news.

Why do you want to attack the commanders and fighters on the front line under such circumstances, just because of the political needs of your Trotskyists? As Ruzutak said, Frunze believes that the biggest problem comes from the previous ten years of construction, and the set that Tukhachevsky made is indeed problematic and needs to be corrected.

Now, instead of reflecting on their previous mistakes, the Trotskyists who support Tukhachevsky are firing their guns in a reckless manner, which is irresponsible, this is playing on the topic, and this is the party fighting against differences. Anyway, Frunze couldn't bear it anymore and sprayed Kamenev in the face:

"Nonsense! Comrade Kamenev, what are you talking about? Did Blyukhel and the relevant senior commanders and fighters behave badly? Is this true? The fact is that after more than ten years of peaceful life, our Red Army commanders and fighters are very good, as brave and fearless as ever, as reliable as ever, who allowed you to maliciously slander them? I am strongly indignant at your actions! ”

In fact, as soon as Kamenev's words came out, Trotsky felt that it was inappropriate, the blow was too wide, and Blyucher was quite prestigious in the army and within the party, and before that Blyucher was strictly neutral between him and Stalin and Sverdlov. Kamenev's cannon reached the ears of Blyukhel, what were the consequences? Didn't you push Blyukhel to Stalin and Sverdlov!

At that time, Trotsky had the heart to slap Kamenev in the mouth, didn't he say a long time ago, don't attack the commander, why don't you listen!

In desperation, Trotsky could only help explain: "Comrade Mikhail, Comrade Kamenev did not mean that, he was just a moment of anger and did not choose his words......"

"Humph! Words are not chosen! Frunze glared at Kamenev, and it was clear that he did not accept this explanation.

This glance made Kamenev very depressed, what did he say? Didn't you attack this failed military operation according to the predetermined plan? Didn't we discuss it before? In his opinion, Frunze is inexplicable, obviously the person who Lenin arranged to help them, how can he speak for the enemy and shoot at his own people? This Nima is inexplicable, okay!

It can only be said that Kamenev is a bit brainless, and Frunze is indeed a military helper arranged by Lenin for Trotsky, but the significance of this helper is only useful when Trotsky is treated unfairly in military affairs. On the other hand, if Trotsky was vexatious, Frunze would have pretended to be deaf and dumb, and would even have given Trotsky a blow in the face.

For example, now, neither Frunze nor Lenin will necessarily agree with the Trotskyist approach, and the war was not fought particularly badly, and it should be said that it is normal to say that even one thing. Under such circumstances, it would be out of place for the Trotskyists to engage in wind and rain. In particular, the decision to beat Japan was the basic national policy set in Lenin's era, and now that the mentor has just retired, Kamenev is going to overthrow it, so what, you are really giving Lenin eye medicine, you know no!

Frunze naturally couldn't bear it, and even the meritorious marshal felt unworthy of his mentor, and you see what you had allowed to get into the Politburo.

In any case, he made his attitude clear: "It is an established policy to punish the Japanese, and it cannot be slandered." If the Japanese want to make a big move, then let's teach him a lesson! ”

Frunze has released such cruel words. Trotsky did not know where. This actually represents Lenin's attitude. He had to respect Lenin's opinion for both reason, public and private, and after thinking for a moment he said: "It is necessary to punish the Japanese, and it is not changeable, and this is quite right. But I hope that the Military Commission will be more cautious in directing the battle and not pay too many senseless sacrifices! ”

Trotsky's remark was tantamount to admitting that he and his companions had come and gone home in disappointment, much to the ridicule of Stalin and Sverdlov.

Even the steel happily spewed out a puff of smoke and said with a smile at the next meeting of the small circle of the Military Commission: "The people who are in the way are finally gone." We continued to meet to summarize the problems exposed in the previous battle and formulate a corresponding rectification plan. ”

Voroshilov was the first to speak: "Every cavalry division should be immediately equipped with tanks, at least one tank regiment, preferably two!" ”

These words made Li Xiaofeng a little speechless, the Red Army now has a total of 13 cavalry divisions, and each division plus a tank regiment is 13 tank regiments, which is 1235 tanks. And this is only the cavalry division, according to the 1934 plan of the year, from 1935. At least five new mechanized infantry corps will be created, each of which will have five tank regiments even at the current strength. The cumulative amount is 25 tank regiments. That is to say, in the future, the Red Army will face the pressure of equipment of 38 tank regiments, which is enough for the Great Leap Forward of the Heavy Industry Committee.

"Please note that our industrialization is not complete, we do not have the ability to produce these tanks," Li Xiaofeng glanced at Voroshilov, "and the existing tanks are backward in performance and are not enough to meet the needs of the Red Army!" ”

This is indeed true, by June 1935, both the BT-2 and the T-26 were about to be discontinued, and the next generation of tanks to replace them was still being developed. According to the original plan, from 1935 to June 1936, the production line originally used for the production of tanks was to be converted to the Computé artillery tractor developed on the T-24 chassis to meet the urgent need for heavy tractors in the artillery units.

And by June 1936, a deep modification based on the BT-2 tank would end its two-year development work and go into production. Incidentally, the development and production of a new generation of medium and heavy tanks will be rolled out in an all-round way.

And now Voroshilov's additional requirements will undoubtedly disrupt the original plan, and the more advanced tank engineering nodes behind the guide will be delayed, which is unacceptable to Li Xiaofeng.

Seeing that Voroshilov's eyes were not good, Stalin hurriedly interjected, he didn't want "his own people" to fight among themselves, judging from the situation of today's Politburo meeting, he and Xiao Si must cooperate sincerely, otherwise it is really dangerous: "Can we continue to produce a batch of BT-2 tanks to meet the demand?" After all, in the coming year, both mechanized and cavalry units will be under pressure to change their equipment, and we must be fully prepared for the possibility of continued military friction with Japan in the coming year......

Tsk, Li Xiaofeng sighed in his heart again, in fact, the original pressure to change clothes was not so great, because in history, after BT-2, there was BT-5 to succeed, from the end of 1933 to the end of 1934, BT-5 produced 1884 units. But in this history, because of his intervention, BT-5 was killed like BT-3 and BT-4. That is to say, during the year, the main tank factories of the Red Army did not have the main production capacity of tanks, but the Comintern tractors. It is ready to wait for the end of the military operation on behalf of justice, and after summing up the experience, an improved version of the BT series tank will be produced.

The so-called improved version, naturally, is to remove the dual-purpose design of wheels and shoes, and replace it with a more reliable domestic engine and a more powerful artillery model, which is more similar to the later BT-7 to put it bluntly. In fact, at the same time as the meeting of the Military Commission at this moment, another brand new BT-5 tank has just begun to be tested as a prototype, and if it is a qiē shun lì, it will be finalized at the beginning of next year.

It should be said that Li Xiaofeng had good intentions and was ready to solve the problem in one step, but as soon as he did this, there was a window period of about a year in the production of tanks in the Red Army, and it was unfortunate that because of the stimulation of the front-line fighting, Voroshilov's cavalry system was unprecedentedly interested in tanks, which made things very troublesome.

"Can the cavalry units wait until 1937 and then redress? At that time, the more advanced BT-5 tank was in mass service......"

As soon as Li Xiaofeng's words began, Voroshilov interrupted him: "No, the cavalry unit urgently needs fast tanks, and it can't wait for a moment!" ”

Li Xiaofeng sighed again in his heart, and after thinking for a few minutes, he said: "In this way, the BT-2 tanks produced this year are no longer used to form the Second Army of Mechanized Infantry, but are handed over to the cavalry troops, although the number is only enough for 3 tank regiments, but it is also enough for the combat use of the cavalry......"

Li Xiaofeng's meaning was very clear, that is, to give the tanks of the mechanized troops to the cavalry in exchange for Voroshilov's concessions.

"Okay, that's it!" Stalin immediately agreed on Voroshilov's behalf, but he immediately asked: "But what about the Second Mechanized Infantry Army, which should be formed according to the plan?" Change the plan for the time being, and the Trotskyists will have to chew their tongues again! ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled slightly, and replied mysteriously: "No problem, I have a way to solve this problem!" ”

So what does Li Xiaofeng do? That has to start with the No. 54 project of North Industries, as I said before, a certain immortal is ready to make a big leap to get the T-54 in place, and it is a heavy hemorrhage for this. However, facts have proved that if the Great Leap Forward is engaged in industrial projects, there will definitely be problems.

After more than a year of intensive research and development, a certain immortal ladyboy brother announced that Project 54 was done, but it was just a prototype, from the engine to the transmission, from the reliability of the torsion bar suspension to the armor steel, almost all of them were unqualified, and they had to be tackled again...... (My novel "Heavenly Soldiers in 1917" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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