Yudenich, infantry general. In March 1918, the bald man led an army into Petrograd, but was routed in Pskov. He could only lead the remnants to flee to Estonia, and there was no news of the bald men for most of the year, and it seemed that this inconspicuous white army had been dispersed.

But only Yudenich himself knew that his troops were not only not disbanding, but were constantly accumulating strength and growing stronger. After more than half a year of lying on his back, he has gathered an army of more than 50,000 people.

However, Yudenich remained very low-key, acting as a thug for the German puppet government in Estonia, at the behest of the Germans. Even in response to the demands of the Germans, there did not seem to be the slightest intention of returning to Russia to eradicate the Bolsheviks.

In the eyes of the Germans, Yudenich had been frightened and subdued, and had been domesticated from an aggressive jackal to a wagging tail and begging pug, and there was no need to worry about this good dog at all.

It's a pity that the Germans really underestimate Yudenich, this guy is ambitious, he has never been willing to be a dog, his ideals have never changed, and the reason why he behaves meekly is just to paralyze the Germans.

After the failure of the first attack on Petrograd, Yudenich hooked up with Lierwin, and Miss Spy easily pulled the big bald head onto the Allied thief ship, and it was also with the secret support of the Entente that he was able to quickly recover and grow stronger.

Yudenich had been waiting for the Bright Sword, waiting for Learwin's instructions, and to be honest, he couldn't wait.

Last time Yudenich attacked Petrograd. It was Pskov who walked. But it turns out. Although the transportation of this route was developed, the strength of the Red Army in this direction was also quite strong. The last time he was beaten up, this time he didn't want to repeat it.

So, this time, in order to achieve the suddenness of the attack, Yudenich chose the shortest and fastest route, taking the northern route! Cross Lake Navarre from the direction of Navarre and cross the Irora Highlands via Gingisepp to Gatchina.

This route is only a third of the distance of Pskov, if you move fast enough. Before the Bolsheviks and the Red Army could react, he had already reached the city of Petrograd.

According to the information given to him by Liervin, Petrograd's defense is very empty, the Red Seventh Army stationed near here has been transferred several times, and now there is only an empty shell left, and the volunteer army in the direction of Vyborg has also arrived in Helsinki, it will not be easy to come back, and the Finnish White Guards will not easily allow them to come back. Add to this the 8,000 Anglo-French-American troops from the direction of Murmansk, and the recapture of Petrograd will not be a dream!

After receiving permission from Learvin to act, Yudenich moved quickly. Overnight crossed the border and went straight to Kingisep, after a short battle. The Red Army garrison stationed in the city was completely annihilated.

Yudenich, who was in a hurry, had no interest in Kingisepp at all, and after leaving a battalion to clean up the battlefield, his main force continued north, along the railway line to Volosovovo, the next target.

Volosovo was a small and inconspicuous city, and the troops stationed here were the artillery companies of the 3rd Regiment and 1st Battalion of the Garrison Division of the Red 7th Army. The acting company commander was a soldier who had only joined the Red Army in March 1918. Nikolaevich. Vorolov.

Truth be told, this Vorolov and Yudenich were old acquaintances, and in March 1918 he fought Yudenich in his first battle in the Red Army, in which the recruit performed very well and showed military talent beyond the average soldier. Immediately after the defeat of Yudenich, Vorolov was sent to the military academy for further study. In September 1918, after half a year of intensive assault training, at the age of 19, he graduated from the Petrograd artillery command class, and then was reassigned to the Red Seventh Army as an artillery commander.

Of course, there is no need to say what the level of the garrison division is, the entire artillery regiment actually has an artillery battalion (the other two battalions were transferred), and as for the artillery company under the battalion, it is even more miserable.

Vorolov's company had only three mortars, one of which had been damaged in a car accident during a previous transfer. It was for this reason that his troops were left in Volosovovo, and according to the original instructions, they were also supposed to go to Gingisepp to garrison.

However, this unexpected car accident also helped Vorolov so that he would not be like his brothers, who had just arrived in Gingisepp and were dumpled by Yudenich's army. It was precisely because of this unexpected car accident that Yudenich suffered a big loss.

Previously, according to the information given to him by Liervin, Volosovo had no garrison, so Yudenich believed that his army could run over the small city without stopping and fighting.

But when the armored train he led drove to Volosovo, the accident happened, and with a loud bang, the front of the car flew out along with the roadbed, and the violent explosion derailed a dozen cars behind him, and his vanguard fell half to death in a daze.

Of course, this loss was nothing to Yudenich, and what really made him angry was that the railway embankment was damaged, so how could the mighty military train behind pass by?

"How much time will it take?" Yudenich asked the engineer battalion commander with a blowing beard and glaring.

The commander of the sapper battalion cautiously replied: "It will take at least a day." ”

Yudenich snorted coldly: "I'll only give you two hours!" If you can't complete the task, you know the consequences! ”

The poor engineer battalion commander was frightened, it was really an all-out effort to repair the railroad at all costs, and after a dozen horses were exhausted, the railway line was miraculously dredged in two hours. This time, however, Yudenich was much more cautious, and no longer dared to rush forward with a swagger, but lowered the cavalry from the special train, leaving the Cossacks to act as eyes and ears.

I have to say that Vorolov is really a bit clever, he knows quite well that with the little force he has at hand, it is not enough for Yudenich's vanguard to eat meat. It is simply impossible to try to stop the car with the mantis arm to block the enemy. Therefore, Vorolov chose a more clever tactic, not to fight hard, but to harass and delay the other side. Try to buy time for Petrograd as much as possible.

So when Yudenich's train just resumed traffic. After hitting the road again with high spirits. With two cannon shots, the front of the car was shot again, and as a puff of black smoke rushed into the sky, his train had to stop again.

"What's going on!" Yudenich roared in a thunderous rage.

"Shelling!"

Yudenich asked, "Haven't the cavalry already scattered?" Where did the red bandits come from? ”

No one knows how to answer this question, the area around Lake Navarre is densely forested and swampy, and it is winter, and the heavy snow can hide all traces very well. You're welcome. Get a big white cloth to wrap the mortar quickly, and you can't find it at all if you don't have a certain distance.

"Search! Give me a closer look! Yudenich yelled angrily: "These abominable rats must be caught!" ”

Vorolov is not stupid, he will not stupidly wait for Yudenich to catch him, he will change places with one shot, and he will flash quickly. Anyway, the mortar is not heavy, and three or four people carried it and ran away. By the time Yudenich's cavalry found their former gun emplacements, Vololov and his companions were gone.

For the rest of the day, Yudenich was tormented to death by Vorolov, and although not every shelling would accurately hit his ranks, he could not let the other side open fire at will. You can't just ignore it, right?

"Kingisepp has fallen. Yudenich's bandit army was rapidly advancing in the direction of Petrograd. ”

Tirovyev and Kalinin really did not like the news, for more than half a year. Petrograd did not stop at all, it was easy to end the year, and they thought that they could have a stop year and welcome 1919. Who would have thought that there would be a thunder in the flat ground, and another Yudenich would jump out.

"How many troops does Yudenich have?" Zinoviev was only concerned about this issue.

"There is no definite information for the time being, but according to the reaction of the defenders of Jinjishep, the enemy's strength is quite strong, no less than 100,000!"

Okay! The flat ground doubled the price of Yudenich, and the pork was not flooded so quickly, right?

But even more outrageous is still to come, Petrograd soon has a gossip that Yudenich has rushed over with an army of 300,000, so run quickly!

Needless to say, this is Learvin's spies spreading false news, and the methods are quite clumsy. 300,000 people is not 300,000 pigs, where can they hide? Kolchak only managed to scrape together 300,000 people in the Urals, and he only dared to claim a million. That is, it has tripled, it is good here, it has increased six times in one breath, why don't you say 500,000 troops, how good it is to make up a whole number!

Of course, what is even funnier is that Zinoviev actually accepted this figure in its entirety, and in a panic sent a distress telegram to the Central Committee, declaring that Petrograd had been attacked by 300,000 white bandits!

When they saw this telegram for help, Lenin and Trotsky stared at each other, and the two teachers were puzzled, these 300,000 people jumped out of the cracks in the stones?

"Comrade Grigory must have been deceived by the rumors spread by the enemy!" Trotsky made it clear at the sight of the moment, "Yudenich could not have 300,000 bandits. At least from the information we have received, there is no armed force of 300,000 men in Estonia. There is no such army in the whole of Estonia! ”

Lenin nodded and agreed: "The enemy is trying to frighten us, counting on a soldier who will be subjugated without a fight!" I think it's imperative to keep Petrograd calm and find out the true strength of Yudenich as soon as possible! ”

In fact, there is no need to check the real strength of Yudenich, and Vololov has already come up with a more accurate figure - sixty or seventy thousand.

But when this relatively accurate figure was on the Politburo's desk, Lenin and Trotsky were worried about it, as well as Sverdlov and Dzerzhinsky.

Of course, 60,000 or 70,000 people are easier to deal with than 300,000 people, but the instructors know very well that this area of Petrograd is now a vacuum, and it is difficult to gather 30,000 or 40,000 people to gather a chaotic army and mobilize the masses of workers. What to do with Yudenich's army of sixty or seventy thousand!

And this is where the two completely different styles between the Mentor and Trotsky are manifested.

Lenin said: "In view of the current situation, I do not think it is possible for the time being to send troops to the rescue of Petrograd. In the direction of the Urals and the Volga, we are fighting a decisive battle with the Kolchak and Denikin bandits, and in the Helsinki direction, the Volunteer Army is exterminating the Finnish White Army. It is impossible to draw troops from either direction. So I think in the absence of a way. There is an option to abandon Petrograd for the time being. When the situation on other battlefields improves. It's not too late to regain Petrograd! ”

Lenin could really afford to let go, with Petrograd's historical position in the October Revolution and Petrograd's industrial capacity, it was really awesome for the mentor to dare to say that he would give up.

However, Trotsky did not agree to abandon Petrograd: "I am against it! Although we are not able to reinforce Petrograd for the time being, we must not give up lightly. Petrograd plays an irreplaceable role politically, militarily, economically, and industrially. It will never be allowed to surrender such a huge center of revolution to the enemy! ”

After a pause, he said quite firmly: "Lost Petrograd." It would be a political disaster. The loss of Petrograd would also completely disrupt the industrial production that we had just formed. Weapons and ammunition produced in Petrograd were of great significance for the decisive battle at the front! And when our enemies acquire these valuable weapons, their strength will swell dramatically. This will make it more difficult for us to eradicate them in the future. And it cannot be ruled out that after they seize Petrograd, they will move eastward to threaten Moscow, can we continue to give up Moscow at that time! ”

It can be seen from this that the Mentor can afford to let go and not care about the gains and losses of one city or one pool, while Trotsky believes that we should persevere to the end and never retreat lightly. It should be said that Trotsky's opinion is more reasonable, and Petrograd is indeed of great significance and cannot be easily lost.

If lost here. It was an absolutely fatal blow to the Bolsheviks and the Soviets, and maybe it really set off a chain reaction! But Lenin's scruples were justified. Petrograd is indeed empty, and it is also true that there are no troops on hand that can rescue Petrograd, and you can't always shout about defending Petrograd, but in reality do nothing!

"I will personally go to Petrograd to supervise the battle, and I will fully mobilize the working masses in Petrograd and the sailors in Kronstadt...... Our enemy is not strong, and with the support of 1 million people in Petrograd, it is not a problem to defeat 60,000 or 70,000 bandits! ”

Trotsky really had a hard time this time, and he made a military order. Lenin, on the other hand, agreed to Trotsky's request after a little thought: "I believe that if you go to Petrograd to supervise the battle, you will be able to repel the Yudenich bandits, and in order to defend Petrograd, the whole party must be united, and every member of the party must make a contribution...... Draw troops from the Moscow city defense forces, at least one division to rush to Petrograd, let the Baltic Fleet sailors be fully mobilized, and as long as they can hold guns, they will all go to the front line in Petrograd! ”

Obviously, the Mentor was also quite kind, and he knew that there was no point in letting Trotsky go to Petrograd alone, and that if he really wanted to keep this holy place of revolution, he had to pay real money.

Although Moscow's city defense forces were already weak (they were basically transferred to the front line), he still squeezed out a division, and even did not hesitate to let all the Baltic Fleet go ashore to fight a land battle.

The Mentor felt that this was not good enough, and he ordered: "Tell Comrade Andrei that the situation in Petrograd is very tense, and if you can, please end the battle against the Finnish White Army as soon as possible and rush to Petrograd as soon as possible...... If it is really impossible to draw troops from the front line, try to draw some troops from the garrison in the Vyborg area. Even if it's just one or two thousand people, it's of great significance! ”

The Mentor is really out of the box this time, and he has to transfer troops even to Vyborg, an important grain import channel, which shows that once he has made up his mind, he is really going all out. It has to be said that the Bolsheviks were able to win the victory of the revolution and gain a firm foothold, and his tacit understanding with Trotsky was an important reason. Without them, the Bolsheviks would have had their pants blown out by revolutionaries like Stalin, Kamenev, Zinoviev and the like.

Li Xiaofeng was also taken aback when he received the order from his mentor, and in his memory, Yudenich's second invasion of Petrograd should have happened in the second half of 1919, so he didn't take this big bald head seriously.

Now, the big bald head jumped out suddenly, which really caught him off guard! The troops attacking Helsinki will certainly not be able to be mobilized, and there will be considerable tension there. As for abandoning Helsinki and retreating, this will not be possible for the time being, and Mannerheim, the old fox, has also learned guerrilla tactics and sticks to the volunteer army like kraft candy, so it is not easy to retreat.

However, the orders of the Central Committee must also be carried out, and he soon made up his mind, "Transfer two regiments from the 1st Division of the Volunteer Army that remained in Vyborg, and immediately rush to Petrograd!" ”

"Isn't the defense of the Vesborg area too weak?" Ubolevich was worried. After all, the Allied coalition forces that went south are said to have eight or nine thousand men, and it is not too big to use only one regiment against them.

Li Xiaofeng thinks that it is enough, the Allied forces from near the Polar Circle are enough to drink a pot, really when the winter in Russia, especially the temperature near the Polar Circle, is it a joke? If you don't get this group of fools to get to Vyborg, you'll have to lose a third of your staff. What's more, he decided to leave the Red Eagle Regiment to garrison Vyborg, and with the combat strength of the Red Eagle Regiment, it was more than enough to deal with them.

It should be said that it was not easy for a certain immortal to draw 6,000 troops from the Vyborg region, but when his troops arrived in Petrograd, Zinoviev was not satisfied, and his stomach was full of complaints, which meant that Petrograd could not be held.

This made a certain immortal quite angry, and just as he was about to have a good chat with the big pie face, a sudden unexpected situation exacerbated the chaos in Petrograd...... (To be continued......)

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