481 Decisive Battle(10)

The seven divisions took turns day and night for two days and two nights, and according to Pilsudski's idea, the Jews had to be crushed and steel. But the result was completely beyond his imagination, and the "Jews" who were "tragically besieged" seemed to be fighting more and more energetically.

Especially after the invasion of the city of Vovomin, the "Jews" took full advantage of its terrain and began to continuously kill and wound his cannon fodder soldiers, who had no experience in street fighting.

"The 11th Division has been reduced by more than half, the 12th Division has only one regiment left to continue the attack, and the 30th and 34th Divisions have also suffered heavy setbacks...... The division commanders generally reported that they urgently needed to rest and recuperate, and they urgently needed to replenish! ”

Pilsudski listened to the chief of staff's summary of the battle, his heart was dripping blood, and from the beginning of his confrontation with the Jews, he began to run out of luck. First, a big heel was planted in East Prussia, losing tens of thousands of elite troops, and then before he could catch his breath, the first army of the descendants was surrounded by Upper Maukinia.

Originally, he thought that this was an opportunity to turn over the battle, so he hurriedly led seven divisions to the north, but he actually ran into a bloody head in Wowomin, and more than 10,000 people were caught in this small city!

Such losses were already so great that even Pilsudski could not accept them, and if he continued to fight at this pace, even if he could successfully destroy the enemy in front of him, he would have to take another 20,000 or 30,000 people, to say the least.

But the question is, if you lose another 30,000 or 20,000 people, how will the next battle be fought. Even the main Jewish force in Upper Maukinia suffered a heavy blow. But according to the conversion of combat power, the few people and horses left of him look like meat buns beating dogs.

Just when Pilsudski was thinking about how to adjust his tactics and how to reduce his losses. Something even more troublesome is coming.

"What? The 1st Division was completely annihilated. Division Commander Pranic died a heroic martyrdom! ”

The news made Pilsudski bounce out of his chair. The First Division is more than just a division. The reason why it was awarded the number of the first division is that this division is the descendant of the lineage, and it is Pilsudski's Imperial Army!

It can be said that this first division is the trump card of trump cards, especially the division commander Pranic, who is Pilsudski's most trusted officer, and to put it mildly, Pilsudski's right-hand man. Now that a shoulder has been bloodily removed by the Jews, it is a heart-wrenching pain for Pilsudski!

"Polsky, Polsky!" Pilsudski gritted his teeth angrily. Judging by the tone of his voice, if Polsky had been in front of him, he would have bitten the once trusted commander alive, "What the hell are you fighting!" ”

This hoarse howl could indeed reflect Pilsudski's mood at the moment. To describe it in a few idioms is heart-wrenching and heartbreaking. But, hey, that's just the beginning!

"According to General Polsky, since 20 o'clock last night, the 2nd Division has also lost communication with the military headquarters. The enemy has been launching a fierce attack all night, and I am afraid that the situation of the second division is also quite critical! ”

Pilsudski almost lost his breath, and what was quite critical was probably Polsky's pick up nice words. It should be said that the stakes are at stake!

Even Pilsudski guessed. At this moment when he is angry, the second division is probably more auspicious!

If the fall of the 1st Division made Pilsudski furious, he was heartbroken. Completely lost square inches, then the news of the danger of the second division added fuel to the fire. His chief of staff looked at the president with a deformed face with anger, for fear that he would be angry with him!

However, it was at this time, in the face of the bad news that Pilsudski finally showed his due level. He controlled his feelings, and instead of being completely carried away by the bad news, he calmed down and sat quietly thinking about something.

"Pilsudski has to think about it!" At the same time, Li Erwen said to M, "According to the current situation, his first army is probably more than lucky." Even if he could destroy Vovomin's enemies tomorrow, when he arrived in Upper Mauquinia, he would only be able to collect the corpses of the First Army. ”

M nodded slightly, she thought that Lierwen's analysis was accurate: "The First Army is indeed finished, and Pilsudski's strongest force can only be a historical term." If he continues to act according to the original plan, he will probably be greeted with another fiasco! ”

When he said this, M's face was not much better than that of Pilsudski, because Pilsudski was their dog after all, and he saw that this dog was about to be killed and eaten. For the Entente Group, this would affect the overall plan.

As soon as she thought of this, she complained fiercely: "Pilsudski and the Poles are simply mud that can't hold up the wall, and if I knew this, I shouldn't have bet on them in the first place!" ”

In Learwin's view, this is simply angry talk. If you don't bet on Pilsudski, do you bet on the Bolsheviks and the Germans? Geopolitical and international figures decided that the Entente could only bet on the Poles, and it was a pity that they did not bet big enough to fully support the Poles.

"It's time for us to think about a change of agent! The military power on which Pilsudski lived had been wiped out, and he had no more value! ”

In fact, M himself knows that what he said just now is just a complaint, and the Entente group actually has no choice. She felt that the root cause of the deterioration of the situation in Poland was probably Pilsudski, who was too inadequate. Maybe a different person will help change the passive situation?

And for Learvin, M doesn't understand politics at all, and this idea is too simplistic and naΓ―ve. Pilsudski was indeed not strong enough, but that was not a problem with his ability in the first place, it should be said that he was the only person in Poland who could walk on the stage at that time. It's a pity that his opponent is too strong, and he has no advantage in front of that opponent.

Secondly, the removal of Pilsudski now, with a change of agent, is completely incapable of changing the passive situation. It will even cause a power stir within Polish politics, and if you don't get it right, you will directly give the Poles a whole break. Isn't that self-interest?

In the end, M said that Pilsudski's military power was wiped out, saying that he was of no value. This point Li Erwen is Yan zhΓ²ng disagrees, in his opinion. Pilsudski at this time is more valuable!

Admittedly, Pilsudski, who had an army before, played the role of thug and watchdog of the Entente bloc very well. In all fairness, though. This ambitious guy doesn't exactly like being a dog and being a thug. He always had to negotiate terms with the backstage boss. Always tried to establish his personal absolute authority over Poland.

Let's put it this way, Pilsudski was more like he wanted to use the power of the big hooligans to achieve his personal ambitions. In other words, although the Entente bloc had enough influence over Poland, this influence had to be achieved with the help of Pilsudski, and if Pilsudski did not cooperate, the situation would be worrying.

And now, Pilsudski has no capital to negotiate conditions, and his personal prestige is about to be ruined. In order to save his political future, he must let go of his previous little Jiujiu and figure, and wholeheartedly be the role given to him by the bosses.

Such a Pilsudski can be discarded at any time, and once he is not well-behaved, he can be cleaned up in minutes, and he can be honestly obedient. Wouldn't it be better for such a good baby to act as the spokesman of the Entente in Poland?

Based on this, Learvin came to a conclusion completely different from M, that Pilsudski's value was finally maximized!

I have to say that Li Erwen knows politics better, and knows better what is really thinking in the hearts of contemporary big hooligans, almost at the same time as she communicates with M. After a "brief but productive" conversation with Pilsudski, the envoys of the Entente Group made a comprehensive offer of assistance to Poland. Well, it should be said that it was a decision to provide full assistance to Pilsudski.

The reason is that Pilsudski was very "sincere" and very "well-behaved", and he did not hesitate to agree to the Entente's demands, such as the new "Polish Trade Protocol", such as the all-round acceptance of international advisers sent by the Entente, these so-called advisers cover all aspects of politics, economy, and military. Let's put it this way, the Polish government will be directly "guided" by these advisers, and Pilsudski will be completely reduced to a puppet of the Entente!

Of course, the benefits of selling out are also obvious, starting with the Polish government securing a $500 loan to alleviate the country's growing economic crisis. Secondly, a large new batch of arms was immediately loaded into ships, large enough to fully rearm the Polish Wehrmacht, and in Pilsudski's words, I would have a much stronger military force overnight than before. Of course, along with the arms were 500 military advisers, as well as the so-called World People's Volunteers.

These so-called volunteer corps consisted entirely of active Allied soldiers, including a British Volunteer Regiment (battalion-sized), an American Volunteer Regiment (a serious regiment), and a French battalion. The total strength is roughly equivalent to a brigade.

The 1st Brigade of the World People's Volunteers will land in Szczecin, and the preliminary task is to maintain order in this city, which has just been declared a free port by the German government, and to prepare for the departure of the follow-up troops to Poland. And in France and England, entire regiments and brigades of Allied combat units are making final preparations, and soon they will be on their way to Poland!

Li Xiaofeng soon got the news, and it was a bit of a surprise to him that Pilsudski sold himself so quickly and so thoroughly. To the goods that had no discipline, he expressed his disdain for Yan zhΓ²ng. In addition, a certain immortal did not express his anger and directly intervened in the Entente bloc, but only commented lightly: "It will only plagiarize, and there is no creativity at all!" ”

Indeed, when the Volunteer Army heard it, it was plagiarizing Li Xiaofeng's idea, and when he intervened in the Finnish Civil War, it was under the guise of the Volunteer Army. And now, the Entente group has returned it intact, probably because these goods want to show him, the immortal: "Don't think that you are the only one who can play hooligans, we are the real hooligans!" ”

Lenin also kept an eye on the situation on the Polish battlefield, and when Ubolevich was encroaching on Polsky step by step and moving towards victory, he made a prediction: "With the annihilation of the absolute main force of the Polish reactionary army, the reactionary regime of Pilsudski will be shaken, and in order to save the situation, in order to stifle the victory of the people, the imperialist bloc will use a despicable means, including direct intervention!" ”

Before Lenin's words fell, the Allied Volunteers landed in Szczecin, and it is conceivable that more so-called volunteers will land in Poland in the future, and it is also conceivable that with their sudden accession, the situation of the war in Poland will change profoundly.

In response to these changes, Lenin convened a meeting of the Politburo to discuss the Polish question.

"Although the East Prussian People's Liberation Army has won a series of brilliant victories in the previous stage of fighting, we must also see that. After this period of fierce battles. The attrition of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army was also significant...... In the coming period. How to consolidate the gains of victory. How to ensure the security of East Prussia will be the core problem they have to solve! ”

It is not difficult to see from Lenin's opening remarks that the Master felt that although the Jews had won a heavy victory, the next situation was probably even more critical than before, and even felt that for a long time to come, the Jews would be at an absolute disadvantage, and whether or not they could keep the base in East Prussia was a matter of fate.

In the Politburo, there is a huge majority of people who hold the same opinion as the Mentor. Trotsky, chairman of the Military Commission, also held that "compared with the Polish reactionary army, the imperialist reactionary army is much stronger, and they have an absolute superiority in the deployment of troops and in the combat effectiveness of the troops. ”

Trotsky gave his guiding opinion: "The East Prussian People's Liberation Army should do its utmost to annihilate the remnants of the enemy in Oberma-Ukinia, and then quickly disengage from the enemy and immediately recuperate...... The next battle will be very difficult for them, and even the whole territory of East Prussia will have to be prepared for strong walls! If the East Prussian People's Liberation Army can survive the two to three months ahead, when our great Red Army solves Denikin. After the settlement of the remnants of the bandits in Belarus and Ukraine, with the help of the Red Army. in order to fully counterattack! ”

Lenin nodded, he agreed with Trotsky's opinion, which he considered very realistic, and said: "East Prussia is the first line of the battle, and only the East Prussian people can hold back the pace of imperialism in order to buy time for the victory of our revolution and the world revolution." So we should give them help as much as we can, and we can consider committing more GRU or even part of the Red Army. I hope that in the next two or three months, I will give them priority in the supply of arms, food, and medicine! Please prepare for the Baltic Red Navy, we must do our best to ensure the safety of the maritime lifeline of East Prussia! ”

The tone has been set by the Politburo, and East Prussia will play the role of "Vietnam" and "Afghanistan" in the future, and it will give full play to the quagmire effect and firmly contain the imperialist intervention forces. Such a strategy cannot be said to be particularly good, but it is very realistic. However, Li Xiaofeng was completely dissatisfied with this plan!

"Trotsky is patting his head again and jumping to conclusions!" He threw a telegram from the Politburo directly into the trash, "How can East Prussia, the size of a projectile, hold the enemy for three months?" If you really stick to it in his way, in less than three weeks, East Prussia will be finished! ”

In Li Xiaofeng's view, Trotsky's plan was too conservative and almost surrendered the initiative to the enemy. In Poland, there is no need to be so conservative, he said: "Some comrades are frightened by imperialism and panic when they hear that imperialism is ready to intervene!" You can't see the big picture clearly! ”

"Judging by the current situation in Poland, our plan to annihilate Pilsudski's main forces has been largely realized. It can be said that after the destruction of Polsky's First Army, Poland will not have any military force that can compete with the East Prussian People's Liberation Army. At this time, we should not be out of the battle, let alone rest, but more actively plunged into a new battle, and we can consider the complete destruction of the reactionary army in Poland! ”

In Li Xiaofeng's reply telegram to the Politburo, he expressed great courage and continued: "It must be noted that although the imperialist bloc has begun to intervene in Poland, they have not been able to completely extricate themselves from the quagmire of world war, and they are temporarily unable to devote all their strength to Poland until the so-called peace agreement is completely reached. This was also evidenced by the intelligence in Szczecin, where there was only one brigade, and when they arrived in Szczecin, they also adopted a defensive posture, which fully demonstrated that the imperialist intervention forces were temporarily unable to attack and could not really put pressure on the Polish battlefield. It will take time for them to mobilize their troops and prepare military supplies for the offensive, and we can use this time to make a difference! ”

Speaking of which, Li Xiaofeng put forward his battle plan: "Not only should we not take the initiative to give up the attack, but we should be more proactive in seeking battle. If a part of Pilsudski's living forces can be annihilated in the area around Warsaw, it will mean that the Polish reactionary bloc will lose its offensive character for a long time to come, that it will be able to cover the success of the revolutions in Belarus and Ukraine, and that it will even be possible to restore Soviet power in the three Baltic countries when our Red Army has freed up its hands. At that time, even if the imperialist intervention forces come, East Prussia will have a powerful rear behind it, which will be able to withstand their pressure! ”

"Even!" Li Xiaofeng also said, "The East Prussian People's Liberation Army can take the initiative and launch an offensive in the direction of Szczecin, and take advantage of the fact that the imperialist intervention army is not firmly established and its strength is not strong, and directly destroy it!" All in all, I think that the battle in Poland is far from the time for passive defense, and no matter what strategy we end up adopting, it is necessary to gain the initiative on the battlefield! (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank the sweet potatoes in the melon field, holding the broken Lunzi, hzwangdd and Comrade Juventus