Trotsky had a headache at the thought of Zinoviev's big face, and since he had put him on the table in the defense of Petrograd, he had remembered him, whether in the Politburo or in the Central Committee, and he had to sarcastically mock him at every opportunity.

Let's put it this way, as long as Trotsky supports it, Zinoviev will inevitably oppose it, and he will resolutely oppose it to the end. It is conceivable that Trotsky wanted to use Beirut to open up the situation, first of all, Zinoviev could not pass that level!

"Do you want Comrade Kamenev to do a job and let him think of a way?" ”

Kamenev? To be honest, Trotsky had always had a bad impression of Kamenev, and the reason why he recently supported his return to the core leadership of the Bolsheviks was simply that the enemy of his enemy was a friend, and Trotsky needed Kamenev to confront Lenin, and to put it bluntly, he and Kamenev were nothing more than mutual exploits.

Moreover, Trotsky always felt that Kamenev was unreliable, that he was a white-eyed wolf. Anyway, he will never be completely in a league with that thing unless he has to. Who knows when this bastard will do the trick behind his back. In any case, Trotsky did not dare to give Kamenev this opportunity.

"Now I can only trust Kamenev once!" Ulitsky persuaded, "After all, he still needs your support now!" ”

Trotsky sighed inwardly, Ulitsky was on point, if it weren't for Kamenev's need for his support, the goods would have turned against him a long time ago. And this time, it was he who went to beg Kamenev. I'm afraid that the lion will open his mouth!

"We must take a long-term view, and in the long run the world revolution is more important!" Ulitsky persuaded again.

Half an hour later. Trotsky sighed, and now he could only comfort himself with that. We must look at the long term, for the sake of the world revolution, what is the loss of a little profit now compared to the benefits after the victory of the Great Revolution?

"I'm going to see Kamenev!"

Trotsky made up his mind, and he let it go. What he did not expect, however, was that events would soon turn out beyond his expectations, and that he would not need to ask Kamenev at all, because the Entente would soon help him solve the most difficult problems.

On September 9, 1919, at the very cost of Trotsky, Kamenev was brought to help. The Politburo suddenly convened an emergency meeting. He was given incredible news - Germany had come to an agreement with the Entente and had surrendered completely!

Boom! Trotsky was stunned, uh, or rather, shocked by great joy. What did the surrender of Germany mean? It meant that no one could stop the Entente, who had won the Great War and who could devote themselves wholeheartedly to the great cause of strangling communism!

It seems that this does not seem to be good news, how to think that the direct intervention of the Entente will become a lifeline for the Bolsheviks, who can believe that the weak Bolsheviks can withstand the joint strangulation of the most powerful imperialist countries in the world?

Anyway, at that time, it was the mainstream that looked down on the Bolsheviks. Many of the remnants of the White Army who had just fled to France, Sweden and the Northeast were overjoyed, and they thought that the time had finally come to turn defeat into victory!

But Trotsky did not see it that way, believing that although the challenge to be faced by the Bolsheviks was daunting, the Bolsheviks and Russia were not lambs to the slaughter. On the contrary, he thinks that he has the strength to fight, and even thinks that in a sense they still have an advantage!

Trotsky felt that the proletariat of all of Europe, of the whole world, had awakened. With the approval and support of the proletariat of the whole world, it is entirely possible to overthrow the old imperialist order. He even felt that these imperialisms were simply living Lei Feng. At a time when he could not convince Lenin and the conservatives in his party to make a big stride into Central and Western Europe, imperialism came to his door!

"The capitulation of German imperialism. In order to maintain their domination over the world, the next move of the imperialist bloc will inevitably be to intervene in Poland, East Prussia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic states, and finally in the revolution in our country! Comrades, the surrender of Germany is a signal that our decisive battle with the imperialist bloc has begun! ”

Lenin was speechless when he looked at the energetic and passionate Trotsky, who had already tried his best to prevent the overly radical Trotsky from coming, and it should be said that the effect was not bad. Who would have thought that the Germans would suddenly surrender, as Trotsky said, was indeed the signal for the outbreak of a decisive battle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. The Entente bloc without Germany would never let Russia and the Bolsheviks go, which meant that the next focus would inevitably be to prepare for a decisive battle!

In fact, in Lenin's view, the decisive battlefield had already been chosen, and that was Poland. Whoever can win in Poland will laugh at the end. In order to seize the initiative, Trotsky's plan to advance directly to Poland regardless of Ukraine is already unstoppable!

Who made this the trend of the times? Even Lenin could only give in, and Trotsky could only toss!

"We still have a certain amount of time, and we have a certain head start!" Trotsky said excitedly, "The reactionary forces in Poland have suffered a heavy blow, and Pilsudski's stronghold, Warsaw, is already an isolated island, and what we need to do is to destroy this isolated island, to eradicate the reactionary forces in Poland cleanly and thoroughly, and then advance eastward, liberating Germany, liberating France, and finally liberating Britain and the United States!" ”

It must be said that Trotsky at this time was already too excited, a little nervous. But his neurotic and incoherent speeches were approved by the Central Committee, which, as Lenin said, was the trend of the times and could not be stopped.

The Central Committee soon accepted Trotsky's proposal to advance into Poland and help the Polish Workers' Party to establish socialist Poland. Around this proposal, the Supreme Military Council quickly rushed to a plenary session to focus on this issue.

That day. Lenin, Trotsky, Sverdlov, Stalin, Dzerzhinsky, and the commanders and commissars of the various armies gathered together to decide the fate of Poland and the future of Eastern and Central Europe.

"Occupy Warsaw!" Trotsky said very politely. "It's a no-brainer!"

After speaking, he glanced around, and said with a little scolding: "In the direction of Poland." We can throw in two fronts, the Belorussian Front and the Baltic Front, and I think that these two fronts should actively act to preemptively occupy Warsaw, fully mobilize the Polish proletariat, and then fight a decisive battle against imperialism in the west from Warsaw! ”

Lenin did not speak, Sverdlov and Stalin did not speak, Li Xiaofeng naturally did not say anything, and it was useless to oppose what the Central Committee had already decided. But Ubolevich was eager to say something. But Li Xiaofeng kicked him under the table and told him not to make a sound.

What does Ubolevich want to say? He just wanted to say that there were not enough troops! Of course, it was not that there were not enough troops to seize Warsaw, but that there were not enough troops for a decisive battle with imperialism. The Baltic Front, including the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, is only more than 100,000 people, barely able to form three armies, plus the 100,000 or so horses of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, it is only 200,000 people.

And then there is the Belarusian Front, which consists of the main forces of the Eastern Front. It has more than 200,000 troops in four armies, plus the support of the Red Army in Belarus, a total of 300,000 people.

200,000 plus 300,000 add up to 500,000, which seems like a lot. But it must be stated. These are all forces, and in fact the Baltic Front and the East Prussian People's Liberation Army can really pull into the battlefield only 150,000 or 60,000. And Tukhachevsky could only squeeze out 250,000 people at most. It is not enough for a man to go to the vast plains of Poland to fight a decisive battle against imperialism.

To know. A surrendered Germany alone had millions of troops, and the Entente would not fall below that number. Even if they can't interfere with Poland with all their might, it's not difficult to get together a million people, right? Even if it's another half-fold. 500,000 people can always be scraped together, right?

Even if the Entente group only came with 500,000 men, it would be enough for the Red Army to drink a pot. Moreover, these 500,000 people are not strong men who left their homes halfway, they are regular troops who have really received the baptism of World War I! And the Red Army at this time, to be honest, really not regular.

It may not be a big problem for the Red Army to bully Poland, Finland, and the half-baked White Army, but when it comes to the regular army of the Entente bloc, it really has no advantage at all. Not only did there be no advantage, but the disadvantage was very obvious, and in terms of heavy firepower, such as artillery, the Entente bloc could throw off the Red Army two streets.

Historically, how did the high-spirited Red Napoleon Tukhachevsky in Warsaw suffer in Warsaw, on the one hand, the carelessness of the enemy was on the one hand, and on the other hand, the establishment of the Red Army was indeed problematic, and it was more mobile than it lacked heavy firepower to attack the fortified positions, and after encountering an enemy with obvious firepower, it would be suppressed so that it could not raise its head!

What is the condition of the Red Army in this plane? To put it mildly, it was not much stronger than in history, and the Eastern Front, which was galloping around the Urals and Siberia and playing mobile warfare, was basically thrown aside with machine guns and a small number of mortars and light field artillery.

What is even more frightening is that Tukhachevsky and Trotsky have not yet realized this weakness and are ready to fight foreign wars according to the pattern of civil wars. How can Ubolevich, you say, not be in a hurry?

Historically, Ubolevich probably didn't think about this problem, but now, after the test of the Polish battlefield and the mention of a certain immortal who came before, he fully realized that machine guns alone could not solve a problem on the battlefield.

In the previous battles of Upper Maukinia and the Battle of Warsaw, it is true that the Poles behaved badly, but this does not mean that the Poles did not have bright spots! For example, the reason why the two battles were fought so hard is that this is a positional war. And not the kind of "crazy running" mobile warfare in the country. The East Prussian People's Liberation Army spent considerable effort and casualties to gnaw at the Polish positions, mainly because of the lack of heavy firepower and the underestimation of the brutality of positional warfare, which in many cases had to be filled with human lives.

After the end of the battle, there was one article in the summary of the battle of Ubolevich that the existing artillery firepower configuration was too weak! You must know that whether it is the East Prussian People's Liberation Army or the GRU, the artillery configuration is much stronger than the domestic standard version of the Red Army. Even they struggled, and the Red Army at home met the regular armies of the Entente. That's really miserable.

Ubolevich's relations with Trotsky and with Tukhachevsky were not bad, and he discovered this big loophole. Of course, he has to mention it, otherwise the decisive battle with imperialism in the future will really be a meat bun and a dog, and there will be no return.

"Why don't you let me say that?" Ubolevich asked unhappily.

Li Xiaofeng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "What's the use of what you said?" Do you think Trotsky would have listened? Do you think Comrade Tukhachevsky will care? ”

"How could it not?" Ubolevich was in a hurry.

Li Xiaofeng shook his head again and said, "Let me ask you, do we have time to adjust the firepower configuration of the Belarusian side now?" ”

Ubolevich was silent, how anxious was Trotsky now? He wished that Tukhachevsky would immediately move west to occupy Warsaw after the meeting was dismissed. You ask him to honestly study the issue of the establishment of the Red Army, and let him wait for the rear to rematch the artillery for him, and he will listen and wait?

In fact, Li Xiaofeng only mentioned the reasons for Trotsky's this, and in fact, Tukhachevsky did not necessarily listen to Ubolevich's proposal. Admittedly, they had a good relationship before, but at that time they were personal. When it comes to business, especially on such fatal issues, Tukhachevsky attaches more importance to Trotsky's orders than to Ubolevich's construction.

And that's just one aspect, and on the other hand, what does Tukhachevsky the person say? First of all, he is very proud, as a military genius, he is very talented and capable, and since the outbreak of the civil war, it has been smooth sailing. It can be said that he was not tested too much.

And this also determines that he has a little bit of a tail now, and it is also necessary to see that Tukhachevsky's promotion speed is too fast, from a battalion and regiment-level cadre to the level of the front army within a year or two, even if he is a genius, he lacks experience and experience.

It can well be imagined. Now that Tukhachevsky lacks a decent opponent, his confidence is bursting again, and he lacks experience and experience, he may feel that his troops are an invincible lion. If not perfect, it can be considered perfect. How could it be possible to listen to Ubolevich's advice?

Historically, the reason why he defeated Warsaw was because Voroshilov dragged his feet. There are also reasons for the lack of firepower in the troops, but the fundamental reason is that he himself lightly advanced against the enemy. He wanted to take Warsaw so much, he wanted this great merit too much! As a result, he only stared at the credit, but he was slapped with a slap in the face, and he became a foreigner!

Li Xiaofeng knew very well that Tukhachevsky at this time could not listen to the advice, and it was useless to persuade him, and even Trotsky and Tukhachevsky had problems, but also the commanders and fighters of the Eastern Front. They have adapted to the combat mode of the civil war, and they "hate the bulky artillery to the core", in fact, Russia did not have no artillery in the country back then, and the Russians were also facing the Germans in World War I, and there was no trench warfare with artillery fart!

And the Eastern Front, because of the mode of civil war, was always in constant maneuvering and rushing, and naturally had no love for bulky artillery. In their words: "Without artillery we also defeated Kolchak and Denikin!" This fully shows that cannons are useless! ”

This kind of mentality, this kind of thinking, will never wake up until it is drunk by others and suffer a big loss. For example, the historical Tukhachevsky, why he later vigorously promoted mechanization and large-depth warfare, it was not because he was humiliated in Warsaw, and he went mad to the other extreme because of the pain of his skin.

For Li Xiaofeng, both Trotsky and Tukhachevsky were already in a magical barrier, and there was no way to persuade them, and their acts of death were not completely unhelpful to the future Red Army, they verified the future mode of battle with practical actions, and if they did not teach Trotsky a lesson from the hands of the Entente, this thing would not stop!

Therefore, after Trotsky explained his battle plan, Li Xiaofeng first picked himself out: "The Baltic Front is willing to do its best to liberate Poland, but the liberation of the three Baltic countries in the previous period has already consumed most of the troops' energy, and it will not be possible to march to Poland in a short time. We need time to recuperate! ”

Trotsky frowned slightly and asked, "How much time do you need to rest?" ”

"It will take at least a month!"

"So long?"

Trotsky was upset, but soon he realized that this did not seem bad, and that if the Baltic Front did not come to take credit, then the capture of Warsaw would have gone to Tukhachevsky and him. And now Warsaw, to be honest, is simply an empty city, and there is no problem at all in taking it down!

Realizing this, Trotsky immediately changed his tune: "In that case, then the Baltic Front should have a good rest!" Comrade Tukhachevsky, are you confident that you will be able to complete the task alone? ”

Tukhachevsky was not stupid, naturally agreed, and even gave Ubolevich an apologetic look.

What Stalin wanted to say during this period, he seemed to be very dissatisfied with Trotsky and Tukhachevsky's behavior of grabbing credit, and he was even more angry with Li Xiaofeng's uncompetitive behavior.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was kicked by Lenin without leaving a trace, and even the tutor gave him a meaningful look...... (To be continued......)

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