05 On the Bar (I)
"What's been going on with my schedule lately?"
After sending away the puppet brother, Li Xiaofeng rubbed his temples and asked Wufeng Jevic weakly.
The latter immediately said as if by memorizing a text: "Comrade Andrey, tomorrow you will have to attend the plenary meeting of the Military Commission on the work of the 1933 year, and in the afternoon you will go to the Moscow Komsomol Committee to participate in a discussion of the Youth League. The morning after tomorrow, he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beihai-Baltic Canal and the day after tomorrow he will go to Leningrad to inspect the Comintern shipyards......"
Li Xiaofeng sighed in his heart, the more he became an official, the more he couldn't help himself, and some inexplicable meetings and activities couldn't be pushed off. For example, at the symposium of the Youth League members, he was no longer the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and he did not really manage much of the affairs of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League when he was the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. If he could, he really didn't want to waste this time, but who made the secretary of the Moscow Youth League Committee his little brother? If you want people to bow down to you, then you have to help the platform grow your face.
In fact, the person who invited Li Xiaofeng to go over didn't just mean to show his face, the meaning was quite clear, it was nothing more than saying: "Big brother, don't you see this is the New Year?" Comrades' New Year's goods have not yet landed, can you help solve it? ”
Although the Soviet Union has been founded for more than 10 years, the economic situation is not particularly good to be honest, especially under the highly centralized planned economic system. If your relationship is not in place, then you can basically only watch people eat and drink spicy food. Especially in the bureaucracy, if there are not enough connections, it can only stand aside.
Li Xiaofeng understands the hardships of the younger brothers below. Therefore, it is very generous during the New Year's festival every year. Basically, chicken, duck, and fish are open. Chocolate, red wine, various snacks and cigarettes, which are rarely seen in China, are also made with their lives. All in all, for the very hard-working Soviet official apes, a certain immortal is definitely a good leader.
But to be honest, Li Xiaofeng is actually not happy with this kind of activity, this kind of eating and drinking atmosphere is definitely a bad start, in a sense, it is the beginning of corruption. If it weren't for the fact that the domestic economy is really tight, and the life of the grassroots public apes is really not good, Li Xiaofeng is really unwilling to buy people's hearts in this way.
So. He was not happy to participate in this kind of corruption conference, and after thinking about it, he instructed Kirilenkovich: "Let Kirilenko take it easy, don't make a storm in the city like last year, the impact is too bad!" ”
Kirilenko (not the one who plays basketball) is the secretary of the Moscow City Youth League Committee, that is, Li Xiaofeng's younger brother, those who are familiar with the history of the Soviet Union should know that this brother Tai also entered the presidium of the Central Committee of the CPSU in the future, and can be regarded as a great elder.
However, Li Xiaofeng didn't take a fancy to him because this product was very good in the future, for a certain immortal, what if you were good in the future? If he doesn't like it, it will make you disappear from history in minutes. For example, the future giant of the Soviet Union, Benezhilev. Li Xiaofeng has always seen that this product is not pleasing to the eye, and when he finds an opportunity, he will brand this product as a counter-revolutionary. Sent directly to Siberia to repair the earth.
Even if it weren't for Gorbachev and Yeltsin who were born in 31 years, no matter how frantic a certain immortal is, he can't start like a baby who is more than a year old, otherwise, these two goods will inevitably die!
So how did Kirilenko get into the eye of a certain immortal? The main reason is that this commodity will do things, and he stood on the side of a certain immortal when discussing the introduction of foreign capital in the party, so a certain immortal gave him a chance.
But Kirilenko does have a bit of that, and it's right to have a happy life, but you can't be too presumptuous, right? Last year, when the New Year's goods were divided, this goods spread all over the world to publicize Comrade Andrei's "moral politics", which made the Moscow City Party Committee jealous, and directly made a small report to the above, which made Lenin inquire about the so-called corruption incident, which once made Li Xiaofeng a little passive.
Of course, if you want to say that there are no other political forces interfering in this matter, Li Xiaofeng does not believe it, he knows very well that those guys just saw that he was in the limelight on the issue of the world economic crisis, and they deliberately wanted to kill him. Even Li Xiaofeng didn't have to guess to know that Trotsky and Stalin were the ones who contributed the most to the trouble.
Lenin, of course, also knew the shady scene behind this, so he did not take the so-called corruption problem seriously, and ended up with a show. However, Li Xiaofeng knew that it was last year, and this year's situation is different, the retirement of the mentor has entered the countdown, and the battle for the successor has entered the white heat, at this time, any mistakes will be artificially magnified, there is no need to feel uncomfortable.
After telling Wufeng Jevic, Li Xiaofeng once again fell into contemplation, compared to the trivial matters of the New Year's goods, the other three things are out-and-out big things. There is not much to say about the 1933 plenary meeting of the Central Military Commission, which will decide all the affairs of the Central Military Commission in the coming year, that is to say, if we do not make a good start at this meeting, it will be difficult to carry out military work in the next year.
As for the ceremony of the completion of the Beihai-Baltic Canal, this is not just a ceremony, because it is only the completion of the second phase of the Beihai-Baltic Canal project, after which ships with a displacement of less than 30,000 tons and a draft of no more than 11 meters can reach the Arctic Ocean from Leningrad, and the two fleets of the Red Navy have initially joined forces as a whole.
Although this is a good thing of strategic significance, but there are also constant controversies, first of all, the construction of this canal paid a lot of price, the civil war period of 300,000 counter-revolutionaries were all forced labor, even if a certain immortal introduced a lot of large machinery from the United States, the first and second phases of the project also swallowed up 10,000 lives, many Western countries in the newspapers wantonly attacked the Bolsheviks for the loss of human life, the political impact is really not good. The moral cleanliness of the party is also often crooked about this, and has been clamoring for the truth of some bullshit.
Of course, the clamor of this part of the people is nothing to Li Xiaofeng, and the mentor appreciates the strategic significance of this canal very much. As long as the tutor is satisfied, the other problems are not a big problem.
But Lenin was happy. Trotsky was annoyed. Lao Tuo was very unimpressed with this canal. Think of spending such a huge amount of money as well as manpower. Just to serve the Navy, it is really not cost-effective. He believes that the canal lacks economic significance, and that the common people will not need it at all, except for transporting some wood, and that such a project should not be started at all!
So is Lao Tuo really thinking about the people? That's really hehe, a person who advocates the exploitation of peasants to develop industry, how much can he care about the so-called people's livelihood? Let's put it this way, Trotsky was right to build the North Sea-Baltic Canal. There is only one reason - this canal occupies a lot of financial resources and crowds out the investment in industrial development, and this is the original sin in Lao Tuo's view!
That is, with Lenin's strong insistence, the construction of the Beihai-Baltic Canal could begin, but after the completion of the second phase of the project, the mentor was also a little hesitant to continue the third phase of the project. After all, after the completion of the second phase of the project, most of the warships of the Red Navy can be transferred through the canal, and in the words of Lao Tuo, this is enough. There's no need to keep spending money!
However, Li Xiaofeng did not see it that way, and the Beihai-Baltic Canal can only meet the needs of warships of less than 30,000 tons. Objectively speaking, the battleships of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet can also go through this canal in a lightly loaded state, and it stands to reason that a certain immortal should be content. But from the perspective of development, is a 30,000-ton warship enough?
If the Soviet Union really wants to grasp sea power and wants to wrestle with US imperialism, aircraft carriers are indispensable, and judging from the experience of later generations, the large-scale aircraft carriers are a trend and inevitable. In the future, when the Soviet Union has a large aircraft carrier, the displacement of which will be more than 50,000 tons, how will the Beihai-Baltic Canal be taken? In fact, do not wait for the future, today's Leningrad-class aircraft carriers will not be able to go through this canal.
Therefore, Li Xiaofeng believes that it is necessary not only to continue the third phase of the project, but also to carry out the fourth or even fifth phase of the project, and finally it must meet the needs of large aircraft carriers to make sense. So he thinks that the third phase of the project must continue, and the canal should continue to be widened and locks with a larger capacity should be built. Even if you can't cross the Panama Canal in one go, you have to get closer to the level of 50,000 tons.
Therefore, he must make a good deal about the North Sea-Baltic Canal and defeat Trotsky's opposition. The natural ribbon-cutting ceremony of navigation must be taken seriously.
"How did Molotov reply there?" Li Xiaofeng asked.
Molotov was the party's propaganda minister at this time, controlling the party's mouthpiece, and if he wanted to make a fuss in the mouth of public opinion, he had to pass that hurdle. And what about the relationship between Li Xiaofeng and Molotov? Not particularly close, but not an enemy either, Molotov is willing to buy his face in general affairs, but when it comes to a giant like Trotsky, it is difficult to say how the goods will be chosen.
Kirotovich said with a wry smile: "Comrade Molotov did not give a positive reply, he kept saying that the Central Propaganda Department must obey the leadership of the Party Central Committee, and as long as Comrade Lenin agrees, then he can carry it out." ”
This is a typical prevarication, if Lenin spoke, what do you still need Molotov BB?
Li Xiaofeng thought about it and knew that it would be very difficult to promote this matter from within the party, so it could be said that no one was willing to help him get this out, since this was the case, it could only be done from the outside in!
Li Xiaofeng instructed Wufeng Jevic: "Inform our foreign media and let them talk about the importance of the Beihai-Baltic Canal recently, and we must let them fully affirm this canal, preferably with a little envy, jealousy and hatred!" ”
Misty Wind Jevic nodded, focusing on recording the request of an immortal in his notebook. In fact, a similar technique has been used many times by a certain immortal, at first the foggy wind Jevich thought that such a blow was meaningless, but soon he found that many of the bigwigs of the Central Committee of the CPSU still eat this set, and the praise of foreigners will make them feel very comfortable and face-saving, and even foreigners think that the Soviet Union is good, so it is even more important to advocate it!
Of course, it is possible to fool ordinary CPSU bigwigs with such tactics, but there is no way to fool people at Lenin's level. Neither the Mentor nor Trotsky, nor even the Junior and Stalin could be fooled in this way. If you want to pass the test in the end, a certain immortal still has to do Xiao Si's work, as long as Xiao Si shows his support, then things will be easy to do.
That night, Li Xiaofeng personally went to Xiao Si, hoping that Xiao Si would give him greater support on this issue, but Xiao Si didn't play any role in this: "Andre." It's not that I don't support you. It's not that I don't know the importance of this canal. But I really can't open my mouth on this issue, the introduction of foreign capital has put us under a lot of pressure, and I owe a lot of favors on this issue, you know, these are all to be repaid...... Moreover, Trotsky was already very dissatisfied with the resources occupied by the canal, and he demanded that the relevant resources be diverted to the construction of the Dnieper hydroelectric power station, which in the eyes of the central government was even more significant! ”
The Dnieper hydropower station was indeed very powerful at that time, and it can be said to be the calling card of the Soviet Union's socialist construction. And the electricity from this hydroelectric power plant was supplied directly to the Zaporozhye steel plant, and it is needless to say what steel and aluminum alloys meant to the heavy industry madman Trotsky.
Li Xiaofeng also admits that the hydropower station does make sense, but if he had to choose between the Dnieper hydropower station and the canal, he would 100 percent choose the latter. The reason is simple, the hydropower station was built in 39 years, and in June 41 the Great Patriotic War broke out, and in September the power station was given to the Germans. It can be said that the USSR flew before it could be warmed up.
This is not to say that history will repeat itself, Li Xiaofeng just thinks that the construction period of the power plant is too long (from 27 to 39 years in history) and that it is not essential for future wars. In that case, the canal should be built first.
Pity. He was the only one who crossed the country, and the most normal choice of the Central Committee of the CPSU, including Lenin, was also to choose a power station. In Trotsky's words, economic efficiency is better. Even Xiao Si, who was on the side of a certain immortal, did not support his approach, which made Li Xiaofeng very disappointed.
With disappointment, Li Xiaofeng attended the annual work conference of the Central Military Commission, which was chaired by Trotsky, but it was Tukhachevsky who spoke the most. In the blueprint of the small map, 1933 will be a year when army building will move to the fast lane, and the core of army building in this year will still revolve around mechanization.
"We are going to create a real mechanized synthetic army, focusing on equipping T-28 medium tanks, preferably with the production of 90 units this year...... The construction of the Air Force is focused on front-line bombers, attack aircraft and airborne troops, and we must produce more light bombers...... The focus of the Navy is on submarine forces, and according to the experience of the German Navy in World War I, as a weak side, the use of submarine warfare can greatly curb the superiority of the sea power......"
Li Xiaofeng's face is not very good-looking, because every construction priority of Tukhachevsky makes him a pain in the eye, the T-28 of the cheating father, and the one-sided emphasis on the development of front-line bombers and attack aircraft with evil intentions, plus the direction of naval construction is pouring into submarines, he can't agree to any of them!
Interestingly, however, Trotsky thought that it didn't matter if anyone else disagreed, as long as Tukhachevsky thought it was good. He even thinks that it doesn't matter whether this annual meeting of the Central Military Commission can be held or not, anyway, the goals have already been set, and it will be implemented directly.
After Tukhachevsky's report was finished, he symbolically asked: "Do the comrades have different opinions?" ”
Obviously, there is probably a sentence behind this goods: "If you don't have it, then break up!" ”
This time, however, Trotsky was wrong, and there were not only objections, but many more, and they were strong!
The first to fire was Budyonny, as a representative of the cavalry of the Red Army, he could not stand Tukhachevsky's repeated appropriation of cavalry resources, let alone Tukhachevsky's intention to replace his beloved horse with tanks. This time he broke out!
"I am against the creation of a mechanized synthetic army, from the experience of the civil war, the cavalry is the most critical assault force, the tank is just some flashy toys, since 1929, cavalry training and cavalry equipment have been constantly ignored, and this year this phenomenon has reached the extreme. I strongly urge the Military Commission to pay more attention to the cavalry, instead of saying one thing in words, and in reality it is another! ”
The cannon came somewhat suddenly, leaving both Trotsky and Tukhachevsky stunned, and it took a few seconds for them to come to their senses.
Tukhachevsky frowned: "The comprehensive mechanization of the Red Army is a decision made by the Military Commission a long time ago, and with limited military investment, it will inevitably only be inclined to mechanized troops." Judging by the experience of the Polish battlefield, the cavalry was no longer suitable for the task of breaking through the enemy's fortified positions head-on. And only tanks can do it! ”
As soon as Tukhachevsky finished speaking, Trotsky was also very unhappy and said: "Comrade Budyonny, the Central Committee also thinks that Comrade Tukhachevsky's proposal is more correct. Please do not interfere with the regularization of the Red Army! ”
Perhaps in Trotsky's view, he had already spoken harshly, and the next people sitting below should weigh it more and accept Tukhachevsky's report honestly. However, before his words fell, Li Xiaofeng gave him a slap in the face:
"The regularization and mechanization of the Red Army does not mean that there can only be one word, and those irrational and unscientific principles and policies must be resisted and criticized. I have read Comrade Tukhachevsky's plans and reports many times, but I have to say that this plan is terrible! ”
On the word "bad", Li Xiaofeng used an accent, not only emphasizing that it was bad, but he also added: "I strongly doubt that the performance of the T-28 can handle the task it shoulders, and I am even more puzzled by the multi-turret design, do these flashy turrets really work and work?" I think it is necessary to carry out detailed tests, and only if the T-28 proves that he is capable of breaking through the enemy's fortified positions with anti-tank fire, then this tank can be mass-produced! (To be continued......)
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