The 42nd Division of the US Army was very wolf under the attack of Tukhachevsky, and the officers and men of the 42nd Division, who were completely unprepared for battle, were almost crushed in a cluster, and were chased by the Cossack cavalry of the Belarusian Front.

For such a table, the commander of the 42nd Division, Douglas. MacArthur was quite dissatisfied, as a particularly proud soldier, he always liked to wear a soft hat and a corncob pipe to the battlefield, he was an out-and-out.

In 1917, he was promoted to temporary colonel, became the chief of staff of the 42nd Division, became the acting commander of the 42nd Division in 1919, and even in June of that year, at the age of 39, he became the youngest principal in the history of the West Point Military Academy!

In a sense, MacArthur Jr. is an out-and-out second-generation official, don't think that US imperialism does not talk about human feelings and nepotism, which is inevitable in the world! For example, in the second generation of the second generation of officers, Patton climbed very fast, and Patton's grades at West Point were really not good (even this goods entered West Point through the back door).

To get back to the point, for MacArthur Jr., the First World War was used to brush up on the gilded resume, anyway, he did not do well before, and the 42nd Division under his command was nicknamed the Rainbow Division. Of course, MacArthur is not a likable person, and the second generation of officials with super high IQ and super good grades like him is undoubtedly quite proud, and it is also common sense to look down on other mediocre colleagues. Anyway, MacArthur's relationship with the Expeditionary Force Command was very tense, and no superior liked a thorny subordinate like him.

Today, MacArthur's gilding is almost complete. As he himself envisioned. The next step is to plan for the future. The end of World War I. According to the consistent style of the Senate, the army will definitely be stabbed, and if it does not get it right, it will have to return to the tragic state before the First World War.

According to MacArthur Jr.'s idea, he has two ways out, one is to go to the military academy as a dean, and the other is to go with him to the Philippines to jump out of the giant pit of disarmament.

Of course, it doesn't matter which way it goes. It's not like you can go if you want to, you need to have a glamorous enough resume, if the table on the battlefield is too bad, why let you take advantage of it. You don't see Patton, the commander of the first tank unit of the American imperialism in World War I, who also has the rank of temporary colonel, and his appearance in World War I is not bad, and his relationship with Pershing is not bad, and he is also a second-generation official with a background, but just after the First World War, his tank unit was laid off. The sad Patton could only go to the cavalry unit to make a living.

And today, at a time when wheat is actively planning for its future. How could he endure the fact that his troops were defeated by the little-known Russian turtles? Especially when MacArthur found out that his opponent was a kid who was 13 years younger than him, and he was whipped with pride and pride.

When will a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old hairy child be able to run in front of him to show off his might?! If this could be tolerated, MacArthur would not be MacArthur.

Counterattack! Fight back now! Be sure to give the Russian barbarians a look!

Under MacArthur's personal command, the 42nd Division quickly regrouped and began to counterattack, but Tukhachevsky did not know that he was facing a difficult opponent, let alone that his rocket-like ascension speed would make the proud MacArthur jealous and envious.

In fact, Tukhachevsky did not care at all who the enemy's commander was, for him the Americans were soft persimmons, and they could take what they wanted. He didn't pay any attention to this opponent, and when he divided and surrounded the four American divisions, he really paid attention to the movements of the French and the British.

What are the movements of the French? No, the French are just a bunch of proud cocks with their tails, they still think that this is the Napoleonic era, that the French Army is still the first-class army in Europe or the world, and that it is invincible in the world.

This proud unit did not look at the fraternal troops covering the flanks at all, and did not care at all, they just stared at Warsaw, raised their heads and marched in the direction of Warsaw!

As for the British, the rigid British were not as proud as the French, and they treated the war with the severity characteristic of the British. On the whole they were cautious, if not cautious, and followed the French. Sincerely, it is uncompromising to carry out the instructions of the superiors in its entirety.

The problem was that the British, on the left flank, separated by the French, simply did not know what was going on with the Americans. I don't think they should do anything if they know it, the French don't react, why are we so far away?

So there was a very interesting scene on the battlefield, the French and the British did not seem to see the plight of the Americans, and advanced to Warsaw. The Americans, on the other hand, were dazed by Tukhachevsky's face-to-face axe, and for a time they were in chaos. And with the British and French armies taking the initiative to distance themselves from them, the situation of the Americans appeared to be precarious.

On October 2, when the Americans were completely surrounded by Tukhachevsky, the British and French came back a little: "Something seems wrong? Where did the Yankees go? ”

The American GIs were surrounded, and Tukhachevsky's nine divisions surrounded them, three of which were huddled together, leaving only MacArthur's Rainbow Division, eager to prove himself, left alone.

It has to be said that MacArthur was also miserable by his friends, and when the other American troops retreated in confusion, he was the only one who regrouped and launched a counterattack, and as a result, he was isolated and surrounded alone.

MacArthur wrote in his memoirs: "...... The situation was critical, and my troops heroically withstood the onslaught of the Russians and held their positions, but the rest of the troops were crushed by the Russians...... I am like an island in the sea, surrounded by the enemy, and the nearest troops are ten kilometers away......"

If you only look at MacArthur's memoirs, then this time Wheat is a non-war crime, it is his troops who are too powerful and capable of fighting, only he resisted Tukhachevsky's attack, and it is his pig teammates who trap him.

But is that really the case? It's a pity that MacArthur has a habit of putting gold on his face again. It is true that his troops did launch a counterattack. But the counterattack had little effect. Under the blow of superior forces of the Belarusian Front. The thunder of his counterattack was not loud and the rain was smaller, and he was driven back in minutes.

The reason why his troops were surrounded alone was actually very simple, MacArthur disobeyed the orders of his superiors in order to brush up on his achievements. At that time, MacArthur's immediate superior, Seibert, gave him an order to retreat first and then establish a consolidated front on the north bank of the Bujura River. In other words, MacArthur was actually disobedient and disrespectful, and thus failed to escape the encirclement. Instead of being pitted by his so-called pig teammates.

In fact, in Seibert's view, MacArthur was a true pig teammate, and this bastard who only wanted to be in the limelight did not carry out his correct instructions and retreated with the rest of the troops, and the 42nd Division was surrounded alone on the south bank of the Bujula River. This Nima made him unable to retreat even if he wanted to.

Why can't Seibert be returned? Very simple. If he continued to retreat, the 42nd Division would really have no chance to escape again, and under the encirclement of the Red Army's absolutely superior troops, there would be absolutely only a dead end.

Therefore, Seibert could only order the retreating troops to stop, and try to shorten the distance between them and the 42nd Division, leaving a chance to help the 42nd Division relieve the siege in the future. In other words, because of MacArthur's recklessness, his remaining three divisions could not retreat, and they were also surrounded. Do you say Seibert hates MacArthur?

In other words, MacArthur's reckless behavior helped Tukhachevsky, and if the four divisions were to retreat quickly according to Seibert's orders. Tukhachevsky really won't be able to catch up, let alone surround him.

The battle has just begun. Tukhachevsky was lucky enough to gain the upper hand and surround the Americans. According to his battle concept, it was time to eat meat, with eight divisions in the north holding back the Anglo-French forces to the death, and then nine divisions in the south eating four American divisions as fast as they could.

However, Tukhachevsky soon realized that something was wrong, the Americans were not fat but hard bones, and the American soldiers who were surrounded by heavy sieges did not collapse immediately, on the contrary, they quickly gained a foothold, resisting the attack of the Red Army while rushing to repair the fortifications, and the battle was fought in a very orderly manner.

From October 2 to October 4, nine divisions of the Belarusian Front took turns to attack the Yankees. Although the positions of the Americans were constantly encroached upon, the Red Army paid the price of blood for every step forward.

By the evening of October 4, Tukhachevsky could not stand it anymore, and nine divisions fought four divisions, besieged it for three days, not to mention swallowing it in one gulp, and it was necessary to make some decisive progress, right? The division and encirclement should have been completed, and the connection between the enemies should be completely severed, right?

But what did he see? The troops that were interspersed could not penetrate at all, and they were driven out once when they rushed in, and a trench often had to go through fifteen or sixteen battles. In just three days, his troops had suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and if they continued to fight at this pace, his nine divisions would not be enough to fight for half a month.

"The casualties are too great, and the tactics must be adjusted!"

Tukhachevsky used the same tactics he used in Poznan, which was to put it bluntly, first bombarded with rockets, then the infantry charged, and if they couldn't rush through, they continued to bombard with rockets, and then continued to charge. This ploughing style of play does seem to be full of momentum, but the efficiency is really not high, and the requirements for logistics are quite high.

Who made the fire of rocket artillery fierce! Anyway, the little artillery shells that Li Xiaofeng had provided to Tukhachevsky were basically out of stock.

Tukhachevsky said: "Send a telegram to Comrade Andrei and ask him to immediately support us with another 100,000 rockets!" ”

Regarding Tukhachevsky's request, Li Xiaofeng really wants to vomit blood, you really think that the rocket is a second kick, you can let it go and say hello if you want? This Nima is playing out with a small amount of money, okay!

In order to prepare for this decisive battle, he saved for a whole year before hoarding 200,000 rounds of rockets, and if Tukhachevsky was asked to fight an American, he was ready to throw out more than 100,000 rounds.

A certain immortal gritted his teeth and said: "Tell Comrade Sù Tukhachevsky, we don't have so many stocks, don't say 100,000 rounds, 50,000 rounds can't be given to him, at most 30,000 rounds will be supported!" ”

30,000 is 30,000! For Tukhachevsky, who was already red-eyed, he couldn't count the number anymore, and the damned Yankees were as difficult to deal with as a shrunken turtle. Drag on like this. The reinforcements will not be able to hold on!

Truly. The British and French are not vegetarians either. It may be that a moment of negligence will allow Tukhachevsky to take advantage, but they will not be negligent forever. After hearing that the Americans were being surrounded, Foch broke out in a cold sweat, before he really only cared about Warsaw, which was close at hand, and forgot about his poor American friends.

It was only when Seibert's telegram for help reached Foch's desk like snowflakes that the French marshal realized that something was wrong. If the Americans are wiped out, it will definitely be a big scandal. As the commander-in-chief of the Entente, he will definitely drown in the saliva of those uncrowned kings!

Soon, Foch adjusted his deployment. The British and French forces turned on the spot, moving from the east to the south, and ran headlong into Tukhachevsky's blocking forces. This round of confrontation showed Tukhachevsky how poor the Red Army's positional warfare capabilities were, and it was only by relying on the cavalry to attack from the flanks regardless of sacrifice that he was able to repel the attacks of the British and French armies.

Tukhachevsky realized that something was wrong, he had miscalculated the combat effectiveness of his troops, and his troops could barely raise their heads under the superior artillery fire of the British and French troops. At this time, Tukhachevsky was in front of a pot of raw rice. The Americans could not eat, and they could not withstand the attack of the British and French troops. If this rhythm continues, the Belarusian Front will probably reap a fiasco!

Tukhachevsky was in a dilemma. Now he has two choices, the first is to stop quickly, take advantage of the fact that the British and French armies have not yet fully entered the battlefield and quickly withdraw the troops, adjust the tactics and then fight; The second option is to persevere to the end, continue to fight hard, and eat the Americans first even if they hurt their muscles and bones.

Both paths have their advantages, but they also have significant disadvantages. Retreat, it is possible to preserve strength, but he has already made a package ticket to Trotsky and the Military Commission, and the Central Committee has placed considerable hopes on him. Now that he has just started the fight and retreated after a little setback, Tukhachevsky is a little unable to explain.

And after the retreat, there is a very tricky problem, how to fight next? This is already on the edge of Warsaw, and in order to fight this war of annihilation, Warsaw is almost empty. After the retreat, Warsaw was 100% untenable.

Is it so easy to take on the political responsibility of losing Warsaw? And he Tukhachevsky has already retreated again and again, what will the Central Committee think?

Besides, how to fight after giving up Warsaw? I'm afraid that I can't fight hard, and then I'm afraid I can only continue to retreat, and give up Belarus and Ukraine to lengthen the enemy's front. But Belarus and Ukraine, which have just been liberated, are so easy to give up?

All in all, if Tukhachevsky chooses to retreat, then he will be determined to be in a series of black pots, even if Trotsky trusts him as always and stands up to him, who can guarantee whether he will be able to withstand the pressure of the Leninists?

Anyway, Tukhachevsky found after some calculations that if he continued his previous strategy and ate the Americans by force, the blocking forces would probably be exhausted, and the final result would be to eat four divisions and take more than 10 divisions. This is simply 500 kills and 1,000 self-losses.

And he also understands that this is still the most optimistic calculation, if it is not so optimistic, the blocking force will not be able to stop the Anglo-French army, then in an instant the Belarusian Front will be torn to pieces, and then it will be a fiasco!

Tukhachevsky calculated, and the more he calculated, the cooler his heart became, and at this time he finally remembered Ubolevich's reminder, and finally understood why Li Xiaofeng didn't go to the hornet's nest in Warsaw before. People are not short-sighted, but self-aware, but he is like a complete stupid boy, he goes on the field with a lot of babbling, and he is beaten all over his head.

Withdraw! Only retreat!

After some painful entanglement, Tukhachevsky chose to break his wrist as a strong man, and if he retired, he still had a chance to turn the book, and if he didn't retreat, he would lose all his pants. Although it would have been a big risk for him to retreat, Tukhachevsky was not a selfish and unresponsible man.

And just when Tukhachevsky had just made up his mind, Li Xiaofeng and Ubolevich disrupted his plan.

On the morning of October 5, under the cover of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet and Sukhoi's Air Force, the Baltic Front suddenly launched an attack on Szczecin from the sea!

The attack came so suddenly that it was completely unexpected by the Allies, and a large number of transport ships that had just arrived in Szczecin were captured before they could unload their cargo. The British, French, and American servicemen on the shore, who had not yet recovered from seasickness, could only be captured, and after paying a slight price, the Baltic Front occupied Szczecin!

The sudden fall of Szczecin caught the Allies by surprise, and they had not thought about guarding against the Russians for a surprise attack on Szczecin, and had deployed a decent defense between Danzig and Szczecin, but they did not expect the Russians to play their cards and bypass their defenses from the sea to make a surprise attack.

The loss of Szczecin threatened not only the security of Berlin, but also the supply routes of the Triple Coalition near Warsaw, and even the Russians, if bold enough, could continue to advance westward and threaten the northeast of Germany.

In the past, the Albert government took a lot of effort to get the German Communist Party, and now that the Russians have come, I am afraid that the German Communist Party will soon resurrect again! And once Germany is in chaos, its influence is incalculable!

For a while, the Entente bloc was in a dilemma, and it did not know whether to concentrate all its efforts on cleaning up Tukhachevsky or recapturing Szczecin...... (To be continued......)

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