What else could Trotsky say? It was he who had supported Ubolevich before, and let him swallow back what he said earlier and slap himself in the face? Lao Tuo really doesn't have such a thick skin.

And the result is not too bad for him, the Belarusian Front has lost the burden of the three Baltic states, and Tukhachevsky can let it go. Everything was much like his previous plan, and it stands to reason that Trotsky would not have to be disappointed or unhappy.

But Trotsky was really disappointed and unhappy, even though he told himself over and over again: "This result is not bad. "It doesn't make any sense either. He's just disappointed, he's not happy.

The reason, of course, was that he did not see through Lenin's real intentions, and he was put on the table again. In vain, Lenin took control of a new front, and the cake of the world revolution was divided again.

This disappointment gave Trotsky a sense of urgency, and immediately after the meeting he sent an urgent telegram to Tukhachevsky: "Return to Moscow at once!" ”

When the dusty Tukhachevsky rushed back to Moscow and met Trotsky in the office of the chairman of the Military Commission, Tukhachevsky also sensed that Trotsky's feelings did not seem quite right.

In his diary, he wrote: "Comrade Trotsky's brow was tightly knit, and the eyes behind his glasses shone indescribably. He also spoke much faster than usual, as if someone was chasing him with a whip...... Hardly any pleasantries, he went straight to the point, telling me that I was going to serve on the Belarusian Front. I have no objection to this appointment, and to tell the truth, I can get rid of the Southwestern Front. I am very happy to be able to get rid of Comrade Stalin and Comrade Budyonny...... But my pleasure did not last long, and soon Comrade Trotsky told me: 'The task is urgent!' You have to race against time to solve all the problems of Belarus! ’。 ”

At first, Tukhachevsky thought that this sense of urgency came from the direct military intervention of the Entente bloc, but later he discovered that this was not the case. Because in the following conversations, Tukhachevsky was more concerned with domestic or intra-party issues. It was then that Tukhachevsky understood what Trotsky was really worried about.

That evening, Tukhachevsky, who had just arrived in Moscow, once again boarded his special train and headed for Minsk. At the same time, Li Xiaofeng also received a telegram from Lenin.

"The Baltic Front?"

Li Xiaofeng was also a little surprised by this appointment, because being abroad made it impossible for him to understand the open and secret struggle of the Politburo at the first time, and in his opinion, from a military point of view, there was no need to set up a Baltic Front army at all. The Belarusian Front is quite capable of solving the problems of the three Baltic states.

In a sense, this Baltic Front is more like a masterpiece of bureaucracy, and only to solve the problem of the three Baltic countries requires the formation of a Maoist Front. Isn't that!

Of course, he was still very happy to be promoted to Li Xiaofeng, he knew too much about the importance of the commander and political commissar of the front army, and he was able to get this position. It is tantamount to setting up a mountain in the power of the army.

Arguably. Becoming the political commissar of the front army basically means that he can get a position as a member of the Central Committee if he can't run away in the next term, of course, the premise is that someone has to work hard and don't make big mistakes.

However, the political commissar of the front army sounds glamorous, but the Baltic Front is really just an empty shelf. The only troops under his command were pitifully small, and the only troops that had already arrived in Königsberg were the 2nd GRU Brigade, which had just arrived in Königsberg, and the two infantry divisions, which were ready to be shipped, and then the pitiful troops of the Petrograd Military District.

How pathetic? The great center of the revolution in Petrograd. The entire military region turned out to have only two corps, each of which had only two divisions and one cavalry brigade. In other words, the Baltic Front also had a total of two GRU brigades. Six infantry divisions and two cavalry brigades. At best, this little strength is only two armies (or an army that is not yet formed), and at most it is the level of a group army.

And it must also be remembered that not all of these six infantry divisions and four brigades can be pulled into the battlefield to fight. Petrograd was also a huge center of the revolution, an important political, economic and cultural center of Russia, and more or less had to leave a part of its troops to look after it. Anyway, no matter how you look at it, you have to leave two or three divisions behind.

If you calculate it this way, Li Xiaofeng has even fewer troops on hand -- three infantry divisions and four brigades, and this little force has to guard against the Entente bloc, continue to beat Poland, a stupid dog, and solve the three Baltic states.

So much so that Ubolevich laughed at himself: "I, the commander of the Front, is more like a bare-bones commander!" ”

In this regard, Li Xiaofeng could only smile bitterly: "Fortunately, we still have the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, otherwise, this battle will not be fought at all!" ”

Triandafilov interjected: "Even if there is the East Prussian People's Liberation Army, our troops are still too small, I calculated, the strength of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army is tight against Poland and the Entente bloc, and we still need our reinforcements, and at the same time we have to deal with the puppet regimes of the three Baltic countries, even if each of those three countries has only one or two infantry divisions of regular troops, which is enough for us to drink a pot, this task is almost impossible to complete!" ”

Li Xiaofeng couldn't say anything, because Triandafilov's estimate was too conservative, and the three Baltic states, especially Estonia and Latvia, which were close to Russia, had not slept lying down for more than half a year. In order to consolidate their precarious regimes, the bourgeoisie of these two countries began to recruit and expand their armies, for example, Estonia armed three infantry divisions in a short period of time, and the country had five infantry divisions and two cavalry brigades. And Latvia is not far behind, cobbling together four infantry divisions, plus three Lithuanian infantry divisions, this small piece of land has more than 12 divisions.

Even if the troops of these three countries are patchwork together and have limited combat effectiveness, they are really numerous, with the poor strength of the Baltic Front. It's just impossible.

It's a hot potato! After a simple calculation, whether it was Li Xiaofeng, Ubolevich and Triandafilov, they all felt the grimness.

"Can we get some support from the Belarusian Front?"

After pondering for a while, Ubolevich proposed such a solution. This probably thinks that with their old relationship with Tukhachevsky. The small picture should help.

However, Li Xiaofeng was not as naïve as Ubolevich, and now a fool can see that Tukhachevsky's boss is Trotsky, and the reason why Trotsky sent him to Belarus is obvious. In this case, if Tukhachevsky was smart enough, he would not have given them support, but was bent on getting Belarus as fast as possible.

Even this is the best case, and even worse, Tukhachevsky will not only not help them. Instead, it will drag them back. From the map, the three sides were placed from the Baltic coast to the Black Sea coast, and the intention of the central government was to push the front line of the three sides in the direction of Poland and Germany.

And the entire supply and replenishment of the armies of these three fronts depended exclusively on Petrograd and Moscow. It is obvious that with the current terrible economic situation in Russia, and the worsening food crisis, supplies and replenishments must be separated from each other on a first-come, first-served basis.

Judging by Trotsky's arrangement. Tukhachevsky is undoubtedly his top priority. Then Lao Tuo will fully support this confidant. And Li Xiaofeng is not a top priority for Lenin, the most important thing for Lenin is that Frunze is to get Ukraine. Even a certain immortal could not be assigned the second most important position, because the second most important was Stalin's Southwestern Front, and it was of the utmost importance to the Mentor to prevent the resurgence of the White Army in the lower reaches of the Don and Volga rivers.

Therefore, within the Leninists, the significance of the Baltic Front could only rank third at best, and naturally it was impossible to tilt the replenishment of materials to the South-Western Front. When the time comes, Trotsky will inevitably take away most of Petrograd's resources in order to protect Tukhachevsky's interests. Even the righteous and bright competition with the Baltic Front for resources.

"I'm afraid the situation is much worse than we thought!"

This is Li Xiaofeng's final conclusion, after saying this. He could no longer sit still: "I must return to Moscow immediately!" ”

In this regard, both Ubolevich and Triandafilov were very supportive, and asked someone to go back and quickly play the emotional card with the mentor, and more or less have to grab some benefits for the poor Baltic Front!

"End the battle as soon as possible," Li Xiaofeng commanded before leaving, "quickly clean up the battlefield, and then let the troops move to rest...... It is possible to encircle Warsaw, to cut off Warsaw from the outside world, but never to attack Warsaw...... In addition, let the cavalry units be more active and do as much as possible to engage in war welfare......"

Neither Ubolevich nor Triandafilov have any meaning for the paint finish, but they really have an opinion on the so-called "war welfare" of the last one. The so-called "war welfare" was in fact the robbery of the Poles.

After annihilating Poland's living forces, taking advantage of Poland's lack of resistance, Li Xiaofeng ordered the cavalry troops to begin to "storm the city" and sweep most of the cities around Warsaw in one fell swoop. Of course, Li Xiaofeng did not want to occupy these cities, he knew very well that the strength of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army was not enough to do this, and his purpose was only to "make money".

With each city occupied, the East Prussian People's Liberation Army confiscated a single asset of the Polish government, ransacked the banks and state warehouses, and was not polite to the Polish bourgeoisie if necessary. These looted materials and resources were continuously transported to East Prussia, which greatly compensated for the financial deficit caused by the war some time ago.

In the eyes of Ubolevich and Triandafilov, this kind of behavior is undoubtedly the robbery and plundering of Chiguoguo, and they do not like this kind of practice. But the reality is cruel and ruthless, there is no doubt that money and resources are needed to fight a war, and East Prussia is undoubtedly poor and white, and if it were not for the support of Jewish relatives, the East Prussian People's Republic would have been bankrupt long ago.

Next, we have to deal with the intervention of the Entente, and there is no doubt that we will have to fight a big war, and it is even worse if there is no money. The support of the Jewish relatives is not unlimited, and the situation in Russia Ubolevich and Triandafilov are also very clear, no matter how they see the only way out, they can only go out and grab it.

And according to Li Xiaofeng's explanation: "We are not robbing. It is to get back the war reparations that belong to the people of East Prussia, which the Poles owe them, and we are only forcing the Poles to pay for them. Moreover. We have confiscated the property of the Polish government and the Polish bourgeoisie, and the proceeds of these exploitations should belong to the people! ”

I have to say that a certain immortal is very shameless, and he can talk about the robbery so openly, which shows that his attainments in thick black science are getting higher and higher. However, in this world, there has always been a mountain higher than a mountain, and this little bit of Taoism of a certain immortal is not enough to see in Lenin.

"You want more troops, you want more replenishments and resources?"

The Mentor smiled like a trumpet flower. But no matter how you look at him, the smile of the old man is mostly ridicule.

Sure enough, immediately his old man immediately asked: "Why?" ”

Li Xiaofeng could only stubbornly say: "The three Baltic countries and East Prussia have a bearing on the overall situation of the revolution......

Lenin immediately interrupted him: "What more is there for the overall situation of the revolution? Which is not important, Belarus, Ukraine or the Caucasus? Especially Comrade Frunze, in order to support the fighting of other fronts. He tightened his belt and fought the enemy, and if he could do it, why couldn't you? ”

"But the strength of the Baltic Front is too small, and there are more than 12 divisions of counter-revolutionary troops in the three Baltic countries alone. plus the intervention forces of the Entente bloc and the reactionary armies of Germany......"

"I'm not interested in hearing your grievances!" Lenin interrupted him again. "Where is the whole country not tight, where is it not difficult? If everyone only complains about bitterness and only wants to stretch out their hands with the central government, how can they still carry out the revolution? ”

"But ......"

"Nothing!" Lenin said categorically, "I tell you unequivocally, Andrei. I don't have any extra troops to support you, there are no reserves left in the center, and all the Red Army fighters have already gone where they need to go...... As for supplies. The economic shape of the country shì you know very well is already on the verge of bankruptcy! ”

Li Xiaofeng fled from Lenin's office almost with his head in his hands. Because if you don't run, you can't do it, let the Mentor continue to complain, I'm afraid that someone will not only not be able to get a little benefit from the Mentor, but will have to pay tribute to his old man. Anyway, at that time, the tutor was very interested in the "war welfare" of the East Prussian People's Liberation Army.

In other words, a certain immortal went to Moscow, and he didn't gain anything except that he was almost sheared by his mentor.

"That's the problem!" Ubolevich smiled bitterly, "Supplies and ammunition are not a problem for the time being, the captured arms are enough for us to use, but there are not enough troops, we have no way to take the three Baltic countries!" ”

"Can't you first draw troops from the East Prussian People's Republic?" Li Xiaofeng asked.

Trian Dafilov replied decisively: "No! Although the two successive battles of annihilation wiped out Pilsudski's living forces, the losses of our troops were not small, the whole army was reduced by almost a third, and the soldiers were so tired that they needed to rest for at least a month or so before they could recover. We will not be able to conduct any large-scale military operations during this period! ”

Li Xiaofeng smiled bitterly: "In other words, we can only use the pitiful strength of the Baltic Front to pacify the three Baltic countries?" ”

Neither Triandafilov nor Ubolevich spoke, and it was clear that they meant that it would never be possible. This made Li Xiaofeng smile bitterly again: "But we must do it, this is an order from the central government." There is no room for bargaining! ”

This time it was Ubolevich's turn to smile bitterly: "Then I'm afraid we can only hope for a miracle!" ”

Triandafilov added: "And a very unusual miracle! ”

What followed was a long silence, and the three of them looked at the map stupidly, trying to search for miracles that were almost impossible to survive.

It is definitely not an easy thing to annihilate an enemy who is several times larger than oneself in the case of an absolute disadvantage in troops. Historically, those who have been able to do this have been branded military geniuses without exception.

Li Xiaofeng is very self-aware, he is by no means a military genius, so he didn't bother to think about any tactics, he thought more about whether there were opportunistic means.

Judging from the current form, the hard attack is just self-deprecating, but there is the possibility of being exploded by the three Baltic countries, and taking this road is definitely a dead end. Since you can't come hard, you can only kill with a soft knife.

The military strength of the three Baltic states is definitely a hard bone together, but if they fight on their own, it will be much less troublesome. Is there a way to separate them?

Li Xiaofeng thinks that there is, judging from the map, Estonia is the closest to Petrograd, and there has been a bad incident with Yudenich before, which seems to be the most important lesson. But Li Xiaofeng is not interested in teaching Estonia a lesson for the time being, so what can he do if he takes Estonia? Communication with East Prussia was still not possible. In other words, for the time being, the elimination of Estonia is not necessary.

If you only start from the point of view of opening up communication routes, there is not much point in attacking Estonia, and I am afraid that only Latvia and Lithuania need to be concerned. If Estonia can be appeased and neutralized in the rest of the war, then there will be almost half less enemy to face at once!

Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng felt that he had an idea...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to Comrade Fat Big 123 and Comrade Juventus!