The reason for Ubolevich's surprise was very simple, he felt that there was something wrong with Tukhachevsky's troop allocation!

"It is correct to use the strength of nine divisions to destroy four American divisions, but it is not enough to use only eight divisions to block reinforcements!" Ubolevich said excitedly.

Why not enough? Because the combined forces of France and Britain also have eight divisions, eight divisions against eight divisions seems to be half a pound to eight taels. But Ubolevich thinks that there is no point in the equality of quantities, can half a catty of scrap iron and eight taels of gold be the same thing?

These eight divisions of the Anglo-French army are very strong and especially good at positional warfare, while Tukhachevsky's eight divisions are first of all absolutely inferior in firepower, and secondly, the Belarusian Front is better at fighting mobile warfare. A blocking war is not a positional war, it must be a tough one. In this case, Tukhachevsky's blocking force had no superiority in numbers, no superiority in firepower, and even a little unsuitable tactically. No matter how you look at this battle, it's hanging!

Anyway, Ubolevich was not optimistic about Tukhachevsky's blocking troops at all, and it was very likely that he would be rushed by the Anglo-French forces in a single spot. When the time comes, the blockade is unfavorable and the encirclement operation begins, and it will be an out-and-out disaster!

Li Xiaofeng didn't speak, he stared at Tukhachevsky's battle plan, and his face was quite grim. The reasons were not only those that Ubolevich had said, but even he felt that Tukhachevsky's choice of entry point for the campaign was problematic.

Obviously, Tukhachevsky's overall operational thinking is to pinch soft persimmons, and he takes it for granted that there are problems with the combat capability and attitude of the US military. I'm going to take the Yankees first. Eat four American divisions in one bite to take the lead.

Is it really that reasonable to hit the Americans first? Or are the Americans really soft persimmons?

This has to be carefully analyzed, it is true that the Yankees only entered the war in 1917, and it can only be said that they caught up with the end of World War I. Objectively speaking, the U.S. military did not endure the same rigors as the first years of World War I. And the experience of participating in the war for more than a year does not have much commendable record. On the whole, it can be done, and it is even unceremoniously said that American GIs are cannon fodder and other characters.

Moreover, the American GIs' will to fight is really not strong, and originally, they did not have too much national hatred with the German-Austrian bloc, but it was only because of the needs of the national aircraft that they landed on the European battlefield. They don't think they have any good feelings about the war, and I'm afraid they hope to finish work as soon as possible and go home to live a small life.

Third. The American career officers were worse than the British and French, and this is the truth, who allowed the Senate of the American imperialism to curb the development of the Army since the end of the Civil War. At one time, there was a desire to replace the regular army with a militia. So much so that generals like Pershing, who specialize in bullying the old, weak, sick and disabled, can also be promoted to general. Objectively speaking, the standard of the officers of the US imperialist army was really not very good.

So much so that even Tukhachevsky despised the Yankees and was ready to sacrifice the Yankees' heads to the flag. However, in Li Xiaofeng's view, Tukhachevsky is really trusted. It is true that the US Army soldiers are average in terms of combat effectiveness. Officers are just that, and there are no honors and achievements worth mentioning in history. However, you can't just think that the United States is a bully!

It must be made clear that the U.S. military is inferior to those of the U.S. military, and compared with the old imperialists, such as Germany, France, and the United Kingdom, it really seems to have no background and no prime. But compared to the nascent Red Army, people are actually not bad. Even in terms of the cultural quality of the soldiers, the American GIs had a great advantage. The Red Army is a little stronger than the other side in enduring hardships and standing hard work.

Speaking of officers, it is true that the officers of the US Army were suppressed by the Senate, and the mixture was quite miserable. However, it is undeniable that they are qualified officers who have graduated from regular military academies and received a systematic and complete military education. And what about the Red Army? A group of five students who have become a halfway monk in a crash course are just five students.

The reason why Tukhachevsky felt good about himself was nothing more than the bullying of the White Army in the Civil War, and the fact that the Russian army still had a good record in history. But everyone knows what the White Army is, and as for the historical record, what does it have to do with the current Red Army? Do you think this is still the era of Suvonov and Kutuzov?

All in all, Tukhachevsky just feels too good about himself. The American GIs may be inferior to the German army, but they are definitely not weaker than the Belarusian front. Even after the French training in the past two years, the Americans have fully absorbed the advanced experience of the First World War, and in addition, the officers generally hope to be honored, and the morale of the upper and lower levels is quite high. Choosing them as a breakthrough is really not a good choice.

In Li Xiaofeng's opinion, if he had been in command of the Belarusian Front, he would not have taken the Americans, and he would have chosen the British as a target. Why the British? First of all, the British have the least number of troops, only three divisions, which is easier to mouth.

Secondly, the British Expeditionary Force, or the British Army, is just that. Britain is strong in the navy, and the army can't even mix the royal wording! Moreover, the British army has been fighting for more than four years, and there is a general sense of war weariness from top to bottom, and they have no desire for the so-called honor, and now that Germany is finished, they still have no rest, and their morale is relatively low.

Moreover, the British officers' performance in the First World War could not be said to be good, they could only be regarded as passing, they were generally conservative, one by one, they followed the rules, lacked sufficient military imagination, and only knew how to mechanically obey the orders of their superiors. On the other hand, the officers of the British division and corps were full of "aristocracy", all of them were as rigid as granite, and they often emphasized authority and obedience to their subordinates, and used them like commanding servants.

Such an old-fashioned army has no creative power at all, let alone imagination, only knows that the rules and regulations mechanically carry out the orders of the superiors, and the first war is a "static" war, and the trenches like spider webs curb the mobility of the two sides involved in the war, otherwise with the rigid style of the British army, they will be eaten to the point that there are no bones left in the face of mobile and flexible opponents!

Li Xiaofeng believes that Tukhachevsky is better to choose the British, and even the French are better than the United States. Although the French had a large number of troops, the general attitude of the French soldiers towards the war was the same as that of the British. They are already tired of fighting, and their morale is not high. Moreover, the superiority in strength will give them a sense of security, and it is completely unthinkable that the Red Army will attack them. Tong guò a quick surprise attack. It was possible to defeat the French and create a certain amount of chaos.

It is a pity that Tukhachevsky chose a so-called "soft persimmon" and put aside the really weak Britain and France. I have to say, this is quite a pity.

"You're right, there's really something wrong with the choice of campaign targets. It's better to fight the British than to fight the Americans! "And Comrade Tukhachevsky's method of warfare was too simple and crude, the process of separating the Americans from the Anglo-French forces." Too simple and straightforward! ”

More than simple and direct, Tukhachevsky is simply brute-force. According to his plan, the blocking force would be inserted into the junction of the Americans and the French in one go. Forcibly strip it off, and then the attacking troops rush up again and swallow the Americans in one gulp.

This method of warfare is simply hard-hitting, and it must be seen that even if the connection between the enemies is loosened by the retreat of Tongguò in a big stride, this kind of forced insertion of the battle is still very reluctant. The enemies are too closely connected with each other. This will leave little space available for the reinforcing forces. In case the reinforcement is unfavorable, it will be penetrated by the enemy in minutes.

"It's so adventurous! Nearly 30 divisions of both sides of the enemy and us were crowded into this small area around Warsaw, and there was no room for maneuver and maneuver at all. Ubolevich said worriedly.

"Do you want us to send a joint telegram to the Central Committee, pointing out the problems and risks in Comrade Tukhachevsky's plan, so that he can ...... again?"

Before Ubolevich could finish speaking, Li Xiaofeng stretched out his hand to stop him. A certain immortal smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "It's useless, this plan has been agreed by the Military Commission." Comrade Trotsky wanted too much to solve the problem once and for all, he wanted a decisive battle! ”

"That can't take such a big risk, this is nonsense!" Ubolevich was in a hurry.

Li Xiaofeng grabbed him and said earnestly: "They won't listen to our Jianyì, instead of annoying them, they will let them give us small shoes to wear, let's think about whether there is any other way to reverse the unfavorable situation!" ”

Ubolevich frowned, and after thinking for a long time, he sighed: "Where is there any way? We don't have much strength here except for the troops stationed in East Prussia. At most, it is five divisions, and even if our five divisions are thrown into the Warsaw battlefield in one go, they will not be able to open up the situation, the troops there are too crowded and too many, and if we rush into it again, it will make the battlefield more congested, and it will cause more fearless casualties! ”

Li Xiaofeng also understands this truth: The more troops that can be invested in a battlefield, the better, and sometimes the more troops that can be invested, the lower the combat efficiency. For example, now according to Tukhachevsky's plan, 17 divisions have been put into the vicinity of Warsaw in one go, plus 12 divisions of the Entente, which is really full of people. Continuing to throw troops into this battlefield will only make the battlefield more crowded, and when the time comes, machine guns will fire and "mow the grass" at will, and the shells will fall and kill a large area, which is simply filling it with human lives!

At that time, it was really a positional war one after another, and the competition was who had the strongest firepower, and those with weak firepower like the Red Army would definitely suffer a big loss. That's why Li Xiaofeng didn't want to join in the excitement, and he didn't want to use his precious vitality to fill the pit.

"The task given to us by the central government is to cooperate with the Belarusian Front to fight, and I think that fighting with them does not mean that we also have to jump into that pit!" Li Xiaofeng said what he thought, "It's one thing whether the battlefield in Warsaw has us or not, it's already saturated. We should open up a new theater of battles and share the pressure on the Belarusian Front from other sides. ”

Ubolevich agreed, and from the outset he did not agree with Khachevsky's gambling tactics, believing that in order to defeat the powerful Allied forces, it was necessary to give full play to the strengths of the Red Army, and not to foolish hard work.

According to Ubolevich's idea, Tukhachevsky should retreat more boldly, what is it to retreat to Warsaw, and should directly abandon Poland, or even Belarus and Ukraine, so as to constantly lengthen the supply lines and battle lines of the Entente, so that they can no longer maintain the front-line and flattening war mode of World War I. Once the Entente showed its flaws, the Red Army should give full play to the advantages of mobility. Tong guò constantly campaigned to accumulate small victories into big victories, dragging down the Entente step by step!

Objectively, Ubolevich's tactics are more scientific and feasible, but it is clear that they will never work politically. Trotsky could not agree to it first. And there's no point in talking about it now. The task of the Baltic Front is to fight with the Belarusian Front, and even if the Baltic Front wants to retreat, Tukhachevsky will not agree, right?

"It's definitely not going to work." Triandafilov said solemnly, "On the contrary, the only way we can turn the tide of the war now is to move forward!" ”

Pointing to the map, Trian Dafilov said: "Judging by the enemy's heavy build-up to Warsaw, the enemy is not interested in us for the time being, and is ready to turn around and destroy us after the destruction of the Belarusian Front...... And that's our chance! ”

Triandafilov said with some excitement: "They probably thought we just wanted to defend. I just want to hold on to East Prussia. But we can take it by surprise, just imagine that we suddenly attack the heart of Germany. What will happen to the enemy? ”

Ubolevich frowned and asked, "You mean we go and cut off the supply lines of the Entente countries and stab them in the back?" ”

Trian Dafilov shook his head and said, "No, that's too straightforward. And according to reconnaissance, the enemy's follow-up troops were pouring into Berlin in large numbers. If we just cut off the supply lines. It is quite possible to run headlong into their formidable follow-up troops. I'm afraid it won't be optimistic at that time! ”

Ubolevich was surprised and asked: "Then where are you going to attack?" ”

"Szczecin!" Triandafilov replied firmly.

Li Xiaofeng was stunned and asked rhetorically: "What's the point of beating Shi Cheqing?" ”

Ubolevich slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Of course it makes sense to beat Szczecin." The capture of Szczecin was tantamount to destroying the Entente's logistics base for attacking East Prussia, which could cause them a lot of trouble for future attacks on East Prussia! ”

Licking his lips, Ubolevich continued: "And the benefits are not only this, the capture of Szczecin is tantamount to opening another road to Berlin. In the previous period, the Entente focused on the communication line from Poznan to Berlin, which was heavily defended in this generation. Szczecin, on the other hand, doesn't get much attention here. With our forces, we can take Szczecin, and make a posture to threaten Berlin! ”

Li Xiaofeng understood, this move was really good. The threat of Berlin from Szczecin would have taken the Allies by surprise and forced them to adjust their deployment so that they could not attack Warsaw with all their might, indirectly relieving Tukhachevsky's pressure.

"And that's not all," Ubolevich said, getting more and more excited, as he pointed to the northern part of Germany on the map, and said: "After taking Szczecin, it is not possible to attack Berlin with our forces, but it is perfectly feasible to continue the sweep to the west." According to Comrade Trotsky, the German proletariat is very strong, and we can make a big fuss in this area, and even take Rostock, an important industrial town in northern Germany, according to Comrade Trotsky! ”

Li Xiaofeng's eyes lit up immediately, didn't Trotsky keep shouting that the center of the world revolution was Germany, then he would make a good fuss in Germany. If a revolutionary upsurge can be revived in the northeastern part of Germany, not to mention how much success can be achieved in the end, it will inevitably make the German Albert government scramble again for a while. Messing up Germany is also tantamount to indirectly weakening the Entente's intervention!

The most important thing is that the investment in such a fight is small, and the back is the Baltic Sea, if it is only a small force to penetrate, even if it is surrounded by a small force, it can be withdrawn. Even, Li Xiaofeng thought of more, who said that he could only attack Szczecin by land, and he could play another amphibious assault and attack the cities on the Baltic coast of northeastern Germany from the sea.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng was also a little excited, and he kept coming up with some "wonderful ideas", although they may not all be realized, but they provided Ubolevich and Triandafilov with more ideas, so that these two military strategists could greatly improve their ideas.

While Li Xiaofeng's side was constantly making a somewhat whimsical battle plan at night, the battle between Tukhachevsky and Foch finally began!

On 29 September, in Wavich-sur-Bujura, French troops, who had just begun to arrive in the city, were suddenly attacked by the Red Army. After a premeditated and rapid attack, the French were repulsed, and the Red cavalry took the opportunity to boldly intersperse forward, tearing a hole in the junction of French and American forces.

After the initial victory, Tukhachevsky threw three divisions to follow, continuing to expand the breakthrough while moving forward rapidly, and in the early hours of September 30, the French and Americans were shocked to find that their connection had been largely severed.

On September 30, the Belorussian Front, which was responsible for encircling and destroying the nine divisions of the American Expeditionary Force, launched a fierce attack on the Americans led by cavalry, and the Americans were taken by surprise, and the poorly prepared forward troops were crushed by the cavalry of the Red Army...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you for holding the Polon, the parasite Schistosoma and Comrade Juventus!