Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty The Internal Contradictions Of The Russians
"The Chinese launched an attack in Lechenbenster. Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, they broke through the Japanese positions of the Shasarat line of defense with a division of troops!"
Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky listened carefully to the report of his staff, and for a long time he was silent on that sentence.
After a while, he seemed to be talking to himself and asked: "Why did the Chinese choose this place to launch an attack?"
The young staff officer Meretskov said on the side: "Comrade Commander, I think the attack location chosen by the Chinese is not a key point on the battlefield. They just want to test our attitude and military deployment through this attack."
"Yes, I think so too." Tukhachevsky obviously admired this young staff officer very much: "In this case, we will resolutely attack them! Order, the Third Army will allocate two divisions.
, launch the strongest counterattack against the Shasaratri position, and drive the enemy out from there resolutely and quickly!"
"yes!"
Under Tukhachevsky's order, the Russians launched their most violent attack.
The Chinese Army Rao Guohua's 2nd Division, which relied on aircraft and artillery support, behaved very calmly in the face of the Russians' crazy attacks. They repelled the enemy's attacks time and time again and always firmly held the position in their hands.
Behind us and on both sides are the 3rd Division and the 4th Division, respectively blocking the Russian attack from both wings.
The Russians did not pay much attention to this battle at first.
In the previous war against Denikin's White Guards and Polish troops, they had achieved many victories, and pride and complacency were rising in the hearts of the Russians.
They have never fought with the Chinese. Although they have heard of the battle in Irkutsk, in their view, it was just a lucky victory achieved by the Chinese relying on their superiority in weapons. They did not
Fighting against the real main force of the Bolsheviks.
The great Red Army will definitely win victory when facing the Chinese army.
But as the battle at the Japanese position unfolded, they soon discovered that it was not actually the case.
The Chinese planes circled in the sky and dropped bombs one after another. The Chinese infantry also showed great tenacity. The Japanese position was firmly in the hands of the Chinese all day long.
On the next day, Tukhachevsky had to again order another division from the Sixteenth Army, which was tasked with supporting combat operations, to join the battlefield.
At this time, Rao Guohua's 2nd Division had completed its mission.
Before the massive Red Army was about to launch a general offensive, Rao Guohua led the 2nd Division to evacuate the battlefield and returned position B to the Russians.
The Chinese fought a bit strangely in this battle. What did their commander want to do? Tukhachevsky was a little confused.
But no matter what, the battle for position B of Shasharat ended with the victory of the Russians, which made Tukhachevsky somewhat happy.
The Chinese can only fight like this. As long as they fight bravely and resolutely, victory will surely belong to the great Russia!
Tukhachevsky is in urgent need of such a victory, otherwise Comrade Stalin will take this opportunity to attack Tukhachevsky again.
Strictly speaking, Tukhachevsky was a pawn being used between Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin.
When the Russo-Bo war broke out, the civil war in Soviet Russia was at a very delicate stage. This subtlety was reflected in the understanding of leaders such as Stalin, Trotsky and Lenin about the fighting situation on various domestic fronts.
importance and the appointment of commanders on each front.
The struggle between Stalin and Trotsky regarding the formation of the Red Army and the use of old Russian officers further intensified. Lenin and Trotsky emphasized the unified dispatch of national military forces and the coordination of the use of various fronts, with the most vulnerable being the most important, while Stalin
Concentrate all efforts on expanding your military power on the southern front.
When the People's Committee and the Republic's Revolutionary Military Commission decided to form the Western Front to deal with Bolan's attack, Stalin refused to listen in order to preserve his own strength!
The conflict between Stalin and Trotsky has almost reached an irreconcilable level. "Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Committee of the Southern Front ** Military Commission, Buryakov and Stalin..." jointly wrote to the "Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russia"
"An official statement: "It is necessary to either remove all members of the Southern Front's ** Military Council, or to dismantle the headquarters or, if this is deemed inappropriate, to remove Gusev from his post."
The Commander-in-Chief and Gusev were both members of the Central Military Commission of the Republic and people trusted by Trotsky. To abolish the headquarters was to get rid of Trotsky.
The Republic's Military Council has also been criticizing Stalin's commanders, among which Budyonny and Voroshilov were the most targeted. They both lied about their military exploits and took credit for themselves and received a series of accusations.
When forming the Western Front, the Uchenland Front, commanded by Voroshilov as a component of the Western Front, had many problems. Tukhachevsky moved to the Eastern Front, made many military exploits, and was later transferred to the Southwest Front by Trots.
, whose purpose was also to try to contain Stalin. However, under Stalin's control, Tukhachevsky was named "Commander of the Group Army," but in fact he was idle and had no use.
On January 10, 1920, Tukhachevsky wrote a letter to Trotsky in desperation: "Please help me get rid of my unemployment situation. Please let me play my role in actual work. If
If you can't arrange it on the front line, please arrange to work in the transportation department or the Military People's Committee."
Obviously, Trotsky intervened in Tukhachevsky's situation, and passed Stalin several times to ask Tukhachevsky about the situation on the southwest front through direct telephone calls.
On February 7, Lenin also began to ask: "Where is Tukhachevsky?"
Finally, Tukhachevsky was appointed commander of the Western Front on April 20, taking charge of the war against Poland.
During this period, Lenin adopted a position and strategy towards the conflict between Stalin and Trotsky, trying to make them cooperate, and repeatedly reminded Stalin that he must report military information to Trotsky at the same time when reporting to him, so as not to delay the overall situation.
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When Trotsky telegraphed several times to urge Stalin to draw troops from the southern front to support the western front, Stalin sent a telegram to Trotsky on March 21, 1q2., agreeing to mobilize troops: "There are many troops on the Caucasus front.
Considering the situation of 25 infantry divisions and 1 cavalry division, I think that 6 divisions can be transferred according to your suggestion to deal with the Polish army."
The army commanded by Voroshilov, Stalin's most trusted trooper, participated in the Western Expedition to Poland!
This also means that during the war against Poland, the Russians were actually divided into two factions, Tukhachevsky, whom Trotsky valued, and Voroshilov, whom Stalin trusted.
After the Chinese intervened in the Russo-Bo war, although such struggles were temporarily hidden, sooner or later conflicts would break out.
We must win before Voroshilov, especially the victory against the Chinese.
Influenced by such emotions, Tukhachevsky launched an early attack on the Chinese army in Brest-Litovsk on June 30.
The Chinese seemed to have been prepared for such an attack. They stood firm in their positions and did not take the initiative to attack. Instead, they steadily defended every inch of the place they should hold.
The Russian front line is busy attacking, and the rear is not so peaceful.
Meretskov, who had just arrived at the headquarters to report, did not bother to think about the housing issue, so he told the division headquarters administrator about the matter. He found a room for Meretskov and gave the address to
I told him, and told Meretskov, that in this house there was an old governor.
Meretskov rushed there with the orderlies, and they were greeted by a young hostess and his father. She told Meretskov, "This room is already occupied by a Red Army officer, the chief of reconnaissance."
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Meretskov explained to her: "It was decided just for me."
After Meretskov was settled, he returned to the headquarters and said to the administrator at the headquarters: "I don't know who leaked the secret to the residents while talking. Now the residents know some things that they should not know, that is,
Poor confidentiality!"
After work, Meretskov had time to go back and rest. When he saw his mistress, he was sitting there crying.
"What's going on?" Meretskov asked casually.
The hostess replied: "My father was taken away by the Red Army as a spy."
Meretskov called the security department and asked: "Is my house safe?"
The security officer replied that it was safe. They did not arrest the master, but they knew who did it and ordered them to release him now. After Meretskov comforted the poor master, he returned to the headquarters because there was an emergency call.
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An hour later, with Kosogov's consent, Meretskov went back to rest. By this time, the man of the house was already at home, but he was sitting there with a sad face.
It turned out that his daughter was taken away again.
Meretskov called the security department again. The security cadre said that they were not the ones who caught him, but they knew who had caught him, and they were telling them to let him go now. After another half an hour, the woman stepped forward radiantly.
's door.
It turned out that the commander of the headquarters retaliated in such a despicable and brutal way in order to cover up the nonsense he said.
Meretskov severely punished him: "You know, from such small things, peaceful residents can form their views on the Red Army. This is also a kind of political propaganda. In order not to provide a handle for the enemy's propaganda, in these
There is no need to be careless about the issue."
Although the administrator was submissive, it was clear that he deeply disagreed with Meretskov's words!!