The general attitude in the Politburo still tends to stick to the front line of the Dnieper River, which means that Trotsky has a more market, so he naturally criticized a certain immortal. However, Li Xiaofeng has also been trained. Since he became a great elder, he has been criticized most of the time, so he has not taken it seriously.

For example, this time, the opinions of the Politburo and the Military Commission are completely different. So who should I listen to? The Politburo believes that it is the core of the central government, and of course everything should be based on the opinions of the Politburo. However, the Military Commission believes that the Politburo is the core of the central government, but military issues are under the responsibility of the Military Commission, so the Military Commission has the power to command the Red Army. The Politburo and the Military Commission should each take charge of each other. On military issues, the Politburo should grasp the macro level, and the specific work should be done by the Military Commission.

But now, the Politburo has to roughly interfere with the correct command of the Military Commission. What is going on? If the Politburo thinks that everything can be managed, then what else should the Military Commission do? Besides, according to the Party’s constitution, the Military Commission is the supreme leader of the army. When will the Politburo interfere in the work of the Military Commission?

The Military Commission even has such an opinion: If the Politburo feels that this Military Commission is incompetent, then the plenary meeting of the Central Committee will be held in advance and a new Military Commission will be elected again.

In short, the Military Commission felt that it was offended and believed that the Politburo had too long to reach out. On the contrary, the Political Bureau believed that the Military Commission was suspected of being separated from the Party's command. In short, both sides believed that it was correct and firmly asked the other party to correct it.

But the problem has also come. Whether it is the change of the Politburo and the Military Commission, it must pass the plenary meeting of the Central Committee. Now, it is not the time for the plenary meeting of the Central Committee to be held. If you want to change people, you have to wait until March 1942. In other words, both sides can only temporarily endure each other.

To be honest, this is beneficial to Li Xiaofeng. Unless Trotsky announced the convening of the plenary meeting of the Central Committee in advance, the Military Commission could do its own intentions from now on. Even if I was angry, I would have no choice.

So why didn’t Lao Tuo hold a plenary meeting of the Central Committee in advance? The reason is that he was not sure to defeat Li Xiaofeng in one breath at the plenary meeting. The reason is very simple. The current situation is not ideal. The Politburo will definitely take the blame for it. Once Li Xiaofeng takes this opportunity to attack him, the result is difficult to say. At least from Lao Tuo’s understanding, the Central Committee is very dissatisfied with the work of the Politburo since June 1941, and a very loud voice demands that the relevant responsible persons be held accountable.

In the eyes of many Central Committees, this relevant person is the General Staff represented by Tukhachevsky, and expressed that he is very dissatisfied with Tukhachevsky's work.

As an important representative of the Trotskyist army, if Tukhachevsky falls again, he will almost have no influence in the army. This is something Trotsky cannot accept, so even if the Military Commission is too much this time, he will not be determined to convene a plenary meeting of the Central Committee in advance.

"It would be right not to hold the plenary session in advance. Isn't Andrei Petrovic going to make trouble? Isn't the Military Commission disobeying? Then let them make trouble. Once the subsequent battle performance is not ideal, it will be beneficial to us. At that time, at the Central Plenary Session, we can beat the dogs in the water!" Ulitsky suggested.

To be honest, Trotsky felt very distressed about this opinion. Ulitsky didn't understand the seriousness of this matter at all, and there was no dog to fight. Once the Battle of Bryansk failed, the Soviet Union would be in danger. At that time, it would be a problem of national destruction. This is not a joke. Trotsky was able to stick to principles in such a major issue of right and wrong.

So he said to Tukhachevsky: "Can we try our best to do the work of other members of the Military Commission and clarify the excellence and make them give up the idea of ​​fighting in Bryansk? I think it is more reliable to stick to the Dnieper River, even if we really can't defend it, we can still buy time for our reinforcements to arrive on the battlefield, right?"

The problem is that Tukhachevsky has no way of doing this. The reason is very simple. His prestige has dropped too much during this period. Many former old friends directly and indirectly expressed dissatisfaction with him. Some people even said something ugly, almost urging him to abdicate and give way to the virtuous, so that more capable comrades can take over his job.

To be honest, Tukhachevsky was very disappointed and sad about this, and he felt like he was knocking down the wall and pushing the drums and hitting them. Moreover, he refused to admit that he was incompetent, let alone think that he had done anything wrong. In short, he insisted tenaciously and firmly believed that under his leadership, he would definitely win the Patriotic War.

Of course, this also made Tukhachevsky's old friends even more disappointed. Naturally, the relationship became increasingly tense. At this time, don't expect Tukhachevsky to do their work. Even some "leftists" united around the Trotsky were secretly discussing whether to change their spokesperson. In their opinion, Tukhachevsky is old and no longer able to withstand the counterattack of the right. Anyway, Tukhachevsky's status is quite subtle, and he has no way to do the work of Tongjian Commission.

So the final result was that Trotsky could only take action himself and put pressure on Li Xiaofeng in the Politburo: "Comrade Andre, can you guarantee that you will be able to defeat the enemy in Bryansk? Please note that what I am talking about is defeating, not just resisting the enemy's troops. Can you guarantee that you can do this?"

In Trotsky's view, Li Xiaofeng could not make such a guarantee. Naturally, he could force the Military Commission to submit. But he underestimated Li Xiaofeng's determination and will. A certain immortal said without any concession: "Comrade Trotsky, if the Politburo and the Military Commission can invest at least four armies in Bryansk, I can make such a promise! I will definitely win a big victory in Bryansk. Not to mention driving the enemy away in one breath, but at least it can drive the enemy second and third tank clusters out of Russia!"

Trotsky was stunned. He didn't expect that Li Xiaofeng would come to the meeting, and he really patted his chest to make a promise. How could he do this?

It took him a long time to ask, "What guarantee do you use? This is not..."

Li Xiaofeng interrupted his words and replied confidently: "I can use party spirit to ensure that as a loyal Bolshevik, I will never lie to the party. For me, if this task fails, I will be successful. I am ready to sacrifice in Bryansk!"

These words were loud and loud. Even Derrensky, who did not agree to continue to retreat, was moved: "Comrade Andre is not the kind of person who speaks irresponsible. Since he dares to make such a guarantee, it means he is confident that given the situation on the front line, why not let him try it?"

Derrensky was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Trotsky, who had been talking too much before, could not repent, so he could only pinch his nose and admit it. However, Li Xiaofeng had not finished speaking: "If you want to defeat the enemy in Bryansk, the troops of the four armies are indispensable, but at the same time, I must point out that these four armies cannot be empty and must be full. In addition, I require the highest priority in materials and supplies!"

Regarding these requirements, Trotsky's four fully-built army troops were not unable to be taken out, but after taking them out, they would inevitably weaken the Red Army in the direction of Minsk. Tukhachevsky is still in the idea of ​​launching a counterattack in Minsk and pulling out two army troops from Minsk. That guy will definitely blow up the sting.

To be honest, sometimes Trotsky was speechless about Tukhachevsky. Even he could see that the possibility of a successful counterattack in Minsk was not high, but that guy was just stubborn to do so. Even after Rokosovsky's defense line was broken and the Dnieper defense line was in danger, Tukhachevsky only agreed to transfer one army. Now it is not easy to let him transfer two army units?

Of course, Trotsky could have completely agreed to transfer the two armies regardless of Tukhachevsky's feelings, but that approach was equivalent to accepting the opinions of the Military Commission. The Military Commission had previously made Tukhachevsky very embarrassed on this issue. Even though the two armies had actually been mobilized to the Dnieper River defense line, Tukhachevsky and the General Staff still strongly stated that this was an illegal operation, and it was illegal for the Moscow Central Military Region to mobilize troops privately on the back of the General Staff.

In short, if you agree with this, it will be difficult for Tukhachevsky to explain. How can you compromise and meet someone's requirements and give Tukhachevsky a step forward?

After thinking for a long time, Trotsky could only think of a way to cover up his ears. On the one hand, he only agreed to transfer the 12th Army from the Belarusian Front to support Rokosovsky and Lukin. On the other hand, he took back the 20th and 21st Army of the Reserve Team, which originally belonged to the Moscow Central Military Region, and directly commanded the Military Commission, and organized the two armies into the Military Commission's strategic reserve team.

Then? Then the two armies that belonged to the Military Commission nominally were transferred to Bryansk and were actually handed over to Li Xiaofeng for command. To put it bluntly, this was just a word game, but in fact it was transferred to three armies, but two of them were not explicitly transferred. However, this was considered to take care of Tukhachevsky's face.

Of course, some comrades may ask, isn’t this the three armies transferred away? According to Li Xiaofeng’s request, he only has four armies. Now, including Rokosovsky’s 6th Army and Lu Jin’s 16th Army, there are five armies with strength? Isn’t it much more than Li Xiaofeng’s request? Is it because I am very merciful?

That is impossible, because the 6th and 16th armies can only support the strength of one army at best, and the remaining three army groups are not completely full, so it can be considered that there are four army forces.

Of course, it is impossible for this kind of trick to fool Tukhachevsky completely. Anyway, after learning about Trotsky's decision, he was furious and locked himself in the office and was furious for two days. In the end, Trotsky went to do his job himself, so he reluctantly accepted it.

Not to mention Tukhachevsky's side, after making a military order, Li Xiaofeng immediately took a special plane to Bryansk, where he would organize a temporary Bryansk Front Army, which would govern the 6th, 12th, 16th, 20th and 21st armies, and would engage in an unprecedented battle from late October to early 1941. The mission was to repel the German first and second tank clusters and expel them from Russia.

"The task is quite arduous," after arriving in Bryansk, Li Xiaofeng immediately convened a meeting of senior commanders of various groups. At the meeting, he said sincerely: "Before I came, I had already made a military order in the Politburo, either repelling the German army or being glorious on the spot!"

After glanced at everyone, Li Xiaofeng continued, "I believe everyone is in the same mood as me, and they all hope to win a battle and avenge their previous shame. But to be honest, I was unsure at the beginning. Because I am really not good at fighting, it is unrealistic to expect me to command the battle, so I am the commander and the commander. I hope you can help me, after all, you are all heroes who have personally competed with the German devils. I fully believe that you have the ability to defeat your opponent!"

After a little pause, Li Xiaofeng said with a smile: "So, I appoint Comrade Rokosovsky as the first deputy commander of the Front Army and Comrade Lu Jin as the chief of staff of the Front Army. I am fully responsible for combat planning and actual combat command. I am in charge of political and logistics work!"

Li Xiaofeng's statement made the commanders of the army relieved. They were really worried that someone would grab his beard and eyebrows and command the battle with a high degree of intervention. But now it seems that someone is still very open-minded. Knowing that he is not good at military command, he immediately lets the capable people overtake it. And the words mean that they fully trust them. It would be great to have such a sympathetic leader.

At least the commander of the group army and the political commissar breathed a sigh of relief. At least there was no need to worry about someone who was over-level command and undermining them like Tukhachevsky, and it depends on someone's intention. There was no intention of rectifying the situation for the time being. They had been worried about these two issues before!

But then again, the reason why a certain immortal was confident to issue military orders and delegated power so happily was that he was the two brave and war-friendly men, Rokosovsky and Lujin. With their abilities, they could achieve such results under extremely unfavorable conditions back then. The situation is better now, and with the support of him, the immortal, there is no reason why Guderian cannot suffer a little, right?

"Tell me what you think."

Rokosovsky did not expect that a certain immortal would let him be fully responsible for command. After all, the General Staff had scolded him hard before, which meant to seriously pursue the responsibility of "unitiously" giving up the Dnieper River defense line. In Rokosovsky's view, this time he could maintain his military status. Even if he was lucky, who would have thought that not only could he be the commander of the Sixth Army, but he could also go further and become the deputy commander of the Front Army.

Although the Bryansk Front Army is just a temporary agency and may be disbanded after the Bryansk Battle, it is still very beneficial to future promotions with this resume. Anyway, Rokosovsky was still very happy.

However, no matter how happy he is, it is undeniable that Rokosovsky was not prepared for this. After all, he was ready to be masturbated before, and was ready to pack up the bed and leave. At that time, he was considering more about his personal future and safety issues, so he was not in the mood to consider the next battle. Even if he considered it, the eunuch was worried about the emperor and he didn't use a dime.

So Rokosovsky was a little stunned at this time, but his most basic military quality was still there, so he quickly expressed his general idea: "According to my understanding, the enemy's first and second tank clusters have about 1,300 tanks. Objectively speaking, their strength is relatively strong. Compared with our army's armored troops, the enemy's training is more complete and combat experience is richer, and the overall quality is above our armored soldiers."

Li Xiaofeng didn't say anything, just listened quietly to Rokosovsky's introduction. Everyone knew these things, but since Rokosovsky wanted to say them, it would definitely make sense.

Soon Rokosovsky changed his tone and said, "However, it must be seen that this so-called powerful armored strength can only have an advantage over traditional army units such as Poland, France, and Britain. Compared with the Red Army, an enemy tank cluster is actually only equivalent to a mechanized army of our army, and even the performance of tanks is generally lagging behind our army. Before the war broke out, our army had an absolute advantage on the Western Front, but why did the result be that our army was defeated in a crushing manner?"

In fact, everyone has answers to the questions raised by Rokkosovsky. Most people greet Tukkosovsky's mother in their hearts, but Rokkosovsky believes that the responsibility for failure is not entirely due to Tukkosovsky's blind command.

"The enemy's air-ground coordination is quite wonderful. Yes, please forgive me for describing the enemy as wonderful," Rokosovsky said freely, "and our army's air-ground coordination seems stereotyped and dogmatic. These tactics may be in line with the current situation of the Red Army in the 1930s, but today it seems to be outdated. I think that if you want to regain the initiative, you must first liberate the Air Force and let them exert all their strength!"

Rokosovsky continued excitedly: "It's not only the Air Force problem, but to be honest, the enemy has much fewer tanks than us and is also much behind. But why can they defeat us with these backward weapons? I think the reason for the problem lies in the abnormal development of our army's mechanization, one-sided emphasis on tanks, while the infantry and logistics forces that cooperate with tank operations have not been fully mechanized. This has led to a serious disconnect between our armored troops and infantry, and often faced supply problems, which actually weakened the combat capabilities of our armored troops..." (To be continued)

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Chapter completed!