Yegorov first learned how shameless people are. Just looking at someone's serious appearance, I'm afraid he really thought this guy was devoted to his public. But just thinking about it for a moment, you will understand that someone is still playing the edge. You can imagine that the so-called reserve is just a trick to fool Trotsky.

In fact, Yegorov was right, this was really just a trick to change the concept. But the old saying goes, the trick is not new, it will work. A certain immortal only recruited 6,000 "regular army" on the surface, which is completely in line with the central regulations, but it can also be a "reserve" with 6,000 people not being organized. Even if Trotsky finds fault, there is no way, because someone did not violate the decision of the Politburo, and Trotsky can't say that the border police force is not in the right way to carry out reserves!

Yegorov admired a certain immortal. He played so blatantly that it was impossible to object. No wonder he reached a high position at a young age. Nowadays, he really can't underestimate young people, otherwise he would help count money if he was secretly obscene!

It should be said that Yegorov underestimated Li Xiaofeng too much. For the sake of a reserve of only 6,000 people, he was embarrassed to play this edge ball. Anyway, he would offend Trotsky, so he might as well offend him a little more!

"The highest level of the border police force is the corps," Li Xiaofeng said calmly, "What is the corps? It is a 6,000-person detachment, and two other 6,000-person reserve detachments..."

Before Li Xiaofeng finished speaking, Yegorov was shocked. As long as he could count the fingers, he could count them. According to someone's opinion, there were 18,000 people in the border police force, which was twice the limit stipulated by the central government. I'm sorry, this step is too big, right?

Yes, Yegorov felt that his steps were getting bigger. To be honest, 18,000 people were equivalent to a standard infantry division of the Russian army, and even more than a large number of them were stronger. Let's put it this way, the standard infantry division of the Russian army was generally around 12,000, but in fact, except for a few troops that had completed the reorganization, the Russian infantry divisions on the battlefield were generally around 8,000 to 9,000 people, and some of the Russian infantry divisions were even only three or five thousand. Damn, at least this was the organization of two entire divisions, which was too out of place?!

Of course, this does not mean that Yegorov has no ambitions and feels that he cannot command so many troops. As an officer, no one will think that he has too many troops. Under normal circumstances, all commanders will cry to their superiors for poverty in order to get more troops and support.

Yegorov is no exception, but it is obvious that the situation is abnormal now. Someone is playing the edge and taking advantage of loopholes, which is contrary to the central policy! The most important thing is that someone is so blatant in doing so, it is very likely that he offended Trotsky.

As the founder of the Red Army and the chairman of the All-Russian Military Commission, Trotsky did not want to see that there was an independent armed force besides the Red Army, especially this force did not obey the dispatch of the Military Commission, and belonged to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Cheka.

Such a strange army is so disgusting. The reason why he had to agree before was entirely due to food. If the border police force was not mainly engaged in Finland, he would not give in at all.

Although Trotsky made concessions, he also imposed strict restrictions on this uncontrolled force, blocking its organizational scale to a tight end. In principle, only 6,000 people are allowed to be a scale of 6,000. In the future, it can be expanded according to the situation, but it should be a future matter in the future. If there is no reason, you will immediately set up a reserve team.

Now, the ink traces in the previous regulations have not dried up, and someone has actually broken through this limit. It is conceivable how annoyed Trotsky would be.

At least Yegorov felt that Trotsky had a reason to be annoyed. If he were to be angry, he would have gone crazy about it. And emotionally speaking, Yegorov also admired Trotsky. It has to be said that Trotsky's proposal to appoint old officers and old intellectuals gave him the gratitude of the old officers who surrendered, which made a large number of old officers who had lost their jobs find a place to use it.

Although Yegorov does not belong to the old officer who surrendered to the fore. He was born in the Social Revolutionary Party but he was a veteran of the October Revolution, but he still appreciated such a policy. Someone's approach is a bit arrogant. In comparison, he sympathized with Trotsky and hoped that someone could handle the relationship between the two parties correctly.

"Isn't this a bit too much?" Yegorov reminded.

Is it too much? Li Xiaofeng doesn't feel it too much at all. According to the direction of history, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Cheka under Derrensky's name should have an exclusive force - NKVD, which is later the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Internal Security Force (which is similar in nature to the Harmonious National Armed Police, but has greater authority).

NKVD was established in the first half of 1918 and was mainly composed of the All-Russian Anti-Counterfeiting Committee troops, supply troops, railway and ship guards. In 1918, the NKVD's organization exceeded 100,000 people (more in the future, they also acted as a supervisor in World War II, and many deserters were shot).

As a certain immortal travels through time, this army is not established as in history. The power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or Derrensky was given a significant discount. The Iron-faced man of the Cheka cannot control it, and his subordinates do not have a useful gun. If it weren't for the Iron-faced man who also served as secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, he would not be able to take up the position of a member of the Politburo.

In short, Li Xiaofeng felt that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Cheka had already suffered losses on this, and the good internal affairs force was gone. After all, we had to help the Iron-faced man get some justice? I don’t want a large organization with tens of thousands of people. I can’t make an elite force of 8,000, and you can’t say anything, right?

Therefore, for Yegorov's reminder, Li Xiaofeng gave the answer: "The spirit of the central government is very clear. The border police force is not just the current scale... According to the instructions of the central government, we should gradually expand the border police force. If we do not do our work in advance now, how can we quickly complete the expansion in the future?"

If you say this, it can be said that, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Trotsky did not want the border police force to expand rapidly, but... Trotsky's meaning is not equal to the central government's meaning. Even outsiders like Yegorov knew that the Trotskyists and Lenin factions within the Bolsheviks fought fiercely, and perhaps the instructions and explanations on the expansion of border police force were Lenin's meaning.

So is it to respect Trotsky or to respect Lenin? Yegorov's answer is - I am neutral. You two great gods fight, I really can't afford to mix with a little shrimp like me. Anyway, the sky collapses and there is a tall one who stands up. Comrade Andre, you are the superior and you are the supervisor, you have the final say. As for whether Trotsky will cause trouble, I don't care, either!

Yegorov chose to mix with him, but Li Xiaofeng was not angry. In his opinion, Yegorov was normal for him to worry about it. After all, the two sides had just begun to cooperate, and there was always a process of mutual understanding and adaptation. Moreover, Yegorov's identity was indeed awkward. The internal conflict between him, a left-wing social revolutionary, and the Bolsheviks, was indeed seeking death.

However, Li Xiaofeng is not the kind of person who doesn't listen to his opinions at all. Although he is eager to expand the staffing, he also knows that Trotsky's level is not easy to pass. If you want to pass the level smoothly, you must also ask the opinions of the tutor and Sverdlov.

"You want to do a reserve service?" After hearing the news, Sverdlov expressed his surprise. Everyone was smart. Xiao Si knew what someone was planning when he heard about the reserve service.

But Sverdlov is not concerned with the issue of whether to do it or not, he is more concerned with the issue of whether to do it or not: "Andre, have you considered it clearly? The central government of the border police force basically cannot provide financial support. Do you have the funds for reserve service?"

Li Xiaofeng has considered this issue. To be honest, he is really incapable of arming these nearly 20,000 people. However, he does not need to arm 20,000 people in one go. Anyway, the central government only approved his regular army of 6,000 people, first arming these 6,000 people to ensure the combat effectiveness of the regular army.

The remaining 12,000 people can take their time, and they can train first. Anyway, soldiers do not need weapons at all times when staying in the military camp, otherwise what should they do if they need an arsenal? The more than 10,000 people can only purchase weapons and equipment that meets the basic training needs. It will not be too late to fully arm them when the economy is abundant in the future.

Li Xiaofeng roughly calculated that if the training needs are only met, the more than 10,000 people only need more than 3,000 weapons and equipment are enough. Anyway, the tradition of the Russian army is to have three people and one gun. In other words, it means that the full calculation is enough. Someone only needs to purchase weapons and equipment of nine thousand people, which is only three thousand more than the original plan. Someone grits his teeth and should be able to do it.

"That's OK," Sverdlov nodded. In fact, he thought it was good, because: "If the remaining 10,000 people were basically unarmed, I believe Trotsky's opinion would be smaller."

Li Xiaofeng was very happy when his opinion was confirmed. He was excited to go to the tutor and then do his job together. However, Sverdlov stopped him: "Andre, that is to say, the final scale of the border police force is 18,000, right?"

Li Xiaofeng was a little surprised. Didn’t he already explain it very clearly just now. Isn’t it a total of 6,000 regular troops and 12,000 reserve troops? Is it necessary to ask such an obvious thing?

Of course, this guy didn't despise Sverdlov, he had no intention of this at all. Because he knew that Xiao Si was smart, how could he have questions for such an obvious question? Now, since he asked this question, there must be something here!

Sure enough, Sverdlov asked with a smile: "In other words, you are planning to submit the central government to the approval scale of 18,000 yuan, right?"

Li Xiaofeng nodded confusedly. Why isn’t he going to do this?

"Tsk!" Sverdlov shook his head and said, "You are still inexperienced, Andre!"

Li Xiaofeng's doubts became even greater. Is there anything else to pay attention to reporting a data?

Sverdlov nodded, "Yes, it's just a matter of particularity. Let's put it this way, Andre, we all know where the biggest resistance to this matter is. Although you came up with the excuse of reserve, you can imagine that Trotsky will definitely oppose it fiercely, and then you will inevitably have to bargain..."

Li Xiaofeng suddenly realized his clarity. He understood completely. Indeed! Just as Sverdlov reminded, he should not report it at a scale of 18,000 yuan. Trotsky would not let it go easily. He would have to cut off a part of this 18,000 yuan report, otherwise where would his old face be put!

"How much should I report?" Li Xiaofeng asked humbly.

"Report according to 36,000!" Sverdlov doubled directly, "You can report to the regular army with 12,000 and 24,000 reserve team with 2,000!"

Li Xiaofeng was really eye-opening, but he had no objection to the number of reserve teams. However, the regular army center had previously stipulated that it could only be 6,000, but now it has doubled. It seems to be a blatant violation of the spirit of the central government.

Sverdlov smiled and said, "This is not a violation, but a clear attitude. All you have to do is to show that you are not satisfied with the restriction. If you are not satisfied, Comrade Lenin and I can talk to you!"

Li Xiaofeng left Sverdlov's office without understanding, and prepared to go back and make a new report, and then submit it to the central government for approval. However, I don't know if it was because of his luck or his luck was too bad, so he ran out of Smolny Palace and ran into the back tutor.

"Andre, how is the formation of the border police force going?" Lenin immediately called the guy, "Go to my office to report the relevant situation in detail!"

What else can Li Xiaofeng do? Just follow him obediently, but this guy secretly feels lucky. With Sverdlov's guidance, the tutor should be satisfied, right?

"Thirty-six thousand people?" When the tutor saw this data, he frowned, as if he was very dissatisfied.

A certain immortal felt at a loss. Could it be that Sverdlov made a mistake? Could it be that the tutor thought he was too much?

However, the following words from the tutor made someone feel relieved: "How can 36,000 people be enough!"

The mentor glared at the guy fiercely, "Hasn't the Central Committee made a decision before? The border police force is organized as an army! Does the 36,000 people meet the standard infantry army organization?"

It should be similar. A standard infantry army of the Red Army generally has two to three divisions. Each division is calculated based on 12,000, which is exactly 36,000!

"Play the piano randomly!" Who would have thought that the tutor would not accept this data at all, and he taught a lesson: "Should an infantry army have subordinate supporting artillery? Doesn't the military headquarters need a soldier? Do you need to care about the logistics? Comrade Andre, your way of thinking about the problem is too one-sided! As an independent armed force, the organization of the border police force must be larger than that of the Red Army of the same level. Otherwise, who will support your troops and how to command the battle?!"

Let’s talk about it, Lenin was right. As an independent armed force, it is indeed necessary to take into account all issues in all aspects. But the central government did not intend to completely establish the border police force in one go. Isn’t it planned to realize it step by step? It seems that there is no need to think too far now, right? It is not that complicated to ensure the battle of 6,000 people, right? Moreover, some immortal really doesn’t have that much money to mess with the military artillery!

"What do you know!" Lenin glared at this guy and gave a serious lesson: "Border police forces have always been military-level combat units. Even if they cannot be fully deployed for the time being, they must first be equipped with a general-level shelf! Not to mention whether there are so many troops, even if most of the troops are only on paper, the shelf must be so big!"

Li Xiaofeng understood the meaning of the tutor. Yes, the border police force did not have those people at the beginning, but it does not mean that this unit is only at the brigade level. The spirit given by the central government is very clear. The largest organization of this unit is the army. If we only set up the airs at the brigade level, then it will not be very troublesome when we want to expand in the future? Don’t we have to apply for a report or something? Don’t we have to bargain with Trotsky again!

Lenin didn't like to make trouble like this. He could accept that the border police force had only 6,000 regular troops, but he would never accept that the maximum organization of this force was the brigade for the time being. He really couldn't afford to lose this person for a long time!

He just wants to solve this problem once and for all. Yes, considering your Trotsky relationship, I can accept that there are only 6,000 regular troops, but this airtip must be built according to the size of the army. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Cheka only have 6,000 guns, which is embarrassing to say it! The border police force must be a military, this is the bottom line. Even if this army only exists on paper, it must be a military rather than a brigade!

However, Li Xiaofeng has doubts about this: "But Comrade Trotsky probably won't agree!"

Lenin glared at the dude, "Comrade Trotsky's answer to whether he agreed or not, we must stick to principles! Do you know what it means to stick to principles?"

Li Xiaofeng nodded quickly. He understood the principled question too much. Isn’t it just a team? He never made mistakes in this regard. However, he would still ask clearly the question he should ask: "So how big should the border police force be?"

Lenin glared at him again: "According to the scale of the regular army of the three divisions, there must be military headquarters, military artillery brigades, logistics and supplies, as well as engineers and boat bridge troops... You can calculate the specific numbers yourself. If you can't figure it out, then find someone to help you calculate it! I only emphasize one thing that the border police force must be an army, an army that has no shortcomings in all aspects. And such an army has a structure of only 36,000 people, which is far from enough!"

PS: Bow to thank Admiral Hood and Comrade Potato for instant killing!
Chapter completed!