The reason why Ubolevic was surprised was very simple. He felt that there was something wrong with Tukhachevsky's troops!

"It is correct to use nine divisions to eliminate four American divisions, but it is far from enough to use only eight divisions to block the aid!" Ubolevic said excitedly.

Why not enough? Because the French and British coalition also have eight divisions, and eight divisions seem to be half a pound to eight divisions. But Ubolevich believes that the quantity equality has no meaning. Can half a pound of scrap iron and eight ounces of gold be the same?

These eight divisions of the British and French coalition forces are very powerful, especially good at positional warfare. The eight divisions of Tukhachevsky were first of all, and the firepower was absolutely inferior. Secondly, the Belarusian front was better at mobile warfare. Blocking warfare is not a positional warfare, it must be a head-on battle. In this case, Tukhachevsky's blocking troops had no advantage in number, no advantage in firepower, and even a little unfit in tactics. This battle is unstoppable no matter how you look at this battle!

Anyway, Ubolevic is not optimistic about Tukhachevsky's blocking aid forces at all. It is very likely that the British and French coalition forces will be rushed to pieces when they meet. At that time, the blocking of aid will be unfavorable and the siege will be launched again, which will be an absolute disaster!

Li Xiaofeng didn't say anything. He stared at Tukhachevsky's combat plan and his face was quite serious. The reason was not only the reasons Ubolevic said, but even he felt that Tukhachevsky chose to enter the battle.

Obviously, Tukhachevsky's overall combat idea is to pinch soft persimmons. He took it for granted that the US team had problems with its combat capabilities and attitude. He was going to take action against the Americans first, and eat four American divisions in one bite to win the lead.

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

This requires careful analysis. It is true that the Americans only participated in the war in 1917. It can only be said that they have caught up with the end of World War One. Objectively speaking, the US team has not suffered the harsh tests of the first few years of the war, and they have not had many commendable results in the more than one year of participation. Overall, the battle can be achieved, and even to be honest, the American soldiers are like cannon fodder.

Moreover, the American soldiers' fighting will is not strong. Originally, they did not have much national hatred and family ties with the German and Austrian group. It was just that they boarded the European battlefield because of the needs of the state machinery. They probably would not have any good feelings for the war. I am afraid they would rather finish the work and go home to live a small life.

Third, the quality of American professional officers is worse than that of Britain and France. To be honest, who made the US Senate keep the development of the army since the end of the Civil War, and once wanted to replace the regular army with militias. So much so that generals like Pershing, who specialize in bullying the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, could also be promoted to generals. Objectively speaking, the level of the US Army officers was really not very good at that time.

Even Tukhachevsky despised the Americans and was preparing to sacrifice the flag of the Americans. However, in Li Xiaofeng's opinion, Tukhachevsky was really proud. It is true that the quality and combat effectiveness of the US Army soldiers were average, and the officers were just that. Moreover, there were no honors and achievements worth mentioning in history. However, we cannot just think that the United States is easy to bully!

It is necessary to figure out that the low quality of the US team depends on whom it compares with, and compared with old imperialism, such as Germany, France and Britain. It does seem to be unfounded and qualifying. However, compared with the new Red Army, it is actually not bad, and even in terms of the cultural quality of soldiers. The American soldiers also have great advantages. The Red Army is just a little better than the other party in hard work.

Besides, the officers are indeed suppressed by the Senate and have been in a very miserable state. But it is undeniable that they are qualified officers who graduated from regular military academies and received a systematic and complete military education. What about the Red Army? A group of five students who became monks and crash courses halfway.

The reason why Tukhachevsky felt good about himself was nothing more than bullying the White Army in the civil war, and the Russian team had some outstanding results in history. But everyone knows what the White Army is. As for historical records, what does it have to do with the current Red Army? Do you think this is the era of Suwonov and Kutuzov?

In short, Tukhachevsky felt too good about himself. The American soldiers may be worse than the German team, but they will definitely not be weaker than the Belarusian Front. Even after France's training for the past or two years, the Americans have fully absorbed the advanced experience of World War I, and the officers generally hope to win honors, so the morale of the whole country is quite high. Choosing them as a breakthrough is really not a good choice.

In Li Xiaofeng's view, if he was commanding the Belarusian Front, he would not have attacked the Americans, and he would have chosen the British as his target. Why are the British? First of all, the British have the least force, only three divisions of troops, which is easier to talk.

Secondly, the quality of the British Expeditionary Force or the British Army is just that. The British are strong in the navy, and the army cannot even make it the word "Royal"! Moreover, the British team has been fighting for more than four years, and there is a general feeling of war weariness from top to bottom. They have no desire for so-called honor. Now that Germany is over, they still cannot rest, and their morale is relatively low.

Moreover, the British officials' performance in the First World War cannot be said to be good, they can only be considered passing. They are generally conservative, follow the rules, lack sufficient military imagination, and only know how to mechanically obey the orders of superiors. The British division and military officers at the first-level army are full of "noble" atmosphere, and they are as rigid as granite, and often emphasize authority and obedience to subordinates, using them like instructing servants.

Such an old-fashioned unit has no creativity or imagination at all. He only knows to follow the rules and mechanically execute the orders of superiors. Fortunately, the battle is a "static" war. The spider-web-like trenches curbed the mobility of both parties involved. Otherwise, with the British team's stereotype, they would be eaten to the point of not even leaving any bones when facing a mobile and flexible opponent!

Li Xiaofeng believed that Tukhachevsky was better to choose the British, and even the French were better than the United States. Although the French had a lot of troops, the French had a consistent attitude towards war with the British. They had already hated combat and their morale was not high. Moreover, the advantage of military strength would make them feel safe. It was impossible for the Red Army to attack them. Through a quick surprise attack, it was possible to defeat the French and create a certain degree of chaos.

Unfortunately, Tukhachevsky chose a so-called "soft persimmon" and put the truly weak Britain and France aside. It has to be said that this is quite regrettable.

"You are right. There is indeed a problem in choosing the target of the battle. Beating the British is better than beating the Americans!" Ubolevic said in a pertinent manner, "and Comrade Tukhachevsky's combat method is too simple and rough. The process of separating the Americans from the British and French coalition forces is too simple and direct!"

It's more than just a simple and direct one. Tukhachevsky was simply a brute-force crackdown. According to his plan, the blocking forces inserted into the junction between the Americans and the French in one breath, forcibly stripped them away, and then the attacking forces rushed up and swallowed the Americans in one go.

Such a tactic is a head-on battle. It must be seen that even if the connection between the enemies becomes loose through big steps, this forced intrusion is still very difficult. The connection between the enemies is too close, which will make the blocking troops have little space to use. If the blocking and the aid are not good, they will be penetrated by the enemy in minutes.

"It's so risky! Nearly thirty divisions from both sides of the enemy and us squeezed into this small area around Warsaw, and there was no room for maneuver or circumference. This was simply because of one's own shortcomings and one's strengths. Such a battle Allies were better at it!" Ubolevic said worriedly.

"Would we jointly send a newspaper to the Central Committee to point out the problems and risks in Comrade Tukhachevsky's plan and let him..."

Before Ubolevic finished speaking, Li Xiaofeng reached out to stop him. A certain immortal smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "It's useless. The Military Commission has agreed to this plan. Comrade Trotsky wants to solve the problem at once. All he wants is a decisive battle!"

"Then you can't take such a big risk. This is just a nonsense!" Ubolevic was anxious.

Li Xiaofeng grabbed him and said earnestly: "They won't listen to our suggestions. Instead of annoying them, let them wear them with small shoes, it's better to think about whether there is any other way to reverse the unfavorable situation!"

Ubolevich frowned. After thinking for a long time, he sighed: "What can I do? Apart from the troops guarding East Prussia, we can't provide much power. At most, there are five divisions. Even if we are thrown into the Warsaw battlefield in one go, we can't make the situation open. The troops there are too tight and there are too many. If we rush in, it will make the battlefield more congested and cause more fearless casualties!"

Li Xiaofeng also understands this principle. The more troops you can invest in a battlefield, the better. Sometimes the more troops you invest, the lower the combat efficiency. For example, according to Tukhachevsky's plan, 17 divisions were invested around Warsaw in one go, plus 12 divisions of the Allies Group, so it was really crowded. Continuing to invest troops into this battlefield will only make the battlefield more crowded. At that time, the machine guns fire and "cut grass" at will, and the shells fell and killed a large area, which was simply filled with human lives!

At that time, I was really fighting side by side in position, comparing who had strong firepower. Those with weak firepower like the Red Army would definitely suffer a great loss. So Li Xiaofeng didn't want to join in the fun and didn't want to use the precious living power to fill the pit.

"The task given to us by the Central Committee is to cooperate with the Belarusian Front. I think cooperating with their battles does not mean that we have to jump into that pit!" Li Xiaofeng expressed his thoughts, "It is the same thing as whether we have the battlefield in Warsaw, and it has been saturated there. We should open up a new battlefield and share the pressure for the Belarusian Front from other aspects."

Ubolevic agrees with this. He disagreed with Tukhachevsky's gambling style from the beginning, believing that in order to defeat the powerful alliance team, the Red Army must fully utilize the strengths of the Red Army, rather than foolishly confronting each other head-on.

According to Ubolevici's idea, Tukhachevsky should retreat more boldly. What is the point of retreating to Warsaw? He should give up Poland directly, or even give up Belarus and Ukraine, so that they can't maintain the war model of flat-line push in the first battle. Once the Allies reveal their flaws, the Red Army should give full play to the advantages of strong mobility, accumulate small victories into big victories through continuous mobile warfare, and drag down the Allies step by step!

Ubolevic's tactics are objectively more scientific and feasible. But it is obvious that politically does not work. Trotsky could not agree if he was the first. And it doesn't make sense to say this now. The task of the Baltic Front is to cooperate with the Belarusian Front. Even if the Baltic Front wants to retreat, Tukhachevsky would not agree, right?

"It's definitely not possible to retreat." Triandafilov said solemnly, "On the contrary, the only way we can turn the situation around now is to move forward!"

Triandafilov pointed to the map and said, "From the situation where the enemy gathered heavily in Warsaw, the enemy is not interested in us for the time being. He is ready to turn around and destroy us after destroying the Belarusian Front... and this is our opportunity!"

Triandafilov said excitedly: "They probably thought we only wanted to defend and only defend the land of East Prussia. But we could have been surprised. Just imagine, what would happen to the enemy when we suddenly attacked the hinterland of Germany?"

Ubolevic frowned and asked, "You mean we will cut off the supply line of the Allies and stab them in the back?"

Triandafilov shook his head and said, "No. That's too direct. And according to the reconnaissance, the enemy's follow-up troops are pouring into Berlin in large quantities. If we just cut off the supply line, we may bump into their powerful follow-up troops. I'm afraid it will be unoptimistic at that time!"

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

"Szczechin!" Triandafilov replied firmly.

Li Xiaofeng was stunned and asked back: "What's the point of fighting Szechecin?"

But Ubolevich slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "It is of course meaningful to fight Szczecin. Occupying Szczecin is equivalent to destroying the logistics base used by the Allies to attack East Prussia, which can cause a lot of trouble for them to attack East Prussia in the future!"

Licking his lips, Ubolevic continued, "And the benefits are more than this. It has occupied Szczecin. It is equivalent to opening another road to Berlin. The previous allies focused on the transportation line from Poznan to Berlin. They were heavily deployed in this generation, but Szczecin did not receive much attention. With our troops, we can completely defeat Szczecin and act like a threat to Berlin!"

Li Xiaofeng understood. This move was indeed good. From Szczechin's threat to Berlin, he would definitely catch the Allies off guard and force them to adjust their deployment, making it impossible for them to attack Warsaw with all their might, which indirectly relieves Tukhachevsky's pressure.

"This is not all." Ubolevici became more and more excited as he spoke. He clicked on the northern German region on the map and said: "After taking down Szczechin, it is not powerful to attack Berlin with our troops, but it is completely feasible to continue sweeping westward. We can send a small group of troops to continue to go westward into the northeastern German region. According to Comrade Trotsky, the German proletariat is very powerful. We can make a big fuss in this area, and even directly take over Rostock, an industrial city in northern Germany!"

Li Xiaofeng's eyes immediately lit up. Didn't Trotsky keep yelling that the center of the World Revolution is Germany? Then he will make a fuss in Germany. If a revolution can be launched again in the northeastern region of Germany, not to mention the final result, it will inevitably make the German Albert government busy for a while. Making Germany messed up would also indirectly weaken the interference of the Allies!

The most important thing is that if you only have a small investment and are backed by the Baltic Sea, you can withdraw even if you face siege. Even Li Xiaofeng thought of more, who said that you can only attack Szechin by land, and you can play an amphibious attack again, attacking cities along the Baltic Sea coast in northeastern Germany from sea.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng was also a little excited. With his imagination, he kept proposing some "strange ideas". Although they may not be able to achieve them, they provided more creativity to Ubolevic and Triandafilov, allowing these two military strategists to greatly improve their ideas.

When Li Xiaofeng was constantly making a whimsical battle plan at night, the battle between Tukhachevsky and Foch finally started!

On September 29, in Vovich, on the banks of the Bujula River, the French team, which had just begun to arrive in the city, was suddenly attacked by the Red Army. After a long-planned rapid attack, the French were repelled, and the Red Army's cavalry took the opportunity to boldly intersperse, tearing a hole at the junction of the French team and the US team in one fell swoop.

In the first battle, Tukhachevsky won the following three divisions in one fell swoop, continuing to expand the breakthrough point and moving forward quickly. In the early morning of September 30, the French and American talents were shocked to find that the connection between them had been basically cut off.

Not only was the connection cut off, on September 30, the Belarusian Front, which was responsible for encircling and eliminating the nine divisions of the US Expeditionary Force, launched a massive attack on the Americans by the cavalry. The Americans were caught off guard and underprepared vanguard were shattered into pieces by the Red Army's cavalry. By the night of the battle, Tukhachevsky's first combat concept had been basically achieved... (To be continued)

ps: Bow and thank you for holding Polunzi, the parasite Schistosoma parasite and comrade Juventus!
Chapter completed!