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Chapter 10 The Storm Before Dawn (Part 1)

Chu Sinan sat in the back seat of the administrative hall of Smolny Palace, his eyes slightly closed, and made a gesture of wandering around. In front of him, the angry Stalin's face turned ashen, and his straight hair was standing one by one, which made people involuntarily reminded of a word - "angry hair and crown". However, at this time, Stalin's anger seemed far from being covered by a "angry hair and crown". He was already out of anger.

In front of him, a group of personnel from the Supreme Soviet Command sat around, silent and did not dare to make a sound, especially Belia, who was sitting in the corner, was even more trembling and looked like earth. The cool autumn weather in October did not seem to have come to the old fox. The sweat on his forehead was enough to show how hot he was now. As his opponent, like Vorosilov and Molotov, although his face had changed color, he had some gloating in his eyes.

Why did Stalin get angry? Why was Belia so panicked? The reason is all from the Pravda, which just published today.

This newspaper with the largest circulation in the Soviet Union, today, on October 12, released a message. The general content is: The Battle of Bryansk, which lasted for nearly a month, ended completely at 3:45 am today. In this battle, our army wiped out 230,000 German troops, including more than 160,000 prisoners, seized more than 640 German tanks, more than 500 armored combat vehicles, and more than 730 artillery types.

The battle was the greatest victory that our army has achieved on the front battlefield since the outbreak of the great Patriotic War. It not only effectively eliminated the living forces of the German army and dealt a heavy blow to the central cluster of the German army, but also defeated the arrogance of the German fascists, the great dictator, and the war madman Hitler. The Battle of Bryansk is of great significance and proves to the world that the unjust war of aggression carried out by the German fascists is unpopular, it is...

The whole report was filled with tens of thousands of words, occupying a whole half of the pages of Pravda. Except for the first half of the report on the situation of the entire battle at the specific stage of the entire battle, the rest were basically analyses and comments. The author's wording was very gorgeous, and he praised the wise and powerful martial arts of the Supreme Command led by Comrade Stalin for his all-out ability. Especially at the end of the article, he praised Comrade Stalin who directly designated the plan for this combat.

Originally, a report like this would not arouse Stalin's anger anyway, and indeed, Stalin's anger did not come from this report.

A post on the front page is turned over and the first report in the second edition is the title of the report. The report is "Leningrad in crisis". The general content of the report is that while the Soviet army launched the Bryangsk Battle in the middle road area, the German army in the North Road had defeated the resistance of the Northwest Front and the Baltic Front with a force of unstoppable force, and directly advanced to the city of Leningrad, an important city on the Baltic Sea coast of the Soviet Union. At the same time, the Finnish army also defeated the Soviet defense line responsible for resisting and surrounded the city of Leningrad from the northwest. As of October 10, the two German armies had formed an encirclement of the entire Leningrad. Now, the Soviet army and people surrounded by Leningrad are facing great difficulties. Hunger and lack of ammunition will make their resistance and struggle even more difficult.

The announcement of this news made Stalin a little unhappy. In the past, news such as this might affect the fighting spirit of the people were not allowed to be distributed, but this time Pravda violated the ban.

What is even more outrageous is a report in the fourth edition of the historical issue discussion version, titled "Looking at Tukhachevsky's military concept from the fascist blitzkrieg." This report starts with a detailed analysis of the tactical strategies and battlefield advancement methods of German fascist blitzkrieg since the outbreak of the war, and then through these analysis, we compare the new military technology reforms proposed by Tukhachevsky and committed to implementing. At the same time, the report also elaborates on a future war concept that Tukhachevsky mentioned nearly ten years ago - "The future war will inevitably be motorized,"

Rapid wars, new technologies and new military technologies combined with mechanization, air combat, and chemical warfare will play a decisive role in the war." At that time, Tukhachevsky's theory was questioned by most people. General Budonni, who was born in cavalry, even specifically accused Tukhachevsky in court, saying that he "quickly formed a tank army at the expense of cavalry and cavalry expenditures," which was a typical sabotage activity. Now, the war has been outbreak for several months. The cruel reality tells people how correct and pioneering Tukhachevsky's war theory was at the beginning.

This article was submitted by an unknown author named "The Pioneer of the 21st Century". Although the lyrics of the article are not sharp and even the words are not very beautiful, the author obviously has the overall concept of war and has a meticulous observation of the development of war. The most incredible thing is that he seems to know very clearly and in detail everything about Tukhachevsky. In the article, he can even list the specific time when the Tukhachevs basic people participated in the revolution, every battle they had presided over, every military reform content they proposed, etc.

This highly targeted article is undoubtedly intended to commend Tukhachevsky, who has been characterized as a "spy" and a "state traitor", at least, is also deliberately promoting his military philosophy.

The appearance of this article made Stalin very angry. The first thing he did was to criticize Molotov. After all, this guy is now the editor-in-chief of Pravda. If such articles appear in the newspaper he was in charge of, he must bear an unshirkable responsibility. However, Molotov also has his own reasons. This report was added later. It was a manuscript that was transferred from the Kremlin after the final edition. Because time was rushed and the source of the manuscript was the Kremlin, he had no time to review it and published it.

Molotov's words undoubtedly added fuel to Stalin. Where is the Kremlin? That is his center of power. How can such a place go wrong? If something goes wrong, where can it come from?

It is necessary to investigate, it is necessary to investigate carefully, and it is necessary to find out who the root of the disaster is hidden by yourself!

Stalin's suspicion was first fixed on Chu Sinan. The young man's cunning seemed to be getting deeper and deeper, making people unable to see through. And according to Belia, he had been with those damn guys for a while, and he got along very well.
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