The secretary recorded the telegram and was about to turn around when he was stopped by Timoshenko.
"Wait a minute." Timoshenko stopped his secretary and asked Stalin, "Comrade Stalin, may I ask what the name of that young Chinese comrade is?"
"Oh, look at my memory." Stalin slapped his forehead and said, "His name is Xu Rui."
"It is indeed him. I have heard Cherev talk about him a long time ago." Timoshenko nodded happily and continued, "I heard that this man not only has excellent command skills, but also has excellent special operations skills.
We even trained an invincible special force on the Chinese battlefield, and this force also has a resounding name, the Langya Brigade!"
Stalin had to deal with so many things every day that he simply couldn't hold so much in his mind.
But it doesn't matter, because there is a special archives storage room in the headquarters. At that time, Stalin asked his secretary to go to the archives storage room to retrieve Xu Rui's information. Soon, the detailed information about Xu Rui collected by the Cheka was placed in the archives.
When Stalin came to Stalin's desk, he picked up the documents and looked at them. They basically didn't differ much from what Timoshenko said.
"It's interesting." Stalin lit a pot of cigarettes and started puffing away.
Timoshenko also picked up this material after obtaining Stalin's permission.
After reading the information, Timoshenko's eyes immediately brightened up, and vague thoughts gradually began to take shape in his mind.
Or, this Xu Rui can really come in handy!
When answering Stalin's question just now, Timoshenko did not dare to speak too slowly. He only dared to say that he had some knowledge of the Soviet-Finnish war. In fact, this was not the case. On the way here, Timoshenko had already passed through various
relationship, thoroughly understood the entire combat process of the Winter Offensive, and had a clear grasp of the reasons for the failure of the Northwest Front.
The main reason for the defeat of the Northwest Front was that they knew nothing about the defense situation of the Finnish Army's Mannerheim Line!
After the battle began, the Northwest Front Army did not even know the number of the Finnish army on the opposite side. As for the number of troops, the layout of the main and support positions, the setting up of communication lines, etc., it was even more ignorant. The Northwest Front Army was like a blindfolded man.
The big bear broke into the quagmire of the Finnish army. How could he not suffer defeat?
However, it is not that the Northwestern Front Army did not work hard. Meretskov actually sent a large number of skirmishers deep into the Karelian Isthmus and the forest and snow fields on the Soviet-Finnish border, trying to find out what Finland was like before the army attacked.
The army deployed its troops and set up its positions, but unfortunately, the reconnaissance operation ended in failure.
After careful analysis, Timoshenko came to the conclusion that in skirmishing, Soviet soldiers were no match for Finnish soldiers. The reason was simple: Finns liked skiing, and almost everyone could ski, so they were recruited into the army.
Finnish soldiers are even more skiing experts, so Finnish soldiers have stronger mobility in the forest and snowfields, which means they have a larger attack range and more rest time, which is decisive in actual combat.
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Therefore, even if Timoshenko found the crux of the problem, he could not change it in his eagerness, because he could not find so many ski masters in a short time, and even if he found enough ski masters, he could not solve the problem in a short time.
They were trained to become an army capable of conquering and fighting.
This means that even if Timoshenko is replaced as the commander of the Northwest Front, he will not be able to reverse the disadvantage in intelligence. The only thing he can do is not to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly like Meretskov, but to
Adopt a steady and step-by-step approach to combat, but this is undoubtedly an inefficient and costly tactic.
On the way to Moscow, Timoshenko had been worrying about this.
However, the appearance of Xu Rui gave Timoshenko another way of thinking.
It is of course impossible to find a group of ski masters and train them into an army in a short period of time, but if Xu Rui and his Wolf Fang troops can be seconded to the Northwest Front Army, it will be more than enough to deal with the Finnish army's skirmishers.
This also means that Timoshenko will have a great opportunity to control the troop deployment and defense deployment of the Finnish army.
Thinking of this, Timoshenko immediately said to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, if possible, I hope that the Spike troops under Xu Rui's command can also be seconded to the Northwest Front Army."
Stalin took off the pipe from his mouth, nodded and said, "I think so too."
After finishing speaking, Stalin turned to the female secretary and said: "Yunya, I'm afraid the telegram needs to be revised. In addition to Xu Rui, we also need to add the Wolf Fang Brigade trained by Xu Rui! Of course, our Soviet government will never occupy it.
The advantage of the CCP is that as long as the CCP agrees to our request, the Comintern will immediately provide the CCP with half a million US dollars in cash! In addition, the weapons and equipment provided to the CCP every year can also be appropriately increased."
"Okay." The female secretary finished recording the telegram, turned around and left.
Stalin said to Timoshenko again: "Comrade Timoshenko, the next step is up to you."
Timoshenko stood at attention and said, "Yes, I will never let the Supreme Leader down."
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The urgent telegram from the Soviet High Command soon arrived in Irkutsk.
Then, the telegram was forwarded to the Cullen Hotel as soon as possible.
Of course, almost at the same time, this telegram also arrived in Yan'an.
"What, you want me to go to the Northwest Front Army Headquarters as the director of the staff department? The Langya Brigade is also going together?" Xu Rui looked straight at Zhukov, unable to believe his ears. Damn, let me, a Chinese, go to your Soviet Union.
What does it mean to be the chief of staff of the Northwest Front Army?
There were millions of Soviet troops and they couldn't even find a chief of staff?
What's even more outrageous is that they actually need to adjust a Wolf Fang Brigade!
What kind of rhythm is this? But it turns out that in that time and space, there seems to be such an example.
Didn’t Chairman Mao’s eldest son once serve as a party representative in a tank company of the Soviet Red Army? He also participated in the counterattack against Belarus, Poland and the Czech Republic, and made many military exploits.
If the time is right, Xu Rui wouldn't mind taking the Wolf Fang Brigade to the Soviet Union.
The problem is that the construction of the Baotou Industrial Zone has just begun, and the Baotou Tea Road has just been reopened. Both the construction of the Baotou Industrial Zone and the transportation line from Baotou to Kulun require the escort of the Langya Brigade. At this juncture, the inspection
The Hal Independent Regiment needs him as the leader to stay and take command.
At this time, it is really not suitable to go to the Soviet Union.
From Xu Rui's expression, Zhukov could see his thoughts.
"You can choose not to accept it." Zhukov shrugged and said calmly, "However, I must remind you that this also means that the cooperation between your Chahar Independent Regiment and our Far East Front Army has officially ended, so I hope
You can carefully consider this proposal and tell me your final results."
After finishing speaking, Zhukov immediately turned around and left the reception hall.
Only Xu Rui and a dozen other Langya players were left in the huge hall.
Digua and the other dozen or so Langya team members were also dumbfounded, not expecting that Zhukov would propose such a condition.
After a long while, Digua scratched his head and said blankly: "Commander, what should we do now? Should we go to the Soviet Union?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Zou Chao said angrily, "There is no choice at all. If we don't go to the Soviet Union, the Soviet army will immediately stop cooperating with us. Not only will it withdraw all experts, but it will also cancel the previous
All the purchase and sale contracts signed, if this happens, not only will the Baotou Industrial Zone be destroyed immediately, but the Baotou Tea Road in Futong will be interrupted again."
Among all the people here, Zou Chao is the only one who wants to go to the Soviet Union, just because of Yelena.
Because Yelena just told him that she would soon be transferred to the Northwest Front.
Zou Chao was heartbroken because of this incident, but a turning point came unexpectedly.
"Yes, you are really eager to go to the Soviet Union." Digua curled his lips and said very contemptuously, "Because if you go to the Soviet Union, you can fool around with your foreign wife again."
"Why are you talking?" Zou Chao was immediately annoyed, "Who is a foreign woman, and what is fooling around?"
"Hey, you Kuomintang reactionary, you dare to challenge me, are you itchy?" Digua was also annoyed immediately.
"Let me go, who do you think is the Kuomintang? Who is the reactionary?" Zou Chao said angrily, "I am an upright and upright Communist Party member now, and I am still a fucking wolf!"
"Fuck you." Digua hooked his fingers and said, "Come here, I promise not to beat you to death."
"Fuck, I'll come as soon as I come, I'm afraid of you." Zou Chao stood in front of Sweet Potato, face to face.
"That's enough, shut the fuck up!" Xu Rui snorted, stopped the two people who were about to hit each other face to face, and said angrily, "Sister, please calm down."
After saying that, Xu Rui went straight back to the room.
Not long after returning to the room, there was a knock on the door.
When he opened the door, he saw that it was Leng Tiefeng standing outside.
Along the way from Heigu to Kulun, under Wu Han's careful care, Leng Tiefeng's injuries have almost recovered. In Wu Han's words, he has never seen a severely burned patient recover so quickly. For ordinary people, ten
It's hard to say whether he can survive the critical period in a few days, but Leng Tiefeng has basically recovered. With this kind of physique, there is really no one like him.
Xu Rui turned sideways, let Leng Tiefeng into the room, and asked: "Veteran, have you heard about it?"
Leng Tiefeng snorted lightly and said bluntly: "Old Xu, we have no choice in this matter. Just take the main force of the Langya Brigade to the Soviet Union. Leave Baotou to me and Lao Wang." After a pause, he continued.
He said, "I know you are worried about the safety of Baotou Industrial Zone and Tea Road, but aren't there still Huzi and I?"
Xu Rui was a little confused. Should he go? Or not?
