After entering Irkutsk, Liervin quickly felt that the atmosphere in the city was very unusual. There is a kind of depression before the mountain rain is about to come.

Lilvin asked Sokolov, the head of the local Cheka in Irkutsk: "What is the situation in the city?" ”

Sokolov was a drunkard in his early thirties with a scruffy beard, and he spewed out a breath of alcohol from his mouth: "Comrade commissioner, the situation in the city is the same as before, it is just that there are a little more white troops and a little chaos. ”

It is conceivable that Learwin absolutely did not like this answer, what kind of fool would come to such a ridiculous conclusion? Can't these stupid ass of the embarrassed Cheka see how nervous the current shape shì is?

According to Lierwen's temper, she definitely has to clean up this kind of idiot, but she quickly reacted, she is not a Cheka person, she came only to find clues of a certain immortal, as for whether the person in charge of the local Cheka is conscientious and competent, and has a dime to do with her?

On the contrary, the more waste wood the local Cheka, the better, and the better it is a bunch of idiots.

Just as Liervin was about to close one eye and pretend not to see, she suddenly noticed that Chabaev's expression was not very good. After being stunned for a moment, she reacted, this is Chabaev can't get used to Sokolov's style.

Come to think of it, as a famous combat hero, Chabaev's style is still relatively strong, at least he is serious and responsible enough for his work. Especially at present, he is being directly delegated by Trotsky and the Military Commission, and his sense of responsibility is at an all-time high, if Leerwin, the commissioner, does not do something. He's going to go crazy right away.

Actually, all the way. Lierwin had already learned Chabaev's passion for his work. In order to carry out the mission, he could go three days and three nights without sleeping, and he could rush forward fearlessly in the face of enemy fire.

Anyway, none of the White Army was able to cause trouble for Chabaev, and under the leadership of this very strong division commander, his cavalry was like a pack of lions, tearing apart the sheep-like White Army in minutes.

To tell the truth, at that time, Lierwin still had some feelings about why all the fierce men who could fight in the Russians took refuge in the Bolsheviks. Look at this group of rotten people on the White Army's side. Except for the time when I see women and vodka, I feel like mud in a pit.

Sometimes, Li Erwen spends so much money because his superiors are not worthy, and he is armed with a rabble, a bunch of scum with no ideals. The Bolsheviks, who had no money, were able to arm an army of steel with empty slogans, looked so incompetent in comparison.

However, this is not a good time to overthink. Learvin quickly straightened up his face and said, "Comrade Sokolov. I am very dissatisfied with your work attitude, look at your appearance, listless and drunk, where is there still a Communist Party member and Cheka look...... I'm only going to give you five minutes, and within five minutes you have to sober up immediately, or I don't mind helping you sober up! ”

Sokolov was taken aback, as a native of Irkutsk, an authentic drunkard, for more than a year, most of his work consisted of drinking and sleeping, except for occasional reports to his superiors about the situation on the Trans-Siberian railway line. So much so that he thought that this was what the revolution and the anti-rebellion work were all about.

Fortunately, the idiot's brain had not yet been completely burned out by the inferior alcohol, and he remembered who Learvin was, and the power that that identity could bring him. To put it mildly, as long as Learwin says a word, his head will have to fall to the ground. So in an instant, he came to his senses.

After beating a spirit and trembling twice, Sokolov changed to another face, and he didn't even dare to speak out of his atmosphere, for fear that he would be clicked by the commissioner if he didn't agree with him.

"It seems that you are finally sober," Learwin snorted, and asked contemptuously, "I ask you again, what is the situation in the city?" ”

In fact, it would be superfluous to ask again, because this comrade Sokolov's work capacity is really limited, and it is not polite to say that the Cheka station in Irkutsk basically did not perform its proper function, and could only do some very simple work -- to get information from the local White Army newspapers or the mouths of drunken white dogs in taverns.

Obviously, such information is very limited, and its authenticity is difficult to guarantee. Fortunately, before Kolchak was finished, the higher-ups were not interested in knowing what was happening in the direction of Irkuts, which made Sokolov mess up until now.

Li Erwen sighed faintly, sometimes she felt incredible, although the Cheka had already separated, and Li Xiaofeng, as the outstanding representative of the Cheka, had set up another door. But how could Learvin not believe that in the previous year or so, how a certain immortal had relied on such an unreliable organization to obtain so much important information?

At times, Learvine suspected that the Cheka was nothing more than a façade for the Bolsheviks, an empty shell to paralyze MI6. Because this institution is simply too incompetent and inefficient.

After sending Sokolov away and ordering the drunkard to do a real intelligence job, Lilvin smiled bitterly at Chabaev: "Vasily. Comrade Chabaev, it seems that the situation here is quite unsatisfactory, and the local Cheka is not reliable at all! ”

Chabaev complained in his heart: "The local Cheka is not only unreliable, but it is fortunate that these grandsons do not lag behind!" ”

Of course, Chabaev is not a fool and will not directly attack his incompetent subordinates in front of a Cheka boss, and it is taboo for him to bluntly expose his ugliness, while he, an outsider, interjects indiscriminately without knowing the sky, then it is taboo.

Therefore, Chabaev just didn't hear what Lilvin said just now, and shrewdly diverted the topic: "Comrade commissioner, you give orders, I will fight wherever you point!" ”

Liervin glanced at Chabaev meaningfully, she had always thought that Chabaev was just a reckless Qiuba, the kind of officer who was born from the grassroots, and was better at using his hands than his brains. But now it seemed necessary for her to correct this impression, the Bolsheviks were too good at "educating" people. Even a Qiu like Chabayev can be educated so schemingly. This ability is really not small!

It's something that can't be helped. When the Red Army was first formed, the Bolsheviks had to appoint only old officers, and God knows whether these old officers were reliable or not. In order to prevent the usurpation of military power by the old officers, the Bolsheviks could only limit them with commissars and Chekas.

And these commissars and Cheka tell the truth, the way of working is relatively rough, and it is easy to lose their heads when they speak against them. Under the pressure of reality, the officers of the Red Army could only try to improve their political skills. Anyway, those who lack hearts and eyes basically can't survive.

Pressure makes people progress, and under the pressure of survival, even the most vulgar Qiu Ba will learn to be smart. What's more, Chabaev is not that kind of big and rough, although he has a similar temper to the traditional Russian Maozi, loves to drink, and dances when he drinks too much, and his troops are also full of guerrilla atmosphere, relying on his personal charm to maintain the relationship between the top and the bottom.

However, it must also be noted that Chabaev received a "political education" very early, in 1918, when his troops were growing. The superiors were ready to pick peaches. At that time, his unit was transformed into a division (originally a brigade), but Chabaev, who single-handedly pulled the team together, was not appointed as the division commander. Instead, a Zakharov was parachuted in to take over his troops.

To tell the truth, everyone can see that this is the distrust of Chabayev from his superiors and the preparation to take away his military power. Fortunately, Chabaev's soldiers did not buy Khazarov's account and did not listen to the command of the new division commander at all, forcing his superiors to reappoint Chabaev as division commander.

The story and the entanglement did not end, and it may have been that Chabaev was glad that he could be reinstated, but the government was much uglier than he had imagined. It is conceivable that Chabaev's superiors absolutely did not like him and his stabbing team, and would definitely educate Chabaev on how to behave.

Soon, the bloodless soft knife stabbed him, and soon after, his superiors ordered his troops to attack Samara without any assistance. It looks like they are ready to use the White Army to destroy Chabayev's troops. However, what is more comic is that Chabaev's military genius played a role, he miraculously annihilated an enemy army and won an unprecedented victory.

So far, it seems that the result is not bad, and even Chabaev may be a little proud. Soon however, he was no longer complacent, and the Whites soon gathered another army to deal with him, who had already suffered heavy losses, and his troops were soon besieged.

At that time, Chibaev asked for support countless times, but his superiors ignored them.

In the end, Chabaev himself was desperate, and he crossed the ranks and sent a telegram directly to the military headquarters of the Fourth Army: "...... On average, we had to repel the enemy's attack 5 times a day. Casualties were heavy, two companies were captured. Many soldiers disobeyed, and I had to shoot 10 of the leading troublemakers...... I know you're going to kill me, but please spare the soldiers......"

Having received this telegram, the 4th Army ordered Chabaev to leave the unit and report to Trotsky at the headquarters of the army group. But soon another telegram was sent saying: "Don't try to escape, or I'll shoot you." ”

In the end, Chabaev, who was badly repaired, was thrown out of the unit in disgrace and sent by the Fourth Army to the Military Academy of the General Staff in the rear for further study under the pretext of further study. Of course, fools know that further training is fake, and it is true to let him get out.

If it weren't for Frunze's admiration for him and bringing him back into the army, this battle hero might have been moldy in that corner of Moscow!

Anyway, that time gave Chabaev a profound lesson, and made him understand that military prowess is nonsense, and if there is no one on it, he will be killed in minutes.

But as an aside, the historical Chabaev did not end well, and when Frunze was transferred, he was once again badly repaired, his troops were almost completely scattered, scattered on a 200-kilometer front, and once again tragically surrounded by the White Army.

That time even alarmed Lenin, and the mentor personally sent a telegram to the Red Army field command: "Please save the brave and loyal commander Comrade Chabaev, who is more precious than gold." ”

This time, with the direct intervention of the mentor, Chabaev got through the danger again, but the heavens seemed to be playing tricks on him. When he returned home for the rest of his life, he was stunned to find that he had been cuckolded, and in a fit of rage, the combat hero cleaned up his wife who was out of the wall and divorced her.

The rest of the story is a complete tragedy, the wife who came out of the wall tried to ask for her husband's forgiveness. But it was rejected. So in a fit of rage, she betrayed the location of her husband's division to the White Army (it can be seen how important it is to find a good wife!). ）。

Under the surprise attack of the White Army. Chabaev was outnumbered and died of serious injuries.

Of course, this is a story from history. And in this plane, Chabaev's luck is not so bad, although it is still inevitable that he will be cuckolded, but Kolchak collapsed earlier than in history, avoiding his coffee table end.

It can be seen that encountering a little setback is not a bad thing for Chabaev, at least he understands that people are sinister. At least let him not be as arrogant as before, thinking that he has merit and can ignore Yiqiē. All in all, winning without arrogance or discouragement, and being a low-key talent is the king.

But sometimes it doesn't work for some people to keep a low profile, born to be possessed by a god of decay, and poor Chabaev doesn't know that he is following an imposter on a counter-revolutionary plot that will make him lose his head.

What is even more terrible is that once the conspiracy of this impostor has inflicted great losses on the Bolsheviks and the Soviets, then he is the one who bears the blame in the end!

Why is it Chabaev who bears the blame? No matter how you look at him, he is a victim, the only thing that needs to be condemned is the Cheka, the commissioner is really unreliable! The problem though. Can the Cheka be condemned?

Obviously, no, the current boss of the Cheka is Rykov. It was an important figure in the Trotskyists, and once the Cheka was to blame for it, Rykov would not be the first to escape responsibility. Let me ask, was Chabaev important to Trotsky, or was Rykov important to Trotsky?

Obviously, Trotsky will definitely protect Rykov, and naturally the responsibility lies with Chabaev, and he has this black pot on his back.

Of course, at this moment, Chabaev did not know, and he was still ready to make a big deal and make new contributions, anyway, the commissioner's orders were carried out in full without any discount.

"Andrey has not been found yet. Traces of Petrovich? ”

When Chabaev devoted himself to the service of the commissioner, he could never have imagined that the commissioner was simply making an excuse to support him in order to carry out a counter-revolutionary conspiracy.

"No, we didn't find any clues in the city's eyeliner, and there was no evidence that Andre. Petrovich in Irkutsk. ”

Learwin frowned slightly, and asked again, "What about the gold?" ”

"Gold is very safe, there are a lot of troops guarding it, the Bolsheviks don't want to get closer!"

"Don't be careless!" Learwin frowned again, "Andre. Petrovich is tougher than we think...... By the way, when does the gold ship? ”

In Lierwin's view, if the goal of an immortal is gold, then he will definitely revolve around gold, and the ideal and safest way is to quickly transport this batch of gold out of Russia, and someone out of Russia may not be so unscrupulous.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple," Liervin's idea was shattered by his men in an instant, "the biggest problem now is that we, the French, the Americans, the Japanese, and the Russians are all fighting for the idea of gold, and until a distribution plan is reached that satisfies all parties, this gold can only stay in Irkutsk, and will not go anywhere!" ”

"What?" Learvine was taken aback, "What the hell is going on?" She asked, stunned.

It all started two days before Liervin's arrival in Irkutsk, when a major conflict broke out within the Entente bloc in order to get the gold into his pocket in a fair and honest manner.

"I think there is only one most important issue at the moment, and that is the military issue." The commander of the French Intervention Army, Genan, said solemnly, "In view of the current chaos in the White Army, I think someone must be able to stand up and stabilize the morale of the army!" The post of Commander-in-Chief cannot remain vacant forever! ”

The last sentence was addressed to Savinkov, because the new provisional government headed by Savinkov refused to appoint a new commander-in-chief, and the military command was in chaos. It presents a strange state in which no one obeys anyone, and no one obeys orders.

Of course, Savinkov is not a fool and does not deliberately want to be a pig teammate, and the reason why they did not appoint a new commander-in-chief is very simple, political interests. The reason why Kolchak forced them so badly before was because of the loss of military power. In any case, neither the Mensheviks nor the Socialist-Revolutionaries could trust the generals of the Entente bloc anymore. The Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries decided that once the Entente found a new agent, they would be ruthlessly abandoned.

Therefore, the Mensheviks and the Socialist-Revolutionaries were bound to make their voices heard in the selection of commander-in-chief, and would not be at the mercy of the Entente.

"I propose to remove the post of commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, and all the armed forces will be under the unified command of the cabinet, which is more suitable for the current situation!" Savinkov built yì tract.

However, his proposal was immediately met with collective resistance from the Entente:

"Ridiculous, how can a literati command a battle? Is it on paper? Renan sarcastically said.

"It's all about the layman guiding the insider!" Kuroto Kizo also made it clear that he was against it.

As for the British and American representatives, they also said: "There must be a professional soldier to direct the battle, otherwise we will not be able to convince Congress (parliament) to continue to support the anti-communist cause in Russia!" ”

Even these people put forward their own candidates without waiting for Savinkov to oppose again, and for a time Savinkov was embarrassed. Of course, he didn't have to be embarrassed for long, because soon these guys would fight themselves because of disagreements, and then there would be jokes for him to see...... (To be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to Comrade Pig Chic 2, hzwangdd and Juventus!