No matter what the problem, as long as it rises to the level of international relations, it is not an ordinary minor problem. Even Trotsky had to weigh more when faced with this great question of "right and wrong." He didn't even have to speak from the Politburo, he had to make concessions obediently.

Soon Tukhachevsky solemnly apologized, admitting that he had underestimated the actual situation in East Prussia and had miscalculated the actual situation in East Prussia. As for the "aid list" that was as thick as the etymology, he obediently took it back.

Of course, this does not mean that a certain immortal can be left without pulling out a dime, in fact, the big guys know very well that it is necessary to assist the Belarusian Front, otherwise the people of Warsaw will rise up, and the Belarusian Front will also starve, and most importantly, this will affect the overall layout of the central government, and no one can afford this responsibility.

Anyway, Trotsky was a bit of a retreat, he deliberately made Tukhachevsky say nothing, and pretended to be pitiful, and if the assistance given by a certain immortal was not in place, it immediately turned into a cannonball—a bombing!

"One Katyusha rocket artillery brigade, 50,000 rockets, fifty wagons of food ......"

Tukhachevsky is fake to say not disappointed, what can an artillery brigade do? In his opinion, in order to break through the defense line in Poznan, two artillery divisions were needed to reinforce. As for grain, a wagon of grain is thirty tons, fifteen hundred tons of grain, and it is not all flour, how many days can it be eaten? And not all of this grain was given to him, and the bulk had to be shipped to Warsaw, where the Polish footcloth was about to be lifted.

"Andrey. Petrovich is really stingy. You want to send us away with such a thing! ”

"Do you want to send a telegram to the central government and sue them?"

Tukhachevsky thought for a moment and sighed. In any case, Ubolevich has a good relationship with him, and he has worked happily with Li Xiaofeng in Finland before, he is not the kind of villain who forgets his righteousness.

"Send the list to Comrade Trotsky and see what he means!"

Tukhachevsky rubbed his temples, and finally decided not to meddle in this matter, both sides had a relationship with him, and it was not appropriate to offend either side. So he just watched from the wall.

It has to be said that Tukhachevsky was extremely naïve in politics, and he made precisely the most wrong choice. For him. He can't just sit on the sidelines, he has to take a stand! This kind of idea that both sides should not be offended, and wanting to be a good gentleman is a big taboo in politics. Neither side is offended, and the end result is that both sides are offended.

Think about it. Trotsky had high hopes for him. The fundamental reason why Tukhachevsky was able to rise to the post like a helicopter was because of Trotsky's vigorous promotion. It can be said that without Trotsky, Tukhachevsky would not be where he is today.

At this time, Tukhachevsky's choice of neutrality was, in a sense, tantamount to betraying Trotsky and failing him.

Even Li Xiaofeng and Ubolevich are unlikely to read Tukhachevsky's good, you Tukhachevsky is neutral, but your neutrality is really a bowl of water? You should be grateful that East Prussia can come up with these supplies to support you. But what did you do? Nothing, not even a word of thanks.

Anyway. Tukhachevsky regretted it many years later, and he wrote in his diary: "On the issue of aid to East Prussia, I made two mistakes: first, I should not have maintained the so-called neutrality, and as a result, I was not human inside and out...... Secondly, I do not have an objective understanding of this new weapon of rocket artillery, and I do not know what a rocket artillery brigade is equivalent to...... This led to some awkward and unpleasant ...... between the Belarusian Front and the Baltic Front."

True, Tukhachevsky did not know about rocket artillery, he did not know that this terrible weapon could project 8 rounds of ammunition from one cannon at a distance of 16 kilometers in one go, and a brigade was subordinate to two regiments, each with three battalions with 18 guns each. A brigade has a total of 108 guns and 1728 firing tracks. That is, one rocket artillery brigade can rain 1728 rockets in 10 seconds. The intensity of this firepower is quite amazing!

It's a pity that Tukhachevsky didn't know about this, he thought that Li Xiaofeng only sent 108 artillery pieces, which was a drop in the bucket for the Belarusian Front, which had four corps in strength, and naturally he would be dissatisfied.

But in fact, Li Xiaofeng has saved up for more than a year, and he has only saved three such rocket artillery brigades, and in one go, he has taken out one-third of his belongings to support the Belarusian Front, which is quite generous to be honest.

At least Li Xiaofeng and Ubolevich feel that they are benevolent, if Tukhachevsky is allowed to change places with the two of them, will Tukhachevsky be able to come up with so many belongings to support them?

The answer is probably no, for Trotsky had previously instructed Tukhachevsky to be bad on the question of the three Baltic states, and that his actions were not ordinary petty.

Of course, Trotsky was still quite stingy, and when he received the list from Tukhachevsky, he immediately became surprisingly angry, thinking that some immortal had sent him away in the same way as a flower child. Immediately he lodged a strong protest with the Politburo.

In an instant, things were once again very big, and a certain immortal was under strong pressure from Lenin, because the master felt that someone was a little indiscriminate, and at the moment of this decisive battle, he put the overall situation first, and Lao Tzu obviously told you to help the Belarusian Front as much as possible, how can you be sloppy?

This made Li Xiaofeng so angry that he directly lifted the table, he felt that he really took care of the overall situation enough, East Prussia was also interesting enough, the Belarusian Front wanted to fight, and the supplies were tight, could it be that the Baltic Front didn't want to fight, and East Prussia didn't want to eat for hundreds of thousands of people?

Li Xiaofeng, who was full of anger, immediately sent a telegram of strong protest to the Politburo, directly denouncing the Belarusian Front and Trotsky as greedy and insufficient, accusing them of caring only about their own lives and not understanding the difficulties of others. He even put aside the harsh words, if the Belarusian front feels that the aid is too little, then don't ask for it. Give the aid back directly. They don't cherish the East Prussian people themselves!

Lenin was dumbfounded when he saw that a certain immortal had lifted the table, and immediately he realized that something was wrong. Ruzutak was immediately sent to find out what was going on. Afterwards. When Ruzutak proved that a certain immortal had indeed tried his best, and that Trotsky did not know how to restrain himself, the Mentor became angry.

Lenin felt that since my men had compromised everything and tried to take care of the overall situation as much as possible, the problem could only be with Trotsky, and that you kid had gone too far! That's right, Lenin did take the overall situation into account and did not want to fight and mess up at the moment of this decisive battle. But this doesn't mean that his old man will back down without limits!

Soon Lenin sent Trotsky a sharply and sharply telegram, though not explicitly critical of Trotsky. But in fact, everyone knows what is going on. Trotsky was furious enough to receive this telegram, but what made him even more angry was the telegram that Tukhachevsky sent to him again.

In this telegram, Tukhachevsky took back what he had said earlier, and knowing the performance of rocket artillery, he praised the new weapon. It's almost a flower.

Think about it. How did Trotsky feel when he saw this telegram? It would be strange if he could be happy. It was you, Tukhachevsky, who secretly expressed your dissatisfaction before, and you did not want to be this bad guy, and I Trotsky helped you to do it. As a result, you didn't even understand the basic facts, so let me talk to Andrei plainly. Petrovich added revenge to hatred, and let Lenin scold again. In the end, you are a straw chicken again, and you change your words and praise Andre. Petrovich, what are you trying to do?

Trotsky was. Lenin was unwilling to make trouble when the decisive battle was about to break out, so why did he want to destroy the overall situation? As long as Li Xiaofeng can be meaningful. He wasn't prepared to do anything more. As a result, everything was mixed up by Tukhachevsky, who ended up making him a bad guy in vain.

If it weren't for Tukhachevsky's military talent and admiration for this kid, and not for the imminent decisive battle, Trotsky would have taken Tukhachevsky over and taught him a good lesson.

"Sue Comrade Sù Tukhachevsky, in the future, when you find out the truth of the matter, you will not speak again, and do not make such inexplicable mistakes again!"

Tukhachevsky was also a little embarrassed when he received this warning, he did not expect things to turn out the way they were, and he really wanted to explain to Ubolevich and Trotsky that he really did not mean to provoke trouble.

However, he did not have time to explain, the Allies increased their forces completely faster than he expected, and in just three to five days, the defenders of Poznan had more than doubled, and in addition to Pilsudski's little cannon fodder troops, the regular army of the Allies had risen to two divisions and an independent brigade in one fell swoop.

And what is even more terrifying is that the reinforcements of the Entente group are still pouring in. For every additional day of delay, the shape on the battlefield deteriorated a few points. Anyway, Tukhachevsky was in no mood to apologize, he was full of thoughts about how to tear through the enemy's defenses.

At dawn on 20 September, after a burst of sharp whistling, the onslaught of the Belorussian Front began. More than 100 rocket launchers poured more than 1,700 rockets in one go, turning the Allied positions into a sea of fire.

The heavy shelling swept away the mine arrays and barbed wire fences laid by the Allied countries, so that many Allied soldiers who were completely unprepared were directly "vaporized". Fénais, a French veteran who participated in the Battle of the Somme, was lucky to escape, but he will never forget the scene for the rest of his life:

"The artillery fire of the Russians was so heavy that our positions were ploughed by a rain of bullets, and more than 70% of the brethren disappeared in the shelling, and when I lifted the dirt covering my head and looked up at the position again, I was almost unrecognizable......"

Tukhachevsky was also quite satisfied with this round of shelling, and praised the rocket artillery to the fullest, and even eagerly sent a report to Trotsky and the Military Commission: "The arsenals in the rear should abandon the production of those bulky and low-powered traditional artillery pieces, and should switch to rocket artillery in full...... With only 10,000 of these cannons, we can easily sweep away a single imperialist enemy! ”

Of course, Tukhachevsky was not without problems with rocket artillery, and he advised: "We should find ways to improve the loading efficiency of rocket artillery, this kind of weapon is too time-consuming, and if you can fire a salvo every five minutes, it will be perfect...... Furthermore. Is it possible to develop rockets with longer range and better accuracy? This weapon is so smoke and dust that it is almost impossible to conceal when fired, and many times we have to use it in the face of enemy fire. If the range can be longer, and you can avoid the harassment of enemy field artillery and infantry artillery, it will be quite perfect! ”

Tukhachevsky's proposal is very reasonable, and in fact, both Li Xiaofeng and Ubolevich are quite aware of Katyusha's weaknesses. The problem is, knowing it doesn't mean you can change it. For example, Tukhachevsky's tangled range problem, if you want to increase the range, you can. The easiest way to do this is to thicken and lengthen the rocket. Hold a little more propellant.

The problem is that now this bullet weight of nearly 45 kilograms is very fatal, and if it is aggravated, even a polar bear with a big waist and a round waist will be a little unable to hold it. Originally, it was slow to hang the bomb. Isn't it slower to get bigger and heavier?

Anyway, Li Xiaofeng knows that with Russia's current industrial capacity, the range is basically the limit under the current projectile body limit, unless a better solid propellant or rocket engine can be developed. Otherwise, there is no potential at all.

As for the reload speed. There is basically no way to improve this, rocket artillery is this virtue, and slow loading is a big problem. Even in the 21st century, this problem can only be alleviated by modular loading, and it is basically useless to solve it at all.

Of course, Tukhachevsky didn't ask a certain immortal to correct these problems immediately, and it was already a surprise for him to have rocket artillery available, and he couldn't have asked for more. And even with rocket artillery. After this day's attack, his achievements can only be considered okay.

Smoothly broke through behind the first line of defense set up by the Entente in the outermost part of the country. Under the desperate counterattack of the Entente, the Belorussian Front could only stop and consolidate its positions. At this time, it was their turn to be depressed, and for a while the rocket artillery could not keep up, and the range was not enough to provide artillery support, while the heavy artillery of the Entente in the rear did not have such concerns, and could openly greet the Belorussian Front.

"Damn it!"

Tukhachevsky slammed the table, he was ready to break through the enemy's two lines of defense in one go, but now it seems basically impossible. And tomorrow, the Entente will definitely strengthen the defenses in the direction of the breakthrough, and the next battle will become very difficult.

"Do you want a night raid at night?" Staff officers built yì road.

Tukhachevsky shook his head and dismissed this advice: "We are not good at night fighting, and the night will cause no less trouble to the enemy than it is to us. According to today's plan, take advantage of the night to move the rocket artillery position forward, and do it again tomorrow! ”

Tukhachevsky did not change his tactics and was ready to repeat his old tactics the next day, using the incredible firepower advantage of rocket artillery to open up the situation. But his enemies weren't stupid, and they expected him to do it.

"Put the artillery observers at the front line, and let the air force also help with the calibration, my request is that as long as the enemy fires, within ten minutes at the latest, we will suppress it with artillery fire!"

It should be said that the Entente's response was reasonable, but reasonable did not mean that it would be successful. After all, Tukhachevsky was not a fool either, he was well aware of the disadvantages of rocket artillery, and he never wanted to use it as well as a traditional barreled artillery.

"Fast is our greatest advantage!" Tukhachevsky said to the rocket artillerymen very sternly: "My request is that after the firing is completed, immediately and quickly withdraw from the position, do not hesitate for a second, the enemy's artillery counterattack will be quickly covered, so you must fight and run quickly." ”

Of course, it is unrealistic to just ask the artillery to be fast, and Tukhachevsky said to the engineers: "You should ensure the smooth flow of traffic as much as possible, ensure that the artillery brothers can quickly withdraw from their positions, and secondly, you should repair more strong fortifications, and the quality of your performance will directly determine the outcome of tomorrow's battle!" ”

Tukhachevsky knew very well that taking advantage of the cover of the night to enter the position and run after the fight could only guarantee success the first time. But fighting is not a one-shot deal, and there is no guarantee that a single salvo of rocket artillery will level the enemy on the opposite side, and the battle is often bogged down, and the infantry needs constant and reliable support fire. And he could not ignore the threat of the enemy's heavy artillery from the rocket artillery, and the only way was to ensure the smooth flow of traffic between the firing position and the rear, and to quickly enter the position, launch quickly, and retreat quickly.

It should be said that rocket artillery is really more suitable for this method of warfare, the traditional body-barreled artillery is slow to enter the position, the firing is also slow, the withdrawal is still slow, and the artillery will have to urinate blood if it tosses back and forth a few times. However, this kind of tactics is a great challenge for the rocket artillerymen who have just been born, and the training they received before is similar to that of traditional artillery, and they suddenly change, and they really can't adapt to it.

But if you can't adapt, you have to adapt, and the battlefield never gives you a chance to adjust slowly, and survival or destruction is often a matter of seconds. When the next day's dawn came, when the rocket launchers were in full swing again, a race against time began.

The artillery observers of the Entente quickly reported to the rear positions the parameters of observation, which would be quickly calculated and converted into firing elements. Then the artillerymen will shake the high and low machines, staple the fuses, load the shells and finally fire.

For skilled artillerymen, this set of procedures is only a matter of ten minutes, and in the environment of World War I, such a speed is enough. Unfortunately, rocket artillery was not a weapon of the First World War, and its fast, efficient, and violent advantages allowed it to escape before the artillery counterattack came...... (To be continued......)

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