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Volume One: A Turbulent Era Volume Three: The Cannons Are Firing, Chapter 420: Arresting People

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    Central Siberia region.

    After about a year of repeated attempts to seize control of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Red Army was severely defeated in the Battle of Siberia. Then the Russian Imperial Government troops took advantage of the opponent's retreat and quickly advanced westward. Then the two sides launched several battles in central Russia. After Denikin's entire army was destroyed, the Russian Imperial Government troops  Decisively retreated to the Siberian defense line, and the battle situation returned to last year's posture.

    However, this time, Trotsky, who served as the commander of the Eastward Front, did not make a sudden advance. He used a steady and steady approach to consolidate the areas liberated by the Red Army, and formed a stalemate with the defending Russian Imperial Government troops. Although the two sides had conflicts,  There were many exchanges of fire, but they were all small-scale conflicts and no major battles were fought.

    Regarding this situation, Trotsky made a strategic deployment plan report to the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. Although the Russian Imperial Government troops suffered heavy losses in the battle in the central region, in fact their strength was not consumed much. Denikin's Ministry continued to  In essence, it was an armed force independent of the Russian Imperial Government. The commander of the opponent, Baron Peter Nikolayevich Wrangel, was an extremely cautious and outstanding soldier. He made the decision immediately.  The wisest choice was to order the troops to withdraw to the Siberian defense line without hesitation to keep its main force basically intact. Coupled with the fact that the opponent has built a solid defense line for more than a year, the Red Army will definitely suffer a loss in a decisive battle with the opponent here with its current strength.  If not, we will repeat the disastrous defeat in the Siberian campaign last year.

    Because of this, Trotsky adopted the safest combat plan. In his opinion, the best option was to stabilize the rear, accumulate strength, and then conduct a decisive battle to break through the Siberian defense line in one fell swoop when he was absolutely sure.  As long as this group of enemies in front of them is eliminated, the Russian Imperial Government Army will no longer be an opponent of the Soviet Red Army, and will then attack the Far East in one fell swoop and completely liberate the country.  Capturing the so-called Queen alive is a piece of cake.

    From a military perspective, there was no problem with Trotsky¡¯s plan, but from a political perspective it caused dissatisfaction among the top Soviet officials.  In the eyes of the vast majority of Bolshevik party members, the Red Army, with its firm belief and powerful strength, was indestructible. The White Bandits were like chickens and dogs under the mighty torrent of the Red Army.  The Red Army now had a tactical advantage.  Then we should break through the Siberian defense line in one go and completely eliminate the reactionaries.

    This view was held not only by members of the Revolutionary Committee, but also by political commissars at all levels of the Eastern Front. They were strongly dissatisfied with Trotsky's use of such tactics and local confrontations. Even Stalin, who initially agreed with Trotsky's views,  He also gradually changed his original attitude and asked Trotsky to find a way to capture the Siberian defense line as soon as possible to speed up the completion of the strategic goal of liberating the country.

    On this day, commanders, fighters and political commissars at all levels and above of the division of the Eastward Front received a notice from Commander Trotsky and came to the headquarters to attend a meeting.  The meeting is scheduled to start at 9am.  Since eight o'clock, many people have arrived one after another. At around eight-thirty, Georgy Maximilianovich Malenkov, political commissar of the Eastern Front, also arrived.

    "Comrade Malenkov! Hello!"

    When Malenkov arrived, commanders, fighters and political commissars at all levels quickly stood up to say hello to him. Although Trotsky was in charge of the entire Eastward Front, everyone knew that Political Commissar Malenkov was Comrade Stalin's confidant.  The status is like the supervisory army sent by the emperor during the Ming Dynasty of China.

    "Hello everyone! Thank you for your hard work!"

    Malenkov came in with his hands behind his back and nodded to everyone with a smile.  When he walked up to a few familiar people, he would stop and say a few gossips about caring for each other's health. The comrades who received condolences all seemed flattered.  I cannot thank you enough.

    "Comrade Malenkov, what is the theme of today's meeting?" A division commander couldn't help but ask, relying on his good relationship with Malenkov.

    "Haha, of course it is aimed at that side." Malenkov smiled and pointed to the east: "Comrade Trotsky feels that the time is ripe for a decisive battle."

    "That's great!" Most of the people were overjoyed, and only a few people frowned slightly. In the eyes of these happy people, they were confronting each other every day.  It's almost a waste of time and a cowardly performance. As an extremely brave Red Army commander and fighter, we should move forward!  go ahead!  Go forward!  Use artillery fire to tear all the damn reactionaries to pieces, thereby completing the great cause of proletarian revolution and liberation.

    As for the few people who frown, they are basically military officers. They usually look down on these political commissars who only talk and talk.  There are also some mediocre generals who have no ability to fight and can only hug their thighs. In their view, it is not the time for the decisive battle at all. From the military or other aspects of both sides, the Red Army has no certainty of victory. Now the decisive battle is extremely uncertain.  It is likely to lead to the failure of the attack, and it may even happen last year.The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Berea.  But they also understood that as time went by, the pressure on Trotsky was increasing. Not to mention the Moscow side, there were also increasing voices within the Eastward Front that opposed Trotsky's cowardice.  The main representative was political commissar Malenkov.

    Under pressure from several aspects, Trotsky was probably helpless in making this decision.  Thinking of this, those who held objections could only shake their heads and sigh in secret, but did not dare to speak out to refute.

    The time came to nine o'clock in a blink of an eye. At nine o'clock exactly, Trotsky, the commander of the Eastern Front, entered the venue at the same time. He shook hands with political commissar Malenkov with a calm expression, then sat down in his seat, and then announced  The meeting begins.

    According to the meeting procedures of the Soviet Red Army, political commissar Malenkov should speak first at the meeting. Of course, the content of his speech was the same cliche, talking about political propaganda and advocacy, etc. The people below have long heard these words.  Although they were calloused, everyone pretended to listen with interest. Some people even held small notebooks in their hands and pretended to take notes seriously.

    About half an hour later, Political Commissar Malenkov's "bombing" finally ended. After warm applause, the main topic of the meeting came next, which was announced by Trotsky, the commander of the Eastern Front.

    Nodding, Trotsky stood up and said to everyone with a solemn expression: "Before the military meeting, as the commander of the front army, I will announce something first! That is, in response to the Chinese government's recent attack on our Red Army in the Battle of Tyumen  Shameless slander about the use of poison gas tactics! According to the instructions of Comrade Stalin of the Supreme Soviet, in response to this incident, instructions were obtained that there are hidden enemies and traitors within our party and our army. Based on repeated investigations by Moscow, preliminary conclusions have now been made  In conclusion, these enemies and traitors are in our Eastward Front!"

    As soon as the words fell, there was an uproar at the scene. Everyone was shocked and speechless by the news. Even political commissar Malenkov's eyes widened.

    "Comrade Trotsky, where did you get this news? Why didn't I receive notification from my superiors?"

    "Comrade Malenkov, please don't be anxious. This news was just sent to the headquarters ten minutes before the meeting. Since you left temporarily, I didn't have time to inform you. Besides, this matter needs to be kept strictly confidential, so after thinking about it, I decided to tell you at the meeting."  Everyone is better." Trotsky replied softly. Malenkov then relaxed his expression and nodded. Indeed, as Trotsky said, he came to the venue half an hour in advance. It is normal for the news to come so suddenly that he had no time to inform himself.  Yes, and since the enemies and traitors are within oneself, it would be a good plan to announce them directly at the venue. When the time comes, the names of these people can be announced so that the guards can take them down immediately, and they will never be given the opportunity to escape.

    Seeing Malenkov nod, Trotsky became rude.  He immediately waved to the door, and Hu Lala rushed in. A group of soldiers with live ammunition surrounded the entire venue. Everyone present looked at each other, and their faces turned pale with fear. Some timid guys even had weak legs, with leaks in their trousers.  Water vapor.

    After the guards were in place, Trotsky took out a piece of paper from his pocket, walked to the stage and began to read.  At this time, Malenkov's eyes were like a vicious wolf staring at the commanders and political commissars at all levels in the audience. As long as he waited for the list to be announced and the guards arrested the people, he, as the political commissar of the front army, could take over.  The interrogation begins.

    ¡°According to investigation and verification, the list of traitors is as follows: Georgi Maximilianovich Malenkov, political commissar of the Eastern March Army¡­¡±

    The first person's name startled everyone. Before the stunned Malenkov could react, the guard who had been staring at him like a tiger pounced on him and took off his gun neatly.  , and then put handcuffs on him.

    "Nothis is impossible!"

    Malenkov struggled to shout, with an expression of astonishment, confusion and panic in his eyes. In an instant, he immediately understood that there was absolutely no way he would be abandoned by Comrade Stalin. All enemies and traitors were set up by Trotsky.  The most likely trap was that Trotsky was the traitor, and in order to cover up the truth, he set a preemptive strike on himself.

    "Trotskyyou arewuwuwu"

    Malenkov realized what had happened and hurriedly shouted, trying to tell the truth.  Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, the guard stuffed the cloth into his mouth. Under the strong suppression of the guard, he could only whine and struggle but could not say a word.

    Regardless of Malenkov¡¯s reaction, Trotsky on the stage continued to read out the list. Every time he read one, a guard came forward to catch him, and at the same time, he blocked his mouth just like Malenkov.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The list has been read through.Almost half of the people in the venue were taken away by the guards.  At this time, the remaining people were relieved to find that almost all of the people who were taken away were political commissars at all levels and military commanders who were close to them, and they were usually in the same camp as Trotsky, or had a good relationship with them.  No one is on the list.  (To be continued)
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