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Volume 1: Turbulent Era Volume 3: Cannons are firing Chapter 487: Moscow 6

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    Cao Kun finally got what he wanted. Faced with Cao Kun who came directly to his door and stalked him, threatening and trying to make friends, Wu Peifu had no choice but to compromise.

    As a result, the General Staff made slight adjustments to the reinforcement plan. The original commander-in-chief was changed to Cao Kun. Sun Chuanfang was demoted half a level to become Cao Kun's deputy. However, the troops that had been mobilized would not be redeployed. Cao Kun's domestic position  Reserve it for the time being. To put it bluntly, letting him be the commander-in-chief is actually giving him a name to go around the Soviet-Russian battlefield, plate it with gold, and get a share of the credit.

    But even so, Cao Kun was satisfied.  Being able to earn the title of "national hero" in this war is worth his life.  As for Sun Chuanfang's reassignment, Wu Peifu could only talk to him in person, and promised that Cao Kun was only the nominal commander-in-chief, and Sun Chuanfang was basically responsible for the specific military deployment and operations.  He also told him that after the central government decided that after the battle was over, Sun Chuanfang's military rank would be directly awarded to the rank of general from lieutenant general to make up for the loss of temporary adjustments to him.

    Regarding these, Sun Chuanfang was very angry and agreed without thinking. He also said to Wu Peifu with a smile that with Cao Kun, a veteran general in the army, he had a stronger back. This was a good thing that he could only ask for.  There is no reason to say no.

    Sun Chuanfang's knowledge made Wu Peifu finally feel relieved. After comforting him for a few words, he asked about the status of the troops' preparations.  Two days later, the reinforcements arrived in the Northeast by railway as planned, then went north via the China Eastern Railway, changed stations in Harbin, turned west, and entered Russian territory.  Arrive in the Far East and then head west along the Siberian Railway until you reach the front line.

    Although the entire journey was arranged by military columns, it still took about ten days.  Just when China's 100,000 reinforcements were still on the way, good news came from the front line. Serov, which the Soviet Red Army had defended for a month and a half, was finally captured by the Chinese and Russian coalition forces.

    In fact, the capture of Serov was a great victory.  It would be better to say that this victory was only half, and the other half was Frunze's active retreat that led to Serov's fall.

    With the Western Army Group of the Chinese Communist Regiment, it went all the way north from the central and southern parts of the country and penetrated into Moscow, hitting the capital of the Soviet Union in one go.  Serov's strategic position throughout the war changed.  If Moscow cannot hold on, the Chinese and Russian coalition forces will form a pincer attack on the Serov area.  This led to the collapse of Serov's hundreds of thousands of troops.

    Although the Soviet Union today has deployed millions of troops in the Moscow area, except for the nearly 100,000 main troops, the rest of the combat effectiveness of these troops is almost scum. They are basically improvised troops cobbled together here and there, with poor personnel quality.  Not to mention, in terms of equipment, it is not even as good as the regional militia before the war.

    Serov¡¯s Frunze Front, Ukrainian Front and Belarusian Front totaled more than 500,000 troops after many days of fighting.  These more than 500,000 troops were life-saving straws in Stalin's eyes.  As long as Frunze leads his troops back to support, there is still a chance for the Battle of Moscow to change. Once Moscow is lost, it will be too late.

    Frunze is worthy of being the best general of the Red Army.  Under Stalin's urging, he did not panic, leaving Serov behind and hurriedly moved to Moscow.  Frunze knew that once he did this, not only would he not be able to save Moscow.  On the contrary, it will lead to the complete destruction of these hundreds of thousands of troops.

    ¡°Don¡¯t look at Frunze¡¯s vigorous fight in Serov, and the outstanding force almost annihilated the Far East government forces.  But Frunze also clearly saw the gap in strength between the two sides. Without Serov as a barrier, his hundreds of thousands of troops would not be a match for the Chinese in the field.  Therefore, while rescuing Moscow, the absolute safety of the rear must be ensured.  For this reason, the warriors of Frunze cut off their wrists and placed the troops of 5 divisions behind Serov to cut off the main force.

    Serov's rear troops continued to resist for more than ten days after Frunze led the main force to leave. After completing their mission with huge casualties, they began to break out of the encirclement. Except for a very small number of troops who escaped from the encirclement, the rest of the troops were either annihilated or captured.  Thus marking the end of the Battle of Serov.

    After Frunze led the main force to break away from Serov, he did not directly go west to reinforce Moscow. If he did so, it would be equivalent to leading his troops into the arms of the enemy. As a qualified military strategist, he would not commit such a crime.  Low-level errors.  In order to confuse the Chinese, Frunze divided its troops and moved them. Except for a small group of troops who put up a posture of returning to support, the rest of the large troops mobilized north, circled from the northern part of Soviet Russia, and then turned southwest toward Moscow.

    Frunze's move still had an effect. Although he had traveled thousands of kilometers more along the way, he was much safer. When he arrived near Kotlas, he learned that the Chinese had already reached the gates of Moscow and hurriedly ordered the troops to speed up.  Speed ????to move directly south from northern Moscow to reinforce the capital.

    With the fall of Vladimir, the furious Stalin dismissed the commander-in-chief Vasily Konstantinovich Blucher from all his posts.?Thrown him into prison as a traitor within the party, a coward, and a class enemy hiding in the revolutionary ranks.  Subsequently, Stalin handed over the arduous task of defending Moscow to Dzerzhinsky.

    Holding this hot potato in his hand, Dzerzhinsky didn't know whether to be happy or cry. If in normal times, Stalin had entrusted him with such an important task, Dzerzhinsky would have been so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. But now this  The situation, how could he, Dzerzhinsky, have this ability!  You must know that catching reactionaries, carrying out purges, and snitching are his strengths, but when it comes to commanding troops in combat, Dzerzhinsky simply has a blind eye.

    Now, the entire Soviet Union is facing the Chinese devils who are armed to the teeth, rather than the class enemies within the party who are like lambs to be slaughtered.  He is not commanding a firing squad that is a arrogant, open-mouthed minion of the closed-mouth class, who can convict people of crimes by just talking and then pull them out and shoot them.  There are millions of troops, even if the 100,000-plus recruits are removed, there are still about 100,000 elite Red Army troops, which Dzerzhinsky simply cannot command with his military capabilities.

    Even if Stalin had permission to call on commanders and fighters at all levels within the Red Army to assist, how could the suspicious Dzerzhinsky do this?  You must know that from the pre-Stalin era, Dzerzhinsky¡¯s hands were stained with the blood of his comrades. Countless commanders, fighters and ordinary soldiers at all levels within the Red Army died under his orders.  Once the person you find has second thoughts and causes mischief on the battlefield, won't he die without a place to die?  Dzerzhinsky is not that stupid. In his opinion, the most reliable people are the people he originally controlled. Only with these minions around can he feel safe.

    Stalin¡¯s orders cannot be violated, and the battle in Moscow must continue.  After racking his brains, Dzerzhinsky finally came up with a trick, which was to form a war supervising force with his Cheka as the core and drive the troops to fight tenaciously against the enemy.  Not to mention, this move was really effective on the battlefield. Considering the impact of using napalm bombs in Moscow, Fang Zida stopped the use of this weapon in the attack on Moscow, causing the Moscow defenders to suffer huge casualties.  They barely managed to hold on to the defense line.  Here, of course, there is the contribution of Dzerzhinsky's supervisory team.  His supervising team did nothing on the front line, only watching the movements of the combat troops. As long as a commander or soldier showed any signs of fear or even evacuated, the supervising team would immediately execute field records and deal with these "traitors" on the spot.

    Fighting is death, retreating is death.  At least if you die on the battlefield, you still have the title of martyr on your head, and your family will not be implicated. But once the discipline is enforced by the supervising team, the whole family in the rear will be ruined, and everyone, old and young, may have to go to a labor camp.  Under this idea, the frontline troops exerted 500% of their combat effectiveness. Often, no one would retreat until a team was pulled up until they were all gone, which made the Chinese regiment's attack encounter great resistance.

    With many positions unable to be attacked for a long time, Lu Jianzhang was a little helpless.  Seeing that victory was coming, the Moscow defenders were as crazy as chicken blood, which made his plan to capture Moscow in a short period of time continue to be delayed.

    Because of his proper defense, Dzerzhinsky was commended by Stalin. Stalin kindly took time out of his busy schedule to summon Dzerzhinsky, asked about the situation on the front line, and told him that as long as he continued to persevere, he would wait until Frunze  The main force arrived, and Moscow was safe.
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