"Comrade General Secretary, Comrade Egorov and I both believe that this black plan of the Germans is too conservative and that the Germans have overestimated the strength of Poland, but it is still possible to achieve the victory over White Poland."
When Tukhachevsky and Yegorov reported to Stalin, the great leader of the Soviet Union was also reading a cheerful report from Berzin from the Crimea.
About 560 tons of gold have already arrived in the USSR Moreover, Berzin also asked his agents to steal the relevant receipts and use the package adjustment scheme, and the Spaniards did not notice it at all.
"Now the Spaniards will never see their gold again, as if they could not see their ears."
Stalin wrote this with a pencil on the report of Berzin.
It's a joke that makes you laugh out loud.
"It's the German style to be conservative, and they always have been."
Stalin scribbled out his "jokes" with a pencil and said, "But as long as you can win, you can be conservative."
So, how many times do you think you will be able to recover Right-Bank Ukraine and Western Belarus if you fight according to their methods" "The Germans were prepared to defeat Poland in six months," said Yegorov, "but the General Staff of the Red Army had deduced it according to the general outline of the Black Plan, and the Poles were limited to three months if they did not make the slightest mistake." ” In the Black Plan, the Germans would deploy 1.5 million troops, while Hersmann suggested that the Soviets mobilize the same number of troops.
Poland, on the other hand, currently maintains a standing army of nearly 1.5 million men.
Once the war broke out, the Poles could afford to double the number of troops to 3 million in three months, which is nearly double the total number of Soviet-German troops compared to history, mainly because Poland's population increased considerably after the merger of right-bank Ukraine and Lithuania.
And with the assistance of Britain and France, Poland was also able to equip so many troops with relatively sophisticated weapons.
In addition, the Black Plan planned to crush Poland in 6 months instead of 1, so the Poles theoretically had more time to mobilize.
However, the Polish air force was too weak to withstand the attacks of tens of thousands of Soviet and German military aircraft.
After the loss of air superiority, the Polish army reached 3 million.
It's only a matter of being beaten. "3 months will be enough" Stalin's gaze shifted from Berzin's report to Yegorov's serious face.
"Enough," Mr.
Tukhachevsky said, "if they are willing to take a more risky approach, such as a large-depth assault with mechanized troops."
Maybe you can win in 1 month. ” "Maybe 1 month, maybe you won't win," Stalin shook his head, "there have been many military exercises and war games for the Great Depth Assault, but the problem is big, isn't it?"
Theory is one thing.
Practice is sometimes another matter.
Historically, the Soviet Union has been hesitant to concentrate on the use of tanks for a long time, and this is not just a matter of ideological conservatism, but has encountered too many problems in practical application.
Not only did the quality of personnel not meet the requirements, but the number of equipment and management was also seriously insufficient, and the number of tanks owned by the Soviet Union was quite a lot, but large-depth offensive operations could not be carried out by simply concentrating tanks.
There is also a need for enough armored vehicles and trucks to mechanize or motorize the infantry that follows the tanks.
"Those of you who are the Deputy People's Commissar of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff know mechanization, you know the tank army, you know the pursuit of maximum combat effectiveness."
Stalin said in an impatient tone, "But when you will be able to understand the difficulties of the country and the people, the tank army is good, and the mechanization is good, who knows."
But our country only produces 1230,000 cars a year.
Of these, 20,000 or 30,000 are of poor quality.
Now the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's entire army has only a total of how many cars are concentrated, and how many mechanized troops can be equipped, so what about other troops, what should the logistics department do, even if it is impossible to replace it with horse-drawn carriages, it will take a million horse-drawn carriages, millions of horses, but how many horse farms do we have, where can we get so many horses?"
With Germany's annual output of more than 500,000 automobiles, it is not capable of completely mechanizing its 1.5 million troops, not to mention the Soviet Union, which has only 1230,000 automobiles, so in Tukhachevsky's theory of large-depth operations, in addition to the concentrated use of mechanization, it also mentions the concentrated use of cavalry.
But the problem is that the concentrated use of mechanization in a small number of troops will make most of the army lose the ability to maneuver, and the Soviet Red Army and Army are all heavy troops, and there are too many artillery baggage to death.
So even infantry divisions are equipped with a lot of trucks.
If these trucks were to be removed, the troops would have to rely on mules and horses to maneuver.
But the production of horses was a problem after the collectivization of agriculture, and there were not so many horses in the Soviet Union.
Because the collective farms did not raise surplus horses, the horses needed by the army could not be supported by the agriculture of the whole country.
It can only be provided by the National Nutrition Horse Farm.
Increasing the production of horses on state-run ranches is a very complex issue.
This involved pastures, fodder, labor, and a lot of investment, as well as adjustments to the entire five-year plan, and even a reduction in the ration of rations for the Soviet people in order to feed the extra horses As soon as Stalin talked about "mechanization", his mood became a little worse, and he did not want to see two more high-minded.
The face of a "noble officer" who is detached from the masses.
Just as he was thinking about sending them away, Tukhachevsky spoke again without opening his eyes.
"Comrade Stalin," Tukhachevsky frowned, "I think it is possible that the Germans are deceiving us" "Deceive" Stalin looked up at Tukhachevsky, "do you think they will not attack Poland" "No, they will attack," Tukhachevsky said, "because only by defeating and controlling Poland can Germany itself be united with the Baltic and East Prussia."
Moreover, Germany is not self-sufficient in agricultural products, and even with the annexation of the Baltic Republics, it still needs to import more than two million tons of agricultural products per year, while Poland is a major exporter of agricultural products. ” "Then they will swallow Western Belarus along with Right-Bank Ukraine" "This is impossible, Western Belarus and right-bank Ukraine are too far from the German mainland."
Tukhachevsky said, "Comrade General Secretary, I mean, the black scheme that the Germans gave us is most likely a fake.
The tactics in the Black Plan are the exact opposite of the German policy of mechanizing the army."
"Alright, alright," Stalin was very impatient, "Comrade Tukhachevsky, I understand what you mean, you still think that the party's military line is wrong, and instead of building a small but refined mechanized professional army according to the advice of the French bourgeois militarist Charles de Gaulle, you have taken the line of a large people's army."
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"This" Tukhachevsky was stunned, and wanted to explain a few sentences.
On the side, Yegorov's face had changed drastically, and Stalin mentioned the "party line", which was a fatal event in the Soviet Union "Comrade Stalin, Comrade Tukhachevsky is a supporter of the party's military line, he just, he just thinks that the Germans are deceiving us," Yegorov said, and a very bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart Stalin did not like himself and Tukhachevsky such a "military expert", and now he is talking about the "party line".
"So what" Stalin glared at Yegorov, "I want Western Belarus, I want right-bank Ukraine, Comrade Lenin wants to destroy the white Polish Germans can help us achieve our goal, they didn't deceive us, as for how they want to fight, what does it matter" Stalin accentuated his tone, "Even if the Germans flattened Poland with large-scale mechanized troops, it does not mean that the party's military line is wrong, because the Soviet Union has the national conditions of the Soviet Union, and we don't have so many cars to mechanize the army."
"Comrade Tukhachevsky, let's go and admit our mistake to Comrade Stalin, we are in a bit of a hurry on the issue of the mechanization of the army."
Tukhachevsky and Yegorov left the Kremlin together, Tukhachevsky was not good, but Yegorov was like an eyebrow.
As soon as he got into the car, he whispered to Tukhachevsky.
"Admit your mistake" Tukhachevsky raised his eyebrows, "We are not wrong, the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army must build up a powerful mechanized assault force, otherwise we are likely to be attacked by Germany after the fall of Poland, this is related to the survival of the Soviet state, and on this issue, I must adhere to the correct line" "Oh my God, what are you talking about" Yegorov's brows tightened.
"It was a matter of life and death for the Bolsheviks, and no one who formulated and supported the "wrong line" would not step down, and in the era of the Great Purge, a single charge of "supporting the reactionary military line" was enough to turn a general with great military achievements into a prisoner or even lose his life.
"It's not a question of the line, it's not a question of the line," said Egorov in a solemn tone, "Comrade Stalin did not deny the benefits of mechanization, the problem is that you can't rush it."
The country is in difficulty, and we, as soldiers, should be considerate. ” Tukhachevsky said: "Why not hurry, at most two years, Poland, a buffer country between the Soviet Union and Germany, will disappear, and then we will have to face the German army that is mechanized and has air superiority, if we cannot overcome all difficulties and build a strong mechanized army in time, our cause will be in danger of failure, as a Bolshevik military strategist, we must seek truth from facts on this issue."
The two marshals of the Soviet Union, who were talking, certainly did not expect that what they said had already been written down by their drivers, and Comrade Stalin would soon be able to see the report t1706231537: