The sun never sets.

"Ding-ling-ling", the phone rang, and Liu Chengxiang picked up the receiver, "This is 101, what's up?"

"The enemy took the initiative to attack? This is a good thing!"

"Too many? At least an army? I'll send reinforcements!"

Liu Chengxiang put down the phone and asked, "Where is the First Armored Division?"

“Still waiting for diesel in Kolomna.”

The 1st Armored Division was equipped with too many mechanical units, including hundreds of trucks, which greatly improved the tactics, power and combat efficiency of the troops, but also placed extremely high demands on fuel. In combat, the 1st Armored Division consumed more than 80,000 liters of gasoline and diesel every day.

This unit is called a division, but its number is much larger than an infantry division. If the logistics units are included, the strength is almost that of an army.

All the way from Kazan, the 1st Armored Division fought several battles, with amazing results, but also amazing consumption and loss. Not counting the gasoline and diesel burned, more than one-third of the tanks and cars broke down on the way. Now many crews of the 1st Armored Division have no tanks to use, and they have to go to the logistics brigade to carry fodder together with the car soldiers who have no cars.

It was the first time that the People's Army went abroad for long-distance combat. Various problems arose with the "Panzer I" and "Panzer II" tanks, as well as wheeled armored vehicles and trucks during long-term use. The army was not equipped with enough repair personnel and insufficient spare parts. A large number of mechanical units broke down in the middle of the journey and were waiting to be recovered and repaired.

In order to save precious motorcycle hours and to allow instructors and soldiers time to rest, Liu Chengxiang left the 1st Armored Division in the rear and waited for additional tanks to be transported over.

It is not impossible to send the First Armored Division to come at this time, but there is no need to do so for the time being. Liu Chengxiang looked at the map for a while and decided to send Rokossovsky's 12th Division to provide support. The predecessor of the th Division was the Polish-Ukrainian Division, and the division commander Rokossovsky was a Pole. Originally, this division was not fully staffed, with only to people all year round. After entering Russia, it was supplemented with a large number of Russian soldiers and some artillery, and its combat effectiveness was considerable.

Let the 12th Division reinforce Vidnoye, and it should be able to hold the front line. If that doesn't work, then continue to send reinforcements.

Vidnoye was an important outpost on the outer perimeter of the Moscow defense line. After the 10th Division captured it, it was only one step away from Moscow. If artillery positions were deployed in Vidnoye, shells could reach the other side of the Moscow River. If it was a heavy howitzer, it could directly bombard the urban area of Moscow.

The Germans deployed a large number of 305mm howitzers on the Western Front, and the People's Army also equipped a number of howitzers of this caliber. Because the caliber was the same as the main gun of the dreadnought, it was fast and good to build, which could save a lot of resources and would be cheaper.

The Chinese-made 305mm howitzer has a longer range than the Krupp-made one, but its weight is not much lighter, and it is still very inconvenient to deploy in the field. Not only is it difficult to transport, but the preparation work before launching is also very troublesome, so it can only be used to bombard fortresses or cities.

As long as the artillery positions were built in Vidnoye and the 305mm howitzers were deployed, the connection between Moscow and the eastern defense line could be cut off. Unless the provisional government army intended to abandon the entire outer defense line and retreat to the city to defend it, otherwise, it would inevitably launch a large-scale counterattack.

As Liu Chengxiang expected, Vidnoye attracted the attention of the Provisional Government Army. A large number of troops were deployed to this small town and fought a desperate battle with the People's Army.

The technical and tactical level of the provisional government army was not high, but the morale of the army was good. After discovering that they could not repel the People's Army during the day, they adopted the tactics of "defense during the day and attack at night", relying on the wreckage of houses and factories to approach secretly, and then launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat, causing heavy casualties to the 10th Division.

Chapter 629: Resurgence

The 10th Division was the standing army of the People's Army. Its weapons and equipment were first-rate, and its technical and tactical level was also very high, but it was not equipped with submachine guns, which was a privilege only available to the 1st Armored Division. In close combat, an inch longer is an inch stronger. The Mauser rifles in the hands of the soldiers were shorter than the Mosin-Nagant rifles, and they suffered a lot.

Fortunately, the army was equipped with many pistols, including quite a few revolvers and 1911 pistols, so they were not defeated by the night attack of the provisional government forces.

When the officers and soldiers recovered from the chaos, they launched a counterattack against the enemy. Flares continued to rise into the sky, and machine guns and artillery fired together to repel the attack of the provisional government forces, but the casualties among the soldiers were also heavy.

The interim government forces launched attacks at night for several days in a row. It can't be called a night attack. It's clearly a night assault. The enemy's morale is very good. Although their weapons and equipment and technical and tactical levels are a bit poor, it's not a big problem.

By the evening of the third day, the 10th Division was already struggling in Vidnoye. The main reason was that they had consumed too much ammunition. The artillery shells and machine gun bullets were consumed too quickly, and the front line was repeatedly in danger. The division headquarters had to distribute all the reserve ammunition to the infantry and artillery regiments.

The interim government army also has artillery, and there are many of them.

They fired continuously at the 10th Division's positions in the dark. Amid the sound of explosions and incessant machine gun fire, the Russians shouted "Ura" and launched wave after wave of charges.

In order to repel the enemy's attack, the soldiers of the 10th Division fired fiercely, killing the enemy on the road of charge with hot shells and bullets. After daybreak, the provisional government army finally retreated.

The area around Vidnoye was filled with corpses, roughly estimated to be no less than 4,000. Most of them were from the Provisional Government Army, and some were from the People's Army. In the trenches, the bodies of the soldiers were tangled together. Soldiers cleaning the battlefield sometimes had to break the fingers of the corpses to separate the dead.

Wang Chengbin, the commander of the 10th Division, had participated in the battles in the three northeastern provinces and the outer northeast. The fierce attack of the provisional government army reminded him of the group charge of the Russian army in the northeast. After the Mao bear went crazy, it was not inferior to the Japanese.

In the previous battles, the performance of the Provisional Government Army was very poor. It could not be said that it collapsed immediately, but it did not show the level of the Russian army. In Kazan and Ryazan, the Provisional Government Army was more like an armed mob, and the fighting was completely unsystematic, which made many people think that the enemy was just so-so.

It was not until they reached the outskirts of Moscow that Wang Chengbin realized that the Mao Bear was still the same Mao Bear. If it were not for the civil unrest in Russia and if it were not for the righteousness of his side, it would never have been so easy to kill their way into the heart of Russia.

The total number of German and Austro-Hungarian troops on the Eastern Front exceeded 1.4 million, but they still failed to completely defeat the Russian army, and are now still confronting the Russian army on the Eastern Front led by Archduke Nicholas.

After discovering that the Provisional Government Army was really starting to fight desperately, Wang Chengbin could only ask the Front Army Headquarters for reinforcements, not only for ammunition supplies, but also for reinforcements. Now the Russians are not only attacking at night, but also during the day, but the scale is not that large.

The Provisional Government Army was backed by Moscow, so it was very convenient to replenish troops and ammunition. In contrast, it was much more difficult for the People's Army to replenish. There were some industries and military industries in the Urals and Ryazan, but they could not compare with Moscow.

Around Vidnoye, the People's Army and the Provisional Government Army fought fiercely, constantly piling up troops and technical equipment here. As the number of troops increased, the battle site was no longer limited to Vidnoye, but continued to extend to both wings.

The People's Army used engineer shovels to dig individual pits, which were connected into short trenches. The trenches became longer and longer, forming a continuous battle line and expanding continuously. Looking down from the plane, the trenches on the People's Army's positions looked like a spider web that was constantly expanding.

The fierce battle lasted for eight days. The People's Army had deployed 120,000 troops, and the Provisional Government Army deployed about twice as many troops as the People's Army. The People's Army had the upper hand in artillery power, and the Provisional Government Army had more people. After the fight, both sides suffered heavy casualties.

Just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, Liu Chengxiang ordered the 1st Armored Division to attack northward, then turn west, and successively captured the cities of Korolev and Khimki, and was just one step away from completely encircling Moscow.

Modern warfare has very high requirements for logistical supplies. As long as the supply line to Moscow is cut off, no matter how many troops there are in the city, they will not be able to support the troops. Without raw materials, those arsenals and military factories will soon be unable to continue to operate.

Liu Chengxiang's "Sickle Blitz" tactic was not very clever, and the People's Army had used it many times in previous wars. The Chinese General Staff optimized this army tactic to the point where every detail was almost perfect, attracting the enemy's main force from the front and then attacking from the flank or rear. The army chief of staff and a large group of staff made plans, and Liu Chengxiang only needed to decide when to launch a flank attack.

The garrison in Moscow was the strongest force in the hands of the Provisional Government. As long as the enemies in Moscow were dealt with, the rest would be easy. Liu Chengxiang asked for reinforcements and supplies from the rear while dispatching troops to fill the last gap and make a big dumpling.

However, just when Guo Songling captured Khimki, the provisional government forces in the city suddenly raised the white flag.

"What? The enemy surrendered?"

Liu Chengxiang was surprised at first, then sneered, "I didn't expect the Russians would also use a delaying tactic." When he was young, he didn't like reading, well, he didn't like reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but he liked storytelling. He didn't know how many times he had listened to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he knew the "delaying tactic" very early.

"No, we surrender sincerely."

The one who came over with the white flag was a young cadet, about twenty years old, very thin, with sunken eyes, and looked very tired. "There's no need to fight anymore."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

The junker sighed and said, "The Bolsheviks have taken St. Petersburg, and the Provisional Government has fallen."

"........."

Liu Chengxiang knew about the Bolsheviks. He once thought that the Bolsheviks were a branch of the People's Party in Russia, because the two sides had many similarities in their ideas. Later, he learned that there were a large number of Jews among the Bolsheviks, and he thought that this was a group similar to the Jurchens.

But weren't the Bolsheviks eliminated by the Provisional Government? How come they suddenly reappeared?

"No, they were not destroyed. The Provisional Government never caught Vladimir... the leader of the Bolsheviks. It is said that the remaining

The Bolsheviks fled to Finland, and now they are coming back.”

“It turns out there is such a thing as a resurgence.”

Liu Chengxiang still didn't care much about the Bolsheviks. "The Provisional Government collapsed, so you decided to surrender?"

"........Yes."

"Well, I accept your surrender. As long as you don't cause me any trouble, I will give you the treatment you deserve. By the way, what's your name?"

"Mikhail, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky."

Chapter 630: Ace

Moscow is the political and economic center of Russia and the largest railway hub in Russia. To Lin Yongchang, it is even more important than St. Petersburg. Therefore, when the situation in Moscow was not yet stable, he rushed over with his working group.

After arriving in Moscow, Lin Yongchang learned about the Bolsheviks' lightning-fast return, which attracted his great attention, but that was just attention. A year ago, Lin Yongchang regarded the Bolsheviks and Comrade Vladimir as the most dangerous opponents, but now he no longer thinks so.

It is true that the Bolsheviks created miracles in another world, but did China not create miracles? Whether in that world or in this world, the Chinese have created miracles. There are many old and decadent things in the 5000-year cultural accumulation, but there are also many positive contents.

Learning from history, being good at summarizing, being hardworking and having a huge population and land accumulated over thousands of years of civilization, as long as China can emerge from the darkness and decadence, it will inevitably erupt with a force that shocks the world.

Comrade Vladimir is a hero. Lin Yongchang feels that he is probably no match for him, but he has the advantage of standing at the downstream of history and understands the world situation and historical changes as clearly as reading the lines on the palm of your hand.

With so many advantages, Lin Yongchang can now look at the Bolsheviks and Comrade Vladimir with a calm mind. He even wants to recruit Comrade Vladimir Ilyich for his own use. Although Comrade Vladimir is very dangerous, his ability is absolutely first-class.

In the [Eternal Empire] system, Comrade Vladimir Ilyich's stats as a leader of a regime are [644], which means 6 points in administration, 4 points in diplomacy, and 4 points in military. 6 points is the highest. Vladimir Ilyich has 14 points in internal affairs, and his diplomacy and military abilities are also very good. His total attributes are 535 points, which is considered the top existence in this era. Lin Yongchang's current attributes are [], which is a little less than Vladimir Ilyich overall.

Points are only one aspect. What is more important is that Comrade Vladimir Ilyich has a firm belief and is able to launch an armed uprising if the election results are not favorable to the Bolsheviks. He can also send the army to the countryside with machine guns to collect surplus grain.

Brusilov was reluctant to deal with the Orthodox Church, but Comrade Vladimir Ilyich would be much more efficient.

"Well, send someone to St. Petersburg... Did the former Tsar Nicholas II fall into the hands of the Bolsheviks?"

"should be."

"This is a bit difficult to handle."

Lin Yongchang put down his pen and frowned as he thought. Liu Chengxiang, the secretary, and the staff all fell silent to avoid disturbing Chairman Lin's contemplation.

Lin Yongchang is now so powerful that no one can compare to him. He is both the Chairman of the Military Commission of China and the Prime Minister of Russia. He controls the armies of the two great powers, China and Russia. Even the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the President of the United States cannot compare with him.

"What do you think we should do?" Lin Yongchang asked Liu Chengxiang, "If Nicholas II falls into the hands of the Bolsheviks, will his life be in danger?"

"There should be no danger to life now, but when we go to liberate St. Petersburg, maybe..."

Nicholas II's eldest daughter, Olga I, and Chairman Lin had several children. Many people knew about this, including Liu Chengxiang. Now that Chairman Lin's father-in-law had fallen into the hands of the enemy, things would become complicated and troublesome.

If Liu Chengxiang's intention was followed, then he would naturally ignore the matter. No matter what the Bolsheviks wanted to do, they would just use the army to fight back. The weapon of criticism is indispensable, but the criticism of weapons is even more indispensable. The father-in-law is not the son, so if he dies, he dies. If Nicholas II died, it would save some trouble.

Lin Yongchang thought for a few seconds and had a good idea in mind. So while reviewing the documents, he said to Liu Chengxiang again: "Send someone to St. Petersburg to persuade them to surrender. Vladimir Ilyich and his men have no chance of winning, and they might be willing to shake hands and make peace. Our People's Party and their Bolsheviks have similar ideas in many aspects."

"I have sent three groups of people to Moscow to persuade them to surrender."

"Well, there's a good chance it won't work, but there's no harm in trying. Maybe it will work."

".......After we liberated Moscow, we discovered that all the people we sent to persuade them to surrender had been killed."

Lin Yongchang paused and asked, "Have you found the murderer?"

"He has been shot. The report will be delivered later."

"Then send a few prisoners to St. Petersburg. If the Bolsheviks

If they like to kill Russians, then let them kill them. "Marshal Lin's heart had long been as hard as steel. "Talk to the Bolsheviks first, and come up with a plan to attack St. Petersburg as soon as possible... The Yulin Army and the Mongolian Iron Cavalry will also be allocated to you."

It is generally acknowledged that there are three trump cards in the People's Army: the Mongolian Cavalry, the Imperial Guards, and the Imperial Guards. The People's Army is full of unruly generals and brave officers and soldiers. Other troops often compare with each other, and there are many cases of dissatisfaction. However, when discussing the record and combat effectiveness, the three trump cards are not counted.

There was no way, those beasts (someone complained after the martial arts competition) carried forty or fifty kilograms of equipment and could run faster than rabbits. In terms of physical fitness, they were far ahead of the soldiers of other troops.

In ordinary troops, the Maxim machine gun was mainly used for defense, but the soldiers of the Guards and the Yulin Army could carry machine guns weighing dozens of kilograms for mobile operations.

Even the Mongolian cavalry, which was not known for its firepower, was far superior to ordinary troops in terms of physical strength and endurance. The generals of other troops were repeatedly beaten in military exercises and competitions, and everyone could only compete for the fourth place. Some people also said sourly that if they were commanding the ace troops, they would also be able to achieve brilliant results.

Some people also said that the Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards snatched away all the best talents in the army. They were also the first to select the officer cadets and non-commissioned officer cadets every year, and the other troops could only select the remaining ones.

This is true. Ace troops should be treated as such. The Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards are first-rate in terms of both weapons and equipment and personnel. However, the Mongolian Iron Cavalry is different from the Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards. The recruitment area of this cavalry unit is in Mongolia and Central Asia. Even if there are exchanges with other troops, the Mongolian Iron Cavalry will borrow a few cavalry regiments to cooperate with other brother troops in combat.

At this time, the Mongolian cavalry was still in Li Dayan's southern group battle sequence, fighting near Volgograd. It would take more than a day or two to transfer them there.

Liu Chengxiang was a little surprised and said, "Do we need to transfer the Mongolian cavalry as well? The existing strength of the Northern Group is enough to capture St. Petersburg."

"They are Bolsheviks. Don't underestimate them."

Lin Yongchang actually had other plans, but those things were a bit shady and did not fit in with his great and glorious image, so I won’t talk about them.

Chapter 631: Power

"We Bolsheviks must not yield to the Tsar's lackeys!"

In the blood-stained hall, Comrade Frunze waved his arms and said in a sonorous voice, "Six million workers in Russia are watching us, and the proletariat of the whole world are watching us! If the enemy wants to invade Petrograd, we will destroy them here!"

Kamenev, Lev Borisovich Kamenev pushed his glasses up, "But we don't have enough troops, weapons and ammunition. If we fight the enemy, we will suffer heavy casualties."

“How can there be no sacrifice in revolution?”

Unlike Kamenev and Zinoviev, who have always been engaged in propaganda work, Frunze used to be involved in the workers' movement. Ten years ago, he participated in the petition march of workers in St. Petersburg and was beaten by the Tsar's lackeys. Since then, he has always had hatred for the corrupt old society in his heart. The current situation is not good, but compared with ten years ago, it is much better.

At least, the Bolsheviks had a big city and hundreds of thousands of troops. If they could mobilize the masses, it would not be impossible for them to arm a million-strong army.

"We waged revolution to liberate oppressed people, not to kill them."

Zinoviev spoke in the same tone as Kamenev. He was not as weak as Kamenev, but compared the situation of the Bolsheviks with that of Olga I. "Olga I distributed land and reduced taxes to the peasants, which won the support of the peasants, who accounted for 90% of the Russian population. She also had the support of the Tsarist army. Now the Chinese have taken Moscow. We can only strive for the least bad outcome."

"Moscow was not captured, but the defenders gave up resistance!"

Frunze said loudly: "Petrograd is not Moscow! We will turn this place into a fortress and make the enemy suffer heavy losses in Petrograd!"

Zinoviev looked at Frunze, then turned to Vladimir Ilyich and asked: "Comrade Lenin, what do you think?"

Comrade Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov changed his name to Lenin for the sake of the revolutionary cause, so Zinoviev called him "Comrade Lenin."

Lenin had a beard and was a bit bald. He was arrested and exiled by the Tsar’s police several times, but he never changed his ambition. When he heard Zinoviev’s question, Lenin did not answer directly, but talked about another unrelated matter, “I heard that the Provisional Government intends to let Nicholas II mediate the war?”

Kamenev nodded. "That's true."

"Then let Nicholas II talk to the new tsar's people, and we can take this opportunity to reorganize the army. The Red Guards are very motivated, but they have not been trained and their combat effectiveness is not strong. It will take time to turn the Red Guards into a real revolutionary army. Whether we want to fight the enemy to the end or negotiate, with a strong army in hand, things will be much easier."

"I agree with Comrade Lenin!"

Lev Davidovich Trotsky, Lenin's comrade-in-arms and leader of the October Revolution, stood up to support Lenin's opinion, "We need to build a real revolutionary army. We cannot win the war by relying on the militia alone. If we want to build a professional army, we need weapons, officers and soldiers. We have countless enthusiastic soldiers. The problem of weapons is being solved. The workers are working overtime to produce weapons. As for the issue of officers..."

Trotsky paused and looked at the reactions of the audience, "......I suggest that officers of the Tsar and the bourgeois Provisional Government can remain."

"be opposed to!"

"objection!"