"Comrade General Secretary, Comrade Yegorov and I both think that the Germans' "Black Plan" is formulated too conservatively. The Germans overestimated the power of Poland...but they can still achieve the goal of defeating White Poland. ⊙,"

When Tukhachevsky and Yegorov reported to Stalin, the great Soviet leader was also reading a report that made him happy. Berzin sent him from Crimea.

About 560 tons of gold have been shipped to the Soviet Union!

In addition, Berzin also asked his agents to steal the relevant receipts and use the transfer plan, but the Spaniards did not notice it at all.

"Now the Spaniards can no longer see their gold, as if they cannot see their ears." Stalin wrote in a pencil on the Berzin report.

This is a joke that makes people laugh.

"Conservative? This is the style of the Germans, they have always been like this." Stalin used a pencil to paint the "joke" he wrote, and said, "But as long as you can win, it's okay to be conservative. So, how long do you think you can recover Ukraine and Western Belarus on the right bank according to their methods?"

"The Germans are ready to defeat Poland in six months," said Yegorov. "But the General Staff of the Red Army has deduced it based on the general outline of the Black Plan. Even if the Poles do not make any mistakes, three months is their limit."

In the Black Plan, the German army will dispatch 1.5 million troops, and Hessmann suggested that the Soviet Union mobilize the same number of troops. Poland currently maintains a standing army of nearly 1.5 million. Once the war breaks out, the Poles have the ability to double the number of troops to 3 million within three months, which is nearly double the total number of the Soviet-German coalition forces than in history, mainly because Poland has also increased a lot after the merger of Ukraine and Lithuania on the right bank. With the assistance of Britain and France, Poland is also able to equip so many troops with relatively well-equipped weapons. In addition, the Black Plan plans to defeat Poland in 6 months instead of one month, so the Poles theoretically have more time to mobilize.

However, the Polish air force was too weak to withstand the attacks of tens of thousands of military aircraft from the Soviet Union and Germany. After losing the air superiority, even if the Polish army reached 3 million, it would only be beaten.

"Three months is enough?" Stalin's eyes shifted from Berzin's report to Yegorov's serious face.

"Enough," Tukhachevsky said, "if they are willing to take more risky play, such as using mechanized troops to conduct large-scale deep attacks, maybe they will win a big victory in one month."

"Maybe in one month, maybe I can't win!" Stalin shook his head, "The military exercises and wargame deductions of the large-scale assault have been carried out many times, but the problem is very big, right?"

Theory is one thing. Practice is sometimes another. In history, the Soviet Union has been hesitating whether to focus on using tanks for a long time. This is not just a problem of conservative thinking, but has encountered too many problems in practical application.

Not only did the personnel quality not meet the requirements, but the number of equipment and governance were also seriously insufficient. There were quite a few tanks owned by the Soviet Union. However, large-scale offensive operations cannot be carried out just by concentrating tanks. There are also enough armored vehicles and trucks to allow infantry to mechanize or motorize the tank operations.

"You who are deputy people's committee members of the National Defense and chief of staff know mechanization, the tank army, and the pursuit of the greatest combat effectiveness." Stalin said in an impatient tone, "But when can you understand the difficulties of the country and the people? The tank army is good and mechanized, who doesn't know?

But our country has a total output of only 120,000 to 30,000 cars a year. Two or 30,000 of them are of poor quality. How many cars are there in the entire Red Army of the Workers and Peasants? How many mechanized troops can they be equipped with when they are all concentrated? So what should other troops do? What should the logistics department do? Even if it is replaced by horse carriages, it is impossible. It requires one million horse carriages and millions of horses... But how many horse farms do we have? Where do we have to get so many horses?"

With the output of more than 500,000 vehicles per year in Germany, none of them can fully mechanize the 1.5 million troops, let alone the Soviet Union, which has only 120,000 vehicles produced by 120,000 vehicles. Therefore, in the theory of large-scale combat proposed by Tukhachevsky, in addition to the concentrated use of mechanization, the concentrated use of cavalry was also mentioned. But the problem is that the concentrated use of mechanization on a few troops will cause most of the troops to lose their mobility. The Soviet Red Army Army was a heavy army, with too much cannon and baggage. Therefore, even the infantry division was equipped with many trucks. If these trucks were to be taken away, the troops could only rely on mules and horses to achieve mobility.

However, horse production was a problem after agricultural collectivization. The Soviet Union did not have so many horses. Because collective farms would not raise extra horses, the horses needed by the army could not rely on agricultural support from the entire country. They could only rely on state-owned horse farms to provide. It was a very complicated issue to increase horse production in state-owned pastures. This involved pastures, feed, labor and a lot of investment, as well as adjustments to the entire five-year plan, and even to reduce the supply of rations for the Soviet people to feed the extra horses...

When Stalin talked about "mechanization", his mood became a little bad, and he no longer wanted to see the faces of two "noble officers" who were above and far away from the masses. Just as he was about to send them away quickly, Tukhachevsky spoke without opening his eyes.

"Comrade Stalin," Tukhachevsky frowned, "I think it's possible that the Germans are cheating on us!"

"Do you think they won't attack Poland?" Stalin looked up at Tukhachevsky.

"No, they will definitely attack," Tukhachevsky said, "because only by defeating and controlling Poland can Germany be connected with Polo and East Prussia. Moreover, Germany's agricultural products cannot be self-sufficient. Even if the Polo Republic merges, it still needs to import more than two million tons of agricultural products every year, and Poland is a major agricultural exporter."

"Then will they swallow Western Belarus and Right Bank Ukraine together?"

"This is impossible. West Belarus and Ukraine on the right bank are too far from Germany." Tukhachevsky said, "Comrade General Secretary, I mean, the "Black Plan" given to us by the Germans is likely to be false. The style of play in the "Black Plan" is completely opposite to the military mechanization policy that Germany has always implemented..."

"Okay, OK," Stalin was very impatient. "Comrade Tukhachevsky, I understand what you mean... You still think that the party's military line is wrong. It did not establish a small but mechanized professional army in accordance with the opinions of the French bourgeois military strategist Charles de Gaulle, but took a line of a large-scale people's army!"

"This..." Tukhachevsky was stunned for a moment and wanted to explain a few words. Yegorov, who was standing aside, had already changed his face. Stalin mentioned the "party line", which is a major event that will cause death in the Soviet Union!

"Comrade Stalin, Comrade Tukhachevsky supports the party's military line. He just thinks that the Germans are deceiving us..." Yegorov said, and a very bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart Stalin didn't like "military experts" like him and Tukhachevsky, and now he talks about the "party line" again...

"So what?" Stalin glared at Yegorov, "I want Western Belarus, I want Ukraine on the right bank, and Comrade Lenin also wants to destroy White Poland! The Germans can help us achieve our goals, so they have not deceived us! As for how they fight, what does it matter?"

Stalin emphasized his tone, "Even if the Germans used large-scale mechanized troops to flatten Poland, it does not mean that the party's military line is wrong! Because the Soviet Union has the national conditions of the Soviet Union! We don't have so many cars to mechanize the army! No, no!"

...

"Comrade Tukhachevsky, let's go and admit it to Comrade Stalin. We are a little anxious to achieve success when it comes to the mechanization of the army."

Tukhachevsky and Yegorov left the Kremlin together. Tukhachevsky was not doing well, but Yegorov seemed to be burning with his eyebrows. As soon as he got into the car, he whispered to Tukhachevsky.

"Acknowledge your mistake?" Tukhachevsky straightened his eyebrows, "We are not wrong! The Workers and Peasants' Red Army must establish a strong mechanized assault force, otherwise we may be attacked by Germany after the demise of Poland! This is related to the survival of the Soviet country. On this issue, I must stick to the right route!"

"Oh my God, what are you talking about?" Yegorov frowned tightly.

"******" is life-and-death for the Bolsheviks. No one who sets the "wrong line" or supports does not fail to step down... And in the era of the Great Purge, a charge of "supporting the reactionary military line" is enough to make a general with great military achievements become a prisoner under the ranks or even lose his life.

"This is not a problem of the route, this is not a problem of the route!" Yegorov said solemnly, "Comrade Stalin did not deny the benefits of mechanization. The problem is that we cannot be rushing to achieve success. If the country is in difficulties, we as soldiers should be considerate."

Tukhachevsky said: "Why are there no hurry? At most two years, Poland, a buffer country between the Soviet Union and Germany, will disappear. At that time, we will face the mechanized and air superiority of the German team! If we cannot overcome all difficulties and establish a strong mechanized army in time, our career will face the danger of failure! As a Bolshevik military strategist, we must be realistic on this issue!"
Chapter completed!