Central Siberia region.

After about a year of repeated stakes, the Soviet Red Army was defeated in the Siberian Battle. Then the Russian Imperial Government Army took advantage of the other side's retreat and advanced westward quickly. Then the two sides launched several battles in central Russia. After Denikin's entire army was destroyed, the Russian Imperial Government Army decisively retreated to the Siberian defense line, and the battle situation returned to the attitude of last year.

However, this time, Trotsky, who served as the commander of the Eastern Front, did not make a rash progress. He first consolidated the various regions liberated by the Red Army in a steady manner, and formed a stalemate with the Russian Imperial Government Army on the defense. Although the two sides had many firefights, they were all small-scale conflicts and no major battles were carried out.

Regarding this situation, Trotsky made a strategic deployment plan report to the Soviet Central Committee. Although the Russian Imperial Government Army suffered a great loss in the battles in the central region, their strength was not consumed much. In terms of nature, the Denikin tribe was an armed force outside the Russian Imperial Government Army. Baron Peter Nikolaevich Flanger, the commander of the opponent, was an extremely cautious and excellent soldier. He made the wisest choice at the first time and ordered the troops to retreat to the Siberian defense line without hesitation, so that their main force was basically intact. In addition, the opponent had built more than a year of solid defense fortifications, with the current Red Army's current strength, they would definitely suffer losses in the decisive battle with the opponent here. If not, they would repeat the mistakes of the defeat of the Siberian Battle last year.

Because of this, Trotsky adopted the most secure combat plan. In his opinion, as long as the rear is stable, accumulate strength, and wait until he is absolutely sure, then he will fight to break through the Siberian defense line in one fell swoop. As long as the enemy in front of him is eliminated, the Russian Imperial Government Army will no longer be an opponent of the Soviet Red Army. Next, he will fight to the Far East in one breath and completely liberate the whole country. Capturing the so-called queen alive is an easy task.

From a military perspective, Trotsky's plan was fine, but from a political perspective, it aroused dissatisfaction among the top Soviet leaders. In the eyes of most Bolshevik party members, the Red Army, with firm beliefs and powerful strength, was indestructible, and the White Bandits were like a native chicken and a treacherous dog under the vast torrent of the Red Army. Now the Red Army has an advantage in tacticality. 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 members, but also by political commissaries at all levels of the advancing front. They were strongly dissatisfied with Trotsky's tactics and local confrontation. Even Stalin, who initially agreed with Trotsky's view, gradually changed his original attitude and asked Trotsky to find a way to seize the Siberian defense line as soon as possible to accelerate the completion of the strategic goal of liberating the country.

On this day, the commanders and fighters at all levels and above of the Eastern Front Army and the political commissar received a notice from Commander Trotsky and came to the headquarters to attend the meeting. The meeting was scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. Starting from 8:00, many people arrived one after another. By about 8:30, the political commissar Georky, Maximilianovich, and Malenkov, also came.

"Comrade Malenkov! Hello!"

When Malenkov arrived, commanders and political commissars at all levels quickly stood up to say hello to him. Although the entire Eastern Front Army was the head of Trotsky, everyone knew that the Political Commissar Malenkov was the confidant of Comrade Stalin. His status in the Eastern Front Army was like the military supervisor sent by the emperor during the Ming Dynasty in China.

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

Malenkov, who came in with his hands behind his back, nodded to everyone with a smile. When he walked to the familiar people, he would stop and say a few gossips about caring about the other person's body. The comrades who were comforted seemed flattered and thanked them with great gratitude.

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

"Haha, of course it's targeting over there." Malenkov smiled and pointed at the east: "Comrade Trotsky feels that the time for the decisive battle is ripe."

"That's great!" Most of the people were happy, and only a few of them frowned slightly. In the eyes of those who were happy, they confronted each other every day. They were almost a waste of time and cowards. As extremely brave Red Army commanders and fighters, they should move forward! Move forward! Move forward again! Use artillery fire to tear all the damn reactionaries to complete the great proletarian revolution and liberation cause.

As for the few people who frowned, they were basically military chiefs. They usually looked down on these political commissaries who only talked loudly. There were also some mediocre generals who were incompetent in war and could only hold on to the top. In their opinion, it was not time for a decisive battle at all. Both sides were not sure of winning in military or other aspects. The decisive battle now is very likely to lead to failure of the offensive, and even a crushing defeat in the Battle of Siberia last year could occur. But they also understood that as time went by, the pressure on Trotsky was getting greater and greater. Not to mention Moscow, the voices of opposing Trotsky's retardation within the advancing front were getting louder and louder, and the main representative was the political commissar Malenkov.

Under pressure from several aspects, Trotsky was probably helpless to make this decision. Thinking of this, these opposing people could only shake their heads and sigh secretly, but did not dare to refute.

In a blink of an eye, it was nine o'clock. At about nine o'clock, Trotsky, the commander of the Eastward Front Army, entered the venue on a regular basis. He shook hands with the political commissar Malenkov with a plain expression, then sat down in his seat, and then announced the beginning of the meeting.

According to the meeting procedures of the Soviet Red Army, the meeting should be spoken first by the political commissar Malenkov. The speeches are of course the same as the old-fashioned ones, nagging and promoting political propaganda, etc. The people below these words have long been called out, but in such occasions, they all pretend to be listening with relish, and some even hold small notebooks in their hands to show a serious record.

About half an hour later, the "bombing" of political commissar Malenkov finally ended. After warm applause, the topic of the meeting was announced by Trotsky, commander of the Eastward Front.

Nodding, Trotsky stood up and said to everyone with a serious expression: "Before the military meeting, as the commander of the Front, I will announce one thing first! That is, the shameless slander of the Chinese government's use of poison gas tactics in the Battle of Tyumen some time ago! According to the instructions of Comrade Stalin of the Supreme Soviet, the instructions of enemies and traitors were drawn in response to this incident. According to the repeated investigations by Moscow, there are now preliminary conclusions that these enemies and traitors are in our eastward advancement front!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a huge uproar at the scene. Everyone was shocked by the news and could not speak. Even the Political Commissar Malenkov widened his eyes.

"Comrade Trotsky, where did you come from? Why didn't I receive a notice from my superior?"

"Comrade Malenkov, please don't worry. This news was just reached the headquarters ten minutes before the meeting. Because you left temporarily, you didn't have time to notify you. Besides, this matter needs to be absolutely confidential, so I thought it would be better to tell everyone at the meeting site after considering it." Trotsky replied softly, and Malenkov slowed down and nodded. It was indeed as Trotsky said that he came to the venue half an hour in advance. It was normal that the news suddenly didn't have time to notify him. Moreover, since the enemy and the traitor were inside him, it would be a good idea to announce it directly at the venue. When the names of these people were said, you could immediately get the guards to take it down. They would never give them a chance to escape.

Seeing Malenkov nodding, Trotsky was not polite. He immediately waved his hand at the door, and Hulala rushed in to a group of soldiers with live ammunition to surround the entire venue. Everyone present looked at each other in fear, and their faces were pale. The timid guys even had their legs weak, and water vapor was leaking from their pants.

When the guards were in place, Trotsky took out a piece of paper from his pocket and walked to the front of the stage to read it. At this time, Malenkov's eyes were staring at the commanders and fighters and political commissaries at all levels below the stage. As long as the list was announced and the guards caught the person, he, as the political commissar of the front, could take over and start the interrogation work.

"According to the investigation and verification, the list of traitors is as follows: Georgi Maximilianovich Malenkov, the political commissar of the Eastward Front Army...."

The first person's name scared everyone. Before Malenkov could react, he had already been eyeing him and rushed over like a tiger. He first took off his gun cleanly, and then handcuffed him.

"No...this is impossible...!"

Malenkov yelled with a struggle, with a look of surprise, confusion and panic in his eyes. In an instant, he immediately realized that he would never be abandoned by Comrade Stalin. All enemies and traitors were traps set by Trotsky. The biggest possibility was that Trotsky was the traitor. In order to conceal his authenticity, he had to take action first.

"Trotsky...you...woo...woo..."

After understanding, Malenkov shouted hurriedly, trying to tell the truth. Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, the guards put a cloth into it. Under the strong suppression of the guards, he could only struggle and couldn't say a word.

Regardless of Malenkov's reaction, Trotsky on the stage continued to read the list. Whenever he read one, the guards would come forward to catch it, and at the same time he was blocked as he treated Malenkov.
Chapter completed!