Chapter 238 The Tukhachevsky Case

Tukhachevsky was born in an old Russian nobleman, and later believed in the Bolsheviks. During the Soviet-Russian Civil War, he was appreciated by Lenin for his outstanding performance and became one of the most capable army commanders. He is considered to be one of the most capable army commanders in the Red Army One of the most talented senior military generals, has the title of "Napoleon of the Red Army".

After the war, Tukhachevsky single-handedly presided over the modernization of the Red Army. It was he who proposed the strategy of great depth. All the equipment of the Red Army belonged to him and had great power.

At the same time, in 1935, together with four senior generals including Budyonny and Voroshilov, he was the first to accept the title of Marshal of the Soviet Union. It can be said that he was one of the earliest Marshals of the Soviet Union.

The position is the highest, it can be said that he has reached the peak of the Red Army, and such a marshal, who betrays the Soviets, will bring a huge shock to the whole army.

Therefore, after receiving this news, Stalin did not make a decision immediately, but listened to Beria's continuous narration.

In the past years, the Soviet Union has been working closely with Germany. After all, after the First World War, the Soviet Union and Germany were in similar positions, and they were hostile and blocked by the West because of the Bolsheviks' rise to power.

In the past, many things were actually decided by Stalin, such as cooperation with Germany, exporting ore in exchange for an aircraft carrier.

But now, these projects seem unwise, there can only be one reason, Tukhachevsky has betrayed the Soviets and secretly joined Germany, so he will betray the interests of the Soviets!

Moreover, Tukhachevsky is completely conditional and wintery.

As early as in 1922, after the Soviet Union and Germany signed the "Rapallo Treaty", the Soviet Union and Germany began to send officers to each other to take military training courses. First-class military strategists like Tukhachevsky were also sent to Germany at that time.

After all, although Germany was defeated, it has many years of history. At that time, Tukhachevsky had a colleague at the Berlin Military Academy. At that time, the two had a close relationship. Now, this colleague is a German general.

Tukhachevsky has been in contact with the general, trying to overthrow Tukhachevsky!

The letter of contact between the two sides was finally obtained by Beria after various efforts. Now, this letter is in Stalin's hands.

The evidence is already there, and there are all kinds of clues over the years. However, whether Tukhachevsky really betrayed the Soviets still needs a word from Stalin!

Tukhachevsky, did he really want to overthrow Stalin? In fact, even Beria doesn't believe it. Tukhachevsky has been vigilant against Germany in recent years. The size of the German army is constantly expanding and its mobilization ability is strong. Tukhachevsky even Germany has been vaguely listed as a threat.

These evidences, say yes, say no is not.

However, he knew very well that the current eradication of rebels was still not in place. In the army, there were still a large number of personnel who were not absolutely loyal to Stalin!

This is a great opportunity, a chance to purge the army! Tukhachevsky had fornicated with Germany and conspired to overthrow the Soviet regime. Therefore, the work of eliminating counter-revolutionaries must be extended to the entire army.

Led by Tukhachevsky, Yakir, Uborevich, Korke, Edman, Feldman, Primakov, Putner, and others, can all be counted as Tokhazir. Lotsky's faction!

What is this eradication of rebellion? Of course it was a group of people who opposed Stalin, and the focus was on the Trotskyists!

Trotsky was a revolutionary of the same era as Lenin. In the Soviet Union, the two were closely united and cooperated. Even if Lenin died, he hoped that Trotsky would seize the power of the state.

It is a pity that the ambitious Stalin has been fighting for the supreme power of the Soviets, using everything, and Trotsky, who has insufficient understanding of the cruelty of the struggle, still regards Stalin as a comrade.

Therefore, before 1925, some people in the left-wing opposition proposed the armed overthrow of the Stalinist clique, which was opposed by Trotsky. Lenin's wife Krupskaya even privately said that Stalin would be hanged. Unfortunately, Stalin had the last laugh.

Trotsky was expelled and exiled abroad, Stalin became the leader of the Soviets, and this vigorous campaign to eliminate counter-revolutionaries, the purge, was of course Stalin's means to seize power with more certainty.

Now, it depends on Stalin's determination!

After smoking a pot of pipes, Stalin knocked the ash in the ashtray and stood up. He had finished thinking.

"We Soviets will never tolerate traitors." Stalin said: "Tukhachevsky actually betrayed the Soviets and is the lackey of the Germans. We must not tolerate it, let's do it."

"Yes." Beria said, with no expression on his face, but a joy in his heart.

For a knife, there should be no thinking, but Beria's thinking is very rich. Essentially, Beria and Stalin were on the same page.

The road to power is destined to be bloody! The stumbling blocks along the way will be killed and climb up on the shoulders of others! Beria recognized Stalin, because Stalin was ruthless!

Taking this incident as a starting point, the army will be purged, and at the same time, a lot of positions will be vacated, which also gives Beria a lot of opportunities.

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19 Koznamenka Street, Ministry of Defense building.

His face was a little fat, and even if his face was sullen, he could not see too much seriousness. Marshal Tukhachevsky always looked so kind.

At this time, he was having a symposium with a group of people who had just returned from Spain.

"The Germans are completely misleading us. Tanks are simply not suitable for large-scale centralized use. Tanks are always vassals of infantry." Pavlov said.

The previous victories made Pavlov a well-known tank warfare expert in Moscow, but the subsequent defeats made him disgraced, and his tanks were lost to Spain. Now, he is almost a bare commander. , he will tell his comrades the lessons he has learned on the battlefield.

"The Germans hit Barcelona from Madrid in a week, so we couldn't react at all, and Barcelona lost as a result. How can this be explained?" an officer asked.

"This is not the result of the high-speed assault of tanks at all." Pavlov said: "You don't know at all, we are in Spain, the biggest enemy is not the rebels, but other people! Several factions are fighting each other, such as fighting Barcelona, ​​the original defenders, are fighting infighting! In such a battle, it's hell if you don't lose!"

Only those who have been on the front line can know that Spain is really hopeless!

"Moreover, the Northern Army is following very closely. Tanks must not be used alone. Tanks can only be safer when they are among the infantry. I propose that we should strengthen the training of infantry-tank coordination." Pavlov said.