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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 271: Lure a snake out of its hole to make a dumpling

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    ~Date:~October 05~

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    "Your Excellency Kolchak, I do not doubt the professional quality of your White Guards, nor the loyalty of you and your generals to the Russian people, but why are there more and more Soviet Red Army troops on the other side? I will eliminate this question.  You can take the time to think about it. You just came here to urge the coalition forces to send troops as soon as possible. What I want to ask is, do you have a specific combat plan? If the coalition forces of 200,000 are given to you, what are you going to do? "

    Wang Geng stretched out his arms and pressed down, stopping the buzzing sound of a small meeting in the conference room, and turned to seriously ask Kolchak, the top executive of the All-Russian Provisional Government next to him.

    "Uh ¡â Me, if you rely on me, I will fight directly from Kazan, use superior forces to defeat the 5th Army of the Soviet Eastern Front across the Volga River, and then take Novgoro in one go  Germany, and then go straight to Moscow!¡±

    Kolchak was so arrogant that in fact this was the Black Tiger¡¯s heart-wrenching tactic that he had always wanted to realize. In his view, if Moscow were captured, the Soviet Russian regime would be completely finished!

    "Soviet Russia has just made peace with Germany and Austria. Do you think Moscow can be captured with 400,000 troops? Even if the Fifth Army is defeated, it will only be 120,000 people. The Third and First Army combined will still have more  150,000 people, how will your logistics be completed? How many 400,000 people will you have left after you finish packing the Eastern Front? 300,000? 200,000? How will you replenish the consumption of weapons, ammunition and food from China?  kilometers of railway lines?¡±

    Wang Geng asked Kolchak sternly that blitzkrieg was not unavoidable. The problem was that Moscow itself was the center where Soviet Russia consumed materials and food, not the place of production. It could not annihilate the enemy's effective forces, and it was adopted simply to occupy the opponent's capital.  A desperate move will definitely hit a wall. This is to relieve the Soviet Union of the burden of Moscow!

    ??Didn¡¯t Napoleon and the Germans who fought against Moscow in his previous life, like Napoleon and Wang Geng, all suffer such losses?  Moreover, it is June now, and there are still 3 to 4 months of optimal combat time at most. When the Russian winter comes, what will the highly mechanized Chinese corps do?  Can the fuel and logistics supply of the 8,000-kilometer icy and snowy Trans-Siberian Railway transport line maintain the needs of the front line?

    "Well, your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, logistics and supplies are things that you and the Allied Powers have to worry about. I am a soldier, and it is my sacred mission to defend free Russia and its people. Are we just sitting in Kazan and waiting for the enemy to shoot like madmen?"  Are you talking? You also said that my troops in Kazan are not as good as the Soviet Fifth Army opposite. If that Slavin really breaks out and fights with me, Kazan will not be able to defend it!  Is it just to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight? Russia has sacrificed all of Siberia!¡±

    Kolchak was obviously a little anxious. He blushed and spoke a series of Russian words. Wang Geng pretended not to understand even though he understood, and didn't take it seriously at all.

    "Today's meeting is just to let everyone understand the current situation and the enemy situation in front of you. As for the next action plan, the coalition command will formulate it soon. You will be busy then. The coalition chief of staff and deputy chief of staff please stay.  Everyone else is dismissed!"

    Wang Geng unexpectedly ended the emergency military meeting, leaving only Jiang Hongyu, Wu Peifu and Utsunomiya Taro. Although the King of China, the commander-in-chief of the coalition, was only 24 years old, he was the de facto military leader of the country this year.  The authority of the superior was obviously getting stronger and stronger. With an order, a large group of Chinese and Japanese generals in the war conference room who were several years older than him stood up obediently, saluted, and exited the conference room.

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I implore you to dispatch the coalition forces to the west as soon as possible. Otherwise, Kazan cannot be defended, Ufa cannot be defended at all, and Free Russia will be completely overturned by Soviet Russia!" Kolchak and other Chinese and Japanese division commanders and divisions  After all the generals at the rank of regiment leader exited the conference room, they couldn't help but stand up and salute Wang Geng with a bang, then held the man's hands tightly and begged.

    "Your Excellency Kolchak, to be honest, your White Guards are really a bunch of rabble. If you had just worked hard and gritted your teeth when Muravyov started the uprising, where would the Eastern Front be? Your All-Russian Army  The autonomous government has already reached Moscow!" Taro Utsunomiya, deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces and commander of the Japanese Third Army, scoffed.

    "There is a saying in China, which is to prepare for a rainy day. Your government and army are like lost dogs now. Just thinking about biting people is useless. You must first lay a solid foundation. No matter how hard you fight, you will become stronger and stronger!" Deputy Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces  Wu Peifu, who is also the commander of China's Third Army, continued lukewarmly.

    Although Kolchak was known as the supreme governor of the All-Russian Provisional Government, he did not dare to say no to Wu Peifu and Utsunomiya Taro, the two generals under Wang Geng. How could people not bow their heads under the eaves at this moment?  , but he also somewhat understood the meaning behind the words of the King of China and his second general Heng Ha. To put it bluntly, they were concerned about his own regime and the White Guards.I have no confidence and feel that no matter how hard I try, I may be the one who cannot be helped up.

    "Your Excellency Kolchak, what do you think if we let the enemy come over to fight? You don't have the Volga Fleet at the moment. If you abandon Kazan, let the Soviet Eastern Front cross the river, and then outflank the opponent from both sides.  "What do you think of the dumplings?" Wang Geng walked to the one-hundred-thousandth map on the wall, looked at it for a long time, and said his plan, which made Wu Peifu and Utsunomiya Taro's eyes light up.

    Kolchak was overjoyed at first when he heard that the King of China finally agreed to send troops. Then he came back to his senses, shook his head in shock and said, "The Volga River is our barrier in the west of the Ural region. If we give up, the east of the Volga River  If there is no danger to defend, the enemy will attack Ufa directly, and my team will collapse before the battle begins!"

    "My dear Supreme Consul, the Volga River is also a barrier to the east of Soviet Russia. As I said just now, we do not have our own fleet on the Volga River. It is not easy to cross the river. If we just push back the Eastern Front Army in one click,  The Fifth Army, the Soviet Red Army can easily advance north and south along the Volga River to cut off our retreat. You also know that my troops are highly mechanized. If they are far away from the railway line, they will not be able to complete logistics and fuel supply, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced!  "

    Wang Geng patiently explained that for the coalition forces, the main strategic goal is not to occupy any city or region, but to annihilate the main force of the Soviet Red Army. As for how much territory Kolchak's All-Russian Provisional Government can gain in the future, it depends on  How this regime competes with Soviet Russia for popular support, not how much space the coalition forces occupy for it.

    "Your Excellency Kolchak, our Commander-in-Chief's strategic concept is quite exquisite. In fact, this is the so-called internal battle. Of course, the local people will suffer a little, but the price is necessary. The Volga River is a double-edged sword.  It can become a barrier before the Soviet Red Army crosses the river, and it can also become a Shura field after the Soviet Red Army crosses the river. When the time comes, they will not have time to retreat to the other side of the river after we make dumplings, and they will be wiped out by us in one fell swoop!"

    Wu Peifu, deputy chief of staff of the Allied Forces and commander of the Chinese Third Army, wholeheartedly agreed with Wang Geng's idea. In fact, he knew that with the strength of the combat air force, it would be easy to block the Volga River. When the time came, the Soviet Eastern Front would not be able to retreat, and it would be on the east bank of the Volga River.  , with the strength of the coalition forces, there is no problem for 200,000 people to make dumplings for the other side's 330,000 people.

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, you don't know the symbolic significance of Kazan to Russia. This is the eastern capital of Russia. Together with Moscow and Petrograd, it is known as the three major capitals of Russia. There is the Kremlin here. I can't imagine losing this beautiful city.  What kind of negative effects will it have? The Kazan Fortress must not be given up. Once given up, Ufa will never be able to hold it!¡±

    Kolchak yelled with a pale face. At this moment, he felt that the King of China was not joking. He really planned to use Kazan as bait to put the Soviet Eastern Front Army to the east of the Volga River to start a big fight. Even if  If the battle is won, Kazan will definitely be devastated if it falls into the hands of the enemy. How can I explain this to the people of Russia?

    "Your Excellency Kolchak, as the saying goes, if you don't give up your children, you can't trap the wolf. If you don't pay the necessary price, how can you lure the Soviet Red Army on the other side to take the bait? If Kazan is still in our hands, how can the Soviet Eastern Front Army be willing to take the bait?  If we cross the river in a big way, do we expect them to use Kazan's retreat? "

    Taro Utsunomiya, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces and Commander of Japan's Third Army, originally did not pay much attention to the military qualities of the Chinese king. In his opinion, Wang Geng was just a non-commissioned officer who graduated from a non-commissioned officer school, although he was said to engage in conspiracy and conspiracy.  This piece of material can command an army of hundreds of thousands. Even the graduates of the saber group in mainland Japan may not be able to pick it up, let alone the king of China?

    However, Wang Geng's idea of ??abandoning Kazan, attracting the Soviet Eastern Front to cross the river, and then cutting off its retreat surprised Taro Utsunomiya. Obviously, this was a brilliant move that no ordinary person could make.  This King of China really has a bit of Zhou Gongjin in him, which made Taro Utsunomiya have to re-examine his evaluation and judgment of the King of China's military strategic qualities.

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