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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 279 The Garrison Commander and the Former Enemy Commander

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    ~Date:~October 09~

    At the end of June 1918, the results of the emergency military meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, the center-right party headed by Trotsky made a compromise to Comrade Ulyanov's left wing, and was issued in the name of Trotsky, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council  Orders to the front lines were as follows:

    1. The Fifth Army of the Eastern Front left part of its force to pretend to be the main force and continue to besiege Kazan. The rest of the Army's main force, about seven infantry divisions and 16 artillery companies, went south along the Volga River and crossed the river from Simbirsk as the Southern Group offensive.  The mission of Ufa's reserve force is to support the front-line operations in Ufa at any time, while maintaining control of the crossing on the Volga River. The southward troops of the Fifth Army are unified under the unified command of Southern Cluster Commander Tukhachevsky!

    2. The Southern Front mobilized the main force of Yegorov's Ninth Army, escorted the food needed for 200,000 people for a month of fighting, and moved from Tsaritsyn along the Volga River to the right bank until the Battle of Ufa was launched in early July.  Before arriving at the designated positions on the front lines of Seseran and Samara, in addition to the food supply of the Bituhachev South Cluster, they also have to assume the responsibility of covering the right wing and rear of the South Cluster!

    3. The Third Army of the Eastern Front in the northwest direction of Kazan should timely close the defense line and move closer to the south in order to intercept Kolchak's main force in the direction of Kazan in case he jumps over the wall and attacks westward!

    At the end of June 1918, the Southern Front had three armies under its jurisdiction: the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Army. The Ninth and Tenth Army were the main forces of the Front, with each having seven full divisions. The Eighth Army had only  The strength of three divisions.

    The Ninth Army, commanded by Yegorov, was established at the end of April 1918. It included the 14th Infantry Division (formerly the 2nd Voronezh Division and the 15th Infantry Division (Yuzha Division)) that fought in the directions of Povolino and Balashov.  , the 16th Kikveeze Division and the 23rd Division (formerly the Ust-Medvetskaya Division), and after May they were reinforced with the 17th and 18th Volga Infantry Divisions and the Special Cavalry Division led by Budyonny  .

    The main reason why the Ninth Army of the Southern Front was selected to carry out this mission to support the direction of Ufa is that this group has relatively strong artillery, with 12 artillery batteries. In addition, the Ninth Army also has the Southern Front's only special cavalry division.  , Budyonny's cavalry division is the most determined, courageous and powerful iron fist in the entire Southern Front.

    When he defended Tsaritsyn for the first time, Budyonny led only a cavalry regiment. When he defended Tsaritsyn for the second time, he was upgraded to a cavalry brigade. After the third battle to siege Tsaritsyn, this guy had already  Became commander of a special cavalry division.

    Of course, Comrade Joseph, the military commissar of the Southern Front Front Military Committee, was full of reluctance to Moscow's order. After repelling Krasnov and Denikin's third offensive campaign, this guy originally wanted to be replenished in the Southern Front.  Later, he launched a campaign to regain the Caucasus. Now that Moscow is doing this, it means that he has to continue to be on the defensive in Tsaritsyn.

    And the Ninth Army, which has the most combat effectiveness, was transferred to that little boy Tukhachevsky's Southern Cluster to guard the home and guard the rear. It also had to escort the food and grass. If Tsaritsin could allocate enough 200,000 in one go  If one month's worth of food is needed, then the remaining two armies of the Southern Front, with more than 100,000 men, will have to tighten their belts again.

    Of course, when he learned that this strategic move was the idea of ??Comrade Ulyanov and not Trotsky, the chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council whose conflict with him had worsened sharply due to previous telegram wars of words, Joseph  The comrade sent a telegram to Moscow saying that no matter how difficult the situation is, the Southern Front will spare no effort to support the Eastern Front's Southern Group's upcoming battle to recapture Ufa.

    Therefore, the Budyonny Special Cavalry Division, which was originally transferred from the Ninth Army to the direct command of the front army headquarters, was returned to the organization of Yegorov's Ninth Army.  The Ninth Army's six infantry divisions and the special cavalry division totaled more than 70,000 people. In early July, with the special cavalry division as the leader, they rushed to the middle reaches of the Volga River along the line between Seseran and Samara (today's Gubilshev).

    In fact, Yegorov's errand was not easy to handle. The straight-line distance from Tsaritsyn to Seseran in the middle reaches of the Volga River was 600 kilometers. Fortunately, there was a Volga Fleet to help transport troops and food.  Otherwise, it¡¯s hard to say whether we can get to the designated location before July 10th.

    Tukhachevsky's Southern Group was strengthened from the north and the south. He finally stepped up his command of the three armies in hand to accelerate towards Ufa. If nothing goes wrong, the 1st and 4th armies will be on the 7th  The troops met on the outskirts of Ufa around the 8th and 9th of the month.

    The commander of the Southern Cluster, Tukhachev, had no intention of waiting for the 2nd Army to arrive before launching a campaign. In his opinion, the strengthened 1st Army and 4th Army, with a total of 150,000 people, had captured a mere 70,000 defenders.  Ufa is out of the question.

    The Soviet Union was eager to take over Ufa in one fell swoop. Kolchak, who was far away in Kazan, was beyond reach at this time.The five garrison divisions on the right bank of the Ga River have retreated to the outskirts of Ufa, and a Cossack cavalry division that retreated from the direction of Orenburg has also arrived in Ufa.

    If it weren¡¯t for the coalition forces building a large military airport 10 kilometers northwest of Ufa near the Trans-Siberian Railway, and there seemed to be countless coalition aircraft taking off and landing every day, the Russian garrison in Ufa would have dispersed long ago!

    If you cross the Ural Pass eastward from Ufa to Chelyabinsk, the straight-line distance is 330 kilometers. The Trans-Siberian Railway traverses Chelyabinsk and Ufa, and then turns to Kazan, 466 kilometers northwest. Due to these two sections,  The Trans-Siberian Railway is controlled by Kolchak. As long as there are enough wagons and trains, his 100,000-strong army can reach Ufa from Kazan within 24 hours.

    The commander of the Ufa garrison is Kolchak's deputy and the Prime Minister of the All-Russian Provisional Government B. Pepelyayev. This is the person Kolchak trusts most, and the entire All-Russian Provisional Autonomy besides Kolchak.  The most powerful and prestigious guy in the government, of course, his loyalty to Kolchak is unquestionable. In Wang Geng's previous life, this Pepelyayev accompanied Kolchak through life.

    The White Guards that retreated to Ufa had a total of seven divisions, and their organization was still intact, especially the Cossack cavalry division that retreated from Orenburg. The division commander seemed to be the Cossack cavalry regiment that retreated from Ulan-Ude.  Commander Alexander Petrovich, in less than half a year, he rose from colonel to cavalry lieutenant general under Kolchak, with a full 8,000-man Cossack cavalry division under his command.

    I have to say that Lieutenant General Alexander Petrovich's life in the past six months has been both comfortable and uncomfortable. The good thing is that he has been transformed from a colonel to a lieutenant general. His men have expanded to a division, and he is leading the 4th Ural Cavalry Division alone in Orenburg.  The disadvantage is that they are far away from the main force and are used as a ranger. Logistics and supplies have to be solved on the spot. Of course, this guy also goes to Kazakhstan.  The Alash Autonomous Republic on the steppe borrowed money and grain to supply supplies.

    In the Third Battle of Tsaritsyn launched not long ago by the Don Cossack leaders Krasnov and Denikin in the North Caucasus direction, Alexander Petrovich's 4th Ural Cavalry Division was almost defeated by the Eastern Front in Orenburg.  The three infantry divisions of the Fourth Army made dumplings. Fortunately, Chief of Staff Sergey Mikhailovich was alert and knew several fellow villagers in the Fourth Army of the Soviet Eastern Front and became his eyes and ears.  The Russian Fourth Army allowed the team to jump out of the encirclement before encircling them.

    According to the Chief of Staff Sergei, this guy is planning to drag his team around the Kazakh grassland to defect to Denikin. Everyone is a fellow Don River fellow who is easy to talk to, but they can't stand it. The division commander Alexander Petrovich heard about the gold in Kazan.  They were all shipped to Ufa. Comrade Alexander wanted to defend the legendary 1,600 tons of gold in Ufa. As a result, one wanted to lead the team south and the other wanted to go north. The two were at a stalemate. In the end, it was the lieutenant general's orderly picture.  Erjin came up with an idea, draw lots!

    The result of the draw was obviously that the division commander won. Sergei followed his division commander dejectedly and led the 8,000-man Ural 4th Cavalry Division back to Ufa all the way north.

    In 1918, whether it was Kolchak's White Guards or the Soviet Red Army, the cavalry was a superior unit. When the war was in chaos, a decent mount was a real Cossack, so Alexander Petrovich was a cavalryman.  As soon as the division returned to Ufa, Ufa's top military chief, cabinet prime minister and Ufa garrison commander B. Pepelyayev, who was rubbing his hands and feeling deeply overwhelmed by the lack of troops, was overjoyed.

    The cavalry lieutenant general Alexander Petrovich, who had traveled thousands of miles and had experienced hundreds of battles, was suddenly transformed. Pepelyaev was assigned the title of deputy garrison commander. In addition to the 4th Ural Cavalry Division, he was assigned another  He placed two infantry divisions that had retreated from the right bank of the Volga River under his command, and Comrade Alexander became the former enemy commander-in-chief of the southeastern group of the Ufa defense line.
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