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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 291 The big battle is yet to come

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    "Dear Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, my cavalry division in the Southeast Cluster has rested for a whole day. I suggest that tonight, when the Soviet Red Army is tired and frustrated, let me lead the cavalry division to attack the opponent's camp at night. Even if it cannot  Defeating the opponent in one fell swoop can also achieve greater results and further damage the opponent's morale, what do you think?"

    Alexander Petrovich, former enemy commander of the Southeast Cluster, deputy commander of the Ufa garrison, and commander of the 4th Ural Cavalry Division, was the first to step forward and ask for help. During the day, his cavalry division hid in the camp behind the high ground looking for fighters. Unfortunately, the opponent's infantry  It didn't come up at all. When the heavy machine gun battalion retreated, its muzzles were pointed at the rear, so Petrovich couldn't find the fighter plane.

    "Alexander Petrovitch's idea is good, Commander-in-Chief. It wasn't until today that I discovered that the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side is also a flesh and blood body with a nose and two eyes. It will still be defeated under Maxim and artillery fire. Petrovitch's  The cavalry division is brave and good at fighting, and the morale and morale of the army can be used. How about sending him to lead the cavalry division to attack in the dark? "

    Pepelyayev, the former enemy commander of the Northwest Group, now completely placed himself in the position of the former enemy commander on the battlefield, rather than the title of Prime Minister of the All-Russian Provisional Government of Kolchak, which was directly ignored in the eyes of the coalition forces.

    In fact, the All-Russian Provisional Government, originally headquartered in Ufa, has been moved to Omsk east of the Ural Mountains along with the people fleeing westward and the relocated factory equipment. There is no All-Russian government in Ufa.  The provisional government, consisting only of soldiers and volunteers, was completely under the theater management system of the coalition forces.

    "Your Majesty Taro, what do you think of the lieutenant general's suggestion?" Wang Geng turned to ask his deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, Commander of Japan's Third Army, Taro Utsunomiya.

    "This is a good idea, but I heard that the commander of the Fourth Army of the Soviet Eastern Front across the southeastern defense line is extraordinary. What is his name? His name is Lezhevsky. This guy is the Tsarist Russian God of War.  Brusilov trained him, and he may not have thought of anything we can think of. Judging from how cautious he was in his attack this afternoon, I doubt whether it would be a wise choice to sneak attack his camp at night! "

    Taro Utsunomiya actually recognized the courage of the Cossack cavalry division commander, but he did not think that Lieutenant General Petrovich was the opponent of Rzhevsky on the opposite side. There was a cavalry division here, and six infantry divisions on the opposite side.  The camp, if you rush in blindly, you may not be able to escape unscathed!

    Alexander Petrovich grinned. He didn't think much of the arrogant-looking Japanese army general named Utsunomiya opposite him. He looked arrogant with his nostrils turned upward all day long, as if the White Guards and Cossacks were not Japanese at all.  Opponents, don't even think about who beat your Japanese troops in Lushun and Vladivostok until your heads were bloody and you were looking for teeth!

    But really speaking, the main force of the Tsarist Russian army fought against the Germans and Austrians on the Eastern Front for four full years. By this time, the elite troops had long been exhausted. They were either killed on the battlefield or entered the German prisoner-of-war camps and were released.  The Bolsheviks tended to join the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side. Therefore, in 1918, the White Guards and Cossacks from various places were at best the main force in the later recruitment and demobilization. In terms of the quality of the soldiers, compared with the main force of Tsarist Russia during the Russo-Japanese War, it was indeed  There is quite a gap.

    Wang Geng couldn¡¯t help but smile when he saw Lieutenant General Petrovitch glaring angrily at the Japanese Army General here,

    "I have no doubts about the courage and courage of the Ural Cavalry Division, but Lieutenant General Petrovich, in the battle of Ufa, the hundreds of thousands of enemies in front of us are not our ultimate goal, so in the beginning our main purpose is to hurt them.  If your cavalry is too tough and scares them away with a charge in the middle of the night, and then leaves the Ufa defense line and allows the White Guards and the Volunteer Infantry Division to chase them, then our advantage in fighting on the position will be weakened, but  Not worth it!¡±

    Wang Geng's tone was gentle but firm, but his eyes were friendly. Although he was still opposed to the Cossack cavalry division going out for a sneak attack in the middle of the night, it sounded much more comfortable. Lieutenant General Petrovich was overjoyed when he heard this and couldn't help but nodded.  road,

    "His Excellency Kolchak's telegram said that the Ufa campaign is under your full command. I, Alexander Petrovitch, and my division are at your disposal at any time. Of course, there are also the instructions of His Excellency Prime Minister Pepelyayev!  "

    As a result, Sergey on the side quietly stabbed his division commander. The guy came to his senses and added, "Of course, there are also orders from Lord Kolchak! In a word, we will hit wherever you point your finger.  , we were chased by the Soviet Fourth Army all the way from Orenburg, now it¡¯s our turn to take revenge!¡±

    "The one next to you is Lieutenant General Sergey, the chief of staff. Can you tell me why you ordered the White Guards Infantry Division on the first line to withdraw before the battle this afternoon?"Geng saw the defensive tactics of the Southeast Cluster in the telescope in the afternoon, and couldn't help but ask.

    "Cavalry Major General Sergei Mikhainovich salutes His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief!" Sergey stood up, snapped to attention, and saluted. He looked like he had a thin face, but he was quite capable, and his military uniform was straight.

    "Please sit down and talk. Sit down and talk. I saw the chief of staff and I at the headquarters on the church bell tower. I thought it was the first-line White Guards infantry division that was scared away by the enemy's horse-drawn machine guns. Later, my staff fired  After asking on the phone, I found out that it was you who ordered the withdrawal of the second line of defense. Can you tell me what you thought at the time?" Wang Geng said with a smile.

    Sergey breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, straightened his back, and explained,

    "At that time, I thought that the other side was going to use the concentrated heavy machine gun battalion to break through. If he was on the ten-kilometer front line, the machine gun firepower of our front-line machines would be almost equal. But the other side's commander concentrated 120 machine gun carriages at different locations.  When we arrived at the two-kilometer platoon for a group charge, we only had 20 machine guns in this section of our front-line position. The difference in firepower was too big to be defended by infantry alone, so I ordered the machine guns and troops on the two-kilometer line of defense to come out of the trenches.  Retreat and transfer.¡±

    The two elegant mustaches on Sergey's upper lip were particularly energetic at the moment. His command in the afternoon obviously aroused the curiosity of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, but did not create any trouble. He also used the mountain artillery battery to deal with the opponent's machine gun battalion and obtained good results.  The results of the battle were appreciated by the superiors, which made the chief of staff of the Cossack Cavalry Division and the actual commander of the southeastern cluster defense line feel very happy.

    "If this was the case, Major General Sergey, then didn't you use mountain artillery to repel the attack of 120 horse-drawn machine guns? In this case, why bother to retreat the infantry in front of you?" Deputy Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces, China  General Wu Peifu, commander of the Third Group Army, said with a smile.

    "Your Majesty General, in fact, the performance of the mountain artillery company is somewhat beyond my imagination. Of course, we are higher than they are on the terrain, so the field of vision is wide and the range is long. Originally, I had planned to let the opponent's 120 carriages rush to the front of the position.  Be mentally prepared!

    So I moved the infantry and machine guns that were attacking the two kilometers of frontal defense line and withdrew to both sides. This strengthened the firepower of the machine guns on both sides of the front. Secondly,  .  .  It can give the opponent the illusion that our infantry has collapsed before fighting, and at the same time prevent the frontline infantry from suffering unnecessary casualties under the rain of enemy heavy machine gun bullets.  "

    "Ha, Mr. Sergei, it turns out that you don't have that much confidence in your artillery, but your artillery is very good. Eighteen cannons killed nearly 30 horse-drawn machine guns. The result is quite amazing!" Wang  Geng chuckled.

    Sergei blushed and said with a slight twist, "That's taking advantage of the terrain. The opponent's artillery can't even reach the first line of position because of the upward firing. Our artillery is hiding on the high ground behind the position, and  With the protection of the iron shield of the mountain cannon, if we can fight against the heavy machine guns on the opposite side, if we can't hit the carriage that is charging vertically up the mountain at a distance of about a thousand meters, how can we call it artillery?"

    "Tukhachevsky will not admit defeat so easily. His troops are twice as many as ours, and his artillery is not much worse. And his artillery will arrive one after another tonight. Tomorrow's battle may be very difficult.  How about it, do the White Guards and the Volunteer Infantry Division have the confidence to hold their positions?" Wang Geng asked Pepelyaev and Petrovich.

    "Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief, with today's victory, the morale of the infantry division has improved, our terrain is strong, and with the unified command and support of you and the coalition forces, there is definitely great hope to win the Battle of Ufa.  !¡± Kolchak¡¯s Prime Minister Pepelyayev first stood up and expressed his opinion.

    Here, Petrovich was busy and Yingte stood up, but hesitated and said to Wang Geng, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, are we really not going to sneak attack the enemy on the opposite side tonight? This will give them a good night's sleep in vain!"  "

    Wang Geng laughed loudly when he heard this, stood up and put his hands on the table and said, "Don't worry, my lieutenant general, you will fight the battle. Your cavalry division must take the time to rest tonight. The security and patrols at the front of the position are reliable and reliable."  Relax, I don¡¯t think the enemy will come again in the middle of the night. Even if they come, don¡¯t pay attention. Just use machine gun fire to sweep them back. There is no need to pursue them. The big battle is still to come!¡±
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