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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 308 Khachevsky¡¯s Telegram

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    On the evening of July 9, 1919, in view of the fact that the appearance of the coalition forces to the west of the Ural Mountains had become an indisputable fact, after discussions between Wang Geng and Kolchak via telegrams, the two sides agreed that Ufa¡¯s White Guards and Volunteer Division would be formally included in the  The jurisdiction and command system of the Allied Powers.

    At this time, Ufa had five White Guard infantry divisions, three Ufa volunteer divisions, and a fourth Ural cavalry division. Wang Geng asked Petrovich to use nearly 10,000 horses captured after defeating the opponent's two cavalry divisions, from Ufa.  Cossack-born infantrymen were selected from the eight infantry divisions of the garrison and converted to cavalry. They were mixed with the 4th Ural Cavalry Division and re-established the 4th and 5th Ural Cavalry Divisions.

    These two cavalry divisions formed the Second Ural Cavalry Corps, with Army General Alexander Petrovich as the commander of the Cavalry Corps and commander of the 4th Division, and Army Lieutenant General Sergei Mikhainovich as the Army Chief of Staff.  , and also serves as the commander of the Fifth Division. The Second Cavalry Corps has a total of 20,000 troops, basically all skilled riders of Cossack origin. Each cavalry division is equipped with two horse-drawn 24-gun Maxim heavy machine gun battalions and three  A 6-gun 76 mountain artillery battery.

    Five infantry divisions and three volunteer divisions made up for the casualties in the two-day battle from Ufa workers' pickets and reserve volunteers, and the unit designations were reorganized into the Ufa Infantry Division 1st to 8th Division.  Among them, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th divisions formed the First Ufa Army, and the 5th, 6th, 7th and 4th divisions formed the Second Ufa Army.

    b. Pepelyaev became the fourth deputy chief of staff of the Allied Forces Command and the commander of the Ufa Second Army, which was mainly composed of volunteer divisions. The commander of the Ufa First Army was handed over to  Cavalry Lieutenant General Sergei Balayanov served as the polished commander of the Ural Cavalry Group. Wang Geng's three cavalry divisions were used by Wang Geng to detour in three directions. Wang Geng himself became the polished commander of the Ural Cavalry Group. Wang Geng  Geng then handed over the Ufa First Army to this guy.

    In this way, the number of Russian troops under the coalition forces in the Ufa direction reached three armies, with eight infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions, with a total strength of 100,000. In addition, the coalition forces on the Ufa battlefield used Jiang Hong's detour on the northern line.  There were 25,000 Yu troops, 25,000 Li Mingzhong troops used for the roundabout on the southern front, 30,000 Sun Liangcheng troops who had captured the Urals further away, and two field artillery troops on the Ufa defense line.  The regiment and four 54-gun 150 heavy artillery regiments, as well as the divisional armor regiment of Xiong Shihui Division and a special armored battalion reinforced for the Japanese army.

    Of course, how many coalition forces are still in the forward base ten kilometers northeast of Ufa is still a bigger mystery.

    July 9, 191 21:32 Moscow Kremlin

    "Comrades! Shocking news came from the Ufa front. The Southern Group of the Eastern Front that launched the offensive was repelled by the opponent under the city of Ufa. Now Tukhachevsky's troops have retreated twenty kilometers.  Camp near Chernivka!" Sdervyov opened the door of the conference room and rushed in with the telegram he had just received.

    "Being repulsed? What's going on? It's not that the number of enemies in Ufa is less than half of ours. How is this possible?" Kamenev snatched the telegram from Sdervyov's hand and spoke with Ji  Noviev gathered together and read together!

    Ulyanov turned back from the map, put his hands on his hips, and said doubtfully, "What's going on? Stelvyov, is this a telegram from Tukhachevsky? It's only been a day. Why?"  Such a big change? What is this Tukhachevsky doing? Kamenev, please read it, what did the telegram say? "

    As a leader, Ulyanov has a habit of commanding others with a pinch of his waist. Due to his fatigue from dealing with all kinds of things, reading documents and writing articles, most of the time, as long as there are people present, he usually asks others to read letters and telegrams for him.

    Kamenev held the telegram manuscript in his hand, scanned it quickly, his face became serious, he cleared his throat and read:

    To the Supreme Leader of Moscow Ulyanov, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council Trotsky, and Comrade Comrade Stelvyov,

    The Southern Group of the Eastern Front launched a heroic attack on the enemy's defense line in Ufa this afternoon, and the night before, we sent two lines of cavalry units to the south and north to outflank and outflank, totaling three divisions.

    In order to ensure victory in the battle, the Cluster Front Military Committee used two-thirds of the artillery in the entire Southern Cluster, a total of 20 artillery batteries, to strengthen the Fourth Army responsible for attacking the southeastern defense line of Ufa, and also strengthened the Second Army of the Cluster General Reserve  The attack in the southeast direction is under the full command of Comrade Lezhevsky, deputy commander of the cluster and commander of the Fourth Army!

    In order to ensure the smoothness of the Fourth Army's offensive in the southeast, the First Army launched a heroic attack on the White Guards on the northwest line of defense with three divisions early this morning in order to attract the attention of the Ufa defenders and provide support for Rzhev  The offense directed by Ski creates conditions!  "

      "This is a good arrangement! How could it be repelled!" Ulyanov couldn't help but grabbed the telegram from Kamenev's hand and read it to himself:

    "The officers of the First Army made great efforts and annihilated the artillery units in the enemy's positions during the attack. At the same time, we carried out soil work in front of the enemy's line and braved enemy artillery fire to dig a trench that stretched for nearly 10 kilometers. Victory  The balance is tilting towards us!" Ulyanov read as he slapped the telegram in his hand.

    "Listen, the First Army fought so well, how come it was repulsed?!" Before he could finish his words, Trotsky, who was waiting anxiously, took the telegram manuscript from the Chairman of the Central Committee without politeness.  , glanced at it, and continued reading:

    "However, the Fourth Army's offensive in the southeast suffered huge losses. Rzhevsky failed to conduct reconnaissance before the battle, misjudged the enemy's situation, and recklessly used human sea tactics with three infantry divisions within 10 kilometers.  Launched an attack on the front, this adventure seemed successful at first glance, because the first line of defense and trenches of the Ufa defenders were captured! "

    Trotsky frowned as he read. Ulyanov, who had been robbed of the telegram manuscript, did not care to argue with him at this time. He and several other Central Committee members surrounded Trotsky in the middle and listened to him.  Read on and see what happens next!

    "Rzhevsky used three infantry divisions to attack and occupy the opponent's first line of position and trenches, but was unable to advance to the second line of position 1,000 meters away because the White Guards' heavy machine gun firepower was obviously denser than ours.  There are many, and their terrain is powerful! Even their numbers are not smaller than those of the attackers!" Trotsky continued.

    "Who drafted this telegram? It's smelly and long. Is Gorky writing a novel or doing reportage?" Bukharin, editor-in-chief of "Pravda" and member of the Central Propaganda Committee, shouted dissatisfied.

    "Quiet! Bukharin, please be quiet!" Ulyanov's face flushed, he glared at Bukharin dissatisfied, and urged Trotsky to read on.

    "Rzhevsky's command error was that he did not understand the enemy's artillery deployment and quantity on the southeastern line of defense at all. After three infantry divisions rushed and occupied the opponent's first line of trenches, the enemy's ambushed artillery suddenly opened fire.  !" Trotsky's tone became urgent.

    The surrounding Central Committee members looked nervous, and Bukharin murmured in his stomach that Trotsky was reading a telegram as if he was telling a story, and he was playing a yin and yang game with full of emotion and emotion, no matter what time it was!
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