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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 310 The Blind Man Rides a Blind Horse

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    ~-< Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work >-~ At this time, Moscow did not know that Chistopol on the Kama River in the north had been lost. The coalition forces also occupied Almetyevsky and the Urals in the south.  It has been controlled by the coalition forces, and Kurmeitao northeast of Orenburg has also fallen into the hands of the coalition forces. Otherwise, Trotsky would have insisted that Tukhachevsky's Southern Group retreat quickly toward the Volga River.  Let the Fifth Army and the Ninth Army turn back to the Volga River crossing to maintain the retreat channel.  -

    Tukhachevsky would not know the news about the large-scale appearance of the coalition forces west of Ufa until noon tomorrow, and Moscow would not know it until tomorrow night. This made it possible for the Soviet Union in Moscow to know the news on the night of July 9, 1919.  Central Committee and the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council of Russia.

    After several debates, several members of the Central Committee headed by Trotsky obeyed the majority and decided to let Tukhachevsky's Southern Group stick to its current position and wait for reinforcements from the Fifth Army and the Ninth Army before trying to take over.  Decide on Ufa!

    At the same time, the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council in Moscow once again sent an urgent message to Slavin's Fifth Army and Yegorov's Ninth Army, asking them to march as fast as possible to the Southern Group in the direction of Ufa.  Come closer!

    The telegram also emphasized that the success of the Battle of Ufa depends entirely on the fearlessness and sacrifice spirit of the Red Army soldiers of these two armies. If you arrive on the battlefield one day earlier, victory will be closer to us. If it is caused by your delay,  For the failure of the front line, the commanders of both armies wanted a military court!

    Slavin and Yegorov, who had received the emergency call, knew that Tukhachevsky, an arrogant guy, must have kicked a brick wall under the city of Ufa, no matter how stupid they were. However, because Moscow was afraid of shaking the morale of the military, it did not notify the Southern Group of troops in Ufa.  Due to the losses under the French city, Slavin and Yegorov were relatively cautious and optimistic.

    Slavin, commander of the Fifth Army, even thought that when he arrived in Ufa and launched a beautiful attack, he might take the position of commander of the Southern Group from Tukhachev!  In this way, the Fifth and Ninth Army were urged by Moscow to speed up their march. The original two cavalry divisions of Slavin's Fifth Army had already been strengthened to the First Army. The guys thought a little and made up their minds.  A ** Cavalry Regiment was formed, and as the vanguard of the forced march, they marched in front of the main army and arrived at the Southern Cluster position 300 kilometers away within two and a half days.  Send updates

    Yegorov¡¯s Ninth Army sent the forward Budyonny Special Cavalry Division flying all the way, asking him not to wait for the brigade and to complete the 320-kilometer road in two and a half days to meet up with Ufa and the Southern Cluster!

    The calculation in the minds of these two group army commanders is that Moscow gave our troops three days to rush to the vicinity of Ufa. Even if I rush to a cavalry regiment, it is considered to have arrived, right?

    As for Tukhachevsky, who had set up the group headquarters in Chernigovka, after receiving a telegram from Moscow asking him to set up a front on the spot and wait for reinforcements, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and was not dismissed from the line of fire.  Thank God for the investigation. Since I am still in the position of commander of the Southern Cluster, I will rest here for three days. On the one hand, I will have a clear reconnaissance of the enemy situation in the direction of Ufa. On the other hand, I will wait for the arrival of the fifth and ninth armies.  , his own strength will increase by 12 divisions and nearly 30 new artillery companies!

    Damn it, I won¡¯t take it easy this time. I¡¯m going to take down Ufa no matter what!  Tukhachevsky held the telegram in his hand under the oil lamp, gritting his teeth and thinking!

    In fact, the White Guards did not launch a pursuit and sent a message asking the Soviet Southern Cluster to go to the city of Ufa the next day to pick up 4,000 captured lightly or seriously wounded soldiers. This surprised and delighted all the remaining more than 100,000 soldiers of the Southern Cluster.  The commander of the White Guards in Ufa was obviously not a vicious guy. Many Red Army soldiers were full of curiosity about the mysterious Ufa commander. There was not much hatred, but a layer of respect quietly developed.

    Tukhachevsky wanted to reciprocate, but except for a few local people caught along the way who were suspected of being White Guard spies, there were no prisoners or wounded in his team, so he had to give up.  .

    Ma Xin, chief of staff of the cluster, turned over the telegram from Moscow handed over by Tukhachevsky under the oil lamp for a long time, raised his head and said,

    "Mikhail Nikolayevich, are you sure that we should not retreat all the way, but establish a front less than 20 kilometers away from Ufa?" Maxin is not a fool, he and Rzhev  Like Sky, he instinctively smelled something unusual in the two days of fighting.

    "Chief of Staff, what do you mean? Are we going to retreat all the way in disgrace? Ufa's enemies dare not come out to pursue today. Obviously they lack the confidence to win, or they don't have enough troops. In the past two days of fighting, the opponent's two defense lines have been  The strength obtained was only two infantry divisions each., we still have ten divisions of troops, how dare he leave his established positions to pursue a total of four or five divisions?  So you don¡¯t have to belittle yourselves. We have encountered setbacks, but we are still the glorious Southern Cluster Red Army!  "

    Tukhachevsky slammed the table hard, stared and shouted.

    "Comrade Commander, even if the opponent does not have many troops, the machine gun firepower is so fierce, and there are at least 30 artillery batteries, one-third of which are heavy artillery. If the opponent presses forward steadily, those cannons alone can hit us.  How can we hold on to the front when the time comes?" The deputy commander of the group, Lezhevsky, did not find any news of his dismissal from Moscow's telegram, and his energy and energy had returned a lot.  kept saying.

    "Lezhevsky! You are frightened by the White Guards' artillery. Their heavy artillery in Ufa is probably some fortress artillery that cannot be easily moved. Even if they have 20 companies of mountain artillery and field artillery, aren't we still here?  There are 17 artillery companies left. The main force of the Fifth Army still has 16 artillery companies, and the main force of the Ninth Army also has 12 artillery companies! If they arrive here in three days, we will definitely be sure to take Ufa!"

    Tukhachevsky stared closely at Rzhevsky. In the telegram to Moscow, he signed the name of the Southern Cluster Front Military Committee, but it was actually a telegram draft prepared by Tukhachevsky.  The purpose is to throw out Rzhevsky as the scapegoat when Moscow takes the blame!

    In fact, during the battle on July 9, Tukhachevsky¡¯s combat plan and arrangements were indeed impeccable. The First Army¡¯s attack on the northwest defense line of Ufa was also very effective, with fewer casualties than the White Guards on the opposite side, and better results than  The White Guards in front were so large that they even dug a trench to advance forward!

    The main blame is that Lezhevsky's Fourth Army wasted the conditions created for them by the First Army. 20 artillery batteries and eight infantry divisions were defeated by the White Guards with less than 3 divisions on the opposite side.  Blood flowed, and 6,000 people were captured!  What a shame!

    If it weren¡¯t for the fear of forcing the Fourth Army to rebel in front of the formation, Tukhachevsky¡¯s telegram might have dared to complain that the Fourth Army was weak-willed and 6,000 people had defected and surrendered to the Ufa White Guards!  But no matter what, there is no doubt that the person primarily responsible for the messed up attack in the first phase of the Battle of Ufa is Lezhevsky and his Fourth Army!

    "Mikhail Nikolaevich! I admit that the Fourth Army paid a heavy price due to underestimating the enemy's artillery fire on the southeastern defense line of Ufa, but I, Rzhevsky and the Fourth Army, are by no means  Cowardly and afraid of death, the Eastern Front Army is the main force of the Red Army, and the Southern Cluster is the main force of the Eastern Front Army!

    We have to be responsible for this team. Now every day, enemy reconnaissance planes are buzzing overhead and staring at us!  Our deployment and maneuvers during the day are no secret to the enemy, but we know nothing about their movements. This battle of blind men riding blind horses can no longer be fought haphazardly!  "Lezhevsky shouted, slamming the table!

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