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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 312: A strong man breaks his arms and sinks his boat

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    ~-< Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work >-~ There was a quarrel in the conference room of the Southern Cluster Headquarters. Chief of Staff Ma Xin insisted that the wounded should be left in Chernigovka, and the main force of the Southern Cluster should be lightly armed.  The formation retreated westward to join the Fifth and Ninth Group armies near October Town. The reason was very good. Marching 150 kilometers in two days with 24,000 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers was an impossible task for the First Army.

    The second reason is that if the 24,000 lightly and seriously wounded people are forcibly carried away, more lightly wounded people are likely to become seriously injured along the way, and the seriously injured people are likely to die on the way to retreat. The third reason is that the Ufa White Guards obviously  Unlike the White Guards in other places, they treated prisoners preferentially, so it may seem risky to keep the lightly or seriously injured, but it may not be!

    The fourth reason is that the South Cluster has been led by the White Guards of Ufa in the past two days. Even rescuing all the wounded from the battlefield was thanks to the other party. Therefore, the South Cluster must think outside the box at this time.  Make an unexpected move!

    The political commissars of the three army groups were firmly opposed to Ma Xin's idea. The glorious Soviet Red Army did not have the tradition of abandoning the wounded. Rzhevsky turned pale and pale and remained silent, while Tukhachevsky was like a millstone.  Still wandering around in front of the map, feeling confused!

    After struggling for a long time, the six members of the Southern Cluster Front Military Committee just couldn¡¯t decide. In the end, Lezhevsky, who had been silent all the time, slammed the table and shouted hoarsely,

    "Stop fighting. I will lead one division of the Fourth Army and all the wounded to stay behind. The political commissar will lead the remaining two divisions and follow the main forces of the First and Second Army to withdraw westward! Leave us four days of food. Reinforcements will not arrive in four days.  , the Fourth Army disperses and breaks through again! "Rzhevsky's decision is obviously a desperate one. The disastrous defeat of the Fourth Army in the southeastern battlefield of Ufa is the main reason why the Southern Cluster is in its current predicament.

    If I don¡¯t go to hell, who will?  !  Lezhevsky made up his mind to personally lead a division and stay here together with all the lightly and seriously wounded to break up the rear, creating conditions and buying time for the main force of the Southern Cluster to withdraw westward and the fifth and ninth armies to join together!

    The three political commissars were stunned on the spot after hearing this. After a while, Ma Xin, the chief of staff of the group, stood up with a shout and said, "With the command of Comrade Lezhevsky, I believe that the glorious Fourth Army will never lose the entire Red Army."  Face, I agree with Lezhevsky's suggestion! And suggest that the cluster leave all the heavy machine gun battalions under Lezhevsky's command. If the White Guards can hold their position, can our glorious Fourth Army not be able to hold it?  !¡±

    "Comrade Lezhevsky! Are you sure you have thought about it? The risk of doing this is very high! You may be surrounded by enemies. &&" Cluster Commander Tukhachevsky took a step forward and held Lezhevsky's hand.  At this moment, he felt that this guy really had the spirit of Bolshevik fearless revolutionary heroism, which was very different from the previous image of him and himself fighting for power and profit and looking down on each other!

    "I've thought about it! The battle has reached this point, and I have an unshirkable responsibility. The Fourth Army must not abandon its wounded and retreat, but the group has a higher strategic goal, so the necessary sacrifices are understandable.  The purpose of sacrificing one part is to protect the overall situation! What's more, the White Guards in Ufa City may not be that powerful. We can maintain our position for three days without any problem!"

    As he spoke, Lezhevsky lowered his voice and said, "The wounded will never be able to forcefully march another 150 kilometers. Mikhail Nikolayevich, leave this to me and the Fourth Army. We will not  It¡¯s easy for the White Guards to take advantage! Of course, we hope to see the main force of the cluster and the fifth and ninth armies come back to support us as soon as possible!¡±

    "Okay! Although this is an extremely difficult decision, I support your suggestion! The remaining two infantry divisions of the Fourth Army can follow the main force of the group to withdraw westward. I will move Chapayev's 1st Turkestan Cavalry Division into the center  The main cavalry regiment is left to you, and the remaining three heavy machine gun battalions of the First Army are also left to you! Add the remaining two machine gun battalions of your Fourth Army. This time we will also use 100 Maxims to defend once.  Position, let the Ufa White Guards have a taste of our power!"

    Tukhachevsky temporarily put aside his factional differences and personal quarrels with Lezhevsky, and tightly held the hand of his deputy commander of the cluster, his eyes getting a little wet as he spoke.

    Lezhevsky was also a little moved for a moment. He opened his arms and gave the cluster commander who was smaller than himself a bear hug. His voice was a little choked and he said, "Don't worry! Mikhail Nikolayevich,  I, Lezhevsky, and the remaining Red Army soldiers will never embarrass the Southern Cluster and the Eastern Front! We must wait for the return of the main force!"

    "What other opinions do the political commissars have?" Tukhachevsky hugged Rzhevsky fiercely, let go and turned around to stare at the political commissars of the three armies majestically.

    ?Yankov Gay, Kharchenko, and Hevezin looked at each other in confusion. Now that they have reached this level, what can they say? Rzhevsky is like one person who has shouldered all the burdens and possible future sins.  past.  Such is the heroism and sacrificial spirit of the fearless Bolsheviks!

    Gayi and Halchenko nodded silently, indicating that they had no objections. Hevesin, the political commissar of the Fourth Army, blushed even more and said in a loud voice, "Commander, you lead the two divisions of the Fourth Army."  Withdraw with the main force, and I will lead a division, a cavalry regiment, and a heavy machine gun battalion to stay and set up positions to protect the wounded!"

    Rzhevsky walked over and gave his political commissar a bear hug, and said without any explanation, "Comrade Political Commissar Hevesin! It is your mission to lead the two divisions that retreated with the main force. The glorious glory of the Fourth Army  Can¡¯t be lost from your hands!¡±

    Then, under the auspices of Tukhachevsky, the generals of the Southern Cluster carefully discussed the marching route and order of the troops during the retreat, and decided to break camp and head west at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning, striving to be the fastest before dawn.  During the dark hour, the Allied reconnaissance aircraft tried to move as far west as possible.

    On Lezhevsky's side, he will begin to shrink the front line early tomorrow morning. With the high ground near Chernigovka as the core, he will establish a circular in-depth defense position and use the remaining nearly 100 Marks from the five heavy machine gun battalions.  The Qin heavy machine guns were arranged in a deep defense position with staggered cover, preparing to meet possible pursuers, while the wounded stayed in the camp set up in the center of the position, and as many weapons as possible were distributed to the lightly wounded.

    The Southern Cluster has also made a decision that the tents set up tonight will remain in place. If reconnaissance from a distance and from the air, it will be believed that the main force of the Southern Cluster is still staying and stationed in the surrounding areas centered on Chernigovka, and tomorrow  One day, the cavalry regiment left behind by the Khabaev Cavalry Division will return to Ufa together with the medical soldiers and medical carriages to pick up the 4,000 people who are said to have a full meal and a baked potato in each pocket.  The wounded of the cavalry division!

    That night, the lights of the coalition's former enemy headquarters in Ufa remained on all night. During the two-day battle, the coalition's artillery shell consumption was huge. The military trains transporting ammunition and arms from Chelyabinsk to Ufa almost never stopped.  , of course, on the return journey, more than 10,000 prisoners were transported back. During the two days of fighting, at least more than 10,000 intact Russian-style Mosin Nagant rifles were seized.

    Wang Geng thought for a while, and that night he armed the more than 10,000 workers' pickets in Ufa with these captured weapons, formed a volunteer division to supplement them, and at the same time, transported back prisoners east of the Ural Mountains.  At the same time, the coalition command began to transfer three Russian recruit divisions that had been selected and trained in Chelyabinsk for more than half a month to Ufa. What can train people better than the battlefield, just like the Ufa volunteers?  Like a division, it is obviously difficult for these recruits to attack and penetrate, but digging trenches and holding positions are obviously easier arrangements.

    No one is born to fight, the tempering of blood and fire has just begun!

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