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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 321 Nanji Group¡¯s goal remains unchanged

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    ~Date:~October 29~

    The situation in the large conference room took a turn for the worse. Tukhachevsky, who was obviously cowardly and avoiding the fight, became a scapegoat and a street rat. Everyone yelled and beat him. Ulyanov promoted Tukhachevsky against all opinions.  Khachevsky made this guy go directly from the commander of the regiment to the commander of the group army, and then from the commander of the group army to the commander of the Southern Group commanding three army groups of 160,000 troops. Unexpectedly, this guy's performance in the Battle of Ufa was so good.  Unbearable!

    "Regardless of his previous telegram saying that yesterday's fiasco was caused by Lezhevsky's command error of the Fourth Army, now everyone only sees that Lezhevsky and his Fourth Army are still twenty miles southwest of Ufa city.  Chernigovka, 60 kilometers away, held on to his position, but Tukhachevsky, with 100,000 men and all the artillery, actually abandoned the wounded and ran to Milna, 60 kilometers away!

    He also called to ask for instructions on the next action plan. Does he want the central government to take the blame for him?  It is unbearable!  The Central Committee and the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council must take decisive organizational action!  No tolerance!  "Kamenev continued to shout indignantly!

    Trotsky sighed after hearing this. Of course Sdervyov was happy to see it happen. Maxin was his close friend, he was always prudent and had a good mind. If Maxin could be allowed to succeed Tukhachevsky as the leader,  The commander of the Southern Cluster is obviously a good choice, better than letting Trotsky make a personal choice!  If he wants to mention it, it must be Slavin, the commander of the Fifth Army. How can this be so easy!

    "Some of our comrades have always been dissatisfied with imperialist interference. They talk about the coalition forces all day long. It seems that as soon as the coalition forces east of the Ural Mountains appear, we have no choice but to retreat, retreat, and retreat again! So what if the coalition forces have planes? Organization  Use the anti-air fire to shoot it down! The Maxim machine guns are laying out a fire network. Today's aircraft are biplanes and not very fast. If the machine gun fire is well organized, they will definitely be able to bring down the enemy's aircraft!" said Ulyanov!  As he spoke, he glanced at Trotsky who looked embarrassed!

    "Comrade Ulyanov! Tukhachevsky was not promoted by me alone. Besides, as the commander of the Southern Cluster, any decision he makes will directly affect the battle situation on the front line and the safety of hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers.  , so we cannot think that when it comes to retreat, we are afraid of the enemy. Sometimes it is more powerful to take back your fists and fight them out. Although the number of enemies in Ufa is not necessarily greater than ours, their artillery and machine guns are no less than ours.  I also think that when the offensive is frustrated, it is more reliable to withdraw the team and organize it before launching the attack, rather than just acting recklessly!¡±

    Now the situation is completely reversed. Ulyanov, who originally promoted Tukhachevsky, is clamoring to remove him as commander of the Southern Cluster, while the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council, which originally opposed the promotion of Tukhachevsky so quickly,  Chairman Trotsky instead defended him pertinently. Of course, it is imperative to replace the commander of the Southern Cluster. Trotsky, like Kamenev, is happy to see it happen, but Ma Xin¡¯s second  The group army only had two divisions, and he never commanded more troops.

    Rather than letting Ma Xin take over as the commander of the Southern Cluster, Trotsky would of course prefer to let Slavin, the commander of the Fifth Army, take over. Slavin's Fifth Army reached a maximum of 120,000 people. Now that reinforcements are coming from the front,  In this way, there will be as many as seven divisions from the original Fifth Army in the entire Southern Cluster. There is no reason for Ma Xin, who has only led two divisions, to be the commander of the Southern Cluster!

    As for the Ninth Army and its commander Yegorov who were reinforced by the Southern Front, they are obviously not on the list of candidates for the commander of the Southern Group at this moment. This is a matter of face for all the officers and men of the entire Eastern Front, and it is also a matter of Trotsky¡¯s  , Vacetis¡¯s face issue, during this period of July 1918, the Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army belonged to Comrade Joseph¡¯s faction, the Eastern Front belonged to Trotsky¡¯s faction, and the First and Second Army of the Eastern Front  The faction belonging to Sdervyov, and behind it stands the leader Comrade Ulyanov!

    After arguing for a long time, Trotsky and Sdervyov were at loggerheads over who should take over as the commander of the Southern Cluster. Sdervyov's reason was also very simple. Comrade Maxin had good political ideas and high consciousness, and he had always been in the army.  The Southern Cluster Command assisted Tukhachevsky, and although the Second Army only had two divisions, it successfully completed the strategic tasks of the cluster reserve every time. He was familiar with the generals of the Southern Cluster and the frontline situation.  The best candidate.

    After arguing for a long time, Kamenev, who was the first to suggest replacing Tukhachevsky, said gloomily, "Let's simply cancel the Southern Cluster. This is a temporary establishment anyway. Now that the main force of the Eastern Front has been strengthened in the direction of Ufa, let's let  The commander of the Eastern Front, Vacedis, will personally go to the direction of Ufa to take command!"

    The words awakened the dreamer. Kamenev's proposal was still on point. Since Tukhachevsky didn't work, sending a higher-level commander to the front line would be a solution, at least in the future.  In terms of coordinating the relationship between various group armies, there will be no mutual disputes between group army commanders.?The situation of buying the command and not moving.

    As soon as Kamenev's proposal came out, Sdervyov was the first to stand up and oppose it, and the reason was very good. The main force of the White Guards under Kolchak was eyeing the front line in Kazan, and Vacetis commanded the Third Army.  The task of blocking the opponent with the remaining two divisions of the Fifth Army is even more difficult. What if Vacetis leaves the Kazan front line and releases the main force of the opponent Kolchak from Kazan?

    By then, no matter whether the main force of Kolchak's 150,000 White Guards marches westward to Moscow or southward to outflank the Soviet Red Army's retreat on the Ufa Front, this is going to be a big trap!  Vacetis and the front army headquarters must sit on the front line in Kazan and must not move lightly.

    At this time, Sdervyov thought about the good things of Vacetis, and completely ignored how he had promoted Tukhachevsky under Ulyanov's instructions and wanted to use him to replace Vacedis and lead the Eastern Front.  The plan to completely wrest the command power from Trotsky-Vacetis.

    "Comrade Trotsky, what do you think about us sending a commander from Moscow to coordinate the overall situation in Ufa?" Ulyanov turned his hands behind his back a few times, rolled his eyes, and came up with an idea!

    Trotsky was startled when he heard this. He had been riding an armored train back and forth in the directions of Kazan and Tsaritsyn to direct frontline operations. However, there had been no breakthrough in the direction of Kazan. He had won all three defense battles of Tsaritsyn.  Well, does Ulyanov mean that he plans to cross the Volga River and go to the Ufa front line to take command in person?

    "Oh, don't get me wrong. I know that the burden of overall command in the direction of Tsaritsyn and Kazan has always been on you. Of course you can't leave. We How about we send Dervyov there?  Take the train from Moscow to Syzran, then cross the Volga River, and you can reach the Ufa front line in one week! Before that, let Maxin act as the commander of the Southern Group! "What do you think?"  Yanov looked at Trotsky with a smile.

    Sdervyov himself did not expect that Ulyanov would point the finger at him, but if Trotsky did not go to the front line, he would have to send a commander from the top who could calm the situation.  Sdervyov, the military commissar of the Revolutionary Military Commission, was really the second-ranked candidate.

    As for Kamenev, although he wanted to be transferred from the position of chairman of the Moscow Soviet to command a front in the Red Army, it was obviously not the time yet. However, the central government had discussed whether Vacetis would be transferred back to Moscow to serve as the front.  Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, then the commander of the Eastern Front will choose one between Tukhachevsky and Kamenev. What people don¡¯t know at this moment is that in Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, after Vazetis of the Soviet Eastern Front  The next commander is really Kamenev who was sent down from Moscow!

    As far as Trotsky himself is concerned, he prefers to withdraw the Southern Group of the Eastern Front to the Volga River first, and then decide whether to attack or defend next after finding out the details of the Ufa Allied Forces.  Of course, the horse is more reliable and safe. Since Tukhachevsky led the main force back to the west for so many kilometers in a panic, leaving behind the wounded and the rear division of the Fourth Army, it was obvious that this guy had smelled it.  Only the slightest hint of danger dares to do this!

    "The Urals fell and a Cossack cavalry battalion appeared in Chistopol. We haven't figured out the surrounding situation yet. I think that before sending senior commanders to the front line to take charge of the command, the central government should at least formulate the next response plan, such as  What should the South Group do now? After reuniting with the Fifth and Ninth Groups, should we turn back to rescue the 30,000 people in the encirclement? Or should we retreat to Volga?  The right bank of the river?¡±

    Before Trotsky finished speaking, Ulyanov interrupted him rudely,

    "After the Southern Cluster joins the Fifth and Ninth Group Armies, there is only one direction of march, which is to return to the city of Ufa, open the enemy's encirclement, and rescue the Rzhevsky Cluster and the wounded! Later, we will consider siege and capture.  Ufa, still mobilize the enemy's effective force to annihilate the enemy in the field! I think all other suggestions for retreat are not worth mentioning!"
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