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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 340 The main force of the coalition sharpening its sword

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    ~Date:~November 12~

    It is logical to say that Taro Utsunomiya came up with this idea. Chiang Hongyu's troops won a great victory south of Chistopol and wiped out three divisions of the opponent's Fifth Army. Moreover, the Japanese cavalry unit escorted the prisoners to Albany.  In the direction of Metyevsk, it is obviously a waste to put such a main force in Chistopol. Either seize Bolgar in the west and block the Volga River crossing, or go south to Almetyevs and fight with the Xiong Shihui tribe.  Join forces in one place to resist the possible northward attack of the Soviet Eastern Front's Southern Group and hold back the enemy.

    Wang Geng thought carefully and thought about it again. At this moment, Wu Peifu, deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, came in from outside. Wang Geng frowned thoughtfully and said with a smile, "What's so difficult about the Commander-in-Chief? Is he in the picture?"  Will Khachevsky attack the Bear Shikibu in Almetyevsk?"

    "Ha, you think so too? How was the discussion with the prisoners? Is Ehken going to persuade Rzhevski to surrender?" Wang Geng raised his head and asked.

    "The Chief of Staff of the Fifth Army, Eh, is a smart man. He said that if it was only a mixed brigade of the coalition that defeated his three divisions last night, then the current strength and firepower of the main force of the coalition and the Soviet Red Army would not be comparable at all.  If the Russian Red Army's troops on the right bank of the Volga River do not retreat as soon as possible, they will only lose but not win!

    After the Fifth Army's Northern Route Army was surrounded this morning, it was he who ordered him to lay down his weapons and surrender. How could he refuse to persuade Rzhevsky to surrender? Coincidentally, Rzhevsky was formerly under Borusivov.  When he was the division commander, Ehe was his chief of staff. I just asked Tian Jun to send him to Chernigovka with the armored reconnaissance battalion. I think I can definitely persuade Rzhevsky to lay down his weapons and surrender!

    Of course, as you asked, I also asked him to point out the second way to Rzhevsky, which is an uprising on the battlefield!  He threw himself into the arms of the coalition forces so that he would not have to enter a prisoner of war camp, but he would have to turn his guns against his former Red Army comrades. I am afraid that Lezhevsky might not be willing to agree!  "Wu Peifu replied with a smile.

    "Hey! Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, what are you telling Deputy Chief of Staff Wu just now? Why should we give each other such generous terms? Why are you pretending to be an uprising in an encirclement? If you ask me to surrender, just surrender.  This is our only way out for the old Soviet Union!" Taro Utsunomiya obviously felt that Wang Geng did not need to give Lezhevsky such good conditions.

    "Haha, Your Excellency Taro, you don't understand this. You asked Rzhevsky to revolt on the battlefield, which is much harder than asking him to lay down his arms and surrender. After all, they were organized under the influence and coercion of a doctrine. If you want to  It is difficult to make a 180-degree ideological turn in a single attack, but a two-pronged political and military approach is the way to go. The Bolsheviks can use whatever doctrine to deceive people, can't we follow the same example?

    In the future battles with Germany and Austria, the main force will still be the Russian division. To win over people's hearts, divide and disintegrate the other side, we must start now and tell the Soviet Red Army officers and soldiers with hard facts that they have better prospects over there to fight with the coalition forces!  Not to mention anything else, at least I can have enough to eat, win the battle, and have land distributed, and I don¡¯t have to steal food from the villagers to live, let alone betray my family and class because of doctrine, or even turn around and take advantage of the villagers and elders.  Get the surgery!  "

    Wang Geng patiently brainwashed his deputy, deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, and commander of the Japanese Third Army. If Wang Geng, an ordinary person, would not have the patience to speak so thoroughly, but Utsunomiya Taro, Wang Geng felt that this guy spoke straightforwardly.  I didn't dare to make any random calculations in front of him, so I would subtly explain things to him from time to time.

    "SogaI have learned a lesson!" Utsunomiya nodded slightly to express his approval. In fact, he still felt that there was no need to be so polite to Lao Maozi. This is a world that believes in power. As long as you are strong enough, there is no need to be so humble.  Be restrained and cautious?

    Of course, when he thought of this, the commander on the Japanese frontline felt a dull pain in his heart. Damn it, why did China have this King of China?  In just over a year, the Chinese Army has been built into the top army in Asia!  Even he, a general of the Imperial Army who participated in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, had to lead the Imperial Army to hang out with him!

    Seeing Utsunomiya nodding in agreement with his idea, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces was obviously in a good mood. He turned to Wu Peifu and said,

    "You came just in time. Just now Utsunomiya suggested that Jiang Hongyu's troops in Chistopol should go west to seize Bolgar opposite Techuhi on the Volga River. I don't want to close the door so early. I have to give it to Moscow and Tu  Did Khachevsky have any thoughts of retreating to the left bank of the Volga River?

    You are right. The Soviet-Russian South Cluster is likely to turn northwest and attack Almetyevsk. That side is now our military depot and transshipment base, with a large amount of food, oil, and ammunition stored there.  After Jiang Hongyu annihilated three divisions of the opponent's North Route Army early this morning, he had more than 23,000 prisoners alone. He is currently escortingOn the way to Almetyevsk, so Almetyevsk cannot be given up for the time being!  The question is how to fight the next battle?  "

    Wang Geng took a deep breath of cigarette and looked at his deputy, wanting to hear Wu Peifu¡¯s advice.

    Wu Peifu nodded when he heard this, walked to the 1/50,000 military map hanging on the wall and looked at it carefully, then turned around and said,

    "I know that the main purpose of the commander-in-chief wanting to keep Bolgar Ferry is to see if he can encircle the point again for reinforcements and give the remaining Third Army of the Soviet Eastern Front on the other side of the Volga River an opening to cross the river to relieve the siege. If so,  I think we can let Jiang Hongyu's troops go south and join the battle in the direction of Almetyevsk. Of course, they have been marching and fighting for the past three days, so they still need necessary rest.

    You can ask them to take time to rest during the day and night and go south tomorrow morning. However, Jiang Hongyu's troops are armored cavalry troops. I don't think they may be allowed to guard Almetyevsk's defense line with Xiong Shihui's troops. Instead, they can directly intervene.  Go to the flanks of the Soviet Red Army attacking Almetyevsk to attack and contain it!  "Wu Peifu's suggestion is obviously good.

    Wang Geng thought about it after hearing this and felt that this method was good. It was better than directly letting Jiang Hongyu and Xiong Shihui defend Almetyevsk together!  It can give full play to the mobility of armored cavalry units in field battles and interspersed divisions, avoiding the fearless consumption of positional warfare.

    After thinking over and over again, Wang Geng made a decision:

    "Order Jiang Hongyu's troops in Chistopol to seize the time to rest and recuperate, and move south with the main force tomorrow morning. Just leave a cavalry battalion in Chistopol to keep alert. When Jiang Hongyu's troops go south, do not go directly to Almej in the southeast.  Yevsk, tell them to leave the road and turn south at least 50 kilometers away from Almetyevsk, and prepare to fight in a roundabout way! "

    "Then the replenishment of fuel and ammunition transported from Almedeevsk to Chistopol and Jiang Hongyu's troops will continue. This morning, due to bombing and shelling, a ten-kilometer section of the road there was seriously damaged. There were everywhere.  The crater makes it harder for the transport truck to move!" Wu Peifu is obviously a careful person.

    "Don't rush to transport it to Chistopol. Let me take a look We can ask the logistics vehicle group to transport the fuel and ammunition to the intermediate area Yes, it is this Novotroitskoye, wait for Jiang Hong to meet  The main force of the Ministry will meet at that place to replenish after going south. They should still have enough fuel to go south now, and they haven't run out of ammunition yet. It's just right to replenish it at Novotroitskoye, and call Xiong Shihui to send the armored reconnaissance battalion to escort the convoy, Eagle Eye  Air reconnaissance No. 1!" Wang Geng looked at the map and said.

    "So, how will the Xiong Shihui tribe fight in Almetyevsk?" Utsunomiya and Wu Peifu asked at the same time.

    "Of course he must quickly dig a ring of field fortifications, at least two, one kilometer apart. He has a total of 30,000 people! When the 23,000 prisoners escorted by the Japanese cavalry regiment attached to Jiang Hongyu's department arrive, there will be 9,000 more coolies.  The artilleryman asked him to arrange it for me! In addition, the cavalry reconnaissance troops were sent southward for at least fifteen kilometers! The Hawkeye early warning aircraft kept an eye on the enemy's movements in the direction of Bavre and October Town 24 hours a day.  Yes!" Wang Geng said disapprovingly.

    "Will the Logistics Vehicle Transport Group continue to transport grain, ammunition, and fuel from Cherny on the Kamala River to Almetyevsk?" Taro Utsunomiya asked.

    "Continue to transport, and then we will rescue the 200,000 Soviet prisoners in the encirclement. Food is indispensable. If we don't transport, how can we do it! Of course, the first step is to transport artillery shells! Whether Xiong Shihui's troops can fight well, in the end, it depends on air-ground coordination and infantry-artillery coordination!  "

    "Ask Chelyabinsk to rush to transport ammunition and food to Ufa and Cherny, and the Ufa base aviation fleet's fuel and aerial bombs must also rush to transport them!" Wang Geng affirmed.

    The transportation capacity of the Trans-Siberian Railway has been maximized in this short period of time. The trains on the railway line almost never stop, but they also rely on such a railway line to transport troops, prisoners, fuel, ammunition and food. For the coalition forces,  It is still quite a headache to replenish logistical supplies for more than 200,000 people in such a short period of time.

    Especially with the large increase in the number of prisoners of the Soviet Red Army, all aspects of material reserves have become increasingly stretched.

    "Commander-in-Chief, aren't we going to use the Air Force's Big Mac V1500 heavy bombers in this battle west of Ufa?" Wu Peifu couldn't help but ask.

    "Two squadrons of Handlipeti V1500 heavy bombers, now the strategic force of the air transport part of the coalition logistics center, are more effective as transport aircraft than the current front-line bombers. They are now using heavy bombs to blast the scattered cover on the ground in the Ufa Plain.  The crowd is overqualified, and when we bomb Moscow in the future, that will be the time for it to show off its capabilities!" The commander-in-chief of the coalition stated his intentions with a smile.
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