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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 341 Yegorov¡¯s Little Abacus

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    ~Date:~November 12~

    190 near Bafre

    The overwhelming two waves of air raids by the Allied Air Force in the morning completely woke up Yegorov and the Soviet Red Army soldiers of the Ninth Army. It turned out that as the main force of the Soviet Southern Front, the Ninth Army attacked Tukhachevsky's east  After the defeat of the Southern Cluster of the Front Army under the city of Ufa, they still had a mocking mentality of watching the fire from the other side. At this moment, they did not even see the coalition ground troops, and they suddenly suffered such a heavy air attack. This made Yegorov and the third  Almost everyone in the Ninth Army shuddered.

    To be fair, Yegorov's troops suffered huge casualties from the air strikes. The main reason was that the Soviet Red Army soldiers lacked awareness of air defense and evacuation and concealment drills. In order to rush to evacuate the mountains of food and ammunition, the opportunity to disperse and conceal was delayed.  The second reason is the lack of sufficient anti-aircraft weapons. The third reason is that the Maramax wheeled machine gun was hastily dragged off the carriage and set up to intercept and shoot from high places. The effect was ridiculously poor.

    As soon as the morning air raid ended, the Ninth Army spent more than an hour gathering troops, counting casualties, treating the wounded, and extinguishing the burning food. Each of the six infantry divisions stationed in dozens of villages around Bafre had more than 100,000 killed.  More than 1,000 people were killed in each division, and more than 2,000 people were injured in each division. More than half of the food and ammunition transported were lost in the air strikes. Nearly 6,000 people were killed and nearly 12,000 injured in the entire group. The Ninth Army lost one-third of its combat effectiveness.

    What's even more terrible is that such a violent air attack by the coalition forces has caused a great psychological shadow on the Soviet Red Army soldiers of the Ninth Army. In the Red Army, which does not have enough air defense weapons, many of them are fighting for the first time after joining the Red Army.  Seeing enemy aircraft, it was the first time for many people to see such a large fleet, not to mention the huge destructive power caused by the dense explosion of aerial bombs like eggs all over the sky during the air raid.

    Fortunately, the division commanders and political commissars of the Ninth Army were all lucky generals. They all escaped unscathed in this coalition air attack. The six division commanders, political commissars and chief of staff were almost unscathed. Of course, this is different from the fact that most of these generals were in the Tsarist Russian army.  There is an inseparable relationship between China's participation in the Eastern Front battlefield and the experience of aircraft strafing and bombing. Jiang is still very old. A few years ago, many of them were just middle- and lower-level officers in the Tsarist Russian army. In 1918, everyone became the division commander's political commissar and staff officer.  It has been a long time, and the air defense experience accumulated in the past has obviously come into play at this moment.

    "Comrade Commander, the enemy's air attack was sudden and violent, causing huge casualties to the entire army. I propose to inform the Southern Cluster and Moscow of our current situation. At the same time, we should hold the Southern Cluster Command accountable for not reporting the scale and size of the coalition air force in its previous enemy situation report.  Wei Li's responsibility to warn! This is something that completely caught us off guard! The Ninth Army lacks sufficient air defense weapons, and the soldiers have no awareness and training of air defense before. If they don't solve the problem of air supremacy, they will commit suicide!  "

    Knyagnitsky, the political commissar of the Ninth Group Army, led a group of indignant political commissars of the division commanders and surrounded the group army commander Yegorov, clamoring to ask the Eastern Front and the Southern Group to compensate for the losses!  Moscow must be held accountable for the huge responsibility of the Southern Cluster for concealing and lying about military information!

    "Enough! What a shame! Are you still the glorious Ninth Army? Are you still not a division commander?! Look at what you are like now. The responsibility for the defeat belongs to others?! Why did the main force of the Southern Cluster not encounter an air attack?  , the Rzhevsky cluster did not encounter an air attack, but you suffered an air attack?" Yegorov slammed the table with a roar that could knock down the entire roof.

    The division commanders and political commissars immediately became quiet after being shouted at by their group army commander. Yegorov had supreme authority in this unit. In fact, this guy was regarded by Comrade Joseph as a reserve candidate for the commander of the front army, and he was the same as the Eastern Front Army.  Together with Tukhachevsky, they are known as the red duo among the young generals of Soviet Russia!

    Yegorov¡¯s group army headquarters was installed in a newly erected tent on the hillside. The top of the tent was camouflaged with branches and hay. Of course, the tent was next to the air raid shelter dug on the hillside.

    In the morning, intensive air raids and bombings by the coalition air force destroyed almost all the buildings in dozens of surrounding villages. The center of Bafre Town was hit by the most bombs. At this moment, there were broken walls and debris everywhere, and few intact houses could be found.  Everyone quickly concluded from experience that when an air raid comes, just like an earthquake, you must not hide in buildings or woods. The best way is to hide in air defense trenches.

    The preferred ground targets for coalition air force bombing are those conspicuous buildings, grain stacks, carriages, and groves. Of course, there are also trenches. However, unless the bomb happens to fall in the trench, right next to you, your chance of survival must be greater than  Running around on the ground.

    "The current task of each division is to consider what you will do the next time an enemy plane comes for an air attack? Are the troops dispersed enough? Are the food and ammunition covered? Air defense trenches?Have you dug it in place for me?  Have all the wounded been placed?  Have the anti-aircraft machine gun groups been organized and arranged?  "Yegorov's tone was still stern, scolding his division commanders and political commissars while glaring at them fiercely!

    "But Commander, do we still want to stay here? If the coalition forces cannot be secured, there will be another bombing. The division commanders all suggested that the entire army of our group should move as soon as possible!" Knyagnitsky, the political commissar of the group army, boldly expressed everyone's feelings.  !

    "We will not go anywhere before there is an order from Moscow. The task of the divisions of the Ninth Army today is to dig air-raid shelters and trenches, and to send air-raid sentries to me for 20 kilometers in the east, south and north directions! Radio 24  Turn on the machine and keep in touch with the Budyonny Cavalry Division in October Town, and keep in touch with the Southern Cluster Headquarters!" Yegorov punched the table hard.

    The commander of the group army spoke so resolutely that the division commanders and political commissars of each division had no choice but to leave their tents and return to their respective divisions to implement Yegorov's orders. Political Commissar Knyagnitsky and Chief of Staff Stepin were killed by Yegorov.  After staying, the three of them had a small meeting behind closed doors to decide on the army's next move and combat plan.

    "Comrade Yegorov! Do we really want to move to Bafre? Who knows if the coalition will find us again in the next air raid? I even doubt whether Tukhachevsky will be recruited by the leftists.  The Socialist-Revolutionary Party instigated rebellion and reached a tacit understanding with the enemies of Ufa. Otherwise, why did the bomber group of the Allied Air Force fly over the head of the Southern Cluster this morning but did not drop a single bomb?

    There are ten divisions in the Southern Cluster of the Eastern Front Army, but we only have six divisions!  It's impossible that they didn't see the Red Army positions on the line between Milner and Acehkovo, right?  There is something fishy about this matter, absolutely suspicious!  "Political Commissar Knyagnitsky is obviously better at analyzing and looking for reasons from outside.

    "Comrade Political Commissar! You are the political commissar of the Ninth Army. You must set an example for the division commanders and political commissars below in every move you make. The more you encounter setbacks, the less likely you are to make random suspicions! Besides, Tukhachevsky has been exempted.  He left the position of group commander, and now the Eastern Front Southern Group is represented by the commander of the Second Army Ma Xin!" Yegorov glanced at his political commissar with dissatisfaction, took out tobacco from his pocket, and casually took out Zhang.  paper and started rolling cigarettes for myself.

    "Comrade Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, I have an idea. The reason why Ufa's coalition air force launched large-scale air raids and bombings on our group army is mostly because of the food and ammunition we escorted!"  Chief of Staff Stepin said from the side.

    "His grandma, if it weren't for the evacuation of the food and ammunition shipped to the Eastern Front, we wouldn't have suffered such heavy casualties. It's hard to explain to Moscow now. The enemy's ground commander didn't see anything, so he lost money.  One-third of the troops!" Political Commissar Knyagnitsky pouted.

    "When encountering an air attack in the future, the first thing all soldiers should do is to evacuate and take cover. Throw away all the pots and pans first. Life and the weapons in your hands are better than anything else. Chief of Staff, you will personally lead the team to check later.  Have the anti-aircraft machine gun groups been deployed? Put one end of the cart up and it will be a ready-made machine gun rack. Trenches and bunkers must be dug around it. Otherwise, you will be helpless and beaten without being able to change hands, and your morale will be completely destroyed!" Yegorov bit!  He said with teeth.

    "Comrade Commander, are we really here? The houses in the villages around Bafre have been destroyed by coalition air strikes and almost all of them have collapsed. Our goal here is too big!" Chief of Staff Stepin hesitated for a moment but still said  Asked, he and political commissar Knyagnitsky agreed that the best policy was to move the army as soon as possible.

    Yegorov did not answer Stepin's question, but spread the cut tobacco evenly in the paper roll, and then rolled it into a cigarette. The political commissar here quickly lit a fire for his commander.

    Yegorov took a long puff of cigarette, and it took him a long time to spit it out. The tent was filled with the aroma of Mohe cigarettes. The political commissar and chief of staff here also lit Volga produced by Tsaritsyn Tobacco Factory.  Brand cigarettes.

    "Of course the group army has to move. I have sent telegrams to Moscow and the Southern Group to report the damage caused by the air raid and ask for instructions on the next course of action!" Yegorov said nonchalantly, blowing the ashes from his cigarette.

    "A telegram has been sent? Why hasn't the reply come yet?" The political commissar and the chief of staff looked at each other, the joy in their eyes obvious.

    "Obviously Moscow is quarreling over this matter, and Maxin of the Southern Group cannot do it himself. As for us, of course we have to wait for instructions from the top! But no matter what decision Moscow makes, there is no doubt that the army group will be transferred  "We'll take action as soon as it gets dark!" Yegorov took a long puff of cigarette and finally told his two partners!

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