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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 346 Everyone goes back to his own home to find his own mother

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    ~Date:~November 12~

    , nbsp; It should be said that although the delay delayed a lot of time, with Trotsky's keen sense and efforts, the orders issued by Moscow's Southward Group and the armies were still a good assessment of the situation. Of course, in just a few days, the Soviet Red Army  The various units of the Eastern Front's Southern Cluster changed from advancing eastward to Ufa to relieve the Rzhevsky Cluster to advancing westward.

    With one word difference, the artistic conception and goal are completely different. Trotsky even obtained the authorization for the frontline army commanders to "when the situation is urgent, you can handle it on your own without waiting for Moscow's call back and instructions"!

    The leadership of the Southern Cluster and the commanders of each group army do not want to be scapegoats and be liquidated in the future. Which of the big bosses in Moscow is willing to bear the responsibility for all potential failures. Of course, as the supreme commander of the Soviet Red Army, in name only  Trotsky, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council, must be responsible for the victory and defeat of the Soviet Red Army.

    The honor is yours if you win, and of course the responsibility is yours if you lose!  The message Moscow sent to the Southern Group and copied to the headquarters of all front-line army groups is as follows:

    The Southern Cluster of the Eastern Front Army merged with the frontline group armies,

    We have received all your telegrams that day. Obviously the situation has changed negatively. Just half an hour ago, the Rzhevsky Group in Chernigovka had laid down its arms and surrendered to the coalition forces, and the Fifth Army  The Northern Route Army has been confirmed to have been completely annihilated by the main force of the coalition ground forces this morning. The former enemy commander of the Northern Route Army and Chief of Staff of the Fifth Group Army, Ehe, has also ordered to surrender to the coalition forces after being defeated and surrounded by the enemy!

    The situation is so obvious that Lezhevsky and Ekh, as well as the commanders at all levels of the above two clusters, have been declared traitors to the great cause of the Soviet Red Army and the Bolsheviks after their shameful surrender to the enemy!  It is said that most of the unyielding Bolshevik political commissars in the above-mentioned troops have been secretly executed, and the Red Army soldiers who bravely resisted and were unwilling to surrender to the enemy have been massacred by traitors and enemies in conspiracy.

    At such a difficult time, the South Group and all commanders of the army groups and the Red Army soldiers must muster the courage and firm confidence to fight resolutely against all traitors, traitors, wavering elements and enemies who may endanger our great cause. Moscow believes that South  The senior commanders of the cluster and each group army understand the responsibilities and missions you shoulder at this moment!

    Bringing the troops back to the left bank of the Volga River is the only combat goal of all your senior commanders at this stage. Overcoming all difficulties and successfully marching to the left bank of the Volga River is your sacred mission at this moment!

    In order to achieve this goal, preserve the effective strength of the Eastern Front and defend Soviet deprivation!  The Supreme Revolutionary Military Council now issues the following order:

    1. The retreat direction of the fifth, second, and fourth armies of the Southern Cluster is the Teqiushi and Bolgar lines. No trace of coalition ground troops has been found here.

    2. The retreat direction of the First Army of the Southern Cluster is the Simbirsk line. We must remain vigilant. After the opponent captures Samara, they may send a small force to occupy the ferry on the other side of Simbirsk.

    3. The Ninth Army of the Southern Front retreated along the line between Samara and Syzran, but now Samara has been occupied by the enemy. The number is unknown. The enemy is under the banner of the Kazakh Alash Autonomous Republic. It is likely that it was a sneak attack and  The mission of the Ninth Army, which has occupied the Urals, is to retake Samara and withdraw to Sezran. The Tenth Army will go north to fight with you!

    4. In view of the complex and changeable enemy situation, the Southern Cluster Headquarters has been withdrawn from now on, and the commanders of each group army can direct the troop operations on their own initiative. The above three retreat directions and arrangements are only Moscow's guiding plans. Each group army headquarters can  Determine the next course of action based on the enemy situation in front of you. Of course, commanders at all levels must shoulder their own responsibilities!  Every move you make may affect the life of every Red Army soldier and the future of Soviet disempowerment!

    5. During operations, the political commissars of group armies and divisions, brigade, regiments, battalions and companies at all levels have the right to veto the decisions of military commanders. If middle and senior military commanders at all levels are found to be wavering, cowardly, running away or trying to surrender, the political commissars at all levels have the right to veto  Power to enforce battlefield discipline and take over command!

    Victory belongs to the glorious Soviet Red Army, and victory will definitely belong to the Soviets!

    Since Trotsky, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council in Moscow.

    July 11, 1918 16:00

    This telegram from Moscow was both a bolt from the blue and rain on dry land. The telegram was said to be a bolt from the blue because the 30,000 people in the Rzhevsky Group surrounded by Chernigovka actually laid down their arms and surrendered, and the North  The entire Route Army was wiped out, and the Chief of Staff of the Fifth Army, Ehe, also surrendered. This dealt a huge blow to the morale of the Red Army soldiers of the armies on the right bank of the Volga. The atmosphere of failure and panic once again enveloped the soldiers of the entire army after the air raid that day.??.

    It is said that it is rain on dry land for the officers and soldiers of the armies on the right bank of the Volga River, because Moscow can finally face the reality, that is, the Battle of Ufa has been a complete failure for the Southern Group of the Soviet Eastern Front Army. The Southern Group formed to attack Ufa  The group fire line was cancelled, and Moscow officially issued an order to march to the west, and authorized each group to organize its own operations. Of course, the group army commander must bear responsibility for this, while the political commissar was granted supervision and life and death powers.

    In the absence of air supremacy, air cover, and reconnaissance, to deal with the coalition's air superiority, it is a good strategy to break out in separate routes during retreat. The coalition's main ground force on the right bank of the Volga River always seems to be separated by a veil, making it difficult to see clearly.  The details and truth are unclear, but no one doubts the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces. Even the second-line troops of the White Guards, which have always been ignored, seem to have gained confidence and combat effectiveness in less than a week under the command and training of the coalition forces.

    The three divisions of the Fifth Army are the westernmost units of the Soviet Red Army on the right bank of the Volga River. They are located 20 kilometers southeast of Buriguma, followed by the Southern Front scattered around Bafre.  Six divisions of the Ninth Army, followed by ten divisions of the First, Second, and Fourth Armies scattered near Milna.

    Of course, the most dangerous situation is also the three divisions of the Fifth Army. They are closest to the coalition's Xiong Shihui headquarters in Almetyevsk, and the opponent's armored reconnaissance battalion has even arrived less than five miles away from the village where Slavin's headquarters is located.  km location.

    July 11, 1918 16:15 Fifth Army Headquarters, 20 kilometers southeast of Briguma

    "Samara has been occupied by the enemy. The army of the Kazakh Alash Autonomous Republic is simply a cover-up. It must be the main force of the coalition pretending to be. I didn't expect that they could go back so far, capture Ural and then seize Samara.  Way back!" Slavin frowned as he looked at the call from Moscow he had just received.

    "Samara has been lost? Where is this? What does the Moscow telegram say? What? Both Rzhevsky and Ekh surrendered? Can the Southern Group Command be cancelled? Let our armies organize their own retreat?" Political Commissar of the Fifth Army  Blumberg took the telegram from Slavin and screamed while reading it. The guy was stunned by this series of unexpected news!

    "Calm down! Don't forget that you are the political commissar of the group army. The division commanders and political commissars below are watching our every move. Send me an order to urgently convene an enlarged meeting of the Fifth Group Army's Former Enemy Military Committee. The three division commanders and political commissars are here to participate!  Right now!" Slavin turned to the combat staff outside the door and shouted.

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