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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 348: Use advance as retreat to attack in separate ways

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    ~Date:~November 13~

    "What am I saying! The commander's words woke up the dreamer. It must be like this. Ehe's Northern Route Army encountered the main force of the coalition forces and was surrounded. It suffered heavy casualties and had no hope of breaking out. In order to save the lives of all his subordinates, the chief of staff must have decided to take charge of it himself.  It is my duty to give the order to put down the weapons!" The gentle and fair-looking commander of the Siberian Second Division, Maruski, had a little red eyes when he spoke!

    "Then the other two division commanders nodded in agreement, while the political commissars kept their mouths shut and didn't speak. Their eyes were confused, and they all looked at their group army political commissar Blomberg.

    Blomberg instinctively felt that what Slavin said as the commander of the group army seemed inappropriate, but he didn't know how to refute it for a moment. After all, Eh may have some difficulties, whether he should die on the battlefield when he was unable to resist.  Instead of laying down his weapons, Blumberg did not seriously think about this issue. Now that Slavin said this, this guy also asked himself, Damn, if I am surrounded by the coalition forces and persuade me to surrender, I will not  Courage to shoot yourself?

    "You don't have to think so much, just lead the team at your own post! Now it seems that after crossing the river, we left the Simbirsk 26th Division and three artillery companies stationed in Bolgar. We really did the right thing! Eh  No one is allowed to leak anything about the Northern Route Army and the Lezhevsky Cluster!¡±

    "Now I order! The fifth group army is all lightly equipped. Each person only carries four days of dry food. All other baggage is given up. Take the time to prepare dry food and rest before it gets dark. Pay attention to air defense and concealment. When it gets dark, we will separate.  Breakthrough!" Slavin stood up and said.

    "Breaking through by separate routes? Where to break out? The enemy armored reconnaissance battalion in the north is less than 5 kilometers away from us, and what's annoying is that their wheeled armored vehicles don't take us seriously at all!" The loud-voiced division commander couldn't help it.  asked.

    "Don't we need to coordinate our actions with other group armies? Just withdraw on our own?" a political commissar asked stupidly.

    ¡°Do you want to ask Moscow for instructions?¡± Another political commissar continued.

    "Moscow has authorized each group army to organize a breakout on its own. The Fifth Army is under my command! Comrade Bloumberg, is that true?!" Slavin put his hand on the holster on his waist and turned to political commissar Bloum.  Berg.

    The political commissar of the group army, Blomberg, saw Slavin's ferocious look for the first time. He was startled and hurriedly followed, "That's indeed what the telegram from Moscow said. Everyone, please listen to the commander's orders!"  "

    "Comrade Commander, how should we break out of the encirclement by splitting routes? To the west or southwest?" Maruski, commander of the Second Siberian Infantry Division, asked.

    "Go straight to the west. Bolgar is still guarded by the 26th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army. We rush over and cross the Volga River along the ferry. Let's live together! Our division will take the lead for the group army!" said the commander of the 1st Infantry Division carelessly.  The way.

    "Pig brain! West, west. When it comes to retreat, everyone rushes to the west. Do you think the main force of the coalition forces doesn't know that we will withdraw to the west? We should do the opposite. We can go either way, just not to the west!"  Konstantin, the commander of the 5th Siberian Infantry Division who had been silent, said coldly.

    If we want to say who among the division commanders is the most respected by Army Commander Slavin, it is Konstantin, the division commander of the 5th Siberian Division. This guy either has his head covered and does not speak. He always comes up with ideas when he opens his mouth. He also fights very bravely. The Siberian Infantry  Although the Fifth Division ranks low in organization, it is one of the main infantry divisions of the Fifth Army.

    Slavin looked at Constantine with approval, pressed his hands down to stop the noise, glanced at everyone and said,

    "What Konstantin said is absolutely correct. Now the Eastern Front and the Southern Front combined have five armies with 200,000 troops on the right bank of the Volga River. When it comes to retreat, everyone rushes to the west. As we can imagine, the coalition forces  Commander, can you imagine that the enemy in the north is very close to us now? Of course, the enemy may not have expected that we would retreat so soon!"

    Slavin blushed when he said this, and thought to himself, Damn, I drove seven or eight hundred kilometers to reinforce and rendezvous, and I didn't even see what the enemy looked like, so I had to retreat. It's really hard to say it*  **How ??embarrassing to be human!  The majestic Eastern Front has a main force of 200,000 troops!  Just run away like this!

    Thinking so, this guy felt lonely. As the commander of the group army and the backbone of everyone, Slavin had a calm expression on his face and continued,

    "Where the Fifth Army is going must be kept strictly confidential. Commanders at all levels below the division level will only know the day's destination after breaking out of camp every day. Ordinary soldiers only need to follow and not fall behind. Dig trenches when they need to.  When you need to hide, you should hide, when you need to fight, you should fight, and when you need to sleep, you should sleep. Do not inquire or spread rumors. In this way, even if you are captured by the coalition forces, you will not be questioned!There are too many reasons why!  The whereabouts and destination of the troops will not be exposed.¡±

    Several division commanders nodded when they heard this, while the political commissars were still thinking.

    "Although we only have three divisions, the goal is not too big, but we must learn from the experience of the Northern Route Army's three divisions being wiped out and Rzhevsky's 30,000 people being surrounded. The three divisions gathered together can reach 30,000 people.  Humans, this is a target that cannot be concealed by the reconnaissance aircraft of the Allied Air Force in the sky. Unless you lie down in the grass and do not move, otherwise as long as you are marching in broad daylight, the mighty team will be on this big place on the right bank of the Volga River.  There is no escape on the plain!" Slavin glanced at everyone and then said,

    "The Art of War says that what is true should be imaginary, what is imaginary should be real, do the opposite, attack the enemy by surprise and defeat them unprepared. Our three divisions must be divided into at least two groups, preferably three groups, but after thinking about it for a long time  , or break out in two ways!" Slavin's voice became serious.

    Political Commissar Blomberg felt a little bit in his heart, and for some reason his mouth was dry, his tongue was dry, his legs and feet were weak.

    Several division commanders exchanged glances, obviously agreeing with their commander's thinking.

    Sure enough, Slavin glanced at everyone and then said,

    "Send a division to pretend to be the main force of the group army, plus all the artillery and heavy machine gun battalions, attack Almetyevsk in the northwest to attract the attention of the coalition forces, and then quickly turn around and retreat westward, throw away all the artillery! Throw away the animals  Free up the carriages and haul people!¡±

    "The remaining two divisions are all lightly equipped, resting in hiding during the day, and marching at night. Let's make a circuitous move to the northwest! Outflank and attack the opponent's transportation line!" Slavin said in a shocking voice.

    The seven pairs of eyes of the three division commanders, three political commissars and the group army political commissar all looked at their commander, dumbfounded and speechless.

    After a while, the commander of the 1st Siberian Infantry Division swallowed hard and said with difficulty, "Comrade Commander, the three divisions of the Northern Route Army were eaten by others in one bite, and wewe only provoke others with one division."  . . . Still going to take a detour?

    "That's right! Comrade Slavin, please think carefully again. Even if we don't withdraw directly to the west, we can't go north to attract the attention of the main force of the coalition, right? In the morning, the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the group army encountered the opponent's armored reconnaissance battalion. They met each other face to face.  He almost couldn't escape. The large-caliber machine gun on the armored vehicle was a man-eating beast! The bullets made holes as big as bowls in people's bodies, and it was easy to break arms and legs."  Blumberg advised with a trembling tone.

    Slavin glanced at this group of subordinates and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The morale of the division commanders and political commissars was so low, let alone the soldiers below. Whoever says that is not afraid is pure nonsense.

    "Someone has to make sacrifices. In this way, I will lead a division, strengthen six artillery companies and three heavy machine gun battalions, and go to the northwest to attack the main force of the coalition forces in Almetyevsk. The political commissar will lead two divisions, all lightly equipped, to the northeast.  Of course, for the sake of safety and concealment, the two divisions in the northeast can find a way to sneak across the road without disturbing the opponent's logistics transportation line, and then turn to the west north of Zainsk! "

    Slavin made the final decision without any hesitation. He glanced at the division commanders and political commissars in front of him with determined eyes. Blomberg hesitated to speak. This guy wanted to ask Slavin to go with him, but  Just leave the task of attacking to the northwest and luring the enemy to the next division to carry out on its own!  But he felt a little unable to open his mouth, but if he asked him to change positions with Slavin to lure the enemy, this guy wouldn't even dare to kill him!
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