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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 386 Xiaotu retreats when faced with difficulties?

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    9:10 on July 13, 1918, 1st Army Headquarters of the Soviet Eastern Front in the northwest of Sterli Tamak Town

    "Comrade Commander! This must be a conspiracy of the coalition forces! We cannot be fooled easily!" Chekov, the commander of the 15th Infantry Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, said anxiously. In his opinion, the enemy in the opposite town was the most difficult enemy he had ever encountered in his life.  The cunning, most terrifying and dangerous enemy, no action of the other side will be that simple. Are they so kind just to let us carry back the bodies of the fallen soldiers and bury them?  cannot!

    "Comrade Chekov! Don't the 1,800 fallen soldiers lying in front of the coalition positions belong to the Soviet Red Army? Do the martyrs of our cavalry division deserve to lie there in the sun and rain, dead in the wilderness?! Are you the only one?  Only the men of the 15th Division should be brought back, and the rest of the troops should be pulled down if they are dead?" Chapayev blew his beard and stared, his right hand tightly grasping the saber at his waist, with blazing anger in his eyes. There was no one on the position.  Two-thirds of the fallen soldiers who retreated were his cavalry. Chekov's words instinctively made him explode to the edge of violence.

    "Stop talking! Regardless of whether it's the enemy's conspiracy or not, it's true that the coalition forces gave preferential treatment to prisoners from Ufa to here. They also don't want our wounded. Gurny Goli was also released because he was injured and became a wounded person.  It doesn¡¯t matter if the other party is trying to increase our burden or consume our energy, or they are delaying and trying to hold us back!¡±

    Tukhachevsky¡¯s voice was hoarse, low and tired, but with a hint of determination, he waved his fist and shouted,

    "Pass my order, the medical soldiers enter the battlefield and bring back all the fallen soldiers. We will hold a funeral for them! Before that, we are not going anywhere! We are here! If the coalition forces on the opposite side dare to come out to attack, we will  Just crush them into pieces!" Tukhachevsky looked filled with grief and anger!

    "Comrade Commander, do we really not pick up all the weapons and ammunition on the battlefield? Gurney Goli said that while we are cleaning the battlefield, the coalition forces will also send people into the battlefield to collect weapons and ammunition. Should we take the opportunity to launch an offensive?"  Berkloff, commander of the 20th Infantry Division, couldn't help but suggest.

    As soon as these words came out, there was a moment of silence in the tent. Morality depends on how you talk about it. Berkloff knew that his idea was a bad idea, but war is about being brave in deceit. Being able to win is better than anything else. In history,  With so many fake surrender schemes and Trojan horse schemes emerging one after another, what kind of morality can we have with such a fierce enemy like the coalition forces?  Furthermore, the other party asked us to enter the battlefield without weapons. What if the other party regrets and launches an attack?  Aren't the medical soldiers with bare hands just like meat on someone else's chopping board?

    Seeing that everyone was looking at him but no one spoke, Berkloff felt a little guilty, but he still couldn't help but defended, "We also have to guard against the other party using a trap, right? What if they regret it?  ? We have paid such a huge price, can we just bring back 1,800 corpses? We must avenge the sacrifice of the Soviet Red Army soldiers! We must let the coalition forces know how powerful we are!"

    Tukhachevsky snorted coldly, but his heart moved slightly, wondering about the feasibility and certainty of success of really taking advantage of the opportunity of cleaning the battlefield to get close to the enemy's position, and then turning his back and swarming up to occupy the opponent's position.  How big, if you really want to do this, you can't keep prisoners by then, you have to shoot them all to silence them, otherwise if word gets out in the future, the First Army will really be embarrassed to see anyone.

    Unexpectedly, Chapayev jumped up at this time, pulled out the saber from his waist, and placed it on Berklov's neck in a blink of an eye. The man was so frightened that he instantly became petrified and did not dare to move.

    Several division commanders and political commissars nearby were also dumbfounded, hurriedly waving their hands to Chapayev to be careful not to hurt his comrades!  Tukhachevsky's face turned livid, and he shouted in a low voice,

    "Xia Boyang! What are you doing! Put down the knife! It's so lawless! This is the group army headquarters, how can you put your saber on the neck of the Red Army infantry division commander! It's just nonsense! Let go quickly!"

    "Berkloff! I now suspect that you are a traitor, a spy and a traitor who has infiltrated the Red Army! Your suggestions will cost the lives of countless wounded Red Army soldiers and prisoners! Tell me! Do you really think so! Today we are going to destroy the enemy  If a battalion adopts such dirty methods, tomorrow the coalition forces can openly retaliate and no longer give preferential treatment to Red Army prisoners and our wounded on the battlefield. Tell me, do you intend to create a reason for the coalition forces to abuse and massacre prisoners of war and wounded soldiers?  Excuse! You said it!"

    Chapayev's words woke him up from his dream. Several division commanders and political commissars looked at each other. There is no airtight wall in the world. Today, in order to annihilate a coalition battalion, they adopted such deceptive means to attack. How could the coalition treat prisoners and release the wounded on the battlefield preferentially in the future?  , no one had thought of this problem before, but now that they think about it, they can¡¯t help but shudder!

    Berkloff¡¯s legs are straightHe was trembling, but he refused to give in, and insisted on saying,

    "The coalition forces preferential treatment of prisoners is just to undermine our morale and kill our fighting spirit. They release the wounded to increase our burden, affect our speed of action, and even to consume our food and the physical strength of our soldiers. We cannot follow the opponent's pace.  , Furthermore, the Bolsheviks took no prisoners, and those who laid down their weapons were not qualified to be Red Army soldiers. We did this to strengthen our will and purify our troops! Otherwise, the bigger the battle, the less morale the First Army and the East Army will have.  The front army will disperse sooner or later!"

    "Chapayev! As the commander of the group army, I order you to put down your saber! Immediately! Your position as commander of the cavalry division is revoked, and political commissar Furmanov will act as commander of the cavalry division. I will also put you in solitary confinement!  Unorganized and undisciplined! Get rid of his saber and pistol!" Tukhachevsky said through gritted teeth!

    To be fair, what Berkloff said is absolutely correct. The purpose of the coalition's preferential treatment of prisoners is to propagandize and undermine the enemy's will. But who can truly be unafraid of death?  No matter how determined the Bolsheviks are, they will choose bread when faced with hunger and bread, and choose survival when faced with life and death. This is the last-minute choice of the vast majority of people.

    Otherwise, how could there be so many prisoners of war in a war between countries?  When you can no longer resist, you can put down your weapons. Living for the motherland is actually more difficult than dying. Only those who can persist in the prisoner of war camp and wait until the day of victory are the real warriors. Tukhachevsky himself was captured by the German army and served as a prisoner of war.  , so I have a deep understanding of this.

    "Comrade Commander! If you make a wrong decision today, you will affect the fate of all Red Army wounded and prisoners of war on future battlefields. I ask you to think twice before you act!" Chapayev threw the saber in his hand with a snap.  On the ground, this is not over yet, then he took off the armed belt from his waist and threw it on the ground together with the pistol and holster. Damn, I only have 200 people left in the entire cavalry brigade. Do you love this division commander?  Pawn to whomever you pawn, I won¡¯t serve you anymore!

    Seeing Tukhachevsky wink at him, Furmanov, the political commissar of the cavalry division, hurriedly picked up the saber and armed pistol on the ground, and chased after his division commander who had strode out of the tent.

    At this time, Tukhachevsky had already made a decision. He could not let the other side look down on him. If the war ceased, the war would cease. The bodies of the fallen soldiers should be removed for funerals and buried before making the next step. From this guy's perspective, Berklov  He is also a guy who will do whatever it takes to succeed, so I will have to be wary of him in the future.

    "Notify the coalition forces on the opposite side that we agree to cease fighting and clean up the battlefield! But tell them not to play tricks, otherwise the First Army will smash their shitty town and cavalry battalion into pieces and trample them into powder even if they use men!" Tukhachevsky said!  A decision was made.

    "Comrade Commander! Then is our strategy of luring the snake out of its hole still useful? The weather is quite favorable to us now. If we delay in this town for too long, reinforcements from the other side may arrive. Secondly, if the weather clears up or  The clouds have cleared, and we won¡¯t be able to deal with it if the Ufa Allied Air Force arrives!" reminded Hashimov, commander of the 31st Infantry Division.

    "Pass my order! The medics and cavalry regiments stay to clean the battlefield and clean up the remains of the fallen soldiers. The Army Headquarters and the 31st Infantry Division break camp and retreat south! After the funeral of the fallen soldiers' remains is completed, the medics and cavalry regiments  Go south to catch up with the 31st Infantry Division and the Army Headquarters, and we will retreat! We will not continue to waste time with the coalition forces and this town!" Tukhachevsky unexpectedly announced.
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