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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 391: Soldiers never tire of deceit, you come and I go

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    At 9:40 on July 13, 1918, the temporary headquarters of the Sergei Cavalry Division was located seven kilometers northwest of the town of Sterli Tamak.

    "Chief of Staff, didn't Li Fugui's telegram say that Tukhachevsky, who was surrounding the town, had retreated south? I guess they won't be able to get here for a while. Otherwise, let's lure the snake out.  How about it?" Kaganov, the chief of staff of the 5th Cavalry Division, had been following Sergei for a long time, and he had the taste of a wise general. He suddenly came up with an idea.

    "Luring the snake out? Can you tell me how to lure the snake out of its hole?" Sergey was overjoyed when he heard this. He grabbed Kaganov's hand and asked anxiously.

    "Chief of Staff, you see, May Day Town is a full 32 kilometers away from here, so Tukhachevsky must not have known about the news that we had annihilated the Soviet Second Army earlier. Since Ma Xin was originally planning to  He brought people to support Tukhachevsky's main force. You said, if we put on a show for him to trick the opponent's infantry division into eating him, what do you think of this method?" Kaganov chuckled.  road.

    Sergey was stunned when he heard this, then rolled his eyes and asked, "According to your wishes, we sent people to pretend to be members of the Second Army, rushed to the camps of the two infantry divisions opposite to ask for help, and said that the Second Army  The remaining 1,500 troops are surrounded by the coalition cavalry somewhere in the north and are in urgent need of rescue! Is this what you are trying to do to trick the enemy into sending troops to the north to rescue the rest of Ma Xin¡¯s Second Army?¡±

    Kaganov nodded and continued, "Let's set up a pocket formation and use our people to pretend to be the remnants of the besieged Second Army. Surround them with a cavalry regiment to pretend to make the fight more lively. That Ma Xin is a Soviet Russian  The commander of the Second Army of the Red Army's Eastern Front, who wears the same pants as Tukhachevsky, do you think the two infantry divisions of the First Army would dare not save him? But Tukhachevsky would not?  Ji was still a few kilometers south of the town of Sterli Tamak, and it was very early to get there. The commanders of these two infantry divisions could at most send people to deliver a message to Tukhachevsky while at the same time  Send troops to rescue Ma Xin first."

    Sergey held his chin in thought for a while after hearing this. The idea proposed by Kaganov, the division chief of staff, was obviously in line with the tactical principles of defeating each enemy. If the enemy's two infantry divisions were gathered together, the strength of his three regiments would be a bit bad.  To put it bluntly, if we can mobilize the other party to send out only one division, then we can be quite confident in ambushing his three cavalry regiments and taking down his one infantry division that is not full of men!  Well, that¡¯s a good idea!

    But then I thought about it, and the problem came up again. What if the other party had two divisions piled up and headed north to rescue the "remnants of the besieged Ma Xin Second Group Army"?  Sergey told Kaganov his concerns.

    "Hey! Chief of Staff, we are not afraid of two divisions coming from the other side. The ambush will remain the same. Once we beat the opponent hard, we will be able to kill at least one of the opponent's regiments. Then we will continue the same method. If he runs away, we will chase him.  We ran, and when he stopped we beat him. By the time Tukhachevsky turned over the cavalry regiment far away in the town of Sterlitamak, these two divisions had been tortured to the point of being unable to move.  We slept last night, but the other party didn't sleep all night!" Kaganov said with a smile.

    "Yeah! You're right. Tukhachevsky's divisions are at the end of their tether. After we cripple these two infantry divisions, if his cavalry regiment comes to pursue them, we will circle around to the south to clean them up.  Go to Tukhachevsky's infantry division! Who told them to separate into two groups? At worst, we can rely on the town to establish positions and fight positional battles. I don't think he has the strength.  After spending so much time with us, if he retreats again, how can a two-legged man who hasn't slept all night outrun our four-legged war horse?"

    With the help of Chief of Staff Kaganov, Sergei clarified his thoughts, suddenly became energetic, and ordered, "Call Ufa and Li Fugui's cavalry battalion back, inform us of our strategy, and call the cavalry  The battalion just needs to defend the town, don't attack casually, Tukhachevsky's two troops look after our cavalry division! I don't believe that Sergey can't win the battle without the support of the aviation team's aircraft and heavy artillery!"

    When Tukhachevsky led the Army Group Headquarters and the 31st Infantry Division to retreat south from the town of Sterli Tamak, Chekov, the commander of the 15th Infantry Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, and Berklov, the commander of the 20th Infantry Division  They had already rode their horses and their political commissars back to the camp where the 15th and 20th Infantry Divisions were stationed five kilometers northwest.

    These two people are ready to implement the "lure the snake out" plan decided by Tukhachevsky. As long as the opponent's cavalry battalion sends troops to pursue Tukhachevsky and the 31st Infantry Division, more than 16,000 people from the 15th Infantry Division and the 20th Infantry Division will be killed.  Swarm forward from the northwest to the town of Sterli Tamak, using real human sea tactics to swamp the opponent's position. If the coalition battalion defends the town and does not take the bait or pursue pursuit, then the 15th Infantry Division and the 20th Infantry Division will have the same armed patrol.  After the demonstration in front of the town, they retreated together with Tukhachevsky.

    What a man can doHowever, Tukhachevsky finally made a compromise. If the plan to lure the snakes failed to succeed, he planned to continue retreating south during the day, but would leave Furmanov's cavalry regiment at the end. At night  , Tukhachevsky wanted the cavalry regiment to use a drag trick and a carbine to see if they could win the town in a night battle!

    As for Tukhachevsky's main force, if the 15th Infantry Division and the 20th Infantry Division have no chance to take advantage of it, they will continue to retreat southward with their own army headquarters. The First Army intends to take a long way to withdraw from the Orenburg-Ural line.  Going to the left bank of the Volga River, the young commander of the Red Army Group was even mentally prepared to go to the Alash Autonomous Republic in the Kazakh grassland to collect food to pay for the journey.

    In short, the First Army must stay away from the Ufa Great Plains, which is now the territory of the coalition forces. Before the Soviet Red Army has air superiority and sufficient artillery equipment, it must try to avoid fighting with the Allied coalition forces, otherwise there will be no hope of winning.

    Tukhachevsky still did not dare to turn on the radio station of the army group. Firstly, he was afraid that the coalition reconnaissance plane would detect the radio signal and find out his position. Secondly, Tukhachevsky was now worried about the outcome of several other group armies.  He had an ominous premonition, and he was even worried that once he turned on the phone and received telegrams from other armies, he would not know whether he would believe it was from the Soviet Red Army, or whether it was a destroyed army group borrowed by the coalition forces.  The radio station and password were originally misleading.

    As for Moscow, it is obvious that it is beyond its control over the dire situation on the Ufa Plain. At this time, it does not want to hand over the independent command of its First Army to Moscow. Anyway, it had already sent the final message to Moscow before the breakout from Bafre.  The telegram informed each army group that they would maintain radio silence during their own breakout to avoid leaks and expose the target!

    July 13, 1918, 9:50, five kilometers northwest of Sterli Tamak Town, the location of the 15th and 20th Infantry Divisions of the First Army of the Soviet Red Army

    "Comrade Division Commander, our sentries found a soldier from the Second Group Army who broke out from the northwest to report!" A Red Army battalion commander in charge of the camp's duty rushed to the tent of the 15th Division headquarters to report.

    Chekov, the commander of the 15th Division, and Berklov, the commander of the 20th Division, were discussing in the tent when to set off for an armed patrol in the town of Sterli Tamak. Up to this moment, the guard post left on the edge of the town had not come back to report. Obviously,  The coalition cavalry battalion guarding the town showed no sign of being dispatched, and the trick of "lubing the snake out of its hole" seemed to be in vain.

    Hearing the report of the sunshade outside the tent, Chekov and Berklov were both startled and hurriedly grabbed the tent. During this time, a Red Army battalion commander on duty outside the tent and several people were supporting a man in ragged clothes and covered in blood.  The Soviet Red Army soldier looked like he had fainted.
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