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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 408 Must Fight for Time and Space

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    July 13, 1918 18:55 Moscow Kremlin

    "More than 200,000 Soviet Red Army troops were annihilated by others. We don't even know how many troops the coalition forces deployed on the Ufa battlefield. It is impossible for such a force to win the battle. Dzerzhinsky, except for the suppression of counter-revolutionaries  "Intelligence work is also an important part of the Cheka organization. Why are you so inefficient in collecting coalition intelligence? You must give me an explanation!" Ulyanov shouted sternly.

    Dzerzhinsky lowered his head and rubbed his hands, not knowing how to explain for a moment. The Bolsheviks' power was originally very weak in the vast Siberia and Far East regions east of the Ural Mountains, and the situation on the right bank of the Volga River was similar.

    Moreover, due to the Red Terror adopted by the Soviet Russian regime and its increasingly obvious tendency to focus on class and origin, the Cheka's work mainly evolved into internally identifying enemies, traitors and traitors who had sneaked into the revolutionary ranks, with a focus on  Focus on the purge within the Soviet Russian regime and the Bolsheviks, rather than on the work of dividing, disintegrating, and instigating rebellion within the enemy.

    "Comrade Ulyanov, the Battle of Ufa has only lasted a week. We are still trying our best to understand the situation of the Ufa coalition forces. However, because the coalition forces have implemented strict control and screening of personnel entry and exit at the Ural Pass,  "Although there are some of our people who have made it to the east of the Ural Mountains, none of them can send back the news," Dzerzhinsky mumbled.

    "I'm talking about the west of the Ural Mountains! Not the east of the Ural Mountains, damn it! Dzerzhinsky, you haven't eaten enough or something, your voice is buzzing like a mosquito!" Ulyanov waved his hands.  Emotions rose again.

    "Report Comrade Chairman! Kolchak's All-Russian Provisional Government, at the request of the coalition forces, took measures to clear the Ufa Plains. Almost all the local people in the right bank of the Volga River south of the Kamala River were relocated.  , which makes it impossible for our intelligence personnel to survive locally!¡±

    Dzerzhinsky's voice became louder, and the man continued, "Furthermore, the coalition forces implemented martial law in Ufa, and our informants in the All-Russian Provisional Government moved to the east of the Ural Mountains with that government.  , and there is no chance to act without authorization, let alone carry a radio to send the intelligence back."

    "Over there in Kazan! Don't we have people under Kolchak? Why can't we get back the information? Have they all betrayed our cause? Or are you just developing a bunch of rabble-rousers?"  Liyanov stared at Dzerzhinsky reluctantly.

    "Comrade Chairman! The main force of the Southern Cluster of the Eastern Front and the Ninth Army fought bloody battles with the coalition forces on the Ufa Plain for a week! More than 200,000 people were wiped out and captured!

    Shouldn¡¯t it be up to these frontline commanders to tell you how many troops the coalition has?  Even if my people have not been discovered by the enemy in the Kolchak government, they cannot obtain enough battlefield intelligence under the wartime military control and martial law implemented by the coalition forces!  "Dzerzhinsky couldn't help shouting as the veins on his neck swelled.

    ¡°Comrade Ulyanov, our weakness in intelligence work is not the responsibility of Dzerzhinsky alone. The opponent in this Battle of Ufa is not the previous White Guards, but the Allied Powers!

    Although at least half of them are Russian infantry divisions adapted from the White Guards and Volunteer Divisions, these units can be regarded as coalition forces. The deployment, mobilization, command and logistics support, firepower configuration and combat methods are all the same as before.  The White Guards are completely different!  "

    Trotsky stepped forward to rescue Dzerzhinsky. When Trotsky and Ulyanov were at loggerheads when negotiating "Brest-Litovsk" with Germany, Dzerzhinsky  He and Joffe were firmly on Trotsky's side, which Trotsky always kept in mind.

    "More than 200,000 troops have been annihilated by the enemy. Don't we all know how many troops the coalition has dispatched to fight us? How can we win the war if this continues?" Bukharin fanned the flames.

    Ulyanov ignored Dzerzhinsky, turned to stare at Trotsky and said,

    "Comrade Trotsky, you are the chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Committee. Do you know how many troops the enemy deployed on the Ufa Plain?" The chairman of the Soviet Central Committee was a bit confused for a moment.

    "When the coalition forces defended under the city of Ufa, they dispatched 8 Russian infantry divisions and at least 80,000 troops. Of course, when Tukhachevsky's three Southern Group armies added up to at least 160,000 troops, it can be said that the strength  We have an absolute advantage, but the opponent has many machine guns, many artillery, solid positions, and favorable terrain, so it is understandable that the Southern Cluster's attack failed."

    "The Fifth Army's North Route Army of Ehe was annihilated by the opponent overnight. I personally judge that the number of troops dispatched by the opponent was at least no less than that of Ehe. At this time, eight Russian divisions from Ufa were still besieging Rzhevs.  base set?? Therefore, the coalition forces on the northern route should be new troops joining the battlefield, and it is very likely that the Chinese and Japanese troops have joined the war."

    "Then the coalition air raided Yegorov's Ninth Army in Bafre, and the other party dispatched 150 fighter planes. Judging from the information our intelligence personnel obtained from the British government through inside lines, the aviation force of the Chinese participating army was probably close to  500 fighter planes!

    "Of course, it is not certain how many were sent to the Russian front line, but when the other side entered the Far East and Siberia, the scale of the air force dispatched was far less large than this time. The details of the three-day and two-night breakout campaign are unknown, but if the other side can do it every time  To completely annihilate our surrounded troops, the coalition forces will not be less powerful than us. Even if the coalition forces have stronger firepower, the ratio will be at least 1:1."

    "The troops that the other side used to seize Orenburg, Ural, and Samara from a long distance are estimated to be at least 30,000 or more. Taken together, the number of troops invested by the coalition forces in the Battle of Ufa is at least equal to ours. More than 200,000 are  Certainly, about half of them are Russian troops, and the rest are the main force of Chinese and Japanese troops."

    Based on his own inferences and combined with information from the Southern Cluster¡¯s early combat operations, Trotsky concluded that the coalition forces dispatched at least 200,000 main troops on the Ufa Plains.

    "The coalition has only 200,000 troops west of the Ural Mountains?" Ulyanov was a little unsure. Now the Third Army and the Fifth Army of the Soviet Red Army's Eastern Front have nearly 100,000 troops who have not crossed the river. Tsaritsyn's  The Eighth and Tenth Armies of the Southern Front also have a combined strength of over 100,000 people. If another 200,000 workers' pickets are urgently mobilized from Moscow and Petrograd to supplement the frontline troops.

    The left bank of the Volga River may not be able to be defended. Is it necessary to negotiate peace with the Ufa coalition?  Ulyanov expressed his doubts to the Central Committee members in the conference room.

    "This won't work! Comrade Ulyanov, even if the coalition forces only have 200,000 main troops, they are well-equipped, have a huge number of machine guns and cannons, and the aviation fleet is so sharp. If we don't improve the equipment and training of our own troops,  We cannot win by simply relying on numbers. What we need now is time. Before the Soviet Red Army has been effectively replenished, especially its weapons, we must avoid fighting the coalition forces again! "

    Trotsky frowned and raised objections. At this time, any desperate adventure would only send more Red Army soldiers to the enemy's prison camp.

    "Comrade Ulyanov, Trotsky is right. Now we must avoid fighting the coalition forces again. Until our Red Army is rebuilt and armed, we must avoid another big defeat like the Battle of Ufa."  ! Otherwise, the prospects are not optimistic!" Kamenev stepped forward to support Trotsky's opinion.

    Except for Bukharin, who was shaking his head and wondering what he was muttering, Zinoviev, Dzerzhinsky, and Kamenev, all nodded in unison and agreed with Trotsky's opinion. Now  The fight against the Ufa coalition must not continue. Time and space must be gained.
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