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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 417 Defending Tsaritsyn

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    "Convene a meeting of the Southern Front Front Military Committee and inform Comrade Voroshilov and Comrade Chernavin to come over and listen to the opinions of the military commanders. Tsaritsyn is not someone's Tsaritsyn. The Eighth Army  , More than half of the Tenth Army are soldiers from the Tsaritsyn area. Because of the failure of the Eastern Front in the Battle of Ufa, it is not that simple to give up Tsaritsyn!"

    Joseph, member of the Soviet Central Committee, Military Commissar of the North Caucasus Military District, and Military Commissar (Political Commissar) of the Southern Front, slammed his fist on the conference table and shouted!  Bubnov obviously followed Trotsky too closely and had the same opinions and ideas as Moscow. This made Joseph, who had almost built the Southern Front from scratch in Tsaritsyn, suddenly explode.

    Everyone in the conference room looked at each other in shock. Apparently Comrade Joseph seemed to have loosened his tone just now and agreed to give up Tsaritsyn. How come after Bubnov also suggested giving up Tsaritsyn, Comrade Joseph suddenly became angry with veins on his forehead?

    However, the matter is serious and we need to listen to the opinions of the commanders of the group armies below. If the leaders of the front army decide to abandon Tsaritsyn without authorization and the soldiers below cannot figure it out, the Southern Front Army is in danger of internal collapse. After all, it has defended Tsaritsyn three times in a row.  The blood of tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers was spilled on this fertile land in the battle.

    More than half an hour later, the commander of the Tenth Army Voroshilov and the political commissar Klyuyev, the commander of the Eighth Army Chernawin and the political commissar Lyubimov all rushed to the Southern Front after receiving a call from the Front Army Headquarters.  headquarters.

    "Comrade Sergin, Comrade Joseph, should our Tenth Army rush to the front line of Samara for reinforcements? The battle in Moscow cannot be fought at dawn and dusk. The Southern Group of the Eastern Front suddenly retreated on the Ufa Plain.  Now, let me tell you, I will lead the 10th Army across the river from Saratov, capture the Urals, and let Yegorov's main force fight directly south. We can't go to Samara and jump into the enemy's trap!  "

    Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov burst into the Southern Army conference room in a hurry. While wiping his sweat, he grabbed a teacup from the table and filled it with water. He said noisily, followed by others who came in behind him.  His political commissar Klyuyev first saluted the front commander and political commissar after entering, and then shook hands with Chief of Staff Gidis. When he turned around and saw that Bubnov was also there, he hurriedly saluted again.

    "Look at how sweaty you are, Comrade Voroshilov, you came here on horseback, right? Didn't you get an armored car? Why not use it?" Joseph forced a smile and held the pipe in his hand.  road.

    "Hey, Comrade Joseph, didn't my horse come from Budyonny? If I don't pull it out and go back, Budyonny will say that I can't get the cavalry when he comes back. I said, Comrade Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, we can  It was agreed that after Yegorov's main force was brought back this time, Budyonny's special cavalry division must be returned to me. It was agreed that the cavalry division would be organized into my 10th Army, but Yegorov was stunned before setting off.  It was borrowed!"

    Voroshilov wiped his mouth, sat down in a chair brought by Gidis, wiped his sweat, and shouted to his commander and political commissar.

    At this time, Eighth Army Commander Chernawin and Political Commissar Lyubimov also stepped into the door of the conference room one after another. They each saluted Sergin, Joseph and Gidis, and shook hands with Bubnov.  He also said hello to Voroshilov and Klyuev.

    Here, Chernavin saw Sergin and Joseph frowning, and his heart sank. He couldn't help asking, "What happened? Comrade Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, is Yegorov surrounded by enemies or is it?  What's wrong?"

    "Yegorov is okay for the time being, but something will happen to Tsaritsyn. Everyone is here, let's have a meeting! Comrade Sergin, please introduce the situation to the political commissars of the group army commander" Joseph, member of the Central Committee and political commissar of the Southern Front  He sat down in the chair glumly and lit his pipe while saying.

    "The situation is like this, comrades, just an hour ago, we received an urgent telegram from Moscow. The telegram was addressed to the Central Committee and sent to Joseph, but what it said has something to do with each of us in Tsaritsyn. The telegram was  The content is to solicit the opinions of our Southern Front. Under the current situation that the Southern Group of the Eastern Front and the main force of Yegorov's Ninth Army were severely damaged in the Battle of Ufa, can our Southern Front guard the banks of the Volga River and prevent the enemy from crossing the river?  !¡±

    The commander of the Southern Front, Sergin, spoke in a low and solemn tone, looking at Voroshilov and others.

    "Having been hit hard? The battle report released by the Ufa Allied Forces may not be credible. It may be the enemy's propaganda to confuse the public and deliberately attack us to make us lose our fighting spirit. Didn't Yegorov also say that, except for the Northern Route Army of the Fifth Group Army, it may be true  In addition to being eaten by the enemy, it is also possible that the Rzhevsky Cluster actually laid down its weapons.?Other battle conditions cannot be confirmed from the battlefield due to the scattered breakout of each group army and radio silence!  "

    Voroshilov shook his head and expressed doubts about the credibility of the two Ufa battle reports released by the Ufa coalition to the world media before evening.

    "Comrade Voroshilov, the credibility of the opponent's battle report has been confirmed. Moscow said that it had made radio contact with the opponent using the radio call signs of the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Group Armies, confirming that it was supposed to follow these three armies.  The army radio station, call sign, and password for the headquarters operation have fallen into the hands of the Ufa Allied Forces. There is no doubt about this!" Giddis, Chief of Staff of the Southern Front, interjected from the side.

    "The other party's battle report is actually true? This is really unexpected What do the translators and telegraph operators trained by the Eastern Front do for a living? Even if they are defeated and captured, they have to destroy the radio station and destroy it first  Code book! What do the Cheka and the political commissars do for a living? How could the translator and telegraph operator fall into the hands of the enemy?"

    Voroshilov punched the table angrily, almost causing several teacups to fall to the ground.

    "Kliment Yefremovich, just now Comrades Sergin and Bubnov felt that the strength of our Southern Front alone cannot hold the line from Saratov to Tsaritsyn. I want to hear your opinion.  , Do you think we can defend Tsaritsyn? This question is very important and critical, please think about it carefully before answering!" Joseph said to Voroshilov unhurriedly.

    "Why can't we defend it? Of course we can defend it. We must defend it. There is nothing to bargain with. Our Southern Front is the son-in-law of Tsaritsyn. If we cannot defend Tsaritsyn, what will the comrades in Moscow eat? If we cannot defend Tsaritsyn, then what will happen to us?  Where will our 200,000 soldiers from the Southern Front retreat?" Voroshilov slammed the table without even thinking.

    When this guy said this, everyone in the conference room was a little surprised. They didn't expect that Voroshilov, the commander of the 10th Army, would answer so neatly and without any ambiguity!

    Sergin and Gidis looked at each other without saying a word, but Bubnov clearly looked disapproving. Eighth Army Commander Chernawin and Political Commissar Lyubimov had serious expressions on their faces, and they were obviously also seriously considering whether this could be done.  A question of being able to hold on.

    "But other comrades said that the coalition forces in Ufa are very powerful. They have a lot of aircraft, artillery and machine guns, and their troops are no less than ours. They can't win this battle no matter how hard they fight. That's why Moscow plans to negotiate for peace with the enemy and use the Volga River as a  There is a ceasefire on the border, but the enemies of Ufa require us to withdraw from Saratov to the land south of Kursk and hand over Tsaritsyn to the enemies! How do you plan to defend it? "

    Joseph took a puff of the cigarette, and the unique aroma of Ural Tatar Morhe cigarettes filled the entire conference room. The political commissar of the Southern Front obviously admired Voroshilov's fearless courage and spirit, but just being able to talk big is not enough.  , now I have to come up with something convincing.

    "How to defend? How did we defend Tsaritsyn the first three times? If we simply compare the number of troops with machine guns and artillery, which time did Krasnov's and Denikin's White Guards attack less than us? Didn't we defeat each other in the same way!  Let me tell you, fight with the Ufa coalition forces!"

    Voroshilov waved his fists, his face exuding a holy brilliance. This Red Army general who was born as a political cadre is 37 years old, and he is in the prime of life.

    In fact, in Wang Geng's previous life, Voroshilov was Comrade Joseph's most trustworthy and reliable military general. The Petrograd Film Studio even filmed a black and white war movie in 1942 when the Great Patriotic War was in full swing.  In the movie "Defense of Tsaritsyn", in addition to the great and upright Comrade Joseph, the pig's feet in it are also his close comrade-in-arms Comrade Voroshilov!

    "Comrade Kliment Yefremovich, a mouthful of food is delicious, but a mouthful of words is hard to say. The main force of the Southern Group of the Eastern Front plus the Yegorov Ninth Army of the Southern Front has a total strength of nearly 300,000. The artillery company  At least 50, and more than 25 heavy machine gun battalions, but suffered huge defeats and losses on the Ufa Plain. Now our 82nd Army has only 120,000 people and 12 artillery companies left.  If you say you can defeat the opponent, can you win by just bragging?¡±

    Bubnov, member of the Central Committee, chairman of the Tsaritsyn Soviet, and member of the Military Commission of the North Caucasus Military District, poured a pot of water on his head coldly.

    "I don't agree with Comrade Bubnov on this. The outcome of this war is never determined by a simple comparison of troops and weapons and firepower. Otherwise, the German army on the Western Front in the European War would have far fewer troops, machine guns, artillery and aircraft than the Allied Powers.  , but when fighting, you often win!

    When Brusilov swept across the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the Eastern Front, he only had the Eighth Army in hand, and he still beat the opponent to a bloody head!  To fight a war, you have to use your brains and your mind, and the right time, place, people and all aspects must be combined.Just think about it and apply it!  "Eighth Army Commander Chernavin couldn't help but stand up and said.

    Joseph was overjoyed when he heard this. Do the two army commanders think they can fight?  Damn it, thank you for convening this frontline military committee meeting to discuss, otherwise I would have been fooled by Sergin, Bubnov and Trotsky far away in Moscow. Tsaritsyn was established by me, Joseph.  How can you give away the model war zone that you have created just for giving it away?

    "What's the use of bragging? The combat effectiveness of the Ufa coalition is definitely not comparable to that of the White Guards of Kolchak, Krasnov and Denikin. Neither Tukhachevsky nor Yegorov are idiot generals, right?  ? On the Ufa Great Plains, they had superior forces but were suddenly defeated by the opponent. No matter how brave and invincible the soldiers of the Eighth and Tenth Army were, they dared to say that they were more powerful than the First Army and the Ninth Army? "

    Among the Central Committee members of the Soviet Union, Bubnov was also a master with considerable experience and insights in military matters. He could not be frightened by a few heroic words from Voroshilov and Chernavin.

    "Yegorov did not fight against the main force of the Ufa coalition on the ground at all. The Ninth Army had poor air defense and was defeated by the Ufa coalition's aviation fleet in a large-scale air attack. Our Southern Front troops are not those idiots from the Eastern Front.  If the air defense problem is solved, Yegorov's main force may be able to withdraw by himself! "

    "If the Ninth Army successfully withdraws, our three armies, with a total of 150,000 people, will definitely be able to defend the Volga River bank from the south of Saratov to Tsaritsyn! Of course, the Allied Air Force is a huge force  Threats, we must get reinforcements of anti-aircraft weapons, such as anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, as soon as possible. Moscow should take emergency measures to help us in this regard, rather than ceding territory to seek peace at every turn!¡±

    Voroshilov's words obviously boosted the morale of many people present. At least the Southern Front Commander Sergin and Chief of Staff Gidis blushed and began to think about how to weaken and reduce the air superiority of the Allied Air Force.  Maybe I can really defend it!

    Bubnov turned his head and kept his mouth shut. It was obvious that as a member of the Central Committee, he did not bother to argue with the commander of the group army below.

    To say that Bubnov's position in Tsaritsyn is very embarrassing, this guy was originally a member of the Military Commission of the Ukrainian Military District, but Ukraine has been recognized as an independent country after the Moscow Central Committee of the Soviet Union and the German-Austrian Allies reached an agreement. Bubnov  The husband had no choice but to withdraw from Ukraine with the Bolsheviks and the Red Army, and strengthened his forces on Tsaritsyn to resist the threats of Krasnov and Denikin.

    However, the Southern Front was an army created by Joseph. Therefore, Bubnov, who was a follower of Trotsky in the Central Committee of Soviet Russia, only served as a member of the Revolutionary Military Committee of the North Caucasus Military District, and also served as a member of the Tsaritsyn Soviet.  The chairman dealt with logistics and civil affairs, but the military failed to really get involved.

    Comrade Joseph, the de facto spokesman for Soviet Russia on Tsaritsyn, was obviously overjoyed when he heard this. He couldn't help waving his pipe and asked,

    "Comrade Voroshilov, if the problem of anti-aircraft weapons is solved, are you sure that we can defend Tsaritsyn with only the Southern Front?"
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