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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 478 The storm is coming

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    July 14, 1918 19:00 Moscow Kremlin

    "Comrades, the situation is very serious. It is indeed very serious. We have just received a telegram from the Ufa Allied Forces Headquarters. We have to reply to the conditions they proposed before midnight!" Trotsky was sweating profusely and held the handheld message he had just received.  The telegram entered the large conference room of the Soviet Central Committee.

    "This is simply impossible. Even if we re-coordinate with Tsaritsyn, it will take time. What's more, is it so easy to get over the thousands-kilometer Volga River natural barrier? The other party is blackmailing, Comrade Trotsky, don't  Let defeatism blind us!"

    The first person to jump up and shout was Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Propaganda Committee of the Soviet Central Committee and Editor-in-chief of "Pravda". From the time when the Soviet Red Army's Southern Group of the Eastern Front launched the Ufa War to today, the United Communist Party has only  In seven or eight days, the attention of all Russia and Europe seemed to be focused on the Ufa Plain on the right bank of the Volga River.

    The Central Committee of the Soviet Union has a total of 15 Central Committee members. When staying in Moscow, in front of the two big bosses of the Soviet Central Committee, Ulyanov and Trotsky, the few Central Committee members who can really speak are Klimt.  The office and conference room of the palace are now home, and almost all the food and accommodation are here, so you can really take care of everything.

    Ulyanov, Trotsky, Bukharin, Dzerzhinsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev and Sdervyo, who had just returned from the left bank of the Volga River in a dusty but disgraced train.  In addition to handling some necessary official duties in his office every day, my husband spends most of his time gathered in the magnificent conference room of the Kremlin.

    A corner of the large conference room of the Soviet Central Committee has long been turned into a war room layout. The large operational map of the Volga River Basin on the wall indicates the situation between the enemy and ourselves. Each of the Soviet Red Army's Eastern Front Army and Southern Front Army  An army group and each division can be found on the map with small red flags and arrows representing their direction of action.

    But on this night of the eighth day of the Battle of Ufa, the small red flag of the Soviet Red Army on the Ufa Plain on the right bank of the Volga River on the original battle map has been almost completely removed, while the small blue flag representing the Ufa Allied Forces  But they are dotted all over the place and marked on the map.

    "The fall of Bolgar has just been confirmed. The 26th Simbirsk Infantry Division of the Fifth Army Group stationed there was completely wiped out. The battle was fierce. However, Bolgar was lost. The opponent first occupied the ferry before launching the attack.  During the encirclement and general attack, our men swam across the Volga River holding lifebuoys. The defenders of Techuhi on the left bank only had one infantry battalion. If the enemy crossed the river, they would not be able to defend it no matter what!"

    Immediately following in was Stervyov, the military commissar of the Supreme Military Council of the Soviet Union who had just returned to Moscow in the afternoon. This guy was originally sent by the Central Committee of the Soviet Union to the Volga River to prepare to cross the river to the right bank to replace Tukhachevsky.  Position of commander of the Southern Group of the Front.

    Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at Simbirsk on the left bank of the Volga River by train, the situation of the Soviet Red Army on the right bank of the Volga River had deteriorated to an extreme degree. Moscow made the decision to disband the Southern Cluster and all armies to withdraw independently across the board.

    As a result, Sdervyov, the new commander of the Southern Cluster, was terminated before taking office. Originally, Ulyanov planned to let Sdervyov, as the negotiator of the Soviet Central Committee, cross the river to Ufa to negotiate a ceasefire with the coalition forces.  Later, the former enemy military committee of the Soviet Southern Front refused to abandon Tsaritsyn.

    Sdervyov now became helpless. Although he had the title and identity of the Central Commissioner, he was completely useless in Simbirsk. The coalition forces on the opposite side seemed to be crossing the river at any time. Last night, he simply took a special train and rushed back overnight.  After arriving in Moscow, we caught up on some sleep on the train and returned to Moscow in the afternoon.

    At this moment, Comrade Military Commissar, who looked haggard and livid, followed Trotsky closely, giving bad news to the Central Committee members in the conference room. Bolgar, the last crossing controlled by the Soviet Red Army on the right bank of the Volga River, was captured by the Allied Cavalry.  The troops captured.

    Trotsky was obviously mentally prepared for the fall of Bolgar. Hearing this, he just frowned and said, "Bolgar hangs alone on the right bank of the Volga River. If it weren't for the purpose of containing and attracting the forces of the Ufa Allied Forces, the retreating troops on the right bank would be  The Red Army troops retained a ferry, and the 26th Simbirsk Division stationed there should have withdrawn to the left bank! "

    "The situation is indeed serious, but Bukharin is right. The Volga River is a natural line of defense. Besides, we have the Volga River Fleet that can cruise and block the Volga River. The coalition forces may not be able to cross the river so easily. Comrade Trotsky,  You looked very bad just now. Is there anything new you didn¡¯t say in the telegram sent by the Ufa coalition? "

    The little mentor and leader, who was strolling in front of the map with his hands behind his back, turned around and asked, after two days of dealing with allied telegrams, Ulyanov had obviously gotten a taste of the Ufa Allied Forces.However, it is likely to bring bad news, but it is the most reliable and true status quo.

    Since the disbandment of the Southern Cluster and the separate retreat of the armies, the Soviet Central Committee in Moscow watched helplessly as the Soviet Red Army armies were encircled and annihilated one by one on the Ufa Plain. However, these bastards remained there until they were annihilated.  The radio was silent. It would be fatal to send a telegram back to announce the funeral. As a result, the Soviet Central Committee in Moscow actually had to learn about the movements and outcome of its troops from the enemy.

    Thinking of this, Ulyanov grinned dissatisfiedly, but walked over to let his close comrade-in-arms Sdelvyov, who looked haggard and thin, sit down and drink a glass of water first, while turning around and waiting for Trotsky's answer.

    "There is indeed worse news. The latest ultimatum from the coalition forces is very strong. The reason is that they informed us that the main force of the Yegorov Division of the Ninth Army of the Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army has been surrounded near Buzuluk.  At the same time, the remaining 31st Infantry Division of Tukhachevsky and the main force of Chaboyang Cavalry Division of the Eastern Front were also surrounded and annihilated near Saravat-Meleuz, so they restricted us to respond to the terms of the armistice peace talks before midnight! "

    Trotsky looked very sad, but he told everyone present the contents of the latest telegram sent by the Ufa Allied Forces. Kamenev, Zinoviev and Dzerzhinsky heard about it.  Yandu was shocked and couldn't believe his ears, while Bukharin even waved his hands and jumped up and shouted:

    "Soldiers never tire of deceit. This must be a trick played by the Ufa Allied Forces. Didn't the telegram sent by the Tsaritsyn Southern Front in the morning say that more than 42,000 people of the Yegorov Group Army had successfully crossed the Buzuluk River and were about to advance south? Why?  It was planted in the north of Buzuluk town! Didn¡¯t it mean that there were only a few thousand allied Russian cavalry guarding it?¡±

    "Comrade Trotsky, are the coalition forces bragging? We must quickly send a message to Tsaritsyn and Yegorov's Ninth Army. Damn the Southern Front. Who allowed them to develop their own set of radio codes?  Systemic? Even the Central Committee of Moscow cannot get in touch with Yegorov's Ninth Army. This is typical mountain-headism and unorganized and undisciplined behavior!" Kamenev also jumped out and shouted.

    Zinoviev could no longer keep his temper, and went with Bukharin to snatch the telegram from Trotsky, trying to find out the truth of the matter. Yegorov's Ninth Army of the Southern Front was almost the Soviet  The only hope of the Russian Red Army on the right bank of the Volga River, as for Tukhachevsky's First Army, there were not many people left, and they were far away at the western foot of the Ural Mountains. It was not surprising that they could not escape.

    But Yegorov's main force of six infantry and cavalry divisions is 42,000. In the morning, the telegram from the Southern Front of Tsaritsyn Front was very happy to say that Yegorov's troops had crossed the Buzuluk River and were about to encircle the town of Buzuluk.  A coalition brigade with about 5,000 troops jumped out of the coalition encirclement after taking the town of Buzuluk and heading straight to Uralsk.

    When the time comes, we will turn from the Urals to Saratov in the west and cross the Volga River, and we will be able to withdraw safely. How come, it took only half a day for the coalition forces to encircle and annihilate them?  How can anyone believe this?

    Several members of the Central Committee surrounded Trotsky and made a quarrel. They all wanted to grab the telegram that the guy was holding high in his hand. But Trotsky didn't give it to him and planned to hand it directly to Uliano, who was pinching his waist outside the crowd.  husband.

    "Comrades, members of the Central Committee! Pay attention to your sense of propriety, how unbecoming is this! The sky has not fallen yet, please be quiet! Shut up and let Comrade Trotsky speak alone!" Ulyanov is tall.  A small voice is not a small one. Originally, this guy's forehead would easily swell due to overwork. Now he saw everyone rushing to make a ball, so he couldn't help but yell.

    After Ulyanov roared, the conference room finally became quiet, but Trotsky in the crowd looked strange and murmured,

    "This time I'm afraid I don't need to verify with Tsaritsyn to make a judgment. This time when the Ufa Allied Forces called us, they used the original wavelength and call sign of the Soviet Ninth Army. Even the password was the original Moscow Supreme Revolutionary Military Forces  The committee distributes them to all armies for use!"

    As soon as Trotsky said this, all the Central Committee members present below Ulyanov were speechless. Kamenev and Zinoviev sat back in their chairs with dull expressions. Buha  Lin Ze kept walking around the room, muttering something unknown.

    Sdervyov and Dzerzhinsky were arguing quickly in a low voice. Ulyanov looked at Trotsky blankly and said,

    "So, Yegorov's radio station also fell into the hands of the enemy? Damn it, Trotsky, is it possible that with so many armies and so many troops in the Eastern and Southern Fronts of the Soviet Red Army, they can't find a single unit that can  The team that can win the battle against the Ufa coalition is here!"
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