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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 500 We must face reality

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    July 14, 1918 21:30 Ufa Allied Forces Headquarters

    After finishing scolding Pepelyaev, Kolchak also came to his senses. Why, the coalition plans to streamline the Russian troops in the establishment system. This is good news for him and Kazan. Originally, Ufa  The Russian troops were annexed by the coalition forces without a word. Now that they were well fed and fat, they returned to their own command with the coalition's sophisticated weapons and equipment. This was a good thing that fell from the sky!

    "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, I agree with your suggestion. If the coalition does not plan to take new military operations in the short term, I suggest that the First Army of Ufa, the Second Army and the Second Ural Cavalry Army be transferred back to my headquarters in Kazan.  With the command sequence, our army in the Kazan direction will grow to 300,000 men, and they are all elite troops who have fought hard. It will not be a problem to reach Moscow in one month!"

    The face of the top executive of the All-Russian Provisional Government became rosy and radiant. Although he had quietly thought about this request before coming, he felt that it was impossible to realize it. The coalition forces spent a huge price to arm the Russian side in Ufa.  How can I get all the troops back when they are at their disposal with just one word? Doesn't that really make them a wedding dress for others?

    Although he had discussed this good deal with Pepelyaev in private communication before, he had no idea whether it could be realized, and he did not dare to reveal his thoughts in front of the coalition generals easily.  I didn't expect today that after only ten days of fighting a battle, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces planned to return to himself the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops he swallowed?

    This is so touching!  While Kolchak told Wang Geng his request shamelessly, he turned around and glanced at Pepeliyaev suspiciously, thinking, could it be that Pepe's troops are all foodies?  Isn't it necessary to reduce the number of people in order to frighten the wealthy coalition forces?

    The deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, Taro Utsunomiya, was not happy when he heard this. He couldn't help but said, "Sir, Mr. Kolchak, what you said is so easy. With just one mouthful, you are the First Army of Ufa and the Second Army of Ufa."  Plus the Second Ural Cavalry Corps, which is an elite force of tens of thousands, will it be yours?"

    Kolchak blushed when he heard this, and thought to himself, these were originally troops under the All-Russian Provisional Government. How come they became your troops less than ten days after being placed under the command of the coalition forces?

    "Your Excellency the Consul, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, the Russian troops in Ufa have not long since joined the coalition. Winning the Battle of Ufa is really the best moment to get better and improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. If they withdraw from the coalition forces so soon at this time, I am afraid that Russia will  The soldiers are unable to change their minds. They feel a sense of loss or abandonment. There is a possibility of a mutiny in the troops. I think it is definitely not a good time to do this! "

    The person who said this was Taro Utsunomiya, deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces and commander-in-chief of the Japanese army. Of course, Kolchak¡¯s cabinet prime minister Pepelyaev winked at Utsunomiya Taro. Kolchak said something to Pepelya  As a former subordinate and assistant, Yev really couldn't say much.

    If he said too much, Kolchak might have thought that this guy had been bribed and defeated by the coalition's sugar-coated shells. He completely forgot that he was still the Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government and Kolchak's subordinate, and just thought about hugging the coalition's thick legs and going to  He ran on the broad road.

    When Taro Utsunomiya said this, Pepeliaev's eyes were full of gratitude. For this guy, Ufa's ability to hold on was secondary. The key was that through the Battle of Ufa, the coalition forces integrated a continuous force.  In terms of firepower and organization, the combat effectiveness of the Russian troops in the Ufa coalition has surpassed that of the main force led by Kolchak in Kazan, in terms of firepower and organization.

    In particular, Petrovich's Second Ural Cavalry Corps has been equipped with machine guns, mortars and heavy machine guns for the coalition cavalry. The entire combat effectiveness has gradually transformed from a mounted cavalry that only knows the saber to a highly mobile mounted infantry.  The elite kind, as far as the two infantry groups of Ufa's First Army and Second Army, have also gained considerable experience in using intensive machine gun firepower in positional warfare.

    In terms of combat effectiveness, even if it is not as good as Kazan's elite officer corps, it is at least not worse than other White Guard infantry divisions. If the artillery of the coalition is supplemented, it is an elite division that can fight wherever it goes.

    The key is that the White Guard infantry division, which has always had guerrilla habits and was a ragtag force, has gradually become a regular army that can engage in positional warfare and defense. This makes Russian generals like Pepelyaev more enthusiastic than anything else. Who doesn't want to lead a group of soldiers?  An elite force comes out?

    Damn it, they rush forward when they win, and disperse when they lose. This kind of mob is almost a true portrayal of all Russian troops in 1918. Whether it is the Soviet Red Army or the White Guard, they are all in the initial stage, and their combat styles are basically the same.  , the Soviet Red Army, due to the lack of enough non-commissioned officersand middle- and lower-level officers, plus the Bolshevik-dominated soldiers were not professional soldiers in the first place.

    As for the White Guards, the elite main force of the Tsarist Russian Army was wiped out by Germany and Austria on the Eastern Front of the European War. Most of those who survived were in German prisoner-of-war camps. The remaining officers and non-commissioned officers who returned alive were of better quality than the Soviet Red Army.  That's a little bit above, but the soldiers are basically those who were eliminated and escaped the Tsarist Russian government's mobilization order in the past few years. Many of them are just like ruffians.

    It has only been half a month since the White Guards and volunteers in Ufa joined the coalition forces to form and command, but they have gradually become a bit like a regular army. Of course, because they are not familiar with the military discipline of the coalition forces and do not care about it, they were captured by the military police in the street when they harmed the common people.  Many were shot and hanged, but those who survived dug several trenches and won several battles under the care of the coalition forces with sticks and carrots.

    The spirit of this unit suddenly changed, and their morale gradually improved. In terms of the attitude of the Chinese and Japanese soldiers in the coalition towards their Russian comrades, although they are definitely not relatives, at least on the surface everyone is getting along well, although deep down  They may not necessarily look down upon these rabble-rousing old men, but in order to save face, they have to follow the discipline emphasized by the coalition command, that is, they must not discriminate against the Russian troops.

    Moreover, the food standards and the rules and regulations in each army are completely the same, which greatly satisfies the self-esteem of the Russian troops. If there is a difference in the treatment of troops from various countries in the coalition, the only difference is in the weapons and equipment.  The Chinese Army's equipment is all American-style. As for the Japanese army, their rifles are Japanese-style rifles, and their light and heavy machine guns and mortars are the same as those of the Chinese Army.

    As for the Russian troops, they are diverse. The First Ufa Army, the Second Army and the Second Ural Cavalry Army all use Russian equipment, but the Cavalry Army is equipped with the coalition's light and heavy machine guns and mortars, as well as some M1 Garan  German semi-automatic mounted rifles, but the number of light and heavy machine guns and Garand mounted rifles is far less than that of the Japanese cavalry, let alone the Chinese cavalry.

    This is not to say that the coalition forces discriminate against the Russian troops within the establishment, but that due to the limitations of China¡¯s domestic arsenal production capacity and long-distance railway transportation capabilities, it is temporarily impossible to equip all Russian troops with new Chinese weapons. Even the Japanese army has not yet used them.  All Chinese weapons are equipped!  The matter of changing clothes can only be done slowly according to the actual situation.

    What¡¯s more, the Russian troops are accustomed to using Mosin-Nagant rifles. If they suddenly switch to the m1903 Springfield rifle, they may not be able to use it smoothly, let alone the Japanese 38-type rifle.

    ¡°And even if the equipment is changed, the priority of the coalition forces is to strengthen and supplement the Russian troops¡¯ light and heavy machine guns and mortars first, followed by the artillery companies, and finally the rifles in the hands of the infantry.

    ¡°What Alexander Vasilyevich, Chief of Staff Utsunomiya said is not unreasonable. If the Russian troops in the Ufa coalition were withdrawn from the coalition¡¯s establishment and command at this moment, the success might really be lost.

    Of course, they may not be able to mutiny or anything, but I'm worried that the food you have stored in Kazan is not enough to feed these hundreds of thousands of troops, not to mention that they have just had a good life for a few days and they have to go back to Kazan with the troops.  Eating black bread and eating bitter vegetable soup is really a bad idea!  "Pepelyaev finally couldn't help but spoke. He had one purpose. He must not let his team go to Kazan.

    Of course, Pepelyaev also knew very well that his status in the coalition was only as the commander of the Ufa Second Army, not as a cabinet prime minister. The young King of China obviously had the ability to control his subordinates with ease.  Among the Russian troops in Ufa, the one that the Chinese value most is not their own troops, but the Second Ural Cavalry Army.

    The two Cossack cavalry generals, Petrovich and Sergey, were the first direct Russian generals single-handedly promoted and trained by the coalition forces. The closeness and importance of the Ufa Second Army and the First Army were obviously no less than that of the cavalry army.  few.

    Of course, the First Siberian Army and the First Ural Cavalry Army (Group Army), which joined the coalition east of the Ural Mountains, are another matter. They were the earliest Russian units created by the coalition, from weapons and equipment to training levels and all levels.  The training of commanders is all done under the coalition system. In terms of direct lineage, it is still higher than that of Petrovich and Sergei's Second Cavalry Army.

    "Okay, it's getting late, Alexander Vasilyevich. To be honest, you just won't come to Ufa. I have to ask you to come in two days. The situation around the world is complicated right now, and the Allied Powers and the Allied Forces  The strategic target west of the Ural Mountains is not Moscow!

    Destroying and annihilating the Soviet Russian regime in 1918 is beyond our capabilities at this stage. Therefore, you and I must face the reality and eat one bite at a time. Any idea of ????accomplishing the victory in one battle is not feasible!  "

    Wang Geng put out the cigar in his hand, raised his body and straightened up.Looking at the top executive of the All-Russian Provisional Government in front of him, he said sincerely.
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