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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 514 Undercurrent Surges

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    July 15, 1918 19:05 Moscow Kremlin

    "Comrades, members of the Central Committee, as Vladimir Ilyich said, the situation is indeed serious, but there is not so much time today to discuss secondary issues in secondary directions!"

    Sverdlov looked around the conference table at the Central Committee members who were looking at him intently, and then said,

    "Today, we mainly discuss the situation and issues on the Eastern Front. Entrusted by the Central Committee, I will first make a report to you on the current situation on the Eastern Front. If there are any errors or omissions, you are welcome to add them. Of course, some of Tsaritsyn's  Comrade Joseph may have a better grasp of the situation {-< Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work >-Net}"

    The members of the Central Committee all turned their attention to Joseph, the military commissar of the North Caucasus Military District and the Southern Front, and the actual person in charge of the Tsaritsyn direction. He smiled and nodded slightly, welcoming everyone's attention, and seemed confident.

    "Comrades, I know that everyone is very concerned about the situation in the Battle of Ufa. In early July, with the approval of the Supreme Military Council, the Eastern Front of the Soviet Red Army organized the Southern Cluster and successively mobilized the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 4th troops of the Eastern Front.  The Fifth Army and the Ninth Army of the Southern Front formed the Southern Group, crossed the Volga River, and launched the Battle of Ufa eastward!

    "The goal of the Ufa Battle is to capture Ufa and cut off the retreat of Kolchak's White Guards in the direction of Kazan! Eliminate Kolchak once and for all!"

    "Comrades, the Moscow Central Committee and the Supreme Military Council have made up their minds this time. After the Eastern Front suppressed the rebellion of the leftist revolutionary Muravyov, the strength and weapons and equipment of each group army have been greatly improved.  Strengthen and replenish!

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Bolshevik-leaning prisoners of war that we got back from the German prisoner-of-war camps, these veterans of the Tsarist Russian army who have experienced the test of war on the Eastern Front, have basically been added to the rebuilt Soviet Red Army.  "

    "Five armies before and after the Southern Cluster joined, with a total strength of 30 divisions, more than 300,000 people, nearly 50 artillery companies and almost the same number of heavy machine gun battalions, accounting for 70% of the total strength of the Eastern Front Army and the Southern Front Army. Artillery and  With 80% of the number of machine guns, the Soviet Central and Southern Groups are extremely confident in winning the Battle of Ufa!¡±

    Sverdlov's words made the Central Committee members dumbfounded. Apparently, 300,000 main troops were mobilized to launch a campaign at one time. This was the first time after the establishment of the Soviet Red Army. Before the Central Committee members attended the meeting, most of them only knew Ufa.  The battle was lost, but I didn't expect that it was lost with such a heavy investment of troops.

    "Perhaps you have also heard some news released by the Allied news agencies and media in your respective positions. Many people think that it is enemy propaganda. Yes, the enemies of the Soviet Union are accustomed to spreading rumors to confuse the public and exaggerating. But this time, about  The situation of the Battle of Ufa and the news released by the media of the Allied Powers are absolutely accurate! "

    There was a burst of exclamations and buzzes in the conference room again. The members of the Central Committee were whispering among themselves, obviously digesting this shocking news. Unexpectedly, they had always thought that it was a rumor spread by the media of the Allied Powers, but now they got it from the secretary of the Secretariat of the Soviet Central Committee.  It was confirmed that the rumors outside about the Soviet Red Army's tragic defeat and annihilation in Ufa were actually true.

    Ulyanov exchanged glances with Trotsky, who was sitting on his right, and then turned around and whispered a few words in Sverdlov's ear. At this time, a Central Committee member raised his hand and asked to speak.  After the meeting host nodded, he rushed to ask,

    "So the news that the five armies of the Southern Group were completely wiped out is true? The 300,000 Soviet Red Army's main force, more than 300 cannons and 1,000 Maxim heavy machine guns, were just wiped out? Where is the other party?  Holy? Is the coalition force that appeared on the Ufa battlefield really so powerful? I think this is incredible and unbelievable!

    The speaker was Central Committee member and Chairman of the St. Petersburg Cheka Mo. So. Uritsky. This guy was an old friend of Trotsky and had a good relationship with Dzerzhinsky. In Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, Uritsky  On August 30, 1918, he was assassinated by assassins dispatched by left-wing Socialist Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, and Constitutionalists.

    Then Comrade Ulyanov was also assassinated and seriously injured. All of this was the reason why Sverdlov and Dzerzhinsky launched the second phase of purges and red terror that swept across Russia.

    "Comrade Uritsky, members of the Central Committee, it is a pity that since the Central and South Cluster was almost completely wiped out in the Battle of Ufa, the feedback information we collected from the battlefield is still very incomplete. For example, our opponents, the coalition forces in Ufa were dispatched in total.  How many troops and so on!

    But one thing is certain. The enemy we faced in the Battle of Ufa was not the White Guards of the Kolchak regime at all, but the Collaborative Armed to the Teeth.The Allied Forces have deployed more than 300 fighter planes in the Ufa battlefield. The number of artillery is expected to be two to three times that of ours, as well as countless machine guns and mortars!  "

    Sverdlov said slightly helplessly. In the early stages of the Battle of Ufa, the Allied Air Force launched more than 300 large-scale air strikes. This was rare on the Eastern Front battlefield in the Tsarist Russia era. As for the feedback from the front line,  The opponent's firepower was astonishing, with a large number of artillery, machine guns and mortars. However, Yunshan Mist Cover had never figured out how many troops the Ufa Allied Forces put into the battlefield.

    "As for the situation of our opponent, according to the analysis of the coalition battle report released by the Allied news media, the opponent invested at least eight to ten divisions of ground troops in the defense of Ufa, and the number of artillery and machine guns was twice as many as ours!"

    Sverdlov avoided the important and did not dare to say that half of the eight to ten divisions of the coalition ground troops were actually the second-line White Guard troops that had withdrawn from the right bank of the Volga River. The remaining divisions were simply militias temporarily formed by Ufa volunteers.  division.

    "Dear chairmen and members of the Central Committee, we in Tsaritsin may be more familiar with the situation of the Ufa Allied Forces. After all, the four armies of the Eastern Front were completely wiped out early, and Yegorov's Ninth Army of the Southern Front  The group army fought until the last moment and broke through to the vicinity of Buzuluk. Due to the unfavorable terrain, surrounded by rivers on three sides, and being surrounded by the opponent's superior forces, it finally lost! "

    "But even so! The Budyonny Cavalry Division of the Ninth Army broke out of the encirclement in two ways after a hard battle. Now they have more than 3,000 cavalry left. After breaking through the enemy's encirclement, they are retreating in a detour. In a few days, they will be retreating.  Can we retreat to the left bank of the Volga River?¡±

    "From the analysis of battlefield intelligence previously sent back by the Yegorov Group Army, the Southern Front concluded that the Ufa Allied Forces had invested more than 200,000 troops on the entire battlefield, more than half of which were Russian troops, both infantry and cavalry.  have!"

    Although he raised his hand symbolically first, Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili obviously did not take the meeting discipline mentioned by the host Sverdlov seriously and was minding his own business.  Speaking of which, the military commissar of the North Caucasus Military District and the Southern Front suddenly became the focus of attention of the Central Committee members of the entire conference room.

    Ulyanov and Trotsky in the middle of the conference table, including Sverdlov, the host of the conference, all cursed in their hearts. After all this time, Joseph is still making personal calculations.  Why was the news about the remnants of the Nigerian Cavalry Division breaking out of the encirclement not reported to the central government?

    "One thing Comrade Joseph said is not accurate. The commander of the First Army of the Eastern Front, Tukhachevsky, led some cavalry to also break out of the enemy's encirclement. At this time, they are retreating around the Kazakh steppe, and Yego  Rove and his chief of staff and political commissar are already enjoying the opponent's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners in the Ufa Allied Forces prisoner-of-war camp! Speaking of which, the Eastern Front is a model of fighting to the end! "

    The speaker was Sverdlov, Vice Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of the Soviet Union and Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union. Although the Eastern Front was Trotsky's direct unit, the commander of the Front Army Vacetis and the Fourth Army's Rzhev  Skye and Slavin of the Fifth Army were all former Tsarist Russian generals who were hand-picked by Trotsky as military experts.

    However, Tukhachevsky of the First Army and Mahin of the Second Army were both Bolshevik generals who were highly valued and promoted by Sverdlov and Ulyanov. Therefore, compared with the South who only listened to Joseph's personal  As far as the front army is concerned, the Eastern Front Army is the direct line army and main force of the Moscow Center.

    "Yakov Mikhailovich is right. In fact, we got news from the Ufa Allied Forces that the remaining 7,000 people of the 1st and 4th Group Armies who were besieged in the swamps persisted until the impeachment this morning.  He gave up resistance after running out of food and killing all his horses. When Yegorov ordered the Ninth Army to lay down its weapons, the number of coalition forces surrounding him was not as large as his troops! "

    Trotsky refused to give up, and jumped out at the right time to sprinkle a pinch of salt on the wounds of Joseph and the Southern Front. At this time, Joseph could not continue to inflate himself, and actually used the inability to attack the Eastern Front to insinuate Moscow.  Incompetence and dereliction of duty by the Central Committee and the Supreme Military Council!

    Speaking of which, Yegorov should have been regarded as a military expert-type general promoted by Trotsky, but it was not worth doing. Joseph's Machiavellian tactics and his ability to win over his subordinates should not be underestimated.

    Not only did the two army commanders, Voroshilov and Chernavin, who retreated from Ukraine to Tsaritsyn, follow Joseph obediently, but Yegorov also became Comrade Joseph's capable subordinate in the Southern Front.  , what method did this guy use?

    No, this time we will take advantage of the emergency meeting of the Central Committee toHe won it, otherwise it would be too great a threat to the authority of the Soviet Central Committee and Moscow in the future, Trotsky thought secretly.

    At this moment, the Central Committee members attending the meeting were horrified. Apparently, Comrade Joseph, who had returned from Tsaritsyn and was the chairman and deputy chairman of the Supreme Military Council, had resisted. The focus was on the battle of Ufa, pointing at each other's troops.  Speaking of things, several members of the Central Committee shut their mouths and prepared to see where the situation would develop.

    Everyone in the Bolshevik Party knew that the ambition of the little Georgian Joseph was directly proportional to his ability, but there were many Central Committee members in the party who were older than Joseph. This leader of the armed detachment in the early revolutionary experience,  To be honest, among the Bolshevik leaders who gathered together the theoreticians and intellectuals, they were kind of rough guys.

    To put it bluntly, they are rough guys who have never gone to school and are not self-taught. They have no knowledge of all aspects of the theory of party and doctrine. Top students of the Moscow University Law Department like Kamenev and Bukharin have no idea at all.  They thought highly of Joseph, and in their view, the action-minded gangster who had been engaged in kidnapping, extortion, robbery and assassination activities was not on the same level as them.

    There are many self-taught Bolshevik leaders, such as Zinoviev. Joseph's learning ability and theoretical ability are average, but this guy's willpower and ambition are really outstanding, and his perseverance in struggle is admirable.

    "Lev Davidovich, without investigation, has no right to speak. Although Yegorov commanded five divisions, he only had 28,000 troops left. They were surrounded by two coalition forces in Buzuluk.  The full infantry division and a Cossack cavalry division are much more powerful than the Ninth Army in terms of strength and weaponry! I think Yegorov is defeated!"

    The Military Commissar of the Southern Front was obviously angry. In his view, Moscow was now being led by the Ufa Allied Forces. Trotsky and Sverdlov could only rely on reports from the Ufa Allied Forces to judge the situation on the battlefield.  Situation, this is simply a joke, let your enemies tell you the truth of the battle, this is something only Moscow can shamelessly admit!

    "Okay, don't argue anymore. It is an indisputable fact that the Battle of Ufa was lost. The coalition forces dispatched 200,000 or 300,000 people. Obviously, the Soviet Red Army is not an opponent of the opponent at this moment. This time, we urgently summoned all the Central Committee  The committee member rushed back to Moscow to make a decision on our next action and response!¡±

    Ulyanov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and Chairman of the People's Commissariat of the Soviet Government, slammed the table and decisively stopped the quarrel between the two sides!
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