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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 539 Battle Review and Spoils Division

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    July 20, 1918 18:00 Allied Forces Headquarters, Samara

    As the coalition forces accepted Saratov, Voronezh, Kursk and Tsaritsyn on the other side of the Volga River, Wang Geng also moved the coalition headquarters from Ufa to Samara in order to facilitate a meeting of the coalition generals.

    At the coalition headquarters in Samara, the post-war review meeting of the Battle of Ufa was held for a whole day. Generals from the brigade and above of the coalition forces who rushed to Samara from both sides of the Volga River gathered together. Chinese, Japanese and Russian were intertwined.  Even with gestures and gestures, as the victors of the Battle of Ufa, these coalition generals were proud and full of confidence, and the entire combat conference room was bustling with activity.

    Among the generals below the brigade who attended the meeting, one was Li Fugui, the cavalry battalion commander of the second brigade of the coalition mixed cavalry who made great achievements in the town of Sterli Tamak. The other led the cavalry battalion to block Tuha in Meleuz.  Xiao Chuyin, the lieutenant colonel and staff officer of Chevsky's 2nd Cavalry Brigade, and Xiao Antonkov, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Ural Cavalry Division

    Another regiment-level general attending the meeting was on the road near the village of Kameshla, 20 kilometers southwest of Severstal County, and caught up with the Chief of Staff of the Ninth Group Army Si, who was retreating along the road.  Cheng Ruhuai, commander of the 4th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Mixed Armored Brigade of Jieping

    Speaking of which, in the entire Battle of Ufa, except for the infantry and artillery units who showed their talents during the first phase of the Ufa defensive battle, the protagonists in the subsequent detours and pursuit operations were allied armor and cavalry units. Among them, Sun Liangcheng led  The 1st Mixed Armored Brigade detoured the farthest and occupied the most places, while the 2nd Mixed Armored Brigade led by Jiang Hongyu achieved the greatest results among the armored forces, almost completely annihilating the Sla Fifth Army of the Soviet Eastern Front.

    The performance of the Russian cavalry units was also quite amazing. The Second Cavalry Army of Petrovich and Sergei achieved the greatest results, annihilating the main forces of the First and Second Group Armies. The Third Ural Cavalry Division under the command of Li Mingzhong,  Then there was the most beautiful defensive battle in Buzuluk

    The performance of the Chinese cavalry units in the coalition was unsatisfactory, mainly because they could not win battles. The fighting of Li Fugui's cavalry battalion in the town of Sterli Tamak was a highlight, which delayed the retreat of Tukhachevsky's First Army.  , and the cavalry battalion led by Xiao Chuyin also blocked Xia Boyang's cavalry troops. Although with the cooperation of the Japanese cavalry regiment led by Shunroku Hata, more than 2,000 Xia Boyang cavalry were annihilated.

    But not only Tukhachevsky, but also Xia Boyang escaped from the encirclement, which cannot but be said to be a huge regret. On July 20, the news came from the left bank of the Volga River that Budyonny and his political commissar broke out of the encirclement.  Shatenko joined forces and led about 3,000 Soviet and Russian cavalry. They crossed the Volga River at a ferry between Saratov and Samara and have returned to the team.

    And Tukhachevsky, Xia Boyang, and Furmanf, after crossing the mountains of the Ural Mountains, led a cavalry of less than 100 people and ran directly to the Kazakh grasslands without a trace. In fact, by the end of July,  Tukhachevsky, Xia Boyang and Furmanf, disguised as a Cossack White Guard reconnaissance force, led a small group of cavalry and actually hid from the north of Saratov and slipped back to the left bank of the Volga River, returning to the  The embrace of the Soviet Red Army

    At the review meeting of the Battle of Ufa, the coalition generals summarized the following reasons for the overwhelming victory of the coalition forces in the Battle of Ufa:

    ? 1. The coalition headquarters is well strategized and well-organized, the command system of the entire army communicates smoothly, the generals of each army are resolute in executing orders, and the forces of China, Japan and Russia in the coalition are sincerely united and work together!

    2. The coalition forces are well-equipped, well-trained, and well-supported. The coalition has overwhelming air reconnaissance and firepower advantages, as well as ground artillery superiority. The coalition's armor and cavalry units have high mobility and powerful firepower.

    3. The coalition forces exploited their strengths and avoided weaknesses, using positional warfare combined with powerful firepower to eliminate the Soviet Red Army's partial strength advantage. Especially the dismounted combat method of the coalition cavalry units greatly improved the cavalry's positional warfare capabilities while still maintaining high mobility.

    4. The equipment of the Soviet Red Army is still in the state of the traditional light infantry division. The number of machine guns and cannons is far less than that of the coalition forces, and it has no air superiority or air defense capabilities. After the emergence of the coalition aviation fleet, the Soviet Red Army took notice.  Change, lack of courage to continue fighting

    5. The Soviet Red Army was unclear about the degree of intervention and the amount of troops invested by the coalition forces. It has been in a combat state of blind men riding blind horses, and has been trying to overwhelm the coalition positions with overwhelming field battles. Once it encounters strong resistance and casualties,  , the troops' fighting will was not strong, the commanders were hesitant, and Moscow's excessive interference with frontline commanders also caused the troops to be at a loss.

    Of course, in the summary of the battle, various generals praised the commanding skills of the coalition headquarters, especially the commander-in-chief of the coalition Wang Geng's general demeanor in strategizing and commanding. There are countless Japanese and Russian generals who have flattered the king of China, but among the coalition forces  ChinaThe leader was a little calmer. Apart from the usual admiration in his eyes when he looked at his commander-in-chief, no one said any flattering words.

    At the reception and dance after the battle review meeting, the Japanese generals and the Russian generals were almost all drunk. Vodka was too lethal, and it was rare for these generals to be allowed to drink as much as they wanted, so they laughed and laughed deeply.  One mouthful after another, it was clear that the Japanese generals were not Mao's opponent when it came to their drinking capacity. On the contrary, the Chinese division and brigade commanders were all very energetic. They might not be able to beat the Russian generals in terms of drinking capacity, but they would never lose in momentum.

    The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Wang Geng, led Jiang Hongyu, Wu Peifu and Taro Utsunomiya to toast a few drinks to all the generals attending the reception, and then met with Pepelyayev and Balayav, two of the coalition forces.  The Russian chiefs of staff entered a small conference room to discuss the next step in military consolidation.

    The troops invested by the coalition forces in the Battle of Ufa are as follows:

    1. The 1st Armored Division of Sun Liangcheng of the Allied Forces, under its jurisdiction, the 1st and 2nd mixed armored brigade and the 3rd mixed cavalry brigade have all entered the battle.

    2. Three Ural Cavalry Divisions of the First Ural Cavalry Army

    3. Four infantry divisions of the First Army of Ufa

    4. Four infantry divisions of the Second Ufa Army

    5. Three infantry divisions of the First Siberian Army

    6. Two cavalry divisions of Petrovich and Sergey of the Second Ural Cavalry Corps

    7. The 60th Mixed Infantry Brigade of the 20th Xiong Shihui Infantry Division

    8. Japan¡¯s 3rd, 7th and 12th Cavalry Regiments and the 13th Infantry Brigade of the 7th Division

    9. The general reserves at the coalition base camp 10 kilometers northwest of Ufa: the 61st and 62nd mixed brigades of the 20th Infantry Division of Xiong Shihui, and the 14th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 7th Division

    10. The heavy artillery regiments of the three divisions of the Allied Chinese Third Army and the ** field artillery regiment of the three divisions of the Japanese Third Army

    In other words, among the earliest Sino-Japanese-Russian coalition forces established, all three Russian cavalry divisions participated in the Battle of Ufa, while only all artillery of the Chinese and Japanese armies participated in the battle, and only the entire 1st Armored Division and the 20th Infantry Division participated in the infantry.  , the Japanese Seventh Division entered the battle west of the Ural Mountains

    The main forces of the coalition still include Zhang Weixi's 3rd Division and Li Mingzhong's 9th Division - the Chinese reorganized division remained behind Chelyabinsk, and the main forces of the Japanese 3rd Division and 12th Division have not passed.  ural pass

    In total, the Allied Allied Forces invested a total of 250,000 ground combat troops in the Battle of Ufa, including reserves, in addition to 300 combat aircraft, and three Chinese division heavy artillery regiments and three Japanese divisions' ** field battles  Artillery Regiment

    Of course, we cannot forget the contribution of the three coalition logistics truck transport groups with a total of 1,200 Dodge one-and-a-half-ton military trucks to support logistics, nor can we forget the approximately 50,000 civilians in Ufa who were transported from the east of the Ural Mountains to support logistics.

    At this time, there were only coalition forces in the Volga Federation, and there was no defense force belonging to the Volga Federation. Whether it was the two infantry armies in Ufa, the Ural Cavalry Army and the Second Cavalry Army, including the First Siberian Army, it stands to reason that these are all Russian  troops, however, they now belong to the coalition forces, not the Volga Federation's defense forces

    Of course, at least in name, the 1st and 2nd Ufa Army can be regarded as soldiers of the Volga Federation, and the five Cossack Cavalry Divisions are obviously direct descendants of the Allied Forces. They are only loyal to the Allied Forces and do not accept Pepelyayev's dispatch.  As for the three infantry divisions of the First Siberian Army from the east of the Ural Mountains, they nominally belong to the Western Siberian Autonomous Government, and of course they only obey the dispatch of the coalition headquarters!

    Wang Geng took the opportunity of the Ufa Battle Review Meeting and convened several coalition chiefs and deputy chiefs of staff for a meeting during the cocktail party and dance, mainly to discuss the next plan for the army's expansion.

    In the past three days, although the repatriation of Soviet Red Army prisoners of war in the Battle of Ufa has not officially begun, the principles for the repatriation of prisoners of war in the annex to the peace treaty between the Volga Federation and the Soviet Russian government have been officially announced to all Soviet prisoners of war in the prison camps.  The propaganda was delivered to the prisoners of the Russian Red Army. Of course, the captured middle and senior generals of the Soviet Red Army in the officer camp were also conveyed one by one.

    Ekh and Lezhevsky, two senior generals who were originally from the Tsarist Russian army, immediately chose to be loyal to the Volga Federation because after they laid down their arms and surrendered to the coalition forces, these two guys were declared by Moscow as Soviet traitors and infiltrators.  Bolsheviks and Soviet Red Army spies

    The families of Ehe and Lezhevsky were immediately arrested, interrogated and shot by the Cheka!  This makes these two guys incompatible with Moscow. They absolutely cannot come together and swear allegiance to the Volga Federation. No matter what, it is much better than surrendering to the Kolchak White Guards who had fought with them to death.

    This idea is a coalition warThe vast majority of Soviet Russian prisoners of war in the prison camp told themselves the reasons or excuses, which is also true. More importantly, the Volga Federation and the Soviet Russian government have now reached armistice and peace talks, and the two sides have demarcated and recognized each other. This means that  Now, after these prisoners of war chose to be loyal to the Volga Federation, they did not need to turn their guns and shoot at their former comrades and relatives. This is very critical!
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