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- July 20ri19, 1918: 15 Allied Army Headquarters in Samara
The astonishing performance of the Allied Chief of Staff Jiang Hongyu in leading the 2nd Armored Brigade in the Battle of Ufa made this Chief of Staff Chiang, who was originally ignored, become one of the senior generals of the Allied Forces that attracted everyone's attention. In fact, when it comes to Wu Peifu and Utsunomiya These two guys can be regarded as the deputy chiefs of staff who serve Jiang Hongyu. .Welcome to reading
At this time, Jiang Hongyu's idea was obviously a good one. The newly organized infantry divisions were divided according to regions and ethnic groups. The cohesion of the team would not be easy to fall apart. The key to leading troops depends on whether the cadres at all levels are capable. Like the First Siberian Army The three infantry divisions were all new recruits who had recently joined the army, but because the commanders at all levels were drawn from the Chinese troops in the coalition, the team at least stayed in shape during the Battle of Ufa and was not disorganized.
"I agree with Chief of Staff Chiang Kai-shek. They can be divided according to ethnicity and region, but enough backbones from other troops must be supplemented and filled into command positions. Only in this way can the troops be gradually transformed and the Bolshevik class and ideas be driven out. But the key issue is not here yet. I think the key issue is the ownership and command system of the coalition forces and the Volga Federation Army! "
Army General Taro Utsunomiya finally got to the crux of the problem. In the view of the Japanese Army Commander, whether it is Western Siberia east of the Ural Mountains or the Volga Federation here, the one who calls the shots can only be the Allied Forces Command, or in other words, All soldiers and civilians, the one who truly leads you is the Allied Forces Command.
Of course, the leader of the Allied Forces Command is the China-Japanese Alliance and the uncrowned king of Asia. The rest is nonsense. Pepelyayev wants to support his own direct troops. This idea must be given to him from the beginning. Killed in the cradle, no one can challenge the authority of the Allied Forces Command, not even the envoys of the United States, Britain and France to the Volga Federation, including the governments of various countries they represent behind them!
Of course, Taro Utsunomiya himself claimed to be the close assistant, right-hand man and successor of the great allied commander, the King of China. If one day the King of China leaves the front line and returns to China, Utsunomiya feels that he can and Wu Peifu Compete for the position of acting commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
As for Jiang Hongyu, the official chief of staff of the coalition forces, although he led the 2nd Armored Brigade to fight very well in the Battle of Ufa, according to the intelligence collected by the Japanese General Staff Headquarters, the main force of China's expedition to Russia belonged to Wu Peifu's Third Army , Jiang Hongyu¡¯s direct troops are still stationed in Zhili and have not gone abroad!
Of course, Taro Utsunomiya also subconsciously wanted to bring the Russian troops under his command system, but the pride of the Japanese Imperial Army made him unable to lose face. In fact, during the Battle of Ufa, except for China's Wu Peifu who was frustrated, , what is even more unsatisfactory is the Japanese troops in the coalition. Except for the artillery unit, several cavalry regiments are already weak.
The Japanese cavalry regiment in the coalition forces was specially strengthened to be the same as the infantry regiment, but after strengthening, it was only the size of a Russian cavalry brigade. In the Battle of Ufa, except for Ishihara Kanji who led the 7th Cavalry Regiment to block the Except for Slavin's retreat and the Fourth Cavalry Regiment led by Shunroku Hata that annihilated Tukhachevsky's 31st Infantry Division, the overall record was nothing short of good.
Moreover, Wang Geng also told Utsunomiya privately that on the land of Russia, the coalition forces will focus on building and cultivating Russian troops, and will later compete with the German and Austrian Allies. The casualties in a single battle may be hundreds of thousands. This cannon fodder will not let Russia Is it possible for people to travel thousands of miles to let the young elites from China and Japan sacrifice themselves?
Therefore, although Utsunomiya Taro was embarrassed to directly say that the newly formed Russian infantry division would be strengthened into the Japanese division, he could not help but be the first to raise the issue of who would command these Russian troops, how they would be organized and subordinated. Come out, this is indeed the key point of this military discussion.
According to Wang Geng's calculations, the most ideal situation is to completely integrate the Chinese, Japanese and Russian forces into one force, such as a mixed light mechanized infantry division with one Chinese armored regiment, two Russian infantry regiments, and one Japanese army. The cavalry regiment, a Chinese artillery regiment, the entire division is still a combat force of 10,000 people, plus 2,000 baggage and engineering troops, the total strength is about 12,000 people.
However, problems of language and living habits, as well as ethnic and regional barriers, will make this kind of attempt impossible to implement at present. Whether it is the earlier Chinese participating armies or the current Allied Powers, Wang Geng has regarded a mixed brigade as a A basic unit that can fully undertake combat missions. Facts have also proved that a mixed brigade-sized multi-arms force will well undertake combat missions in one direction.
However, if there is a war with the German-Austrian Allies in the future, let alone a mere mixed brigade, at least several reorganized divisions or even a group army will be needed to barely undertake the combat mission in one direction. Wang Geng knows this, and he has always warned the coalition forces. Generals, compared with Tsarist Russia and Germany??, in terms of the scale and casualties of the battles between Germany, Austria, Britain and France on the east and west fronts, the Battle of Ufa was simply a mini-scale battle.
Although both sides also invested 300,000 and 250,000 troops, the battle itself did not involve offensive, defensive or in-depth competition under large-scale intensive artillery fire. On the one hand, the firepower intensity of the coalition forces was much greater than that of the Soviet Red Army; on the other hand, In the early stage, Wang Geng pretended to be a pig and ate the tiger, always showing weakness to lure the enemy deeper. However, once the Soviet Red Army retreated, it actually fell into pieces and ran away. The intensity of the war was not great, and the scale of 500,000 people could only be regarded as an illusion.
One thing Wang Geng agreed with Pepelyaev was that instead of selecting farmers from the Volga Federation to form a new army, it would be better to select them from Soviet prisoners of war. There would be no need for training. These Soviet soldiers The Red Army itself is the main force of the Eastern Front and the Southern Front. Many people in the Tsarist Russian army participated in the Eastern Front and the German-Austrian war. Many of them were directly returned from the German prisoner of war camp by Moscow two months ago.
"Everyone's opinions are reasonable. Regarding the command system issue mentioned by His Excellency Utsunomiya, let me share my thoughts. In view of the fact that the strategic goal of the Allied Powers on the Eastern Front is to reach the German-Austrian border and hold them back, Bringing Ludendorff back to the dilemma of fighting on two fronts will also reduce the burden on the Allied forces on the Western Front. Therefore, at this moment, the Allied forces on the Eastern Front can only be more concentrated instead of dispersed. "
"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, do you mean that all troops in the Volga Federation, whether they are now or will be reorganized in the future, will be included in the command and logistics support system of the coalition's military and political integration?" Utsunomiya Taro reacted very much Hurry, one answered.
"But, with all due respect, Commander-in-Chief, since the Volga Federation has been established, it cannot be without its own national defense force, right? Isn't it like a shirtless firebird that can become the enemy's meal at any time?" Pepe Lyayev was anxious and couldn't help but argue.
"Pepeliaev, your wings haven't hardened yet, and you want to rebel?!" Wu Peifu glanced at the guy with a gloomy face and said.
"What kind of rebellion? Since I am the prime minister of the autonomous government of the Volga Federation, my federation and the government must have some troops to support their appearance, right? Otherwise, the whole world will point their fingers at me, Pepelyaev, and say that we are a puppet regime! "The Prime Minister of the Volga Federation said with a frown on his neck, his face turning blue and white.
As soon as the Prime Minister of the Volga Federation said these words, Taro Utsunomiya wanted to laugh. Wu Peifu simply closed his eyes and ignored Pepelyayev. Jiang Hongyu here also shook his head slightly, and Balayanov over there. With a wry smile on his face, he thought to himself, Vasily Nikolayevich, you really dare to tell the truth.
But who says it¡¯s not? Don¡¯t say that the Volga Federation of yours is a puppet of the Allied Powers. Even our autonomous government of Western Siberia east of the Ural Mountains is not a puppet.
Wang Geng looked a little embarrassed when he heard this. Pepelyayev was a capable person, so he also thought it was okay, waved his hand and said,
"Vasily Nikolayevich, there will be bread, and the Volga Federation's defense forces will also have it, but the conditions are still very difficult now, and it is not easy to feed the coalition forces. It is really hard to build a duli army. Conditions, but don¡¯t worry, once Germany and Austria are taken care of, your National Defense Force will definitely have it!¡±
In fact, Pepelyaev felt something was inappropriate as soon as he said what he just said. It was originally a puppet regime supported and controlled by the coalition forces. Everyone knew that everyone could get what they needed, so it was self-inflicted humiliation. , if it were not for the presence of the coalition forces in the Volga Federation, Kolchak and the Soviet Red Army could pounce on him in the blink of an eye. Pepelyaev would be no different from a traitor in the eyes of Kolchak. With the support of the coalition forces, the Volga Federation government may not even have enough food to eat tomorrow.
This is the reality. Fortunately, the policies of the Allied Powers are quite humane and gentle to the people in the Volga Federation, just to preserve the chance and hope of survival for the Russian people in this land. At this time This is definitely not the time to rebel and go it alone.
And no matter what, Wang Geng, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the king of China, as the uncrowned king and head of the army and the people of this land at this moment, is at least a convincing leader. Pepelyayev saw Wang Geng come out After smoothing things over and comforting himself, he nodded and sat down silently.
"Everyone, I understand what you are thinking, but the situation we are facing now is quite urgent. Germany and Austria are likely to launch a new wave of offensives on the Western Front in August, and our strength has not grown, but weakened. Why do you say that? Because when we were in Ufa, we only had to face Soviet Russia in the west. At this time, our Volga Federation, in addition to Soviet Russia, also had conflicts with Kolchak in Kazan and Krasnov in the south of Tsaritsyn. Bordering Denikin"
"And, IWe still need to complete the rest and recuperation in the shortest possible time and attack Ukraine in the west, so to make a long story short, let me talk about the next step of the coalition command's army reorganization plan:
1. 100,000 healthy Soviet Red Army prisoners of war who are willing to stay, plus the 1st and 2nd Army of Ufa, a total of 80,000 people, plus 60,000 Russian prisoners of war who are ready to be exchanged for 30,000 Soviet prisoners of war who choose to return to the Soviet side. The prisoners of war, a total of 240,000 people, were mixed and organized to form 21 new infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions based on region and nationality. The details are as follows:
2. The Ufa Group Army has jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Ufa Infantry Divisions.
3. Samara Group Army, under the jurisdiction of the 4th, 5th and 6th Samara Infantry Divisions
4. Kursk Group Army, which governs the 7th, 8th and 9th Divisions of Kursk
5. Saratov Group Army, which governs the 10th, 11th and 12th Saratov Divisions
6. Voronezh Army Group, which governs the 13th, 14th and 15th Divisions of Voronezh
7. Tsaritsyn Group Army, under the jurisdiction of Tsaritsyn 16th Division, 17th Division and 18th Division
8. Orenburg Group Army, which governs the 19th, 20th and 21st Orenburg Divisions
Taking the above three cavalry divisions, plus the three cavalry divisions of the First Ural Cavalry Army, and the two cavalry divisions of the Second Ural Cavalry Army, they are reorganized into four cavalry corps as follows:
1. The 1st Ural Cavalry Corps, which governs the 1st and 2nd Ural Cavalry Divisions
2. The Second Volga Cavalry Corps governs the 3rd and 4th Volga Cavalry Divisions
3. The Third Don Cavalry Corps has jurisdiction over the 4th and 5th Don Cavalry Divisions.
4. 4th Samara Cavalry Corps, 6th and 7th Lower Samara Cavalry Divisions
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