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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 552 The Federation¡¯s Internal and External Situations

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    July 21, 1918 15:00 Allied Forces Headquarters Samara

    "Generals, the Volga Federation is an emerging federation. We all come from all over the world. Most of you were nurtured by the mother river of the Volga River. I don't have too many requirements for you. Just one thing: remember yourselves.  The mission you shoulder, whether the people on this land can protect the fruits of victory and live a good life depends on your dedication and efforts to the Federation! "

    ¡°There is an old saying in China that people with different aspirations cannot work together. Today, since everyone has chosen to join the Volga Federation, we are like-minded comrades. Comrade is not a special name for the Soviets and Bolsheviks, and the people are not a slogan that only they can shout!

    Today, I hope this is your last choice of the path of life. The rest is to move forward. The future of you and the people on this land will definitely be in your own hands. As the Allied Forces, you have its historical mission.  , will eventually dissipate after completing its mission, and you and the people on this land will stand tall in the forest of the world!  "

    "Don't worry about where others come from, and don't doubt their loyalty to this land. Today our federation is called the Volga Federation, and tomorrow we will probably be called the Russian Federation. The land and the people are everything, and the people can live a good life."  Life is everything, if we go against the grain and plunge the people into dire straits!

    Sooner or later you will be knocked down and sooner or later you will be replaced. I hope you can realize that today is so different!  I hope that none of you will regret your choice to join the Volga Federation today. In troubled times, people just hope to survive, and my expectation for you is that the people who support you and follow you can live well!  "

    The sincere words of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces lingered in the ears of every Russian general who attended today's military meeting. After saying these words, the conference room was completely silent at first. When he realized that the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces had already spoken in his opening remarks  After it was over, a burst of warm applause erupted in the conference room. Almost all the Russian generals of the Volga Federation clapped their palms red, and many of the easily emotional Russian generals had tears in their eyes.

    The generals of the Chinese and Japanese armies were quite calm. After all, they were much more familiar with the King of China, the leader of the coalition, than these Russian generals. They had heard Wang Geng speak so many times that they became excited.  The only thing I could hold back was watching a group of old generals brimming with passion and their faces full of hot blood.

    The applause in the coalition headquarters lasted for about 2 minutes. Finally, Wang Geng stretched out his hand and everyone gradually stopped. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces smiled and said,

    "To tell you the truth, I and several deputy commanders and chiefs of staff of the Allied Forces Command are also very excited. At this moment, I kind of regret designing the federal military uniforms to be too fancy and good-looking, and co-designing the military uniforms of our Sino-Japanese Alliance  It looks too plain and simple. Sir Utsunomiya, I think we need to come up with a plan for the design of our new military uniforms as soon as possible. The Federation uses a double-headed eagle, how about we use a golden dragon?"

    There was a burst of good-natured laughter in the conference room. Army General Taro Utsunomiya, the deputy commander of the coalition forces sitting on Wang Geng¡¯s right, laughed and agreed, "This is a good idea. We in Japan also respect mythical beasts like dragons, but in China  "In the past, the dragon was the symbol of the emperor. Commander-in-Chief, are we being too ostentatious?"

    "Haha, don't rush this. Haven't you and I joined the Volga Federation too? If it's too late and you want to have fun again, I'll ask someone to make you a few sets of double-headed eagle Federation general uniforms and let's look good at it." Wang Geng laughed.  said.

    "General uniform? It can't be a general, right? How about you give me a marshal or something? I am a great general of the Imperial Army. I can't be demoted to an army general when I go to the Federation? Or I can be an army general!" Utsunomiya Taro  Seriously.

    "We will discuss this matter later. Today is the first military meeting after the Volga Federation reorganizes its troops. Let us seize the time and get down to business. Major General Hata Shunroku, please tell everyone about the current situation and the draft action plan for the next step.  Come on!" Wang Geng stopped teasing Utsunomiya and turned to the war room director and staff officer Shunroku Hata.

    Although Jiang Hongyu is the official chief of staff of the Allied Forces Command, in Wang Geng's plan, Jiang Hongyu will be delegated to command one aspect of operations, so he directly asked his war room chief and staff officer Shunroku Hata to brief him on the situation.  As for the candidate for the new Chief of Staff of the General Staff Headquarters, Wang Geng originally preferred Shunroku Hata to take over. However, this guy was obsessed with leading the troops to the front line to save the Imperial Army's face lost in the Battle of Ufa, which put Wang Geng in a bit of trouble.

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, everyone, I am Shunroku Hata, Chief of Staff of the Operations Room of the Allied Forces Command, and a Major General of the Japanese Army. Let me introduce to you the current situation we are facing!" Shunroku Hata is wearing a straight Japanese Army Major General uniform, with a general star on his shoulder.  Shiny, this? He stood up and walked to the combat map that covered almost a wall, and introduced the situation.

    ¡°After the formal establishment of the Volga Federation, especially after the signing of a peace treaty with Soviet Russia and mutual delimitation and recognition, we took over Saratov, Voronezh, Kursk and Tsaritsyn from Soviet Russia, and the territory under the jurisdiction of the entire federation was about 94  Ten thousand square kilometers, with a registered population of about 7.4 million, of which nearly 2 million people were originally evacuated from the Ufa Plain to the east of the Ural Mountains, and are still returning one after another. "

    "Because the land policy implemented by the federal government is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the three-year land tax exemption policy has given rural people a sense of comparison, and also because the working class and citizens, including some farmers, who are loyal to or support the Soviets and Bolshevism, have all  The above areas were evacuated on time in accordance with the provisions of the Mara Peace Treaty, so the entry of the Volga Federation advance detachment and work teams in these places was relatively smooth! "

    "Most towns and cities are completely in the hands of the Volga federal government. Of course, they are escorted by the advance detachment of the coalition forces. Now in the four states on the left bank of the Volga River, the main difficulty is food shortage. Due to the previous  During the civil war, the White Guards and the Soviet Red Army fought three times around Tsaritsyn. With the withdrawal of Soviet forces, the food gap in the Tsaritsin area is now the largest! "

    "This is absolutely true, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief. I, the Prime Minister of the Volga Federal Government, dare not stay in the Prime Minister's Office. From morning to night, there are calls from all over the place begging for food. The left bank of Volga is in short supply of everything.  Or food, our coalition headquarters logistics have to figure this out!" Pepelyaev interjected and complained.

    "The food problem is mainly due to the insufficient transportation capacity of the Trans-Siberian Railway. At the moment, in the Far East and China, the food we have mobilized is piling up like a mountain, but there are not enough trains and there is no time to transport it! It is too late to transport weapons, ammunition, artillery shells and troops!" said the chief of staff of the coalition forces!  Jiang Hongyu said.

    "We will talk about the food issue later. The main reason now is that the summer grain here has not yet come down. After this period, the harvest of summer grain in the lower Volga River area will greatly alleviate the current predicament. The coalition headquarters will further discuss this matter.  Think of a way! Major General Hata Shunroku, please continue!" Wang Geng frowned slightly.

    "At present, the situation within the Volga Federation is quite stable after the establishment of the Volga Federation. After all, we first do not snatch food, and secondly, we distribute relief food to the people, and the advance detachment severely attacks those stragglers and bandits who harm the people, maintaining the  We have improved public security and stabilized the situation. Now what the people are worried about is how long the Volga federal government and the army can stay. Don¡¯t be unable to stay and withdraw again. Then the people will suffer again!¡±

    Shunroku Hata glanced at everyone, most of them were deep in thought, while Slavin Yegorov and other Russian generals nodded slightly and whispered a few words to each other. Wang Geng signaled him to hurry up and continue.  Going on, the guy continued,

    "It is Prime Minister Pepe's job to restore transportation, stabilize the economic situation, and industrial and agricultural production within the federation. Let's not mention it today. Now let's talk about the external situation. To the north of the federation, to the west of the Volga River is Soviet Russia, and to the east is Soviet Russia.  Across the Kamala River and the Kolchak regime in Kazan, Kolchak's troops have exceeded 200,000 people!

    According to our intelligence, the main force of Kazan Kolchak will launch a cross-river offensive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and then directly attack westward along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The first step is to take down the barrier to the east of Moscow, Nizhny Novgoro  Virtue!  Another contest between the White Guards and the Soviet Red Army will soon begin!  "

    "Your Majesty, Major General, does the Volga Federation really want to remain neutral in the war between Moscow and Kazan? I heard that the trains transporting food and arms along the Trans-Siberian Railway to Kazan have never stopped!" He raised his hand boldly.  The person who asked the question was the newly minted Army Lieutenant General Yegorov. The question he asked was also a question shared by many of the generals present.

    "As for this question, according to the instructions of the Commander-in-Chief, both the Allied Powers and the Volga Federation maintain a neutral stance on the war between the Soviet Russian government and the Kolchak regime!

    However, our commander-in-chief has said that since we are neutral, we will definitely not refuse to do business with us. Kolchak bought all the food and weapons from the Allies with gold. Of course, we cannot do it because of that.  The Volga Federation ceased war with Soviet Russia and stopped fulfilling its previous contract with the Kolchak regime.  "Hata Junroku replied seriously.

    "Your Majesty, Major General, according to your statement, if the Soviet Russian government buys arms and food from the Volga Federation or the Allied Powers, should we also sell them to them?" Kharchenko, the commander of the Volga Federation Navy, who was still a polished commander, couldn't bear it.  Zhu raised his hand and asked.

    Shunroku Hata frowned slightly and glanced at Wang Geng inquiringly. Wang Geng smiled and made a gesture asking him to answer. The director of the war room said,

    "In principle, that's it"??However, His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief told me that even if we are all neighbors, the relationship is good and bad, close and distant. Therefore, if the Soviet Union buys weapons and food from us, firstly, it depends on whether we have enough inventory; secondly,  It also depends on whether they can offer the starting price. As for the third item, it also depends on whether we are in a good mood!  "

    Kharchenko lost his temper after hearing this. Slavin, Yegorov and other generals exchanged glances. Obviously, the so-called neutrality of the Volga Federation has its limits, but for those of them who have just switched to the Volga  For the former senior Soviet generals in the federal camp, as long as they are not immediately leading their troops to fight the Soviet Red Army directly on the battlefield, in other respects, they should be able to quickly position themselves to adapt to the new identity and situation in front of them.

    Of course, Yegorov was even thinking that if one day the Volga Federation and the Kolchak regime fell out, he would be the first to lead the troops to fight over, teach Kolchak and the White Guards a lesson, and defend the country three times  In the Battle of Tsaritsyn, his troops fought fiercely with the White Guards in Tsaritsyn. Both sides had their hands covered with each other's blood. Just slaughtering each other's prisoners was considered a deep hatred!

    Of course, at this moment, several Slavin, Yegorov and others, especially several former political commissars of the Soviet Red Army Army, felt mixed feelings in their hearts. Many people were worried that the Soviet Red Army would not be able to stop Kolcha.  After all, after losing 300,000 main troops in the Battle of Ufa, the newly formed Volga Front has only 200,000 troops at most!  If Kolchak's troops had half the firepower of the coalition forces, the outcome of this battle would be unknown!

    "Opposite Kolchak, the Soviet Red Army has newly established the Volga Military District and Front. According to the results of our aerial reconnaissance and intelligence analysis, the Volga Front of the Soviet Red Army has at least 250,000 troops. The main force is  It turns out that the Third Army of the Eastern Front and the Eighth and Tenth Army of the Southern Front, in addition, the Fifth Army and the First Army seem to have been rebuilt and are being organized and replenished! "

    "Buyonni and his cavalry have confirmed that they have returned to the Soviet Red Army. It seems that Moscow will set up a cavalry group in the Volga Military District. If you include the workers' division in Nizhny Novgorod and the workers' division in Moscow, in  On the Eastern Front, the number of troops that Soviet Russia can mobilize will be no less than 300,000!" Shunroku Hata said with an obviously serious expression!
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