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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 554 Decisive Victory Thousands of Miles Away

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    July 21, 1918 15:35 Allied Forces Headquarters Samara

    "I heard that Kamenev, the new commander of the Fifth Army of the Soviet Red Army, is not simple. He first served as the chief of staff of the Third Army, and was later transferred to Petrograd to organize the defense of the Baltic coastal areas. In Soviet Russia  After the armistice with Germany and Austria, he returned to the Eastern Front. The formation and assembly center of the Fifth Army was located in Nizhny Novgogorod and was used as the main reserve of the front army! "

    The headquarters of the newly established Volga Military District and Front Army in Soviet Russia are in Nizhny Novgorod. Sverdlov and his partner Kamenev are both members of the Soviet Central Committee, and Sverdlov is also a member of the Soviet Central Committee.  Vice Chairman of the Russian Supreme Military Council, so the Soviet Red Army in Nizhny Novgorod will never give up.

    According to our war games, Kolchak¡¯s troops will have no problem crossing the Volga River, and there is a chance to capture Cheboksary, but the possibility of conquering Nizhny Novgorod is very slim.  "Shunroku Hata analyzed while drawing on the combat map with his baton.

    "Your Excellency Major General, you just said that the commander of the 10th Army of the Soviet Red Army was replaced by Gidis? Could it be that Voroshilov was dismissed from his post like Joseph?" Yegorov, as an old man of the Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army, endured  He kept raising his hands and asked.

    "Where, Lieutenant General Yegorov, your former comrade-in-arms who came from Ukraine and made a big splash in Tsaritsyn, not only was he not dismissed, but he was promoted, Kliment Yefremovich Volo  Shilov was appointed deputy commander and second military commissar of the Volga Front of the Soviet Red Army.

    Since Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov and Lev Borisovich Kamenev were both members of the Soviet Central Committee and often returned to Moscow for meetings of the Soviet Central Committee, in fact  The person responsible for the frontline military command of the Volga Front is Voroshilov!  "

    Hata Junroku¡¯s answer obviously made Yegorov, Slavin and others feel mixed. Unexpectedly, Voroshilov not only did not suffer misfortune with Joseph¡¯s downfall, but instead rose up step by step!

    "Your Excellency Major General, why did the Soviet Red Army not use the main force of the Tenth Army in the direction of Kazan to guard the Volga River Railway Bridge, but deployed it in the area south of Kazan to Simbirsk? The strength of the Tenth Army is sufficient  With eight infantry divisions and enough artillery, Voroshilov actually didn¡¯t use his main army to defend the most important Kazan front line?¡± The question was asked by Rzhevsky.

    "The problem is this. First, there is not enough time. The Eighth and Twelve Group Armies retreated northward. Among them, the Tenth Group Army traveled 700 kilometers just to reach the Simbirsk line. Due to time constraints, this  At that time, if we rush north to Kazan and switch defenses with the Third Army, it will easily create gaps and loopholes, giving Kolchak an opportunity to take advantage of."

    "Secondly, we judge that Moscow is still worried that the coalition forces and the Volga Federation's troops will cross the Volga River to support Kolchak's westward offensive, and our combat effectiveness is much stronger than Kolchak's troops. Therefore, Voroshi  Love used the main force of the Tenth Army to protect the flanks of the Third Army, and mainly to prevent us from unexpectedly crossing the river and advancing westward!" Shunroku Hata explained.

    "Your Majesty, Major General, haven't the Volga Federation already signed a peace treaty with Moscow? Aren't they still worried, worried that we will tear up the peace treaty, turn our backs and continue to cross the river and attack westward?" The person who asked this question was Lieutenant General Stepin, but  Several other Russian generals also had such doubts in their hearts. The coalition and the Volga Federation would not really intend to continue crossing the Volga River to the west by burning down bridges like this, right?

    "The Central Committee of the Soviet Union are not all idiots. It is normal for them to have such worries. Of course, this is also closely related to the current situation. As far as the coalition forces and the Volga Federation are concerned, the next direction of using troops is nothing more than Soviet Russia and Ukraine.  and the south. It is normal for Moscow to worry that we will use tricks to tear up the peace treaty and fight. Of course, from another perspective, Voroshilov may also want to concentrate heavy troops on the flanks and let go of the northern front to lure the enemy deeper! "Hata Shunroku!  He took the trouble to explain.

    Wang Geng nodded slightly when he heard this, and exchanged glances with Taro Utsunomiya and Wu Peifu beside him. Obviously, Shunroku Hata, the de facto chief of staff, and his staff team had done a good job and basically considered all situations.  .

    "Major General, do you mean that Voroshilov placed Gidis's 10th Army on the southern front of the Battle of Kazan in order to cut off the retreat of Kolchak's main force in the future?" Yegorov  He asked, raising his hand.

    "If I were Voroshilov, I would do this. Kazan itself is a fortress and fortress city that is quite easy to defend and difficult to attack. To eliminate or attack Kolchak's main force, obviously let the opponent in to lure the enemy.  Going deeper is a better approach.

    Of course, it is not clear whether Voroshilov has the courage to do so. Moscow used to command the defense of the Soviet Red Army.During wartime, it is often emphasized that they will stick to the front and never retreat. Now that they have changed from Tsaritsyn to Kazan, I wonder if they will still stick to this habit!  "Shunroku Hata said with a smile.

    When the topic came to this point, there was a buzzing sound in the conference room. Apparently, the imminent war between Soviet Russia and Kolchak in the north made the coalition generals here feel a little itchy and ready to make a move. The commander of the Japanese Third Division  Lieutenant General Oba Erlang couldn't help shouting,

    "Major General Hata, mother-in-law and mother-in-law are talking so much about the Soviet Red Army and the White Guard Army. Hurry up and tell us the next battle plan that your war room has drawn up for our coalition forces. These people are almost dying! This time the Third Division is absolutely  You must be the vanguard! Otherwise, I will never agree!¡±

    Your Excellency, the 54-year-old division commander, has fair skin, a beautiful mustache, and a very loud voice. Except for the artillery unit, the third division is still on the second line in Chelyabinsk and has not come over. This guy and  Shiba Goro, the commander of the 12th Division, was not even qualified to serve as a reserve force during the Battle of Ufa. He had long been crying out that he would go into battle and perform meritorious service to restore the lost honor of the Imperial Army.

    When Oba Jiro shouted, the two division commanders Shibagoro and Fujii Yukitsuchi next to him couldn't help shouting. Shibagoro, the commander of the 12th Division of the Japanese Army, just passed away a month ago.  It was his 58th birthday, which meant he was one year older than his boss, Taro Utsunomiya. Seeing that if he wasted no more time, it would be time to transfer to the reserve force, this guy grabbed Fujii next to him and yelled at him.  road,

    "Fujii-kun, it's time for our twelfth division to go into battle this time. Your seventh division has already participated in the Battle of Ufa and had enough fun. Next time it's time for you to be the second-line reserve team. Oba and I  They are the first choice main force in the new battle!¡±

    Unexpectedly, Fujii didn¡¯t buy it at all. He broke away from Shibagoro¡¯s hand and shouted,

    "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, during the Battle of Ufa, the Seventh Division only stayed at the base camp in the northwest of Ufa to bask in the sun and rain. It served as a reserve force for the battle. To say that only the artillery regiment and a small brigade participated in the battle,  It¡¯s just our skills. Of course we will be used in the next battle. We are more familiar with the customs, environment and climate west of the Ural Mountains than you are. The 12th Division can take over our last position and serve as a reserve for the battle!"

    Jiro Oba of the Third Division here was no longer willing, and shouted with a pinched neck, "Fujii-kun, don't you think your Seventh Division has lost enough humiliation in the Battle of Ufa? One brigade and one cavalry regiment, stunned  Even the thousands of wounded soldiers who were hiding in the swamps could not be found, and Mr. Chai, you have forgotten the bloody head-on encounter of your 12th Division in Vladivostok. The next battle will of course be ours.  The third division takes the lead!"

    The three Japanese division commanders started to fight among themselves in the conference room, accusing each other's troops of being incompetent, and that the main force of their own divisions would be the first to lead the next battle. This made a group of Russian generals look at them with wide eyes and snickered.  The Chinese generals here all showed disdain on their faces and thought to themselves, Damn it, you, the Japanese Army armed with 38-guns, still dare to say that yours is the main force of the coalition, and the Russian troops are much more powerful than you!

    "Okay! Enough is enough! Oba, Fujii, and Shibagoro, all shut up. How unbecoming is this? Isn't it embarrassing for such a young man? Just listen to Shunroku Hata and continue to explain. Who?  If he keeps messing around again, I will immediately remove him from his post and send him back to Tokyo to play in the mud!" Taro Utsunomiya, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army and deputy commander of the coalition forces, tilted his nose and slapped the table hard.

    After Utsunomiya Taro roared like this, the three Japanese division commanders glared at each other unconvincedly, closed their mouths and stopped.

    The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces here, Wang Geng, lit a cigar, took a nice puff, and said calmly to Shunroku Hata, "Major General Hata, please continue. The morale of your seniors is quite usable. I think  It¡¯s really exciting to see how the next battle plan you have revised is going to turn out!¡±

    The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces took the lead, and there were many generals lighting cigarettes and drinking tea. The atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly returned to liveliness and relaxation. Shunroku Hata took the teacup handed over by Ishihara Wanji and drank some water, put down the cup, and continued  Drawing on the map, he told the generals present his next plan.

    "For the Allied Forces and the Volga Federation, the future direction of military deployment is nothing more than Soviet Russia in the northwest, Ukraine in the southwest, and the White Guards on the Don River in the south. Since we signed the "Samara Peace Treaty" with the Soviet Russian regime, this also means that the Eastern Front  After the Battle of Ufa, the main enemy of the Allied Powers changed from the Soviet Russian regime to the German-Austrian Allies. Of course, this was also the original intention of the Allied Powers to send the Allied Powers to fight on the Eastern Front in Russia! "

    "Your Majesty, Major General, is the Volga Federation going to fight with Ukraine now? I heard that the German and Austrian troops stationed in Ukraine have not all withdrawn yet. The troops of Voroshilov and Chernavin were removed from Ukraine by the Germans.  We rushed to Tsaritsyn, we, this VolgaThe Federation has just been established, is it too hasty to provoke the Germans?  "

    The one who spoke was Rzhevsky. When he was in the Tsarist Russian army, he served as a division commander in the Tsarist Russian Southwest Front led by the Russian military god Brusilov. He fought against the main German and Austrian forces during the Eastern Front. In his opinion,  Come on, the Volga Federation has been newly established, and the troops have not yet been reorganized. We don¡¯t know when the weapons and equipment will be fully in place. If we want to fight the Germans, we really don¡¯t know the depth!
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