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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 558 The Final Word

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    July 21, 1918 16:10 Allied Forces Headquarters Samara

    "Everyone, everyone, please stop arguing and let Major General Hata Toshiroku finish the Ukrainian campaign plan first!" Taro Utsunomiya, deputy commander of the coalition forces and commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, saw that Wang Geng frowned and was about to get angry, so he hurriedly spoke up to smooth things over.  , while gesturing to Shunroku Hata to hurry up and stop nagging.

    I thought that Zhang Weixi and Da Ting Erlang's troops had not even drunk the soup of the Battle of Ufa. Now that the Battle of Ukraine was right in front of them, they would not let the Russian troops take the lead. They would simply attack the three-pronged army.  Arrange it all in one breath, and then let Wang Geng make the decision.

    "According to the requirements of the coalition headquarters and combined with the current situation of various troops, our war room has drawn up the following Ukrainian campaign force composition for your reference, the Commander-in-Chief and everyone. Considering that although the duration of the Ufa Battle is not long, its intensity is  It is very large, and each unit needs a certain amount of time to rest and replenish. In addition, the Russian troops in the Volga Federation are undergoing a large-scale reorganization. We suggest that the troops participating in the Ufa Battle will serve as the second echelon for the time being! "

    "The eight armies of the Volga Federation should be reorganized and replenished within a week, but they will only serve as the second echelon. The three armies will serve as the first echelon and will start from Chelyabinsk at noon today and advance to the west of the Ural Mountains.  The coalition forces include the Japanese Third Division, the main force of the 12th Division, the main force of the Chinese Third Division and the Ninth Division. In addition, the three infantry divisions of the newly formed Second Siberian Army in Western Siberia have also begun to set off.  ¡±

    ¡°In the later stages of the Ufa Campaign, 1,500 Dodge one-and-a-half-ton military trucks were shipped from Manchuria, China via the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the number of automobile transport groups in the Logistics Headquarters of the Allied Forces Command will increase from the original 3 to 6.

    Now the 470-kilometer original road from Ufa to Samara has been basically repaired and leveled, and a military station has been set up every 50 kilometers along the way. A total of 2,400 Dodge military trucks from the six coalition logistics vehicle groups will maintain Ufa and Samara.  Road transportation between Mara is non-stop 24 hours a day.

    Since the road from Ufa to Samara is mainly made of rammed earth and covered with gravel, the average speed of a Dodge military truck is only 60 kilometers per hour. Adding in the time spent on resting and refueling, the speed of a fully loaded Dodge military truck  The Dodge truck can complete the journey in 8 hours.  Nearly 10 military depots provide fuel and water for trucks passing along the way, as well as places for drivers to rest and eat. At the same time, they have also begun to stock auto parts for repair and maintenance.  "

    "From Samara to Saratov, you can go down the Volga River by water. Of course, we still lack enough transport ships at the moment. The Soviet Union has basically evacuated all the ships of the Volga River Fleet. We are now  All that can be found are flat-bottomed wooden sailing ships of small tonnage, so before there are enough ships, the efficiency of Volga River transportation will be greatly reduced. Therefore, our main force will be transported westward by rail and road. "

    "Railway? Are you taking the Samara-Uralsk-Saratov railway route? But there is no railway bridge in Saratov! Don't we have to cross the river by boat?" Yegorov below couldn't help but say  .

    ¡°Since the Volga River Railway Bridge in Samara has been reopened and opened to traffic, it will have to wait until at least mid-September. Moreover, Syzlan on the other side is Soviet territory and Moscow¡¯s territory, so our transportation to the left bank of the Volga River can only rely on  River and road transport in Samara-Saratov.

    As for the railway, I told Lieutenant General Yegorov that it would take a zigzag detour, but the advantage is that the train cars can be ferried directly across the Volga River in Saratov, but of course this takes time.

    However, it is 340 kilometers from Samara to Saratov along the road on the right bank of the Volga River. The military depot has not yet been set up, and the road surface has to be reorganized. The average speed of the Dodge truck is only 30 kilometers per hour, and the truck tires are very worn.  superb.  "

    "So, in two days and two nights, you can run the entire distance from Ufa to Samara to Saratov?" Lezhevsky asked with his eyes widened.

    "Theoretically, this is true. That is when the road is smooth, without traffic jams and without breakdown. Another key point is the insufficient reserves of gasoline. Although the coalition forces have stored a large amount of fuel at the first base camp ten kilometers northwest of Ufa, they are now leaving Ufa.  The road to Samara has just been repaired and leveled, so many military trucks in the early days were not transporting supplies but the gasoline they needed.

    Of course, if everything goes well, our existing road transportation capabilities can transport two integrated divisions or divisions, or six Russian divisions, from Ufa to Saratov in two days.  "Shunroku Hata said with some pride. Although he is not responsible for the work of the Allied Logistics Headquarters, the formulation of combat plans is closely related to logistics, so he has a very clear and thorough understanding of the logistics and transportation support capabilities.

    ¡°Major General Hata, so my third division will be the leader of the Ukrainian campaign.The main force of ???  Arrange us in the central route army or the northern route army?  !  Now it¡¯s my turn, Oba Jiro, and the Nagoya Division to show off their talents.¡±

    Before Da Ting left Chelyabinsk by plane in the morning, he only knew that according to the order of the coalition headquarters, the Third Division was ordered to take a train from Chelyabinsk to Ufa. Unexpectedly, the division was already there  The road from Ufa to Samara is on, which makes Oba Erlang very excited!

    "Well, our plan is that our middle route army in the Ukraine campaign will be composed of the third division of the Japanese Third Army, Lieutenant General Oba's Nagoya Division, as the main force, and a part of the Russian cavalry unit. In addition, Lieutenant General Fujii's third division will serve as the main force.  The 12th Division, also known as the Kurume Division, serves as the main force of the West Route Army and is also equipped with a part of the Russian cavalry units. For the East Route Army, the 7th Division is the main force and should also be equipped with a part of the Russian cavalry units. "

    While Shunroku Hata was talking about the Ukrainian campaign force formation plan drawn up by the war room, he quietly looked at the expressions of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and Taro Utsunomiya. This plan used all three main divisions of the Japanese Third Army and did not appear.  Behind the shadow of the reorganization division of the Chinese participating army was the tremendous pressure from the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters and the hints of Taro Utsunomiya.

    Of course, will the Chinese generals jump up and go berserk? Can the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces agree? Taro Utsunomiya, the new deputy commander of the coalition forces, pats his chest and says that he will take care of and handle everything!

    As soon as Hata Shunroku's plan came out, the three Japanese division commanders in the conference room, whose combined age was over 150 years old, were so excited that they almost stood up and sang a dragnet tune. They winked at each other and bumped shoulders with joy. Here, the Chinese generals from Chief of Staff Jiang  When Hong met Wu Peifu, deputy commander of the coalition forces, his face was gloomy.

    But Sun Liangcheng, Zhang Weixi, Li Mingzhong and Xiong Shihui had livid faces. The leading Chinese generals looked at each other and couldn't believe their ears. They thought to themselves that Shunroku Hata had been pinched over the head by a door or something. The Chinese combatants, the first main force of the coalition, were actually killed.  Excluded from the main lineup for the Ukraine campaign?  This is incredible!

    Then Sun Liangcheng couldn't help but slapped the table, and shouted directly at Hata Shunroku, "Tian, ??you dare to look down on my team? If you don't believe it, take me out for a walk, I will beat your entire division with my travel bag, without the help of aviation troops! Don't you dare?  Dare! Why didn¡¯t you arrange for Chinese troops to join the war in Ukraine? Don¡¯t blame me for turning your back on me if you don¡¯t tell me!¡±

    Sun Liangcheng roared like this. Xiong Shihui, Li Mingzhong and Zhang Weixi rolled up their sleeves and started shouting with the three Japanese division commanders. Li Mingzhong glared with a pair of bull's eyes and shouted,

    "The purpose of the Ukrainian campaign is to bring back the main German and Austrian forces from the Western Front battlefield. Although the Japanese army is considered brave, at most it is only a little more accurate than the Russian army in fighting the 38-year-old army. This is because the Russians are not used to it.  With 38 guns, I can defeat an infantry brigade with an armored regiment. If you don¡¯t believe me, let¡¯s compete and see whoever wins will go to Ukraine!¡±

    Here, Shunroku Hata also got angry when he heard this. However, this guy had stayed at the Chinese War Army Headquarters under the name Tian Jun for long enough, and he was relatively familiar with Li Mingzhong. Now he was getting angry and his face was red.  , but for a moment he didn¡¯t know how to refute it. The young and energetic Itagaki Seishiro beside him couldn¡¯t hold back his energy, he stepped forward and shouted,

    "Li Sang, our Imperial Army does not yet have the equipment for the armored regiment you mentioned. However, thanks to the kindness of the Commander-in-Chief, you gave me an armored battalion's chariot before heading south. My armored battalion can compete with your armored battalion.  , Whoever loses is a puppy! Whoever is afraid of you is a hero!"

    "Okay! Let's compete. I won't take advantage of you. Let's fight one armored battalion against another. Whoever wins will go to Ukraine! Those who dare not compete are puppies!" Li Mingzhong slapped the table and shouted without showing any weakness.

    The long row of Russian generals opposite originally thought that the Chinese generals were introverted. They were all silent for the first part of the meeting, and they were a bit sluggish. But when they expected that they would rush to fight, they were very passionate.  His aura is no worse than his own, and his posture is definitely that of a hero who dares to go up the mountain to fight a tiger!

    There are four Chinese generals here. Li Mingzhong is 31 years old, Zhang Weixi is 29 years old, Sun Liangcheng and Xiong Shihui are both 25 years old. The combined age of these four people is several dozen years younger than the three Japanese division commanders opposite, namely Shunroku Hata.  Younger, but still 39 years old, Itagaki Seishiro is 33 years old, and Ishihara Wanji is the youngest, but still 29 years old. Compared with the young, powerful and energetic, the Chinese generals definitely have an advantage.

    Seeing that these guys were going to hurt the peace if they continued to cause trouble, Utsunomiya Taro had to stand up quickly and reprimanded Itagaki, "Itagaki-kun, pay attention to your propriety, that's enough. If you can win the battle with a louder voice, then you still need your presence."  Why are you studying in the Imperial Continent? Please stop here!"

    This guy was training Itagaki, but he inadvertently highlighted that the academic qualifications of Japanese generals are higher than their youth and vigour.Not to mention the Chinese generals and the three veteran Japanese army lieutenant general division commanders, Hata Shunroku, Ishihara Kanji and Itagaki Seishiro are all top students of the Imperial Japanese Army University. In comparison, Li Mingzhong and Xiong Shihui  He is a non-commissioned officer graduate of Baoding Military Academy. He has never studied in mainland China. He is just a self-taught guy from the mixed brigade camp school.

    Speaking of which, Li Mingzhong was a typical model company commander of Pheasant Military Academy Feng Yuxiang. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes and fair skin. He is quite handsome. But if you compare with the Japanese generals in terms of age, you will definitely win. If you compare with the academic qualifications, you will definitely lose. Moreover, in the Battle of Ufa  The Russian cavalry division under Li Mingzhong, under the leadership of Nezhkov, shined in Buzuluk. This guy didn't fight in big battles in Orenburg, so his own record was indeed a bit unsatisfactory.

    Of course, Seishiro Itagaki was the first in the Japanese army to be equipped with an armored battalion, but when he followed Sun Liangcheng, he basically ended up on an armed parade. The Cossack cavalry of the Russian cavalry division had to do all the hard work.  Well, the Second Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division even launched a hundred-mile assault and finally annihilated a division of the Soviet Red Army in Bolgar.

    "Sit down, you guys. How dare you look down on friendly forces after you have become division commanders and fought a few battles? What's more, the coalition forces, regardless of Chinese, Japanese or Volga Federation forces, are all troops under the command of the coalition forces. There are no direct lineage or miscellaneous forces.  Yes, Itagaki is right. Weapons alone cannot prove your personal and unit abilities. Give your weapons to Itagaki and the others. Can you try using the 38-meter cover? I wonder if you are still that confident!"

    Wang Geng started to lecture with a cold face. Although the four Chinese generals here were all older than their commander-in-chief, none of them dared to fire off cannons indiscriminately. They blushed and sat back obediently, feeling unavoidable.  Muttering, the combat characteristics of our troops are to emphasize firepower and mobility. The Japanese are not equipped with advanced armored vehicles, machine guns and artillery. It is their own country's small government that is poor. What does it have to do with us?  !  In this world, the battle is about whose hands are more domineering!

    In fact, before this combat meeting was held, Wang Geng had already seen the draft of the campaign drawn up by Shunroku Hata and others in the morning. Taro Utsunomiya repeatedly requested that Japan's three divisions be the main force, considering that Taro Utsunomiya would cooperate with him.  has been good.

    In the Battle of Ufa, the Japanese army lacked opportunities to perform. Not only the Japanese commander Taro Utsunomiya, but also the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters were under pressure from domestic public opinion. It was nothing more than saying that Japan had the possibility of becoming a vassal of China. The Imperial Army was  The coalition forces are suppressed and marginalized everywhere, and are not given a chance to perform at all. If this continues, Japan's generals will be destitute, and the Imperial Army's combat effectiveness and combat will will also decline.

    The Japanese government even submitted a diplomatic note to the Duan Qirui government in Beijing through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, hoping that the spirit of equality and unity of the Sino-Japanese alliance could be truly implemented into the combat arrangements of the Allied forces on the Eastern Front, so as to live up to the Japanese people's support for the coalition forces.  High hopes, Duan Qirui reluctantly mentioned this in his telegram to Wang Geng. The implication was that he hoped Wang Geng could make some appropriate concessions and give the Japanese army some opportunities to perform.

    Thinking of this, Wang Geng turned around and discussed in a low voice with Jiang Hongyu and Wu Peifu, the generals beside him. He also exchanged opinions with Taro Utsunomiya here, then stood up, held the conference table with both hands, and glanced around.  A group of senior generals from China, Japan and Russia under their command said word by word,

    "The coalition command decided that in the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign, the Japanese 3rd Division, 7th Division and 12th Division will be responsible for the attack in three directions at the same time. In addition, in addition to the coalition air force, the Chinese Third Group Army  The division-affiliated armored regiments of the three divisions are also assigned to fight with these three Japanese divisions! "
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