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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 560 Wave after Wave

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    July 21, 1918 16:20 Allied Forces Headquarters Samara

    "Lieutenant General Sun, I know that many generals here also have this question. However, as I have said before, our goal in the Ukraine campaign is to attract German and Austrian aid from the east, not just to occupy Ukraine. Therefore, in the first stage, we first  The purpose of setting up the main battlefield in Kharkov is to besiege the city and mobilize reinforcements, and attract the Ukrainian autonomous government troops and the main German and Austrian forces in Ukraine to Kharkov to eat them!¡±

    "Kharkov is only 30 kilometers away from the border between the Volga Federation and Ukraine. It is convenient for us to use Belgorod as our base camp and continuously supply and reinforce the front line through railway lines. You must know that the Volga Federation has just been established, and we  The logistics supply line from Chelyabinsk to Kharkov is more than 1,700 kilometers, of which 700 kilometers on the right bank of the Volga River only have roads and no railways!¡±

    "In this case, if we put the main battlefield in Kiev, then we will add 400 kilometers of supply lines in Ukraine, and we are still clearing out the stragglers and refugee bandits along the railways and roads in the Volga Federation.  After arriving in Ukraine, I believe that the resistance and harassment by local armed forces there will be more intense, so in the first stage, we cannot stretch our hands so far. Kharkiv is the best battlefield for us."

    "At that time, in order to reinforce Kharkov, Germany and Austria will lengthen their logistics supply and transportation lines, and the advantage will fall to our side! Do you understand?" Wang Geng's words are a lesson.  It was Sun Liangcheng who said it. In fact, he also told all the generals under his command present. This guy glanced at the generals and said,

    "When fighting a war, it's not just about winning it straight away. We also have to consider how to fight it in the most cost-effective way! Now that our family is weak and weak, we can't spend too much money to defeat the war!"

    "But Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, if that's the case, then why do we need to launch a three-pronged attack? I think the West Route Army does not have to dispatch at all. Wouldn't this allow the enemy to swarm towards Kharkov more confidently and boldly?"  Pepelyaev couldn't help but raise his hand and said, in his opinion, the Volga Federation's financial resources are so thin now, and war is like a meat grinder that consumes food and materials. If it is going to be provoked but not launched, why send the Western Route Army out?  It costs a lot for people to eat horse chews.

    A group of Russian generals in the conference room were whispering. Obviously not everyone was so keen on fighting such a big war so soon. Pepelyaev's words also expressed the common questions in their hearts.

    "The problem is actually this. Kharkiv is far away from the border between Germany, Austria and Ukraine, and Kiev, as the most important town in Ukraine, has an irreplaceable and important position. If we only fight in Kharkiv, we do not rule out the possibility that Germany and Austria will endure the humiliation."  Deal with the western front first, and on the eastern front they just move the Ukrainian capital from Kharkov to Kiev, so that they can abandon Kharkov like an abandoned child at any time, while Ukraine is still in their hands.¡±

    ¡°Therefore, we have made an effort to capture all the three major cities of Kiev, Kharkov and Dnipropetrovsk in one fell swoop. In other words, even if Germany and Austria see through our plan to siege the city and give up the rescue of Kharkov and  If we shrink towards Kiev, we can also use the Western Route Army that has been dispatched to encircle Kiev in time and force the opponent to keep Kiev. This will mobilize the enemy so that they cannot easily abandon the east bank of the Dnieper River!

    This forces Germany and Austria to continuously invest troops to defend Ukraine. Otherwise, when we advance slowly from Kharkov, the other side may block the flow of operations in Kiev. By then, Kiev will be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we will be delayed.  Time, and time is the most precious!  "

    Wang Geng's explanation about the Western Route Army obviously had unfinished connotations, but at this moment, since he didn't want to explain it so clearly, everyone stopped and did not continue to argue about this issue. Utsunomiya Taro might jump out if he got anxious.  Yell,

    "Kiev is the inevitable target in the second phase of the Ukrainian campaign. The whole country of Japan is waiting for the victory of the Third Army to conquer the important Ukrainian town of Kiev and capture all the cities north of the Dnieper River. Who is not convinced?"

    As for Wang Geng, this guy actually likes to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger to defend instead of attack, so Kiev will become the main battlefield for him to have a decisive battle with the German and Austrian reinforcements, and in this city, he hopes that in the second stage of the battle with the main German and Austrian forces, the Germans will  Austria is the offensive side, while the coalition is the defensive side. This time we will fight a brand-new Battle of Kiev, making Kiev a meat grinder for the main force on the Eastern Front of Germany and Austria.

    In other words, Kharkiv will become the first piece of cheese in the Ukrainian campaign. Using Kharkiv as the capital, we can capture all the reinforcements that can be attracted from Ukraine. At the same time, it will also win the army and the Russian troops of the Volga Federation.  At the end of the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign, the coalition forces will take Kiev in one go.

    After that, we will prepare for a big battle with the main force of the German-Austrian counterattack in Kiev.  ThisIn the ? stage, the eight armies of the Volga Federation will become the main force in the battle. Defending according to danger is the best way for Russian recruits to improve the quality of the troops. After digging several trenches and fighting several defensive battles, the tenacity of the troops will  It¡¯s coming up!

    As for large-scale offensives and field battles, Wang Geng always avoided putting the newly established divisions through such cruel tests. Herding sheep and running around was not what Wang Geng pursued. He wanted to fight a cost-effective battle, which would not only put the coalition's  The team was trained so that it could not suffer too many casualties and lose its energy, and it could also draw some of Germany's and Austria's attention back from the Western Front.

    "The task of the Western Route Army is actually quite arduous. After the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign, we should have basically eliminated the enemies on the north bank of the Dnieper River. At this time, the Western Route Army must quickly encircle and capture Kiev, and then, it must hold  Kiev, according to our judgment, Germany and Austria will not give up Ukraine as a granary easily, especially since the summer grain will be available in two months, the main force of Germany and Austria is likely to turn around and come back from the Western Front! "

    Wang Geng's tone was a little solemn. For him, he would rather have a decisive battle with Germany and Austria in Kharkov, but the war does not depend on the unilateral will of the coalition forces. What's more, if the main force of Germany and Austria swarms over, at this time  At this moment, the coalition forces and the Volga Federation forces are definitely not ready for a big fight. The troops need to be further supplemented and strengthened. The Russian troops have not had time to replenish their weapons and ammunition. The Chinese and Japanese troops of the coalition forces are fighting nearly ten thousand miles away from their homeland, especially in Germany and Austria.  In front of the army, it is still doubtful whether the coalition forces can perform as usual.

    "Lieutenant General Fujii, Colonel Ishihara, your Western Route Army's battle plan needs to be more detailed in retrospect. The key is to grasp several time points in the battle. In the first stage, the enemy in Kiev must be sent to the east to support, and in the second stage,  Take Kiev before the main force from Germany and Austria arrives!"

    The deputy commander of the coalition forces, Taro Utsunomiya, is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He insisted on fighting in Kiev. Otherwise, Wang Geng would probably have resigned and let the coalition forces defeat Kharkov and just wait and see!

    "Hai!" Fujii and Ishihara, the old and young generals, stood at attention and nodded in agreement.

    Here, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Wang Geng, waved his hand and asked everyone to sit back down. Then he pointed at the battle map with his baton and said,

    "Compared to the Central Route Army and the West Route Army, the East Route Army has the heaviest task. The East Route Army consists of the main force of the 12th Division of Lieutenant General Shiba Goro of the Japanese Third Army and is attached to the divisional armored regiment of the Chinese 20th Division of the Allied Forces.  Formed into an infantry division of Lieutenant General Yegorov's Tsaritsyn Group Army, it is also assigned to fight! "

    "The former enemy commander-in-chief of the East Route Army was Lieutenant General Shiba Goro, commander of the 12th Division, Colonel Seishiro Itagaki served as chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yegorov served as deputy commander and deputy chief of staff, and the first echelon of the East Route Army's front line also  There are more than 40,000 people. Lieutenant General Yegorov leads the remaining two infantry divisions of the Tsaritsyn Group Army to station the reserve force on the Tsaritsyn front line! "

    "In the Ukrainian campaign, the mission of the Eastern Route Army was to go all the way east from Kamensk Shakhtinsky, the starting point of the campaign, one day after the battle started. The first step was to capture Luhansk, and the second step was to capture Luhansk.  Descend to Debalchev in the southwest, then divide the troops into two groups, continue to march in the southwest, capture Donetsk, then go south to Mariupol on the seaside, then sweep across the coast of the Sea of ????Azov, and capture Berdyan  Sk, the other way goes directly to the west, the goal is Dnipropetrovsk!¡±

    "The reason why the Eastern Route Army says its mission is complex and arduous is because it is an area where the Don Cossack White Guards and Ukrainian forces penetrate each other, and the terrain is relatively complex and the area is large. Therefore, whether the Eastern Route Army can complete it well!  "

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, do you need to send the federal Cossack cavalry troops to join the Eastern Route Army to fight? That is the hometown of the Cossacks. The cavalry under my command have long been holding back their strength to fight back to their hometown!" Xie, Commander of the Volga Cavalry Army  Ergai said eagerly.

    "In the first stage of the Ukrainian campaign, the four federal cavalry armies will not participate. You must seize the time to replenish and reorganize. The federal cavalry army has more important tasks!" Wang Geng smiled and vetoed Sergei's request to fight.

    "A more important task?" Several commanders of the cavalry corps looked at each other, obviously surprised and happy, but also doubtful. The scale of the Ukrainian battle in front of them will never be smaller than the Ufa battle. Is there anything more important than the Ukrainian battle?  Important tasks?

    "Yes, as a mobile force, the federal cavalry army, in addition to assuming the task of the general reserve team for the campaign, the next task is to capture the lower Volgar area, which is the three states south of Tsaritsyn. Of course, Krak  It would be best if Snov and Denikin's White Guards could voluntarily join the Volga Federation, but the discipline of the Cossack troops in the south is very poor, and these generals are used to separatist forces. I don't think they may be willing to join, so the cavalry army!  The main direction of the battle is in the south!"

    The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces nodded affirmatively.

      "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, are we the stall is too big The situation in the southern Caucasus is quite complicated, and it will not be possible to completely pacify it overnight. The Volga Federation is currently just dealing with the Ukrainian campaign."  I'm a little out of breath. If we open up the southern front, we won't be able to provide food for people and horses!" Pepelyaev, the Prime Minister of the Volga Federation, couldn't help but complain.

    Several Chinese generals were obviously stunned and stared at their commander-in-chief without blinking, waiting for him to say that the Chinese Third Army was also participating in the battle in the south!  Several Russian generals were whispering, obviously unable to adapt to such a majestic campaign plan by the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

    Many people are muttering to themselves: How many days has the Volga Federation been established?  The reorganization of the eight armies has not yet been completed. One-third of the troops have just left the prisoner of war camps and do not even have rifles in their hands. This does not count as launching the Ukrainian campaign, but also the southern campaign?  This is so surprising!

    "The urgency of the southern campaign is more important than the Ukrainian campaign. The key is that the oil producing areas on both sides of the Caspian Sea must be taken over, otherwise the logistics of transporting all the fuel from the east of the Ural Mountains will be too great, and after the third Tsaritsyn defense battle  , the battered Krasnov and Denikin troops were at their weakest.

    At this time, we could have sent a message to the south, but these Cossacks have strong guerrilla habits and are basically no different from bandits. Therefore, in addition to political offensive, we must also prepare for military struggle!  "

    Shunroku Hata and the staff in the war room only produced the first draft of the southern campaign plan mentioned by Wang Geng. It mainly planned to use the main force of the four federal cavalry corps for high-speed mobile operations, with the main goal of defeating and recruiting the Cossack cavalry, and at the same time occupying the territory.  The oil-producing areas of Baku, Russia, on both sides of the Caspian Sea!
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