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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 564 Huge Plan

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    July 21, 1918 18:45 Allied Forces Headquarters in Samara

    "Everyone, the casualties of the coalition forces in the Battle of Ufa were not large. The main reason was that the detours and pursuits made the troops very tired. In order to cope with the Allied forces on the French battlefield on the Western Front, we had to commit the troops to the Ukrainian campaign and the South without enough rest time.  battle.

    Therefore, as the strategic reserve of the coalition forces, the expansion of the Central Front Army is imperative. Once the main German and Austrian forces are really pulled back by our actions in Ukraine, it will be far too far to stop the opponent with the existing strength of the coalition forces and the Volga Federation.  not enough!  "Wang Geng's tone was quite solemn. Upon seeing this, more than a dozen senior Chinese and Russian generals in the conference room sat up straight, and the air in the conference room became solemn.

    "Chief of Staff, this guy Shunroku Hata was dragged by Utsunomiya to hold a combat meeting of the Southwest Front Army. Please tell him about the Central Front Army's army expansion plan!" Wang Geng sat back in his seat and lit a cigar.  Smoking, he waved his hand to let Jiang Hongyu, an old scalper, continue to exert his remaining enthusiasm as chief of staff.

    "Regarding the reorganization and expansion of the Allied Powers, the reorganization of the Volga Federation's eight group armies and four cavalry armies can be regarded as the first stage. Of course, this has been arranged before. Since these 320,000 troops are all veterans, so  The reorganization work at this stage will be carried out simultaneously with the mobilization of the Southwest Front and the Southern Front, as well as the assembly preparations for the Ukrainian campaign and the Southern campaign.

    The pressure on logistics support in the first stage mainly lies in the replenishment of weapons and ammunition and the hoarding of food. Therefore, the Central Front Army, which will not participate in the Ukrainian campaign and the southern campaign for the time being, as well as the governments at all levels of the Volga Federation and the workers, peasants, merchants, and students must tighten their belts.  It has been a difficult period, and of course basic food security is still available, but the rations of meat, eggs, poultry, fish and chocolate lemon candies for the central front army and civil servants in federal government agencies will be greatly reduced in the near future!  "

    Jiang Hongyu's words were obviously not a joke. The Allied Forces' logistical support and food rationing standards had always been something that the Allied Forces and the Russian Federal Forces were proud of. Now that they were talking about tightening their belts for a while, everyone felt a little confused.  It's gloomy, but when I think about it, on the land of the Volga Federation, the total strength of the main forces of the three fronts of the coalition has exceeded 500,000. In addition, there are nearly 6 million ordinary people who have to ensure the minimum food supply.  How much food is enough for one day?

    Thinking about it this way, everything will be fine if you don't starve. As for the chocolate lemon candies, we can only take it one step at a time. Of course, many people are so serious about the coalition command's late stage of the Ukrainian campaign and possible reinforcements.  The strength of the main German and Austrian troops that came was so serious that they were quite disapproving of it, especially after experiencing the battle of Ufa in which nearly 500,000 people from both sides were killed.

    More than one person is still hesitant. If the Ukrainian campaign goes smoothly as planned, how much troops Germany and Austria can devote to the Eastern Front by then. If it is 40 divisions, it will only be 500,000 people. The total strength has exceeded 500,000.  The coalition forces may not be able to fight when the time comes!  Why be so cautious and trembling?

    Of course, no one dares to think that Wang Geng, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front Allied Forces, the young uncrowned king of Asia, the de facto helmsman of the Sino-Japanese Alliance, the youth idol of Asian young men and women and soldiers, known as the King of China, is a coward and fearful of following Germany.  Anyone who dares to think like this, the main force fighting in Austria, is afraid that he will be strangled to death in the cradle at any time as soon as this idea comes up!

    Jiang Hongyu glanced at the generals present. It was obvious that everyone was calm about having to tighten their belts and live a tight life in order to ensure the supply of the Southwest Front Army and the Southern Front Army's front line. This made Jiang Hongyu secretly nod in his heart, and then continued  road,

    "The second phase of the coalition's expansion mission will be mainly completed by the Central Front Army. That is to say, as the strategic reserve of the coalition, the Central Front Army, in addition to defending the Volga Federation, is always ready to coordinate the military operations of other front armies and monitor Kolchak in the north.  Apart from the war between the White Guards and the Soviet Red Army to the west, the most important task is to expand the army and prepare for war! "

    "In the past few months, we have recruited 100,000 local recruits of all nationalities in Chelyabinsk, Western Siberia. Sixty thousand of them, totaling six infantry divisions, have been organized into Semyon.  The remaining 40,000 troops of Nov and Pavlov's First and Second Armies are still undergoing training. They will also enter the territory of the Volga Federation in early August, along with the three reorganized divisions reinforced by China and the Japanese troops.  Together, the three divisions will join the combat order of the Allied Central Front!"

    ¡°Considering that during the Battle of Ufa, each combat detachment was organized separately at division level and below, and detachments above division level were mixed into Chinese, Japanese, and Russian formations and achieved good results and results. Therefore, we are considering the expansion of the coalition¡¯s Central Front.  We will try to adopt a mixed grouping approach!" Jiang Hongyu drew a schematic diagram of the organizational structure on the whiteboard of the small meeting.

    "Allied Forces Central CommitteeThe generals will form mixed armies. Each infantry group army is responsible for a Chinese mixed infantry brigade, a Japanese brigade, and a Russian infantry division. Each group army has about 30,000 to 40,000 combat troops. Of course, language is always an issue, but in  In fighting on this land, we believe that such a mixed formation is a better way to integrate various forces into one rope. At least in the Battle of Ufa, good results were achieved.  "Jiang Hongyu said.

    "The Chief of Staff is right. As the armies of the Allied Powers, the yellow-skinned Chinese and Japanese troops are always suspected of being invaders by the local people because of their geographical location and ethnic origin. However, the Russian troops are inferior in all aspects of equipment and training.  Not as good as the Chinese and Japanese armies, so they will inadvertently have an inferiority complex. Of course, this will also easily encourage the arrogance and arrogance of the Chinese and Japanese army generals and troops! "

    Wang Geng flicked the cigarette ashes and continued to explain as if casually, "Whether within the Sino-Japanese Alliance or within the Allied Forces, we have always adhered to the principle that all ethnic groups are equal regardless of nationality. The combat effectiveness, origin, and  The equipment and combat experience are definitely different, but they are completely equal in terms of personality and status. If you want to win the respect of others, you have to show excellent military discipline and record. Everything else is nonsense! "

    Several Russian generals obviously heard the ups and downs in their hearts, and there was a hint of admiration and gratitude in their eyes. The Chinese generals remained silent. From the sick men of East Asia to standing on top of the world's nations, for the Chinese generals, this contrast is relatively large, and they must have  It is a process of adaptation, and it is natural to say that before the Battle of Ufa, the Chinese and Japanese generals and troops looked down on the rough old Maozi troops.

    However, the brilliant achievements of the Russian troops in the coalition forces, especially the cavalry troops, and the momentum of the Soviet and Russian Red Army shouting "Ula" when charging, have gradually gained the respect of the Chinese and Japanese generals and troops, so now  Listening to the cliche of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces saying that all are equal, no one dares to be naughty and stand up to oppose it!

    But here Li Mingzhong murmured in his heart that the Russian Cossack cavalry unit in the coalition had a good record, but the military discipline was also very bad. If there was no war, more souls would die under the guns of the coalition gendarmerie than those who died on the battlefield.  Even more, the military discipline of the Soviet Red Army was not much better than that of the White Guards.

    ???????????????????? Even a company commander might have a personal female medic to take care of him, wash and cook his boots during the day, warm his bed at night and so on!  Co-author: Our Chinese soldiers participating in the war are suffering. Our brains have been washed by the military song "Three Major Disciplines and Nine Points of Attention". We dare not mess around and violate disciplines!

    "The command problem of the mixed formation is not big. The flaw is in terms of logistics support. The calibers of rifle bullets are not uniform. The rifles used by the Chinese ** team are American m1903 Springfield rifles with bullet caliber 7.62. They are used by the Japanese army and the Russian troops in Siberia.  Japanese type 38 rifle, bullet caliber 6.5.

    Fortunately, the machine guns of the mixed unit will use the standard rifles of the Chinese ** Corps, which are the 7.62mm caliber 1917bra Browning squad machine gun, the 7.62mm caliber m1918a3 air-cooled Browning heavy machine gun, and the 12.7mm  Browning large-caliber high-level dual-purpose heavy machine guns, 60mm caliber platoon mortars and 81mm caliber battalion mortars also use Chinese standards, and the artillery all uses 75mm caliber Type 38 field guns and 75mm caliber 41  Type mountain cannon, and 150mm caliber heavy howitzer.  "

    "In other words, except for rifle bullets, the calibers of other machine gun bullets, mortar shells, and mountain artillery shells are exactly the same. Therefore, the difficulties in logistical ammunition support can be overcome. The remaining problems are language and living habits. OK  Even in the Chinese or Japanese armies, soldiers come from all over the world, and many of them speak dialects from different places, so the language problem is not as difficult as imagined!" Jiang Hongyu said with a smile.

    "That's true. Some of my military pronunciations are easier to learn in Japanese and Russian than in Mandarin. Moreover, many Chinese characters and pronunciations in Japanese and Chinese are very similar. As for Russian, learn related words in daily conversations and military regulations.  Whatever, as long as you work hard, you can make do with gestures in three and a half years!" Zhang Weixi said from the side.

    "Hey, speaking of it, during the Battle of Ufa, my soldiers didn't take the opportunity to shout "Ula!", it was the Soviet Red Army who shouted!" Xiong Shihui said, slapping his thigh.

    "Don't think it's easy to transport three reorganized divisions and three regiments from China. Nearly 200,000 men and equipment were transported. Almost all the locomotives at the stations along the Trans-Siberian Railway were used. Nearly 200 military trains  The trains are transporting them day and night, and the nearly 7,500 kilometers of railway journey from Manzhouli to Ufa alone takes four days and five nights." Wang Geng was obviously dissatisfied with the lack of concentration of these generals.

    Xiong Shihui and Zhang Weixi touched their heads and stopped breathing. They continued to listen attentively to the chief of staff of the coalition forces talking about the expansion plan of the Central Front Army.

    ¡°The Central Front Army of the Allied Forces will adopt a mixed formation method for the infantry group army.After the domestic three divisions and nine mixed brigades arrive, plus the Japanese three divisions and six brigades, plus the First and Second Siberian Army, the coalition headquarters plans to use the third, ninth and second  The 10th Division and the three newly arrived reorganized divisions will be mixed together, so that there will be 18 mixed Chinese infantry brigades. Half of each mixed brigade will be veterans who have experienced the Siberian March and the Battle of Ufa, and the other half will be new domestic reinforcements.  force!  "

    "The three newly arrived divisions of the Japanese Army were originally supposed to be mixed with the three divisions of the original Third Army to reach the level of half recruits and half veterans. However, because the Ukrainian campaign could not wait, the newly arrived Japanese  The three divisions and six brigades will no longer be mixed, but will be directly mixed with the Chinese mixed brigades and Siberian infantry divisions to form an infantry group army!" Jiang Hongyu continued to draw a schematic diagram of the formation on the whiteboard.

    "Chief of Staff, the Japanese army only has six brigades. After the three-nation troops are mixed, they can only form six group armies. What will happen to the remaining troops?" Sun Liangcheng was quick-thinking and raised his hand immediately to ask.

    "You are right. In the first phase, the Central Front of the Allied Forces will form six new infantry groups. Each infantry group will be responsible for a Chinese mixed infantry brigade, a Japanese mixed infantry brigade, a Siberian infantry division, and an additional *  * Field heavy artillery regiment, a * armored regiment, an * anti-aircraft artillery regiment, and an engineer baggage regiment, with a total strength of about 47,000 people! " Jiang Hongyu replied.

    "Of the remaining 12 Chinese mixed infantry brigades, 8 mixed infantry brigades will be combined with 4 Siberian Russian infantry divisions to form four mechanized infantry armies. Each group army will have one mixed armored brigade, one mixed infantry brigade and  One Russian infantry division, one army heavy artillery regiment, one anti-aircraft artillery regiment, one anti-tank armor regiment and one engineer baggage regiment, with a total strength of about 49,000 people!"

    The remaining four mixed infantry brigades will be combined with the two remaining mixed brigades of the 1st Armored Division, plus the two cavalry corps of Ural and Volga, to form two armored armies, each of which will have a mixed tank brigade.  , a mixed armored brigade, a mixed mechanized infantry brigade, a heavy artillery brigade, an anti-aircraft artillery brigade and a cavalry corps."

    "Tank brigade?!" Several Chinese generals exclaimed, while Pepelyaev and other Russian generals were confused. Can the coalition forces be equipped with tanks?  Where did the tank come from?  What does it look like?

    "Yes, the research and development progress of the tanks developed by China is one month ahead of schedule. The first batch of domestically produced tanks will roll off the production line at the end of July. However, large batches will not roll off the production line until mid-to-late August. By the end of August, the equipment needs of two tank brigades can be met!  It's not convenient to say more specific details now!" Jiang Hongyu showed a look of pride on his face. Although the FD18 is a light tank with a total weight of only six tons, it will be one of the trump cards and secret weapons in the hands of the coalition forces.

    Here, Semyonov and Pavlov had just been promoted from Russian infantry division commanders to group army commanders a few days ago. The official prestige and addiction of the army lieutenant general's uniform had not been enough. In the blink of an eye, they held the Siberian Autonomous Government's  The six Russian infantry divisions of the two group armies were included in the establishment of the mixed infantry group army.

    What is gratifying is that it has obviously been organized into the core main force of the coalition. What is uncomfortable is that it is impossible for a Russian general like himself to be the commander of this mixed army so quickly, right?  Commanding a Chinese mixed infantry brigade and a Japanese mixed infantry brigade, as well as so many heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns?  Neither Semyonov nor Pavlov dared to think about it, and their faces looked a little embarrassed and weird for a moment.

    "Semenov, Pavlov, you are the Russian generals I trained with my own hands. You must seize the time to learn and improve. The Battle of Ufa was of great help to the improvement of the Russian troops and generals in Siberia. I believe that in the next  You will definitely be useful in the battle. In the future, as long as the conditions are ripe, you will be the commander of the mixed group army or even the commander of the front army. Don't belittle yourself and lose your ambition!"

    The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces saw some clues from the faces of the two men. He smiled and comforted the two men. At the same time, he turned to Chapayev and Sergey, the two commanders of the cavalry corps, and said,

    "Although the cavalry is a high-level unit, it will gradually fall behind in the face of armored vehicles and tanks. Lieutenant General Chapayev and Lieutenant General Sergei, I believe that excellent cavalry generals like you will definitely grow into tank soldiers and tanks in the future.  Armored general.

    I still say this. The coalition treats generals of all ethnic groups and nationalities equally. As long as they have the ability to fight well, they will definitely be the commanders of group armies and front armies in the future!  You must maintain your vigor and enterprising spirit, and of course, you must continue to learn and improve. After all, mechanical weapons such as tanks and armored vehicles are very different from war horses!  "

    Wang Geng¡¯s gentle and gentle words of comfort obviously moved the four Russian generals emotionally. Several of the generals actually had red eyes and nodded fiercely.

    Here Pepelyaev and Balayanov look at each other.At first glance, their expressions were a bit bitter. Their Ufa Group Army and Samara Group Army were obviously regarded as the armies of the Volga Federation and were not included in the reorganization and expansion plan of the Central Front Army. This made the two of them a little disappointed and felt quite complicated.  .

    Unexpectedly, Wang Geng turned around and smiled at Pepelyayev and Balayanov and said,

    "You two must be complaining that I, the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, prefers one to another, right? In fact, that is not the case. The Allied Forces have its historical mission, and will eventually dissipate after the mission is completed. And the Volga Federation, I hope no matter what its name is in the future, will always be  Standing tall on this land to protect and defend his people from infringement!¡±

    "Your Excellency Pepe, the task of reorganizing and expanding your two armies is also very arduous. I hope that the Volga Federation will start recruiting new soldiers as soon as possible. At least in the first phase, no less than six divisions of new soldiers will be recruited on the land of the Volga Federation.  At that time, we will reorganize the Volga Federation¡¯s armored divisions and tank divisions!¡±

    Wang Geng¡¯s words made Pepelyaev and Balayanov feel better immediately!
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