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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 569 Voroshilov¡¯s plan!

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    July 22, 1918 11:50 Nizhny Novgorod Volga Front Headquarters

    "Kliment Yefremovich, you have to take responsibility for the loss of the Volga River defense line! If you hadn't insisted on letting the Third Army, which only had 7 divisions, defend such a long Volga River defense line, and put the 3rd Army  The main forces of the Eighth Army and the Tenth Army are placed in the south and rear. The Volga River defense line will never fall apart after only three hours of fighting! How should we explain to Comrade Sverdlov now? "

    Kamenev, the military commissar of the Volga Front of the Soviet Red Army, turned pale, slapped the table and shouted at Voroshilov, the deputy commander of the front who was responsible for the battle command.

    Just a few minutes ago, a battle report came from the headquarters of the Third Army on the Kazan front. The three main divisions of Berzin's Third Army were holding the bridgehead position on the south bank of Kazan. The bridgehead position on the south bank of Kazan was broken through by Kolchak's White Guards. The Soviet Red Army artillery unit  The entire army was wiped out, with more than 8,000 infantry casualties. The remaining troops, under the command of commander Berzin, had retreated westward along the road on the south bank of the Volga River.

    The Volga River defense line, which was regarded as a natural danger, fell after only three hours of defense. Kamenev, the first military committee member of the Volga Military District Military Commission and the Front Army Military Commission, who was newly appointed, was caught off guard. Front Army Commander Sverdlow  The secretariat work that my husband had in the Central Committee of the Soviet Union was very heavy. The burden of commanding the frontline operations was placed on the shoulders of political commissar Kamenev and deputy commander Voroshilov. Unexpectedly, Kamenev lost the first battle, which made Kamenev  Nev couldn't help but roared at the former enemy commander-in-chief Voroshilov.

    Voroshilov frowned and stared at the battle map on the wall for a long time with his hands behind his back. When Kamenev behind him finished his roar and gasped for air, he turned around and said calmly,

    "Lev Borisovich, the south bank of Kazan could not be defended in the first place. It was you who insisted on defending it, which caused Berzin's Third Army to pay heavy casualties. It is you who should bear the responsibility.  , Comrade Military Commissar, if you hadn¡¯t insisted on having your own way, we wouldn¡¯t have had to guard the south bank of Kazan!¡±

    "What nonsense are you talking about! Moscow established the Volga Military District and the Front Army just to unify command and defend the natural danger of the Volga River? Not only did you not use the main force of the Front Army, that is, the main force of the Eighth and Tenth Group Armies, to guard the south bank of Kazan  position, you even withdrew a division of the Third Army originally deployed to defend Zelenodolsk on the north bank of the Volga River to the south bank. I don¡¯t understand, Kliment Yefremovich, what on earth did you do?  Thought?"

    Kamenev was obviously a little frustrated. When he was in Moscow, he wanted to command a front army on his own. In the end, despite all his efforts, he could only serve as the military commissar of the Volga Front. When Sverdlov returned to Moscow, Volga  The river front army had to listen to Voroshilov, the deputy commander of the front army, for the march and combat command. This made Kamenev and the complacent Voroshilov become enemies as soon as he took office.

    Voroshilov fought all the way from Ukraine to Tsaritsyn. He was experienced in many battles. In commanding three battles to defend Tsaritsyn, he really displayed his commanding art to the fullest. He was able to defend Tsaritsyn with a weak force.  , defeated the offensive of Krasnov and Denikin's White Guards, which gave Voroshilov the full confidence and arrogance of a military commander in front of Kamenev, a member of the Central Committee who had only commanded the workers' division and the garrison division.  .

    "Lev Borisovich, although you are the First Military Commissar, I am the deputy commander of the front army and the former commander-in-chief of the enemy. Before Comrade Sverdlov returned to Moscow, he also convened a meeting with everyone. I  The battle plan has been approved by the commander and Moscow. The Kazan battle has just begun, and it is still too early to decide who will win. How can I carry out my work if you yell like this?" Voroshilov frowned and said to Kamenev.

    At this moment, in the post-Joseph era, the generals from Tsaritsyn, headed by Voroshilov, have quite complicated moods. On the one hand, as generals from the Southern Front and Tsaritsyn, they must try to downplay their direct lineage from Joseph.  Labels and colors should be integrated into the big family of the Volga Military District and the Front Army as soon as possible.

    On the other hand, the superiority of the big bosses from Moscow, especially Kamenev, who was good at talking about military affairs on paper but had little actual military command experience, and bossed around in front of the southern generals made people feel disgusted and resentful.

    Fortunately, Sverdlov, member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, vice chairman of the Supreme Military Council, and commander of the Volga Military District and Front Army, has a very good personality. Originally, this guy was responsible for the organization and personnel work of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, and he was very important to important cadres from all over the country.  They are very familiar with each other and get along well with Voroshilov and Chernavin, which prevented the Volga Military District and the Front Army from falling apart with their own agendas at the beginning of their establishment.

    ¡°Leev Borisovich, the Front¡¯s battle plan for the Battle of Kazan,¡±?It was approved by Moscow and recognized by Commander Comrade Yakov Mikhailovich. Now the battle has just begun, and we have been mentally prepared to lose the southern bank of Kazan. The key is how to fight below, not  If there is any movement on the front line, our front army headquarters will be in chaos!  "

    The person speaking to smooth things over was Vladimir Nikolayevich Chernavin, the chief of staff of the Volga Front and commander of the Eighth Army. In his opinion, he was a member of the Soviet Central Committee and a military commander of the Front.  Commissar Kamenev's performance at this moment is not worthy of being a political commissar of the front army at all. Even as a division political commissar, he may not be qualified. The war has just begun, and when he loses the slightest, he starts yelling about how to do it if the situation is messed up!

    "People say that victory is imminent. Although we are in a hurry, if the main forces of the Eighth and Tenth Army are concentrated on the defense line on the south bank of Kazan, it will be impossible for Kolchak to successfully cross the river. But you are just unwilling and insist on showing  If the enemy is weak, it is impossible to resist the opponent's offensive first and then look at it. Now, our front army has established its first battle, with more than 8,000 casualties and the entire artillery company was wiped out. This is not possible. The troops have just recovered a little morale.  It¡¯s about to be broken up again!¡±

    Military Commissar Kamenev continued to mutter, but his voice was much softer than before. He also knew that the battle plan and troop deployment were finally approved by Sverdlov and Moscow after several discussions, but he felt a little stuck in his heart.  The panic.

    The guy was thinking to himself. According to the formations of Voroshilov and Chernavin, the Third Army only had three divisions and six artillery batteries, and the number of machine guns had not been increased. It was logical that it would not be able to defend the south bank of Kazan.  Could it be that just because of this, Sverdlov simply returned to Moscow and threw the responsibility for the unfavorable early war on himself and Voroshilov?
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