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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 571 Everyone has different fighting methods

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    "Lev Borisovich, you reminded me that it is not appropriate to send two divisions northward. They are too few, but four divisions are a bit too much, and there is not enough time" Voroshilov  He rubbed his hands excitedly, walked back and forth for a few steps, then raised his head and said,

    "I think so, Chief of Staff, in the name of the Front Army Headquarters, sent a report to Gidis's Tenth Army, asking him to send no less than three divisions of troops to go north along the river. Note that they must go north along the Volga River.  But you are not allowed to enter the range of the heavy artillery of the Kazan Fortress. By the way, send a telegram to the Volga River Fleet and order them to cooperate with the Tenth Army on the Volga River. This way, the fleet's naval guns can be used to support our infantry divisions along the coast! "

    "Is that so? It's okay. You have convinced me. Comrade Deputy Commander and Comrade Political Commissar. Let me see if we can let the Volga Fleet prepare a large number of ferries to follow the fleet. In case the troops heading north are attacked.  Kolchak's main cavalry intercepted and cut off the southward retreat. Under the cover of artillery fire from the fleet in the Volga River area, the three divisions boarded boats and headed south along the river. The enemy in Kazan did not have a large surface fleet, so they would definitely  It can¡¯t stop us from retreating south!¡±

    Chief of Staff Chernavin's eyes lit up, and he added a fairly safe strategy. Voroshilov and Kamenev both nodded when they heard this, and an urgent telegram issued a new combat order for the front army.  Tick-tick, tick-tick, followed the radio waves and sent it to the Tenth Army.

    To the Tenth Army Headquarters

    Commander Gidis and Military Commissar Klyuyev

    July 22, 1918 12:10

    The main force of Kolchak's White Guards has broken through the Third Army's defense line on the south bank of Kazan. The enemy's strength is about eight divisions or more. The main force of Berzin's Third Army has retreated westward. According to the latest order from the Front Army Headquarters, your troops  Quickly send three divisions of troops north along the left bank of the Volga River to strike hard at Kolchak's main force from the flanks. The Volga River Fleet will be assigned to your operations and directly under your command.

    The battle intention of the front army is that the task of your group going north is to hold the main force of Kolchak, and then alternately cover it with the main four divisions of the group army. Fight while retreating, and try to attract the main force of Kolchak to the south. If Kolchak  The main force of Kolchak is moving south. Don't get too entangled with the enemy in Simbirsk. The main force can continue to move south and directly move closer to the Eighth Army on the Sezlan front. Then we will have a decisive battle with Kolchak's main force on the southern front and annihilate it in one fell swoop.  other side!

    With the arrival of supplements and reinforcements, our troops and weapons will quickly recover and surpass the attacking Kolchak White Guards. Eliminating the enemy's main force is our most important task. Therefore, we must strengthen propaganda and the political and ideological work of the troops. Don't care  The 10th Army is a glorious team. I believe you can complete the tasks assigned by the front army very well.

    I would like to remind you not to underestimate the enemy. The Kolchak East Route Army is equipped with many Cossack cavalry divisions. You are all infantry divisions. You must strive to move along the banks of the Volga River and properly allocate and use the fire support of the Volga River Fleet.  If the group heading north is cut off by heavy enemy troops, it can board the ship and head south under the cover of the river fleet!

    Victory belongs to the Volga Front, victory belongs to the Soviets!  Looking forward to news of your victory, be sure to maintain smooth radio contact with the front army!

    PS: Please confirm that you have clearly received this new order and will resolutely implement it!

    Soviet Red Army Volga Front Headquarters

    Voroshilov, Kamenev and Chernavin

    From Nizhniy Novgorod

    The telegram was sent, and the three people did not wait long in the front headquarters. Voroshilov, Kamenev and Chernavin were carrying plates with brown bread dipped in potato soup and hastily preparing for lunch.  While they were still debating what to do if the enemy divided its forces and moved westward and southward at the same time, the headquarters of the Gidis Tenth Army in Simbirsk quickly called back:

    To the Volga Front Headquarters

    Deputy Commander Voroshilov, Military Commissar Kamenev and Chief of Staff Chernavin

    July 22, 1918 12:20

    The order from the Front Army Headquarters has been received. The Tenth Army will quickly send two infantry divisions on the Buinsk and Tetyush lines northward, and will use troop transports covered by the Volga Fleet to transport another infantry division from Simbirsk.  reinforce.

    According to the reconnaissance of our northern line security forces, after the main force of Kolchak's White Guards broke through the Third Army's defense line on the south bank of Kazan, at least two Cossack cavalry divisions had already rushed down the Henan towards our headquarters, and the rest of the main force  It was advancing westward along the railway line to pursue Berzin's Third Army.

    According to our judgment, the enemy wants to use cavalry divisions to put pressure on us on the flanks and drive us south to protect them.On the flank of the main force, we plan to use three infantry divisions to move north along the Volga River, trying to ambush the opponent at a suitable location. After severely damaging the enemy, we will decide the next move based on the enemy situation in front of us!

    Keep in radio contact!  Victory belongs to the glorious Soviet Red Army!

    Tenth Army Headquarters

    Commander Gidis and Military Commissar Klyuyev

    From Simbirsk

    In the battle across the river on the morning of July 22, 1918, Kolchak had a huge advantage in firepower and troops. Therefore, at the cost of less than 2,000 casualties, he successfully broke through the defense lines of the three divisions of the Soviet Third Army, and  Use the blockade of the fortress artillery to wipe out the opponent's regiment holding the core position of the Volga River Bridge bridgehead.

    During the battle of the East Route Army crossing the river, the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side suffered at least 7,000 to 8,000 casualties. Except for the more than 2,000 people from the regiment on the bridgehead position, almost all of whom died in the battle, the Russian Red Army was left scattered on both flanks.  The total number of corpses exceeded 1,500, and the rest of the wounded had followed the large army on trains to retreat westward.

    It must be said that the regiment of Berzin's Third Group Army sacrificed at the bridgehead created conditions for the retreat of the remaining main forces of the three army divisions. Of course, Berzin was also a thoughtful person. This guy arranged the military columns against the enemy on the other side.  The fortress was out of range of artillery fire, which allowed his Third Army of more than 20,000 people and nearly 4,000 wounded to leave before Kolchak's main force could catch up.

    After clearing out the Soviet Red Army regiment guarding the bridgehead, the Cossack cavalry division rolled along the bridge and crossed the Volga River. The tough Cossack cavalry regiment at the head even waved their sabers and roared after them to the west.  The Soviet Red Army retreated by train, but along the way they were bruised and swollen by the Maxim heavy machine guns and cannons on the armored train. After losing at least one battalion of cavalry, they had to stop temporarily and wait for their own artillery.  Cross the river.

    After Kolchak personally led three Cossack cavalry divisions and five infantry divisions across the river, he divided his troops into two groups. He personally led one cavalry division and five infantry divisions with the main force to the west to pursue along the railway line, and the other two  The Cossack Cavalry Division galloped south, preparing to attack the Soviet Tenth Army in the south from behind. Of course, according to the collected intelligence, the closest units of the Soviet Tenth Army to Kazan were also in Buyinsk and Czechoslovakia, 80 kilometers away.  Qiuxi first line.

    In fact, Kolchak's command had internal debates about moving south and westward, but just as Voroshilov judged at the time, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, and Cheboksary were the main areas along the way.  For the White Guard generals and troops who have been following Kolchak for more than half a year, the big goals that can be set on the railway line are far more attractive than the towns in the southern plains and rural areas. The cities of Simbirsk and Syzran are almost the same size.  Even Cheboksary is nothing, and it doesn¡¯t have much of an industrial base.

    "More importantly, when you follow Kolchak and the All-Russian Provisional Government, don't you just want to go back to your hometown in Moscow and Petersburg and go south to waste your youth?"  If we want to go south, why should we still hang out in your All-Russian Provisional Government?  We just changed our identities like Pepelyayev and went to the newly established Volga Federation to live a peaceful and happy life.

    Therefore, even if Kolchak had the idea of ??first moving south to concentrate his main force to defeat the eighth and tenth armies, the most powerful of the Soviet Red Army's Volga Front, in the end he could not resist the one-sided request of his subordinates to advance westward and capture Cheboksary,  Nizhny Novgorod has a strong demand to fight all the way to Moscow.

    Of course, although Kolchak used the main force of the three-pronged army on the western and northern fronts, as soon as the main force of the eastern route army he led crossed the river, he still sent two Cossack cavalry divisions south, preparing to give Soviet Russia a good blow.  The Tenth Army's flanks also protected its own flanks and rear. The two cavalry divisions' move south was more of a bluff to scare the Soviet Tenth Army.
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