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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 578 (Part 1) The Iron Triangle begins to fight

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    "We can try. Anyway, we have no losses, and we can test whether the coalition forces and the Volga Federation remain neutral, or are they inclined and supportive?" Zinoviev was obviously optimistic.

    "But what if the other party is obviously helping us, but is actually thinking about Kolchak, and what happens if the information delivered is false information? Then do we believe it or not? For example, what is Kolchak's West Route Army and the  The Central Army came directly down to Novgorod, but it actually crossed the river west of Cheboksary to cut off the retreat of the Third Army. What will we do then? "Buha?"  Lin is clearly unwilling to give up his opinions easily.

    "How about we rent a reconnaissance plane from the other party? We conduct the reconnaissance ourselves, and the information we get will never be false. There are airports in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, and planes can take off and land with just a few things!"  Sverdlov rolled his eyes and came up with another idea.

    "Yakov Mikhailovich, why don't you say rent a few squadrons from the coalition? What kind of reconnaissance planes do we need when we have bombers? Wouldn't it be worse to just blow up Kolchak's ground troops?"  Okay?" Bukharin said angrily from the side. In his opinion, Ulyanov, Trotsky and Sverdlov were completely confused. If wishful thinking and seeking skin from a tiger failed, the losses would be huge.  I don¡¯t know how big it is!

    Trotsky's eyes lit up again when he heard this, and he couldn't help but said, "Nikolai Ivanovich's idea is good. Since we have leased the Volga Fleet to the coalition forces, we don't want food, we want the other party to lease it."  Reconnaissance aircraft and flying squadrons are given to us. If they are worried, they can not take off and land at our airport. They are only responsible for reconnaissance of the battlefield situation for us and accept our combat arrangements for ground attacks. This is a good method. If the coalition forces are willing to agree, then they  There is no problem with the credibility of the information provided!¡±

    When Ulyanov heard Trotsky say the same thing, he was greatly moved. He discussed it with Trotsky and Sverdlov in a low voice for a few more words, then raised his head and said,

    "Felix Edmundovich, go to the telegraph room, supervise it personally, and ask our people to send a telegram to the Allied Forces Command. In addition to what we just said, we will add one more message. We ask for a lease from the other party.  Reconnaissance aircraft and flying squadrons in order to obtain intelligence on the northern battlefield in time to offset the rent of the other party's lease of our Volga River Fleet, that's it, go! "

    Not long after Dzerzhinsky left, a combat staff officer from a Kremlin confidential room hurriedly appeared at the door.

    "Report! A call from the Volga Front! The main force of Kolchak's East Route Army has arrived on the outskirts of Cheboksary and is engaged in a fierce battle with Berzin's Third Army!"

    July 23, 1918 8:00 Chivelisk

    Chivelsk (Russian: §¸n§Ón?1?70?, Chuvash: ?1?70?1?75¨§p§á?1?70?1?71) is a city in Chuvash Oblast, on the south bank of the Volga River, in the state capital  37 kilometers south of Cheboksary, this place is an ancient city, but its population is not large. In Wang Geng's previous life, the total population until 2002 was only 12,967.  However, Chivelisk was established as a city as early as 1589 and established as a city in 1781.

    Chivelisk is considered to be the gateway to the south of Cheboksary, a railway and road hub. Along the railway line to the northwest is Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvash. The highway and railway branches to the northeast lead to important places on the south bank of the Volga River.  The ferry and the ancient city of Alexandrovna were built in 1620 and were called cyh§Õ§íp§î.  The city was established in 1856 and renamed after Russian Empress Maria Alexandrovna.

    Chivelisk, Alexandrovna and Cheboksary almost form an equilateral triangle. The distance between the three cities is only 3638 kilometers. Because the power is generated on the Volga River between Cheboksary and Alexandrovna.  The station and the dam were far from being built, so there was still no trace of the new city of Salsk.

    To cross the river from the north bank of the Volga River to the south, you can either take Alexandrovna or Cheboksary. The upper part of this triangle is close to the south bank of the Volga River, and the railway and highway hub below is also the ancient city of Chivelsk.  , forming an iron triangle that military strategists must compete for.

    If you want to defend Cheboksary, then neither Alexandrovna nor Chivelisk can give up easily.

    Since the Volga Front headquarters in Nizhny Novgorod failed to achieve its goal of mobilizing Kolchak's main force to the south, the coalition forces instead created a demilitarized zone along the left bank of the Volga River. This left Kolchak with a stagnant  The task of moving the main force westward and buying time for the reconstruction and reorganization of Nizhny Novgorod's Fifth Army fell on the shoulders of Berzin's Third Army.

    The iron triangle of Chivelisk, Alexandrovna and Cheboksary became the outpost battlefield for Berzin's Third Army of the Volga Front to block Kolchak's main force.

    Berzin is hereNearly 8,000 people were lost in the defense on the south bank of the mountain, but the remaining two divisions took trains and successfully withdrew to Cheboksary under the cover of the armored train at the rear. According to the latest instructions from the front army headquarters,  The Third Army will fight a major blocking battle in Cheboksary.

    According to Comrade Voroshilov, who is responsible for the front enemy combat command of the Front, although the Third Army lost one division on the south bank of Kazan, after withdrawing to Cheboksary, the entire Army still had at least five complete infantry divisions.  There are also several armored trains equipped with cannons and heavy machine guns to help out. It is not impossible to block the main force of Kolchak's East Route Army that is catching up.

    In a defensive battle, Berzin's Third Army of the Soviet Red Army had assembled more than five infantry divisions to deal with the five infantry divisions and one cavalry division pursued by Kolchak's East Route Army. The gap between the two sides was not big.  This battle can be fought.

    What's more, Kolchak's main force chased along both wings of the railway line mainly on foot. Even if they took the train in the middle, it was stumbling from section to section. Unlike Berzin's troops who took the train and retreated all the way to Chebok.  On the Saree front line, the troops did not consume much physical energy. During these 24 hours, compared with Kolchak's troops, they were just waiting for work!

    Of course, the uncertain factor is that the movements of Kolchak's West Route Army and the Center Route Army on the north bank of the Volga River are unknown, which brings great uncertainty to the blocking battle. If the fighting is in full swing, the enemy behind  Two armies of 100,000 people launched a cross-river battle, so the Soviet Third Army was likely to be surrounded by the other side and made dumplings in this iron triangle.

    Karl Ivanovich Berzin, commander of the Third Army of the Soviet Red Army, was born in Latvia in 1987. He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in 1905 and participated in the 1905-1907 revolution. In 1907, he was sentenced to 10 years by the Tsarist government for underground activities.  Hard labor, released in 1909, arrested again in 1911, exiled to Irkutsk, and escaped from there.

    After the start of the European War in 1914, Berzin was drafted into the army. He fought bravely in the Tsarist Russian army, but secretly continued to engage in revolutionary activities and left the army many times to carry out revolutionary propaganda and organizational activities in factories in Petrograd. In 1917, he was elected to the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (Russian Social Democratic Labor Party).  Bolshevik) Vyborg District Committee member and Petrograd City Committee member.  After the October Revolution, he served as a member of the Petersburg Internal Affairs Committee.

    After the dramatic upheavals in January 1918 dispelled the Constituent Assembly, a full-scale civil war broke out. Berzin was ordered to organize local Soviet and guerrilla detachments in Yekaterinburg, Perm and other places. After the formation of the Soviet Red Army in March 1918,  Served as commander of the Third Army.

    The Soviet Third Army, which Berzin served as commander, was composed of the regiments and troops of the former Eastern Front that fought against Czechoslovak rebels and White Guard detachments in the Perm, Yekaterinburg, and Ishim areas. At this time, there was the Ural Infantry Division.  1. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Infantry Divisions, the 29th and 30th Infantry Divisions, a total of seven divisions. Of course, in the defensive operations on the south bank of Kazan, the 3rd Infantry Division was almost disabled.  At that time, in addition to the 30th Infantry Division, it was deployed to maneuver along the railway from Cheboksary to Nizhny Novgorod.

    The 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Ural Infantry Divisions of Berzin's Third Army and the 29th Infantry Division have all gathered in the iron triangle area of ????Cheboksary to organize defense. Berzin's trump card is the armored train.  Artillery and heavy machine guns.
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