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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 579 (Part 2) A little worried

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    Sure enough, the Berzin Army of the Soviet Volga Front really stopped in Cheboksary, preparing to use the iron triangle's defense line to fight a defensive battle. Hastings dared to confirm 100% that if yesterday  If the West Route Army and the Central Route Army launched a southward crossing of the river at the same time, Berzin's Third Army would surely have fled back to Nizhny Novgorod in a train.

    Just like the Soviet Union, after the Battle of Ufa, deeply realized that the main goal of large-scale corps operations is not to capture cities and plunder territory, but to encircle and annihilate the enemy's effective forces, Kolchak's attack this time also changed  In the past, we used to grab our eyebrows and beards and occupy as much space as we could. Instead, we were always prepared to control the main force and concentrate our forces to fight a war of annihilation. If we could defeat and eat the newly established Volga Front Army of Soviet Russia, then there would be no  Who can stop him from rushing to Moscow?

    Of course, if the Soviet Third Army can encircle and eliminate its opponents before they withdraw to the strong city of Nizhny Novgorod, then the offensive and defensive battle in Nizhny Novgorod will be much easier. Kolchak's intelligence  The system is not much worse than the Chekas in Soviet Russia.

    In fact, if necessary, he can even rebel against the individual brigade commanders of the Soviet Third Army that has been confronting him north of Kazan. Although this may not be possible at the division commander level, the situation is favorable to him.  The Soviet Red Army's brigades and regiments rebelled at the front line. Kolchak really had this confidence. These days, not all Red Army generals believe in the Bolshevik ideas so purely. There are many guys who are greedy for beauty and wealth, especially those who were once Tsarist Russia.  A guy with a background as a general.

    "Hurry up and ask!" Hastings glared angrily at the combat staff who couldn't answer for a while, then turned to Kolchak and said,

    "Alexander Vasilyevich, it seems that it is very difficult to outflank the opponent's armored train from both sides without destroying the opponent's armored train, and it is easy for the opponent to cut off the retreat of the outflanking troops and cut off the connection with our main force. If you do this  In a fight, the outflanking troops are like jumping into the opponent's iron triangle. The opponent will encircle us and try to make our dumplings instead!" The chief of general staff frowned a little.

    "My Chief of General Staff, please tell me if you have any ideas. I'm so sleepy that I can't keep my eyes open. Have the West Route Army and the Central Route Army arrived at the designated positions? I can't wait to kill the Soviet Union's third party opposite.  The army group is eaten by him. The combat effectiveness of this army is actually quite strong. If they are allowed to retreat to Nizhny Novgorod, the fight will be half the result with twice the result!" Kolchak sat down in his chair and used his hands.  He rubbed his face and said.

    "The West Route Army and the Central Route Army have arrived at the designated positions, but according to our orders, the target has not been exposed yet. The opponent's troops defending Chivelisk are about the size of an infantry brigade. Although our 1st Don River Infantry Division is eaten by others,  We have a regiment, but I have already asked, and the other side does not have many artillery, at most three artillery companies, mainly the cannons and heavy machine guns on the armored trains on both wings are causing trouble," Hastings said thoughtfully.  .

    "The report has been verified with the 1st and 2nd brigades of the 3rd Cavalry Division. On the opponent's northeastern defense line where the 1st brigade detoured, there were at least two armored trains, each with 18 carriages, 4 of which were  It is a heavy machine gun carriage, each carriage is equipped with 6 Maxim heavy machine guns, there are about 9 artillery carriages, each carriage is equipped with 2 76mm cannons, and the rest are infantry carriages, each carriage has about a company of infantry. "

    "There are three armored trains on the second brigade's circuitous northwest defense line. The number of artillery and machine guns is about the same as that in the northeast. Report complete!" The combat staff officer quickly finished the verification results with the frontline troops.

    Here Hastings has quickly bent over the map on the table to mark out the number of trains, machine guns, artillery and motorized infantry of the opponent. Kolchak has already calculated it on his fingers. Soviet Russia  The firepower of each armored train of the Red Army is equivalent to the strength of a heavy machine gun battalion, three artillery companies, and an infantry reinforcement battalion!

    Furthermore, the opponent does not only have one row of such steel monsters. The northeastern defense line has two columns, and the northwest defense line has three columns. This is equivalent to the firepower of 5 heavy machine gun battalions and 15 artillery companies. It must not be underestimated!  No wonder the brave and capable Cossack Cavalry Division like the 3rd Don Cavalry Division failed to break through the opponent's defense line when fighting at the scale of a brigade. No matter which direction, the artillery and heavy machine guns of the White Guards Cavalry were less than half of others. How could this be fought?  It was strange in the past!

    "Guillaume Nikolayevich, Berzin, the commander of the Third Army of the other side, seems to be pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. He is in the defense on the south bank of Kazan. If all five armored trains are put into  In battle, it's definitely not that easy for us to break through the opponent's defense!" Kolchak frowned and stared at the map on the table.

    ¡°Alexander Vasilyevich, when the Soviet Red Army was defending on the south bank of Kazan, he didn¡¯t have that much iron armor.There are only two trains at most, and the bridgehead is within the bombardment range of our heavy artillery. His armored trains are only equipped with 76mm mountain field guns. Fighting with our fortress's heavy artillery is definitely looking for death. I think this is the way to go.  The main reason why Erjin gave up the south bank of Kazan!  Hastings shook his head.

    "This is possible. The first thing they need to defend is probably Cheboksary, so they have arranged three armored trains here, hoping to beat us hard when our West Route Army and Middle Route Army cross the river.  One stick, how to fight now? You are right, we must knock out the opponent's armored train. Otherwise, the outflanking troops will break through the opponent's defense line along the railway. If they enter, they will be closed and beaten by the opponent. This armored train  This is not a fort that can be overturned easily!¡±

    Kolchak stood up from his chair and carefully looked at the area marked on the map where the armored train appeared, feeling a little worried for a moment.

    "In my opinion, we should attack Chivelisk harder and knock down the opponent's core position of the train station. In this way, the opponent's northwest and northeast flanks of defense will be cut off by us. Then the situation will be in chaos! Let's bring up the artillery units.  Let's focus on attacking Chivelisk. We have 20 artillery batteries with a total of 120 cannons. Excluding the armored trains, there will not be more than three artillery batteries deployed behind Chivelisk's defense line." Hastings looked at the whole situation!  Russia's supreme governor suggested.
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