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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 585 (Part 1) The end of the song?

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    "Of course we can't stay here and cause chaos to the front line. The key to whether the Third Army can successfully evacuate is to defend Cheboksary. Let's go. Let's hang our two carriages behind the locomotive and rush to Cheboksary. There are three divisions on the opposite side.  The White Guards are attacking across the river. The 5th Division and Cheboksary's Workers' Division alone may not be able to withstand it. We have to personally take command. You also know that the political commissar is good at ideological work, but he can fight big and bad battles.  It's not his strong point!" Berzin said indifferently.

    After a series of orders from the Third Army's former enemy headquarters were issued, Berzin and Mezheninov took their former enemy headquarters and a guard company of one carriage. The three carriages were hung on a steam locomotive, blowing the whistle.  Driving to Cheboksary, 20 kilometers away in the northwest, and ten kilometers behind, the 2nd Infantry Division of the Soviet Red Army, with the fire support of two armored vehicle detachments, had already fought with Kolchak's two  The infantry division and a cavalry brigade were fighting fiercely.

    July 23, 1918 14:00? Former enemy headquarters in Kolchak, five kilometers southeast of Chivelisk

    "Reporting that the 6th and 7th Don Cossack Cavalry Divisions led by General Krashilnikov of the Center Army have successfully crossed the river and occupied Alexandrovna. The Soviet Red Army has withdrawn. There are no train carriages or locomotives at the station.  , some of the railway tracks were damaged!

    After the cavalry teams of the two divisions landed ashore, His Excellency the General sent a cavalry battalion to pursue southwest along the railway line, leaving one cavalry battalion to guard the Alexandrovna Ferry. The main forces of the remaining two divisions were already cutting along the river bank at full speed.  Boksare is moving in!  "

    "Okay! Great! Now I see how much better Berzin can run! From Alexandrovna along the south bank of the Volga River to Cheboksary, it's only 36 kilometers, so it takes two hours.  The cavalry will arrive soon!" Hastings, the chief of staff of the White Guard Army, said excitedly.

    "Report! The three infantry divisions led by the Chief of Staff of the Western Route Army Seminov failed in the first two cross-river attacks launched in Cheboksary. The other party insisted on holding on to the river bank position and refused to retreat. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. They are now preparing to launch an attack.  The third cross-river attack! Seminov said that if he was given another hour, he would be able to break through the position on the other side!" A confidential staff officer timidly reported.

    "Asshole, Seminov missed the opportunity to fight. I assigned him 2 artillery companies and 2 heavy machine gun battalions for each division. Why don't these firepowers be used concentratedly? The opponent only has one infantry division of regular troops defending, and the rest are  It's a workers' picket.

    ¡° Moreover, the enemy in Cheboksary does not have a single artillery company, and the armored trains are all on our side. What tricks is Seminov doing!  Tell him to concentrate his artillery fire on the landing area on the other side!  Build more rafts and connect them with chains to rush me over!  I'll give him another 45 minutes. If he can't take the ferry at Cheboksary, I'll ask him to come and see him!  "

    Kolchak's face was livid. In fact, the fighting in Chivelisk was so fierce that he asked Dimilev to lead two cavalry divisions back to Kozmodemyansk to cross the river. One of the purposes was to distract the opponent.  The troops in Cheboksary created conditions for the main force of the three infantry divisions of the White Guard's Western Route Army to cross the river!  As a result, the performance of Seminov and his troops clearly disappointed everyone.

    "Report, the 5th Kazan Infantry Division has broken through the opponent's defense line in the northeast, but the 4th Division of the Soviet Red Army has boarded the train to evacuate. Behind it is the armored train, and the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Don Cavalry Division is pursuing!" One  The confidential staff officer came over excitedly and reported.

    "Okay! Well done, Alexander Vasilyevich, the enemy has finally begun to collapse! Let the Kazan 5th Division pursue it along the railway!" Chief of Staff Hastings said with joy.

    "No, order the Fifth Division to send a regiment to pursue along the railway to the southwest of Chivelisk. The rest of the troops, together with the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Don Cavalry Division, will directly insert into Cheboksary! We will make a centripetal assault. As long as  After capturing Cheboksary, let me see where the Soviet Red Army in Chivelisk will retreat!" Kolchak's eyes have shifted from Chivelisk, where the battle is stalemate, to the direction of Cheboksary.

    "Report! Lieutenant General Woleimani, Chief of Staff of the Central Route Army, has led three infantry divisions to the battlefield. Please give the commander instructions on the next course of action!" A confidential staff officer shouted as he put down the phone in his hand.

    "Okay! It's just in time. I asked Volemani not to stay, and left the 11th Infantry Division as my general reserve. I asked him to personally lead two divisions into the attack on the core position of the Chivelisk Railway Station and outflank it from both sides.  In the past, the six newly arrived artillery batteries took up positions as soon as possible, and together with the artillery in the southeast group, they blocked the opponent's retreat route to the northeast!" Kolchak shouted excitedly.

    July 23, 1918 15:00 Cheboksary Soviet Third Army Headquarters

    The battle situation on July 23, 1918 can be described as ups and downs. The Soviet Red Army's Third Army had six main infantry divisions plus one workers' division, in addition five armored train detachments, and Kolchak's White Guards.  Three-way Army??200,000 people fought an unprecedented fierce battle within a radius of 40 kilometers and a surrounding area of ??more than 100 kilometers.

    Kolchak's five infantry divisions and one cavalry division of the White Guard's Eastern Route Army under his personal command were still unable to break through the iron triangle of defense under the Soviet Union's Berzin command. A morning of fierce fighting centered on the prominent triangular arrow of Chivelisk.  Although both sides suffered heavy casualties, they fought into a stalemate.

    The battle situation on the afternoon of the 23rd took a turn for the worse after Moscow informed the Volga Front of the movements of Kolchak's West Route Army and the Center Route Army. The signs of contraction and retreat of Berzin's Third Army were revealed by Kolchak and his staff.  After the commander captured it, Kolchak decisively ordered an attack across the entire front. The Western Route Army used two cavalry divisions and three infantry divisions to launch cross-river attacks in Kozmodemyansk and Cheboksary.

    The two cavalry divisions of the Central Route Army quickly broke through the Alexandrovna Ferry, which the Soviet Red Army had abandoned. However, the three infantry divisions of the White Guard's West Route Army failed to achieve the expected progress in their cross-river attack at Cheboksary.  The 5th Kazan Infantry Division, responsible for the northeastern offensive, captured the position abandoned by the 4th Soviet Infantry Division, followed by Kolchak's centripetal assault.

    The former enemy commander of the Central Route Army, Cavalry General Krashilnikov, led two Don Cossack cavalry divisions along the south bank of the Volga River straight to Cheboksary, while the main force of the 5th Kazan Infantry Division and the 2nd Division of the 3rd Don Cavalry Division  After the brigade also broke through the northeastern defense line of the Soviet Red Army, it did not go south to Chivelisk, where the fierce fighting was still going on, but went straight to Cheboksary in the northwest.
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