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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 606 (Part 2) Don¡¯t Take a Step Back

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    This is Nizhnevgorod, not Cheboksary. Moscow has given a death order and is not allowed to take a step back!  "

    Chernavin, the chief of staff of the front army, seized the opportunity and said to Berzin in a nonchalant manner.

    "Vladimir Nikolayevich, don't use Moscow to scare people. When my Third Army was fighting bloody battles on the front line, I don't know whose army was killed without firing a single shot.  After sealing the telegram, the defense line on the left bank of the Volga River was driven back 50 kilometers. Why didn't anyone stand up and yell not to take a step back? "Berzin pushed back, making Cherna tremble all over.  Speechless.

    "Okay! Just be careful, that's enough. I asked you, do you still think of me as the military committee member of the military region and the front army? Is this a time for you to act on your own initiative? Karl Ivanovich, and the superior leaders of the front army.  Speak with the consciousness of a lower-level commander! Now we are discussing matters. Moscow¡¯s order is not to take a step back. This must be conveyed to every Red Army soldier in all the armies!¡±

    Lev Borisovich Kamenev, member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, First Military Commissar of the Volga Military District and Front, could not help but slap the table. Of course, the Third Army, as the only remaining main force of the original Eastern Front formed in Moscow,  In addition, his performance in the battle from Kazan to Cheboksary was indeed worthy of the name of the Central Army Group, so Kamenev's table was clapped loudly, but his eyes when looking at Berzin were not sharp.

    Of course, Berzin will not be so stupid that he will continue to support him. He will only express his position and attitude when enough is enough. The Eastern Front of the Volga Military District and Front Army, the direct line of the original Moscow, and the Southern Front of the original Tsaritsin line will coexist for a long time.  Going forward, Berzin has the overt and covert support of Moscow and Kamenev, so he will naturally not disapprove of Chernavin. It would be troublesome if the Volga Front Army Headquarters became the talking point of the Southern Front cadres!

    "Sergey Sergeyevich, you are the commander of the Fifth Army. What do you think? Do we need to send a powerful force to stop the opponent's offensive halfway? Is your army's training completed? Defense line  Are all the arrangements made? Can the soldiers find their commanders? Have all the bullets and shells been fired?"

    Voroshilov, deputy commander of the front army and former enemy commander-in-chief, frowned and said nothing more to Berzin. He turned to ask Kamenev, commander of the Fifth Army.

    Kamenev pondered for a moment, stood up, walked to the map, pointed to the line from Yadlin to the southeastern suburbs of Nizhniyevgorod, and expressed his thoughts,

    "Klement Yefimovich, Kolchak's main force has less than three days to rest. According to my judgment, the enemy should have launched a second round of offensive in a hurry. Of course, in order to concentrate our strength, we  Guard Nizhniyevgorod and shrink the main force back to the Nizhnyvgorod front line.

    Therefore, from the opponent's outpost Yadlin to here, the southeastern suburbs of Nizhniyevgorod, along this 150-kilometer railway, relying solely on the militia guerrillas organized by the local Soviets will never be able to stop the enemy, nor can the front army's reconnaissance detachment.  !  "

    Kamenev turned around, gestured to the west of Nizhniygorod again, and said with a wry smile,

    "Everyone, my Fifth Army has been assembled in a hurry. The soldiers come from different places. They are prisoners of war from Tsarist Russia, workers from Nizhny Novgorod, and garrison divisions from Moscow. As of this evening, we have just gathered cadres at all levels from seven divisions.  The commanders are barely equipped, and weapons and ammunition are being distributed. On the Western Defense Line, part of the trenches have been dug, but they are still far from being completed.

    To put it bluntly, if Kolchak¡¯s main force detours back to the west and attacks us, with the current personnel and equipment conditions, although I have 7 divisions, I can only support them for 3 days at most. This requires the enemy¡¯s investment.  The offensive force does not exceed five divisions, so I agree with the idea of ??the front army headquarters to send powerful troops to stop the enemy halfway!  I'm done!  "

    Kamenev walked back to his seat and sat down. What he murmured in his heart was that it was impossible for Berzin not to see that he would delay the opponent's advance and attack as much as possible, and he would be able to buy more time, at least for the moment.  , the combat effectiveness of his fifth group army is not even close to that. It is a big deal if every soldier can find his own company headquarters.

    Among them, the Tsarist Russian prisoners of war had only returned home less than ten days ago, and all aspects of ideological education work had just begun. At this time, Kamenev had no idea what performance they could perform by forcing them to go to the battlefield.

    As for the manpower of the Nizhnyevgorod Workers' Division, it is natural that they are barely above the standard in terms of political awareness, but their military skills and combat experience are almost a blank slate. Many people can even pull the bolt of a Mosin-Nagant rifle and break it.  Leather in hand.

    Due to long-term hunger and malnutrition, these 16- and 7-year-old young Red Army soldiers are generally as long as bean sprouts. They can skillfully lie down in the trenches, load bullets, retract bullets, aim and shoot.The enemy's machine guns and artillery cannot be broken down, and the worker soldiers of the Fifth Army still have a long way to go before reaching this goal.

    As for the soldiers of the two garrison divisions in Moscow, they barely have certain military skills and combat experience. However, the pride of the working class and the sense of superiority of the Muscovites make them obviously think highly of themselves.  German workers and soldiers were not looked down upon very much, let alone the former Tsarist Russian prisoners of war who were relatively weak mentally and physically just after returning home.

    "This group of worker garrison troops from Moscow obviously couldn't understand why these people who came back from Germany became prisoners of war instead of fighting bloody battles for their motherland.  For Kamenev and his political commissar chief of staff, not only three days, but even thirty days may not be enough to turn such an army group into a combat-effective and cohesive team.

    Of course, time is not in the hands of the Fifth Army, nor even in the hands of the Volga Front. The attackers have the initiative. At least from the outside, Cheboksary's Kolchak White Guards  He is the master of time.

    "I agree with Sergey Sergeyevich. We need more time to restore the combat effectiveness of the troops. It is too uncomfortable to sit passively and be beaten, and it is not easy to discover the enemy's intentions. In case the enemy has other unforeseen consequences,  How could we know about the attempt to accuse someone when we are only 10 to 50 kilometers away?

    I think we should send a powerful force eastward to stop the opponent. Even, I was thinking just now, why do we have to be led by the enemy?  "Berzin's group army political commissar Xia Jianke suddenly stood up and expressed his position.
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