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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 666 (1) The Fate of Saransk

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    Since the reorganization of the 1st Army was mainly based on the prisoners of the original 1st Army who had been repatriated from the Volga Federal Prisoner of War Camp and insisted on returning to Soviet Russia, when they returned from the Federal Prisoner of War Camp with no worries about food and clothing, they returned to the desolate and desolate place.  After eating the last meal of Sarask.

    The morale of the troops has been fluctuating. The huge contrast and hunger made many prisoners of war of the 1st Army who had vowed to shed their last drop of blood for the Soviets a few days ago had to re-examine themselves in the eyes of hunger and the hatred of the equally hungry people.  Is my original decision correct? The Red Army prisoners of war who chose to stay in the Volga Federation have now put on brand new federal military uniforms. I heard that the food is much better than having three meals in the prisoner of war camp.  Chocolate, candy, tea, coffee, and cigarettes are all daily military rations, not to mention military pay.

    Those federal soldiers who participated in the Battle of Ufa and originally belonged to the White Guard camp, not only received medals and medals for their meritorious service, but also received honorary fields and fertile land on both sides of the Volga River. This was definitely the home of the federal soldiers.  Now that we're done, what can we do if we return to Soviet Russia?  We can't even get a mouthful of food. Each person can only receive 400 grams of barley and black beans per day. Those things are fed to the horses. People are so bloated that they fart all day long. They are so hungry that they feel dizzy. Is this the path we have chosen?

    So in the past half month, the reorganization of the Soviet 1st Army has not gone as smoothly as expected. Dozens or hundreds of deserters from the subordinate divisions are fleeing every day, either running east or south. Anyway, this time  The Volga Federation is also reorganizing its troops. Where can I be a soldier? At least I can make a living, right?  What's more, the Volga Federation and Soviet Russia are friendly neighbors at the moment, right?  That's not a relationship between us and the enemy. Going to the Volga Federation can't be considered surrendering to the enemy, right?

    "Peter Alexievich, don't say so many useless things as hindsight. According to your judgment, where has the main force of Kolchak's Western Group reached?" Mikhail, commander of the 1st Army.  Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky lowered his head and rolled a cigarette while asking his new political commissar and chief of staff, since Xiaotu had just returned to the army less than three days after all the hard work, so the original group army  Acting commander Kobozev is obviously more familiar with the situation of the troops.

    At this time, the strength of the Soviet 1st Army reorganized in Saransk was 5 infantry divisions, three of which were composed of personnel who were repatriated and exchanged from the former Soviet 1st Army after being captured in the Battle of Ufa, and the remaining 2 divisions were  The infantry divisions were recruited from workers and peasants near Sarask who supported the Soviet Bolsheviks. The five divisions totaled only more than 40,000 people, and were equipped with only over 30,000 rifles. There were also very few bullets. On average, each  The soldiers only had 30 rounds, and the entire unit was far from recovered enough to go into battle.

    Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Army only had two pitiful cavalry divisions that were not full of personnel, with a total strength of less than 20,000 people. Moreover, Semyon Mikhainovich Budyonny obviously did not  Not paying attention to Tukhachevsky, the commander of the 1st Army who would bear greater responsibility for the failure of the Ufa Battle, this guy now got a telegram from Voroshilov from Nizhny Novgorod.  After that, they immediately broke camp and headed east to join Giddis's Tenth Army, preparing to join forces to resist Kolchak's main force heading south.

    Of course, it is not known whether it is because the food in the area near Saransk has been exhausted, and the 1st Cavalry Corps will not be able to collect food to support the logistical supply of the team if it stays. Of course, before the departure of Budyonnib Camp,  He still informed Tukhachevsky, and the words were quite nice. As a cavalry unit, they would be the vanguard for the 1st Army, explore the way forward, and urged Tukhachevsky to lead the 1st Army eastward as soon as possible. Saran  Sk is not a place to stay for a long time. If Kolchak's main force attacks, the 1st Army, which is short of major generals and does not have all the weapons and ammunition, will definitely not be able to stop it.

    To say that Tukhachevsky didn't know that his 1st Army had gathered tens of thousands of people to set up the frame of five infantry divisions, but there was a severe shortage of food and ammunition and no artillery. The team's departure was not just a matter of departure.  If you can walk, you should at least collect the food you eat on the road, right?  So while Tukhachevsky sent away the rebellious Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Corps, he sent a telegram to the front headquarters in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod to request food, and started in the north of Saransk.  Construct field fortifications to prepare for defensive operations.

    According to the report from the Front Army Headquarters last night, the main force of Kolchak's march south was divided into two groups. Among them, the Western Group was mainly composed of cavalry units. The goal was to go straight to the Soviet 1st Group Army in Saransk. The Front Army Headquarters asked Tukhachev  Ski moved eastward as soon as possible and moved closer to Gidis's Tenth Army. To hold the southern front, concentration of troops was the key. As for Saransk, he could only reluctantly give up.

    Saransk, the capital of Mordovia, is the capital and economic and cultural center of Mordovia in Russia. It is located on the banks of the Insar River, a tributary of the middle reaches of the Volga River.  With a population of only about 150,000, it was built as a fortress in 1641 and a city in 1780.

      Saransk will become an important electrical industry center in the future, mainly producing lighting equipment, cables, rectifiers, dump trucks, medical equipment, instruments, tools, rubber products, as well as light industry, food industry, etc.  Saransk is also a railway hub.  The city has the Electric Light Source Research Institute, the Mordovan Language, Writing, History and Economic Research Institute, two universities, three theaters, as well as the Museum of Geography and the Museum of Plastic Arts.

    The reason why Tukhachevsky did not tighten his belt and follow Budyonny's 1st Cavalry Army to retreat eastward was because he had to wait for Moscow to transport food, weapons and ammunition by rail to support his 1st Army.  There are deeper reasons behind this. The newly established Volga Military District and Volga Front of the Soviet Union have Sverdlov as the commander of both the military district and the front, but he is actually responsible for commanding the entire front in Nizhny Novgorod.  But it was Voroshilov who was originally from the Southern Front.

    It does not matter that Yegorov had just surrendered to the enemy. In order to appease the generals of the Southern Front, Voroshilov, a Ukrainian, was actually allowed to climb to the position of deputy commander and second political commissar of the newly established front army. This made the direct generals in Moscow and the Eastern Front  Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky, who was born in the front army, was quite unhappy.
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