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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 667 (2) Are you ready to defend Moscow?

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    Chief of Staff Chernavin saw Sergei Sergeyevich Kamenev, the commander of the Soviet 5th Army, with his brow furrowed and smoking a cigarette without speaking, and kicked the ball over. Obviously  He believed that Sergei Kamenev must have different views from the political commissar of the front army and Berzin, the commander of the 3rd Army, otherwise he would have agreed with them long ago.

    It should be said that Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev was originally the chief of staff of the 3rd Army of the former Eastern Front, and was an old partner with Berzin, although he was later transferred to the fortification area on the northern line of Petersburg.  He became a political commissar and now returns to the Eastern Front to serve as the commander of the reorganized 5th Army. After all, he is a direct general of the original Moscow Eastern Front. However, his attitude is still relatively steady and humble, and he does not want to be so obvious.  He was involved in the factional struggle between generals from the Eastern and Southern Fronts of the Volga Front.

    If you don't want to get involved, you can stay alone or stay out of the matter. At this moment, Chernavin asked himself, and the front military political commissar, deputy commander and Berzin were all looking at him and waiting for his statement. The guy cleared his throat helplessly and stood up.  road,

    "If you ask me, Tukhachevsky's 1st Army can send a small group of troops to feint eastward to attract Kolchak's attention, and rush to transport the main five divisions to Nizhny Novgorod via railway lines.  Come to Rhodes, of course, wagons are a problem. You can transport all the wagons that can be collected from the Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod railway stations. In this way, it will probably be completed during the day.

    In fact, the strategy mentioned in Tukhachevsky's telegram should be feasible. His 1st Army retreated to Nizhny Novgorod for rest and replenishment, and could quickly be armed to restore combat effectiveness. At the same time, we implemented  In the strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao, the main forces of the 3rd and 5th armies counterattacked eastward, assuming a posture to recapture Cheboksary!  "

    Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev's words sounded different. Chernavin did not react slowly and asked hesitantly, "Pretend to regain Cheboksary."  Posture?"

    "Yes! Except for Nizhny Novgorod, which must be defended, in other places I don't think we need to stick to the gains and losses of one moment and one place, mobilize the enemy, make them exhausted, and finally carry out a decisive battle with the main force to eliminate the enemy's effective strength, even more than  Lower Kazan is more critical. Kolchak's current territory is only Kazan and Tatar Province. The White Guards have lost one less one. We far exceed Kolchak in terms of population and resource area. We consume more  It¡¯s him who can¡¯t afford it, not us! It¡¯s him who can¡¯t afford it, not us!¡±

    The commander of the 5th Group Army has obviously been thinking about it for a long time. His words are confident and his eyes are full of wisdom. He seems to be quite convincing.

    The senior Soviet generals attending the meeting in the front war room began to whisper. Berzin thought for a moment, nodded and said,

    "Sergey Sergeyevich's method is good. Even if the 1st Army is transferred back to Nizhny Novgorod to take over the defense of our two armies, our rest and replenishment time is still not enough.  , the time is not ripe to rush eastward to counterattack Cheboksary, but we can completely assume a posture of regaining Cheboksary, so that we can advance and retreat freely, and the burden of Cheboksary will always be carried by the White Guards.  , Well, this is a good idea, I think it¡¯s feasible!¡±

    Before he finished speaking, Sergey Alexander Mezheninov, the chief of staff of the 3rd Army, stood up and expressed his agreement.

    "I think this method is good. Mobilizing the enemy without being mobilized by the enemy is the magic weapon for our Soviet Red Army to win in battle. The Western Group where Kolchak went south is composed of cavalry troops. If we go all out to recapture Cheboksary,  Kolchak's Western Group will definitely turn around and counterattack. Even if he only has 5 Cossack cavalry divisions and 60,000 men by then, our two infantry armies fighting in the plains may not necessarily be sure to defeat their opponents.  We have a posture of marching eastward to regain the lost ground, so that if Kolchak¡¯s main force turns around and goes north, we will return to Nizhny Novgorod along the railway!¡±

    Before Mezheninov finished speaking, Chernavin interrupted, "Comrade Chief of Staff, Sergey Alexanderevich, you think so well, but Kolchak  So obedient, what if he abandons the northern front and goes all out south to encircle the 10th Army with the Eastern Cluster led by Hastings? Even if he commands the 5 cavalry divisions of the Western Cluster to take Saransk, they will continue to move west and south.  What if we advance, outflank and attack Moscow from the south? What if his cavalry group turns our hinterland into a pot of gruel? "

    Merzheninov was momentarily stunned by Chernavin's barrage of "What to do" questions. Voroshilov walked back and forth in the war room with a livid face and his hands behind his back. Chernavin saw Merzhenyni.  Nuofu couldn't answer it, so he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

    Unexpectedly, Berzin, the commander of the 3rd Army here, waved his hand and said, "Where did there come from so many chirps? According to the principles of the front army headquartersAccording to the plan, if Tukhachevsky's 1st Army follows Budyonny's Cavalry Army to the east and joins Gidis' 10th Army, Saransk will be undefended, Kolchak  It will be easy to capture Saransk. When the time comes, we will have no countermeasures if he marches west, northwest or southwest!  "

    When Berzin said this, Chernavin blushed and was choked for a moment and was speechless. Here Voroshilov saw this and stopped and said,

    "Saransk was abandoned in the first place. This is not a pity. The key is that if the 1st Army does not go east to join the 10th Army and the 8th Army, our troops on the southern front will be at a disadvantage and we have to block Kolcha.  It will be very difficult for the main attack of Croatia. Once the southern front cannot be defended, Kolchak may of course give up the fight for Cheboksary on the northern front first, and instead attack our 10th and 8th armies and Budyonny's army in one go.  The cavalry army is defeated. If this happens, the situation will be terrible! "

    "Not only is it bad, if the main force of the southern front of the front army is defeated, the situation will be simply irreversible. The entire left bank of the Volga River may fall into the hands of Kolchak's White Guards. By then, the situation will be different. We are afraid that we will not be able to defend Ninono.  In Vgorod, we will probably have to prepare to defend Moscow!" Chernavin lost no time in saying.

    "Vladimir Nikolayevich, there is no need to worry about this at all. If our actions on the northern front cannot mobilize Kolchak's main force to go north, and the southern front troops cannot hold on, then we can let the southern front  The frontline troops entered the fifty-kilometer demilitarized buffer zone on the left bank of the Volga River designated by the Volga Federation."
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