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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 669 (4) Retreating to Advance

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    In order to defend the Soviet power, you cannot win the war with Kolchak's White Guards by retreating blindly. I hope that in the next telegram, you will hear the news of your united efforts to defeat the enemy!

    Victory belongs to the Soviet Union, and victory belongs to the glorious Soviet Red Army!

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    The Volga Military District and Front Headquarters of the Soviet Red Army

    Deputy Commander/Former Enemy Commander/Second Political Commissar Voroshilov, Political Commissar Kamenev, Chief of Staff Chernavin

    From Nizhniy Novgorod

    July 29, 1918 8:50

    July 29, 1918, 9:00, ten kilometers northwest of Buyinsk, the main force of the White Guards going south, the Eastern Cluster Headquarters

    "Everyone, I know that we have been on the road for two days and the soldiers of all the units are a little exhausted. However, time waits for no one. Just now, the Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Kolchak, called us and asked our Eastern Group to confront the 10th Army of the Soviet Red Army.  Launch an attack on the position, trying to disrupt the opponent's deployment and defense line. Of course, the more important thing is to stick to the enemy and not let the opponent run away easily! "

    A military meeting of former enemies was being held in the tent. The people speaking in front of the map were the Chief of Staff of the All-Russian Provisional Government of Kolchak, the former enemy commander of the Eastern Cluster, the main force of the White Guards going south, before the establishment of the Volga Federation, and Vasily Nikolaye.  Pepelyaev is also known as General Guillaume Nikolayevich Hastings, one of the two generals under Kolchak.

    At this moment, the location of the Eastern Cluster Headquarters was less than ten kilometers northwest of Buinsk. On the 28th, Hastings led four infantry divisions to cover a distance of 60 kilometers in one go. After passing Kanash, they arrived here and stood there.  On the hillside outside the headquarters tent, you can even look through the telescope and see the golden spiers of the Buyinsk Mosque ten kilometers southeast, reflecting the golden light.

    The other two infantry divisions at the rear of the Eastern Cluster are half a day behind the main force of the Eastern Cluster and are expected to arrive at the battlefield at noon today. The 1st and 2nd Cossack Cavalry Divisions, which were originally cruising due north of Buyinsk, will  Hastings was transferred to the west of the main force of his infantry division. Intelligence showed that the Soviet Budyonny Cavalry Corps, which was originally reorganized and reorganized in Saransk, had been traveling day and night towards Buyinsk.

    Hastings did not want his infantry division to be attacked by the opponent's cavalry army on its flanks, so after leading four infantry divisions to the front line, he immediately transferred the two Cossack cavalry divisions originally located in the east to the west in preparation.  Use cavalry against cavalry to deal a heavy blow to Budyonni's cavalry army that has just resumed expansion. Otherwise, although the infantry division may not be able to block the enemy, the cavalry unit that wants to pursue the opponent will be powerless by then.

    At this time, the main 6 infantry divisions of the East Cluster led by Hastings were reinforced with 12 artillery companies and 8 heavy machine gun battalions, with a total strength of nearly 70,000. Together with the 1st and 2nd Cossack Cavalry Divisions, the total strength exceeded 9  For Hastings, with the strength of the Eastern Cluster alone, he was confident that he could defeat the Soviet 10th Army in front of him. As for Budyonni's cavalry army, there were less than a quarter of the real Cossack veterans and many war horses.  They were all made up of horses and mules pulling carts, and the weapons and ammunition were not complete. The White Guard Chief of General Staff did not take the Soviet Red Army cavalry heroes in the Battle of Ufa seriously.

    "Guillaume Nikolayevich, the troops are indeed very tired, and the two divisions at the rear will not be able to reach the front line until noon. If we launch an attack now, we may not have enough troops. The Russian 0th Army Group on the other side has  7 infantry divisions, we have just seen their defense line, it should be said that it is quite tight! I suggest that we proceed with caution and wait until the infantry divisions arrive before attacking!"

    The speaker was Vice Admiral Sergei Nikolayevich Dimilev, Hastings¡¯ deputy and chief of staff of the White Guard¡¯s Eastern Group. This guy was a loyal man who had mixed up with Kolchak from the Black Sea Fleet.  Subordinates, of course, my wife Anna has become Kolchak¡¯s full-time private secretary after her divorce from Dimilev. Anyway, Kolchak¡¯s wives have been sent to France. At this time, His Excellency, the Supreme Consul of Russia  There is nothing wrong with having a confidante by your side.

    Of course, Dimilev took it calmly. Most people couldn't see the color of the hat on his head without looking in the mirror. This was just the way it was. Love, family ties, embarrassment, etc. were all gone. Now  Dimilev is Kolchak's loyal subordinate. Of course, Chief of General Staff Guillaume Nikolayevich Hastings, like Lord Kolchak, will personally command the main force of the Eastern Cluster going south.  Dimilev had no choice but to hold his nose and become deputy and chief of staff.

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, why did the Commander-in-Chief suddenly ask us to launch an attack again? Didn't he say before that he was afraid that we would scare the enemy away and scare away the Soviet 10th Army, and asked us to slow down the advance and not attack too quickly?"  This is the commander of the 4th Kazan Infantry Division Alexander Alexandrovich Klinko. This guy is a native Kazan Tatar. His family is in the fur business and he studied at the Petrograd Military Academy.After graduation, he joined the Tsarist Russian Army and rose to the rank of infantry regiment commander during the European War. Later, he defected to Kolchak and became the division commander of the 4th Kazan Division of the White Guards.

    "At this time, and at the same time, the Western Group wanted to control the pace of the march south, especially to intercept the Soviet 1st Army halfway. As a result, after Tukhachevsky returned to the army, he refused to lead the team to leave Saransk. Instead,  Let our Western Group miss the opportunity to intercept the Budyonni Cavalry Army.

    So this morning His Excellency Kolchak has made a decision to send a cavalry brigade to harass and monitor the Soviet 1st Army in Saransk. The remaining main forces of the Western Group, four Cossack cavalry divisions and one brigade, all rushed westward.  , prepare to join us in encircling and annihilating the Budyonny Cavalry Army and the seven divisions of the Soviet 10th Army!  "

    As Hastings spoke, he used red and blue pencils to draw the new route of the Western Cluster on the map. The four blue arrows started from Alatri and 50 kilometers south, like the four teeth of a comb.  They were also coming towards the east, and they looked murderous at first glance. They seemed to be trying to block the Soviet Red Army on the front line of Buinsk and cut off their retreat.

    "Commander-in-Chief, since there is only the 1st Army left in Saransk that has just been reorganized and is short of food and ammunition, why doesn't the Western Group concentrate its main force to eat the opponent and take Saransk first? Could it be that Tukhachevsky holds the  His head is like a turtle, can we just let him go so cheaply? I heard that although his original 1st Army was the main force of the Soviet Red Army, it was completely wiped out in the Battle of Ufa and was reorganized now.  The new troops probably don¡¯t have much combat effectiveness, right?¡±
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