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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 670 (1) The point of a needle versus the awn of wheat

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    The person who stood up to ask the question was the commander of the 5th Kazan Infantry Division, Nakli Naviyevich Nevishvile. This guy was a Chuva whose hometown was in Chesaly, and he was also a general of the Tsarist Russian army and defected to Gao.  After Erchak's Kazan regime, the commander of the 5th Division usually claimed to be the most intelligent general in Kazan, but no one believed it.

    Hastings frowned when he heard this. To tell the truth, if he had led the five cavalry divisions of the Western Group, he might have pounced on the 1st Army of Saransk Tukhachevsky and captured Sarans.  But if this is the case, our own Eastern Cluster in the east does not have the upper hand in terms of military strength. At most, it can be in a stalemate with the Soviet 10th Army and the Budyonny Cavalry Army. It is almost impossible to defeat and eliminate the opponent.  All text typed by hand

    If such a situation occurs, it may depend on which of the two sides arrives with reinforcements first and joins the Eastern Front battlefield. If the Soviet 8th Group goes north first to reinforce and put in place its Eastern Group, even if it has 6 infantry divisions and 2 cavalry divisions, its strength will be higher.  The opponent's 11 infantry divisions and one cavalry corps are still far behind, and I'm afraid they will be forced to retreat instead of talking about defeating and annihilating the opponent.

    So although it was a bit regretful, Hastings still understood Kolchak's intention, which was to make a false shot in Saransk. The main force of the Western Group relied on the high mobility of the cavalry to quickly move eastward and encircled and stranded the Eastern Group together with his own.  The Soviet 10th Army and the Budyonny Cavalry Army on the Buyinsk Line of Defense. Please come to "" for the latest chapter.

    Thinking of this, Hastings patiently explained, "Saransk is an ancient city and fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Tukhachevsky is also an outstanding young general rising in the Soviet Red Army. Although his 1st Army is in  The entire army was wiped out in the Battle of Ufa, but tens of thousands of captured personnel returned to Saransk as subjects of repatriation by the Volga Federation and rejoined the 1st Army, so don't think that the opponent is vulnerable. The main body of this army is still the former Soviet Eastern Front.  The soldiers of the Ace Army just had one more experience of being captured."

    "Furthermore, although the five infantry divisions of the opponent's 1st Group Army only have more than 40,000 people, it is not that simple to take down the strong fortress. Moreover, the Western Group is composed of our precious Cossack cavalry division, which uses cavalry to attack the opponent's artillery.  The cost-effectiveness of the fortress defended by machine guns is too low, and plain field battles and detours are good battlefields for the cavalry to kill the enemy, so Lord Kolchak decided to move his troops eastward and first eat the opponent's 10th Army."

    After Hastings explained this, several division commanders understood. It was obvious that concentrating their forces on annihilation and field operations was the current choice of the two armies of the White Guard. Pavel Pakavich Hasik, commander of the 6th Kazan Infantry Division, stood next to him.  Get up and say

    "Now that I have said it, it is clear that the Western Cluster will arrive tomorrow. I wonder if it would be better for us to wait for Mr. Kolchak to take a detour before launching the attack? Now use 4 divisions to attack the 7 local divisions and  The Soviet 10th Army is a strong force and has never suffered the losses of the Battle of Ufa. In the last encounter, the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division only had an advantage at the beginning. The opponent's commander responded quickly and the unit's combat effectiveness was strong. We responded with fewer attacks and more attacks.  Isn¡¯t that a bit exaggerated?¡±

    The words of Hasik, the commander of the 6th Division, resonated with a group of division commanders and chiefs of staff in the tent. Many people said that in the last iron triangle defense battle of Chicai-Sare, we had the advantage in strength, but we did not take any advantage and suffered heavy casualties. In the end, Berzin was  It is said that the Soviet 10th Army was the main force of the former Soviet Southern Front that defeated Krasnov and Denikin in Tsaritsyn.

    "We can't wait any longer and the enemy on the opposite side may run away. The purpose of our attack is not to annihilate the opponent, but to stick the opponent so that they cannot escape easily. We just need to hold on until tomorrow and wait for the main force of the Western Cluster of Lord Kolchak to arrive at this auspicious time."  Sri Lanka's 10th Army has become a bird in a cage on our chopping block and can no longer escape from our hands," Hastings explained patiently.

    There was a lot of chatter in the tent. They all thought it would be safer to dig trenches and build a defensive line to hold the position first. Even if they wanted to attack, they would have to wait for the 8th and 9th Kazan Infantry Divisions behind them to catch up before launching.  .

    There was a hustle and bustle here, and suddenly there was a rumbling sound of artillery outside the headquarters tent, and then a staff officer broke into the tent and gave a breathless report:

    "The Soviet Red Army launched an attack and dispatched at least two divisions in the direction of the eastern section of our position." Immediately after the tent, the phone in the war room tent next to the tent started ringing. All divisions were reporting on the artillery fire encountered by the Soviet Red Army.  Everyone who bombarded the East Group's artillery and requested for retaliation and reinforcements said that the enemy was attacking their positions.

    Hastings was so angry that he took a group of generals out of the tent and went directly to the highland telescope next to the headquarters. He looked at the White Guards position 3 kilometers away in front of him. The artillery shells were exploding one after another on the Maxim Heavy Machinery.  The sound of machine guns rang out, and the opponent launched a full-scale attack in front of the ten-kilometer-wide front. Of course, at this time, the forwards of the Soviet Red Army in gray-blue uniforms were still at least 1,500 meters away from their first-line positions.

      Guillaume Nikolayevich Hastings listened carefully to the seemingly dense sound of the opponent's artillery. For a moment, he could not tell whether the opponent had 40 or 50 cannons. Next to the menacing roar, his deputy, Dong  Dimirev, the chief of staff of the cluster, whispered, "From the sound of it, the other party has probably put in 6 to 8 artillery batteries and is firing. Let's fight back, Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief."

    When Hastings heard this, his old face turned red and he turned around and shouted: "Pass my order. The eight artillery companies should fire across the board. Be sure to suppress the opponent's artillery. Inform each division's positions not to panic and pay attention to anti-artillery. The Soviet Red Army is still a thousand meters away."  Just like I want reinforcements, if anyone's team shakes, the commander will shoot all the division commanders and return to their command posts. No attack is allowed without my order, let alone retreat. The troops must pay attention to the artillery and heavy machine guns and wait for the enemy to enter 500 meters before opening fire."

    "After Hastings roared like this, the division commanders and chiefs of staff finally calmed down, saluted each other, climbed on their horses and hurried back to their respective troop positions under the service of their respective orderlies.

    Since Hastings's Eastern Cluster only has 4 divisions, the width of his front line position is about 15 kilometers, that is, the posture of three divisions of 5 kilometers each is of course not as good as the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side. After all, the troops arrived here.  Soon the 7th Kazan Infantry Division was used by Hastings as a reserve and mobile force.
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