Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Beiyang 1917

Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 680 (1) Situation of all parties

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Qian Tianfu turned over the documents in his hand, raised his head and answered.

    "Colonel Qian, um, 42,000 people from Tukhachevsky's 5 infantry divisions were surrounded by Kolchak's cavalry brigade of more than 5,000 people and were left in the city as cowards?" Deputy Chief of Staff of the Allied Powers and Japanese First Army  General Tanaka Yiichi, commander of the army and commander of the 8th Mechanized Army of the Central Front of the Allied Forces, couldn't help but ask from the side.

    "Your Excellency Tanaka, in the morning Tukhachevsky's vigilance cavalry battalion in the northeast of Saransk was almost completely eaten by the opponent. However, in the afternoon Tukhachevsky boldly sent a regiment of troops to attack from the south of the city. See  They went up to drive out a White Guard cavalry battalion entrenched in two villages south of the city. At this time, Tukhachevsky still seemed to think that those surrounding Saransk were at least three more troops led by Kolchak himself.  Cavalry Division! So if he chooses to stick to Saransk with the main force, it can¡¯t be considered a coward, right? "The fastest update, all text typed by hand?

    Qiantianfu smiled and pointed to the battle signs northwest of Saransk and the battle signs south of the city. He explained that on the combat map of the coalition headquarters, every battle that had been fought was represented by a red and blue cross mark, and it was also marked with  In Qian Tianfu's opinion, Tukhachevsky always believed that he was facing the main force of Kolchak's Western Group. In this case, during the initial exchange of fire northeast of Saransk City in the morning  Not long after the disastrous defeat, this guy dared to send troops to attack from the south of the city and defeated and drove out a cavalry battalion of the opponent. It was really not a coward.  Read the latest chapter

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, there was a call from Moscow, Soviet Russia, asking us about the location of Kolchak's main force. Why didn't we tell them everything? Especially since the main force of Kolchak's West Cluster has gone east to chase the Budyonny Cavalry Army.  The tail is gone?" Tanaka Yiichi scratched his head and looked puzzled.

    In the view of Tanaka Yiichi, the position adopted by the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces between the Soviet Red Army and Kolchak's White Guard has always been a bit unclear. Although it is said that it is necessary to maintain a delicate balance, allowing Moscow to be defeated by Kolchak on the northern front.  The delay caused chaos to the Allied Allied Forces' operations on the southern front. When Kolchak clearly had the upper hand, he turned to provide Moscow with intelligence about the White Guards. The battle between the Soviet Red Army and the White Guards was a bit overshadowed  No one can see clearly how the situation will develop next.

    "Deputy Chief of Staff Chiang, what do you think of Mr. Tanaka's question?" Wang Geng smoked the cigar in his hand and kicked the ball to the deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, commander of the Chinese 4th Group Army and coalition forces, who was also newly arrived.  At the feet of Army General Jiang Fangzhen, commander of the 7th Central Front Mechanized Army.

    Although Jiang Fangzhen held the title of deputy chief of staff, after Jiang Hongyu, chief of staff of the coalition forces, concurrently served as commander of the logistics headquarters and focused his main attention on logistics, Jiang Fangzhen knew full well that he was appointed by Wang Geng to be the de facto chief of staff of the coalition forces.  candidate, shouldering the responsibility of leading the entire coalition headquarters staff headquarters, so Wang Geng would push Jiang Fangzhen to the front desk from time to time to express his opinions, instead of just explaining and answering by himself.

    In fact, although Jiang Fangzhen came here only a short time ago, he understood the strategic policy of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front and the thoughts of Commander-in-Chief Wang Geng quite quickly and thoroughly. Every time he was asked to answer a question by General Wang Geng, the answer was basically  The generals were convinced and won further trust from the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

    Seeing Wang Geng¡¯s question, Jiang Fangzhen thought for a moment and replied with a smile,

    "I think since we hope that Kolchak's attack can hold back Moscow and Soviet Russia, they can't decide the winner so quickly before we need them to decide the winner. I guess the reason why the commander-in-chief  The main reason for not notifying Moscow of the main force of the Kolchaksi Cluster moving eastward was that Tukhachevsky, the 1st Army, would pursue the eastward pursuit or reinforce the 10th Army without knowing where to go!¡±

    "Nani? I can't understand this at all, Chief of Staff Chiang. Since the purpose of the Allied Eastern Front Allied Forces is to make Soviet Russia and Kolchak fight inextricably and hold them back, why do we know that Kolchak's Western Group is here?  When we quickly move closer to the east and prepare to encircle and annihilate Giddis's 10th Army with the Eastern Cluster led by Hastings, why don't we warn Moscow of this news?

    So if Kolchak¡¯s main force went south and annihilated the Soviet 10th and 8th armies, wouldn¡¯t the balance of power on the northern front be broken?  Then how can we keep the Soviet Red Army and the White Guard in a balanced state?  "

    Tanaka Giichi is obviously even more confused. In his opinion, since the main force of the Kolchak West Cluster has moved eastward, the Soviet 10th Army on the Eastern Front may be encircled and annihilated. If Moscow does not understand this as soon as possible,  If he adjusts his deployment, wouldn't it enable Kolchak to win the decisive battle on the southern front?  How can the balance of power be maintained then?

    Wang Geng spread his hands after hearing this, obviously a little helpless at Tanaka Yiichi's stubbornness. Jiang Fangzhen had to continue to explain,

    "Tian"??Your Excellency, although Kolchak is not a god in military use, his Western Cluster consists of 5 main Cossack cavalry divisions with very strong combat effectiveness and maneuverability. I guess the Commander-in-Chief is worried about the main force of Kolchak's Western Cluster.  One of the purposes of moving eastward was to mobilize the Soviet Red Army.

    Once Voroshilov and Moscow come to their senses and feel that the 10th Army is in danger of being encircled and eliminated, they will definitely force Tukhachevsky to lead the 1st Army to the east to aid, and at this time, if Gore  Chak concentrated 7 cavalry divisions to fight back. The weak combat effectiveness of Tukhachevsky's 1st Group had just been rebuilt, and it was impossible to resist Kolchak's attack after leaving the Saransk city defense fortress!  Therefore, the Commander-in-Chief does not intend to let Moscow know about the eastward movement of the main force of the Kolchak West Cluster so soon!  Commander-in-Chief, I wonder if my guess is correct?  "

    Jiang Fangzhen tentatively turned to Wang Geng and asked. Obviously, the encouraging smile on Wang Geng's face gave this guy a lot of confidence.

    "Is that so? Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief?" Tanaka Yiichi broke the casserole with a reluctant attitude.

    "What Chief of Staff Chiang Kai-shek said is true. Mr. Tanaka, Kolchak regarded the decisive battle on the southern front as the key to victory. In fact, I don't think so. Of course, after Giddy's 10th Army withdrew southward, both sides  The possibility of a decisive battle on the southern front in Simbirsk is still quite high, but even if Kolchak goes south to encircle the main force, he only has 7 cavalry divisions and 6 infantry divisions, with about 150,000 people.  The 10th and 8th Army have 11 infantry divisions, plus Budyonny¡¯s nearly 20,000 cavalry, the total strength is almost over 130,000!¡±

    <<Beiyang 1917>> Text, readers are welcome to log in. Read the latest chapter of the full text.
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report