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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 752 (4) Something unexpected happened

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    Fortunately, Kiriyev's 7th Cavalry Division is still in hand as a mobile battle reserve. If it has been dispersed to the south, there will be no troops to mobilize at this moment. We hope that the three infantry divisions on the northern front will catch up with the opponent's two.  It is absolutely impossible for a cavalry division. How can a two-legged man outrun a four-legged horse!  "Krasilnikov, chief of staff of the Kazan 1st Army, said disapprovingly.

    "Sending Kiriyev's 7th Cavalry Division alone is not enough. Once the opponent withdraws, can one cavalry division catch up and destroy the opponent's two cavalry divisions? The infantry drags behind and runs half to death, unable to catch up and unable to help.  , so at least one cavalry division must be sent up, so that we can be sure to defeat the opponent in the future!" Dimilev, chief of staff of the Kazan 2nd Army, added on the side.  ",

    "Guillaume Nikolayevich, what the two chiefs of staff said makes sense. Although we have not fully grasped the reasons and background of the enemy's sudden southward retreat, we cannot follow the enemy's baton, otherwise we will not be able to protect everything  Nearly 8 infantry divisions from Gidis and Rashevich have gathered near Kuznetsov and set up a pocket formation waiting for us to get into it. If this unit really underestimates the enemy and rushes in to catch up, it will be lost if it is ambushed.  Take the initiative"

    Kolchak anxiously walked around the tent with his hands behind his back. As the highest consul in Russia, he could of course give arbitrary orders, but Hastings was his most important and trusted person after Pepelyaev.  Assistant, and the main force in the northern front is now the Kazan 2nd Army, which is mainly infantry. Therefore, Kolchak did not make a simple and crude decision on his own, but hoped to persuade the uneasy White Guard staff who were still hesitating.  total length.  "" look

    "It is possible that Gidis and Rashevich played a trick after retreating south and set up a trap for us to jump. After all, Kusnetsov has a direct railway to Syzran in the east and Penza in the west.  , relying on the city, they can more easily obtain supplies of materials, arms and food even for defense, and it is more convenient to mobilize troops I originally thought that since the enemy used the Budyonni Cavalry Army's secret trick to delay our pursuit south,  pace, then we should do the opposite, resolutely eliminate all interference and grit our teeth to pursue southward"

    Hastings was in a state of confusion. He felt that there was some crisis hidden in the clouds and fog that he could not see clearly for a while. At this moment, the battlefield west of Simbirsk suddenly shattered into four pieces.  The enemy, and the main force of the White Guards with superior strength, was so inadvertently dispersed into three groups. This went against the original intention of concentrating the main force for a decisive battle, but it also split the enemy into small pieces through interspersing and dividing, and then surrounded and annihilated them.  The most common way to play

    The problem is that when this situation was achieved, the Soviet Red Army, which passively retreated, became the leader of this situation, while the White Guards, who had the upper hand in the offensive and gained the initiative on the battlefield, were passively torn apart like marionettes.  Formation

    Hastings could not realize at this moment that the southward retreat of the two main forces of the Soviet Red Army, the 10th Army and the 8th Army, was not to retreat to Kuznetsov and rely on the city for attack, defense and decisive battles, but to Volo.  The strong man Shilov broke his arm and planned to abandon the southern battlefield, concentrate all the main forces of the Volga Front on the northern battlefield, and attack Kazan City in one go, attracting the main force of the White Guards to return north for a decisive battle.

    Under the urging of Kolchak, Krashilnikov and Dimilev¡¯s expectant and incomprehensible looks, Hastings, the chief of staff of the White Guard Army, sighed softly in his heart, nodded and said,

    "In this case, this is the only way to go. I suggest that the 7th, 8th and 9th Kazan Infantry Divisions be responsible for annihilating the 1st Kameshin Division of the Soviet Red Army in the encirclement. For this purpose, fifteen artillery companies should be concentrated to strengthen  As for the offensive direction of these three divisions, as for the northern line, the task of the 4th, 5th and 6th Kazan Infantry Divisions is to hold back Budyonny's cavalry corps. If necessary, they can abandon their front-line positions and push the Soviet Red Army cavalry towards  Attract the troops from the south, while Kiriyev's 7th Cavalry Division and Pyatov's 4th Cavalry Division move north from their current positions and encircle Budyonni's cavalry troops from the east and west sides! "

    "That's right! Your Excellency, Commander, give the order quickly!" Krashilnikov and Dimilev said almost in unison with joyful faces.

    "Wait a minute I always feel a little uneasy about the troops pursuing on the southern front. Andre's 1st Cavalry Division is chasing at the front, followed by the 2nd, 5th and 6th Cavalry Divisions, all separated by five or six kilometers.  In addition, the 41st Russian Infantry Division in Bazar Nesezgan Town has not yet been solved!

    Alexander Vasilyevich, I suggest that you simply order the 2nd Cavalry Division to go south to meet the 1st Cavalry Division. The purpose is not to destroy the enemy, but to catch up with the enemy, maintain harassment and pressure, and clearly detect the terrain and the opponent's troop deployment and intentions.  , and the 5th Cavalry Division went south from Weshkema Town, and cooperated with the 6th Cavalry Division to first eat the 41st Russian Infantry Division in the town of Nesezgan, Bazar!  This can prevent all four cavalry divisions from rushing south in case they encounter an enemy counterattack.?If the battle is not resolved as soon as possible on the battlefield, we will be in disarray and lose control of our situation if there is smoke everywhere!  "

    Guillaume Nikolayevich Hastings scratched his head, looked at Kolchak with a blushing face and suggested, while thinking to himself, he was being laughed at by Krashilnikov and Dimilev.  There is no need to worry about timidity. At this time, any caution is worthwhile. Blindly throwing heavy troops into battle when the enemy's situation is unknown is not only easy to break one's own strings, but also easy for the enemy to find opportunities to take advantage of.

    "Very good! Thanks to my chief of staff, let Pepelyaev hug the thick legs of the Chinese king of the Allied Powers. With Guillaume Nikolaevich's advice, I believe we will definitely win.  "!" The supreme consul in Russia relaxed suddenly as he spoke. Apparently Hastings's suggestion dissipated a lot of the uneasiness and tension in the commander-in-chief of the White Guards. Kolchak actually expressed his concern for the Northern Front and Kazan.  Zhi was worried, which was one of the reasons why he was unwilling to move the main force south too quickly or too far. Now Hastings had obviously made up his mind for this guy.

    The situation on the battlefield entered a new stage, but to the disappointment of Kolchak and Hastings, what happened next was far beyond their expectations.

    By 8:00 in the morning, the 7th Cavalry Division rushed to the west side of the positions of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Kazan Infantry Divisions on the northern front, which were in a defensive posture.
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