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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 764 (2) The Crazy Demilitarized Buffer Zone

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    "Pass my order! The 2nd Kazan Army launched a general attack on the remaining units of the 1st Kameshin Infantry Division in the encirclement. Those who dare to resist will be killed without taking prisoners. Those who dare to hesitate and are timid will be killed without mercy! K Guillaume Nikolaye  Vicky, go to the battle in person and supervise the battle! Any commanders at all levels below the division commander who retreat will be shot!" Kolchak drew out the command knife from his waist and slashed off the table leg while roaring.  §êw§ëFirst,

    By noon, the entire Simbirsk battlefield fell silent. On the northern front, the launch of the general offensive was delayed by almost half an hour. This made the Kameshin Infantry Division, whose rear position was close to the demilitarized buffer zone,  The remaining nearly 3,000 men of the 1st Division and about 4,000 lightly and seriously injured people retreated into the demilitarized buffer zone, laid down their weapons and surrendered to a Volga Federal Cavalry Battalion coming from Simbirsk, thus escaping being completely annihilated by Kolchak.  fate.  ",

    On the southern front, Kolchak's four cavalry divisions withdrew 5 kilometers away, removing the 50 Volga Federal paratroopers, more than 3,500 remnants of the 41st Infantry Division, and the 50 Volga Federal paratroopers in the Bazar Nesezgan town.  More than 2,500 lightly and seriously injured people were surrounded

    Further south in the city of Kuznetsk, the political commissar of the Soviet 10th Army, Rashevich, led nearly 36,000 people from 4 divisions of the 8th Army, and boarded the troops mobilized from the Nizhny Novgorod-Salansk-Penza front line.  Troop trains began to move westward and northward along the railway line in an organized manner according to the plan of the Soviet Volga Front, preparing to join the main battle on the northern line.  ""look

    Gidis, the commander of the Soviet 10th Army, commanded a total of 4 main infantry divisions of the 10th Army, the 37th, 38th, 39th and 40th Divisions, and alternately covered the retreat to the 10th Army, 25 kilometers to the southwest.  In the city of Kuznetsk, they were preparing to board the troop train that turned back before evening and also headed westward and northward to gather.

    The 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Cavalry Division and the 8th Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the Budyonny Cavalry Corps of the Soviet Red Army were already at a position about 75 kilometers northwest of Simbirsk and the 1st Timoshenko Cavalry Division broke out  The rest of the troops merged. Of course, the remnants of the 7th Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Cavalry Division, as well as Pavlov, the Chief of Staff of the 10th Army and Commander of the 1st Kamishin Infantry Division who followed the cavalry troops to break through, were also unscathed in the converging team.  .

    The first decisive battle on the southern front between the 10th and 8th armies of the Soviet Red Army, the Budyonny Cavalry Army, and the main forces of Kolchak's White Guards southward ended in just one and a half days.  As a complete end, in comparison, Kolchak's White Guards, who had gained the initiative on the battlefield, suffered greater losses in personnel. At the same time, the White Guards lost the opportunity to annihilate the opponent's main force on the southern front.

    As far as the Soviet Red Army is concerned, the three main divisions of the Volga Front, the 10th Army, the 42nd Infantry Division, the 41st Infantry Division, and the 1st Kamishin Infantry Division, have lost nearly half of their troops, and about 100,000 of them were killed in action.  6,000 people, and at least 12,000 lightly or seriously wounded. After the war, the remnants and wounded of the three main divisions, which were basically crippled, entered the demilitarized buffer zone and became "civilians under the control of the Volga Federation to be screened and repatriated."  "Prisoner of the War title.

    In addition to these three main infantry divisions, the 12th Infantry Division of the Soviet 8th Army lost more than 6,000 people, of which 2,000 were killed and 4,000 were wounded. The Gidis organization went north to relieve the siege of the town of Neserzgan in Bazar.  The 1,000-man cavalry detachment suffered nearly 600 casualties, of which more than 300 were killed or captured, and nearly 300 were wounded.

    The next casualty was the Budyonny Cavalry Army that went south to contain Kolchak's main force. Although not a single unit was completely eaten by the enemy, Gorodovikov's 2nd Cavalry Division suffered about 3,000 casualties, mainly  It was the 7th Cavalry Regiment that suffered almost half of the casualties after breaking through the Kamishen encirclement. The 1st Timoshenko Cavalry Division suffered nearly half of the casualties, with about 2,000 killed and 2,000 wounded. There were nearly 800 wounded during the breakout.  Captured.

    Taken together, in this decisive battle on the southern front that was not considered a decisive battle, four main divisions of the Soviet Red Army lost their combat effectiveness within a day and a half, and they lost 31,600 people. Among them, nearly 10,000 were killed and nearly 20,000 were wounded.  At the same time, nearly 20 artillery batteries were lost. The intensity of the battle was no less intense than the previous battle for the Iron Triangle in Cheboksary.

    As for the Kolchak White Guards, the 4th, 5th and 6th Infantry Divisions of the 2nd Kazan Army lost nearly 2,000 troops each. The Kazan Infantry, the main force surrounding the 1st Russian Kameshin Infantry Division,  The 9th Division suffered more than half casualties, losing nearly 5,000 people. The remaining 7th Infantry Division suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, and the 8th Infantry Division suffered nearly 4,000 casualties. Among the 18,000 casualties lost by the White Guard infantry, about 6,000 were killed and almost 12,000 were wounded.  , the artillery unit lost more than 10 companies.

    Among the seven Don Cossack Cavalry Divisions of the 1st Kazan Army of the White Guards, the 4th Cavalry Division and 7th Cavalry Division both suffered nearly half casualties, each losing about 4,000 people. The 6th Cavalry Division and the 5th Cavalry Division each lost 2,000 people.  The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions each lost 1,500 people, and the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Division lost 1,000 people. The cumulative casualties of the cavalry troops were as high as 16,000, of which more than 4,000 were killed and 12,000 were wounded.

    The ratio of casualties on both sides was that of the Soviet Union and RussiaRed Army 31,600: The White Guards had 34,000 people, of whom more than 10,000 were killed. Of course, if the Volga Federation and the demilitarized buffer zone had not helped the Soviet Red Army, then the Soviet Red Army¡¯s Kameshin 1st Infantry Division and 41st Infantry Division  The divisions could not escape the fate of being wiped out, and the wounded could not escape the fate of being captured by the White Guards. So basically it can be said that without the help of the non-military buffer zone, Kolchak's main force of the White Guards would have won a tragic victory.  The opponent's 34 main divisions were wiped out by nearly 50,000 people, while their own casualties were less than 40,000.

    Now, it can only be said that the Soviet Red Army was opportunistic and fought Kolchak to a draw on the southern front. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. In contrast, the Soviet Union used trains to withdraw nearly 8 main divisions from the southern front battlefield.  The Red Army will gather faster on the northern front and gain a huge advantage in strength and firepower, while the main force of Kolchak and Hastings White Guards will face greater difficulties and challenges!

    July 31, 1918 12:30 Former enemy headquarters in Kolchak, 55 kilometers west of Simbirsk

    "He! This demilitarized buffer zone is causing too much harm"

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