Beiyang 1917

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At the end of June 1918, as a result of the emergency military meeting of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, the center-right faction headed by Trotsky made a compromise with Comrade Ulyanov’s left wing, and in the name of Trotsky, chairman of the Supreme Military Council, The order issued to the front line was as follows:

1. The Fifth Army of the Eastern Front left part of its forces to pretend to be the main force and continued to besiege Kazan. The remaining main force of the army, about seven infantry divisions and 16 artillery companies, went down along the Volga River and crossed the river from Simbirsk as a southern group attack The task of Ufa's reserve team is to support and join the front-line operations in Ufa at any time, while maintaining control of the Volga River crossing. The Fifth Army's southward troops are unified under the unified command of Tukhachevsky, the commander of the Southern Group!

2. The Southern Front mobilized the main force of Yegorov's Ninth Army to escort 20 people to fight for a month, and moved from Tsaritsyn along the Volga River to the right bank, before the launch of the Ufa Battle in early July Arriving at the designated position on the front line of Setheran and Samara, in addition to the food supply of Bitukhachev's southern cluster, it is also necessary to assume the responsibility of covering the right wing and rear of the southern cluster!

3. The Third Army of the Eastern Front in the northwest direction of Kazan, timely gathered the line of defense and moved closer to the south, in case the main force of Kolchak in the direction of Kazan jumped the wall and rushed westward to intercept it!

At the end of June 1918, the Southern Front had jurisdiction over three armies, the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Armies, of which the Ninth and Tenth Armies were the main forces of the Front Army, each with the strength of seven full divisions, while the Eighth Army had only The strength of three divisions.

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The reason why the Ninth Army of the Southern Front was selected to support the mission in the direction of Ufa is mainly because the artillery of this army is relatively strong, with 12 artillery companies. In addition, the Ninth Army also has the only special cavalry division of the Southern Front. However, Budyonny's cavalry division is the most resolute, courageous and powerful iron fist in the entire Southern Front.

When defending Tsaritsyn for the first time, Budyonny led only a cavalry regiment, and when he defended Tsaritsyn for the second time, he was upgraded to a cavalry brigade. Become the commander of a special cavalry division.

Of course, Comrade Joseph, the military commissar of the Front Military Committee of the Southern Front, was full of reluctance for Moscow's order. After defeating Krasnov and Denikin's third offensive campaign, this guy originally wanted to be supplemented by the Southern Front. Later, it launched a campaign to recover the Caucasus, and now it is being done by Moscow, which means that it has to continue to take a defensive position in Tsaritsyn.

And transferred the Ninth Army with the most combat effectiveness to the southern group of the little boy Tukhachevsky to guard the rear, and had to escort food and grass. If Tsaritsyn allocated it in one go, it would be enough If people need a month's worth of food, the remaining two armies of the southern front with more than 20 people will have to tighten their belts again.

Of course, when he learned that this strategic transfer came from Comrade Ulyanov’s idea, and not from Trotsky, the chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council whose conflict with himself had been exacerbated by previous telegram wars, Joseph Comrades sent a telegram to Moscow saying that no matter how difficult the Southern Front was, it would spare no effort to support the Eastern Front's Southern Group's upcoming campaign to recover Ufa.

Therefore, the Budyonny Special Cavalry Division, which was originally transferred from the Ninth Army to the direct command of the Front Army Command, was returned to Yegorov's Ninth Army.The Ninth Army's six infantry divisions and special cavalry divisions totaled more than [-] people. In early July, led by the special cavalry division, they rushed to the middle reaches of the Volga River on the line between Setherland and Samara (now ancient Beerschev).

In fact, Yegorov's errand is not easy to handle. The straight-line distance from Tsaritsyn to Setherland in the middle reaches of the Volga River is 600 kilometers. Fortunately, the fleet in the Volga River region helps transport troops and food. Otherwise, it's really hard to say whether I can arrive at the designated location before July 7th.

Tukhachevsky's southern group has been strengthened from the north and the south. This guy finally stepped up and directed the three armies in his hand to accelerate towards Ufa. If nothing else, the 1st and 4th armies will be 7 On the 8th and 9th of the month, they joined forces in the outskirts of Ufa.

Tukhachev, the commander of the Southern Group, did not intend to wait until the 2nd Army arrived before launching a campaign. In his view, the strengthened 1st Army and 4th Army had a total of 15 people, and they took down only 7 defenders. Ufa is out of the question.

The Soviet Union sharpened their knives and waited to take Ufa in one fell swoop. Kolchak, who was far away in Kazan, was beyond his reach at this time. The five divisions of the defenders on the right bank of the Volga River had retreated to the outskirts of Ufa, retreating from the direction of Orenburg. A Cossack cavalry division returning also arrived in Ufa.

If it weren't for the coalition forces building a large military airport 10 kilometers northwest of Ufa, near the Trans-Siberian Railway, it seems that countless coalition air force planes are busy taking off and landing every day, and the Russian defenders in Ufa may have already dispersed!

From Ufa to the east across the Ural Pass to Chelyabinsk, the straight-line distance is 330 kilometers. The Trans-Siberian Railway traverses Chelyabinsk and Ufa, and then turns to Kazan, 466 kilometers northwest. The Trans-Siberian Railway is in the hands of Kolchak. As long as there are enough wagons and trains, his 10 army can drive from Kazan to Ufa within 24 hours.

The commander of the Ufa garrison is Kolchak's deputy, the Prime Minister of the All-Russia Interim Government B. Pepelyaev, this is Kolchak's most trusted person, and he is also the entire All-Russia interim The most powerful and prestigious guy in the autonomous government, of course, his loyalty to Kolchak is beyond doubt. In Wang Geng's previous life, this Pepelyaev accompanied Kolchak through his life.

The White Guards who retreated to Ufa consisted of seven divisions, and their organizational structure was still intact, especially the Cossack cavalry division that was withdrawn from Orenburg. Major Alexander Petrovich, in less than half a year, this fellow was mixed from a colonel to a cavalry lieutenant general under Kolchak's command, and his men were full of an 8000-man Cossack cavalry division.

To put it bluntly, Lieutenant General Aleksandar Petrovich's life in the past six months has been both comfortable and uncomfortable. The advantage is that he has become a lieutenant general from a colonel, and his men have expanded to a division. Fort and Ural direction activities, not being filled into the meat grinder in Kazan, the disadvantage is that it is far away from the main force and used as a ranger, and the logistics and supplies have to be solved on the spot. Of course, this guy did not miss it. The Alash Autonomous Republic on the Kazakh grasslands borrowed money and grain for supplies.

In the third battle of Tsaritsyn launched not long ago by the Don Cossack leaders Krasnov and Denikin in the North Caucasus direction, Alexander Petrovich's Ural Fourth Cavalry Division was almost defeated by the Eastern Front in Orenburg. The three infantry divisions of the Fourth Army made dumplings. Fortunately, the chief of staff, Sergey Mikhainovich, had the intelligence to know a few fellow countrymen in the Fourth Army of the Soviet Russian Eastern Front and developed them into eyes and ears. Before the Soviet Fourth Army closed the encirclement, the team jumped out of the encirclement.

According to Sergey, the chief of staff, this fellow intends to drag the team around the Kazakh steppe to defect to Denikin. Everyone is a fellow from the Don River who is easy to talk, but he can't hold back the commander Alexander Petrovich. He heard about the gold in Kazan They were all transported to Ufa. Comrade Alexander wanted to defend the legendary 1600 tons of gold in Ufa. As a result, one wanted to lead the team to the south and the other to the north. Erkin came up with an idea, draw lots!

The result of the lottery was obviously that the division commander won. Sergey followed his division commander dejectedly, and led the 8000-strong Ural Fourth Cavalry Division all the way north to Ufa.

In 1918, whether it was Kolchak’s White Guards or the Soviet Red Army, the cavalry was a superior force. A decent mount was a real Cossack when the soldiers were in chaos, so the cavalry of Alexander Petrovich As soon as the division returned to Ufa, B. Pepelyaev, the supreme military chief of Ufa, the prime minister of the cabinet and the commander of the Ufa garrison, was overjoyed.

Counting thousands of miles away, Alexander Petrovich, a cavalry lieutenant general who has experienced many battles, has been transformed. Pepelyaev was appointed the title of deputy commander of the garrison. In addition to the Fourth Ural Cavalry Division, another He sent two infantry divisions that retreated from the right bank of the Volga to him, and Comrade Alexander seemed to be the former commander-in-chief of the southeast group of the Ufa line of defense.