Beiyang 1917

On July 1918, 7, the first phase of the peripheral battle of the Battle of Ufa started. In the Eastern Front of the Soviet Russian Red Army, the southern group commanded by the strengthened Tukhachevsky advanced to a place ten kilometers southwest of Ufa, except for the three leaders. The cavalry division and the rest of the main force of the Southern Group all arrived within two days, and the entire Ufa front stretched from northwest to southeast across the nearly 7-kilometer-long area on the southwest outskirts of Ufa.

The offensive side is the Eastern Front South Group under the command of the Eastern Front of the Soviet Russian Red Army under the command of Tukhachevsky, which governs the First Army, Second Army and Fourth Army of the Eastern Front.

Among them, Tukhachevsky's own First Army governs the Volisk Infantry Division, the 1st Turkestan Division, the 24th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, the 15th and 20th Infantry Divisions, the 1st Turkestan Cavalry Division, and the Turkestan Cavalry Division. The 31st Infantry Division, the 13th Cavalry Division and the Mixed Cavalry Division have a total of 6 infantry divisions and 3 cavalry divisions, with a total of more than 20 soldiers and [-] artillery companies.

The Second Army has the 2nd Mixed Division and the 28th Infantry Division, a total of two infantry divisions, more than 2 people in the army, 3 artillery companies and a machine gun battalion!The commander of the group army is Ma Xin.

The Fourth Army has jurisdiction over the 22nd, 25th, 49th, and 50th Infantry Divisions, the Novozinsk Infantry Division, the Uralsk Infantry Division, and the 1st Cavalry Division. There are a total of 6 infantry divisions and a cavalry division. There are 10 artillery companies, and the entire army has about 5 people.

这样，苏俄东部战线乌法方向用于发起乌法战役的东集群一共拥有3个集团军14个步兵师4个骑兵师，33个炮兵连共198门大炮，进攻一方的总人数超过16万人。

On the side of the White Guards defending Ufa, the Northwest Group commanded by the Ufa Garrison Commander, Prime Minister of the All-Russian Interim Government Cabinet, and Belarusian Army General Pepelyaev has two White Guard infantry divisions and two Ufa volunteer divisions , a total of more than 4 people, governing 8 artillery companies, the southeast group commanded by Alexander Petrovich has two White Guard infantry divisions and a Ufa volunteer division plus a Ural fourth cavalry division, also more than 4 people, governing 6 artillery battery.

The remaining White Guard infantry division was guarded as a general reserve on the high right bank of the Belaya River in the center of the front.

The Ufa White Guards on the defensive side have a total strength of 9 people, 14 artillery companies with about 84 cannons, and about 5000 people in the city, including civilian husbands, logistics and ambulance teams, and workers' pickets. <The proud commander of the Southern Group of the Eastern Front of the Soviet Red Army, Tukhachevsky, set up his group headquarters in a village called Macao, which is only a little more than ten kilometers away from the southwest suburb of Ufa. The first line of defense of the defenders is only less than five kilometers away, which is almost near the border of the firing range of the Russian 76mm caliber mountain artillery on both sides!

"Comrade Commander, according to the reconnaissance of the cavalry, the front line of the Ufa defenders stretches from northwest to southeast, at least 20 kilometers long. The opponent has at least two divisions defending each other, the machine gun fire is relatively strong, but the artillery fire is still sparse, this is the specific situation, please indicate the next action plan!"

The one who reported was Vasily Ivanovich Chabayev, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division who was the forward of the [-]st Army. The No. [-] selection of the forward.

"Vassily Ivanovich, what's wrong? You, the commander of the main cavalry division, asked the White Guards to take a piece of meat before the battle was fought?! The two groups in the northwest and southeast each have only two divisions. ?According to information from the Front Army and Moscow, there are at least five White Guard infantry divisions and several Ufa volunteer divisions mobilized urgently in Ufa. Only four divisions are facing each other? That Pepelyaev is playing What a trick!"

Tukhachev frowned and looked at his confidant who was riding on the horse with his arms open. He saw that this guy was covered in sweat, his arms were wrapped in gauze, and there was still some blood oozing out. He was obviously shot when the front line was close for observation. Stray bullets or something.

"Hey, it's okay, I just scratched the skin, but my avant-garde battalion suffered a bit, chasing the Cossack scout cavalry too hard, and passed through the second line of defense of the two opposing groups in the middle, the White Guards The machine guns on both sides were too powerful, and there were not many people left when they retreated. It’s a pity that Yenov, the battalion commander and his political commissar, these two old brothers! They all died!” Chapayev said with a grin on his face. , My heart is actually very uncomfortable.

"They will take revenge! Don't worry! Comrade Vasily Ivanovich, this time our troops and artillery are at least twice as strong as the White Guards on the opposite side. When Ufa is captured, we will avenge your battalion commander and battalion political commissar." !” It was Ma Xin, commander of the Second Army, who spoke, although the Second Army only had two divisions, but this Ma Xin was Comrade Ulyanov’s fellow Simbirsk. Sdrviyov's relationship was very strong.

Therefore, although the Second Army has only two divisions, it is still an army, and Ma Xin was also appointed by Moscow as the chief of staff of the Southern Group, and he is regarded as Tukhachevsky's deputy.

"The White Guards on the opposite side are much more confident than before. The front line doesn't seem to have many people, but you see, they don't panic at all, and they are well concealed. This trench is well-built, and it looks like a regular army!" Next to Khachev, riding a horse and holding a telescope to observe the front on the high ground, is the commander of the Fourth Army Rzhevsky, who is the deputy commander of the Southern Group.

"Well, the defense line on the opposite side is well organized this time. The southeast cluster's position is centered on two highlands, and there is such a long barbed wire fence. Even if the Ufa White Guards are so rich? The cost and effort are not small. How about it? Comrades, tell me how to play!" Tukhachevsky was also riding a Don River bay horse, wearing a cloak and a top-notch red military cap on his head, he didn't look carefully like a senior commander, It's like an ordinary cavalryman.

This group of senior generals of the Soviet Red Army is currently on a hillside at an altitude of 200 meters and is observing the defense line of the Ufa defenders. The line of sight to the northeast defense line looks good. It looks like a very suitable artillery position.

"Commander, if you give the order, the brothers can't wait. In my opinion, send three divisions to the northwest and southeast to advance side by side, and send a cavalry division on each side to detour from the flanks, and you can advance to the Ufa River in one day. !" Chabayev couldn't help shouting anxiously, eager to avenge his comrade-in-arms who died.

"At least wait until the artillery positions are in place and the artillery fire is ready before launching an attack. Comrade my division commander, if you don't knock out those machine gun firepower points, it will cost too much to fight the numbers alone!" Ma Xin, the chief of staff of the group, said disapprovingly.

"The artillery is still ten miles behind the team. When they come up and set up their positions, I think it will be dark. How can we fight this attack! Wait until tomorrow? We don't have much food, and every day we spend will lose one day!" Chabayev said. Convinced.

In his view, at this moment, Tukhachevsky, the commander of the group and the commander of the 1st Army, can command the entire army, and the others stand aside, showing their arrogance, and the chief of staff of the group, Ma Xin, blushed , I thought to myself that this second army has few people and lacks confidence. Chapayev is just a division commander of the first army, so he dared to contradict himself indiscriminately.

"Food is indeed a problem. The food supported by the Southern Front has just been delivered to the front line of Samara. Yegorov of the Ninth Army began to yell that the team is too rushed and needs to rest for a day or two before moving forward."

Rzhevski, the commander of the Fourth Army and the deputy commander of the Southern Group, muttered dissatisfiedly. Setherland and Samara were originally the territories recovered by the Fourth Army. Now he is going north to replace Tukhachev. As cannon fodder, the fat and oily Samara and Setheran have become the garrisons of the Ninth Army!

"Has the main force of the Fifth Army of the Northern Group going south crossed the river from Simbirsk?" Tukhachevsky turned to ask his political commissar Yankovgay.

"Vatzetis' telegram last night said that there were no enough boats to ferry across. At this moment, only two divisions have crossed the river, and the other troops are still resting in Simbirsk!" Yankovgay, political commissar of the First Army, said helplessly. answer.

"How long will the army have enough food?" Tukhachev raised his binoculars and looked at the defense line of the Ufa White Guards, asking.

"The second army has enough food for ten days!" Ma Xin was the first to answer.

"The fourth group has more soldiers. It is estimated that the food they brought will be eaten in no more than ten days. The people on the right bank of the Volga River have all run away, and almost no food can be collected. It seems that Ufa must be captured as soon as possible and enter the city. Just food!" Rzhevski, commander of the Fourth Army, frowned.

"You guys are doing pretty well. The First Army only has food for eight days. If we can't take down Ufa in eight days, we have to start killing horses and eating meat!" Yankovgay, political commissar of the First Army, complained. .