Beiyang 1917

At this time, Moscow did not know that Chistopol on the Kama River on the North Road had fallen, and the coalition forces occupied Almetyevsky at the same time. The set also fell into the hands of the coalition forces, otherwise Trotsky would have insisted that Tukhachevsky's southern group quickly retreat towards the Volga River, and let the Fifth Army and Ninth Army turn back to the Volga River ferry, Keep the passage of retreat. -

The news that the coalition forces appeared west of Ufa on a large scale, Tukhachevsky will not know until noon tomorrow, and Moscow will not know until tomorrow night, which makes the evening of July 191, 7, in the Soviet The Russian Central Committee and the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council.

After several debates, the few Central Committee members headed by Trotsky obeyed the majority, and made a decision to let Tukhachevsky's southern group stick to its current position, wait for the reinforcements of the Fifth Army and the Ninth Army, and then try to attack. The decision to take Ufa!

At the same time, Moscow's Supreme Revolutionary Military Council once again sent an urgent message to Slavin's Fifth Army and Yegorov's Ninth Army, asking them to march as fast as possible to the southern group in the direction of Ufa. move closer!

The telegram also emphasized that the success of the Battle of Ufa depends entirely on the fearlessness and sacrifice of the Red Army soldiers of the two armies. If you arrive at the battlefield one day earlier, victory will be closer to us. The delay led to the defeat of the front, and the commanders of both armies were court-martialed!

No matter how stupid Slavin and Egorov received the urgent telegram, they knew that Tukhachevsky, an arrogant guy, must have kicked the iron plate under the city of Ufa. Due to the loss situation under the Facheng, the mood of Slavin and Egorov is relatively cautious and optimistic.

Slavin, the commander of the Fifth Army, even thought that when he rushed to Ufa and made a beautiful attack, he might take the position of the commander of the Southern Group from Tukhachev!In this way, the fifth and ninth armies were urged by Moscow to speed up their march. The original two cavalry divisions of Slavin's fifth army had already been strengthened to the first army. A du li cavalry regiment was formed, as the vanguard marched ahead of the army, and rushed to the southern cluster position 300 kilometers away within two and a half days.upload update

Yegorov's Ninth Army made Budyonny's special cavalry division, who was playing the forward, go all the way, and asked him not to wait for the brigade, and he was limited to two and a half days to walk 320 kilometers and rush to Ufa and the South Group to rendezvous!

These two army commanders have little calculations in their stomachs. Moscow limits our troops to rush to the vicinity of Ufa in three days. Even if I rush to a cavalry regiment, I have arrived, right?

As for Tukhachevsky, who set up the cluster headquarters in Chernigovka, after receiving a telegram from Moscow requesting him to establish a front line in situ and wait for reinforcements, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and was not dismissed by the front line. Thank God for the investigation. Since I am still in the position of the commander of the southern group, I will rest here for three days. , Our own strength will increase by 12 divisions and nearly 30 new artillery companies!

Nima, I won't take it lightly this time, I will fight steadily, and I have to take Ufa down no matter what!Tukhachevsky pinched the telegram in his hand under the oil lamp, gritted his teeth and thought!

As a matter of fact, the White Guards did not launch a chase, but sent someone to deliver a letter, requesting that the Suonan Group go to Ufa the next day to pick up 4000 captured and severely wounded. This surprised and delighted the remaining [-] soldiers of the Southern Group It is clear that the commander of the White Guards in Ufa was not a vicious guy. Many Red Army soldiers were full of curiosity about that mysterious Ufa commander. They didn't talk about much hatred, but a layer of respect quietly arose.

Tukhachevsky wanted to reciprocate courtesy, but apart from a few local civilians who were arrested along the way and suspected to be White Guard spies in his team, there were no prisoners or wounded on the other side, so he had to let this matter go. .

Ma Xin, the chief of staff of the group, looked at the Moscow telegram handed over by Tukhachevsky for a long time under the oil lamp, raised his head and said,

"Mikhail Nikolaevich, are you sure we should not retreat all the way, but establish a front here less than [-] kilometers away from Ufa?" Ma Xin is no idiot, he and Rzhev Like Sky, he instinctively smelled something unusual in the two days of fighting.

"Chief of Staff, what do you mean? Are we going to retreat all the way in disgrace? The enemy in Ufa did not dare to come out to pursue today. Obviously they lack the confidence to win, or they are short of troops. In the two days of fighting, the opponent's two lines of defense will see The troops obtained are only two infantry divisions each. We still have ten divisions. How dare he leave the fixed position to pursue the four or five divisions? So you don’t need to belittle yourself. We have encountered setbacks, but We are still the glorious Southern Red Army!"

Tukhachevsky thumped the table fiercely, and roared with staring eyes.

"Comrade Commander, even if the opponent's troops are not many, but the machine guns are so powerful, and there are at least 30 artillery companies, one-third of which are heavy artillery. If the opponent is steady and steady, those cannons alone can smash us How will you hold the front line?" The deputy commander of the group, Lezhevsky, did not find any news of his dismissal from Moscow's telegram, and his spirit has returned a lot. Can't stop talking.

"Rzhevsky! You are frightened by the artillery of the White Guards. Their heavy artillery in Ufa City is likely to be some fortress artillery that cannot be easily moved. Even if they have 20 companies of mountain artillery and field artillery, don't we still There are 17 artillery companies left, the main force of the Fifth Army still has 16 artillery companies, and the main force of the Ninth Army also has 12 artillery companies! If they arrive here in three days, we are absolutely sure to take Ufa!"

Tukhachevsky stared at Lezhevski. In the telegram to Moscow, he signed the name of the Southern Group Front Military Committee, but it was actually a telegram drafted by Tukhachevsky. The purpose is to throw Rzhevsky out as a scapegoat when Moscow blames it!

In fact, in the battle on July 7th, Tukhachevsky's combat plan and arrangement were indeed nothing to criticize. The First Army's attack on the Northwest Defense Line of Ufa was also very effective. The White Guards are large, and they have dug a trench to move forward!

If you want to blame it, you can blame Lezhevsky's Fourth Army for wasting the conditions created for them by the First Army. 20 artillery companies and eight infantry divisions were beaten by the White Guards with less than 3 divisions on the opposite side. Blood flow, there are still 6000 people captured!What a shame!

If it weren't for the fear of forcing the Fourth Army back before the battle, Tukhachevsky's telegram might have dared to complain that the Fourth Army was weak and wavering, and 6000 people defected and surrendered to the Ufa White Guards!But in any case, there is no doubt that Rzhevski and his Fourth Army are primarily responsible for the mess up of the first phase of the Ufa campaign!

"Mikhail Nikolaevich! I admit that the Fourth Army paid a heavy price for underestimating the enemy's artillery fire on the southeastern line of Ufa, but I, Rzhevsky and the Fourth Army were by no means Timid and afraid of death, the Eastern Front is the main force of the Red Army, and the Southern Group is the main force of the Eastern Front!

We are responsible for this team, and now the enemy's reconnaissance planes are buzzing and staring at us every day!Our deployment and movements during the day have no secrets from the enemy, and we know nothing of their movements. This blind man riding a blind horse can no longer be fought indiscriminately! "Lezhevski slapped the table and roared!"