Beiyang 1917

~ri date:~October 10ri~

The situation in the big conference room took a turn for the worse. Tukhachevsky, who was obviously cowardly and avoiding the battle, became a scapegoat and a street mouse. Everyone shouted and beat Ulyanov. Khachevsky made this guy directly become the commander of the army group from the commander of the regiment, and then jumped from the commander of the army group to the commander of the southern group commanding three armies with 16 horses. I didn't expect this guy to perform so well in the Battle of Ufa Unbearable!

"Regardless of his previous telegram saying that yesterday's disastrous defeat was caused by the Fourth Army Rzhevski's command error, now everyone only sees that Rzhevsky and his Fourth Army are still 10 miles southwest of Ufa City. Chernigovka, which was [-] kilometers away, stood firm, while Tukhachevsky, with [-] people and all artillery, left the wounded and ran to Milna, [-] kilometers away!

He also sent a telegram to ask for instructions on the next action plan. Does he want Zhong Yang to take the blame for him?It is tolerable or unbearable! The Zhongyang Committee and the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council must take decisive organizational actions!No mercy! " Kamenev continued to yell with righteous indignation!

Trotsky sighed when he heard the words, and Sdrviyov was of course happy to see the results. Ma Xin is his close friend, he has always been prudent, and he has a good brain. If Ma Xin can succeed Tukhachevsky The commander of the South Group is obviously a good choice, it is better than letting Trotsky choose personally!He wanted to mention that it would definitely be Slavin, the commander of the Fifth Army. How could this be so easy!

"Some of our comrades have been changing their minds about imperialist interference. They talk about the coalition forces all day long. It seems that once the coalition forces appear east of the Ural Mountains, we have to retreat and retreat! So what if the coalition forces have planes, Organize the air-to-air firepower to shoot it down! Maxim machine guns deploy a firepower network to the air, and the current aircraft are biplanes that are not fast. If the machine gun firepower is well organized, it will definitely be able to shoot down the enemy's plane!" Ulyanov While speaking, he glanced at Trotsky, who looked embarrassed!

"Comrade Ulyanov! Tukhachevsky was not promoted by me alone. Besides, as the commander of the Southern Group, any decision he makes will directly affect the situation on the front line and the safety of hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers. , so we can't think that when we mention retreat, we are afraid of the enemy. Sometimes it is more powerful to withdraw our fists and fight out. Although the number of enemies in Ufa may not be more than ours, there are not fewer cannons and machine guns than us. I also believe that when the offensive is frustrated, it is more reliable to withdraw the team to organize and then launch an attack than blindly reckless!"

Now the situation is completely reversed. Ulyanov, who originally promoted Tukhachevsky, clamored to remove the commander of the Southern Group, and the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council, which originally opposed the promotion of Tukhachevsky so quickly Chairman Trotsky, on the contrary, defended him pertinently. Of course, it is imperative to replace the commander of the Southern Group. Trotsky, like Kamenev, is happy to see the result, but Ma Xin's second The army had only two divisions, and he never commanded more troops.

Instead of letting Ma Xin take over as the commander of the Southern Group, Trotsky would of course want Slavin, the commander of the Fifth Army, to take over. Slavin's Fifth Army reached 12 at most. In this way, there will be as many as seven divisions from the original Fifth Army in the entire southern group. There is no reason for Ma Xin, who has only led two divisions, to be the commander of the southern group!

As for the Ninth Army and its commander Yegorov, who came up for reinforcements from the Southern Front, they are obviously not on the list of candidate commanders for the Southern Army at all. This is a matter of face for all the soldiers of the Eastern Front, and Trotsky , Vatsitis’s face problem, at this time in July 1918, the Southern Front of the Soviet Russian Red Army belonged to Comrade Joseph’s faction, the Eastern Front belonged to Trotsky’s faction, and the First and Second Army of the Eastern Front belonged to Comrade Joseph’s faction. Belonging to Sdrviyov's faction, behind the leader is Comrade Ulyanov!

After arguing for a long time, Trotsky and Sdrviyov were at loggerheads over who should take over as the commander of the Southern Group. Sdrviyov's reason was also very simple. The Southern Group Command assisted Tukhachevsky, and although the Second Army had only two divisions, it had completed the strategic tasks of the group reserve team well every time, and was familiar with the generals of the Southern Group and the frontline situation. The best candidate.

After arguing for a long time, Kamenev Yinyin, who was the first to suggest the replacement of Tukhachevsky, said, "Just cancel the Southern Cluster. Anyway, this is a temporary establishment. Now that the main force of the Eastern Army has been strengthened to the Ufa direction, let the Eastern Army Front Army Commander Vatsitis personally went to Ufa to command!"

One word awakened the dreamer. If Kamenev’s proposal was still on point, since Tukhachevsky didn’t work, sending a higher-level commander to the front would be the solution, at least in the future. In terms of coordinating the relationship between the various armies, there will be no situation where the commanders of the armies do not agree with each other and do nothing.

As soon as Kamenev's proposal came out, Sdrviyov was the first to stand up to oppose it, and the reasons were very good. Kolchak's main force of the White Guards was eyeing Kazan, and Vatsitis commanded the Third Army. The task of blocking the opponent with the remaining two divisions of the Fifth Army is even more difficult. What if Vatzetis leaves the front line of Kazan and releases the main force of Kolchak from Kazan?

At that time, regardless of whether the main force of Kolchak's 15 White Guards will go west to Moscow or go south to outflank the rear of the Soviet Red Army on the Ufa front, this will all be a big mess!Vatsitis and the Front Army Command must sit on the front line of Kazan and must not move lightly.

At this time, Sdrviyov remembered the goodness of Vatsitis, regardless of how Tukhachevsky was promoted under Ulyanov's instruction before, and he wanted to replace Vatsitis to make the Eastern Front The command was completely taken from Trotsky Vatsitis's plan.

"Comrade Trotsky, how about we send a commander from Moscow to coordinate the overall situation in Ufa?" Ulyanov turned around with his hands behind his back, rolled his eyes, and came up with an idea!

Trotsky was taken aback when he heard the words. Before, he was riding an armored train back and forth between Kazan and Tsaritsyn to command the frontline operations. Kazan has not made a breakthrough, and he has won the three defenses of Tsaritsyn. Oh, what Ulyanov meant, is he planning to ask himself to cross the Volga River and go to the front line of Ufa to command in person?

"Oh, don't get me wrong, I know that the burden of overall planning and command in the direction of Tsaritsyn and Kazan has always been on your shoulders, of course you can't leave, we... how about we send Sdrviyov there, Take the train from Moscow to Syzran, and then cross the Volga River, how can you reach the Ufa front line in a week! Before that, let Ma Xin act as the commander of the Southern Group! How do you think this is going to be done?" Uri Yanov looked at Trotsky with a smile and said.

Sdrviyov himself did not expect that Ulyanov would point his head at his head, but if Trotsky did not go to the front line, he would send a commander from the top who could calm down the situation. Sdrviyov, the military commissar of the Revolutionary Military Council, is really the second candidate.

As for Kamenev, although he would like to transfer from the position of chairman of the Moscow Soviet to the Red Army to command a front army, it is obviously not the time yet, but Zhong Yang has discussed it. If he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, then the commander of the Eastern Front will choose one of Tukhachevsky and Kamenev. After that, the next commander is really Kamenev who was sent out from Moscow!

As far as Trotsky himself is concerned, he tends to withdraw the southern group of the Eastern Front Army back to the banks of the Volga River first, and then decide whether to attack or defend next after he has figured out the details of the Ufa coalition army. Of course, it is safer and safer for the horse. Since Tukhachevsky retreated so many kilometers westward with the main force in a panic, and left behind the wounded and the rear division of the Fourth Army, this guy obviously smelled it. Only a little bit of danger dared to do this!

"The fall of Ural, the appearance of a Cossack cavalry battalion in Chistopol, we haven't figured out the surrounding situation. I think that before sending senior commanders to the front line to take charge of the command, Zhong Yang should at least formulate a next-step response plan, such as Say, what should the South Group do now? After reuniting with the Fifth and Ninth Group Armies, should it turn around and rescue the 3 people in the Rzhevsky Group in the encirclement, or should Wang strengthen the investigation on the spot? Or... withdraw On the right bank of the Volga?"

Before Trotsky finished speaking, Ulyanov interrupted him rudely,

"After the South Group and the Fifth and Ninth Army joined forces, there was only one direction to advance, and that was to return to the city of Ufa, open the enemy's encirclement, and rescue the Rzhevsky Group and the wounded! Then consider the siege and win Ufa, mobilize the enemy to try to annihilate the enemy's vital forces in the field! I don't think any other suggestions for retreat are worth mentioning!"