Beiyang 1917

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July 9, 7: Chernigov Karezhevsky, [-] kilometers southwest of Ufa, was surrounded by clusters.

"Comrade Commander! There are only two days left of food. In the past two days, more than 100 seriously injured people have died. They are short of medical care and medicine. We can only watch them die. Many wounded are deteriorating. When will the main force come to relieve the siege?" Savievic, the commander of the Uralsk Infantry Division, broke into Rzhevsky's house with a beard on his face.

"The main force of the southern cluster is not far from us, just 6 kilometers to the west on the line between Milna and Yazikovo!" Rzhevski replied while shaving his beard in front of the broken mirror hanging on the wall.

"But I heard that Tukhachevsky has been dismissed, and he is no longer the commander of the Southern Group! Has the Southern Group merged with the Fifth Army and the Ninth Army? The soldiers can't hold on anymore , more than [-] people are consuming food and medicine here, and if the main force of the cluster does not come to rescue, you should know what will happen, Comrade Commander!" Savievic was as full of enthusiasm as his soldiers. despair and fear.

In order not to shake the morale of the army, the news that Moscow removed the commander of Tukhachevski's South Cluster was blocked by Rzhevsky. Ma Xin was more than clever, not courageous, and even more lacking in courage and willpower. If you act as the commander of the Southern Group, the possibility of the main force of the group returning to Ufa is not greater, but smaller!

As for Sdrviyov, a member of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council in Moscow, who was more than 1000 kilometers away, Rzhevsky did not give up at all.

After seeing the power of the coalition air force, Lezhevsky even faintly concealed in his heart that the main force of the Southern Group could withdraw across the left bank of the Volga as soon as possible with the support of the Fifth Army and the Ninth Army. Any blind attempt at a decisive battle is fraught with risks and uncertainties until the forces invested by the Allied forces west of the Ural Mountains are known.

As for the 3 Soviet Red Army soldiers who are now surrounded by themselves in Chernigovka, the coalition forces on the opposite side may use their own group as a bait, trying to attract the main force of the southern group and the eastern front to Ufa for a decisive battle , and Lezhevsky himself, is he trying to use his 4 people to attract the main force of the coalition forces? At least the White Guards of the four surrounding divisions dare not be negligent or transfer to the west to attack the main force of the southern group .

Thinking of this, Rzhevsky wiped the soap foam off his face with a towel, turned around and said seriously to Savievich, the commander of the Uralsk Infantry Division, "Comrade commander, you are a senior commander of the Red Army. What is the sloppiness of the beard? Where is the military discipline? Our task is to persevere! Persevere! If we persevere one more day, we can create one more day of opportunity and time for the main force!"

Savievic couldn't help but took a step back, touched the beard stubble on his face, and still argued,

"However, food is not available every day. How can we persist? Comrade commander, how can we persist? The seriously wounded are dying every day, and the wounds of the lightly wounded are also deteriorating! There is a lack of medical care and food, how can we persist? It’s really impossible, Comrade Commander, I will lead the whole division to break through to the west. Isn’t the main force of the southern group only 50 kilometers away from us? It must stand out!"

"Leave 24 lightly and seriously wounded to break through? Savievic, how long have you been with me? It's been almost a year. To tell you the truth, Tukhachevsky was dismissed from Moscow because he withdrew westward with the main force. Throwing The 3 of us are suffering here. The reason why I lost the battle but was still the commander of the Fourth Army and was not arrested and shot by the Cheka is because my division and I are still standing here in Chernigovka! Wake up my comrade teacher!"

Lezhevski's tone was full of sadness and helplessness!

"But how can we persevere without food?" Savievic pouted and insisted.

"Isn't Dandinov's cavalry regiment's horse feed almost finished? Man, a catty of horse meat per person per day, and 5 horses slaughtered and chopped every day is almost enough!" Rzhevsky raised his face. The basin went out and splashed the washing water in the yard. The kitchen was short of manpower, so the orderly went to the kitchen to help out early in the morning. Of course, the advantage was that he could get more horse meat for Rzhevski!

"What a beautiful day! Anyway, Comrade Rzhevsky, I see that our persistence here is meaningless. The cavalry of the Chapayev Cavalry Division regards their horses as their second life. You speak lightly every day." Go kill fifty war horses, when the time comes, the cavalry will fight with others to protect their mounts!" Savievich followed out of the house muttering.

At 7 o'clock in the morning on July 5st, the sky was blue, the sun climbed up the branches, and there were few clouds in the sky. In the camp, there were voices of chattering women talking and washing and drying clothes and sheets. There were many people in the surrounding area. Among them, more than 5 female medical soldiers left by the southern group are a beautiful scenery in the camp. Of course, the discipline is still strict, and those who dare to violate the discipline to provoke the female soldiers should be shot or shot!

However, the war is so cruel. In many cases, innocuous jokes, jokes and ambiguous eyes will still pass from time to time among the young men and women of the Soviet Russian Red Army.

Lezhevsky climbed onto the roof and looked at the encirclement of the surrounding White Guards with binoculars. Just like the previous few days, the four White Guard infantry divisions outside the encirclement did not show any sign of relaxation. In the case of artillery support, it would take a huge price to break through the opponent's machine gun firepower network, so what if it was a fluke?

Moscow, the Eastern Front, and the Southern Cluster could not accept such a disastrous defeat. Countless people were looking for a scapegoat for the potential failure with their eyes wide open!

Savievich, the commander of the Uralsk Infantry Division, climbed up to the roof. This house was the estate of the largest landowner in the local town. The local poor and farm laborers also fled to the east of the Ural Mountains like a swarm of bees, which made Rzhevsky even more confused about the prospects and future of the Soviet Russian regime. Under the high pressure of the policy, it is conceivable that the alienation of the Soviets from all walks of life in rural areas with small peasant consciousness for thousands of years!

At this moment, there was a buzzing sound from the air in the direction of Ufa. Rzhevsky and Savievic both turned to the east when they heard the sound, and saw a group of coalition planes flying northeast of Ufa. He flew towards him!

"My God! Where are there so many coalition planes!" Savievic was stunned!

"Air raid alert! Air raid alert! Order the entire army to hide! The entire army is to hide! Unless the opponent fires, it is strictly forbidden to shoot into the air!!!!" Lezhevski was the first to come back to his senses, on the roof He yelled at the ignorant soldiers in the courtyard!

The whole yard was in a mess, and as the group army command's warning horn and bell sounded, more and more people in the camp heard the huge roar of aircraft engines from the sky. The good weather and vision made it possible for most people in the camp to stand on tiptoes and see the large formations of the coalition forces flying towards Chernihivka in a neat formation in the direction of Ufa in the distance!

"Comrade Commander! Let's quickly find a place to hide! Your house has a big target. If the other party wants to attack, the bomb will come to us first!" Savievich's tone was a little trembling, just now he was counting How many coalition planes flew over from the opposite side, and it turned out that there were too many densely packed planes. This may be the first time this guy has seen so many planes in the sky at such a young age!It's still the enemy's!

Flying in the high sky and flying in the front are three SE5 biplane fighter squadrons, which are 4 fighter jets, and a little behind in the mid-air are three DH4 reconnaissance bomber squadrons, which are 4 bombers again, and then there are three that were not before. I have seen a formation of Handley Page 4 twin-engine heavy bombers, a total of 6 twin-engine heavy bombers.

At the higher altitude of the entire formation, there are 24 fighter-bombers in two squadrons, Chinese FR fighter-bombers that have never been seen by the Soviet and Russian Red Army. This kind of all-metal monoplane fighter-bomber made in China is almost unheard of by everyone. . . .