Beiyang 1917

Utsunomiya Taro's mind is not slow, after all, he can be regarded as a master in the Japanese military circle. Although he is 57 years old, he has been with the young commander-in-chief Wang Geng for a long time. This guy is obviously more energetic than Wu Peifu , Just say what comes to mind, unlike Wu Peifu, who now speaks in front of Wang Geng, who is always a little hesitant and hesitant. I don’t know if I am afraid that my ideas will be deflated in front of Wang Geng, or if I am afraid that the young commander-in-chief will feel that he is a bit dependent on the old.

"Who said we were going to air strike the Ninth Army? The second air strike in the afternoon targeted the main force of the Southern Group on the Milner and Acehkovo lines. Tukhachevsky's team, according to Hawkeye 3's previous reconnaissance, There are only a dozen companies of artillery left in the main force of the southern group, and the heavy machine gun battalion seems to be reserved for the Rzhevsky group that is defending Chernigovka, so this time we are going to teach Tukhachevs a lesson base!"

Wang Geng unhurriedly told the truth about the second air raid.

Utsunomiya Taro on the opposite side was stunned, and after a long while, this fellow murmured,

"Sodisney, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, your plan is really very cunning. Tukhachevsky saw our fleet swaggering over his head in the morning and ignored him. This guy might think so this afternoon, who? Cheng imagined that the target of the air raid in the afternoon was the ten divisions of the main force of the Southern Group, this method is really wonderful! It's amazing! It's really amazing!"

The commander-in-chief of the Japanese Army patted Wang Geng's horse's feet without blushing at all. Wang Geng smiled slightly and said, "So this second time we will fly there swaggeringly, and at the beginning we will only do horizontal bombing. Wait until the bombs are dropped." After that, sweep the ground according to the situation! Of course, it would be even better if Tukhachevsky left the Milna-Azikovo line in a panic and dug trenches for two days. Let me see how they defend against the air if they are not covered!"

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, won't our ground troops in Ufa be mobilized? Sun Liangcheng's troops have taken Samara, and then they will take the ferry on the other side of Simbirsk. In this way, I am worried about the southern group of the Soviet Russian Eastern Front Army The main force will retreat westward after joining the Fifth and Ninth Armies, and Sun Liangcheng's troops only have 3 people, and if the other side swarms with 20 people, the pressure will be too great!" Utsunomiya Taro expressed his worries.

"The Volga River is so vast. If we hold several major crossings, it will be difficult for the Southern Group and the Fifth and Ninth Army to cross the river smoothly. Of course, it is a bit difficult to rely on Sun Liangcheng's 3 people, but we are in Almetyev Xiong Shihui's troops in Sikkim only have 3 people. If the opponent really wants to withdraw, it will be difficult for us to catch all of the opponent's 20 people at once. My main consideration now is, in which area to surround the opponent's main force of 20 people The troops are the best!"

Wang Geng walked up to the large combat map hanging on the wall, resting his chin in thought, Utsunomiya Taro also walked over and stood side by side with his commander-in-chief, staring at the mountains, rivers, rivers, roads and rivers on the map, meditating.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, if the Rzhevsky group lays down its arms and surrenders, we can send out the two Russian armies in Ufa and the three newly arrived Russian recruit divisions. If the [-] troops encircle from the east , should be able to capture the main force of the Suonan Group and the reinforcements of the two armies!" Utsunomiya Taro suggested.

"The combat effectiveness of the Ufa First Army is not bad, and the Second Army is mainly Ufa volunteer divisions. It is too early for the Russian recruit divisions transported from the east of the Ural Mountains to stand alone. When these troops win battles, the flag-waving effect is very good. It’s like the ashigaru troops of your Warring States period, but if you had high-intensity marches and field battles interspersed with roundabouts, I’m afraid they may not be the opponents of the Soviet Red Army’s Eastern Front, so I never want them to leave Ufa too far Fight and avoid giving the enemy an opportunity!"

Wang Geng expressed his concerns. The soldiers of the coalition army had to train, but they had to proceed step by step. The characteristics of the Red Army in Soviet Russia were actually similar to those of the White Guards. Crash thousands of miles.

"But according to the current situation, unless the commander of the Soviet Russian Red Army is crazy, he will definitely retreat instead of attacking. With all due respect, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, let the Russian troops of the coalition army wait for the possibility of them taking the bait in Ufa Xing is very small, and the land from the right bank of the Volga River to Ufa is a vast plain area, if the Soviet Russian Red Army really wants to run around, it will be really difficult for us to react slowly!" Taro Utsunomiya obviously thought Russian troops in Ufa should be sent in pursuit of the enemy as soon as possible.

"The Fifth Army still has three divisions, the Ninth Army has at least five divisions, and the main force of the Southern Group has ten divisions. If the opponent's nearly 20 people want to run away, Moscow has to force them to fight the coalition first." In the event of the fall of Samara, the possibility of the opponent continuing to the east to replace Rzhevski is of course very small. Their greatest possibility is to retreat to the northwest and take Almetyevsk. I guess At this moment, the other party should have discovered Kuma Shikibe in Almetyevsk!"

Wang Geng slowly drew a circle at Almetyevsk, turned around and said to Utsunomiya Taro, "Now that they want to withdraw, the best way is to take the route that the Fifth Army South Route Army came for reinforcements. But withdrawing Moscow without a war will never agree, so most likely, they will gather the main force to attack Almetyevsk, which has become our military depot and material transfer center before, if their reconnaissance is effective."

"Send a report to Sun Liangcheng's department, asking them to quickly take down the ferry on the other side of Simbirsk. If they are forced to withdraw, they can only go to Jieqiuxi and Bolgar!" Wang Geng turned his head and ordered the combat staff.

"Don't we take Bolgar on the other side of Tetyushi? Once this ferry is taken, the more than 20 Red Army of the Soviet Russian Eastern Front on the right bank of the Volga River will be dumped! We can let Chistopo The Jiang Hongyu Department in Er to complete this task! They are the closest to Bolgar, only less than 120 kilometers away," Utsunomiya Taro suggested.

"I always feel that the time has not come yet. The time has not come. There is a saying in China, that is, eat one, hold one, and watch another. Now we have eaten the Rzhevsky cluster, and we will soon clamp the South cluster and the second cluster. [-]. The Ninth Army is a huge pile, but we still have to look at the remaining two divisions of the Third Army of the Eastern Front on the other side of the Volga River and the remaining two divisions of the Fifth Army. For aid, wouldn’t Moscow leave the main force of the Eastern Front on the right bank of the Volga River?”

Utsunomiya Taro took a breath of air from Wang Geng's unconstrained thinking, and thought to himself, how could this young king of China be overly cautious at one moment, and so hungry at the next, wishing he could wipe out all the Soviet and Russian Eastern Fronts in a single battle?Is Moscow so stupid that it will keep sending troops to your door for you to clean up?

"If Jiang Hongyu's troops don't grab the Bolgar closed ferry, then whether to go south to Almetyevsk and cooperate with Xiong Shihui's troops, so that the 5-strong coalition army in the north will at least not let the opponent take advantage of it easily , if we only rely on Xiong Shihui's 3 people, if Almetyevsk cannot be defended, then the food, fuel and supplies we transported and hoarded will not be withdrawn in time!"

To say that Utsunomiya Taro, the deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, is quite dedicated, and his suggestions are considered timely. In Utsunomiya's view, even if the coalition forces send out the main force, at least one-third of the Russian divisions, plus the attached Ri The army's equipment and firepower are much worse than those of the Chinese participating army. In a field battle with the Soviet Red Army, it is no problem at all to have one enemy and two, but one enemy and three can at least stabilize the front line, but if there are 3 field fortifications No one dares to say that they can win if they resist the attack of 20 people from the other side!