Beiyang 1917

"Transfer as soon as it gets dark?!" Political commissar Kniagnitsky of the Ninth Army and Chief of Staff Stepin were both surprised and delighted when they heard the words. Obviously, their boss had planned a long time ago and would not really put the brothers on the fire. Just now, when Yegorov yelled at the division commander and political commissars to give orders, the two partners believed it was true, so the army stayed in Bavley and did not leave!

"Yes! We will move as soon as it gets dark. No matter what orders Moscow gives, I won't stay here anymore! The whole army will bring enough food for 7 days, and the extra food and carts will be thrown in Bavley. Whoever lacks food will come by himself." Good luck! The main force of the Southern Front Army didn't come to work as babysitters!" Yegorov took a deep puff on his cigarette, his face turned a little blue.

"Okay! Comrade Yegorov! I firmly support your decision! The Ninth Army must not let those incompetent guys of the Eastern Front be led by the nose. The main reason for the loss we suffered today is the untimely and imperfect intelligence of the Southern Group. This matter can never end with them, I suggest that in the name of the Army Group Command, appeal to Moscow! Appeal to Comrade Joseph! We have won so many victories in Tsaritsyn, and we are here to wipe the ass of the defeated general!"

Political commissar Kniagnitsky patted his chest and said.

Yegorov smiled alone when he heard the words. He knew the temper of his political commissar. Ji will have the opportunity to take over as the commander of the Ninth Army, and he may not even be the political commissar of the Front Army!

"Comrade Commander, since you have decided to move as soon as it gets dark, our whole army is still working hard to dig some anti-aircraft trenches and set up anti-aircraft machine gun positions. Isn't this a waste of energy and time!" Chief of Staff Stepin I didn't understand the intention of my commander for a while, and finally couldn't help asking.

"Yes, what the Chief of Staff said makes a lot of sense. Our entire army traveled most of the night last night, and this morning we were beaten up by the coalition air force again. Not to mention the huge casualties, the soldiers were exhausted physically and mentally. Depressed, since we have to move, why are we still digging air-raid trenches and setting up machine gun positions?" Knyagnitsky is still the political commissar of the army group, so he still cares about the soldiers' health.

Yegorov glanced at his two deputies, and pointed out, "You two, you have to learn more from me. The reconnaissance plane of the coalition has never stopped above our heads since we left Samara. Do you think our every move will be invisible to the coalition forces?"

"Could it be that you ordered the entire army to dig trenches and set up machine gun positions to sow suspicious soldiers?" Political commissar Kniagnitsky said in a daze.

"We can't just say that, let's put it this way, our whole army has learned from the painful experience, digging trenches and setting up anti-aircraft machine gun positions with great fanfare, the coalition reconnaissance planes overhead must be able to see them, so that when they come to air strikes again, we have to weigh whether we can still occupy that position." It’s a big deal, today we shot down a coalition fighter jet without preparation, now we are prepared, and we have deployed so many anti-aircraft machine gun formations, the psychological burden will increase if the opponent comes again!”

Yegorov explained patiently. The chief of staff here, Stepin, suddenly realized what he said, and couldn't help but said, "High! It's really high! In this way, the air strikes of the coalition forces may not find us again, and they may turn to find the second place." The Fifth Army or that Ma Xin's southern group is in bad luck!"

"We just need to dig a trench and set up a machine gun to scare off the coalition air force? Is this too easy?" Political commissar Kniagnitsky instinctively felt that things should not be so simple, although he was at a loss.

"Of course it's not that easy. Who knows what the other commander-in-chief of the coalition forces is thinking, but since we have dug trenches and set up machine gun positions, even if the coalition air force comes again, we will first have a place to hide from the air defense, and secondly With a certain ability to fight back in the air, this must be an improvement over our blaming others sitting on the ground and complaining about sloppy!" Yegorov sucked on his cigarette again, looked at the two partners of the second general who were humming in front of him and said .

"This method is good, but I don't know how the actual bulletproof effect is. When the enemy bombed in the morning, many bombs fell into the trenches. The soldiers hiding inside were still killed and injured, and many people were buried in the soil!" Chief of Staff Stepin murmured.

"That's because the air defense trenches were not dug well enough. First, they had to be deep enough. Second, they had to turn to both sides when digging in. The soil walls left must be thick enough. If you don't sweat at ordinary times, you will definitely bleed in war. Today, when the coalition forces bombed Most of the aerial bombs in China are of the 25 kg level, but the last batch of monoplanes dropped 37.5 kg. Although this kind of bomb is powerful, it is only useful for field civil engineering. Our trenches really need to be dug up. It has to be reinforced with logs, of course I can't even take care of it now!"

Yegorov snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, and felt a dull pain in his heart. If the team had done air defense training and exercises in advance, even if they encountered an air attack, they shouldn't suffer so many casualties. In this regard, the commander of the group army I was still careless, and underestimated the extent of the coalition forces' involvement in the west of the Ural Mountains. Of course, the failure of the southern group of Maxin and Tukhachevsky to inform the other party's strength is also an important factor. This account must be settled with the coalition air force , When reporting to Moscow, the responsibility has to be shifted to Maxin and Tukhachevsky.

"Comrade Commander, since we have dug deep and thick air defense trenches, we can cope with the air strikes of the coalition forces...then we have worked hard to dig them...does it still need to retreat overnight?" Political Commissar Kniagnitz Kiran asked abruptly.

"Comrade political commissar, your heart is too sincere. We are digging holes and setting up positions here with great fanfare, both for air defense and to tell the coalition reconnaissance planes that we are here, and we have ways to deal with your air strikes, so that they will not stare at you. We keep a close eye on it, so that we can move out unexpectedly at night and try not to be discovered by others! Because the enemy will not think that we have spent so much effort digging the hole, and it has already moved away without using it at all!"

Yegorov couldn't help but feel a little complacent when he said this. Since his political commissar and chief of staff didn't see his intentions, the coalition forces shouldn't be able to see through it either!

"That's right! You're brilliant! You're really brilliant! Comrade Yegorov, I think you should be the most suitable commander of the Southern Cluster. Tukhachevsky is an arrogant braggart. As for Ma Xin, At most, he has only commanded two infantry divisions, how could he have the ability to command 20 troops!" Chief of Staff Si Jieping reacted quickly, and gave his commander a high hat before the political commissar.

"Yes! Stepin is right. I said the chief of staff. How about the two of us jointly sending a telegram to the Southern Front Army and Moscow, requesting that the invincible Ninth Army commander, our Comrade Yegorov, be in charge of the Volga River? The former enemy commander-in-chief of all the Red Army troops on the right bank! How about it, do you dare?" This political commissar Knyagnitsky didn't know what to say, seeing that Stepin sold it before Yegorov, this fellow Can't wait to keep up with the flattering horse!

Yegorov looked at the pair of hum-ha generals in front of him, and was quite happy in his heart, but he still said seriously, "I accept the two of you, it's not a day or two for us three old guys to help each other. Those hypocrites, to tell you the truth, the current situation is very serious, whoever will be the commander of this group or the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, I am afraid that they will be unable to eat and walk around! Let's not be stupid and do this for the Eastern Front Army Black pot!"