Beiyang 1917

After the last unauthorized withdrawal of the main force from the city of Ufa led to the siege of the Rzhevsky cluster, the reprimand and adjustments to the leadership of the southern cluster in the Moscow telegram, and the lessons learned by Tukhachevsky, the former commander of the cluster, all made xing Ma Xin, who was more tactful and cowardly, did not dare to act arbitrarily and assume the responsibility of the acting group commander.

In other words, Comrade Ma Xin would never dare to decide to retreat without an order from Moscow, or to make the Fifth and Ninth Army turn around and go west. One step away from the direction of action, Ma Xin really didn't dare to order the ten divisions, the main force of the southern cluster, to retreat westward.

Of course, he, the acting group commander, has only been in office for a day, and the last telegram expressing his determination and loyalty to Moscow was only sent out for more than half a day, saying that the main force of the southern group will never retreat without authorization to avoid battles. Is it time to say that the situation is out of control and we must retreat across the board and run west?

What about the [-] soldiers of Lezhevsky's group?What about the honor of the Eastern Front and the Soviet Red Army?Where will Moscow's face and face go?Comrade Sdrviyov, the new commander of the Southern Group, is still on the train heading to the Volga River. The main force on the front line is fleeing under the command of his acting commander?

Ma Xin can't bear this responsibility, so what Yegorov said is right. At this moment, all the Soviet Red Army troops on the right bank of the Volga River have to wait for Moscow's call back to know what to do next?Regardless of whether it is an attack or a retreat, the Southern Group Command has in fact given up the responsibility of making decisions for the front enemy and has become the shopkeeper.

Tukhachevsky could not persuade Ma Xin to command the entire army to retreat, so he had to retreat and find a way to get him to promise the main force of the South Group to move away from the original place as soon as possible. Tukhachevsky instinctively sensed the large-scale coalition forces in the morning After the air strike, the atmosphere of the entire Ufa battle was very different from before. In other words, the coalition forces, who had shown weakness for a long time, finally showed their fangs and rolled up their sleeves to start a big fight!

The main force of the Southern Group is currently deployed on the Milna-Acekovo line. The four divisions of the Second Army and the Fourth Army are stationed near Acehkovo, and the five divisions of the First Army are stationed in the Milna The remaining 6000 people of Chabayev's Turkestan Cavalry Division are following the group headquarters.

Tukhachevsky finally persuaded Maxin to let the two divisions of the Second Army move to the northwest under the leadership of political commissar Kharchenko, and the two divisions of the Fourth Army moved southwest under the leadership of political commissar Heveshin. Movement, the five divisions of the First Army, like open palms, divided into five groups and moved westward from Milner.

What I said to the divisions below is to open a big net, not only to prepare for the food and ammunition delivered by the Ninth Army reinforcements, but also to evacuate and hide the troops to a safe area where they can escape the large-scale coalition air strikes. Of course, as for the coalition reconnaissance planes Everyone tacitly avoids mentioning the matter of hovering at an altitude of 3000 meters.

The main force of the ten divisions of the southern group and the group's acting commander Ma Xin had to thank Tukhachevsky's keen sense of smell and persistence in the bottom of his heart afterwards. Although the work was hasty and hectic, at least it escaped the second wave of sudden large-scale air strikes by the coalition forces that afternoon.

Although 150 coalition fighter planes quickly arrived at the Milna-Achikovo line, which had begun to diverge and evacuate under the guidance of Hawkeye 3, they faced the [-] Red Army that had been evacuated to a radius of [-] kilometers in the wilderness plain. The bombing effect of the ground troops was not satisfactory. Although most of the villages near Milna and Acehkovo were razed to the ground by the coalition air strikes, the main force of the southern group that had already evacuated escaped unharmed.

The results of the second large-scale bombing by the coalition forces on this day were much smaller than those achieved in the morning's bombing of the Ninth Army. The combined loss of the main force of the cluster is no more than one regiment's strength.

Of course, due to the lack of machine guns, the main force of the southern cluster was unable to fight back the air strike in the afternoon. The coalition air force dropped the bombs unscathed and returned gloomy.

1918年7月11ri15：00莫斯科克里姆林宫

"Comrades! The situation is changing very quickly, no, it should be said that the situation is deteriorating very quickly!" Trotsky approached the meeting room with his eyebrows tightly locked. Ulyanov, Kamenev, Zinov Yev, Dzerzhinsky, and Bukharin were still arguing about the situation on the right bank of the Volga.

Three hours ago, Yegorov of the Ninth Army sent a telegram saying that the Army had encountered a large-scale air strike by the coalition air force on the front line of Bavley. The opponent dispatched more than 3 planes, and the Ninth Army was in a hurry to evacuate the troops and Food and ammunition suffered huge losses in the air strikes. Although many coalition fighter planes were shot down and injured, the entire army killed nearly 160 people and injured more than 6000 people. Half of the ammunition and food was lost.

Yegorov's telegram strongly questioned that the main force of the Southern Group, which had fought fiercely with the enemy forces in Ufa for three days, had not warned in advance. The group military was unprepared at first, and after the air strike came, it lacked air defense weapons and could not counterattack and air defense operations against the enemy's aircraft.

In view of the fact that the Soviet Red Army did not have air supremacy on the right bank of the Volga River, Yegorov asked Moscow to allow his Ninth Army to quickly move to a safe area, and suggested that Moscow carefully consider the next direction of the Ufa Battle!

Yegorov almost shouted that we must retreat!Withdrew to the left bank of the Volga River to organize defense instead of staying on the right bank of the Volga River without air supremacy to be ravaged and massacred by the coalition air force.

The news that the 3 Northern Route Army of the Fifth Army Slavin lost contact has made Moscow one head and two big, and the additional telegram after the Fifth Army confirmed that the coalition ground forces were found [-] kilometers north of Briguma. The main force, Almetyevsk, has gathered a large number of coalition ground forces, and the Northern Route Army is likely to have been completely wiped out.

Not long after receiving the telegrams from Yegorov and Slavin, an urgent telegram was sent from the Syzran garrison opposite Samara. An unknown army took over, and a brigade of the Ninth Army who was staying there was hastily taken away by the other party's headquarters before even warning the police.

Sdrviyov was already on the armored train rushing to Syzran. The Moscow Central Committee was at a loss for the rapidly changing situation. The telegrams sent by several front-line armies, including the acting commander of the Southern Group, Ma Xin, all emphasized that the coalition forces on the ground The army may launch an attack on the Red Army with the cooperation of the air force at any time. A message was revealed in the telegram sent by the commander of each group army.

That is, the battle on the right bank of the Volga River can no longer be fought. If we don't retreat quickly, the whole army will be limited to a situation where there will be no redemption!

Ulyanov apparently also lost his mind. Kamenev and Zinoviev insisted that although the coalition forces have an advantage in the air, it is impossible for the ground forces to dispatch such a large-scale force. The last judgment of the South Group was that the coalition forces There is at least one division of ground troops, why is it less than two days, and now they are full of enemy main forces?Where does the main force come from?The main force that fell from the sky?

Trotsky firmly advocated that the fifth and ninth armies and the main forces of the southern group should retreat westward after converging, first regain the Samara Canal area, open up the connection with Syzran, and then decide whether to withdraw across the Volga River to organize defense, or After being reinforced by anti-aircraft weapons, continue to march towards Ufa.

Kamenev and Zinoviev resolutely opposed Trotsky's proposition. The main force of the Eastern Front Army of the Soviet Russian Red Army was strengthened in the direction of the Southern Group, and they also joined the Ninth Army, the main force of the Southern Front Army. After finally being able to gather together to launch a powerful offensive against the Ufa enemy, they were actually scared away by the enemy's air strikes and fled?

What kind of system is this?If the lack of air supremacy and anti-aircraft guns is used as the reason for withdrawing troops, can the Red Army retreat faster than the opponent's aircraft?If the planes of the coalition forces also launch air strikes on the Red Army units on the left bank of the Volga River, will the Soviet Red Army also turn around and flee?In the short term, the Red Army will definitely not have an air force that can match the opponent's strength, and the number of anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns is also quite limited. So, at this stage, as long as there are coalition aircraft in the sky, the Soviet Red Army on the ground will not use it. war?

In all fairness, what Kamenev and Zinoviev said is not kerosene reasoning. If there is no air force, it is impossible to fight, so how can the Soviet Red Army defend the Red regime?But Trotsky's proposition is more realistic, that is, in the case of such intricate changes in the enemy's situation, and when Samara has been captured by the enemy in the direction of the Urals at lightning speed, it is necessary to face the coalition forces. The possibility of encircling the entire Soviet Russian army on the right bank of the Volga through a roundabout!

Once surrounded by the coalition forces, will it become the second Rzhevsky cluster?If the main force of the Southern Group has strengthened the Fifth and Ninth Army and cannot protect itself with 20 troops, who else can rescue them?The third army in the direction of Kazan strengthened the two divisions of the first army, with less than 10 troops, and Kolchak in Kazan opposite had at least 15 elite white guards!

The Tenth Army in the direction of Tsaritsyn is ready to move north to reinforce the direction of Samara, but there are only seven divisions!And when the Ninth Army has already moved north and the Tenth Army is about to go north, it would be a bit risky to rely on the Eighth Army alone in the direction of Tsaritsin in the south.