Beiyang 1917

1918年7月11ri15：10莫斯科克林姆林宫

"Comrades, I think we don't need to argue anymore! Immediately order the main forces of the Southern Group, the Fifth and Ninth Army to retreat westward! Just now Zhong Yang received a telegram from the besieged Rzhevsky Group under the city of Ufa , Lezhevsky, a scum, sees that the encirclement is hopeless and food is exhausted, and just 10 minutes ago, he ordered the [-] Red Army soldiers in the encirclement to lay down their weapons and surrender to the coalition forces!"

Trotsky's face was ashen, and Lezhevsky claimed in the telegram that the Northern Army of the Fifth Army had been surrounded and wiped out by the main force of the coalition forces 8000 kilometers southeast of Chistopol in the early hours of this morning. Among them, 14000 people were killed, 9000 were injured, and the remaining nearly [-] people surrendered to the coalition forces under the command of the former enemy commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army and the chief of staff of the Fifth Army, Ehe.

"Lezhevsky is talking nonsense! The Northern Route Army just lost contact, maybe they lost their way. This is all propaganda by the enemy in Ufa. It must be an exaggeration. The Fifth Army Northern Route Army has 3 people, which is three It's not so easy to be surrounded and wiped out if ten thousand pigs are released?!" Bukharin waved his hands and shouted, his face flushed!

"We must face reality, Comrade Bukharin, because the former enemy commander of the Northern Route Army, who was surrounded and laid down his arms in Chistopol this morning, was the former enemy commander of the Northern Route Army who was sent by the Allied Command to persuade the Chernihivka pocket to surrender. Huh! The chief of staff of the Fifth Army was Rzhevsky's chief of staff when he was under Brusirov!" Trotsky said as he closed his eyes in pain!Sitting down in the chair.

"Comrades! What's the matter? Is the coalition army so terrible? Where did our courage and will go? The Urals are lost, Samara is lost, Rzhevsky surrendered, Ekh also lost Surrendered, is this still the red army we used to be proud of? All commanders who ordered to lay down their arms on the enemy should be shot! Shoot without mercy! Dzerzhinsky, you and your Cheka should be put away The cotton yarn of sentimentalism and humanitarianism, use iron and blood to sanction our enemies!"

Ulyanov was so overwhelmed by the series of failure news that he quickly paced back and forth in the conference room with his hands behind his back, then stopped and waved his hands and roared at the people in the room!

"I have said long ago that the generals from the old Russian army are not of the same mind as us. They all fall with the wind, and they will follow whichever side has the upper hand! Comrade Trotsky has a lot to do with this. Shirking the responsibility, it is his insistence that we did not cleanse and eliminate the enemies hidden among us on a large scale after the Muravyov rebellion! People like Rzhevski and Ekh should have been shot! Not to remain in the high command post of the Red Army! Look! What a loss they have done to us now!"

Bukharin spattered his saliva and pointed his spearhead directly at Trotsky, chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Military Council of Soviet Russia, who was sitting in a chair with his head downcast.

Ulyanov frowned for a long time before finally saying,

"Comrade Trotsky naturally has some oversights in his selection and appointment of personnel, but it is not time to discuss responsibility. The most urgent task is to determine the direction of action of all the Red Army soldiers on the right bank of the Volga. Now the Rzhevsky group The Northern Route Army with Eh has ceased to exist, and I think the situation is indeed serious, but is it so serious that the 20 troops after the confluence cannot fight anymore and must retreat to the left bank of the Volga in a swarm!"

Although Ulyanov was dissatisfied with Trotsky, under the current internal and external troubles, Trotsky, the "father of the Red Army" who single-handedly formed the Soviet Russian Red Army in half a year, was far from being able to fight and replace him at this moment. To a certain extent, Sdelviyov's loyalty is beyond doubt, but his ability and authority in the Soviet Red Army are far inferior to Trotsky.

If the Central Committee removes Trotsky from his position now, then the middle and senior generals in the Soviet Red Army who were born in Tsarist Russia are likely to be in danger and out of control. At that time, I am afraid that the entire Red Army will fall apart. In this case, who else can start to defend the red Soviet Russian regime?Do you count on the Chekas who are like devils in the eyes of ordinary people?The countryside and peasants are not on our side at the moment, and the workers are suffering from hunger and hunger. If they lose the support of the Soviet Red Army, the future will be horrifying!

"Comrade Ulyanov, retreat is the top priority. Samara is lost, and there are almost no troops on the other side of Simbirsk. Only Tetyushi has a division of troops. If the Volga River crossings are occupied and blocked by the enemy, the South It will be even more difficult for the group and the fifth and ninth armies to withdraw. Now retreat is the wise and only option. The Rzhevsky group no longer exists, and the mission of the south group to advance eastward to relieve the siege is naturally cancelled. , so I think we should retreat as quickly as possible!"

Trotsky was obviously encouraged by Ulyanov's statement, and he stood up and put forward his proposition again.

"Retreat? No! Comrade Trotsky, the Soviet Red Army will never retreat now and in the future, we are just moving in a different direction! The question is, tell Maxin and the others to turn in that direction?" Ulyanov He waved his hand to show his attitude.

As soon as Ulyanov said this, both Kamenev and Zinoviev were a little discouraged. Obviously, Comrade Trotsky has not lost Ulyanov's trust, and he can't move his position right now. !

"If the Tenth Army can go north to reinforce the line of Syzran as soon as possible, it would be a good way to retreat to Samara when the South Group and the Fifth and Ninth Army retreat! It's a little closer to Tsaritsyn, the Volga River region The fleet will be able to dispatch and respond when the time comes, and we can decide on the next step after we regain Samara!" Trotsky resumed his usual expression and expressed his thoughts.

"If you retreat, of course go straight west to the ferry on the other side of Simbirsk. The distance is the shortest, and it is possible to arrive before the enemy seizes the ferry. The opposite Simbirsk is Comrade Ulyanov's hometown, and it must not fall into the hands of the coalition forces. Go! I suggest that the main force of the southern group should retreat directly to the west!" Kamenev rolled his eyes and sang against Trotsky again!

"Although the coalition forces have a strong air force, they don't have a fleet on the Volga River. We can block the crossings along the Volga River with the Volga River Fleet, so we don't have to worry about the other side being able to easily cross the wide Volga River. Now we should order the left bank of the Volga River All ferries and cities have stepped up vigilance, and all the ferries at the local ferries have been gathered to the left bank, so that even if the ferry on the opposite bank is lost, the coalition ground troops will not be able to cross the river!" Trotsky continued.

"Should we retreat in the direction of Tetyushi and Bolgar? It is the closest to the Third Army in the direction of Kazan, and Bolgar is still in our hands!" What Zinoviev didn't say clearly was that since he wanted to Withdraw, of course, to the direction of Kazan to join the Third Army. The next step is to block Kolchak's advance from Kazan to Moscow. With the Eastern Front suffering such heavy losses, the main force of the 15 White Guards squatted Kolchak of Kazan has no reason to miss this great opportunity!

As soon as Zinoviev's words came out, the other central committee members in the conference room suddenly came to their senses. If the Eastern Army's southern group retreated to the left bank of the Volga River, then the next step would probably start to face the opponent's attack. At this time, There is only one third army and two divisions of the fifth army in the direction of Moscow, and the strength and weapons are weak in all aspects.

"Comrade Zinoviev is right. Beware of Kolchak in Kazan's attack to the west. The Southern Group is the main force of the Eastern Front. The primary task on the Eastern Front is to shield the east of Moscow. In this way , It seems a little too far to retreat in the direction of Samara!" Ulyanov obviously thought that Zinoviev's suggestion was better.

Trotsky was startled when he heard the words, pondered for a while, and said helplessly,

"If you retreat in the direction of Tetyushi, you are likely to encounter the interception of the opponent's ground troops going south. Almetyevsk occupied by the opponent is only 60 kilometers away from Briguma, and the main force of the southern group is still far away in Bavly Is it possible for the Milna line 110 kilometers to the east not to go north or west, but...to go south to the Urals, so that the enemy can be mobilized by surprise, and then suddenly turned to the west, even from Samara If you cross the river and return to the left bank of the Volga River, you can also follow the left bank and go northward to Kazan to join the defense of Moscow.”

What Trotsky didn't say was that the Southern Front Army in Tsaritsyn in the south continuously mobilized the Ninth and Tenth Army Groups to move northward. The troops in the direction of Lijin are weak, and because of the lack of troops on the front line of Syzran, and as the adjacent area of ​​the two front armies, it is likely to become a breakthrough for the opponent to take advantage of the vacancy to cross the river and attack.

"If it doesn't work, split the route to break through, so the target is smaller. The Ninth Army retreats westward to Samara, and with the cooperation of the Volga Fleet, they regain the ferry and withdraw to the left bank of the Volga River. The Fifth Army, the Second Army and the The Fourth Army withdrew to Tetyushi and Bolgar, while the First Army sent cavalry divisions to feign south, and the main force went directly to the west and crossed the Simbirsk Ferry!" Seeing that everyone was still in a hurry to make up his mind, Uri Yanov suddenly came up with a trick!