Beiyang 1917

"What did I say! The commander's words awakened the dreamer. It must be like this. Aihe's Northern Route Army encountered the main force of the coalition forces and was encircled. The casualties were heavy and there was no hope of breaking through. In order to save the lives of his subordinates, the chief of staff must have decided to do it himself. Take this responsibility, and this is the order to put down the weapons!" The gentle and fair-looking commander of the Siberian Second Division Marusky's eyes were a little red when he spoke!

Then the other two division commanders also nodded in agreement, while the political commissars kept their mouths shut and their eyes were confused, looking at their own group army political commissar Blumberg.

Blumberg instinctively felt that what Slavin said as the commander of the army group seemed inappropriate, but he didn't know how to refute it for a while. After all, Eich might have some difficulties, whether he should die on the battlefield when he was unable to resist Instead of putting down his arms, Blumberg didn't think about this question seriously. Now that Slavin said this, this guy himself asked himself, Nima, if I was surrounded by the coalition forces and persuaded to surrender, I would not Courage to shoot himself?

"You don't have to think so much, just lead the team in your own position! Now, after crossing the river, we left the Simbirsk 26th Division and three artillery companies in Bolgar. It was really right! Aihe No one is allowed to disclose the matter of the Northern Route Army and the Rzhevsky cluster!"

"Now I order! The Fifth Army is lightly equipped. Each person only carries dry food for four days. All other baggage is given up. Take the time to prepare dry food and rest before it is dark. Pay attention to air defense and concealment. When it gets dark, we will divide Break through!" Slaven stood up and said.

"Split to break through? Where to break through? The enemy's armored reconnaissance battalion to the north is less than 5 kilometers away from us, and what's annoying is that their wheeled armored vehicles don't pay attention to us at all!" asked.

"Don't we have to move in unison with the other armies? Just withdraw first?" A political commissar asked stupidly.

"Do you want to ask Moscow for instructions?" Another political commissar continued.

"Moscow has authorized the armies to organize breakouts on their own, and the Fifth Army is under my command! Comrade Blumberg, is that right?!" Slavin put his hand on the holster around his waist and turned to political commissar Bloom Berg.

The political commissar of the Army Group, Blumberger, saw Slavin's hideous look for the first time. He was taken aback, and hurriedly followed, "That's indeed what was said in the Moscow telegram. Everyone listen to the commander's order!"

"Comrade Commander, how do we divide the route to break through? To the west or to the southwest?" Marusky, the commander of the Second Siberian Infantry Division, asked.

"Go straight to the west. Bolgar and the 26th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army are guarding. We rushed to cross the Volga River along the ferry. We are alive! Our division will lead the army!" Haixin, the commander of the First Infantry Division, said carelessly. the way.

"Pig brains! To the west, to the west, everyone will go west when they talk about retreating. Do you think the main force of the coalition forces doesn't know that we will retreat westward? We should do the opposite, go either way, just don't go west!" Konstantin, the commander of the Fifth Siberian Infantry Division who had been silent all this time, said abruptly.

If you want to say who among the division commanders is the most respected by the commander of the group army, Slavin, it is the division commander of the Fifth Siberian Division, Constantine. Although the Fifth Division ranks low in organization, it is one of the main infantry divisions of the Fifth Army.

Slavin looked at Constantine approvingly, pressed his hands down to stop the noise of the crowd, glanced at the crowd and said,

"Konstantin is right. Now the Eastern Front and the Southern Front have a total of five armies with 20 troops on the right bank of the Volga River. When it comes to retreating, everyone rushes to the west. We can imagine that the coalition commander Unexpectedly? Now the enemy in the north is very close to us, of course, the enemy may not have expected that we will retreat so soon!"

Slavin blushed when he said this, and thought to himself, Nima, Baba rushed seven or eight hundred kilometers to reinforce and meet up, and he didn't even see what the enemy looked like, so he was going to retreat, it's really f*cking to say it How embarrassing!The 20 main force of the Eastern Front Army is dignified!Just run away like this!

Thinking so, this guy felt lonely. As the commander of the group army and the backbone of everyone, Slavin's face remained calm, and he continued,

"Where the Fifth Army is going must be strictly kept secret. For commanders at all levels below the division, they will know the destination of the day only after they break out of camp every day. Ordinary soldiers just follow along and don't fall behind. Dig trenches when they have to. Conceal when you need to hide, fight when you want to fight, sleep when you want to sleep, don't ask around, don't spread rumors! This way, even if you are captured by the coalition forces, you can't ask too much about why! The whereabouts and destination of the troops will not be revealed "

Several division commanders nodded straightly when they heard the words, while the political commissars were still thinking.

"Although we only have three divisions, the goal is not too big, but we must learn from the experience of the three divisions of the Northern Route Army being wiped out and the 3 people surrounded by Rzhevsky. People, this is a target that cannot be concealed for the reconnaissance planes of the Allied Air Forces in the sky. Unless you lie in the grass and do not move, as long as you are marching in broad daylight, the mighty team will be on the right bank of the Volga River. There is no escape on the plain!" Slavin glanced at the crowd and continued,

"The law of war says that what is real is empty, and what is empty is real. Do it in the opposite way, and win by attacking the unprepared by surprise. Our three divisions must be divided into at least two routes, and it is best to be able to divide them into three routes. But after thinking about it for a long time , Break through in two ways!" Slavin's voice became serious.

Political Commissar Blomberg felt his heart skip a beat, his mouth was dry and his legs felt weak for some reason.

Several division commanders exchanged glances, obviously agreeing with their commander's thinking.

Sure enough, Slavin glanced at everyone and continued,

"Send a division to pretend to be the main force of the group army, plus all the artillery and heavy machine gun battalions, to attack Almetyevsk in the northwest to attract the attention of the coalition forces, and then quickly turn around and retreat westward, throwing away all the cannons! Put the livestock Let the carriage and carriage free to pull people!"

"The remaining two divisions are all lightly armed, resting in concealment during the day, and marching at night. We will intersperse and detour to the northwest! Outflank and attack the opponent's transportation line!" Slavin said in an astonishing way.

The three division commanders, the three political commissars, and the group army political commissar stared at their commander with eyes wide open, dumbfounded and speechless.

After a while, Haixin, the commander of the First Division of the Siberian Infantry, swallowed and said with difficulty, "Comrade Commander, the three divisions of the Northern Route Army were all eaten up by others. We...one of our divisions is still going to provoke others." ...and...still going to outflank other people's backs?"

"That's right! Comrade Slavin, think carefully about it again. If we don't retreat directly to the west, why can't we go north to attract the attention of the main force of the coalition forces? In the morning, the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the group army encountered the armored reconnaissance battalion of the opponent. I almost couldn’t escape, the large-caliber machine gun on the armored vehicle is simply a man-eating beast! When the bullet hits the human body, it will directly form a hole the size of a bowl, and a broken arm or leg is light..." Political Commissar Bu Lyumberg persuaded with a trembling tone.

Slavin glanced at the group of subordinates and sighed inwardly. The morale of the division commander's political commissars was so low, let alone the soldiers below. Whoever said they were not afraid of that was pure nonsense.

"Someone has to sacrifice. In this way, I will take a division, strengthen six artillery companies and three heavy machine gun battalions, and go to the northwest to attack the main force of the coalition forces in Almetyevsk. The political commissar will lead two divisions, all lightly armed, to the northeast. Direction interspersed and breakout, of course, for the sake of safety and concealment, these two divisions in the northeast direction can try to sneak across the road without disturbing the other party's logistics transportation line, and then turn to the west when you are north of Zainsk!"

Slavin made the final decision without hesitation, while scanning the division commanders and political commissars in front of him with decisive eyes, Blomberg stopped talking, this guy wanted to ask Slavin to go with him, but The task of attacking the northwest and luring the enemy can be handed over to the next division to perform it by itself!But he felt a little bit speechless, but asked him to change positions with Slavin to lure the enemy, this fellow would not dare to kill him!