Beiyang 1917

1918年7月14ri17：30布祖卢克镇北苏俄红军南方面军第九集团军司令部

"Comrade Yegorov, what should we do?" Knyagnitsky, the political commissar of the Army Group, shouted hoarsely at the dejected Yegorov. The coalition courier sent an ultimatum 10 minutes ago:

"To Your Excellency Yegorov, Commander of the Ninth Army of the Soviet Russian Southern Front, your troops have been surrounded by our coalition forces in the delta area of ​​the Samara River, the Domashika River and the Buzuluk River. The two brigades of the cavalry division have been defeated separately!

According to the latest instructions from the coalition headquarters, my humble servant Wu Peifu, in the name of the former commander-in-chief of the Buzuluk coalition forces, asks your troops to give up their futile resistance, lay down their weapons and surrender to the coalition forces. The coalition forces give preferential treatment to prisoners. This is beyond doubt. The 15 Soviet Red Army soldiers captured by us have received immediate medical assistance and food guarantee!

Your Excellency Yegorov, you and your Ninth Army have completed the mission of the current stage. The only way out is for you to lay down your arms and surrender to the coalition forces. All officers and soldiers will receive the protection of the interests of prisoners of war under the "Geneva Convention" And I promise that the future of Russia needs us to participate in the construction with you. You put down your arms today in order to make more contributions to Mother Russia in the future!

Finally, I would like to remind you that the coalition forces that fought with your 42000 troops and defended the town of Buzuluk had only one cavalry brigade, and only one regiment was used to defend the front line in the north. The forces that arrived and surrounded you are two Russian infantry divisions of the coalition army and a complete cavalry division in Buzuluk. Resistance is futile. Even without the participation of the Ufa Air Force, I have enough confidence to wipe out your army in one fell swoop. The remnants of the Ninth Army!

Please put down your arms and surrender to the coalition forces, and save more vitality for the mother of Russia instead of making fearless sacrifices. The "18 Rent Reduction Regulations" and "All-Russian Land Temporary Management Measures" have been carried out in the areas controlled by the all-Russian temporary government ", can the common people live a good life, can Russia be revived, which way is correct, you have to survive to see it, you are limited to reply before 00:[-] in the evening, otherwise we will consider you Refuse to lay down your arms, then we will attack at any time and will not accept your surrender!

Wu Peifu, deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces and commander of the central yang group in Ufa

1918年7月14ri17：00”

"Comrade Political Commissar, please be careful, I believe that Comrade Yegorov will make a decision that is beneficial to the future of the entire army!" Inza, the commander of the 15th Infantry Division, couldn't see it anymore, and pulled away the hysterical group army that had lost its composure. political commissar.

"All the members of the Ninth Army's Frontline Revolutionary Military Committee are invited to vote together whether to fight to the death or to lay down their arms!" The army commander Yegorov obviously did not intend to take the blame alone, although as long as he put down his arms and became a prisoner of the coalition forces, then Basically, everyone's future in the Soviet regime and the Soviet Red Army has come to an end.

Unlike Tsar Nicholas II, the Soviet Russian regime has basically zero tolerance for its soldiers surrendering to the enemy at the moment, especially the middle and senior generals.

For example, after Lezhevsky and Eich led the troops to lay down their weapons after being surrounded by the coalition forces, Moscow directly labeled them as traitors to the Soviet Union. In the orphanage, there were not a few relatives and friends who were imprisoned, and they were all sent to hard labor.

"Voting at a meeting? Alexander Ilyich, I don't think you can shirk your responsibility as the commander of the army!" The political commissar of the army obviously didn't expect Yegorov to play this trick, and he became a little annoyed for a while.

In Knyagnitsky's opinion, there is only one outcome of a deadly battle: death in battle, if that's the case, you don't have to quarrel here at all. Obviously, the division commanders and division political commissars present at the moment are fine, and the army political commissar Knyag Even Nitsky himself, the situation is obvious, 42000 people failed to defeat the opponent's 5000 people, and now the coalition forces have increased to 3, and Trotsky would not be able to fight this battle again!

The big guy didn't say anything, but he just waited for Commander Yegorov to order him to put down his weapons.

"Comrade Nikolai Ilinovich! As the political commissar of the group army, I think you should know that minzhu centralism has always been one of the basic principles of the Soviet. Of course I will not shirk my responsibility as the commander of the group army, but Before that, listening to the choices of all the members of the military committee of the former enemy of the group army will help us make a choice that we will not regret for the rest of our lives!"

Yegorov yelled at his political commissar with widened eyes, scolding in his heart, damn, they are all waiting for my order, can I shoulder this burden alone?

The members of the Revolutionary Military Committee of the Front Enemy of the Ninth Army of the Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army are the commander, political commissar, and chief of staff of the division commanders and political commissars of the divisions below. The West Breakthrough has been wiped out and taken prisoner. Budyonny and his political commissar detoured to the south and disappeared.

Only the five division commanders Yegorov, Knyagnitsky, Inza, Kikweize, Sami, Khatyyev, and Usti, and their respective political commissars, could hold a meeting to vote.

Seeing that the division commander's political commissars looked at each other and no one was willing to be the first to express their opinion, Yegorov said angrily, "When is this, and they are shy and secretive, every member of the former enemy's military committee must express their own opinions." Attitude, whether to fight to the death or lay down weapons, there is no other choice! This is the responsibility we must bear as senior commanders!"

"Comrade Commander, can't we break out of the siege at night? Didn't we plan to hold out until nightfall and then break out?" Ust's political commissar, a bearded guy with glasses, said timidly.

"Break out at night, that's right, that's what I planned, but now you go and look at the torches on the banks of the Buzuluk and Domashika Rivers. The coalition army has increased from 5000 to 3. How many people are left? Break out, where to break out? Wu Peifu of the allied forces will attack at 18:[-], where do you want to break out?" Yegorov said viciously.

The political commissar of Ust-I turned his head back and stopped groaning. He had already seen the firepower of the cavalry brigade guarding Buzuluk. At this moment, he really didn't think about the firepower configuration of the enemy's two infantry divisions. of.

"Breaking out of the siege is no different from sending you to your death. This black light is going to swim in the fast-flowing river? You go, anyway, I won't go, and you will drown if you don't get beaten to death!" Usti glared at his political commissar angrily. Express your position, Xin Dao made it clear that laying down your weapons is the best choice at this moment, why don't you just blow up to the coalition forces at the ferry, and come here to add trouble to me, those who don't know think I'm Ust Let's break through the dark night!

"Okay! Comrade Usti agrees to lay down weapons, one vote, next, who says?" Yegorov immediately confirmed the attitude of Usti, the commander of the 23rd Infantry Division, who was caught off guard and blushed. But when it came to this point, Usti was willing to go all out. The firepower and combat effectiveness of the coalition forces completely made him lose the will to continue fighting.

"That's right! Breaking through the encirclement is equivalent to fighting to the death. I agree with laying down weapons and leaving the green hills without worrying about no firewood. If the coalition battle report is true, then the Ufa battle can only be fought to the end by our group army. Casualties are definitely no less than other armies!

We have a clear conscience. In such a situation where we are surrounded by an enemy with great advantages, simply choosing to die in battle is an act of cowardice. Even the ultimatum of the coalition forces said that we can only witness the future of Russia if we are alive!There's no point in dying right now!I am in favor of laying down arms!For the future of all soldiers in the army, we must take on this responsibility! "Usti yelled, patting his chest.

"I agree with our division commander. The 23rd Infantry Division only has more than 1000 soldiers left. We must be responsible for the soldiers!" Ust's political commissar with glasses stood up and expressed his position at this time.

"There are 2 votes in favor of putting down weapons. Who will be next? Time is running out, hurry up!" Yegorov said, flexing two fingers and scanning the crowd.

"The 19th Infantry Division also suffered a lot of casualties, and the battle was really useless. The firepower of the two sides was not on the same line at all. In order to preserve strength, I agree to put down our weapons and stop resisting!" Khadinyev, the commander of the 19th Infantry Division, continued. Clearly, the division political commissar of the 19th division is also consistent with its own division commander.

"I have nothing to say. My division can put down its weapons and leave the green hills there without worrying about no firewood. But I personally agree with Comrade Commander!" Kikweize, the commander of the 16th Infantry Division, played a trick, and then His division political commissar also stood up and said that he was consistent with the division commander!

"Does this force me to express my opinion? Well, as a member of the military committee of the group army's former enemy, I agree to lay down my arms!" Yegorov finally expressed his opinion with a sullen face. In this way, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief. The boss of the group army expressed his position. In the future, whether it is Moscow or Tsaritsyn, if the board is smashed, the high-ranking commander Yegorov will take the lead, right?

Since the division commanders and political commissars of the 23rd Division of Ust-Yev, the 19th Division of Khadinyev, and the 16th Division of Kikweize all agreed to lay down their weapons and no longer engage in fearless resistance. votes, that is 7 votes, and the remaining four votes of the political commissars of the division commanders of the Inza Division and the Sami Division, plus one vote of Kniagnitsky, the political commissar of the Army Group, even if they are all opposed, there are only five votes.

It is self-evident that the Ninth Army's Front Enemy Military Committee voted for war or peace, but Kniagnitsky, the political commissar of the Army Group, played tricks, knowing that even if he voted against, it would not affect the result of the vote. This guy jumped out of his heart and voted against it, and demanded that the results of the group army's vote be telegraphed to the Southern Front Army Headquarters in Tsaritsin.