Beiyang 1917

1918年7月21ri16:20萨马拉联军司令部

"Lieutenant General Sun, I know that many of the generals present here also have such doubts, but as I have said before, our goal in the Ukrainian campaign is to attract aid from Germany and Austria, not simply to occupy Ukraine, so in the first stage we first Kharkov set up the main battlefield with the purpose of besieging the city and fighting for reinforcements, so as to attract the army of the Ukrainian Autonomous Government and the main force of Germany and Austria stationed in Ukraine to Kharkov to eat!"

"Kharkov is only 30 kilometers away from the border between the Volga Federation and Ukraine. It is convenient for us to use Belgorod as our base camp and continuously supply and reinforce the front line through the railway line. You must know that the Volga Federation has just been established, and we The logistical supply line of China is more than 1700 kilometers from Chelyabinsk to Kharkov, of which the 700 kilometers on the right bank of the Volga River have only roads and no railways!"

"In this case, if we put the main battlefield in Kiev, then we will add 400 kilometers of supply lines in Ukraine, and we are still cleaning up the stragglers and bandits along the railways and roads in the Volga Federation. After arriving in Ukraine, I believe that the local armed resistance and harassment will be more intense, so in the first stage, we can’t stretch our hands so far, Kharkov is the best battlefield for us.”

"At that time, in order to reinforce Kharkov, Germany and Austria will lengthen their logistics supply and transportation lines, and the advantage will fall to our side! Do you understand?" Although Wang Geng said a lesson It was Sun Liangcheng, and he actually said it to all the generals present here. This guy glanced at the generals and said,

"In war, it's not enough to go straight to win, but to think about how to fight to get the best value for money! Now that our family is weak and our strength is weak, we can't waste our money on fighting the war!"

"But Commander-in-Chief, if this is the case, then why do we need to attack from three directions? I think the West Route Army can not be deployed at all. Wouldn't this make the enemy more confident and bold to swarm towards Kharkov?" Pepelyaev couldn't help raising his hand and said, in his opinion, the Volga Federation is so weak now, and fighting is a meat grinder that consumes food and supplies. Since it is necessary to attract but not send, why send the West Route Army out? The cost of eating horse chews is not small. **

A group of Russian generals in the meeting room were whispering, obviously not everyone was so keen on fighting such a big battle so soon, and Pepelyaev's words also expressed the common doubts in their hearts.

"This problem is actually like this. Kharkov is far away from the border between Germany and Austria and Ukraine, and Kiev has an irreplaceable important position as the most important city in Ukraine. If we only fight in Kharkov, it is not ruled out that Germany and Austria will endure humiliation. Deal with the western front first, and on the eastern front, just move the Ukrainian capital from Kharkov to Kiev, so that they can abandon Kharkov at any time like an abandoned child, and Ukraine is still in their hands."

"Therefore, we made the momentum to wipe out the three major cities of Kiev, Kharkov, and Dnepropetrovsk in one go. Shrinking to Kiev, then we can also encircle Kiev with the dispatched West Route Army in time, forcing the opponent to keep Kiev. This will mobilize the enemy so that they cannot easily give up the east bank of the Dnieper River!

This forced Germany and Austria to continue to invest in troops to defend Ukraine. Otherwise, when we advance slowly from Kharkov, the other party may impede Kiev's operations. By then, Kiev will be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we will be delayed. Time, and time, is the most precious! "

Wang Geng's explanation about the West Route Army obviously still has more meanings, but at this moment, since he doesn't want to make it so clear, everyone will stop in moderation and not continue to entangle this issue. Utsunomiya Taro might jump out if he is anxious yelling,

"Kiev is the inevitable goal of the second phase of the Ukrainian campaign. The whole country of Japan is waiting for the third army to capture Kiev, an important town in Ukraine, and capture all the cities on the north bank of the Dnieper River. Who else is not convinced?"

For Wang Geng, this guy actually likes to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger to defend instead of attack, so Kiev will become the main battlefield for him to fight against the German and Austrian reinforcements. In this city, he hopes that when the second stage of the battle with the German and Austrian main force, the German and Austrian forces will be defeated. Austria is the offensive side, while the coalition forces are the defensive side. This guy is going to fight a brand new Kiev campaign, making Kiev the meat grinder for the main force on the German-Austrian Eastern Front.

In other words, Kharkov will become the first piece of cheese in the Ukrainian campaign. With Kharkov as the capital, all the reinforcements that can be attracted in Ukraine will be wiped out, and at the same time, it will also win the whole army for the Russian troops of the Volga Federation. And armed time, at the end of the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign, the coalition forces will take Kiev in one go.

After that, I was going to fight a big battle with the main force of the German and Austrian counterattack in Kiev.At this stage, the 8 armies of the Volga Federation will become the main force of the battle. Defense against danger is the best way for Russian recruits to improve the quality of the troops. After digging several trenches and fighting several defensive battles, the tenacity of the troops Come up!

As for large-scale offensives and field battles, Wang Geng has always avoided letting the newly established recruit division go through such a cruel test. It is not what Wang Geng pursues. The team of the coalition forces has been tempered, and it can't lose its spirit due to too many casualties, and it can also draw part of Germany and Austria's attention from the Western Front.

"The task of the West Route Army is actually quite arduous. After the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign is over, we should have basically wiped out the enemies on the north bank of the Dnieper River. At this time, the West Route Army must quickly encircle and capture Kiev. Kiev, according to our judgment, Germany and Austria will not give up the granary of Ukraine easily, especially since the summer grain will come down in two months, the main force of Germany and Austria is likely to turn around and come back from the western front!"

Wang Geng's tone was a bit dignified. For him, he would rather have a decisive battle with Germany and Austria in Kharkov, but the war does not depend on the unilateral will of the coalition forces. At this moment, the coalition forces and the Volga Federation troops are definitely not ready for a big fight. The troops need to be further supplemented and strengthened. The weapons and ammunition of the Russian troops have not had time to replenish. In front of the army, it is still doubtful whether the coalition forces can perform as before.

"Lieutenant General Fujii, Colonel Ishihara, you need to make a more detailed plan for the West Route Army in the future. The key is to grasp the timing of several points in the battle. In the first stage, the enemy in Kiev will be sent to the east. In the second stage, we will Take Kiev before the main force from Germany and Austria arrives!"

Utsunomiya Taro, the deputy commander of the coalition forces, was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He insisted on fighting in Kiev, otherwise Wang Geng would probably let the coalition forces knock down Kharkov and wait for the rabbit!

"Hay!" Fujii and Ishihara, the old and the young generals, stood at attention and nodded in agreement.

The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Wang Geng, waved his hands and asked everyone to sit back in their original positions. Then he pointed at the battle map with his baton,

"Compared to the Central Route Army and the West Route Army, the East Route Army has the heaviest task. The East Route Army is composed of the main force of the No.12 Division of Lieutenant General Chai Goro of the Japanese Third Army, and is assigned to the division armor of the No.20 Division of the Allied Forces China. Regiment, an infantry division of Lieutenant General Egorov's Tsaritsyn Army, also assigned to fight!"

"The former enemy commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army is Lieutenant General Chai Goro, head of the No.12 Division, Colonel Ita-Gaki Seishiro as chief of staff, and Lieutenant General Egorov as deputy commander and deputy chief of staff. The echelon also has more than 4 people, and Lieutenant General Yegorov led the remaining two infantry divisions of the Tsaritsyn Army to station the Tsaritsyn front line as a reserve team!"

"During the Ukrainian campaign, the task of the Eastern Route Army was to go eastward from Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, where the battle started, one day after the battle of the Central Route Army started. The first step was to conquer Luhansk, and the second step Take Debalchev in the southwest, and then divide into two groups, continue to march southwest all the way, conquer Donetsk, and then go south to Mariupol by the sea, and then sweep the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, and take Beer. Jiangsk, the other road goes directly west, the goal is Dnepropetrovsk!"

"The reason why the Eastern Route Army said that the task is complicated and arduous is because it is an area where the Don Cossack White Guards and Ukrainian forces infiltrate each other, and the terrain is relatively complicated and the area is large. Therefore, whether the Eastern Route Army can complete it well! "

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, do you need to send the federal Cossack cavalry unit to fight with the Eastern Route Army? That is the hometown of the Cossacks. The cavalrymen under my command have long been holding back their energy to go back to their hometown!" Xie Xie, commander of the Volga Cavalry Army Ergay grinned his fists.

"In the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign, the four federal cavalry corps will not participate. You must hurry up to replenish and reorganize. The federal cavalry corps has more important tasks!" Wang Geng smiled and rejected Sergey's invitation to fight.

"A more important task?" Several cavalry commanders looked at each other in dismay. They were obviously surprised and happy, but at the same time they were suspicious. important task?

"Yes, as a mobile force, the Federal Cavalry Army, in addition to undertaking the task of the general reserve team of the campaign, the next task is to take down the lower part of Vogar, that is, the three states south of Tsaritsyn. Snowov and Denikin's White Guards would be the best if they could voluntarily join the Volga Federation, but the discipline of the Cossack troops in the south is very poor. The combat direction is mainly in the south!"

The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces nodded affirmatively.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, we are like this... Is the stall too big... The situation in the southern Caucasus region is quite complicated. It will not happen overnight to completely pacify it. The Volga Federation is a little breathless just to deal with the Ukrainian campaign. But get up, and open up the southern front, then the supply of horse chews will not be enough!" Pepelyaev, the Prime Minister of the Volga Federation, couldn't help crying.

Several Chinese generals obviously froze their ears, watching their commander-in-chief without blinking, waiting for him to say that the Chinese Third Army is also participating in the southern battle!Several Russian generals were whispering, obviously unable to adapt to the majestic and grand campaign plan of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

Many people wondered in their hearts that the Volga Federation has only been established for a few days? The reorganization of the 8 armies has not yet been completed. One-third of the troops have just left the prisoner-of-war camp, and they don’t have any rifles in their hands. This is not counting the launch of the Ukrainian campaign, but also the southern campaign?This is amazing!

"The urgency of the southern campaign is more important than the Ukrainian campaign. The key is that the oil-producing areas on both sides of the Caspian Sea must be brought over. Otherwise, all the fuel will be transported from the east of the Ural Mountains. The logistical pressure will be too great, and after the third Tsaritsyn defense battle , the battered Krasnov and Denikin troops were at their weakest.

At this time, we could have passed the call to the south, but these Cossacks have strong guerrilla habits and are basically no different from bandits. Therefore, in addition to political offensives, we must hurry up and prepare for military struggles! "

The southern campaign plan mentioned by Wang Geng, Hata Toshiroku and the staff in the war room only produced the first draft, mainly intending to use the main force of the four federal cavalry corps for high-speed mobile operations, with the main campaign goal of defeating and incorporating the Cossack cavalry, and simultaneously occupying the The former Russian Baku oil-producing area on both sides of the Caspian Sea!