Beiyang 1917

"Lev Borisovich, you reminded me that it is really inappropriate to go north with 2 divisions, too few, but 4 divisions are a bit too much, and there is no time. ()..." Voroshi Love rubbed his hands excitedly, walked back and forth a few steps, raised his head and said,

"I think so, the Chief of Staff, in the name of the Front Army Command, sent a report to the Tenth Army of Gidis, requesting him to send no less than three divisions to go up the Hebei. Be careful, you must go up the Volga Hebei. But they are not allowed to enter the firing range of the Kazan Fortress heavy artillery, by the way, send a telegram to the Volga River Fleet, ordering them to cooperate with the Tenth Army to fight on the Volga River, so that the fleet's naval guns can support our infantry division along the coast!"

"Well, it's okay. You have convinced me, Comrade Deputy Commander, Comrade Political Commissar, I think, can we... let the Volga Fleet prepare a large number of ferries to follow the fleet, in case the troops going north are caught Kolchak's main cavalry stopped and cut off the road to the south. The three divisions were under the cover of the artillery fire of the Volga River fleet, boarded the boat and went down the river. The enemy in Kazan did not have a large surface fleet. We can't stop us from retreating south!"

Chief of Staff Chernavin's eyes lit up, and he added a fairly safe strategy. Here, Voroshilov and Kamenev nodded when they heard the words, and an urgent telegram issued a new combat order for the Front Army. Tick-tick sent to the Tenth Army along the radio waves.

To the Tenth Army Command

Commander Gidis and Military Commissar Kliuyev

1918年7月22ri12：10

The main force of Kolchak's White Guards has broken through the defense line of the Third Army on the south bank of Kazan. The enemy has about eight divisions or more. The main force of Berzin's Third Army has retreated westward. According to the latest order from the Front Army Command, your troops Quickly send 3 divisions to go north along the left bank of the Volga River, and severely attack Kolchak's main force from the flanks. The Volga River Fleet will be attached to your actions and directly under your command.

The combat intention of the front army, the task of your northward cluster is to hold the main force of Kolchak, and then alternately cover with the 4 divisions of the main force of the group army, retreat while fighting, and try to attract the main force of Kolchak to the south. If Kolchak The main force of Kolchak is going south. Don't get too entangled with the enemy in Simbirsk. The main force can continue to go south and directly move closer to the Eighth Army on the front line of Syzran. At that time, we will fight the main force of Kolchak on the southern line and annihilate them in one fell swoop. other side!

With the arrival of supplements and reinforcements, our troops and weapons will quickly recover and surpass the Kolchak White Guards on the offensive side. Destroying the enemy's main force is our most important task, so we must strengthen propaganda and political and ideological work of the troops, don't care The gains and losses of Tetyushi, Buinsk, and Simbirsk are one city and one place. The Tenth Army is a glorious team. I believe that you can complete the tasks assigned by the front army very well.

I would like to remind you not to underestimate the enemy. The Kolchak East Route Army is equipped with many Cossack cavalry divisions. You are all infantry divisions. You must strive to move along the banks of the Volga River, and properly allocate and use the fire support of the Volga River fleet. If the northbound group is cut off by the enemy's heavy troops, they can board the ship and head south under the cover of the River Fleet!

Victory belongs to the Volga Front, victory belongs to the Soviets!Looking forward to the news of your victory, be sure to keep in touch with the radio of the front army!

ps: Please confirm that you have clearly received this new order and will resolutely implement it!

Soviet Red Army Volga Front Command

Voroshilov, Kamenev and Chernavin

Nizhny Novgorod

After the telegram was sent, the three of them wandered around the Front Army headquarters before long, before Voroshilov, Kamenev, and Chernavin prepared their lunch hastily with black bread dipped in potato soup on a plate. While arguing about what to do if the enemy splits up and moves westward and southward at the same time, the headquarters of the Tenth Army of Gidis in Simbirsk quickly called back:

To Volga Front Command

Deputy Commander Voroshilov, Military Commissar Kamenev and Chief of Staff Chernavin

1918年7月22ri12：20

The order of the Front Army Command has been received, and the Tenth Army will quickly send two infantry divisions on the Buinsk and Tetyushi lines to the north, and transport another infantry division from Simbirsk with a troop carrier covered by the Volga fleet reinforce.

According to the reconnaissance of our security forces on the northern front, after the main force of the Kolchak White Guards broke through the defense line of the Third Army on the south bank of Kazan, at least two Cossack cavalry divisions have come down the river to our direction. The main force is pursuing Berzin's Third Army westward along the railway line.

According to our judgment, the enemy wants to put pressure on us with cavalry divisions on the flank and drive us south in order to protect the flank of their main body. Hit the opponent in an ambush at a certain location, and then decide the next move according to the enemy's situation in person after severely injuring the enemy!

Stay on the radio!Victory belongs to the glorious Soviet Red Army!

Tenth Army Command

Commander Gidis and Military Commissar Kliuyev

Simbirsk

In the battle of crossing the river on the morning of July 1918, 7, Kolchak had a huge advantage in firepower and troops. Therefore, he only paid less than 22 casualties, and successfully broke through the defense lines of the three divisions of the Soviet Russian Third Army. The blockade of the fortress artillery completely wiped out the regiment guarding the core position of the bridgehead of the Volga River Bridge.

In the battle of the Eastern Route Army crossing the river, the casualties of the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side were at least 8000 people. Except for the more than 2000 people in the regiment on the bridgehead position, almost all of them were killed, and the corpses of the Soviet Russian Red Army were left in disorder on the positions on the two wings. There were more than 1500 people in total, and the rest of the wounded had followed the large force on the train and retreated westward.

It must be said that the regiment of the Berzin Third Army sacrificed at the bridgehead created the conditions for the retreat of the remaining main force of the three divisions of the army. Of course, Berzin is also a caring person. The artillery range of the fortress was out of range, which allowed his Third Army with more than 2 people and nearly 4000 wounded to walk away before Kolchak's main force caught up.

After clearing the regiment of the Soviet Red Army guarding the bridgehead, the Cossack cavalry division rolled along the bridge and rushed across the Volga River. The retreating train of the Soviet Red Army went away, but was beaten up by the Maxim heavy machine guns and cannons on the armored train of the other side along the way. After losing at least one battalion of cavalry, they had to stop temporarily and wait for their own artillery. cross the river.

After Kolchak personally led three Cossack cavalry divisions and five infantry divisions across the river, he divided his troops into two groups. He personally led a cavalry division and five infantry divisions to the west to pursue along the railway line. The Cossack Cavalry Division rushed south, preparing to attack the Soviet Tenth Army in the south from behind. Of course, according to the intelligence collected and reconnaissance, the nearest troops of the Soviet Tenth Army to Kazan were also in Buinsk and Czech Republic, 80 kilometers away. Qiu Xi line.

In fact, Kolchak's headquarters had also debated the southward and westward advances, but just as Voroshilov judged at the time, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, and Cheboksary along the way For the White Guard generals and troops who have followed Kolchak for more than half a year, the big goal of the railway line is far more attractive than the southern plains and rural towns. The cities of Simbirsk and Syzran are almost the same size. Not even Cheboksary, and there is not much industrial base.

What's more, man followed you Kolchak and All-Russian provisional?Going to the south, do we need to hang out in your all-Russian makeshift government?We just changed ourselves like Pepelyaev, and went to the newly established Volga Federation to eat delicious food, drink spicy food and live a peaceful life.

Therefore, even if Kolchak had the idea of ​​going south and concentrating the main force to defeat the most powerful eighth and tenth armies of the Volga Front Army of the Soviet Russian Red Army, in the end, he could not resist the one-sided subordinates who demanded to go west all the way to take Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod has been fighting a strong demand to go to Moscow.

Of course, although Kolchak used the main three-way army on the western and northern fronts, as soon as the main force of the eastern army he brought across the river, he still sent two Cossack cavalry divisions southward, ready to beat the Soviet Union. The flanks of the Tenth Army also guarded their own flanks and rear. The two cavalry divisions going south were more of a bluff to scare the Tenth Army of Soviet Russia.