Beiyang 1917

w1918年7月23ri12：00齐维利斯克东南五公里处高尔察克前敌指挥部

"Alexander Vasilyevich, after a fierce battle all morning, I didn't expect that the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side was really tenacious. Our 1st, 2nd and 3rd Kazan Infantry Divisions suffered heavy casualties. The 3rd Don Cavalry Division The division also suffered nearly a thousand casualties, and we seem to be at a disadvantage if we continue to fight like this!" Chief of Staff Hastings said to the Supreme Consul of Russia on the opposite side while using a knife and fork to deal with the grilled steak on the plate. .)

"Well, the main division of the opponent's Third Army is guarding Tsivelisk. It is said that one-third of the 1st Ural Infantry Division is Bolsheviks, so the battle is very tenacious, neither afraid of death nor panic, if it is not ours The shell consumption is too high, and we had a chance to break through the opponent's position before noon!" Kolchak wiped his lips with a napkin, and drank a glass of red wine in front of him.

The weather was fine, and it was originally a good season for outings, but at this moment, the two sides were fighting to the death. Kolchak and Hastings ate outside the tent of the former enemy headquarters in the small woods, holding a large If it weren't for the gunpowder smoke a few kilometers away, and the occasional gunshots and cold cannons, it would not be easy to see that the front line has been fighting fiercely all morning.

"Alexander Vasilievich, I just think it's not worthwhile for us to fight a war of attrition with the other side. It's better to let the Western Route Army and the Central Route Army ambushing on the north bank launch the battle of crossing the river at the same time, so that Berzin's Third Army The whole line must collapse, and when the time comes, we will chase after the fallen leaves like the autumn wind, wouldn't it be better than gnawing hard bones now?"

Chief of Staff Hastings obviously realized that it would not be so easy to repel the Soviet Russian Third Army with the strength of the Eastern Route Army alone, let alone encircle and wipe out the opponent.

"Guillaume Nikolaevich, you forgot that our purpose is to encircle and annihilate the Third Army. Now that we haven't been able to break through the opponent's right-wing defense line, we can't cut off the railway line behind the opponent's defense line. It's hard to say At this point, if the other party gets on the train again and runs away, we will be too late to regret it, and if our troops on the north bank launch a cross-river attack at this time, what do you think Berzin in Soviet Russia will do?"

Kolchak took a sip of red wine, put down his glass lightly, squinted his eyes and looked at his old buddy Hastings, the Chief of Staff of the All-Russian Autonomous Government, and sighed secretly in his heart. The fierce battle did not achieve the expected results. It was not only himself, the commander-in-chief of the White Guards, who was anxious and frustrated, but even Hastings, the always calm and wise chief of staff, began to lose his temper.

"However, Alexander Vasilievich, if the Western Route Army crosses the river in Kozmodemyansk like lightning, the Soviet Union will have no time to react. When the Western Route Army crosses the river and goes south to cut off the railway line, we will be different. Just cut off the retreat of the Soviet Russia, the third army, and encircle the opponent!" Hastings said unwillingly.

"My dear Chief of Staff, until the main force of the Soviet Russian Third Army is drawn to reinforce Tsivelisk, I do not plan to cross the river as the Western Route Army. You must know that there is at least one Soviet Red Army infantry division on the other side of Kosmodemyansk. troops are defending.

Although our West Route Army has 5 divisions, it is limited by the conditions of the ferry. The division guarding the river bank of the opponent mainly relies on the river bank position to block for more than an hour. Berzin can load the main force of his third army on the train. Withdraw to Nizhny Novgorod, and our plan to encircle and annihilate our opponents in the iron triangle of Cheboksary Alexandrovna and Tsivelisk will come to nothing! "

Speaking of which, Kolchak turned his head and shouted a map. A combat staff hurriedly moved the map shelf on one side to the dining table. Kolchak stood up, holding red wine in one hand, and pointing at the map with the other.

"It is 36 kilometers from Alexandrovna to Tsivlisk, 38 kilometers from Tsivelisk to Cheboksary, and westward, the railway junction passing south through Kosmodemyansk is only 20 kilometers, which adds up to only 94 kilometers. Kilometers away, as long as the opponent can hold on to the ferry for an hour, the main force of Berzin's Third Army can board the train and flee back to Nizhny Novgorod, and our plan will come to nothing!" Kolchak was clearly prepared Come.

"But my Lord Commander-in-Chief, we are blindly strengthening the offensive in Tsivlisk, with the aim of mobilizing the opponent's main force from Cheboksary to Tsivelisk. The problem is that Berzin may be more worried about his retreat than we are. , You see, when he was at the height of the southwestern cluster artillery battle, the third armored train did not come from the direction of Cheboksary, but he withdrew the second armored train for reinforcements."

"In this case, plus the Soviet Russian infantry division defending Tsivelisk on the opposite side, at least half of the casualties have been exceeded. I am very worried, will Berzin of the Soviet Russian Red Army continue to fight with us in Tsivelisk? As soon as he gave up the idea of ​​continuing the fight, what should we do if he is already preparing to retreat while we are careless?" Hastings obviously thought very well.

"Well, Guillaume Nikolaevich, the situation you said is not impossible, but doesn't our 3rd Don Cavalry Division have a cavalry regiment on both wings to monitor the other's movements, if Berzin's entire line Retreat, we will find out in advance, when the time comes, we will attack across the board and catch him off guard!

Now the key is to quickly transport the shells up from Kazan. The gang of prodigal artillerymen below, it’s okay to shoot them inaccurately, and they are as unrestrained as setting off fireworks. They destroyed one and a half base shells in one morning. If this continues, my treasury will be destitute! Kolchak shook his head, apparently trying to reassure the chief of staff.

At least in Kolchak's own view, if the White Guard's West Route Army and Central Route Army initiate crossing the river, then the Soviet Russian Berzin's Third Army will not have any other choice except to retreat immediately, and if the White Guard Army If the Western Route Army and the Central Route Army do not cross the river, Berzin may withdraw or continue to fight. After all, the attacking side suffered more casualties than his defending side. The difference in the strength and firepower of the two sides on the Tsivelisk battlefield is not considered. big.

高尔察克是五个步兵师，其中白卫军喀山步兵第4和第5师在两翼，分别和苏俄第三集团军的乌拉尔步兵第2师和第4师对峙，中路则是自己集中了喀山第1、第2和第3时等三个步兵师打对方的一个乌拉尔步兵第1师。m