Beiyang 1917

"Krement Yefimovich, since the Fifth Army is on the western defense line, it is the second-line position. I suggest that the Front Army Command can learn from Comrade Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev. The Fifth Army of the People's Liberation Army dispatched a part of its troops, led by the political commissar of the Third Army, to go to the east to stop the enemy!" Berzin put forward his request directly.

"Karl Ivanovich, I think your suggestion is not cautious enough, and even has ulterior motives. Most of the Fifth Army are recruits, and many of them can't move their guns very well. Shoulder such an important task?

What Kolchak killed was not the reserve corps. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Kazan Divisions of the White Guards are the main divisions of the opponent's ace. Even if they want to block it, they should also draw the main force from your third army. That's right! "

It was Nikolai Alexievich Lyubimov, the political commissar of the Fifth Army, who was the former partner of the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, Chernavin, and the political commissar of the Eighth Army. The Fifth Army set up a team for Kamenev as a political commissar. His position was very delicate. First, he was consistent with his own army commander, Kamenev. more time.

However, he and Kamenev did not think that sending recruits from the Fifth Army would be able to complete such a arduous task. To fight against the enemy is to have fewer enemies and more weak ones. Of course, the most effective troops should be used. At this moment, the first The combat power of the Third Army is obviously far superior to that of the Fifth Army, and the combat power of Kolchak's White Guards on the opposite side is at least comparable to that of Berzin's Third Army. Of course, troops from the Third Army should be dispatched to stop it.full text..

After Lyubimov said this, Kamenev, the commander of the Fifth Army beside him, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at himself, the political commissar from the Southern Front Army, with approving eyes. It is also comfortable and tight, which can obviously deflate Berzin's third army and consume losses. Chernavin has no psychological barriers.

Voroshilov and Front Army Political Commissar Kamenev looked at each other, feeling a little unhappy, but he didn't show it on his face, just said lightly,

"Nikolai Alexievich's words are also reasonable. According to the information fed back by the reconnaissance unit of the Front Army, Kolchak's forwards are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd divisions of Kazan, and the Don River The numbers of the 3rd and 4th Cossack Cavalry Divisions appeared, indicating that they are the main force of the first-class White Guards. Most of our Fifth Army is recruited, and its combat effectiveness cannot be compared with the opponent's. Send the fat meat away!"

"Krement Yefimovich, you yourself agreed just now that the main force of the Third Army is to defend Nizhny Novgorod. A small loss will weaken the strength of Nizhny Novgorod's frontal defense at that time, who will bear the responsibility?"

"Vladimir Nikolaevich just said that Moscow gave us a death order not to take a step back from Nizhny Novgorod, if the frontal defense of the Third Army was weakened and the defense line was broken by the enemy If so, when the time comes, shoot me, Berzin, or the commander of the Fifth Army?"

"The Front Army Command cannot put all the burden on our Third Army. Let me say that we fought a few bloody battles on the Kazan-Cheboksary line. The soldiers of the Fifth Army were in Nizhny Novgorod. Sun, my troops are exhausted. Why can’t the original 27th Infantry Division of the Fifth Army and the two Moscow Workers’ Garrison Divisions be considered recruits? Why do they have to hide under the signboard of recruits and dare not go into battle?”

"Furthermore, the 2 Tsarist Russian prisoners of war who came back from the German prisoner-of-war camps have the same military skills and combat experience. There is no problem that they can't pull the guns and bolt the bullets. They are not recruits. Why can't they go into battle? I think some comrades To others is to ask them to be heroes, and when it is their turn to pretend to be a bear, when will the combat effectiveness and cohesion of our Volga Front Army be truly cultivated?"

Karl Ivanovich Berzin, Commander of the Third Army of the Soviet Red Army, spoke with the utmost integrity, and his words made it hard to refute, which silenced the war room of the entire Front Army Headquarters. down. [.

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"War is not about chanting slogans and louder than anyone else. We have to be responsible to the soldiers. Before they lack the necessary training and preparation, sending them to the battlefield in a hurry is no different from sending them to death. This is not about who is a hero and who is a bear. Question! Face the reality, although the 27th Infantry Division in the Fifth Army is a veteran, but at the moment the cadres, soldiers and Bolshevik backbones have been split into seven divisions, how can they be brought back in a hurry?"

"Although the former Tsarist Russian prisoners of war who returned from the German prisoner-of-war camps did not lack military skills and battlefield experience, they were tortured by the Germans for such a long time in the prisoner-of-war camps, and the domestic situation changed so drastically. For them, It is one thing to go back to the country, but it is another thing to be able to participate in the battles of the Soviet Red Army. If you do not strengthen ideological education and training, and rush into battle, you will send prisoners to the Kolchak White Guards!"

Sergei Sergeyevich Kamenev, the commander of the Fifth Army, didn't care to tear himself apart with Berzin's old partner at this time, and directly stood up and said that the Fifth Army's defense line was barely enough. At this time, it is impossible to deploy a single unit to the east to fight against Kolchak's White Guards, and it must not be done like this!

"Krement Yefimovich, this is irresponsible to the commanders and fighters of the troops, not responsible to the Fifth Army, and not responsible to the Volga Front Army. I am firmly opposed to using recruit divisions to fight any blocking! Whether it is the Fifth Army Neither the recruits nor the recruits of the Third Army can take on such a difficult task!" Kamenev's attitude was very firm.

"You emphasize this and that. There are difficulties in one sentence? Who has no difficulty? When we defended Tsaritsyn, we had to go to the battlefield with a gun. Men and women did not care about the distinction. Sergey Sergeyer Vicky, the difficulties you mentioned exist, but we are so intimidated by them? If recruits do not go to battle, they will always be recruits, and the flowers in the greenhouse will never grow strong!"

Voroshilov slapped the table and got angry. He didn't necessarily target the Fifth Army alone, but was annoyed that the commanders of the two armies still had time to emphasize their own difficulties in the face of the enemy.