Beiyang 1917

"Blow up the railway bridge over the Sula River?!" Several senior Soviet Russian generals were shocked, and Kamenev, the political commissar of the army, was the first to object, "This is not possible, this is absolutely not possible, Yefim Afa Nasiyevich, what are you kidding, we will launch a full-scale counter-offensive in half a month at the latest. Once the bridge is blown up, it will not be repaired in ten days and a half months!

This loss is too great. According to your statement, wouldn't it be more straightforward to blow up the Volga River Bridge in Kazan when we retreated from the south bank of Kazan? Not necessarily well, then we are not helping ourselves, we are helping Kolchak defend Kazan! ” Kamenev objected loudly, shaking his head like a rattle. {.

"Lev Borisovich, my Comrade Political Commissar, do you think Kolchak would be hesitant to blow up the railway bridge if he needed to retreat in the event of an unfavorable battle? Take a step back and say, if we are approaching the city, Kolchak jumped the wall in a hurry, will he blow up the railway bridge over the Volga River in Kazan?" Xia Tenke asked in a daze.

"Not necessarily! Yefim Afanasyevich, you don't know enough about the opponent in front of us. Kolchak claims to be the supreme consul in Russia for the benefit of the Russian people. Full of untimely tenderness, he refuses to destroy flowers and plants easily.\\..\\

As for us, of course we will go back to the east at any time, so when we retreat westward, we would rather blow up the railway on the roadbed on the ground, but we really can't get rid of the bridge on the river. If necessary, we will blow up anything that stands in the way of our defense of the Soviets! "The political commissar of the front army had no choice but to explain to Xia Jianke.

"Okay, I understand, Comrade Commissar, unless it is absolutely necessary, we don't destroy bridges, we only destroy railways, but I still plan to go all the way to Yadlin to attack the enemy's rear. I believe that if Kolchak has armored trains, he must Use it as a pioneer to be at the forefront, then we will take his back!" Xia Jianke waved his fist and said...

"Is there enough time? Yefim Afanasyevich, you have driven 150 kilometers in two days, and Kolchak on the opposite side is not idle. By then, you and the cavalry detachment have worked hard to get to Yade Near Lin, his vanguard of five cavalry divisions may have already reached the city of Nizhny Novgorod! Is this still blocking and delaying the opponent's attack? If this is the case, I don't think it is necessary to start from Nizhny Novgorod Send troops over there!"

Berzin spoke from the side, sultry and slutty, Xia Jianke was at a loss for words and really didn't know how to answer, Berzin has already continued, "If you want to hit Yadlin's front line, I suggest directly from Sa Wouldn't it be better for Lasker to send a force of Budyonny cavalry north?"

Speaking of Berzin, he got up again, walked to the battle map, took the red and blue pencils from Xia Tenko, and went directly from Saransk, the reorganization and assembly place of Budyonny's First Cavalry Army and Soviet Russia's First Army in the south. Draw a line to the northeast to Alatari, and then draw north from Alatli to Shumerlia, click Shumerlia heavily, and said,

"It is only 200 kilometers from Sarask to Shumerlia, and the railway in between is still in our hands. Of course, the situation in Shumerlia is unknown, but if a brigade of cavalry is transferred from Sarask Going north...the slowest time is three days, and the threat to Kolchak's rear directly from the flanks is not more sudden and more threatening than when we send a cavalry detachment from Nizhny Novgorod?"

Berzin's words made the senior Soviet generals present lost in thought. Voroshilov frowned, exchanged a few words with Front Army Kamenev, and Chief of Staff Chernavin in a low voice. began,

"Karl Ivanovic, your style of play is not unfeasible, but Budyonny's [-]st Cavalry Army is still in the process of rebuilding. Even if it is possible to send a cavalry brigade at this time, the combat effectiveness is not strong. Neither the heavy machine gun battalion nor the anti-aircraft artillery battalion has it. It is difficult for a brigade of light cavalry to kill Yadlin to pose an actual threat to the opponent. More importantly, it will arouse the enemy's alertness. The intention to attract Nizhny Novgorod to the decisive battle has not changed!" Voroshilov looked regretful and distressed...

"Kliment Yefremovich is right. We have to delay Kolchak's westward attack, but we can't really move his main force to the south. There is no danger in the Great Plains. It can be defended. Our 1st Army and Budyonny's [-]st Cavalry Army are still in the process of reorganization and replenishment. They are short of food and ammunition. After the defeat in the Battle of Ufa, the morale of the troops is relatively low. Ke rushed over with the main force, we absolutely can't stop it!"

It was Kamenev, the political commissar of the front army who was speaking. Tukhachevsky has not yet returned to the army, and the 1st Army has no leader. , but found that the standards of food and food rations were far worse than those in the prisoner-of-war camps of the Volga Federation...

The strong gap and the torture of hunger, coupled with the experience of being captured, made those cadres and soldiers who had not been captured look at themselves strangely, so many deserted as deserters, and then went east to prepare to return. Those on the right bank of Volga who were loyal to the Volga Federation, and some even went directly south to the front line of Voronjeri to join the former comrades-in-arms and commanders who had already loyal to the Volga Federation there.

In this case, it is not that the Budyonny Cavalry Army and the 1st Army in the reorganization of Sarask bought time for Nizhny Novgorod, but that Nizhny Novgorod attracted the main force of Kolchak to the north. Line, the two troops that are resting and supplementing the southern line are buying time...

"I don't think there is any need to argue any more. Comrade Yefim Afanasyevich Shadenko will lead the cavalry detachment to attack. Hurry up. There are still two and a half hours before 10 o'clock. Organize the team Organize and attack on time at 2 pm! As for how to fight, the front army headquarters does not use remote control. It is up to you and the troops to decide on the fly. It is necessary to preserve strength and hold back the enemy. Remember to bring more explosives. Destruction of railway bridges depends on this !"

Voroshilov saw that it was not a good idea to keep fighting like this, so he ended the discussion straightforwardly, and Xia Tenko's task of leading the cavalry detachment to attack east was settled in this way.