Beiyang 1917

1918年7月29ri12:45萨兰斯克苏俄第1集团军司令部

"Comrades, the situation is very serious. You have also seen the situation outside the city. Kolchak was not a good person. He relied on himself as a cavalry unit. In just over half an hour, he besieged the city and surrounded Saransk. Time is running out. , taking advantage of the fact that the enemy has not launched a siege, the headquarters summoned you to hold a military meeting to see how to fight next, and let’s talk about the situation of each of you facing the enemy!" Ko Boze, political commissar and chief of staff of the group army The husband's tone was obviously quite dignified. . .

The commander of the 1st Army, Tukhachevsky, rolled his cigarette and waved his hand casually, indicating that the 1st Division of the Xia Boyang Infantry should report the situation quickly. The posture of being able to attack the city does not require so much effort to waste time and be humble.

"Commander, political commissar, the frontal defense line of our 1st Infantry Division is 5 kilometers east of the city, and the enemy cavalry that has been discovered so far is at least a brigade of troops passing in front of our position and heading south. Unfortunately, the opponent is within the range of our machine guns. In addition, the group army did not have enough cannons, so they could only watch the other side trample on the villages outside the city and harm the people. Most of the villages five miles east of the city were set on fire, and there was smoke everywhere. This group of White Guards was obviously You are determined to fight us to the end!"

The 31-year-old commander of the 1st Division of the Xia Boyang Infantry was obviously full of anger. He watched the enemies outside the city burning houses and grabbing food and harming the people. Comrade Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev, the division commander, was furious. Indignant.

"The situation in the north of the city is similar. At least one Cossack from the cavalry brigade passed in front of our position and went to the west of the city. The Saransk railway substation ten kilometers away has been occupied by the enemy. Listening to the movement, the other party has already destroyed the railway, and just at the When I returned to the headquarters, I could see the enemy's artillery and heavy machine guns starting to gather five kilometers to the north of the city. It is possible that the enemy will use the north of the city as the first breakthrough point to launch an attack. Of course, the villages five kilometers away are basically given to the enemy. The cavalry was ignited, and it was not small, and the smoke was filled with gunpowder, and the line of sight was greatly obstructed."

The speaker was Dmitry Andreyevich Furmanov, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Division of Fumanov. Although the 27-year-old commander of the 2nd Division was not as outraged as his old partner Xia Boyang, he was His eyes were also burning with raging anger.

"The situation in the west of the city is quite tense. The 3rd Saransk Infantry Division has only 6000 soldiers, and only 4000 people with guns. It is said that it is a division, but in fact it is only a brigade. The White Guard cavalry came from the north of the city. At a distance of 1000 meters in front of the position, of course, our machine guns fired and drove the opponent out. However, the soldiers were really panicked. The cavalry of the opponent seemed to be more numerous than our entire division. I request The commander strengthens the 5th Division to the defense line in the west of the city, otherwise the brothers may not be able to hold it!"

The 3-year-old Iyeronim Petrovich Ubolevich was sent by Moscow to serve as the commander of the 22rd Division of the Saransk Infantry. This guy encountered such a serious situation as a division commander for the first time Although he is a staunch Bolshevik and has received relatively systematic training in the Moscow military academy, he is obviously a little panicked when faced with the serious situation in front of him.

"Ieronim Petrovich, let me tell you, Comrade Commander, just now I saw clearly through the binoculars that the enemy only had a cavalry company's force to attack your position. You exposed the position of the machine gun position to me at 1000 meters and 1000 meters away? How many enemy cavalrymen have you killed? Not one?

For a tentative attack by a small cavalry unit like the enemy, you don’t need to fire your machine gun at all. You can directly put the enemy on the side of the moat, and you can call the Cossack cavalry one by one with a salvo of rifles. Why are you panicking? Thanks to the fact that the opponent's artillery has not been in place yet, otherwise the six Maxims I assigned to you would have been taken away by someone right now! "Tukhachevsky scolded the young commander of the 6rd Division while lighting the freshly rolled Mohe cigarette in his hand.

"Yes, Comrade Commander, as soon as you criticized us on the phone, we stopped shooting and immediately moved the machine gun position. Most of the 3rd Division are new fighters. You know, the charging posture of the enemy cavalry is still strong. Yes, the machine gunner pulled the trigger as soon as he was nervous, but fortunately the opponent's artillery didn't fire!" Ubolevich, the commander of the 3rd Division, blushed.

"What about the south of the city? Iona Emanuilovich, what happened to your 4th Division? Why did some troops withdraw from their positions and run into the city without authorization?" Kobozev, the political commissar and chief of staff of the army group, obviously saw the defense line in the north of the city. There was a wavering scene in the upper army. At this time, he was out of breath and asked Tukhachevsky before he could.

"Reporting to the political commissar, a company has food poisoning, and many people have diarrhea. When the enemy cavalry came around from the east of the city, the sound of horseshoes resounded through the sky. Under the smog, the company collectively ran with weak stomachs and legs. When they ran back to the city, they had to go to the toilet. , we can’t all be dragged in the trenches! The weather is too hot, or we will stink to death on the ground before the White Guards cavalry charge!”

The unstable situation in the 4th Saransk Infantry Division's position was actually exposed by the acting division commander Jona Emanuilovich Yakir with the excuse of having diarrhea. Here, Kobozev Almost jumped out of anger, and the other division commanders were dumbfounded when they heard Yakir's answer, but Tukhachevsky, the commander of the group army, waved his hands and said,

"Let's not take this as an example. Whoever dares to leave the position in the future of the enemy will be shot! Yona Emanuilovich, why do your soldiers have diarrhea? Have you found out the reason?"

"Report to the commander, the reason has been found out. The company cook put a lot of wild vegetables picked by the soldiers in the soup when cooking. They didn't pick them out clearly. There were poisonous wild vegetables mixed in. The division headquarters has shut down the cooks. and decided to take the time to carry out knowledge training on wild vegetables in the whole division. Commander, you also know that many soldiers in the 4th Division are workers. There are poisonous wild vegetables mixed in that cannot be eaten!"

Acting commander of the 4th Division, Yakir, stood at attention and gave a stern answer. The 4th Division's position was shaken, and he was fooled by him. Of course, afterwards, it was rumored that the 4th Division was not poisoned by wild vegetable soup and had weak legs, but was killed by the White Guards. The aura of the Cossack cavalry was so frightened that their legs limp and left the position. Fortunately, the law enforcement team of the company and division headed back to the position as soon as possible. Otherwise, Tukhachevsky would have ordered the group army to enforce the law. The team has enforced battlefield discipline by killing chickens and monkeys.