Beiyang 1917

Qian Tianfu flipped through the documents in his hand, raised his head and answered.

"Colonel Qian, um, Tukhachevsky's five infantry divisions with 5 soldiers were actually surrounded by Kolchak's cavalry brigade of more than 42000 people and acted like turtles in the city?" Deputy Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces, Japan's first The commander of the first army and the commander of the mechanized 5000th Army of the Allied Central Yang Front, General Tanaka Yoshida, couldn't help asking.

"Your Excellency Tanaka, in the morning Tukhachevsky's alert cavalry battalion in the northeast of Saransk was almost completely eaten by the opponent, but in the afternoon Tukhachevsky boldly sent a regiment of troops to attack from the south of the city. It seems that a White Guard cavalry battalion entrenched in two villages in the south of the city was kicked out. At this moment, Tukhachevsky still seems to think that at least 3 people led by Kolchak himself surrounded Saransk. The cavalry division! So he chose to stick to Saransk with the main force, so he can’t be regarded as a coward?”, the full text is hand-typed

Qian Tianfu smiled and pointed to the battle signs in the northwest of Saransk City and the battle signs in the south of the city to explain that on the combat map of the coalition headquarters, every battle that has been fought is represented by a red and blue cross mark, and there is also a mark on it According to Qian Tianfu, Tukhachevsky always believed that what he was facing was the main force of Kolchak’s western group. In this case, during the first firefight in the northeast of Saransk in the morning Not long after the disastrous defeat, this guy dared to let the troops attack from the south of the city and defeated and expelled a cavalry battalion of the opponent.see the latest chapter

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, Soviet Russia called Moscow before and asked us about the location of Kolchak's main force. Why didn't we tell them all? Especially the main force of Kolchak's western group has already rushed to the east to chase the Budyonny cavalry army. The movement of the tail?" Tanaka Yoshiichi scratched his head in puzzlement.

In Tanaka Yoshiichi's view, the position taken by the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces between the Soviet Russian Red Army and Kolchak's White Guards has always been a bit unclear, although it is said that it is necessary to maintain a delicate balance so that Moscow can be defeated by Kolchak on the northern front. He was unable to make a move to add chaos to the actions of the Allied forces on the southern front. When Kolchak clearly had the upper hand, he turned to provide information on the White Guards to Moscow. Geng was tossing and no one could see how the next step would develop.

"Deputy Chief of Staff Jiang, what do you think of His Excellency Tanaka's question?" Wang Geng smoked the cigar in his hand and kicked the ball to the newcomer Deputy Chief of Staff of the Allied Forces, Commander of the Fourth Chinese Army, and At the feet of General Jiang Fangzhen, commander of the 4th Mechanized Army of the Central Yang Front.

Although Jiang Fangzhen holds the title of deputy chief of staff, after Jiang Hongyu, the chief of staff of the coalition army, concurrently served as the commander of the logistics headquarters and put his main focus on logistics, Jiang Fangzhen knew well that he was appointed by Wang Geng as the actual staff officer of the coalition army The candidate for the chief of staff should shoulder the responsibility of leading the staff headquarters of the entire coalition headquarters. That's why Wang Geng pushed Jiang Fangzhen to the front desk from time to time to express his opinions, instead of just explaining and answering by himself.

In fact, although Jiang Fangzhen came here for a short time, he understood the strategic policy of the Eastern Allied Forces of the Allied Powers and the thinking of the commander-in-chief Wang Geng quite quickly and thoroughly. The generals were convinced and won further trust from the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.

Seeing Wang Geng's question, Jiang Fangzhen thought for a while, then replied with a smile,

"I think since I hope that Kolchak's attack can hold back Moscow Soviet Russia, before we need them to decide the outcome, they can't decide the outcome by themselves so quickly. I guess the reason why the commander-in-chief The intelligence that the main force of the Kolchaksi Group moved eastward was not reported to Moscow in time, mainly because Tukhachevsky, the 1st Army, would chase eastward or reinforce the 10th Army!"

"Nani? I can't understand this at all. Chief of Staff Jiang. Since the purpose of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front is to make Soviet Russia and Kolchak fight inextricably and hold them back, why do we know that Kolchak's Western Group is in Quickly approaching the east, and preparing to encircle and annihilate the 10th Army of Gidis with the Eastern Group led by Hastings, why don't we notify Moscow of the news?

In that case, if Kolchak's main force going south annihilates the Soviet Russian 10th and 8th armies, wouldn't the balance of power on the northern front be broken?Then how can we keep the Soviet Russian Red Army and White Guards in balance? "

Yoshiichi Tanaka obviously didn't understand it even more. In his opinion, since the main force of the Kolchaksi Group moved eastward, the 10th Army of Soviet Russia on the Eastern Front might be encircled and wiped out. At this time, Moscow should not understand it as soon as possible. If the deployment is adjusted, wouldn't it be possible for Kolchak to win the decisive battle on the southern front?What balance of power is maintained then?

Wang Geng spread his hands when he heard the words, obviously a little helpless for Tanaka Yoshiichi's dead-headedness, here Jiang Fangzhen had to continue to explain,

"Your Excellency Tanaka, although Kolchak can't be regarded as a god of soldiers, his western group is composed of five main Cossack cavalry divisions, and their combat effectiveness and mobility are very strong. I guess the commander-in-chief is worried about the main force of Kolchak's western group. One of the purposes of the eastward movement was to mobilize the Soviet Red Army.

Once Voroshilov and Moscow come to their senses and feel that the 10th Army is in danger of being encircled and wiped out, they will definitely force Tukhachevsky to lead the 1st Army to the east. Chak concentrated 7 cavalry divisions to fight back, with Tukhachevsky's 1st group just rebuilding the weak combat power, leaving the Saransk city defense fortress could not resist Kolchak's attack at all!Therefore, Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief does not intend to let Moscow know the movement of the main force of the Kolchaksi Cluster moving eastward so soon!Commander-in-Chief, I wonder if my guess is correct? "

Jiang Fangzhen tentatively turned to Wang Geng and asked, obviously the encouraging smile on Wang Geng's face gave this guy a lot of confidence.

"Is that so? Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief?" Tanaka Yoshiichi broke the casserole with an attitude of reluctance.

"What Chief of Staff Jiang said is inseparable. Your Excellency Tanaka, Kolchak regards the decisive battle on the southern front as the key to victory. In fact, I don't think so. Of course, after the 10th Army of Gidis retreated to the south, the two sides fought against each other. The possibility of a decisive battle on the southern front on the Simbirsk front is still quite high, but even if Kolchak went south to encircle the main force, he only had 7 cavalry divisions and 6 infantry divisions, about 15 people, while the Soviet Red Army on the southern front of Soviet Russia The 10th and 8th armies have 11 infantry divisions, plus Budyonny's nearly 2 cavalry, the total force is almost 13 more!"

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