Beiyang 1917

() Ulyanov, on the other hand, snatched the telegram draft from Sverdlov's hand impatiently at some point, squinted his eyes under the lamp, and looked at it. Sverdlov simply sat down and directly Listening to Trotsky's explanation, I feel relaxed and relieved. Of course, Tukhachevsky of the 1st Army was fooled by Kolchak's suspicious formation, which made Sverdlov, the commander of the front army, at the same time The vice-chairman of the Supreme Military Council, who also supported Tukhachevsky, was a little embarrassed, but on the plus side, at least a complete 1st Army was kept in Saransk, right?

"Although Kolchak's cannons are not as many as ours, his Cossack cavalry is very mobile. Just 2 hours ago, Kolchak's 2 cavalry divisions used night attacks to break through the long-distance trek from the southwest. The positions of the 8th Group, which went north for reinforcements, attacked the headquarters of the Group Army, ate up nearly one division of our troops and captured at least 6 artillery companies' cannons!

The political commissar of the 8th Group Mikhail Mikhaievich Lashevich was injured, the chief of staff Lataisky was killed, and the 12th Infantry Division was almost wiped out. Now the 13th, 15th and 16th Infantry Divisions The division "" under the command of Rashevich has withdrawn to the second line of defense. "Trotsky's tone was bitter. This astonishing news left the members of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union present stunned.

Here, Ulyanov hurriedly read the telegram, slammed the table and shouted, "The political commissar of the 8th Army, Rashevich, should be shot! Why didn't the security be strengthened, and why did the enemy's interspersed encirclement disrupt the situation?" , man, the army headquarters and the artillery positions have been taken away, this is negligence, this is a crime and betrayal of the revolution, Dzerzhinsky, where is Dzerzhinsky? The Chekas are all there Why? Why did this happen! Who will give me the answer!"

Although the chairman of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union was small, he had a high voice, and his forehead was covered with oil and sweat. He ran back and forth in the large conference room with his hands on his hips, furious, while Sverdlov and Trotsky looked at each other with wry smiles. , Before evening, the battlefield situation was still full of spring breeze, who would have expected to suffer such a big loss after nightfall!

Trotsky here is obviously a master of knowledge, and the battle report in the telegram just now is as vivid as if he had scanned it. He commanded several staff officers to mark the latest battle and the losses of both sides on the map. After changing the position of the anti.. "" line, he picked up the baton and continued to explain why the current situation is serious.

"Comrades, Kolchak is quite cunning. For the Soviets, he is the most terrible enemy. Since the Allied Forces and the Volga Federation have designated 50 kilometers on the left bank of the Volga River as a non-military buffer zone, the main position of our southern defense line is in Xining. At a position 10 kilometers west of Birsk, the defense line organized by Gidis is roughly in the shape of an irregular trapezoid. The width of the frontal defense line of the northern line is 3 kilometers, and then extends to the northwest defense line for [-] kilometers. The [-] infantry divisions of the [-]th Group of St. Adams were in charge of the defense."

The line of defense fifteen kilometers down from the northwest defense line is defended by two divisions of Rashevich's 8th Army. In addition, the 2th Infantry Division of the 8th Group is responsible for protecting the rear of the southern line, and the 16th Infantry Division is used as an army reserve The team is on the second-line position six kilometers east of the western defense line, which is also the location of the group army headquarters! "

When Trotsky said this, several central committee members couldn't sit still. Zinoviev held up a pipe and asked in puzzlement, "Since the 12th Infantry Division and the Army Command are on the first line of defense Ten kilometers behind, how can "Chapter 1917 of Beiyang 740 (12) Night raids everywhere" still call Kolchak to take the army headquarters and defeat the 2th infantry division?! Could it be that two Cossack cavalry divisions inserted Flying over the defense line with wings?"

"Of course they didn't fly over. Kolchak's offensive during the day focused on the northern and southwest directions. The 10th Army, due to its superior artillery and terrain, repelled the enemy's three attacks successively. The opponent's casualties exceeded one division. We roughly lost a brigade, but because the enemy focused on attacking the northern and southwestern fronts, the lowest western front, that is, the positions and defense lines of the Rashevich 8th Army have not been tested, so here at night Later, it became the breakthrough point for Kolchak's cavalry division's night attack!"

As Trotsky said, he drew two big arrows from the northwest and southwest, pointing to the headquarters of the Army Group and the 8th Infantry Division behind the front line of the 12th Army, and drew big crosses fiercely.

"Lashevich and the 12th Infantry Division obviously didn't expect the enemy to attack at night and quickly broke through the first-line positions. Did you see that the enemy's breakthroughs were all chosen at the junction of the 10th Army and the 8th Army positions, and the southern line was At the junction of the 13th Division and the 16th Division!

"Beiyang 1917" is even more abhorrent. Kolchak's cavalry unit took advantage of the night to pretend to be our Budyonny cavalry army, deceived the front sentry and security troops, and broke through the front line and went straight to the rear. The goal is to come up with a black tiger tactic. If it weren't for the two division commanders of the 13th and 15th Infantry Divisions commanding troops to strictly guard the main position and fight to the death, the entire southwestern defense line would collapse, and the 8th Army might be completely wiped out. "

"Who is the commander of the 12th Infantry Division? He should be shot! Isn't the 2nd Infantry Division the main division? Why can't it withstand the impact of the enemy's two cavalry divisions?" Ulyanovsky stopped and stared at Tuo with a livid face. Lotsky growled.

"The commander of the 12th Infantry Division was concurrently served by the chief of staff of the group army, Lataisky. The entire division was sleeping in the camp. After being attacked by the Cossack cavalry, it was caught off guard and suffered a lot of casualties. Lataisky also died on the spot. The 12th Infantry Division was almost killed It was defeated, and the cannons of the 6 artillery companies on the artillery position were also captured by the enemy. The opponent's casualties in this battle were at most 2000 people! And we lost at least 9000 people!" Trotsky's tone was quite low and disappointed .

"After our "Entertainment Show" side, can the enemy capture the cannons and take them away? Didn't the main force of the 10th Army of Gidis not counterattack? Even the other three infantry divisions of the 8th Army can stop the opponent's two cavalry when they gather together Teacher?" Bukharin asked self-righteously.

"But after capturing the cannon and dragging it away with three sets of carriages, Gydis's 10th Army sent two divisions southward to block the breakthrough for emergency reinforcements, but the enemy's two Cossack cavalry divisions were very cunning. They withdrew west to the starting point of the attack, but went straight to the east and withdrew..." Trotsky's answer was rather helpless?

"What? They ran to the east and withdrew? Could it be... Could it be that they ran into the demilitarized buffer zone designated by the Allied Forces?" Several Soviet Russian Central Committee members shouted almost in unison, and Bukharin's voice was the shrillest. thin.