Beiyang 1917

() "But isn't this a way out?" Shaposhnikov, chief of staff of the 5th Army, couldn't help interjecting.

"This can be regarded as a way out, but it is the most dangerous way out. We should not place the possible decisive battle on the southern front on the Simbirsk line, but continue to retreat southward, taking advantage of Kolchak's two cavalry The division was still hiding in the demilitarized buffer zone, instead of rushing back to cut off our way to the south, the way out for Gidis and Rashevich was to go south instead of north!"

While talking, Berzin drew an arrow southward from the lower edge of the new line of defense ten kilometers square on the newly drawn map by S. S. Kamenev just now, to the main railway line west of Syzran.

There was a burst of exclamation in the large conference room of the headquarters, and Kamenev, the political commissar of the front army, was the first to shout out in surprise, "Is it actually retreating to the south? Comrade Karl Ivanovich, there is no longer our main force in the south." , Such a withdrawal, isn’t it getting farther and farther away from the main force on the northern front! How can we fight to encircle Wei and save Zhao? If Kolchak pursues closely”” and pursues southward, half of his main force will be cavalry divisions, 2 How can a man with one leg outrun a Don horse with four legs?"

"The political commissar is right. Speed ​​is more important than speed. The 10th and 8th armies of Gidis and Rashevich are both infantry divisions. They have a large number of artillery but their actions are bound to be slow. If we just retreat south and leave the existing Set up a position, how to resist the pursuit of 7 cavalry divisions in the field? How to fight this battle? Although the distance from Simbirsk to the south of Syzran is only 120 kilometers, how can it take 2 days? Let me say Baiwei The army Cossack cavalry will be able to catch up in half a day..."

The one who spoke was the political commissar of the 5th Army, Nikolai Alekseevich Liubimov, who had never spoken much. This guy was originally the political commissar of the 8th Army of the Soviet Russian Southern Front. The political commissar of the 8th Army was transferred to the political commissar of the 5th Army, and the post of political commissar of the 8th Army was replaced by Mikhai Mikhaievich Rashevich, the former military commissar of the Third Army of the Eastern Front.

Moscow’s great move to weaken the hilltopism within the Soviet Red Army...""Personnel transfers actually planted the seeds that the 8th Army under the command of Rashevich was attacked by the Cossack Cavalry Division tonight. Rashevich, who was parachuted into the former 8th Army of the Southern Front as political commissar and acting commander, did not recognize the faces of the commanders of the divisions and brigades below. The extremely wonderful black tiger's heart-piercing and beheading tactics are inevitable.

"Budyonny's cavalry army can restrain Kolchak's main force from the north, preventing them from chasing Gydis and Rashevich's troops with all their strength!" Berzin marked Kolchak on the map Behind the line of defense, a small arrow is drawn, which goes straight to the back of the White Guards position!

"That being the case...why not follow what Comrade Kamenev said, after shrinking the line of defense in Simbirsk, with the cooperation of the Budyonny cavalry army, just fight with Kolchak's main force with real swords and guns?" Shaposhnikov, chief of staff of the 5th Army, couldn't help asking.

"Kolchak's main force on the southern front is 14 divisions, including 7 cavalry divisions. Our two armies plus Budyonny's cavalry army are only 11 left." Beiyang 1917 Chapter 740 Eight (30) The location of the decisive battle" division, the strength is [-]% worse, and Simbirsk is too close to Kazan!

The enemy in the direction of Kazan can at least dispatch two more elite infantry divisions, one composed of the White Guards officer corps, and the other composed of the White Guards who participated in the Battle of Ufa and returned to Kazan unwilling to serve the Volga Federation. These two Guards infantry divisions are the most powerful White Guards.The infantry division with the best equipment... Once they are all dispatched and go south, it will be too late to withdraw..."

The commander of the Soviet Russian 3rd Army had already planned such a strategy, but he always felt that the battlefield should be as far away from Kazan as possible, especially when the enemy is strong and we are weak. In protracted combat, buy time to restore the combat effectiveness of the various reconstruction armies, instead of rushing into a decisive battle at the location and time selected by the enemy.

In particular, the Soviet Russian 10th Army and the 8th Army, which are basically the main force, cannot be consumed too quickly. Of course, when these two armies went north for reinforcements, there was no brazen non-military buffer zone. The Volga Fleet is also on the side of the Soviet Red Army in the "Beiyang 1917". Who would have imagined that the middle section of the Volga River, which was originally the Volga Federation and the Soviet-Russian border river, is now with the demarcation of the demilitarized buffer zone and the preparation of federal troops to enter , the whole has become an inland river of the Volga Federation...

What's more, before Kolchak's main offensive direction was Cheboksary-Nizhny Novgorod, and the slogan was to go to Moscow to eat moon cakes. Do Russians make moon cakes?Do you want to eat moon cakes?I don't know how Kolchak and his staff came up with this slogan?Could it be said that after taking Moscow, the King of China of the Eastern Allied Forces of the Allied Powers will be able to reward each of the White Guards with a Chinese mooncake?Of course, Berzin didn’t know that the predecessor of Chinese mooncakes was Hubing. Hubing with sesame seeds and walnuts may have spread from Europe to China along the Silk Road.

"Comrade Berzin, if we withdraw to the south, how sure are the 10th and 8th armies that they can retreat smoothly? With 14 enemy divisions chasing and intercepting them, how likely is it that the troops can successfully withdraw to the south?" Brows were furrowed all the time. The gasping Voroshilov finally spoke.

As the benchmark and leading role of the Soviet Russian Southern Front, the Soviet ""Russian 10th Army and 8th Army are the basis for Voroshilov and Chernavin to gain a foothold in the Volga Military Region and the Front Army. They have no grasp of the strength of the enemy When we are weak and outnumbered, Voroshilov does not intend to take risks. A mistake will cause eternal hatred. The key 10th Army and 8th Army are the last fire and capital left by the Southern Front. Just casually folded on the southern front battlefield.

"Deputy commander, comrades, I have always had a consideration, and that is to put the decisive battle between our Soviet Red Army and Kolchak White Guards on the southern battlefield instead of Nizhny Novgorod on the northern front. The railway line is too close to Kazan, and the enemy can easily advance and retreat along the railway line, and it is also convenient to replenish logistics supplies. Once the situation is unfavorable, they can withdraw to Kazan on the other side of the Volga River at any time!"