Beiyang 1917

() "That's not right, even in this way, the strength of the attacking side is far inferior to that of the defending side. Bubnov, you and Voroshilov commanded the Ukrainian 5th Army to guard Kharkov. The Germans only sent A reserve infantry regiment went into battle, and helped the Ukrainian white army of Simon Petliura to drive you out of the city? Why is it turned upside down now? If it is the main force of the Chinese army participating in the war, then this makes sense, little Japan The Chinese army is a third-rate army, how can it fight so well, and actually drive the Germans out of Kharkov? That is a complete 47th Infantry Division!"

Ulyanov scratched his head, wondering if the report of the coalition forces in the information obtained by the informant in Berlin was a bit exaggerated. If the coalition forces had an absolute air superiority in the Battle of Ufa, if it were not for the Soviet Russian Red Army equipment Not as good as the coalition forces, this battle will not be completely defeated. Now he knows that the Ukrainian National Army is an army armed with German equipment at a high price. In terms of firepower and combat effectiveness, it is definitely ahead of the current Soviet Russian Red Army. It’s true, and the myth of the German Army’s invincibility is not a day or two on the Eastern Front. How could it lose Ukraine’s new capital Kharkov in three days and four nights? . .

Bubnov, a member of the Central Committee of Soviet Russia, was the chairman of the Ukrainian Military Council at the time, but his relationship with Voroshilov and Chervina, who led the troops under him, was not harmonious, and the 5th Ukrainian Army had a complicated composition, including speculators and workers Soldiers of class and peasant background were mixed together, their equipment and training were not good, and their food was extremely scarce, so they collapsed as soon as they were caught up in the fire with Simon Petliura's national army, which was armed to the teeth by the Germans. The Corps didn't even see the back of the Ukrainian Red Army retreating, and Voroshilov ran faster than a rabbit on the train! . .

At this moment, Ulyanov, the chairman of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, asked so casually, Bubnov's old face suddenly flushed, and the guy stood up and waved his arms and explained, "Vladimir Ilyich, this There is no comparison at all. At that time, the Ukrainian 5th Army had no more than 10 people, and an average of three people had an old-fashioned rifle. Each gun had no more than [-] bullets. There were almost no cannons and shells. What's more, Kharkov was out of food The surrounding countryside has been plowed several times by the Cheka grain requisition team before and after, but no grain can be exchanged... The Tsaritsyn side controlled by Joseph did not provide us with support as scheduled... We can't blame us for this ah!"

"Bubnov is right. At that time, Moscow repeatedly urged Tsaritsyn to support Kharkov. Otherwise, Ukraine would be taken away by the Germans and the Ukrainian White Army. But what did Joseph say? Don River White Guards Under the leadership of Krasnov and Denikin, we are attacking Tsaritsyn. We cannot transport a single grain or bullet. On the contrary, we also ask Moscow to make a decision to abandon Kharkov and Ukraine. The Red Army withdrew to Tsaritsyn and defended Tsaritsyn together!" The speaker was Zinoviev, member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Union, chairman of the Moscow Soviet and deputy editor-in-chief of "Pravda".

With Kamenev sitting in the Volga Military District and Front Army Command in Nizhny Novgorod, on the Moscow side, Andrei Xie, a member of the Central Committee of Soviet Russia who inherited most of Joseph's positions, and former Chairman of the Tsaritsin Soviet Sergeyevich Bubnov quickly got along with Zinoviev. In fact, when Soviet Russia and the German-Austrian Allies negotiated the Brest Peace Treaty, the two had reached a tacit understanding and unity. So now Zinoviev stood up to speak for Bubnov, and by the way stepped on the head of Joseph who was dismissed and placed under house arrest.

"It's useless to say that, comrades, the first issue to be resolved today is that the commander-in-chief of the German Army in Ukraine, Wilhelm Greiner, directly asked us to open the border and let the German troops from Kiev go through Soviet Russia. Territory, attack Kursk Oblast in a detour, which is the westernmost state of the Volga Federation!" Trotsky, chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Soviet Russia, tapped the table lightly, pulling everyone's attention back. "The situation on the front line has basically stabilized. Timoshenko's cavalry has joined Budyonny's troops after breaking through the encirclement. The rest of the besieged troops retreated into the demilitarized buffer zone and became prisoners of the Volga Federation. The main force of the group army has arrived in Saransk along the railway line, and has joined forces with Tukhachev's 10st group army. Strict directions..." Sverdlov thought while looking at the battle map on the wall. "Comrades, since Kolchak let us breathe a sigh of relief, let's talk about whether to agree to the German's request..." Ulyanov waved his hand, signaling that everyone can speak freely, While walking over, I picked a piece of watermelon from the fruit plate on the table and gnawed it. It was the hottest time in the afternoon. Although the Kremlin was tall, bright, and well ventilated, it was still a bit hot.

It should be said that Moscow’s supplies are still extremely scarce at the moment, and fruits and vegetables are not as rich as food. This watermelon is the harvest after the guards planted it in the corner of the garden, and it can be regarded as a gift for Ulyanov and his comrades in arms. Let's try something new. Seeing that Comrade Chairman gnawed watermelon, all the central committee members in the room were not polite, and stepped forward to eat watermelon one after another. The watermelon from Jingshui Town is really sweet and delicious at the moment. Gua's central committee members obviously don't have time to express their opinions.

Fortunately, one person couldn't eat two slices. After eating the watermelon and washing their faces under the service of the orderlies, the Zhong Yang committee members began to formally discuss the request made by the Germans. "This melon is not bad. I knew that the guards should have more varieties. How long has it been since I ate such a fresh watermelon? Last time Joseph sent a batch of early-ripening varieties from Tsaritsyn?" Soviet Russian Central Committee member, " The editor-in-chief of Pravda, Bukharin, was mean-spirited, and inadvertently brought out the problem character Joseph, which aroused the eyes of several other central committee members.

Seeing that something was wrong, the guy hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Well, I don't think you can allow the Germans to excuse us. Now we are in a decisive battle with Kolchak's White Guards. At this time, if the Germans excuse us To attack the Volga Federation, the consequences are terrible!"

August 1918, 8, 1:14, Moscow, Kremlin, Great Conference Room

"The Germans just lost Kharkov, I think their excuse is false, and their real intention and purpose is to drag us into a war with the Eastern Allied Forces of the Allied Powers!