Years of the Republic of China 1913

Frunze did not stay long in Moscow after taking over, and he rushed to the front the next day without stopping.

Today, the situation on the front line is very serious. After the Trotskyite incident, Stalin almost mobilized most of the Red Army troops to assemble in Central Siberia. At the same time, Stalin also issued instructions to the troops to recruit a large number of recruits to speed up training. The new units of each division will be used to enrich the overall strength of the Red Army.

According to Stalin's estimate, when the troops of 30 divisions are in place, the total strength of the Red Army will exceed 100 million, while the troops placed in the east will exceed 50. Beware of the Chinese in the south.This number looks huge, but it is far from enough in Stalin's heart. He wished he could immediately create another one million troops. How worried.

You must know that the total number of Chinese National Defense Forces is no less than that of the Soviet Union. At the same time, due to the surrender of the Trotskyites, the total number of troops of the Russian Empire’s orthodox government has risen sharply. Once the other party absorbs and digests these troops, the Soviet Red Army’s military advantage will no longer exist. , Stalin knew this very well in his heart, and Frunze, the best Soviet military strategist, knew it even more.When he arrived at the front line, he did not familiarize himself with the troops as others had imagined. Instead, he gave the order to attack the opponent after only a few days of preliminary preparations.

Frunze did this in consideration of the fact that the Far East government’s superficial strength expanded after receiving Trotskyist forces, but in fact there were many internal contradictions. The defection of a large number of former Red Army troops not only did not increase the opponent’s strength, but weakened the overall combat effectiveness of its troops.If the delay continues, after the opponent completely completes the reorganization and reorganization, the opponent the Red Army faces will become stronger.in addition.The Chinese government's declaration of war against the Soviet Union was also the main reason. He had to take the initiative on the battlefield of the civil war in a short period of time to ensure that there would be more military power and strategic space to deal with opponents in the future.

After the Chinese National Defense Forces declared war, they did not go north to start a war for the time being, while the Russian civil war resumed under artillery fire.Just as Frunze expected, the enemy's combat power did not increase but decreased.Although the morale of the Red Army that has just undergone a major purge is somewhat low, and it lacks a large number of grassroots commanders.However, with the support of faith and doctrine, the Red Army still fought vigorously with the opponent. Not only did they firmly suppress the enemy forces on the Siberian defense line, but some cavalry units attacked everywhere, causing great trouble to the opponent.

"What the hell!"

At the Siberian Defense Line Command, Baron Peter Nikolaevich Wrangel couldn't help cursing. He has been defending extremely hard for the past half month. The Red Army on the opposite side trusts the commander to be flexible and changeable in battle. .His troops suffered a lot of losses.If it wasn't for relying on the defensive line to resist, I'm afraid it would have been defeated long ago. Moreover, as the Red Army continued to increase its troops, the gap between the two sides' troops was getting wider and wider.

"What's going on in the Far East? Why can't the reinforcements come?"

General Stanislavski smiled wryly at the side: "Your Excellency, I just received a telegram that the reinforcements may take a few days to arrive, and the first batch of arrivals is only one division. As for more troops, it is estimated that it depends on the Department of Defense. How to arrange..."

"A division?!" Baron Wrangel stared in disbelief.He waved his hand and pointed to the west: "Are all the gentlemen of the Ministry of National Defense idiots? Just one division? What are we? Beggars? Do you know how much the enemy's troops increase every month? It's almost three times this number! Three times Ah! We have no more troops at the front than our opponents, and this number is increasing every day by disproportionate proportions. A division? Are they all blind? A division is worthless!"

"Your Excellency... this is an order from the Ministry of Defense...."

"Anyone's orders are useless! If we go on like this, we will not be able to hold the line of defense!" Baron Wrangel shouted hysterically, waving his hands and cursing: "Where are you going to join our troops? Hundreds of thousands of people! Why not? Pull them to the front line to fight? Why! These bureaucrats are all damned! They should all be pulled out and shot!"

General Stanislavski was silent on the sidelines. Baron Wrangel gradually calmed down after venting for a while. In fact, he also knew that the concerns of the Ministry of Defense were justified, even though the Trotskyists had defected to the Far East government On the surface, the post-government army has grown a lot, but the Russian Imperial government army, which had only about 40 people, suddenly received the original Red Army, which was almost equal in strength.It is bound to worry about the unstable factors.

At the same time as deleting, disrupting, reorganizing, and reorganizing the Red Army personnel who took refuge, the Far East government must keep a sufficient number of powerful troops just in case.What's more, this work can't be completed in a short period of time, it will take at least a few months to be effective. In this way, there will be restrictions on the support of troops on the front line.Who would have thought that the Red Army, which had just completed the purge, would attack the defense line frantically?This made the Far Eastern government, which was ecstatic after the Chinese government declared war on the Soviet Union, extremely depressed. Of course, the highest pressure on the front line was Baron Wrangel, the supreme commander on the front line.

"Your Excellency, why don't you discuss it with the Chinese? You must know that they have two reorganized divisions on the Siberian defense line. The Chinese promised us to help us defend our positions, and now the Chinese government has declared war with Moscow. At this time You should fight side by side with us.”

"Chinese...hehe..." Baron Wrangel smiled bitterly. General Stanislavski was right. There were indeed two Chinese reorganized divisions assisting in the defense. In terms of numbers or combat effectiveness, it is far enough to fight against three to four army-level troops of the Red Army.But the situation is not so simple. Yes, the Chinese have declared war, but since the declaration of war, except for the two troops that have been hiding in the Far East in the name of the Russian Imperial Government Army, they have not officially sent a single soldier to the north.Not only that, these days they are struggling to support the defense line, but the Chinese troops are still standing still. It is obvious that they are watching the government army and the Red Army fighting, and they will never take the initiative to help unless it is absolutely necessary.

"In this way, you go talk to the Chinese and ask them to support us. As long as we survive another month or two, the situation will stabilize when winter comes. Before that, everyone is still in the same boat. Once the defense line No one will get better if they are broken through, we are like this, and so are they!"

"My lord, I will try my best." Although he made a suggestion, General Stanislavski himself had no idea whether the suggestion would be successful, but at this point, I am afraid that this is the most likely choice.

20 miles west of the line of defense headquarters.This is the second position of the Siberian defense line. The two reorganization divisions of Bai Chongxi and Feng Yuxiang are stationed here. There is a lot of fighting ahead, but here is still as calm as ever. The Chinese soldiers have almost nothing to do except daily training. In Feng Yuxiang's words, staying in this place where the birds don't shit and basking in the sun every day is so light that the birds come out of their mouths.

In the new 39th Division Division Headquarters, Feng Yuxiang was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary soldier.He is reading with a volume of Spring and Autumn in his hand. He is tall and has a rosy face. If he changes his clothes and leaves three long beards under his mouth, he can almost go to the stage to play Guan Gong.

Since coming here, he, Feng, has never fought a single battle, and he has long been exhausted.Some time ago, it was learned that the government had officially declared war on the Soviets.Feng Yuxiang was so happy that he drank half a catty of Erguotou, gearing up to lead his troops to compete with the Soviets.But before he assembled his troops, he received a message from the country.The General Staff asked his 39th Division and Bai Chongxi's 45th Division to retreat to the second line of defense and not to intervene in the battle for the time being.

This made Feng Yuxiang extremely depressed. Although he was very upset, an order is an order.It is impossible for him to disobey, otherwise let alone meritorious service, he might not be able to keep his position as a teacher.So in order to pass the time these days, but also to adjust his mood, he did not know where he got this spring and autumn.I have to pretend to read for several hours every day.

"Master's seat! Master's seat!" Just as they were watching with relish, Shi Yousan and Ji Hongchang rushed in yelling without even knocking on the door. Feng Yuxiang raised his head and frowned, before they spoke He yelled coldly: "Get out!"

"Master..." Shi Yousan's face did not fade with joy, and he was about to speak again when Ji Hongchang, who was more clever, quickly grabbed him, retreated from the room without saying a word, and at the same time closed the door behind him.

"report!"

A few seconds later, Ji Hongchang knocked lightly on the door and shouted outside.

"Come in……."

After hearing Feng Yuxiang's answer, Ji Hongchang and Shi Yousan hurriedly rearranged their military appearances, pushed the door open and walked in again.

"Reporter seat! Ji Hongchang (Shi Yousan) has something to report!"

"Well... what's the matter, say..." It is probably because I have read too much about Chunqiu, Feng Yuxiang has become more tempered in recent days, and his skills have not improved much. He closed the book in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at the two subordinates, and asked indifferently.

"Reporter's seat! Mr. Bai invites you to the 45th Division to attend the meeting."

"No! He Xiaobai is the teacher, and I am also the teacher! My 39th division is still ranked above him. Why should I go over? Why doesn't he come? Tell Xiaobai, if you want to talk about something, come to me directly, don't give I'm putting on airs..." Feng Yuxiang flew into a rage when he heard this, and refused with raised eyebrows.

Shi Yousan's face was extremely embarrassed, and he didn't know how to persuade him. If he didn't reply like this, he would offend others. Feng Yuxiang could say that, but he, Shi Yousan, was a small lieutenant colonel, so how could he have the guts!

It was still Ji Hongchang who was quick-witted, and quickly flattered Feng Yuxiang a few times, belittled Bai Chongxi in his words, but he finally mentioned one more sentence, that is, General Stanislavsky of the Russian government army is now in the 45th Division Moreover, Zhang Huchen, the deputy commander of the 45th Division, personally picked Feng Yuxiang up to attend the military meeting, and is now waiting at the gate of the division.

"Damn it! Why didn't you say it sooner? Don't talk half-swallowed what you say in the future, you almost missed my big business!" Feng Yuxiang couldn't sit still when he heard that, jumped up and smashed the book in his hand at Shi Yousan on the head After passing by, he hurriedly changed his clothes while cursing, and after putting on the general uniform, Feng Yuxiang strode towards the door, yelling as he walked, "Brother Huchen! Haha! Brother Huchen! Send someone over to call Old Feng can do it, why does Brother Lao Huchen come to visit in person..." (To be continued...)