Years of the Republic of China 1913

Feng Yuxiang returned to the headquarters of the 39th Division with a dark face and full of anger. It was obvious that Bai Chongxi had set him up for today's incident, and the purpose was to draw Feng Yuxiang to share the responsibility.If I had known this earlier, I should have claimed that my illness would not go away. Whatever Zhang Huchen and Zhang Maochen came to invite him, what if I don't go?But it's too late to say this again, and now I have suffered a dull loss for no reason.

When we arrived at the division headquarters, before Feng Yuxiang could sit down, Shi Yousan and Ji Hongchang, two short-sighted guys, came up to ask about the meeting.This time, Feng Yuxiang just found a chance to vent his anger, and he immediately pointed his nose and cursed. Kneeling in front of them, the pair of suffering brothers went out and whipped them severely, and finally sent them out to stand guard at the gate of the division for the whole night.

After being beaten for no reason, they still have to stand guard like big soldiers. Although Shi Yousan and Ji Hongchang are now battalion commanders and guard company commanders, they dare not disobey Feng Yuxiang's patriarchal style. The two who recognized the unlucky face had a bitter face, endured the pain of bruised skin and obediently carried their rifles and went outside.

After dealing with Shi Yousan and Ji Hongchang, Feng Yuxiang's anger calmed down a little, and he went back to the house and drank herbal tea, thinking about how to deal with it next.

It is definitely not possible to be a top bull. According to Feng Yuxiang's judgment, Bai Chongxi's suggestion is likely to be approved by the country immediately. You must know that although Bai Chongxi is not as old as himself, he belongs to Fang Zida's direct line within the National Defense Forces, not to mention that there is Zhang Huchen in the 45th Division.At this moment when the government has declared war on the Soviet Union, it is not an exaggeration to say that the 45th and 39th Divisions, which were assisting in the defense, made appropriate attacks.

But if he wanted to cooperate tacitly with 45, Feng Yuxiang couldn't swallow the breath in his heart, just like what he thought during the meeting, the credit for winning the battle would not be as good as that of Bai Chongxi.Once you lose, you have to share half of the responsibility. Regardless of whether you win or lose, Feng Yuxiang is not as beneficial as Bai Chongxi. Moreover, if the new army is formed, if the time comes to judge by merit, Bai Chongxi will rush to Feng Yuxiang to become the commander. .

"Damn bad luck!" The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, Feng Yuxiang raised his hand and slapped himself across the face.Now that things are up to now, he can't think of any solution for the time being, so he can only watch one step at a time.

Bai Chongxi sent a telegram to the country in the name of the discussion results of the 39th Division and 45th Division meeting. At the same time, Zhang Huchen also used his authority to report the situation on the battlefield to Fang Zida through a special channel.Soon after receiving the telegram, Bai Chongxi was called back from China. The telegram was very simple, and there were only four words on it: "do it cheaply".

Bai Chongxi was overjoyed when he received the telegram, which meant that the country had agreed to his proposal and handed over the command right to him.Next, Bai Chongxi asked Zhang Huchen to be the liaison officer with the 39th Division.Started to deploy defensive arrangements, and at the same time personally arrived at the front line to meet with Baron Wrangel, and gradually accepted part of the defense.

With the support of the Chinese squadron, Baron Wrangel's heart was finally relieved, and part of the defense was handed over to the 39th Division and 45th Division to take over, so that there was room for the deployment of troops by the Russian Imperial Government Army. The attack pressure is also greatly reduced accordingly.

Not long after, reinforcements from the Far East government arrived one after another.In this way, although the strength of the defense line is still far less than that of the Red Army on the opposite side, the situation is at least not as severe as before.After repelling the Red Army's attacks several times in a row, Baron Wrangel secretly wondered if the old trick was repeated, and he did the same to Frunze as he did in the Siberia campaign.

After thinking about it for a while, Baron Wrangel felt that it seemed feasible, so he specially consulted with Bai Chongxi and others.But this time, Bai Chongxi shook his head again and again.Do not agree to take the initiative to attack.

Although he has never formally fought against Frunze, from the observations of these days, Frunze is definitely not an easy opponent.The tactic he is using now is refueling tactics. From a military point of view, this refueling tactic is the worst strategy in an attack.Only people who don't understand the military will use it.You must know that the offense pays attention to one bang, breaks through the opponent's weakest point with the strongest force, and then tears the defense line to win.Refueling tactics, this kind of tactics can be understood from the literal explanation. In the case of insufficient troops during the attack, some offensive forces will be added, and if there are not enough troops, then increase... Repeatedly, this makes it impossible for the offensive side to push their fingers. Clenched into a fist, unleash its full strength.On the contrary, it gives the defending side a chance to breathe and deploy troops to defend.

A good commander would never make such a mistake, using refueling tactics to break through the defense line.Frunze's military quality is not only in the whole of Russia, but he is also an excellent general in the military circles of the world, but he just used this kind of "fool" tactics. Could it be that he has lost his head?If you think so, you are wrong.

After observation, Bai Chongxi was surprised to find that Frunze's refueling tactics were completely different from ordinary refueling tactics.He used his troops to the extreme. On the one hand, he put the large troops behind and sent elite cavalry and infantry divisions to move around, so as to achieve the purpose of disturbing opponents, destroying and reconnaissance.On the other hand, in response to the current lack of training and low combat effectiveness of the Red Army, Frunze adopted a combination of refueling tactics and repeated attacks, repeatedly sending troops to attack the defense line.Its intention is not to break through the defense line, but to consume one's own defense force, and at the same time make the troops survive the fittest during the attack, so as to achieve the purpose of training troops.

It can be said that this kind of tactic is unheard of. Frunze hardly takes human life seriously. You must know that under his command, the casualties of the Red Army recruits who are in charge of attacking are extremely high. Often when a battalion is withdrawn Only half of the original survivors, and this does not include the disabled soldiers.

If it was an ordinary army, it would have collapsed long ago when it caused a 20% casualty rate.But don't forget that Frunze commanded the Soviet Red Army with firm conviction and iron will.Not to mention the 50% casualty rate of such troops, it is possible to fight them all.What's more, in the offensive, although the casualty rate is high, the losses caused to the enemy are not small.Compared with the government forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviets dare not say anything else, but they have plenty of people.The recruits constantly drawn from the rear absolutely overwhelmed the opponent in terms of numbers, even if it was 2 for 1, or even 3 for 1, 5 for 1..., it was all worthwhile for Frunze.

Frunze was ruthless to the enemy and even more ruthless to his own people. He was indeed Stalin's most valued general.The previous battles proved that the Red Army was not as good as its opponents in terms of quality and combat effectiveness, and now the Chinese government has declared war on the Soviet Union. If we look at military training, it is necessary to train a recruit who has just picked up a gun to become a normal soldier. For a veteran, a year and a half is not enough.then what should we do?Only let these recruits go directly to the battlefield for training, and use blood and fire to make the soldiers grow up in the shortest time.

Indeed, Frunze's method was approved by Stalin, and the effect was remarkable.This is also the main reason why the Imperial Russian government forces are increasingly struggling to face attacks.Pulling up the new troops, destroying half of them, withdrawing to reorganize and reorganize, and then coming again, this method enabled Frunze to have several elite troops that had passed the test of war in the shortest time.

Later generations, in the Second World War, the Soviets also used this tactic. Whether it was defending Stalingrad or Moscow, they swept across European countries. The invincible Germans met their heads under this tactic. Breaking the blood flow, thus falling short.

Bai Chongxi rejected the baron's proposal because he saw clearly Frunze's attempt.This opponent is far stronger and more cunning than the original opponent. Not only will the old trick fail to achieve results, but it will suffer huge losses if it is not done well.

In this era, due to nutritional reasons, the incidence of night blindness is extremely high. Although the Chinese army and the Russian government army have better supplies in the later stage, many people in the army still suffer from night blindness.As for the Soviet Red Army, there is no need to mention it. The incidence of night blindness in the Red Army troops who can barely eat is higher.It doesn't mean that the Red Army has lost the ability to fight at night because of this. Judging from the situation on the battlefield, Frunze has already prepared for this move. He put a large army behind and waited for it, mainly to guard against the opponent's night attack, plus a large number of cavalry Swimming around with the elite infantry division, it is absolutely impossible to repeat the old tricks.

After receiving the line of defense, in the face of Frunze's repeated attacks, the 39th and 45th Divisions did not have much difficulty defending, and sometimes they could even make a small counterattack to increase casualties to the opponent.But in the face of Frunze's tactic and the continuous support from the crowd, Bai Chongxi also felt a headache. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of a way to completely solve the current situation and break the deadlock.

"Bai Jiansheng encountered a problem..."

At the General Staff Headquarters, Wu Peifu held a telegram from Siberia in his hand, and his brows were knotted.He also didn't expect that the Soviet Red Army would use this kind of tactics to fight. It seemed unbelievable at first glance, but it couldn't be solved after careful consideration.

If one's own troops are strong enough to overwhelm the opponent, then Furongzhi's move is nothing to fear.But now, on the contrary, the Soviet Red Army, which has repeatedly increased its troops, has far exceeded the number of defenders on the Siberian defense line, and this number is still increasing. In this way, even the best commanders are powerless.

"Old Maozi is really ruthless. He doesn't regard human life as human life, and plays head-to-head tricks." Wu Peifu cursed inwardly depressed, and at the same time admired Furongzhi's decision. At present, the Chinese government is not ready to go north, and the Far East The government was also unable to mobilize a large number of troops to the front because of the process of Trotskyist armed reorganization.Frunze sensed this with the keen sense of a first-class military strategist, and used this tactic without hesitation.If it were someone else, I am afraid that they would not have such vision and courage.

"What's the matter, General?" Kluge couldn't help asking when he saw Wu Peifu's expression was a little off.

"Look at this telegram..." Wu Peifu handed the telegram to Kluge casually, sighed and shook his head. (To be continued..)