Chapter 613: The Red Army Counterattacks
Nicholas II's shock is understandable. His Majesty, the self-proclaimed greatness of the Tsar, was an unscrupulous king who did not know how to fight. The Soviet Red Army was still more than 200,000 people in his heart, and the people below did not dare to tell him the truth, which led to the Tsar's lack of clarity about the specific strength of the Red Army.
"Your Majesty, the rebels have launched a general offensive, and the besieged Second Front Army has collapsed on a large scale, and if it is not rescued, the Second Front Army is in danger of being completely annihilated." The attendant said with an anxious face.
Now the front is in disarray, the army group is in disarray, and the front is in turmoil. The Russian commander-in-chief could no longer control the collapse of the army and had to ask for help from the Sko headquarters. The life and death of 500,000 people were at stake, and no one in the tsarist government dared to stop them.
"Damn it. What's going on here? How could the rebels have such strength! The Tsar was still incredulous.
"Your Majesty!" Previ pondered for a moment and said, "The size of the Soviet rebels is close to a million men, and many of them have surrendered from the captured government troops. If the Second Front were to be completely destroyed, with the political agitation of the Soviets, a large number of government prisoners would certainly be converted into rebels, and then the Soviets would be even more powerful and a greater threat to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, we must take measures not to let the battlefield collapse like this. ”
Nicholas II's face was so gloomy that he could drip water.
"What can you do?" The Tsar said coldly. Previ, who knew him well, knew that the tsar at this time was on the verge of rage. If you don't solve it carefully, someone will inevitably be unlucky.
"Only by concentrating all possible forces to rescue the Second Front! Your Majesty, we still have a million troops at our disposal all over Europe, and we can send 300,000 troops on the West Siberian Plain, plus the Far Eastern Front, and the Empire can muster 1.5 million troops. Enough to encircle and suppress the rebels with a greater estimate. Previ suggested.
The Tsar groaned for a long time, and the madness on his face did not subside. On the contrary, it is more intense.
"Jean Plevich. Victor became the new commander-in-chief of the government forces. Concentrate all the military forces of the empire and destroy the Red Soviets at any cost. "The tsar has already made up his mind for a decisive battle.
"Plevey, you immediately contact Britain, France, the United States, and other countries to inform them of the crisis at home. The empire needs their help. "In order to maintain power, Nicholas II can no longer care about the face of the great powers.
"Yes!" Previ said respectfully. Although his face was calm, his heart was full of joy. You know, Nicholas II was notoriously stubborn. Now it's loose. The pressure on the empire will be much less.
Nicholas II preached that the tsar's right came from above. Boasting that "God is gracious." The Tsar has might". This ideology was firmly in control of Russia, a decadent and backward serf country, before the February Revolution. But now it's different. The red ideology is spreading, the ruling ideology of the tsarist government is completely collapsing, and even the government army, which the tsar is proud of, has been defeated again and again. Although the tsarist government still had the upper hand in terms of the size of its forces. But there was no instability within the government army, and many of the government troops only knew about hoe-wielding serfs a month ago. Now sent to the battlefield, the combat effectiveness is naturally not strong. If it weren't for the fierceness of the Russian people, I'm afraid that such an army would not even have the ability to go to the battlefield. Coupled with the ubiquitous infiltration of the Red regime, small troops surrendered from time to time on the battlefields where the two sides were fighting, and although these people below rarely reported it, the tsar also knew something. All this made the tsar feel a great crisis. The most important thing is that the Tsar experienced the undisguised murderous intent from the Soviets during the period of the February Revolution, and he knew that if he fell into the hands of the Soviets, he would not survive. All this contributed to the constant madness of the Tsar. …,
Saint petersburg. Headquarters of the Red Soviets.
The Third Congress of the Soviets is in full swing. Lenin, as the leader of the Soviets, the true spiritual leader of the Soviets, made a great deal of preparations for this congress.
"Comrades, I have just received news that on the battlefield our heroic Red Army has successfully besieged the Second Front of the government army and is launching a final annihilation operation. The Second Front has been completely suppressed, and there is no hope of breaking through. Victory must have belonged to our heroic Red Army. It was a victory, a war that affected the fate of Russia. Lenin said excitedly. The atmosphere of the whole conference was detonated. Everyone was excited.
You must know that the government army that encircled and suppressed the Soviets had only four fronts, of which the second front army was the latest to enter the war, had the largest number of troops, and attacked the most fiercely. It was precisely because of his greed for merit and recklessness that he was surrounded by the Red Army seizing the opportunity. If the Red Army annihilated the Second Front, then the government army would completely lose its superiority in strength on the entire battlefield, and the time would come for the Red Army to counterattack on a large scale.
"Chairman, the commander of the Seventh Army of the government army has been beheaded, and the passage we have worked so hard to open up has been blocked by the tsarist government, and it will become even more difficult to obtain supplies from the outside world. Moreover, the tsar has already sent diplomatic notes to the Western countries, asking for help from the Western countries. Britain, France and other countries have already agreed to the tsar's request and have begun to purge our intelligence officers. It is already difficult for us to buy military supplies from Western European countries, and the environment for our struggle will be even more brutal in the future. Stalin, deputy chairman of the Soviet Union and a close comrade-in-arms of Comrade Lenin, said in a deep voice.
Lenin nodded with a heavy face, and the atmosphere in the whole venue slowly returned to seriousness, and there was even a hint of panic. The congress was supposed to discuss the material supply situation in the Soviet areas. These problems cannot be avoided.
"The construction of our arsenal is not going well, and many of the necessary raw materials are scarce, and the government army and navy have blockaded the coastal areas, and it is even more difficult for us to contact the outside world, the world is now a capitalist world, and socialism is still only practiced by our Soviets, there is no ready-made experience to draw on, and there is no ally to assist, everything is on our own. Comrades, Russia is a resource-rich country, and if we keep fighting and bring these resource-rich places under the rule of the Soviets, we will have a much larger population and sufficient resources for the development of the military industry. Now is the darkness before the dawn, and we must break through the darkness with a fearless spirit to welcome the arrival of the red dawn. Lenin's speech was very inspiring, and the members of the Soviets, who had been depressed by the present difficult circumstances, became invigorated again.
Stalin looked at Lenin, who was in high spirits, with envy on his face. Although Stalin was also a powerful figure in the Soviets, his political level and influence were far behind Lenin's. Moreover, although Stalin closely followed in the footsteps of Lenin, he did not agree with all of Lenin's ideas, but Stalin was scheming, and no matter what ideas he had, he never leaked them. Now Stalin has the complete trust of Lenin, although he is still only the deputy chairman of the Soviets, but with his continuous management, there is already a faint position of Lenin's successor, and there are many rumors about him. Lenin trusted him very much and acquiesced in the rumors from the outside world. Moreover, the cooperation between the two was very tacit, often one sang red face and the other black face, which ensured the ideological stability within the Soviets.
The ensuing meeting was already under Lenin's control. After the conference, the system of the "wartime economy" was tightened, the ration of the common people was reduced by a third, and at the same time, the Red Army, after the completion of the total annihilation of the Second Front of the government army, used captured weapons, ammunition and prisoners to arm the Red Army on a large scale. The Soviet Red Army ushered in an era of great expansion. ..., the efforts of the Tsarist Russian government army were not successful, the Second Front Army was still completely annihilated by the Red Army, the government army had no choice but to withdraw, and another large-scale encirclement and suppression completely failed. The two sides ushered in a period of peace.
By the time the Tsarist army concentrated its forces throughout the country and prepared to encircle and suppress the Soviets at all costs, the strength of the Red Army had exceeded 1.5 million men. Divided into five army groups and took the initiative to launch an attack on government troops.
The government army did not expect the Red Army to launch a full-scale counterattack at this time, and those already weak defensive lines were broken through one after another. Before the commander-in-chief of the government army, Victor, could deploy his defenses, and the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line of Tsarist Russia collapsed.
The government forces were greatly nervous, and under the orders of Victor Do, the government forces concentrated two million men and launched the Iron Pass tactic. There was a fierce strangulation between the two sides. The government troops involved in the operation were mainly drawn from the Ural Mountains. Largely unaffected by the Red Mind, these soldiers, although also untrained, were blindly loyal to the Tsar. At the command of the commander, a deadly assault was unleashed.
The Torres Heights were a strategic crossroads between the Red Army and the government forces. Due to the strategic location of this highland, the former government high command was located here. After the large-scale attack of the Red Army, it was no longer suitable to continue as a high command, but the commander-in-chief of the government army, Klevich. Victor still deployed heavy troops here, hoping to rely on the terrain here to thwart the Red Army's attack. Disrupted the advance of the Red Army. At the same time, Marshal Victor hopes to boost the morale of the government army through this battle.
The commander-in-chief of the Red Army, too, recognized the importance of this place, and concentrated an army of more than 200,000 men and launched an attack on the heights of Torres.
The performance of the government forces was terrible. The outlying positions did not stop the advance of the Red Army. But soon, the Red Army could not laugh. Because the government troops actually concentrated a large number of heavy artillery on the heights of Torres. This caused great damage to the unsuspecting Soviet Red Army.
Although the Red Army was hard, the government army was not rich, and both sides fought hard. The current civil war in Tsarist Russia is like a big competition between two troops called Hanako. White-knuckle warfare, rarely seen in the First World War, can be seen here almost everywhere.