Chapter 700: Vulnerable
Chelyabinsk, the temporary capital of Tsarist Russia. Once Tsarist Russia re-emerged and destroyed Soviet Russia, they were to return the capital to St. Petersburg. It's just that the destruction of Soviet Russia is still far away, and the capital is still St. Petersburg, which is even more in the mirror.
Although Tsarist Russia has been rebuilt, the female tsar has also ascended the throne. However, the situation in Tsarist Russia is not much better now. The only good news is probably that a large number of advanced weapons and equipment purchased from the Chinese Empire have been able to equip the troops, which has greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the Tsarist Russian army. However, not only the combat effectiveness of the Russian army is improving, but the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army is also constantly improving. Even, the increase is much greater than that of the Russian army. As a result, the gap between the two armies has not narrowed, but on the contrary, there are signs of widening.
It was not easy for the Russian army to expand the size of the army to 600,000 people, but the size of the Soviet army was directly towards 3 million! The whole is the armament of the Russian army. Even if the Russian army has better weapons and equipment, the Soviet army has a stronger will to fight. Once the war resumes, it may be difficult for the Russian army to resist the attack of the Soviet army.
Fortunately, the Chinese Empire fully supported Tsarist Russia and fought with the Russian Red Army in the South Caucasus, which eased the situation in Tsarist Russia. However, because of the short-sightedness of many people, they refused to allow the Chinese* army to enter the Chelyabinsk line, so that once the Soviet army launched an attack, I am afraid that the rescue would not be urgent.
The most central building in Chelyabinsk is the palace of Tsaress Anastasia. Next to the palace is Kolchak's prime minister's office. Anastasia, the female tsar, although she had the support of the Chinese Empire, but after ascending the throne, she was still inevitably overshadowed by Kolchak. The power of the state was almost entirely in the hands of Kolchak. In this regard, Anastasia was dissatisfied. But in order to unite all those who opposed Soviet Russia, she hid her dissatisfaction in the bottom of her heart. In her heart, defeating Soviet Russia and hanging Ulyanov and others is the first priority.
Kolchak's prime minister's office, even though it was late at night, was still brightly lit. Kolchak was working on documents overnight. Summoned his subordinates, busy and scrambling. I have to admit that Kolchak does have a certain ability. However, there is still some power to govern a huge country. In addition, it is now an eventful season, and it is even more difficult for him to deal with it.
However, for Empress Anastasia, Kolchak, although respectful, will not be truly loyal. In Kolchak's opinion. Empress Anastasia is nothing more than a puppet of the Chinese. If it weren't for China's strength and Russia's desperate need of China's support, he would not have agreed to those conditions in the first place. Now, there is no other way but to control more of the full force by ejecting Empress Anastasia. In particular, the future throne must not be allowed to fall to the empress and the Chinese heirs.
To do all this, Tsarist Russia had to be very powerful. Especially military strength. And resisting the attack of the Soviet Russian Red Army alone is the most important point. That's the only way. They can give them the ability to get rid of the Chinese Empire and survive without relying on it.
It's just that Kolchak seems to have forgotten. According to the consensus reached between the Chinese Empire and Soviet Russia, Western Siberia was fundamentally China's sphere of influence. The Chinese Empire's agreement to restore Tsarist Russia was already a great deal of mercy. If the Chinese Empire is not happy, it may let them get out of the way at any time. Of course. The emperor of the Chinese Empire and the Russian female tsar had such a leg, so it was naturally impossible to take such an extreme way.
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, a telegram from the Chinese." The secretary handed a telegram to Kolchak.
Kolchak flipped it open, and then, he frowned: "Is it another reminder that the Soviet Russian Red Army is going to attack?" This is the third time this month. The Chinese do this all the time. Isn't it boring at all? ”
Kolchak apparently regarded this telegram as a test of pressure from the Chinese Empire.
"Get in touch with the generals at the front and ask them if there is any movement in the Soviet Russian Red Army opposite them." Still, Kolchak commanded.
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister." The secretary nodded, and immediately went to send a telegram.
Half an hour later, the secretary reported that the generals at the front had replied that the Russian Red Army had not moved. This made Kolchak more and more dissatisfied with the Chinese Empire.
"Humph! Damn yellow-skinned monkeys, do you think this will bring us to our knees? It's just wishful thinking. Kolchak thought secretly. He was always a man loyal to the Russian Empire, not to the female tsar, who was controlled by China.
Ufa, west of the Ural Mountains, is one of the largest cities in Russia. After the establishment of Soviet Russia, it was once controlled by the White Army. It's just that Frunze led the Red Army to capture all the cities west of the Ural Mountains through many victories.
After the Russian Military Council ordered an offensive against Western Siberia, Frunze was ordered to go to Ufa and form his command there. He was appointed commander of the Ural Front, which included the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th armies, as well as a tank corps and most of the forces of the Russian Red Army Air Force. Frunze now commanded an army of nearly 1.5 million men. It can be said that half of the strength of the Red Army of Soviet Russia was in the hands of Frunze, and it was all elite troops. If Frunze wanted to rebel against the Russian government, then the Russian government would be finished.
Of course, this is just a joke. Although Frunze was the commander of the Ural Front, there were political commissars at all levels of the Red Army. If Frunze had given an order to oppose the Russian government, he would have been resisted by these political commissars, and he would have actually launched a mutiny. It was by virtue of the political commissar system that the Russian government and the Bolsheviks firmly controlled the Soviet Russian Red Army.
Having arrived in Ufa, Frunze ordered the army groups to be ready for battle according to a predetermined plan. According to the plan, the 2nd Army was to start from Achit, south of Perm, from where it crossed the Ural Mountains and attacked Yekaterinburg. The 3rd and 4th armies, on the other hand, set out from Asha in the east of Ufa, crossed the Ural Mountains and attacked Chelyabinsk directly. As for the main forces, the 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th armies, from Orenburg in the south, attacked to the east. The troops of the Southern Front, consisting of five army groups, can be called the main force of the Ural Front. At the same time, the troops of the Southern Front were reinforced by the tank corps and the air force. Frunze hoped to use these five armies as the main force to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese army in the south of Chelyabinsk. Only by defeating the Chinese Army can we truly destroy Tsarist Russia. Otherwise, even if they captured Chelyabinsk, they would not really want to destroy Tsarist Russia.
According to Frunze's plan, it would be enough to deal with Tsarist Russia with three elite armies. Although the Tsarist army numbered 600,000 and was equipped with advanced weapons, it was still vulnerable. Three army groups, enough to deal with them. The real enemy is undoubtedly the four group armies of the Chinese Army. This was the greatest enemy of the Russian Red Army. Therefore, Frunze gathered most of the army, including all the tank units and most of the air force, in order to defeat the myth of the invincibility of the Chinese army in World War I.
It's a pity that what Frunze didn't know was that the Chinese Army that entered the battle in Western Siberia included two armored divisions in addition to the four group armies, and the number of tanks alone was twice that of the Soviet Russian Red Army. In addition, the performance of the tanks of the Chinese Army is not comparable to that of the Soviet Russian Red Army.
In addition, the Chinese Air Force also massively entered field airfields on the front line. Of these, there are six fighter groups with two hundred and forty fighters. Two bomber groups with eighty bombers. Two regiments of ground attack aircraft with eighty ground attack aircraft.
A total of four hundred aircraft, although inferior in number to the air force of the Russian Red Army. However, the performance of the aircraft of both sides, as well as the quality of the pilots, are not at the same level at all. Once the two sides start an air battle, the air force fighters of the Soviet and Russian Red Army will only add to the results of the given air force.
Therefore, although Frunze's plan this time was very thoughtful, and he gathered the greatest force that he could mobilize. However, in the end, I am afraid that it will fall short.
On the morning of April 21, 4618 (20), Frunze gave the order to attack. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th armies of the Russian Red Army launched a fierce attack on the defense line of the Tsarist Russian army.
The roads in the Ural Mountains were difficult to navigate, so the Russian army did not deploy much here. Coupled with their low alertness, they discovered another danger when the Russian Red Army attacked. However, at this moment it is too late. Even though the Tsarist Russian army launched a counterattack, in the face of the Soviet Russian Red Army, which was fearless of death and had the advantage of troops, the defense line of the Tsarist army was broken through one after another.
The Russian Red Army was in the Ural Mountains, as if it had entered no man's land, and the Russian army could not intercept them at all. Three armies, with a total of 450,000 troops, began to cross the Ural Mountains and fight directly to Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk. And the Russian army seems to have just woken up from a dream at this time.
At the same time, the main forces of the Russian Red Army, starting from Orenburg, were also bypassing the Ural Mountains and entering the Western Siberian Plain. (To be continued.) )
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