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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 975 The bright moon shines on the hills

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    9:00 on August 16, 1918, Samara, Eastern Front Allied Forces Headquarters, Operation Conference Room

    "Chief of Staff Chiang, the food in the newly accepted areas is waiting for the Germans to transport it from Western Ukraine and Romania. The Soviet Red Army still has 300,000 troops. With them, more than 5 million people have poured into Belarus. The German 11th Army has withdrawn  In Minsk, the Soviet Red Army will have no trouble overthrowing the local puppet regime. As for whether Poland can take over, depending on their own performance, they are probably just trying to grab food. The Soviet Red Army will not be polite to Poland and Lithuania"

    The words of the King of China made the allied generals in the conference room burst into laughter. Jiang Hongyu scratched his head and said, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, what if the Germans just talk but don't practice? At this moment, the United States, Britain and France are  The focus is all on the Western Front. In my opinion, the U.S. government¡¯s statement that the Pacific route has insufficient transportation capacity and cannot continue to maintain transportation intensity is not necessarily just blackmailing us, but it must really prioritize ensuring the supply of the Western Front battlefield. The U.S. military has landed on the French battlefield at an alarming rate.  With 10,000 people a day, it¡¯s normal for people to eat horse chews and not have enough supplies!¡±

    "The problem is not big. Fortunately, this year is a good year for the autumn grain harvest in China, and the grain harvest in Southeast Asia is also good. What we are short of now is not food, but insufficient railway transportation capacity. This problem cannot be solved in the short term. Fortunately, in order to ensure  As the Ukrainian campaign progresses, the operation of rushing to transport ammunition and military supplies can be adjusted to give priority to transporting food. As for the Germans, in order to prevent us from tearing up the agreement and taking action on the Eastern Front, the possibility of the other party delaying the delivery of food is extremely high <-¡·¬º.  To comfort the emperor, the emperor's front is full of blood.

    Wang Geng struck a match and lit his cigar. Jiang Fangzhen and Denikin commanded the 1st Cavalry Army and 3 Chinese mixed brigades to march towards Moscow and Petrograd. At this moment, in the conference room, sitting there was Gall.  Chuck, Hastings, Yiichi Tanaka, Taro Utsunomiya, who had just returned from the front line, and General Wu Peifu.

    Beiyang 1917975

    The commanders of the three fronts of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front met for the first time. Taro Utsunomiya looked a little haggard, and Wu Peifu looked even thinner than before. The battle to cross the Caucasus Mountains to capture the Baku Oilfield has been delayed and has not started.  In addition to the urgent need to replenish food and ammunition, the problem lies in the fact that an infantry division of the British Army's Middle East Group entered southern Armenia first Both sides seem to be rushing to pick peaches, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire has almost been torn apart by Britain and France.  The Lawrence National Revival Movement was in dire straits, and withdrawal from the Confederate camp was imminent

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, I hope that the Allied Logistics Headquarters can give priority to replenishing the Southwest Front. It is difficult for us to take over Eastern Ukraine without food and oil. The Donbas coalfield is now a swamp riddled with holes. The Donetsk cluster is full of waste."  It took a lot of effort to occupy this land, but the food was still scarce. The local people were more numerous than before the war. They all knew that when the coalition forces came, they would provide disaster relief and food.  Instead of fleeing, the people began to return. There is not much food shortage in the direction of Kharkov, but the troops have lost their vitality. Without replenishment, it will be difficult to continue fighting! "

    Taro Utsunomiya's mood was a bit low. Although the headquarters did not withdraw the Kharkov cluster for rest at his insistence, it was an indisputable fact that the Kharkov cluster, which had lost nearly 40% of its troops, was in urgent need of replenishment, and even if  The replenishment was in place, and the combat effectiveness was greatly weakened The casualties were all veterans of hundreds of battles, and the replenishments were all reserve reinforcements and second-line troops

    "General Utsunomiya, to be honest, the Southwest Front's combat mission in Ukraine has been completed. It performed very bravely and outstandingly. Since Ludendorff sued for peace, we both signed a secret understanding agreement. Therefore, in the next stage, the Eastern Front will fight the Germans.  The probability will be very small. The German 10th Army will all evacuate Ukraine within three days. I have promised that Western Ukraine will be left to the provisional government of Simon Petlyura. The two sides will be bounded by the Dnieper River. The Eastern Ukrainian Autonomous Republic will be established soon, with its capital  It is located in Kiev. Of course, Kiev spans both sides of the Dnieper River, but I believe that the national army in Western Ukraine will not have the courage to stroke the Volga Joint Office¡¯s tiger¡¯s beard!¡±

    Wang Geng's answer surprised and disappointed Utsunomiya. Although he knew that the Germans and the Volga Federation wanted to reach a tacit agreement to cease war and make peace, Utsunomiya originally thought that the Germans would withdraw after one more battle. Who would have thought that the strongman Ludendorff would just cut off his wrist?  Even Kiev has given up This guy asked hesitantly,

    "With the Dnieper River as the boundary? Then does Yekaterinoslav also want to give up? Hey! My troops still want to fight another battle to avenge the previous battle! The Germans are so unreasonable! Then  What else can our Southwest Front do in Ukraine? Guard the border for the Volga Federation?" The general's disappointment was palpable.

    "No, take itReaching the right bank of the Dnipro River is the next stage of the task of the Southwestern Front. However, this stage is mainly based on the federal troops within your front army. The headquarters of the Southwestern Front is located in Kiev. The task is still arduous. The Germans may actually attack at any time.  When it comes back, we must maintain local security and provide relief to the people, restore grassroots political power and administrative systems, strengthen vigilance and maintain vigilance, and wait until the autumn offensive launched by the Germans on the Western Front is over to see if we can usher in the dawn of peace!  "

    Wang Geng's words gave Utsunomiya some comfort. He was most afraid that the Allied Forces Command would withdraw the Southwest Front Army and replace it with a new group army reorganized by the Central Front Army. In that case, the Ukrainian campaign would become a permanent threat to Utsunomiya Taro and his troops.  Pity¡­¡­

    "Commander-in-Chief, the British troops have entered Armenia from Turkey. If we want to capture the Baku oil field, we must do it as soon as possible. When the British occupy it, things will be difficult. For this reason, I hope that the Logistics Headquarters will give priority to replenishing my Southern Front Army.  , we fought the furthest and consumed the most food. We didn¡¯t have a big problem with ammunition, but the air force¡¯s frontline airports and troops felt a little thin"

    Wu Peifu was actually a little frustrated. The Southern Front's advance in the North Caucasus was like anti-aircraft artillery fighting mosquitoes. The local separatist armed forces were not very effective, but the mountainous terrain was too complicated, and guerrilla attacks were never interrupted. Heavy hammers could never hit people jumping around.  The feeling of flea yiy¨¤ng made Wu Peifu hope to capture the Baku oil field as soon as possible, so as to bypass the Caucasus Mountains from Baku, enter the South Caucasus and command the southern front to sweep across Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. If possible, Marshal Wu even wanted to  Turkey is also stewed in one pot!

    "General Wu, the Southern Front needs to change its combat methods and form a mountain special operations detachment. If a small force attacks Baku, the pressure on logistics will be much less than that of a large force. We are not just providing food on the southern front now.  The problem is to make an unsustainable posture with insufficient stamina. This is in line with the reason why we have no choice but to continue to maintain the offensive posture on the Eastern Front battlefield. Otherwise, your Southern Front Army will be overwhelming in the south.  The United States, Britain and France can no longer stand it when they gnaw bones while we eat meat and drink soup and complain incessantly!"

    Wang Geng's answer made Wu Peifu enlightened. Obviously, large troops hammering away fleas in the Caucasus is a fool's errand with half the result. The enemy is mostly attacking in small groups in the mountainous areas, so we have to break it into pieces and attack in separate routes. Maybe the food will be directly  Local planning is solved, so the dependence on logistics is greatly reduced!
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