Chapter 307 Arrangements for the Removal and Retention of Prisoners of War
!Oh...I still keep 5 artillery companies that can be used for chasing, and the coalition's aviation team can also help us!" Kolchak's cabinet prime minister and army general blushed. If the coalition was not in charge of Ufa, the Ufa White Guards had won two consecutive victories. It was simply a fantasy to ask him to lead two White Guard infantry divisions and two temporary Ufa volunteer divisions to pursue the opponent's five infantry divisions and one cavalry division!
"His army general, but we have an advantage in the southeast defense line. Why don't my cavalry division take three infantry divisions to pursue the opponent's fourth army, which is leaving at most 25,000 people. The total number of infantry and cavalry divisions in my total are close to 40,000! And the number of artillery artillery gangs in the highland is far greater than that of the opponent!"
Seeing that Pepeliayev was stopped by Utsumiya Taro, Petrovic couldn't help but stand up and said.
"His Excellency Petrovic, don't let victory go blinded. You have 4 divisions of troops. Can two divisions of the opponent's Second Army stand by and wait for you to beat up the three dissatisfied infantry divisions of Lezevsky? If you have a cavalry division, can't the cavalry division of the First Army reinforce the Fourth Army?" Deputy Chief of Staff of the Alliance Army, Commander of the Third Army of the Chinese Participating Army, and General Wu Peifu said coldly opposite.
"Okay, I don't doubt the courage and courage of the commander of the Ufa White Guards and all the soldiers. If we start a pursuit, we may indeed get more results, but it will also add uncertainty to the battle. Without the existing positions, the field capabilities of the White Guards' infantry division may not be stronger than the Red Army on the other side!
The Ufa volunteer division is definitely worse, not to mention that even if the other party has been frustrated, their combined forces still have an advantage. If you are really impatient, Tukhachevsky will be quick to jump over the wall and do the human sea tactics again! If you fight in the wilderness, maybe his human sea tactics will be successful!" Wang Geng took a sip of champagne and said slowly.
"However, the more important purpose of my orders not to pursue is to hold Tukhachevsky's retreat and leave him with more fantasies. Of course, the burden of the 14,000 Red Army minor and serious wounded soldiers in the southeast battlefield has to be naturally backed by the Fourth Army. Lezevsky has 25,000 people left. If he brings 14,000 minor and serious wounded soldiers, then he can't run away even if he wants to!"
Wang Geng played with the crystal wine glass in his hand and looked at the generals in the conference room with a smile.-
"Sodisney! Commander-in-Chief, I admire your foresight, please!" Utsunomiya Taro raised his glass to signal to Wang Geng. The two of them looked at each other and drank champagne.
"His Excellency Pepelyaev, His Excellency Petrovic, and although Tukhachevsky's southern cluster has nearly 10 divisions left, the artillery has lost at least half of the artillery shells, and there is still a lot of shells left. It has to carry nearly 20,000 minor and serious wounded people. It is not enough for a shortage of medical treatment, medicine and food. Unless he can make up his mind to abandon the wounded and his baggage and retreat westward, I see that his southern cluster has already become wings and cannot escape!"
Deputy Chief of Staff Wu Peifu raised his glass to congratulate Kolchak's cabinet prime minister and Petrovic, who was making a big splash in the battle today. The three Russian generals then smiled at each other and drank the newly filled champagne in one sip.
"Everyone, the Supreme Consul General Kolchak sent a congratulatory message to the Ufa Front Command, congratulating the Ufa defenders for achieving a major victory in the battle to defend Ufa under the support and leadership of the coalition forces. In the name of the Supreme Consul of the All-Russian Provisional Government, they awarded the Ufa garrison commander, Army General B. Pepeliayev's first-class Saint Nicholas Order, and were promoted to the Deputy Commander of the Ufa garrison, Commander of the Fourth Cavalry Division of the Ural, and Lieutenant General of the Cavalry Alexander Petrovic as Army General, and Major General Sergei Mikhainovic as Cavalry Lieutenant General, and at the same time awarded the two generals a second-class Saint Nicholas Order!"
Tian Jun, director of the coalition war room, knocked in from outside the conference room, whispered a few words beside Wang Geng, and handed the telegram in his hand to Wang Geng. After Wang Geng read it, he read the content of the telegram in public with a spring breeze on his face.
The three Russian generals who were commended and promoted by the Supreme Consul of the All-Russian Provisional Government stood up and stood at attention, all of them were overjoyed. This Medal of St. Nicholas is almost the highest-level medal and honor inherited by Tsarist Russia. Petrovic and Sergei, who were promoted to the rank, smiled and their eyes were crescent!
The coalition generals and the Bai Guard commander in the conference room applauded and congratulated the three of them on their honors.
"The telegram is not over yet. The White Guards of Ufa and other division commanders who participated in the war each received a third-level Saint Nicholas Medal. Lord Kolchak is not authentic. Why did our coalition generals not award the medal?" Wang Geng joked with a smile.
"Hey! Commander-in-Chief, I guess Mr. Kolchak followed your instructions and did not expose the appearance and strength of the coalition forces in Ufa, so he was so low-key. After all, in the Kazan headquarters, who knows if there are any Bolshevik eyes and eyeliners!" b. Pepelyaev's eyes rolled and he hurriedly explained for Kolchak.
The two deputy chiefs of staff of the coalition forces, Utsunomiya Taro, and Wu Peifu looked at each other, laughing secretly in his heart, how much is Kolchak's medal worth? Do you think we really miss it?
"Hissergeant, how do we arrange our next combat plan? We can't just let the Soviet Red Army retreat all the way?" Lieutenant General Sergei, chief of staff of Petrovic, couldn't help but ask.
"What should I do if there are more than 14,000 Bolshevik prisoners? There are more than 4,000 minor and serious injuries! Should I all go to the Belaya River to get dumplings?" b. Pepeliav also said eagerly.
Today, in the defense operations of the southeast defense line, nearly 6,000 of the Fourth Lezevsky Army were captured. In addition, the Soviet mixed cavalry division was defeated in the eastern highlands of the Ural River, nearly 2,000 were captured, and the First Cavalry Division of the Fourth Soviet Army who came to attack were wiped out in northeastern Ufa, and nearly 4,000 were captured. At this moment, the prisoner-in-war camp in Ufa City had 10,000 Red Army prisoners of war.
In addition, the two cavalry divisions each had nearly 2,000 minor and serious wounded soldiers abandoned on the battlefield and became prisoners. No one came to pick them up to the east of the Ural River to pick them up and return to their troops. The coalition released these wounded soldiers. If they were short of food and food and had no rescue, most of them would die in the wild.
"The coalition forces treat prisoners preferentially, this sentence is by no means just a statement! His Excellency Pepelyaev, I hope you and your troops will always remember this point, not to mention that these prisoners of war are your Russian compatriots, and many of them are just poor people who have been deceived by the Bolshevik propaganda! All acts of abuse of prisoners and even killing prisoners will be regarded as a challenge to the coalition forces!" Wang Geng's tone was not high, but he freed up an irresistible domineering force.
"Send someone to send a letter to Tukhachevsky and ask him to send a medical team and stretcher to take his wounded people back tomorrow. We can't raise so many people for the Soviet Red Army!" Utsunomiya Taro suggested from the side.
"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, but some wounded people are unwilling to go back to the Soviet Union. What should I do?" Sergey said with a smile.
"Is it because I'm afraid I won't be full? It's okay, I'll give each of them a baked potato in their pockets, which will last for half a day!" Wu Peifu joked rarely.
"It's not just because they are afraid of not having food. Some Red Army wounded soldiers are not from poor peasants. Because of family composition, they are surveillance and hostile soldiers in the Soviet Red Army. Some of their families have been suppressed by local Soviets because they resist the surplus grain collection system, so they are willing to join the Baiwei Army... Can we keep them?" Sergei said seriously.
"This cannot be careless. Maybe many people are the Bolsheviks who are planning to sneak into our team. Who knows whether the story he told is true or false?" A bearded commander of the infantry division of the Bai Guard Army muttered.
"This is how the prisoner is dealt with. I sent someone to send a message to Tukhachevsky, asking him to send someone to take back the minor and serious wounded people who were willing to go back to the Soviet Red Army tomorrow morning. According to Deputy Chief of Staff Wu, each wounded person would hold a roasted potato in their pockets, which would help them hunger for half a day." Wang Geng waved his hand and made a decision. He was determined to let Tukhachevsky carry the burden of the wounded. One more wounded person would open his mouth. If the Southern Soviet Clusters were to retreat, they would hesitate even if they retreated.
What's more, the repeated release of wounded people can not only expand the propaganda of the high-quality preferential treatment of prisoners by the White Guards of Ufa, establish the image of the White Guards and future coalition forces, but also make these wounded people affect their warriors when they return, making the Red Army lack the will to fight to the end with the White Guards. But to be fair, in Russia in 191, the deep hatred formed by the Red and White sides could not be resolved by releasing the wounded several times. Everything can only be taken slowly in subtle influence.
"Hissergeant, and who are more than 10,000 uninjured prisoners of war? Can you identify it on the spot and select soldiers willing to join the free Russia to supplement our infantry division?" The speaker was Chimovsky, the commander of the Bai Guard Army on the Southeast Line. This division lost nearly 2,000 people in a day of battle. He looked at the demobilized soldiers who had participated in the Tsarist Russian army and former prisoners of war who had returned from Germany and returned to the army.
Chapter completed!