~Date: ~November 05~

On July 11, 1918, Chernigovkalezhevsky, twenty kilometers southwest of Ufa, was surrounded and clustered.

"Comrade Commander! There are only two days left for food. More than a hundred seriously injured people have been sacrificed in the past two days. There is a shortage of doctors and medicine. I can only watch them die. Many wounded people's injuries are deteriorating. When will the main force of the South Cluster come to rescue the siege?" Savievich, the commander of the Uralsk Infantry Division, broke into Lezevsky's house with a beard on his face.

"The main force of the southern cluster is not far from us, just on the line between Milna and Acekov 60 kilometers to the west!" Lezevsky replied while shaving in front of the broken mirror hanging on the wall.

"But I heard that Tukhachevsky has been removed from his post. Now he is no longer the commander of the Nan Cluster! Has the Nan Cluster joined the Fifth Army and the Ninth Army? The soldiers could not hold on anymore. More than 30,000 people were consuming food and medicine here and they were almost gone. If the main force of the cluster did not come to rescue the siege, what would happen? Commander, you should know!" Savievich was as full of despair and fear in his heart as his soldiers.

In order to avoid shaking the morale of the army, Moscow was blocked by Lezevsky. Ma Xin is more clever and courageous, and lacks courage and willpower. If he acts as the commander of the Nan Cluster, the possibility of the main force of the cluster returning to Ufa is not greater, but smaller!

As for the Supreme Revolutionary Military Commission of Moscow, Stelvjov, who was more than a thousand kilometers away, Lezevsky did not accept it at all.

After seeing the power of the coalition air force, Lezevsky even faintly disappeared deep in his heart that the main force of the southern cluster could retreat across the left bank of the Volga River as soon as possible with the support of the Fifth Army and the Ninth Army. Before he could truly understand the forces the coalition forces invested west of the Ural Mountains, any blind attempt to fight was full of risks and uncertainties.

As for the 30,000 Soviet Red Army soldiers who were surrounded by Chernigovka, the coalition forces on the opposite side might use their cluster as bait to attract the main force of the Southern Cluster and the Eastern Front to the near-Ufa for a decisive battle. And Lezevsky himself was also trying to use his 30,000 people to attract the main force of the coalition. At least the Baiwei army of the four divisions surrounding the surrounding area would not dare to be negligent or transferred to the west to attack the main force of the Southern Cluster.

Thinking of this, Lezhevsky used a towel to wipe the soap on his face, and turned around and said seriously to Savievich, the commander of the Uralsk Infantry Division, "Comrade Commander, you are a senior commander of the Red Army. What kind of moral integrity is that you are a sloppy beard all day long? Where is the military discipline? Our task is to persevere! We will persevere for one more day, and we can create more opportunities and time for the main force!"

Savievich couldn't help but take a step back, touched the beard on his face, and still defended himself,

"But the food is not enough, how can we persist? Commander, tell me how can we persist? The serious wounded are dead every day, and the wounds of the minor wounded are also deteriorating! There is no doctor, medicine, and there is no food, how can we persist? It really doesn't work. Commander, I will lead the entire division to the front and break through the west. Isn't the main force of the South Cluster only more than fifty kilometers away from us? No matter how hard we rush over! Dantenov's cavalry regiment protects you and the headquarters, we will definitely be able to stand out!"

"Stop 24,000 minor and serious wounded people to break through? Savievich, how long have you been with me? It's almost a year. Let me tell you the truth. Tukhachevsky was dismissed from Moscow because he took the main force to retreat westward and left us 30,000 people to suffer here. The reason why I was defeated was the commander of the Fourth Army and was not arrested and shot by Chika because my division and I were still here in Chernigovka! Wake up, my division commander!"

Lezevsky's tone was filled with sadness and helplessness!

"But how can I persist if I lose food?" Savievich pouted and insisted.

"Don't Dantenov's cavalry regiment have almost finished the horse feed. 30,000 people, each person has a pound of horse meat every day. Slaughter 50 horses every day and chop it up. Just chop it up!" Lezevsky went out to the door with a basin and poured the wash water into the yard. The kitchen was not enough. The orderly soldier went to the kitchen to help early in the morning. Of course, the advantage was that he could get a piece of horse meat for Lezevsky!

"It's a good weather! Comrade Lezevsky, I see that our persistence here is meaningless. The cavalry of the Chabayev Cavalry Division regards war horses as their second life. You said that you are light and slaughtering fifty war horses every day. At that time, the cavalry will fight with people to protect their mounts!" Savievich muttered and followed out of the room.

At 10:05 am on July 11, the sky was blue, the sun climbed up to the branches, and there were no clouds in the sky. The sound of women chattering and washing clothes and bedding came from the camp. More than 30,000 people were surrounded, including more than 500 female medical soldiers left behind in the southern cluster. It is a beautiful scenery in the camp. Of course, the discipline is still strict. The guys who dare to violate discipline to provoke female soldiers are shot and shot!

However, war is so cruel that many times, the harmless dirty jokes, jokes and ambiguous eyes will still be spread between the young men and women of the Soviet Red Army.

Lezevsky climbed onto the roof and looked at the surrounding Bai Guards with a telescope. Just like the previous few days, the four Bai Guard infantry divisions outside the encirclement had no intention of relaxing. The Maxim machine gun points on the position were still everywhere. Without artillery fire support, it would cost a huge price to break through the opponent's machine gun fire network. What if it was lucky enough to rush out?

Moscow, the Eastern Front and the Southern Cluster could not accept such a crushing defeat, and countless people were staring wide-eyed and looking for a scapegoat for potential failure!

Savievich, the commander of the Uralsk Infantry Division, followed him up on the roof. This house was the largest landlord's house in the local town. Of course, the landlord's family had already gone east of the Ural Mountains. Strangely, almost all the local poor hired farmers fled to the east of the Ural Mountains, which made Lezevsky even more unsure of the prospects and future of the Soviet regime. Of course, under the high pressure of the surplus grain collection system and the policy of returning to the Soviet Union, the small farmers' alienation from the Soviet Union, which has been conscious for thousands of years.

At this moment, a buzzing sound came from the air in the direction of Ufa. Lezevsky and Savievich both turned to the east when they heard the sound. A group of black coalition planes flew towards him from northeast Ufa!

"God! Where did so many coalition planes come from!" Savievich was stunned!

"Air raid alarm! Air raid alarm! Order the entire army to hide! The entire army to hide! Unless the other party opens fire, it is strictly forbidden to shoot in the air!!!" Lezevsky was the first to come back to his senses and yelled at the ignorant soldiers in the yard on the roof!

The whole yard was suddenly in chaos. As the alarm sounded and bells of the Group Army Command sounded, more and more people in the camp heard the huge roar of aircraft engines from the air. The good weather and vision allowed almost most people in the camp to see the formation of large coalition aircraft flying towards Chernigovka on tiptoe in the distance in Ufa!

"Comrade Commander! Let's find a place to hide! Your house is big, if the opponent wants to attack, the bomb will come here first!" Savievich's tone of voice trembled. He just counted how many coalition planes he flew over the opposite side, but found that it was too dense. This may be the first time this guy has grown up to see so many planes appearing in the sky! It's still the enemy's!

Flying in high altitude and flying ahead are three SE5 biplane squadrons, which are 48 fighters, and a little behind the air are three DH4 reconnaissance bombers, which are 48 bombers, and then there are three Handlipeji 0400 twin-engine heavy bombers formations that have never been seen before, and a total of 36 twin-engine heavy bombers.
Chapter completed!