Chapter 411： Rosso conflict (2)

The telegram sent from Moscow made Yegorov, the commander of the Southern Front, and political commissar Stalin feel a bit unwilling.

Yes, the Southern White Bandit Army headed by Denikin has been suppressed by them to the Crimean Peninsula and the Caucasus. Just add a little more force to divide them into two parts.

Because the 1st Cavalry Army has reported to them that it is less than a hundred kilometers away from Rostov, it only takes a day to win this strategic point.

It's just that this Moscow telegram makes this unrealistic. Because the southern front army is about to be transferred to the western region of Ukraine, at the same time they will be renamed the western front army, and the southeast front army will take over the vacancy they left. So even if they were close to Rostov, they could only evacuate the 1st Cavalry Army.

Because the Southeast Front will turn to strategic defense next, even if Rostov is defeated, it will not be able to defend.

"It's really unwilling."

As the commander of the Southern Front, Yegorov slapped him on the table. Yegorov, who graduated from the Kazan Infantry Native Officer School, was very unwilling. As a military general, he knew just how important Rostov was.

This strategically important city located only 45 kilometers from the estuary of the Don River, as long as the city of Azov, which is at its estuary, becomes theirs, they can easily seize it. As long as the two cities are captured, Denikin's White Bandit Army will inevitably divide the two parts of the city. But now there is no chance.

"Okay, Yegorov. Save a bit of strength and think about it. Next, let's face the enemy of Romania."

Seeing Yegorov vent his dissatisfaction, Stalin, as a political commissar, must stop his behavior. After all, this is the decision of the Central Committee, and as a member of the Soviets, they must unconditionally abide by it.

But deep down, Stalin was actually dissatisfied with the central decision.

In his view, the current priority should be to eliminate the White Bandit Army. After the internal enemies are eliminated, one can concentrate on making these neighboring countries take advantage of the Soviets and feel the anger of the communists. It's really unwise to disperse the cool power now. It was simply time for the White Bandit Army to reply. The person who made such a decision is simply committing a crime against the Soviets and should be sent to Siberia for labor reform.

He also knew the inside story of this central order. However, there were more victories and some members of the Central Committee were unable to recognize the situation. But now you can only execute the command first.

Although Stalin was also dissatisfied in his heart, as he is also famous in later generations, the city mansion is quite deep. I would not express dissatisfaction like Yegorov.

After being said by Stalin, Yegorov also calmed down. Since it cannot be changed, he can only do what he has at hand according to the order of the central government. So he immediately considered how to arrange his troops and turned to the west of Ukraine.

Yegorov looked at the map and said to Stalin: "Now we can get the 1st Cavalry Group Army back and wait for the Southeast Front Army to take over."

"Completely feasible."

Stalin also approved the proposal made by Yegorov.

Yegorov continued: "Then allow the 14th Army to go to Kiev first to strengthen the defensive force in the area. This is to prevent Romania from thinking about the city that it shouldn't have."

"No problem, just do as you said."

After getting Stalin's consent, Yegorov called the messenger to give the order. The reason for the present scene is mainly because it has something to do with the military system peculiar to Soviet Russia in the early days, which is the decision-making power system of political commissars. The reason for this situation is also largely related to the fact that the Soviet Union has fewer military cadres.

At the very beginning of the war, Soviet Russia found that the soldier committee it had established could not replace the role of commander at all, and then implemented a political committee system, which is the political commissar. However, it was discovered in the battle that the political commissars had political capabilities, but most of the military capabilities were worrying.

But Soviet Russia has no time to train military cadres, so they can only use former Tsarist Russian officers who were arrested by them. However, in order to prevent these officers who may be dissatisfied with the Soviets from making chaos, the military commander and political commissar must sign on the combat order. And in order to prevent the two people from arguing, no one would disagree and cause unnecessary losses. So the final decision will be carried out by the political commissar.

Yegorov, who had been a colonel in the Russian army, was certainly not on the same level as Stalin at the top of the Soviet Union. Therefore, it is usually he who speaks out his opinions, and then Stalin makes the decision. Fortunately, the two did not get along for a long time, but they were extremely harmonious.

After Yegorov finished his suggestion, Stalin informed him of good news.

"Because we have to face the Romanians, our front will be strengthened in the future. The Soviet Military Committee has decided to incorporate the 6th, 8th, and 9th Army and the 2nd Cavalry Army into our front. In addition, because of Romania The equipment is well-equipped, so the Military Commission will also support us with many machine guns, artillery, armored vehicles and other technical equipment."

"This news is really good, so that we can at least have a military advantage, which can be fought in this battle if there is a small gap in technical arms."

Knowing the forces and weapons to be replenished, Yegorov jumped up happily like a child got his beloved toy, fully aware of his previous dissatisfaction. After all, not everyone is commanding an army of 500,000. I don't know when this opportunity will come next.

Looking at Yegorov, who was happily like a child, Stalin walked outside.

Seeing Stalin going out, Yegorov asked curiously: "Where are you going?"

"I need to prepare food and other materials. These are not transported to the rear. We need to raise some to ease the pressure on the central government."

Comrade Stalin has a high level of consciousness and considers it entirely from the central point of view.

"But the materials near us have already been solicited, and it is very difficult to solicit."

Stalin's words made Yegorov think he was going to recruit nearby.

"I know that. This time I didn't plan to collect supplies nearby."

Not soliciting supplies nearby?

Yegorov asked with some doubts: "Then where do you go to collect?"

"I want Kiev to collect supplies for us."

"Kiev?"

Stalin's words surprised Yegorov. Not only is Ukraine a neighboring country in name, is it really good to collect materials like this?

Seeing Yegorov's surprise, Stalin knew what he was worried about. "Don't worry, I won't let our army collect it. Ukraine is our granary. Let the people in Kiev do it for us. Don't worry, we will inform the central government."

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