南ロシア軍
As an aggressive commander, he won victories in the north of Caucasus. In January 1919, his military force was renamed to the Caucasus Volunteer Army. Wrangel soon clashed politically with Armed Forces of South Russia leader Anton Denikin, who demanded a quick march on Moscow. Wrangel insisted that his forces should instead take Tsaritsyn first, to join up with the army of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, which his troops accomplished on June 30, 1919, after three previous attempts by Pyotr Krasnov had failed in 1918.