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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 281 Who can be invulnerable?

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    The strategy formulated by the coalition command for B. Pepelyaev and his defense forces is to use weaker front-line forces to attract the opponent's attack, but to use powerful firepower to suppress and kill the opponent, which will give the attacker a false impression.  , that is, many of Ufa's cannons have strong firepower, but the number of Ufa's defenders is small and their morale is low. Use manned aviation to rush forward in one go. Don't be afraid of casualties. Once Ufa is captured, just capturing these cannons will greatly strengthen the Soviet Union.  The strength of the Russian Red Army.

    In the foxholes of the first line of defense, a White Guards Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun was placed every 100 meters. In front of the second line of defense, there was a 7.62 water-cooled 1917a1 Browning heavy machine gun every 50 meters.  On the third line of defense, there is a new 1918a1 air-cooled Browning heavy machine gun every 25 meters.

    The trench of the third position has a half-meter-high parapet on one side and a lower, compacted roadbed on the other side. It will be equipped with a 12.7-caliber Browning heavy machine gun; wheeled armored combat vehicles are driving on the  Behind the wide trench, the 360-degree rotating turret on the armored vehicle is just a little higher than the ground. It does not affect the shooting range and field of view, and avoids exposure to the maximum extent. It can also drive and move to the direction that needs to be strengthened at any time, or avoid dealing with those who have slipped through the net.  Artillery attack.

    As for how to deal with cavalry launching a human aviation attack at any cost, the criss-crossing trenches and deep ditches between the second and third lines of defense will make the charging cavalry find themselves falling into the Shura Field. Three consecutive lines of trenches spaced two meters apart will  The intermittent irregular anti-tank trenches three meters deep and four meters wide will make the Soviet cavalry become fish in the net and lambs to be slaughtered as long as they fall.

    Of course, the barbed wire in front of each line of defense was pulled up just like Luzhai. Although the Soviet Red Army was almost an organic armored force, Wang Geng knew that Russia was one of the first countries to use armored vehicles. The little Ulyan  Nov was stepping on an armored vehicle while delivering his speech.

    The Ufa defenders, who did not know the truth, were grateful that only three coalition engineering regiments were sent to help repair the fortifications with mechanized equipment, but they were panicked to be told that the defense of Ufa would be dominated by the White Guards and the Volunteer Division.  The coalition forces were inconvenient to intervene in the situation west of the Ural Mountains. Of course, someone with good information could tell from the calm and composed expression on Commander-in-Chief Pepelyaev's face that the coalition forces east of the Ural Mountains must be against the situation.  It would be better if the All-Russian Provisional Government in Ufa has a commitment.

    Otherwise, what was the purpose of that huge military base in the northeast of Ufa? Although I don¡¯t know how many aircraft there are, the rumble of aircraft engines in the sky every night has not stopped for half a month, and the reconnaissance planes of the Allied Air Force  Every time we go out, a formation of 4 planes are constantly conducting reconnaissance in the depths of the Volga River Basin. It can't be just sightseeing.

    Whether the coalition forces west of the Ural Mountains will help defend Ufa has been rumored for half a month and there is no certainty, but it looks like the three engineering regiments sent by the coalition are expertly using bulldozers and forklifts to help.  With the trenches dug and the positions in place, maybe the coalition forces really can¡¯t send ground troops to help?

    Then some people began to speculate that it would be okay for the coalition forces to send some planes to help. Don't those D4 reconnaissance planes also have machine guns and bombs? Although during the day, it seems that there are only four at most each takeoff, the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side can  There is no air force support. Tsarist Russia¡¯s air force is already small in number. For a year and a half, domestic revolutionary aircraft and pilots have all been scattered. They either surrendered to Denikin or were lying at an airport where they don¡¯t know where because of the lack of spare parts maintenance personnel.  Curry takes a nap.

    Moreover, since the coalition aircraft appeared in the Volga River Basin, the Soviet aircraft that were occasionally seen were almost wiped out in several encounters and air battles, and those that were not wiped out honestly hid back in the direction of Moscow.  In the Volga River Basin, the sky belongs to the White Guards, oh no, to the coalition forces. Although their planes actually have the logo of the Western Siberian Autonomous Government painted on them, everyone knows that they are the aviation fleet of the coalition forces.

    Alexander Petrovich, lieutenant general of the cavalry, deputy commander of the Ufa garrison, and former enemy commander of the southeastern cluster of the Ufa defense line, was a little confused about the defensive formation arranged by Pepelyaev. His 4th Ural Cavalry Division was a mobile force.  , if used for positional warfare, it would be a huge waste. Moreover, the cavalry never know what defense is. Defense is the dirty work of the infantry division.

    Alexander Petrovich's Southeastern Group had to defend a 7-kilometer-wide front. Pepelyaev assigned 2 White Guard infantry divisions and 1 Volunteer Division to the Southeastern Group. The rest had to rely on his cavalry division.  According to Petrovich's wishes, one volunteer division was placed on the first line of defense, two White Guard infantry divisions were placed on the second line of defense, and his own 4th Ural Cavalry Division served as mobile troops on the flanks of the third line of defense.

    Pepelyaev, the nominal commander-in-chief of the Ufa campaign, equipped the Southeast Cluster with 6 White Guard artillery batteries, including four 75 mm caliber field artillery batteries and two 75 mm caliber mountain artillery batteries.There are six artillery pieces, and the total is only 36 pieces, which is one-third of the artillery assets of the Ufa garrison.

    In fact, since the Ufa Volunteer Infantry Division was hastily formed within half a month and has never been on the battlefield, it will definitely be used as cannon fodder on the front line. Finally, it will be the defensive task of the first position of the southeast cluster.  , it was still given to the White Guard Infantry Division - Ural Iron Man Division. This division has almost more than 9,000 people. Many are veterans of the demobilization of the Tsarist Russian army, and many are Cossacks who have lost their horses. Although the discipline is poor, the combat effectiveness is still quite good.

    The 1st Ufa Volunteer Division and another White Guard infantry division, the Volga Peasant Division, held the second front. Alexander Petrovich and his chief of staff Sergey Mikhainovich were both experienced in the battlefield.  Veteran, the Maxim machine guns of the law enforcement team are set up behind each position. Anyone who retreats without orders will be shot to death!  In fact, this was also the order received by the entire Ufa White Guard garrison.

    The loudspeakers on the electric wires and wooden poles above the city kept shouting slogans!  Behind you is Ufa. You have no way to retreat. Only if you win this battle can you have a future. If you lose, you will be doomed. For your motherland, for your people, and for the future of the forty acres of land in the Volga River Basin.  , fight to the end!

    The Northwest Group under the personal command of Pepelyaev is equipped with two White Guard infantry divisions and two Ufa volunteer divisions. As for the artillery, there are eight White Guard artillery batteries, five field artillery companies, and three mountain artillery batteries.  , a total of 48 cannons. Russian artillery was relatively backward and bulky. These field artillery, which relied on horse-drawn horses, moved relatively slowly.

    The remaining White Guards Infantry Division and the Ufa Volunteer Division served as the general reserve and were deployed behind the third line of defense, ready to support the front line at any time. There were more than one barrier between the three lines of defense and each position.  Cable telephone.

    The remaining residents of Ufa have also been organized into countless volunteer rescue teams and workers' pickets. In the city behind the front, all field hospital tents and ambulances are in place. Strict curfew and martial law have been implemented throughout the city, and identities are suspicious.  Unknown persons will be interrogated at any time. Once they are found to be spies infiltrated by the Soviet Red Army, they will be pulled to the corner and shot!

    The city of Ufa is actually located at the junction of the Belaya River and the Ural River. The winding Belaya River surrounds the southwest of Ufa, forming a huge S-shaped hip, or this can be called a wide-open bear's mouth.  Okay, the Northwest Cluster Line runs northwest along the Siberian Railway above the bear's nose, while the Southeast Cluster Line snakes southeast from the chin of the bear's mouth.

    The area in the middle is sunken in and reaches the river bank. It is almost undefended. The 1,500-meter-wide Belaya River is the best line of defense, and the high ground in Ufa City on the other side of the river is the best artillery position. Although the entire Ufa at the moment  The city was under martial law, and no one knew how many cannons were deployed on these two highlands. They just knew that for half a month, the rumbling of test cannons had not stopped.

    On July 7, 1918, the three cavalry divisions of the reinforced Southern Cluster vanguard of the Soviet Eastern Front advanced to a place ten kilometers southwest of Ufa. The Cossack reconnaissance rangers of the Red and White sides made peripheral contacts, and the White Guards sent  The cavalry also suffered losses. The platoon-level White Guard Cossack cavalry reconnaissance in several directions suffered heavy losses, with less than a third of them returning.

    However, Ufa's losses were quickly compensated. The forward battalion of the Red Army Cavalry Division, which was underestimating the enemy, was blocked by barbed wire and deer villages in front of the first line of defense, and was then mowed down by the Maxim machine guns of the White Guards on the position.  , shouting "Ula", a battalion rushed up. In front of the 400-meter-wide position, almost half of it was mowed down by four Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns of the White Guards with crossfire. When they ran back, they were shot down again by machine gun bullets chasing after their butts.  With more than half of the horses coming, a battalion had less than a company of troops left. The battalion commander and political commissar who led the charge were all killed.

    The contact battle on the front line gave the Ufa White Guards on the defensive side a boost of courage. It turned out that the Soviet Red Army who just shouted "Ula" was not invulnerable!
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