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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 305: I can¡¯t walk anymore so I have to stop

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    July 9, 1911 was an unforgettable day for the Southern Group of the Soviet Eastern Front. The biggest result of Tukhachev's First Army's feint attack in the northwest was to use superior artillery to annihilate the second line of the Ufa White Guards.  The price paid by the three mountain artillery companies in the position was the loss of two mountain artillery companies, while the three infantry regiments used for the feint attack crawled on the ground and advanced to 1,500 meters in front of the first Ufa White Guards position.  A shallow trench was dug on the spot.

    During the machine gun fire at a distance of 1,500 meters, the former enemy commander of the Northwest Ufa Group, B. Pepelyaev, had the advantage in firepower. The three infantry regiments of the First Army lost about 1,000 people in total.  The White Guards lost less than 00 people, and these were all casualties caused by the bombardment of the 13 artillery batteries of the Red Army.

    The battle lasted until one o'clock in the afternoon. Following the disastrous defeat of the Fourth Army attacking from the southeast, Tukhachev issued an order for the entire army to retreat five kilometers to re-establish their positions. This was the first retreat since the establishment of the Southern Cluster. The two armies  During the retreat, they were all blocked by machine gun battalions, especially the First Army, which had 11 basically intact artillery batteries in its hands.

    Tukhachevsky worked hard and planned to let the White Guards have a taste of the artillery of the Soviet Red Army when they pursued them, and used such a drag trick. Unfortunately, B. Pepelyayev on the opposite side did not have it at all.  At that time, the White Guards in the position did not leave the trenches at all to pursue the retreating First Army.

    After two days of fighting, the First Army suffered more than 3,500 killed and nearly 4,500 wounded, and lost two artillery companies. In addition, the mixed cavalry division sent to detour along the southern route suffered more than 2,000 killed and more than 4,000 wounded and captured.  , more than 3,000 people were withdrawn and have not yet returned to the army. The 13th Cavalry Division sent out to take a circuitous route on the North Road lost two battalions of 00 troops when they crossed the railway. However, the whereabouts of the entire division were unknown at this time, and the whereabouts of the 13th Cavalry Division were also unknown.  There was also the 1st Cavalry Division that detoured from further south to attack Ufa's rear.

    On the southeastern battlefield, the Fourth Army, which only lost two machine gun battalions on the first day, faced its biggest setback since the group army was established. During the second day's attack, it fell into the trap of the opponent's artillery group. The three who launched the attack  The infantry division suffered more than 10,000 casualties, 14,000 more were wounded, and the remaining 6,000 were captured. After the cluster was strengthened, a total of 20 artillery companies lost 14, and the heavy machine gun battalion lost two more.

    The available strength of the Fourth Group Army was sharply reduced to three under-strength infantry divisions with about 25,000 troops. In addition, 14,000 lightly or seriously wounded soldiers who had lost their weapons were humiliated. It can be said that the entire group army has almost lost its combat effectiveness.

    The White Guards defending the Southeast Cluster lost 2,500 people in the second day of fighting. In comparison, the losses of the Fourth Army were ten times more than theirs. Of course, Sergey also lost 4 artillery batteries.

    Throughout the afternoon, the Soviet Eastern Front's Southern Group retreated slowly but resolutely. The three armies moved very slowly with nearly 20,000 wounded people. All the carriages were used to pull the wounded, but it was far from enough. There were many  The seriously injured soldiers collapsed on the retreat road. When they arrived near Chernivka, about 20 kilometers southwest of Ufa, the entire army was exhausted and could no longer move.

    "Comrade Commander! We must stop! Otherwise the 20,000 lightly and seriously wounded people will not be able to hold on! More than 300 moderately wounded people have died along the way!" Chief of Staff Ma Xin chased Tukhachevs on horseback  Ji said anxiously.

    "Comrade Mikhail Nikolayevich, I agree with Maxin. We must stop. The soldiers are tired, hungry and exhausted. The stretcher team carrying the seriously wounded can't move anymore. If this continues  The team is going to collapse!" Yankov Gayi, the political commissar of the Southern Cluster and the political commissar of the First Army, who was walking beside his commander, couldn't help but exhort him at this time.

    "Where are we now?" Tukhachevsky raised his head blankly and asked. He had given his own horse to the wounded along the way. He and the political commissar led the way on foot. Leger was chasing after him.  Under Fsky's persuasion, the order for the Southern Cluster to retreat five kilometers to establish a position was changed to a retreat of ten kilometers and then establish a position.

    At this time, the troops were shuffling and marching to Chernivka, which happened to be about 20 kilometers southwest of Ufa.

    "We have already withdrawn ten kilometers. Comrade Commander, the wounded really can't walk anymore. Many people have collapsed on this ten-kilometer road! We will establish a position here! Fortunately, the White Guards in Ufa did not launch a pursuit! Here  The terrain is favorable, it happens to be hills and highlands, which is helpful for defense!" Ma Xin said earnestly.

    "Give me the order to stop the whole army, camp on the spot, and establish defensive positions!" Tuhechevsky took the water bag from the orderly beside him and drank a lot. After finally regaining his strength, he agreed.  At Ma Xin's request, the entire army was ordered to camp!

    Not long after, Lezhevsky chased him from behind on horseback, shouting, "Why stop? The Ufa White Guards will launch a pursuit at any time. The farther we retreat, the safer we will be!"We should retreat all the way to October Town!  "

    The Fourth Army was lagging behind because of the large number of wounded. Lezhevsky personally led a division to act as a rear guard. Two divisions carried 14,000 wounded and followed the group in front. At this moment, the team actually stopped.  After coming down, he anxiously rode up from behind to ask what happened.

    "Calm down! Comrade Lezhevsky! Don't forget that you are the senior commander of the Red Army, the deputy commander of the Southern Cluster and the commander of the Fourth Army. How unbecoming are you to be in such a panic!" Sitting on the roadside to rest,  Tukhachevsky couldn't help but frowned and shouted!

    "Comrade Mikhail Nikolayevich! We cannot stop so close to Ufa. We should retreat all the way to the west until the soldiers can no longer walk! Otherwise, the White Guards can pursue us at any time.  Come on!" Lezhevski insisted.

    "The soldiers can't walk anymore! If we don't stop, the whole team will be dragged down! This is the decision of the Southern Cluster Front Military Committee! Execute! Comrade Rzhevsky!" Tukhachevsky said in disgust  Frowning, he interrupted Lezhevsky's words, stood up and walked towards the town on the south side of the hill. A large group of guards followed closely. Ma Xin came over and patted Lezhevsky on the shoulder.  whispered,

    "The soldiers really can't walk. This is not an autumn outing. We are carrying 20,000 lightly and seriously wounded people. Let's try it. All the horses of the cavalry division are used to drag the wounded on stretchers. But that's it. If we keep walking,  The team has to disperse, look at it, old man, you can keep the green hills and don¡¯t have to worry about having no firewood!¡± Ma Xin turned to his orderly and shouted,

    "Bring mine and the political commissar's horses to the wounded. Yes, and your horses, let them all be used for the wounded!" As he said, Ma Xin led his political commissar and guards towards the town down the hillside.  go.

    Lezhevsky stood there alone, looking around, surrounded by exhausted Red Army soldiers who fell to the ground. This guy stamped his feet angrily and pointed at the orderly who was holding his horse.  He shouted, "Bring the horses to the wounded!" He turned around and staggered towards the town.

    Among the Soviet Eastern Front's Southern Cluster teams that retreated and regrouped on the high ground near the town of Chernivka, about 20 kilometers southwest of Ufa, the First Army retained the most strength, as well as five almost complete infantry divisions and Chapayev.  The cavalry division has about 58,000 troops, and the 11 artillery companies are still intact, but there are not many artillery shells left, and there are also 4,500 lightly and seriously wounded.

    The Second Army lost three artillery companies and one machine gun battalion that were reinforced to the Fourth Army. The strength of the two infantry divisions remained intact. The entire Army had a strength of just over 20,000.

    The Fourth Army suffered the heaviest casualties, with only three understrength infantry divisions and a team of about 25,000 people left. In addition, there were six mountain artillery batteries. There were also very few artillery shells left. However, the total number of lightly and seriously wounded exceeded 14,000 people, and there was a lack of medical treatment.  , the seriously wounded continued to die.

    The remaining regiment of the mixed cavalry division that was sent out to make a circuitous route finally managed to find a way out and withdrew. Then, the 13th Cavalry Division, which was sent to take a circuitous route on the northern route, was actually hidden by them after they could not find a suitable place to cross the Belaya River.  They waited in the woods until nightfall, and then quietly retreated across the railway line. Of course, unfortunately, the rear guard was discovered by the patrolling armored train again. This time, another battalion of troops was lost, and they ran back in vain.  Markov's 13th Cavalry Division finally retained most of its troops, with more than 6,000 men left in the division!
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