Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Beiyang 1917

Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 360: The end of a strong crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Zhen

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Wu Peifu, deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, commander of the Chinese Third Army, and commander of the Ufa Central Cluster, was very depressed. He finally took charge of himself again and led a force of 90,000 troops to clean up the precarious Soviet-Russian South Cluster. He did not expect the enemy to withdraw so quickly.

    Although the four White Guard infantry divisions of the First Army of Ufa have good combat effectiveness, rapid marches are not the strength of these infantrymen, who are mainly old Tsarist Russian soldiers. Sergei Balayanov led these four divisions from Chernigo  When Fka set off, it was already past 4 p.m. on the 11th. Four divisions of the White Guards advanced westward along the road and could only march 7 kilometers per hour. At 7 p.m., the Second Ural Cavalry Corps met the opponent in Acehkovo.  When the battle started, the First Army of Ufa was halfway between Cherny and Acehkovo and was burying pots for cooking.

    Army commander Balayanov quickly received an order from Wu Peifu, commander of the Ufa Central Group behind him. The Second Ural Cavalry Army was blocked by two opposing infantry divisions in Acehkovo, and the First Ufa Army set off immediately.  , use the 1st and 3rd divisions to cover to the north of Acehkovo, and use the 2nd and 4th divisions to cover to the south of Acehkovo. The target is Milna and areas 30 kilometers north and south of Acehkovo.

    To say that Wu Peifu has a keen sense of smell, since the Second Cavalry Army only encountered two enemy infantry divisions in Acehkovo, and the Fifth Army in the West launched an attack north of Buriguma with one division,  Then Wu Peifu's judgment coincides with that of Wang Geng of the Ufa Allied Forces Headquarters. The Soviet Red Army has probably been retreating overnight instead of attacking. At this time, it is not afraid of the enemy going west or east, but it is afraid of fleeing north or south.  , the coalition forces in these two directions are relatively empty.

    Li Mingzhong in the south is still 400 kilometers away. In the north, only Cherny has a White Guard infantry division sent from the direction of Kazan, from Cherny on the Kamala River to Zainsko and then to Almetyev  There are hundreds of miles of logistics transportation lines in Skok, and there are almost no troops that can be used to intercept them.

    As for the west, Wu Peifu is not worried. In the southwest, Sun Liangcheng's main force is in Samara, and in the northwest, Jiang Hongyu's main force is armored cavalry, which can go south to seal off the Nurlat line at any time.

    Therefore, Wu Peifu judged that the enemy would either swarm to the west to see if they could clear a bloody path, or they would retreat to the open Kazakh grassland to the south with a false shot, avoiding the encirclement of the coalition ground troops and finding another way out to the left bank of the Volga River.

    The Ufa Allied Forces Command quickly called back and agreed to Wu Peifu's deployment, but reminded him not to underestimate the enemy when marching at night. Tukhachevsky's troops are still very powerful. The White Guard division of the Ufa First Army moved south and toward  When chasing north, be careful not to fall into the enemy's ambush and drag the sword back to the carbine.

    Wu Peifu himself commanded the three Russian recruit divisions of the First Siberian Army to continue to advance westward. The planned camping ground for the march that night was the Mirna Yachkovo line. Although the pursuit mission was important, the premise was to ensure that his combat effectiveness was not delayed.  In Wu Peifu's eyes, even if the Soviet Red Army took advantage of the darkness to escape for half a day, he would still have enough confidence to drive out the opponent. The premise is that aerial reconnaissance after dawn can determine the direction of the opponent's main force's retreat.

    Petrovich's cavalry brigade pursuing westward finally encountered an ambush from the opponent halfway. There happened to be a large swamp on the left side of the road. Hevezin led the infantry division to ambush in the northwest of the swamp. After the cavalry brigade was attacked  Petrovich ordered to disperse, and the artillery and mortars retreated to the south of the road to set up positions. Two cavalry battalions went to the left, and two cavalry battalions went to the right, outflanking the opponent's position from the left and right.

    As a result, the cavalry battalion on the left crossed the road and stepped into the swamp. Almost all the cavalrymen in the leading battalion fell into it and were shot into a hornet's nest by the dense volleys of guns on the Red Army position 300 meters away. The two battalions of cavalry were left in a panic.  Withdrawn, half of the troops had been lost.

    The cavalrymen who were outflanking from the right were tortured by the temporary horse traps dug by the Soviet Red Army. Countless horse legs were broken by the small holes dug in the dark ground, and the men and horses were smashed to pieces. The opposite position  The Soviet Red Army infantry fired dense volleys from three positions, and the casualties here were about the same as those in the swamp.

    Petrovich quickly ordered the trumpets to gather up the troops and retreat to the south of the road to shoot at each other across the road. After counting, it took only 20 minutes of chaos and chaos, and three battalions of cavalry were lost due to the unknown terrain.  Petrovich was furious.

    Fortunately, the artillery of the cavalry brigade quickly showed its power and cleared the entire Soviet Red Army position on the opposite side. The raindrops of artillery shells hit the opponent like a river of blood. Hevesin saw that the difference in firepower was too big, and the infantry on his side was only hit.  The artillery shells were still out, and the casualties of the troops continued to increase. He gritted his teeth and ordered one battalion of troops on each side to defend the second line of defense. The wounded were also left behind to continue fighting. He led the remaining 5,000 people of the division in the dark.  Moved to the north and ran through the swamp that was discovered in advance.

    Half an hour later PetrovichAfter the bombardment, there was no retaliatory gunfire on the opponent's position, so the dismounted cavalrymen cautiously touched it. As a result, a piece of human head appeared out of nowhere in the opponent's already bombed-out trench.  Keep shooting.  Petrovich quickly pulled the cavalry back and used artillery fire to plow the opposite position to one side. After going back and forth like this, it took more than an hour for Petrovich's cavalry brigade to occupy the opponent's position.

    In this battle, Petrovich's 1st Cavalry Brigade suffered more than 1,500 casualties. The division ambushed by Hevezin suffered more than 1,500 casualties, more than 2,000 were wounded and captured, and less than 5,000 people were left under the leadership of Hevezin.  It actually disappeared into the swamp to the north without a trace.

    Petrovich's cavalry brigade suffered a big loss. Due to the burden of wounded and prisoners, and the lack of men and horses, Petrovich had to camp on the spot, waiting for news of gathering the second brigade and Sergei behind, and headed westward and  In each of the three directions, north and south, they sent a cavalry company to continue reconnaissance, while the main force of the second cavalry brigade stayed in place.

    Although Hevezin won the battle, it was a miserable victory. First, he took advantage of the terrain, and what caught up was only a cavalry brigade of 5,000 troops. He had an infantry division of more than 8,500 troops. The third  Because of the lack of artillery and machine gun firepower, this guy built three trenches in a row from bottom to top. The first row was lying down, the second row was squatting, and the third row was standing. In this way, a dense rifle volley was fired in a short time.  They also caused huge casualties to the other party.

    Of course, the underestimation of the enemy by Petrovich's cavalry brigade is also a factor. Just now two cavalry divisions defeated two of the opponent's infantry divisions. How can one cavalry brigade kill one of the opponent's divisions now?  As a result, although the enemy was repulsed, the pursuit was blocked by the swamps, and its own casualties were as high as one-third. Coupled with the burden of the wounded and prisoners, they lost the ability to continue the pursuit in a short period of time.

    The political commissar of the Soviet Fourth Army, Hevezin, and the horses of the cavalry company had long been stuck in the swamp and were missing. Previously, the less than 5,000 men left in the division were all struggling to move forward in the swamp with guns or wooden sticks.  Go, obviously venturing into the swamp is the only way to stop the pursuers. Of course, Hevesin is also very upset. If he had known that the opponent would only catch up with a cavalry brigade, if Ma Xin's three divisions did not retreat to the south, but would attack from the north and the south.  If there was a big ambush, they might be able to steal the opponent's cavalry brigade and teach the coalition forces a lesson.

    But now it's too late to say anything. Being able to find out the swamp before dawn is a victory. Now thousands of people are divided into dozens of long queues tied together with ropes to crawl around in the muddy water. They really respond to the ants on a line.  Grasshoppers can only live and die together through thick and thin. For a moment, Hevesin thought of Lezhevsky. Is Comrade Commander suffering in the small dark cell of the prisoner of war camp at the moment?  Or has it become a guest of the enemies of the bourgeoisie and imperialism?
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report