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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 361 The Destruction of the Soviet Fifth Army

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    How far can you run in one night? This question was best understood by the commanders and fighters of the Soviet Red Army armies and divisions who retreated in separate routes on the right bank of the Volga River on the night of July 11, 1918. Slavin led  After his division had two encounters with Xiong Shihui's armored reconnaissance battalion, it turned around and ran westward. The coalition armored reconnaissance battalion behind it was vaguely separated but still pursuing it.

    Slavin originally started turning westward 5 kilometers north of Brigumma. The time was 9 o'clock in the evening. After running for three hours and reaching midnight, he really couldn't run anymore. When he looked at the map, he realized  Guy, we have just run less than 25 kilometers. The engine sound of the coalition armored vehicles two kilometers behind has never stopped. He wants to stop and ambush the opponent, but Slavin knows that any stop will kill Hexin.  The fate of this division, so what if you annihilated the opponent's armored reconnaissance battalion?

    The coalition forces must be pursuing them from all directions at this moment. As long as they are surrounded, it will basically declare the failure of the breakout. Even if they fight to the end, they will only add thousands more dead Soviet Red Army names to the coalition's results. Therefore,  LaVine gritted his teeth and ordered the troops not to stop and to continue running.

    The wounded and soldiers who couldn't run were left behind to wait for the other party to take them in. This was almost the last effort Army Group Slaven could make for his soldiers, which was to allow those who couldn't run to hand over their weapons and stay where they were.  To surrender to the enemy pursuers and contain them.

    Due to running too hard, the Siberian First Infantry Division led by Slavin was left with more than three regiments of nearly 7,500 troops. After running 25 kilometers, more than 1,500 people were left behind. Considering that it has been six hours since nightfall,  In the intense fighting and constant retreat, the total distance of the entire division and march in the night was close to 60 kilometers. It was understandable that so many people were left behind, many of whom were slightly wounded after the original two battles.

    The last stop of Slavin's troops that night was in the village of Shugurovo, 45 kilometers west of Briguma. The team had fallen behind and had been reduced to about 5,000 people. A coalition armored regiment with 120 wheeled vehicles appeared in front.  The armored fighting vehicles formed a 2,000-meter-wide defense line, and the headlights that were turned on almost simultaneously illuminated the wilderness. Jiang Hongyu, a regiment of the Second Mixed Armored Brigade, had traveled 80 kilometers in three hours and had arrived 40 minutes ago.  Got here.

    Slavin and Hessing looked at each other, while the Soviet Red Army soldiers behind them fell to the ground. Many people sobbed and cried. The coalition forces opposite were already shouting in proficient Russian through the loudspeakers.

    "This is the Allied Forces. Please put down your weapons. Please put down your weapons. The coalition forces treat prisoners preferentially. The coalition forces treat prisoners preferentially. Please do not resist fearlessly. Please do not resist fearlessly. Your relatives and comrades are waiting to meet you soon.  See you again, please cherish your life! The future of Russia needs you to live well! The people of Russia need you to live well!¡±

    "Fight! Comrade Commander, the opponent's formation is relatively spread out, let's grit our teeth and rush over!" The bandage on Hexin's head was so dirty that the color could not be seen clearly. Facing the coalition line 300 meters away, this guy screamed  He grabbed the shoulder of Army Commander Slavin and said.

    "What are you trying to do? There is at least one armored regiment on the opposite side. The 120 wheeled armored fighting vehicles are 120 12.7mm large-caliber machine guns. The artillery can even run to death on the horse that pulls the cannon. The artillery has long been light-armed. What can we use to attack it?  In the past, the soldiers were so tired that they were almost vomiting blood. Now that the enemy has arrived, our historical mission has been completed."

    Slavin's face turned pale and he murmured. At this moment, he felt that it was a kind of relief. The 5,000 defeated soldiers were so out of breath that many of them didn't even know where to throw their weapons.  Where else could he run in front of a 300-meter armored regiment waiting for him?  At a distance of 300 meters, as soon as the 120 large-caliber heavy machine guns on the opposite side fire, there will be nothing but unilateral massacre!

    The Russian shouting continued on the loudspeaker on the coalition armored vehicle opposite.

    "This is the Allied Forces. Please put down your arms, Lord Slavin of the Soviet Fifth Army and the soldiers of the 1st Siberian Infantry Division. Please put down your arms. The coalition forces treat prisoners preferentially. The coalition forces treat prisoners preferentially. Please do not make fearless resistance. Please  Don't resist fearlessly. Your relatives and comrades are waiting to see you again soon. Please cherish your life! The future of Russia needs you to live well! The Russian people need you to live well, just to see clearly that the path you have chosen is right!  It¡¯s still wrong, you all deserve to live! Please put down your weapons!¡±

    "Pass my order! All the 1st Siberian Infantry Division put down their weapons!" Slavin turned to Helsing and said, his voice full of exhaustion.  As he said this, the man pulled out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at his head and was about to fire. Hexin, who was already on guard, grabbed his commander's pistol and yanked it out of his hand, shouting in a crying voice,

    "Put down your weapons, put down your weapons! You said yourself that you can keep the green hills without worrying about having firewood, weI want to see who can laugh last!  "As he spoke, Hexin yelled at the guard behind him,

    "Protect Comrade Commander for me. The whole division has them. Listen to my orders and put down their weapons! Any political commissars at all levels who disobey will be detained by me! The whole division puts down their weapons! This is an order from the commander of the group army! That's the order!  My first division commander Hexin's order!" Before Hexin finished speaking, the Red Army soldiers sitting on the ground behind him burst into tears, and the sound of pistol shooting rang out in many places. They were several political commissars who would rather die than surrender.  Put a bullet into his own head.

    At 1 o'clock in the morning on July 12, 1918, Slavin, commander of the Fifth Army of the Soviet Eastern Front, ordered the remainder of the Siberian 1st Division to lay down their weapons and surrender to the coalition forces despite being blocked in front and pursued by soldiers. The news spread quickly.  With the coalition forces all over the Ufa Trembling battlefield, Xiong Shihui could only smile bitterly as he watched Jiang Hongyu achieve another feat by relying on the high mobility of the armored forces.

    At three o'clock in the morning, the two divisions led by the Political Commissar of the Fifth Army, Bloumberg, were surrounded 20 kilometers west of Buriguma by the two armored regiments intercepted by Jiang Hongyu and Xiong Shihui's 108th Infantry Regiment.  The news that Slavin was captured and that the 1st Siberian Division laid down its weapons destroyed the fighting will of these two Soviet infantry divisions, which had been almost exhausted by the forced march.

    The political commissar of the group army, Blumberg, also became the first political commissar to order the entire army to lay down their weapons and surrender. The Soviet Fifth Army ceased to exist after this night.

    In the 48 hours of fighting, the three divisions of the Soviet Fifth Army's North Route Army suffered 7,000 killed and 23,000 wounded and captured (including nearly 14,000 wounded). The South Route Army suffered 5,000 killed and 27,000 wounded and captured (including nearly 14,000 wounded).  nearly 3,000 wounded).

    In comparison, the combined casualties of Jiang Hongyu's and Xiong Shihui's troops were only nearly a thousand. Jiang Hongyu's troops almost completely annihilated the entire opponent's Fifth Group Army. Of course, 48 hours of continuous roundabout operations  It also exhausted the troops so much that as soon as Bloumberg put down his weapons, many soldiers on both sides fell to the ground and fell asleep.

    The other party¡¯s group army commander Slavin, chief of staff Eh, political commissar Bloumberg, and four division political commissars of the five division commanders under them all became members of the officer corps of the coalition prisoner camp.
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