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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 369 Lucky Yegorov and Budyonny

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    ~Date:~November 22nd~

    Fortunately, the Ninth Army Yegorov evacuated the five infantry divisions hidden near Yagovlevka along the way. The Hawkeye early warning aircraft and D4 reconnaissance aircraft of the Allied Air Force focused on reconnaissance of the 70th Army centered on Bafre.  An area within 10 kilometers, and Yegorov's forced march last night caused these five divisions to run out of this range. In addition, this guy scattered the five divisions in the woods within a ten-kilometer range, so he actually hid them.  In the past, they were not discovered by coalition aerial reconnaissance until nightfall.

    Ma Xin's unit of the Second Group Army did not have such good luck. An air raid by 72 bombers of the Allied Air Force on the shores of Lake Algar caused heavy damage to the three divisions. As a last resort, the political commissar of the group army Khalcenko led 5,000 light troops.  After the wounded guarded the 2,000 seriously wounded, Ma Xin led the remaining 18,000 Soviet Red Army soldiers and 3,000 people to rush southward.

    To say that this guy's idea was good, it was mainly because he was badly damaged by the air attack of the Allied Air Force. Only by dispersing into small groups and retreating could he confuse the pursuers to the maximum extent. Even if the opponent's air force came back, it would be at least 3 or 4  What happens in an hour will be almost dark the day after tomorrow, and it will be easier to hide and avoid the opponent's attack.

    A regiment of the 7th Brigade of the 4th Petrovich Cavalry Division and two regiments of the 8th Brigade were also pursuing the cavalry regiments. However, there were six routes that escaped and only three that were pursued, so there were still three routes with about 9,000 soldiers.  The Soviet Red Army escaped the allied cavalry pursuit before nightfall.

    The three-way Soviet Red Army, which was overtaken by the Allied Cavalry Regiment, was really cornered and actually stopped and tried to counterattack and resist. Petrovich's Cavalry Division was the first to equip the Allied forces with battalion and platoon mortars and 1917bra  The Browning squad leader uses machine guns, and each cavalry squad leader is also equipped with a 1 Garand short-barreled cavalry rifle. The firepower, combat effectiveness, and self-confidence are getting stronger with more victories.

    More than 3,000 defeated Soviet soldiers who had only light weapons and fled all the way faced off against 2,500 coalition Cossack cavalry armed to the teeth. Except for the result, there was no major outcome. More than an hour later, the three Soviet Red Army troops were attacked by the mortars and squad machine guns of the coalition cavalry.  Under the encirclement and suppression, they finally laid down their weapons after one third of them were killed. Half of the 6,000 prisoners were lightly or seriously wounded. The political commissars who resolutely resisted were either killed or committed suicide at the last moment.

    Petrovich's three cavalry regiments suffered seven to eight hundred casualties in the desperate resistance of the other side. The horses of Turkin, the leader of the charge, were all killed by volleys of gunfire from the Soviet Red Army's position, which resisted desperately. This guy was thrown  He got up half dead and was so angry that he almost ordered no prisoners afterward.

    Of course, in the end, this guy gritted his teeth and gasped, but he didn¡¯t dare to actually massacre the Soviet Red Army prisoners who had laid down their weapons. The military discipline of the Allied Commander-in-Chief is chilling. The Allied Military Police Law Enforcement Team never asked about their nationality when killing soldiers who violated discipline.  Regardless of background, as long as you are a soldier of the coalition, as long as you have violated military discipline and deserve to be killed, you don't even expect to find someone to intercede. Shooting is cheap, and hanging is also a common method used by the gendarmerie law enforcement team to intimidate troops and localities!

    The Allied Forces have only been in Russia for less than half a year, but the Allied Forces' heart-thundering methods and iron-blooded military discipline have made no one dare to underestimate this force. Petrovich, who was born into a Cossack landowner family, also unknowingly discovered the Cossacks in himself.  The guerrilla habits are gradually decreasing, and the cavalry under his command have gradually become a bit like a regular army over the past few days.

    Fortunately for Ma Xin, he was not among the three troops that were overtaken by the coalition cavalry. There was also a cavalry company guard beside him. The main regiment of the 48th Infantry Division with nearly 3,000 people did not attack.  Instead, they ran towards the southeast direction on the far edge, and the coalition cavalry was tripped by the three overtaken troops. Therefore, the three thousand men of Mahin finally escaped danger again and disappeared in Al during the night.  In the woods 30 kilometers southeast of the lake.

    The other two groups of people who ran out unanimously chose to withdraw to the southwest. In their opinion, finding the main force of Yegorov's Ninth Group Army as soon as possible was the right way. There was no way out in other directions. The army changed from 30,000 people to a few dozen.  Thousands of people, after several air raids and battles, they have long been frightened. As for the Red Army guerrillas fighting guerrillas on the Ufa Plain, which was so completely cleared by the fortified walls, it is pure fantasy. In 1918, the entire Russia was suffering from food shortages.  And they were so hungry that without the local people and food, even the most determined Bolshevik guerrillas had no basis for survival!

    From that day until nightfall, Tukhachevsky, the lucky man, and his three infantry divisions and one cavalry division were not discovered by the aerial reconnaissance of the Allied Air Force. This had a lot to do with his choice of breaking out in the southeast.  Whether it is the Hawkeye early warning aircraft of the coalition air force or the D4 reconnaissance aircraft, they all instinctively believe that south and west are the main directions for the opponent's retreat. Almost no one would think that Tukhachevsky's First Army has these three  The division association left southeast.

    Going southeast, isn¡¯t it getting further and further away from the Volga River?  The key points of aerial reconnaissance under inertial thinking are:It is south of Milna, not to mention that Tukhachevsky's forced march last night was far enough, and today it was quiet enough to evacuate and hide in the woods during the day. In this way, he read the first chapter after the breakout safely.  One day.

    After nightfall, the weather that night was cloudy and rainy, which closed the door for the Allied Air Force's Hawkeye early warning aircraft to continue night reconnaissance. Of course, the Soviet Red Army infantry's midnight retreat was also extremely difficult under the wind and rain.  The marching speed dropped sharply from 7 to 8 kilometers per hour the night before to about 5 kilometers per hour.

    A series of battles during the day on July 12 and the enemy's prisoners also delayed the pursuit of the coalition ground forces. At night, Wu Peifu led two divisions of the First Siberian Army by car and rushed to the Bavre line. However, due to the rain,  Intensified, the wind and rain increased, and the troops were obviously too tired to march south or southwest overnight, so they had to camp on the spot. The main force of Jiang Hongyu's armored 2nd Brigade also rested on the line of Bafre. It was obvious that the next step was to find and catch up with Ye  Gorov's main force is the top priority for these two units.

    Yegorov's five divisions started operating despite the rain after nightfall. Instead of continuing southward, they turned to the southwest. The windy and rainy night was the best cover for Yegorov.  If you don't run now, when will you wait?

    The five infantry divisions of the Ninth Army gritted their teeth and moved a full 60 kilometers southwestward overnight. The rain that fell all night before dawn subsided, but the sky was still covered with dark clouds, and Yegorov's troops were soaked like a chicken.  Seeing that the weather was bad and the coalition air force might not be able to dispatch, they took the time to make a fire to cook and dry their clothes. Of course, Yegorov's order was to only give him one and a half hours, and the fire must be extinguished by then.  Then evacuated and hid.

    After a night of forced march in the rain, each of the five divisions suffered varying degrees of attrition and laggards. The total number was at least nearly 2,000. The number of the main force was reduced from 35,000 to 33,000. However, there was no way. It would be really bad if we did not seize the opportunity to run.  There was no chance to return to the left bank of the Volga River. Yegorov made a decision in his mind that he would never mingle with the Eastern Front again. As long as the coalition forces did not come to the left bank of the Volga River, he would not cross the river to fight with the coalition forces even if they were killed.

    The location where Yegorov's troops arrived was near the village of Troitskoye, 60 kilometers southwest of Abdulino, only 69 kilometers away from Bluzuk in the southwest, and only 150 kilometers away from the Samara region in the west.  Breaking through the encirclement and running back to the left bank of the Volga River is a big deal. Of course, the number of enemy troops in Samara is still unknown, but in order to cross the river, if they fight to the death, it may not be impossible to capture Samara!

    The Budyonny Special Cavalry Division of Yegorov's Ninth Army also turned to the southwest and retreated that night. The cavalry division once again marched nearly 100 kilometers overnight and arrived at Krasnogorsky before dawn.  , this place is less than 30 kilometers away from the village of Troitskoye where Yegorov is camped. The commander of the Army Group and his ace generals are not getting further and further away from the encirclement in the black light and radio silence.  , it¡¯s a miracle that we can get closer and closer.

    Yegorov resisted and did not dare to turn on the radio to ask about reporting the retreat to Moscow and contacting other armies. It is absolutely impossible to say that all five armies can escape. Who knows what troops and armies are there now?  The coalition forces made dumplings out of them. The radio call signs and code books at the division level and group army level might have fallen into the hands of the coalition forces early. It was absolutely impossible to be careless at this time. More than 30,000 people managed to travel so far and were almost exhausted on a windy and rainy night.  We moved here only after it collapsed. We must not be careless and lose Jingzhou!

    Yegorov made up his mind that the next time he turned on his computer would be the moment when the battle started. As for whether he would be chased and surrounded by the opponent, or whether his main force would reach Samara to attack the opponent, it is still unknown, but this  I still have more confidence in Budyonny and his special cavalry division. His five divisions of infantry can all run out, and Budyonny's cavalry should have no problem. The key is not to go in the wrong direction and lose the road.

    Of course, Budyonny was also praying that night, hoping that he could find the main force to join Yegorov as soon as possible. Although he had the strength of a cavalry division, and there were not many laggards and attrition, if he encountered the coalition armored forces,  If the enemy pursues them, their cavalry may not be able to win. If the enemy's infantry catches up, Budyonny will not be able to do anything. If he cannot win, he can at least run away. What's more, the brave and fearless Ninth Army's ace cavalry division has never  Are you afraid of enemy infantry?

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