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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 374 Purgatory of Blood and Fire

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    ~Date:~November 25~

    Chapayev dismounted a regiment of cavalry and launched an attack from the northwest corner of the town of Sterli Tamak to the coalition cavalry battalion position guarding the town. Of course, the cavalry on the defensive side were also used as infantry at this moment, and the war horses  They are all hiding in the town. For the Li Fugui Cavalry Battalion on the defensive side, their number is their biggest disadvantage, while their position and firepower are their biggest advantages. Of course, the attacking Soviet Red Army does not have artillery and heavy machine guns.  This is the most critical benefit.

    The opponent's advancing skirmisher line finally approached a range of 300 meters. At this distance, you can almost see the faces of both sides clearly without a telescope. As the Soviet Red Army's skirmisher line advanced, the coalition cavalry battalion dug so many holes in the grass in front of the position.  The horse trip pit like a rabbit hole did not disturb the opponent's horse, but caused the opponent's cavalry to fall on the ground a lot. The wind and rain all night made the grass very muddy and slippery, plus there were so many holes and so many people.  Once you step on it, it's like a bathing place where you're wrestling and rubbing yourself in the mud.

    Many unlucky Red Army soldiers sprained their feet and lay on the ground in agony during the bent-back attack. They could only crawl forward slowly. Fortunately, the battalion and company commanders responsible for directing the front-line attack were still humane and ordered  Wei's brother who injured his foot stayed where he was to organize a volley of gun fire cover, while the other soldiers continued to advance.

    Finally, we moved to a position only 300 meters away from the opponent's first line. Chapayev, who was commanding 1,200 meters behind, or Tukhachevsky, who was paying attention to the battlefield situation 2,000 meters behind,  They couldn't help but yelled, "Charge! What are the commanders waiting for?! Charge!"

    At the command of the battalion and company commanders who were holding pistols and supervising and commanding the battle on the front line, the Red Army soldiers straightened up and, under the leadership of their respective political commissars, shouted and rushed towards the opponent's position. Although the "Ula" sound was a bit weak,  and hoarse, still resounded through the position, and all the attacking soldiers stood up and tried to rush towards the opponent's position as fast as possible.

    "Fire with the heavy machine guns on the left and right wings! Fire with the machine guns of the center position squad! The mortars will not move for the time being!" Li Fugui, who was in the command post on the roof of the tallest building in the northwest corner of the town, waved his fist fiercely and finally gave the order.  The order to fire!

    Soon, the attacking Soviet Red Army soldiers on the opposite side had just reached the position of 270 meters. Three platoons of the cavalry battalion on the defensive front line opened fire. Since this direction was the focus of defense, Wang Geng sent five cavalrymen  Three heavy machine guns each from the first company and the fourth company were reinforced to the first company's position.

    There is a 1917a1 air-cooled Browning heavy machine gun every 100 meters on the three rows on the left. The same is true on the second row on the right. Six new 7.62 caliber 1918a2 air-cooled Browning heavy machine guns erupt within a range of 270 meters.  The roar instantly swept away large swaths of charging Red Army soldiers like crisscrossing chains of fire. The area 250 to 300 meters in front of the position was filled with blood almost instantly as bullets flew everywhere.

    On the company and row positions in the middle, there were only three Browning squad machine guns firing. Although the sound was crisp and the power was quite good, the 20-round magazine made the firepower density of the squad machine guns far less than that of the Brownings.  Compared with machine guns, the prototype water-cooled type of the 7.621918a2 air-cooled heavy machine gun designed by Browning once fired 20,000 rounds of bullets without malfunction during the design finalization test. In terms of performance, it is by no means inferior to the Maxim water-cooled heavy machine gun.  Down.

    The Soviet Red Army, which only relied on volley firepower as offensive support, suffered heavy casualties in less than ten minutes. Especially in front of the third and second rows of the left and right flanks, almost no one rushed to 220  Within meters, the Red Army soldiers who were lucky enough to escape were lying on the ground looking for any sheltered depression in an attempt to avoid the harvest of life from the opponent's heavy machine guns.

    The leading companies of Chapayev's three first-line offensive battalions were almost completely wiped out, and the other companies suffered more than half of their casualties. Of course, the firepower of the coalition's central position was not as strong as the two sides, which objectively made the attack unsuccessful.  The dead Soviet Red Army soldiers unconsciously moved closer to the center, and soon a row of positions was only supported by the fire of three squad machine guns and more than 30 1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifles.  It is somewhat unable to cover the impact of the enemy on the 300-meter wide front.

    In the attack launched by Chabarov's cavalry regiment, three battalions attacked on a front of nearly 1 kilometer on the left and center flank. Each battalion only had 500 people. The density of the skirmisher line was almost 3 meters wide.  There were about five or six rows of people in front and back. Ten minutes of crossfire roaring from the Browning heavy machine guns on the coalition position cut off the skirmisher lines on both sides of the Soviet Red Army by at least three to four rows. The middle battalion was hit by  The firepower of the first platoon was weaker, so only more than one company of troops were injured or killed. The remaining nearly three companies of 400 people had already rushed to a distance of 200 meters.

    The remaining companies of the two battalions on the left and right unconsciously moved closer to the center. This made the Soviet Red Army's offensive forces in the central part much denser. There were about 800 Soviet Red Army offensive forces swarming in.  Shouting "Ula" and rushing towards the platoon's position, the platoon's positionThe situation soon became tense, and there were casualties under the opponent's volley of gunfire.

    On the hill behind the Red Army on the opposite side, Chapayev, who was in charge of commanding the front enemy, opened his eyes angrily. His riding whip was tightly grasped in his hand, and his finger joints turned white. He did not expect that a cavalry battalion of the other side actually had at least 100 soldiers.  Six heavy machine guns were all arranged in this direction, and although the light machine gun in the opponent's central position was fierce in firepower, its firepower was much less sustained than the heavy machine gun. Therefore, the two battalions on the left and right flanks saw almost one casualty.  Most of them, but the middle battalion only suffered less than a third of its casualties, and it quickly came within two hundred meters of the opponent's position.

    "Cavalry battalion attacks!" Chabarov waved his hand fiercely, and a battalion of cavalry assembled by the political commissar Furmanov behind him mounted their horses one after another, led by the commander of the cavalry regiment, Kanisky, waving their sabers.  Shouting "Ula", they rushed down the hillside, followed the path opened with blood and lives by the dismounted cavalry comrades in front, and launched an attack on both wings of the opponent's position, because at this time, the second and third rows were close to the two rows in the center.  The heavy machine gun has changed its direction and fired at the Soviet Red Army in the center. Of course, due to the viewing angle and distance, it can only be designed to target the middle and rear of the enemy in the middle, and the hit rate has also dropped a lot.

    The 7 or 800 Soviet Red Army soldiers attacking in front of the central position saw their own cavalry battalion dispatched behind them. The sound of horse hooves shook the earth, and their morale was boosted. They mustered up the last bit of strength to launch a final attack on the enemy position 180 meters away.  impact.

    "Order the heavy machine guns of the first platoon to fire! Order the 12 platoon mortars of the first and fifth companies to intercept and shoot at the opponent's cavalry battalion! The heavy machine guns of the second and third platoons will extend their fire and focus on the cavalry." At the command post on the top of the building in the northwest corner of the town  Li Fugui inside bit his hand and said!

    In an instant, three 1918a2 air-cooled Browning heavy machine guns in a row let out a shocking roar, mowing down large areas of the charging Soviet Red Army like harvesting leeks from a distance of less than 200 meters. In three minutes  Soon, the three heavy machine guns on the first row of positions and the shooting of the two heavy machine guns on the second and third rows closest to the first row of positions soon caused the entire front of the position to be littered with corpses. The corpses of the charging Soviet Red Army soldiers and  The wounded who survived were spread all over the front of the position, a hell of blood and fire from 160 meters to 300 meters.

    The rapid firing of 12 platoon 60-caliber mortars caused the attacking formation of the cavalry battalion 1,000 meters away to be blown to pieces. When they rushed to a distance of 500 meters, they encountered crossfire from the opponent's heavy machine guns and squad machine guns.  , the cavalry were beaten with blood and flesh everywhere, and the Soviet cavalry's mounts were torn apart by the explosion of mortars and flying shrapnel and became a mess.

    After witnessing such a tragic situation, continuing to charge would be massacre. Tukhachevsky, who could see everything clearly through the telescope, did not have time to notify Chapayev, and directly blew the trumpet to withdraw troops from the main command position. Chapayev  In his command position, his eyes were broken and he was so angry that he was going crazy. A regiment-level attack actually suffered such huge casualties, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

    The Soviet Red Army soldiers who had long been unable to support themselves in the rain of bullets were lying on the ground trying to avoid bullets. After hearing the retreat horn, they turned around and ran away. As a result, the soldiers who survived by chance jumped from 200 to 200 people.  On the way back, the rice truck once again encountered heavy casualties caused by machine gun fire from the opponent.

    Fortunately, Comrade Li Fugui, the commander of the coalition forces here, did not want his ammunition to be consumed too quickly. Soon after the remaining Soviet Red Army ran 500 meters away, he finally ordered to stop shooting, count the number of people, rescue the wounded, replenish ammunition, and prepare for another attack.  war!  It is gratifying to win the first battle, but after all, our personnel are few and we cannot withstand the loss of casualties!  You can delay it as long as you can.

    The casualty statistics came out quickly. The third platoon of the company had one killed and three wounded. The second platoon had two killed and five wounded. The first platoon on the front line had five killed and nine wounded. The total casualties reached 25, and the casualty rate was as high as  20%, these casualties made the battalion commander Li Fugui so anxious that he could only scold his mother.

    But in comparison, the four battalions of dismounted Soviet Red Army cavalry who launched the attack on the opposite side suffered heavy losses. The three front-line attacking battalions each withdrew less than one company, and the fourth battalion in the middle was originally in  Behind, there were Red Army soldiers in front who blocked the bullets, so the casualties were slightly smaller. About two companies ran back. The casualties of the cavalry battalion that launched the final charge exceeded three companies. The cavalry commander Kanisky who led the charge was killed in the battle.  , the high-speed attacking war horses were bruised and swollen by mortar shells and became the preferred shooting target of all heavy machine guns in the entire company position.

    In such a short half-hour attack and defense, the cavalrymen under the brave cavalry division commander Comrade Chapayev suffered more than 1,800 casualties, of which more than 1,200 Red Army cavalry died in battle, and the remaining more than 600 lightly and seriously wounded lay helpless  The people on the line of fire were struggling, crying and groaning. The Soviet Red Army corpses were strewn in the field 160 to 500 meters in front of the coalition position in the northwest corner of Sterli Tamak Town. The short and fierce battle made Tukhachevsky and the surrounding Red Army senior officers  CommandersThe color is extremely white.

    Chapayev's eyes were bloodshot, and he rode his horse back to the small highland where Tukhachevsky stayed. After rolling his saddle and dismounting, he rushed up and shouted at the army commander, "Why are you blowing the call to arms?! Why is this?"  ? Comrade Commander! How many cavalry troops were lost because of your call to retreat! Almost a whole regiment was wiped out! Comrade Commander! Why don¡¯t you let us all rush forward!

    The political commissar Furmanov who was chasing behind him rushed over and hugged the division commander who was already a little crazy. He said anxiously, "Comrade Chapayev! Pay attention to your propriety! The commander's troop withdrawal horn was blown in time, otherwise I  The trumpet is blowing too! The whole cavalry regiment is going to be annihilated like this! Please wake up, my comrade!"

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