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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 378: Prepare for the next wave of offensive

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    July 13, 1918, 7:50, 120 kilometers south of Ufa, southwest of the outskirts of Sterli Tamak town

    Genikoli, the commander of the security company of the First Army Headquarters of the Soviet Eastern Front, did not choose to follow the troop withdrawal horn sounded from behind. Although the shooting had stopped on the coalition positions, almost everyone in the company died on this land.  How could he have the face to go back alone and meet the commander and division commanders and political commissars? Although Gurny Goli, who came from a poor peasant family in the Don River Basin, could not understand why the coalition forces only spared him and his horse, but he and his beloved war horse  We must not become the laughing stock of the entire army.

    Thinking of this, the cavalry company commander Gurny Goli turned his horse's head and gave a military salute in the direction of Tukhachevsky and the division commander's political commissars who were watching and commanding on the hillside far behind him, and then went to the corpse-strewn field behind him.  Those comrades in Xilianli who had lost their lives saluted, clamped their legs on the horse's belly, turned the horse's head and rushed towards the center of the coalition's position, with tears in their eyes, waving their sabers,  While shouting "Ula", he rushed towards the position of the second company of the coalition forces.

    This tragic scene made the atmosphere in the formations of both armies become depressing. Although the green horse was very tired, the owner's hot call still allowed it to muster up its last strength and run quickly towards the enemy's position.  .

    "Bang!" followed by the clear gunshot, the Soviet Red Army soldier and cavalry company commander Gurny Goli, who single-handedly launched the final charge, fell off his green horse, leaving only the unknown mount still facing the direction of the coalition position.  Running away.  .  .

    Tukhachevsky watched this scene silently on a hillside 1,300 meters away. In the war, the enemy was very powerful, and he was a little reckless. Such tactics of adding troops and firepower reconnaissance were in vain. The enemy's heavy strength in the southwest direction was  Although the machine gun never fired, Juebu said that the other party did not arrange heavy machine gun firepower points on the position, but the fortifications were relatively concealed.

    "Comrade Commander, go back quickly, otherwise the coalition cavalry will rush out to capture us prisoners" Hashimov, commander of the 31st Turkestan Infantry Division, kindly reminded his comrade commander of the group army!

    The commander of the group army turned his head and glanced at this guy. He felt a sense of disgust in his heart for no reason. He snorted. Hashimov couldn't help but blush. He pulled the horse back two steps. Tukhachevsky raised his head.  He saluted the fallen soldiers of the cavalry company lying on the ground in the center of the position. The other division commanders and political commissars hurriedly followed suit and saluted in imitation. Then Tukhachevsky turned his horse's head and rode down the hillside toward him.  He flew away from his main assembly position in the northwest, while the remaining division commanders of the First Army crowded behind and followed closely.

    Cavalry division commander Chapayev stayed at the end. He took a deep look at the battlefield littered with corpses, turned his horse's head and followed. Division commander Comrade Xia Boyang's mood had never been so heavy. For the first time, he felt that perhaps  Even if a division is sent to attack, it may not be possible to capture this town that is defended by only one battalion of the coalition forces!

    In fact, the predicament that Tukhachevsky and Chapayev are encountering today can be found everywhere in the war history of Wang Geng¡¯s previous life. As early as 1891, the British colonial army fought with the Zulus in Rhodesia.  fighting.  A mere 50-man British squadron used 4 Maxim heavy machine guns to repel the attack of 5,000 Zulus, killing 3,000 Zulus, which fully demonstrated the power of heavy machine guns.

    In the Battle of the Somme in the European War, the British army that launched the attack lost 60,000 people on the first day under the blazing firepower of German heavy machine guns. At that time, the density of German heavy machine guns on the position was only an average of 100 meters.  It was just an MG08. After losing its artillery and its own Maxim heavy machine gun, the Soviet Red Army faced so many light and heavy machine gun firepower from the Sterli Tamak garrison on the two-kilometer position and relied solely on human sea tactics and volleys of guns.  Whether shooting can lead to victory has now become a question in the minds of commanders on both sides of the battlefield!

    "Report to the battalion commander that the enemy has withdrawn! This green horse is really a good horse. I brought it to you! We also captured more than twenty good horses that were not injured, and we are taking them to the stables now.  It's tied!" In the yard, the second company commander Wang Xiaomi was holding the green horse that had survived the disaster with a proud look on his face, and was offering a treasure to the battalion commander Li Fugui who was in the command position on the roof!

    "You can keep the horse for yourself. Your company will enter the second-line position to rest, and the third company will move to the first-line position. How many casualties did you have just now?" Battalion Commander Li Fugui poked his head out from the attic and said a little moodily.

    "Hi! I'm talking about the battalion commander. The man riding this horse looks like a company commander of the Soviet Red Army. He was just shot in the shoulder and scratched some skin. He fell down and fainted. He has been rescued now.  He was bandaged and locked up next to the infirmary. The prisoner was very much alive and could not die, but he was so tired that he fell asleep! Our company had almost no casualties, not one was killed, and only two were injured.  There are no serious injuries, and both the prisoners and the prisoners have been sent to the medical center!"

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Company commander Wang Xiaomi knew why his battalion commander was a little depressed, so he hurriedly reported in the yard.

    "Ha! That's good! That's good! Ask the medical soldiers to take care of him. This man is a brave soldier. We treat prisoners preferentially! Wang Xiaomi, when will your company commander become like others and move forward bravely?"  In the attic, Li Fugui felt better after hearing this and started making jokes about his subordinates.

    "Hey! I'm talking about the battalion commander, are we as ignorant as that old man? I didn't say that when it was my turn, Wang Xiaomi, to sacrifice himself with the second company, even if I blinked my eyebrows, I was not the cavalry company commander of our participating army!  I said, Battalion Commander, did you really give me this green horse?" Wang Xiaomi patted his chest below to express his determination, and finally asked.

    "Tch, when did this battalion commander's words not count? Not only does this green horse belong to you, but also the war horses captured by the second company just now are all chosen by your company first, and the rest will be sent to the stables of the battalion headquarters!" Li Fugui laughed loudly!  smiled.

    "Okay, I'll listen to you. Where did Lao Maozi get so many good horses? It's a pity, nearly a hundred of them were killed just now. Otherwise, our battalion could have raised another cavalry company!"  Wang Xiaomi got on the green horse, clamped his legs, and the horse was indeed a magnificent horse. It roared and ran out of the courtyard gate.

    In the attic on the roof, Li Fugui used a telescope to observe the movements of the Soviet Red Army in the northwest, and at the same time ordered Xiao Ma, the correspondent on the side, "Send my order to the Ufa Allied Forces Command. Our unit reported again 10 minutes ago."  Repulsed a cavalry company-sized attack by the Soviet Red Army, killing more than 120 enemies, capturing dozens of horses, and a Soviet Red Army company commander. Now the enemy is planning a new attack, but the coalition air force overhead has never arrived. Please ask Ufa  The air force will come as soon as possible to support our unit! The enemy's next attack is expected to be launched soon!"
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