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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 379 Are the Three Cobblers going to stand up to Zhuge Liang?

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    At 7:50 on July 13, 1918, the temporary headquarters of the First Northwest Army on the outskirts of the town of Sterli Tamak, 120 kilometers south of Ufa.

    "Comrades! The situation is very serious. Although the enemy only has one battalion, the terrain in Stelli Tamak Town is very favorable to them, and they have also built very good fortifications. We lack artillery and machine guns. Under such circumstances,  Let¡¯s share your opinions on how to capture the town and eliminate the enemy!¡±

    Tukhachevsky once again promoted democracy. Temporary tents were set up in the woods behind the hillside. A battalion of Soviet Red Army infantry even dug a simple 300-meter-long fortification on the hillside. It was far away from the allied forces on the opposite side.  The position was about 2,000 meters long. Although the coalition forces had heavy machine guns, it was obviously to save ammunition or because it was too difficult to hit effectively from such a distance, so there were no stray bullets from the coalition forces flying over to harass them.

    Chapayev, the commander of the cavalry division, was in a bad mood and did not come to the temporary command post for a meeting. He only sent his political commissar Furmanov over and found a place to catch up on his sleep wrapped in a blanket. The 1st Cavalry Division arrived here.  The infantry elites suffered heavy losses. Only one regiment of the Second Brigade of which political commissar Furmanov served as brigade commander was left intact. Chapayev's own First Brigade had less than 200 cavalrymen left. Such a tragic situation was the result of the second cavalry brigade.  This has never happened since the establishment of the first division. No wonder Chapayev is unhappy.

    Tukhachevsky could understand the mood of his beloved general. If a brigade was left with more than one company, he would be in a very bad mood, so he did not force it, and even ordered his orderly to send a new piece to Commander Xia Boyang.  The roasted horse meat was taken away. While bringing back the 600 wounded from the first battle in the morning, Furmanov took the opportunity to drag back many horses that had been killed in the battle.

    Of course, there were dozens of horses that were still intact on the battlefield. I didn't have the nerve to ask the medical soldiers to take action. In fact, some medical soldiers went to lead the horses, but a sniper on the coalition position broke the horse's reins with one shot, scaring the medical staff.  The soldier sat on his butt and almost lost his consciousness. It was best to wait until the Red Army medical soldiers carried the wounded back on their horses. In the opposite town, the coalition forces galloped out and a cavalry platoon gathered more than 40 good horses on the position and took them back as trophies.  After arriving in the town, the coalition cavalry dismissed the Russian-style Mosin-Nagant rifles and cavalry rifles that were thrown all over the ground and ignored them at all.

    It is said that if the two sides ceased fighting and did not plan to fight again, the Soviet Red Army should also drag back the bodies of the more than 1,200 Red Army soldiers who died in the battle, but obviously neither side had the intention to cease fighting, so the battlefield in the northwest was still littered with corpses and blood.  The tragic sight of the river flowing into the river was a huge blow to the morale of the Soviet Red Army on Tukhachevsky's side, but now the entire infantry division was lying on the ground tired and unable to get up. The first  On the group army's position, except for a battalion in charge of security in front of the hillside, almost all the soldiers sitting down to rest in the woods behind the hillside had fallen asleep without knowing it.

    Chekov, the commander of the 15th Infantry Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, rubbed his face fiercely, trying hard to prevent himself from falling asleep from exhaustion. He said angrily, "The commander is right. The opponent's terrain is strong, and the machine guns and fortresses  The artillery firepower is fierce, and it is also equipped with snipers. The ordinary cavalry is also equipped with the M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifle. This gun is the best rifle I have ever seen. It has a long range, high rate of fire, and good accuracy. This battle  It¡¯s not easy to fight!¡±

    "Comrade Chekov! What you are saying is nonsense! This war is so easy for us to sit here and discuss it? We have already entered the town to take a hot bath and sleep on a dry bed!" Although Chapayev did not come, he  The political commissar Furmanov sent to the meeting was not a good person at the moment. A series of defeats and losses made every commander of the First Army very angry!

    "In my opinion, we might as well surround the opponent first. After all, this coalition cavalry battalion has a small number of people. If there are no fortifications in the field, we should be able to crush the opponent by using the human sea tactic to surround the opponent in all directions! I think we must use our strengths and avoid our weaknesses, and insist on  It's not a good idea to attack the opponent's established positions. They dug so many horse traps in front of the positions. How many cavalry horses will they lose?" Berklov, the commander of the 20th Infantry Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army, came up with an idea.  .

    "Siege? My dear Comrade Berklov! Have you forgotten that the main force of the coalition forces chasing behind us is at most a day's journey away from us. If it hadn't been for the help of the weather, the enemy forces in Ufa might have already caught up with us.  ! Where do we have time to delay and surround each other?

    ¡°Do you expect to starve the coalition forces in the town to death or exhaust their ammunition?  When our cavalry vanguard battalion encountered the opponent for the first time in the morning, the opponent only had one platoon of troops, but each of their cavalrymen was equipped with an M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifle, and also had an M1911 Brown slung around their waist.  Ning automatic pistols, and everyone has at least two British melon grenades hanging on their waists. With such powerful firepower, how long do you plan to use to exhaust the opponent's ammunition?  Furmanov interrupted Berklov's speech rudely.

    "Then what do you think we should do? People"Are you going to charge again based on tactics?  You can't rush forward until the opponent runs out of bullets. Do you know how many bullets 9 heavy machine guns can pour out in one minute?  How many lives do you plan to use to fill the opponent's bullets?  "Burkov, the commander of the 20th Division who comes from Comrade Ulyanov's hometown, countered.

    "Anyway, siege and all that are just nonsense!" Furmanov said with a gloomy face.

    "How about? How about we select sharpshooters from the entire army, climb to a position 800 meters in front of the opponent's position, and use Mosin-Nagant rifles to kill the enemies on the opponent's position one by one like hunters hunting birds? Anyway, there are few people on the opponent's side, so kill them  One by one, even if we replace each other, we will kill each other! It is better than using human lives to fill the holes of the other party's heavy machine guns, right?" Hashimov, who had been silent for a long time, came up with a whimsical idea.

    "This is a good idea! Even if we fight one to one, we can wipe out all our opponents at the cost of 1,000 men! If we capture the weapons in the opponent's hands, it will be very useful even if we use them to deal with the main force of the coalition forces chasing after them. The opponent's forced  Artillery fire is very good, light and heavy machine guns Oh my God! If we have so many machine guns, we can even organize anti-aircraft fire to knock them down!" Chekov, the commander of the 15th Division, said with a smile.

    "Hashimov, how many sharpshooters do you have in the 31st Infantry Division? We don't have a sniper rifle with a scope. How difficult is it to hit the target by visual shooting at a distance of 800 meters? I, Tukhachevsky, dare not say that I shot  We hit the target!" Army Commander Tukhachevsky was a little moved.

    "Where can I find a sharpshooter with so much time? At a distance of 800 meters, I don't need a scope and just use an ordinary Mosin-Nagant rifle to hit the target? Especially now that the wind is so strong, it is simply talking nonsense!" This time it was Berkloff who objected.  !

    "In my opinion, we should organize volley shooting, and use volley guns to organize a firepower density that can compete with the opponent's machine guns! Otherwise, all other methods are nonsense! There is no hope of success!" Furmanov finally said what he said  idea.

    "You pull me down and you're volleying, how close do you have to climb? 500 meters or 300 meters? Volleying requires sufficient density. Can you create a machine gun fire density with a rifle 1,000 meters away? You're in a hurry and seeking medical attention!"  Hashimov jumped out to object!
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