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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 384: The Pride of Gregory

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    July 13, 1918 8:50 Sterli Tamak Town

    "Strange! Why does the enemy seem to be retreating? Xiao Zhao, go find the battalion commander!" Battalion instructor Zhu Biao shouted while using a telescope to look at the movements of the Soviet Red Army 2 kilometers away in the northwest corner.

    Although the Allied Cavalry Battalion, which became more and more courageous in the Vietnam War, had not yet received support from the Ufa Allied Air Force, it relied on the favorable terrain and existing fortifications to repulse the opponent's three consecutive attacks. At this time, from the battalion commander Li Fugui to the lower company  The morale of the soldiers inside was quite high. No, battalion instructor Zhu Biao was a little unprepared when he saw that the enemy was breaking up camp and looked like he was about to withdraw.

    "Wait for me to come up and take a look!" Battalion Commander Li Fugui just went to interrogate the captured cavalry company commander in person, but found nothing. Now he just returned to the yard of the battalion headquarters, gritting his teeth and still thinking about a mere incident just now.  The Soviet-Russian cavalry company commander was frustrated and resentful.

    "There is no reason to withdraw now? The opponent's casualties are close to 2,500. These 1,800 corpses are still lying on the position. How can we just withdraw?" Li Fugui went up to the attic and looked at the opponent's position with a telescope.  movement.

    "But it really looks like an evacuation. You can see that they are already dismantling the tents. These old guys haven't slept all night, and now they have lost three battles in a row. Where are they going? Do they still have the energy to continue?  Withdraw a few dozen miles?" Zhu Biao pondered.

    "Ha, just retreat. Ask the fifth company to prepare horses. If the opponent really withdraws, send a company to follow behind. If nothing happens, harass them. It will not let the fish get off the hook, but it will also scratch the opponent's itch!" Li Fugui!  Obviously, I am a little complacent. This cavalry battalion can be regarded as three victories in three battles. It knocked out one of the opponent's regiments. If the battles were fought this way, we would not be afraid of the Soviet Red Army no matter how large it was. We would eat one of their regiments today.  Kill one of his brigades tomorrow, and Tukhachevsky's First Army can be deorganized in a week.

    "Battal Commander, I think we need to be more careful. Although the opponent has lost a regiment, there are still tens of thousands of people left. Didn't Ufa report that Tukhachevsky led three infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade?  Well, this morning we only saw one division and one cavalry brigade of the other side, not the other two divisions hiding on the side ready to bite us and cut off our retreat," battalion instructor Zhu Biao said solemnly.  road.

    "Well, what you said makes sense, but if the enemy really withdraws, we can't stay in the town. Otherwise, how can we report to Wufa and just say that the enemy's whereabouts are unknown? That would be too embarrassing for me, Li Fugui. It's hateful  The captured cavalry company commander just refused to speak, and he couldn't even ask about the situation. As you just said, you really need to be careful. I don't know where the other two infantry divisions went! "Li Fugui is in the attic!"  He walked around in circles, and then went to the window to look through the binoculars. When he saw that the enemy was really trying to run away, he felt a little anxious.

    "Battal commander, instructor, how about we seize the opportunity to catch someone who is willing to talk? That cavalry company commander of the Soviet Red Army should be killed directly!" Xiao Zhao, Zhu Biao's correspondent, was giving an idea on the side.

    "Catch your tongue. Xiao Zhao, you are so brave right now. I'll leave this glorious mission to you. Tell me how you sneaked into the camp of the Soviet Red Army and captured a prisoner. At least the other side was still alive.  There are 10,000 Russian Red Army soldiers. It's dawn again. How do you plan to capture prisoners?" Li Fugui was happy when he heard this. It would be great if he could capture a prisoner who was willing to talk, but the two armies were in front of the formation.  Both sides are staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes. How can they capture prisoners?

    "Hey! Battalion Commander, I'm not bragging. Wait until dark. When it gets dark, Xiao Ma and I will sneak into the enemy's camp. It's easy to catch a Soviet Red Army sentry and come back. Of course we can't do it now. You haven't seen the enemy on the other side.  Wan Shuang's itchy eyes are staring at us!" Xiao Zhao, the correspondent, blushed and explained hurriedly.

    "We have to think of a way, we can't let Tukhachevsky run away so easily!" Li Fugui murmured while continuing to look at the opposite side with the telescope.

    "Yes! But how can we hold the enemy back? We are afraid that the enemy will run away, and we are also afraid that the opponent will break the pot and throw them into pieces. We will fight to the death with personal naval tactics. This matter is really difficult to handle!" Zhu Biao, the camp instructor, was inattentive at the side.  I let it slip, and I felt a little timid when I waited for the words to come out, and my old face turned red for a while.

    "Hey! There is a way! I said to Lao Zhu, let's ask Tukhachevsky to send people to collect the corpses. It doesn't make sense for him to leave 1,800 dead soldiers dead in the wilderness and ignore them. Let's send people to notify the other party and call them.  Come and collect the corpses. As long as you don't bring weapons, we won't shoot! The Geneva Convention says that prisoners should be treated preferentially, so there's nothing unreasonable about us treating the enemy's Red Army soldiers who died in battle, right?" Li Fugui suddenly had an idea and shouted happily.  I noticed that my trainer's face was a little red.

    "Inform Tukhachevsky to send people to clean the battlefield? How to notify him? I won't agree to go out with a white flag!" Zhu Biao said with a smile.

    "It's a white flag, I wish you the best"Well, send someone to put the cavalry company commander back. Don¡¯t our coalition forces have the tradition of releasing the opponent¡¯s wounded? Now this guy is both a prisoner and a wounded person, and he is within the scope of preferential treatment. Let¡¯s put him back.  I gave Tukhachevsky a favor and informed him that he could send someone to clean the battlefield and collect the corpses!

    Of course, to start the ugly story, only the corpses are allowed to be taken away. Not a single weapon of the Soviet Red Army abandoned on the battlefield is allowed to be taken away. Those are our seizures. When they send people to collect the corpses, we send people to collect the corpses on the battlefield.  Drag back the firearms. No matter how much ammunition we have, there will be a time when it will be used up. We can't be lavish and wasteful!  "Li Fugui slapped his forehead and hit Zhu Biao on the shoulder.

    "Release the prisoners? Well, that's a good idea. You have to take care of a guy who refuses to speak. If you don't have time, it would be a good idea to send him back to send a message to Tukhachevsky!" Zhu Biao also agreed with his camp  long idea.

    Soon, Li Fugui and his correspondent Xiao Ma came to the room where the prisoners were held. Pushkin, the Russian company commander of the fifth cavalry company, came to translate. The guard company commander of the Soviet First Army lay down looking a little tired.  He was fast asleep on the ground with his hands tied behind his back. The two nights of traveling and the tragedy and joy of this morning's battle had exhausted Comrade Company Commander's spirit. When he was captured earlier, the coalition medical soldiers did not only provide  He bandaged him and gave him some sugar water. As soon as his body warmed up, he fell asleep.

    "Davalish! Wake up! Our leader said, let you go back and send a message to Tukhachevsky, asking him to send people to carry back the bodies of more than 1,800 Soviet Red Army soldiers on the position and bury them.  , otherwise it would be too unkind. Besides, it¡¯s summer now, and the Corpse Wilderness will stink in a few days. It¡¯s not too late to carry it back and bury it before leaving! Our chief keeps his word, as long as you guys who come to carry the corpse don¡¯t carry it with you!  If the weapon enters the battlefield and does not try to retrieve the weapon and take it out of the battlefield, we will not shoot! Do you understand?¡± The commander of the Russian cavalry company from the 3rd Ural Cavalry Division kicked the Soviet Red Army company commander who was lying on the ground.  Feet, while repeating what Li Fugui said in Russian.

    Genikoli, the captain of the guard cavalry company of the First Army Headquarters of the Eastern Front of the Soviet Red Army who was captured with a shoulder injury, came from a poor Cossack peasant family in the Don River Basin. The young man was good at riding and was good at marksmanship. After following Tukhachevsky, he came from a poor Cossack peasant family.  The big-headed soldier grew up to be the commander of the cavalry company, and he was proud of it. However, his company was completely wiped out in the morning attack. Although the army commander's call to retreat had been sounded, Gurny Goli lost all his comrades in the company and was shameless.  The people retreated, so he chose to rush to the coalition position alone.

    This tragic scene made the soldiers in front of the two armies secretly applaud the courage of this brave Red Cossack company commander. The coalition snipers were merciless when shooting, not aiming at the head but the shoulders. Of course, the guy still fell off his horse after being shot.  Come on, the impact of a rifle bullet hitting the human torso at a distance of 200 meters is far greater than ordinary people imagine. Of course, Gurney Goli is lucky. The bullet of the M1 Garand semi-automatic sniper rifle only took off this guy's shoulder.  There was a small piece of meat on it, but no bones were injured. Although there was a lot of blood, the guy was tired and hungry after he fell off the horse and fainted.

    "Let me go back? The whole company was killed in the battle! How dare I, Gurny Gory, have the nerve to go back and see the commander! Just shoot me! The Gurny Gory family cannot be shamed because of me! The Soviet Red Army and the First Army cannot be ashamed because of me.  I'm in disgrace! I'm just going to die in the hands of your coalition!" The cavalry company commander turned his head and didn't accept this.
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