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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 435 The Cavalry Brigade bleeds like a river

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    The infantry division of the 9th Army of the Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army was carrying out extensive construction projects and digging trenches and communication trenches in front of the position. Early in the morning, the soldiers of the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Ural Cavalry Division fell on the coalition position. The 6th Brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Division  The brigade commander and battalion commanders suddenly became nervous.

    The wired phones in Division Commander Nezhkov's headquarters were ringing loudly. They were all calling from the battalion positions below asking for instructions to fire to prevent the other side from digging trenches. However, without exception, Division Commander Nezhkov blocked them.  "Whoever dares to open fire without my order on the battlefield will be dismissed from his post!"

    "Division Commander, the enemy's trenches and communication trenches are getting closer and closer, and they are all within the attack range of our mortars and artillery. You just don't want to use the artillery battery to fire. We have plenty of mortar shells, so why not  Let¡¯s fight! The regimental and battalion commanders below are anxious. If this continues, the soldiers will have no confidence!¡± Nezhkov¡¯s cousin, Chief of Staff of the 3rd Cavalry Division and Commander of the 6th Brigade, **  Couldn't help but said.

    "I am so tired that I tell them to dig. When the other side has exhausted their digging power, they will no longer be able to pick up their guns and will be captured by us! You must not open fire without my order!" said Division Commander Nezhkov.  While gnawing on the green fruits picked by an orderly from the roadside in the south of the town, I just complained that my teeth were sore!

    "Division Commander, if we don't open fire, the enemy will move the heavy machine gun along the traffic trench to the newly dug trench in front and press it. Then it will be a great threat to us!" **Vsky searched for the opponent's gun with a telescope.  Every move, while muttering.

    "Well, that's good. At a distance of 1,100 meters, we can tell whether Yegorov's heavy machine gun is real or fake by looking through the telescope. When the time comes, we won't recognize the wrong door when we beat the opponent with a mortar!" Nezhko  The husband is unmoved.

    "I'm talking about the division commander, but the enemy's trench is too close to us. If Maxim were to stand there and fire, I guess he could hit the outer wall of our headquarters directly!" **Vsky said with a frown.

    "Don't worry, as long as your heavy machine gun dares to fire, it will be a piece of cake for our mortars. I'm afraid they won't fire!" Nezhkov said with a smile.

    At this time, the phone at the headquarters rang again. A staff officer from the division answered the phone, listened to a few words, and reported to Nezhkov in front of the window, "The artillery lookout post on the bell tower reported, Domashka River and Mountain  The enemy cavalry six kilometers downstream seems to be trying to cross the river. It is too far to see clearly. There are no less than one cavalry brigade!"

    "Nima, where did the cavalry go? It turned out they were taking a detour to cross the river? **Vsky, do you think Budyonny wants to retreat or wants to take our retreat?" Nezhkov frowned.  brow said.

    **Fsky looked nervous when he heard this, and shouted anxiously,

    "Hey! How is it possible that the infantry ran away before the cavalry withdrew? If we had to withdraw, Yegorov's infantry division would still have to sweat like rain and dig so many trenches in front of our position. This would be terrible. Cousin, let me tell you  This time we are at a huge loss. You didn¡¯t let the artillery fire when Budyonni¡¯s cavalry was wandering in front of the position. Now they are retreating to the north and planning to cross the river to outflank our retreat!¡±

    The unambitious chief of staff and commander of the 6th Brigade desperately looked through the binoculars, trying to find the specific location of the other party's cavalry brigade preparing to cross the river, but because the location of the headquarters was far lower than the bell tower on top of the church next to the square,  , so the view is not blocked by the rolling hills and groves, so it can¡¯t be seen clearly at all.

    "Look at how coward you are. You can't keep calm after such a little movement? But what you said makes sense. If they retreat, the cavalry should definitely stay behind instead of running away first. Budyonny must be leading the way.  The cavalry is planning to cross the river from the north and take our back route!"

    Nezhkov threw away the half-eaten green fruit in his hand, grabbed the telescope and went to the observation window to take a look. Like ?ovsky, his sight was blocked and he couldn't see that far. The guy frowned and thought.  After a while, he turned around and took the phone from the division staff officer and asked directly,

    "I am Nezhkov. Did you see clearly from the bell tower? How far is the distance? Six kilometers or seven kilometers? Less than seven kilometers. How many people are there? A lot? At least a cavalry brigade? Okay, I understand, the enemy  It's not retreat, it's death!

    After passing my order, the artillery batteries on both sides of the town opened fire immediately. The target was the cavalry brigade of the Soviet Red Army crossing the river seven kilometers northwest!  Yes, pay attention to correcting the position!  Fire now!  Report the effects of shelling at any time!  Fire 6 rounds of volleys first!  "

    As he spoke, Nezhkov threw down the phone, turned around and said to ?ovsky, "Budjoni is not a fuel-efficient person. In order to prevent this guy from leaving Yegorov's infantry division and running away, we first  Use artillery fire to teach him a lesson, and pass on my order to send a squad of cavalry mobile posts on each side of the Buzuluk River and the Domashka River to report any enemy sightings on the other side of the river!"

    Here, as soon as **Vsky heard the division commander's order for the artillery battery to open fire, he immediately cameHe was full of energy, nodded in agreement hurriedly, and muttered in his mind that Budyonni was not big when there were a lot of cavalry in front of him, but now they were running away before fighting, and the division commander's cousin also made mistakes sometimes.

    Rolling his eyes, the guy couldn't help but said, "Division commander, I don't need to be so polite to Yegorov and Budyonny. We shouldn't let go of the thousands of Soviet Red Army infantrymen who are digging trenches under our noses."  , if you ask me to use platoon mortars to bombard them, it¡¯s just right to smash the shells directly into the enemy¡¯s trenches!¡±

    Before he finished speaking, the roar of several cannons came from the center of the town. Two artillery batteries of the 3rd Cavalry Division launched an artillery bombardment at the Soviet Red Army Cavalry Brigade 7 kilometers northwest of Buzuluk Town. The first wave of artillery shells  After the fight, the sound of artillery shells falling to the ground and exploding soon came from behind the invisible woods in the distance.

    "Hey! Division Commander, the Soviet Red Army infantrymen digging trenches on the opposite side were so scared that they lay down and didn't dare to show their heads!" **Vsky said happily.

    Nezhkov ignored him and continued to observe the situation on the battlefield with his binoculars. The allied artillery fired again, which obviously frightened the Soviet Red Army infantrymen who had been digging trenches and tinkering for a long time on the opposite position. They thought that the people in the town were  The coalition forces finally used artillery against themselves.

    Thousands of Soviet Red Army infantrymen were lying in a heap with their heads in the trenches that had not yet been dug deep enough and wide enough, and even more were lying on the ground on the hillside behind the position. As a result, the coalition forces were first  Waves of artillery shells whizzed past the heads of the Soviet infantry, leaving everyone puzzled. Earlier, when the coalition artillery fired 12 salvos to annihilate the Kulik ** Artillery Regiment of the Budyonny Special Cavalry Division, the artillery was so loud that  Even if you are very accurate, your accuracy is too far off right now, right?

    When the whizzing shells exploded a few kilometers to the north, many Soviet Red Army soldiers came to their senses. Damn it, the artillery of the emotional coalition was not going to hit the infantry digging trenches under their noses, but the infantry digging trenches under their noses.  The Budyonni cavalry who are crossing the river 7 kilometers away to the north!

    ??The hearts of everyone on the Soviet Red Army position sank. Damn it, can you see it from such a distance?  Is the coalition artillery observation post in Buzuluk Town clairvoyant?

    In fact, it was extremely difficult for Budyonny¡¯s cavalry brigade to be discovered by the artillery observation posts at high altitudes of the coalition forces so late. The reason why Budyonny led Timoshenko¡¯s first brigade took so long to appear on the 7th  Kilometers away by the Domashka River, it was because this guy led the cavalry brigade all the way northward from the center along the woods.

    After walking 10 kilometers away, the guy turned west and headed west to the Domashika River. However, finding a suitable place to cross the river was not easy. Along the way, the river bank was either too high, the current was too fast, or there was mud along the river.  After several days of heavy rain, it turned into a vast ocean and swamp.

    In the end, we went all the way southward along the Domashika River from 10 kilometers away until we reached the river bank less than seven kilometers north of Buzuluk Town before we found a suitable location. Half of the time was wasted.  For more than an hour, it was inherently risky for the cavalry to wade across the river. The reason why the flow of the Domashka River at this location is relatively gentle is because the river here is nearly a hundred meters wide.

    To say that Budyonny was still quite vigilant about possible shelling by the coalition forces, Timoshenko took the lead and led Tyulenev's first regiment of the 1st brigade across the river, while Budyonny led the 1st brigade Rebar  The second regiment of Ke was still hiding in the woods 200 meters away without showing its head!

    When the coalition forces launched an artillery bombardment from the southeast to Buzuluk Town, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment was already on the other side, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions were still in the river, and just as the 4th Battalion was about to go down the river, the rumbling artillery fire  The sound and roaring artillery shells immediately caused the cavalry brigade to become a mess.

    In the first round, the coalition forces only test-fired a few artillery shells. One exploded to the north of the cavalry, two exploded to the south, and only three of the artillery shells directly hit the queue of the 4th Cavalry Battalion on the river beach who was about to go down the river.  The explosion caused Budyonny's cavalry to fly into a mess, with men screaming and horses neighing. Three grenades from the 6.5-kilogram 75mm Type 38 field gun knocked over at least two platoons of cavalry. The river was suddenly dyed red with blood.  Blockbusters.

    On the opposite side, Timoshenko and the first battalion had already stepped onto the river bank. Upon seeing this, he turned his horse's head and ordered the messengers to shout wildly at the second and third battalions who were still wandering around in the river and were confused:

    "If you continue to forcefully cross the border, don't look back! If you continue to forcefully cross the border, don't look back!"

    Here, Budyonni took the lead and rushed out from the hidden woods with the guards to personally command on the river bank.

    "Bujoni is with you, everyone, follow me! Keep on marching, don't look back, everyone move forward!"

    After shouting, Budyonny took the lead in jumping into the river and swimming to the other side. Behind him, the four cavalry battalions of the second regiment jumped out into the river and followed their division commander. The illegal crossing turned into a forced crossing and a robbery.  Budyonny knew that the first round of bombardment by the coalition forces was just a test firing to determine the position and angle. From the second round, the river beach would become a purgatory of blood and fire.

     Any hesitation or stay will cause huge casualties and chaos to the First Cavalry Brigade. The only way out is to move forward bravely, seize the time and swim through!

    Division Commander Budyonni¡¯s leading actions quickly stabilized the mood of the team. The cavalrymen of the second regiment who came out of the woods all followed the division commander¡¯s back and ran towards the river bank. They rushed to jump into the river on their horses and swim to the other side.

    The survivors of the first group and the fourth group who were originally in chaos also calmed down, turned their horses¡¯ heads and continued down the river.

    Of course, the death of the coalition's artillery did not let go of Budyonny's brave and fearless Timoshenko First Brigade. The two artillery batteries of the coalition in Buzuluk Town fired 12 consecutive rounds of salvos that made the entire Doma  Both sides of the Shika River and in the river became the place where countless Soviet Red Army cavalry died. The entire river beach and river water in the crossing area were dyed red with the blood of the fallen cavalry.

    The waves rolled with countless Red Army corpses and dead horses drifting downstream. In fact, if the current hadn't carried the swimming cavalry who were lucky enough to escape the shell explosion to the northern downstream river bank, Budyonny's cavalry brigade would have suffered even greater casualties. Of course, the casualties would have been huge.  , the rolling river water more or less suppressed and reduced the power of the shells that exploded in the water.
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