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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 442 Budyonny ran away

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    "Comrade Budyonny, I fell into the enemy's trap. I pursued the enemy with a battalion too hard and lost a company of troops during the charge" Rybalko flushed and rode his horse to Budyonny's side.  reported.

    "Ha, Rybalko, you are very courageous now. Let me see, you have lost a company, right? Then I have to congratulate you on your command. If you hesitate to retreat even a little bit, look back at the enemy yourself.  How many are there? You've done enough!" Bujoni joked to his beloved general while looking at the coalition's position 1,500 meters away.

    "I could clearly see that the opponent was a battalion of more than 500 men. I used 250 men to pretend to be at least one regiment. When the opponent saw that the situation was bad, he ran away. When he ran, if I didn't chase him, wouldn't it show that we were cowardly?  So I chased I didn¡¯t expect the opponent to set up a position quickly, and there were also five or six mortars, so we suffered a loss!

    Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko, the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Soviet Special Cavalry Division of the Soviet Red Army, while explaining to the division commander Budyonny why the battle just started, turned around,  This look is really dumbfounding. Damn it. Behind the position of a coalition battalion opposite, at least one regiment of coalition cavalry is pressing up in darkness. This is luck. If the regiment had appeared a few minutes earlier, the 250 of them would have been killed.  The other party was all glorious when the roll was gone.

    "This battle is not easy Rybalko, what did you just say? One battalion of the opponent has 2 heavy machine guns and 6 mortars? Now the coalition forces on the opposite side have at least four battalions, and so on. They have 8  To 10 heavy machine guns and more than 20 mortars, this is still a conservative estimate. It is said that a coalition battalion also has an 8-gun 81mm large-caliber mortar. I just don¡¯t know if the cavalry regiment on the opposite side is equipped with it!  "

    Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny murmured to himself while looking at the enemy on the opposite side with his binoculars.

    "It's not easy to fight, division commander. Our firepower is definitely not as good as our opponent's in a positional battle. Unless we fight hand to hand with sabers, otherwise this battle we can't fight!" Rybalko had calmed down at this time, and carefully  I used a telescope to observe the situation of the coalition cavalry on the opposite side and couldn't help but say.

    Budyonny grinned and laughed loudly, "You're right, positional warfare is not possible. The coalition's fighting style only has a few tricks. It is nothing more than avoiding field battles. They always rely on positions and rely on their machine gun firepower and machine gun firepower which are denser than ours.  Mortars are taking advantage of us, and this battle must not go their way!"

    The heroic laughter of Comrade Budyonny, the division commander, made the tense-looking cavalry division soldiers gathered around relax slightly. Following the brave Budyonny on the battlefield, the cavalry division will be invincible. This is almost a special cavalry  The firm belief of all soldiers in the division is no exception at this moment.

    Budyonny's heart was far from as relaxed as he appeared on the surface. The enemies in front of him didn't know where they came from for reinforcements. Most of them came from Neftegorsk, and he didn't know if there were any large groups following behind. Even if the enemy in front of him came from  The enemy only has one regiment, but based on the opponent's firepower, positional warfare is not something that a brigade of 3,000 cavalry can take down in one go.

    Using one's own cavalry brigade to hit the opponent's machine gun muzzle is definitely not Budyonny's style of play. Thinking of this, Budyonny ordered the messengers to recruit Timoshenko and Tyulenev on both wings, and added thunder  Bakr gave some instructions in a low voice and told them his strategy. Timoshenko and Tyulenev's eyes lit up when they heard this, and their originally solemn expressions relaxed.

    Obviously, the shock and pressure caused by the over 2,000 cavalrymen of the allied forces on the opposite side was also a lot of pressure on these two young Red Army generals. In particular, nearly three companies of Rybalko's cavalry were put down by the firepower of a battalion.  More than 100 were poured down, which made Timoshenko, the brigade commander, and Tyulenev, the commander of the regiment, also stunned.

    Timoshenko and Tyulenev, who understood the intention of the division commander Budyonny, quickly returned to the left and right wings, then turned their horses' heads with a whistle and led groups of cavalry to scatter. Brigadier Timoshenko led the  More than 1,000 cavalrymen fled to the west and retreated. The regiment commander Tyulenev led more than 1,000 cavalrymen and retreated south along the river.

    Budyonny himself, Rybalko and the remaining nearly a thousand cavalrymen of the Second Cavalry Regiment still stayed in place, but the team obviously spread out to the left and right wings, lengthening the front, and there was a strange atmosphere floating on the battlefield.

    On the opposite side of the coalition position, Antonikov, the commander of the first regiment of the fifth brigade, who had caught up with the main force, rode up the hillside. He used binoculars to look at the movement on the opposite side for a long time. He couldn't help but ask his brigade commander in a low voice, "Brigadier Commander"  , The guy in the black cloak and leather hat isn't it, is he? What are we waiting for? Let the artillery fire and we'll all retreat!"

    The positions of the two sides are separated by a distance of 1,500 meters. Negev, commander of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Coalition Cavalry Division, can clearly see the opposite side through the telescope.?The Soviet Red Army cavalry was mobilized, but this guy didn't pay attention to the two consecutive waves of Red Army cavalry that turned around and retreated. In his telescope vision, the tall man opposite was wearing a black Cossack cloak and a leather hat.  The cavalry general clearly stood out from the crowd.

    "There must be that Budyonny on the opposite side. It seems that Yegorov is not in the Soviet Red Army cavalry that is taking a circuitous route. But it doesn't matter. It would be a great achievement to catch Budyonny. I heard that this guy is from the Soviet Red Army.  He is the most favored and fastest-promoted division commander in the Southern Front, and his cavalry is also the top ace of the Southern Front. If we capture him, it will be better than capturing several infantry division commanders of the Ninth Army!"

    Nedev said decisively while observing the opponent's movements in the telescope.

    The regiment leader Antonikov rolled up his sleeves and said, "Fight, brigade commander. Let the battalion's mortars attack, and then the heavy machine guns on both wings will cover it. I will lead two battalions of cavalry to rush up and grab Budyonni for you! If you don't fight,  I¡¯m watching this old boy run away!¡±

    After hearing this, Nedev turned around and glanced at his cavalry brigade. The troops of the three battalions that had just caught up were so sweaty that their men and horses were as if they had been washed with water. Their morale was still high. After all, there were hundreds of corpses of Red Army cavalry lying 800 meters in front.  It's not ours, which means that the mythical Budyonni Cavalry Division is still made of flesh and blood and can still defeat the battle.

    "Order the battalion's mortars to dismount and deploy their positions. Target the Budyonny cavalry 1,500 meters away. Use artillery shells to drive the opponent from the wings to the center. Except for the Budyonny who want to survive, kill everyone else! Open fire immediately!" Nedev obviously said  After waking up, Budyonny might have used himself as bait to make the other two cavalry teams retreat, so he ordered to open fire!

    Sure enough, the first wave of mortar shells from the coalition forces had just been fired. In the telescope, the Budyonny cavalry 1,500 meters away had already turned their horses and fled in all directions. Thanks to the first salvo of mortars from the coalition camp,  The target of the attack was both wings, so 32 81mm caliber mortar anti-personnel grenades weighing 3.6 kilograms still fell into the scattered cavalry group of the Soviet Russian cavalry brigade as expected, setting off a bloody storm and knocking down a large swath of the Red Army.  cavalry.

    Budyonny and his cavalry did not look back. They turned around and ran toward the southwest despite the bombardment of the coalition. Although the coalition's mortars continued to extend their firing from 1,500 meters to beyond the maximum range of 2,000 meters, the opponent  The rapid evacuation formation still minimized the lethality of coalition mortar grenades.

    Although Budyonny paid the price of more than 300 cavalry casualties, he finally ran out of the mortar attack range of the coalition camp. Seeing that the opponent led away with less than 700 remaining cavalry, Antonikov shot him  Thigh yelled, "Bujoni has run away, brigade commander, hurry up and chase him! Otherwise, he will be out of sight!"

    Nedev put down the telescope, nodded slightly, and ordered, "Bring a cavalry battalion to follow. You don't need to get too close, just follow behind. You must avoid hand-to-hand combat with sabers. The opponent stops and comes to machine guns and forcibles."  When the artillery is within range, you can shoot him. If he gets too far, you can continue to follow him. I will lead the troops behind to suppress the situation for you. Keep in touch and don¡¯t underestimate the enemy and rush in!"

    "Okay! Just watch it, brigade commander." Antonkov turned around and got on his horse, drew his saber and swung it forward. He looked back and shouted, "Second Battalion, follow me! Catch up with Budyonny! Ula~  ~~~"

    The soldiers of the second battalion of the coalition cavalry mounted their horses one after another, waving their cavalry rifles and sabers, shouting "Ula~~~~" and rushed out following their regimental commander.
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