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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 445: Dawn under a river of blood?

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    Although Yegorov did not wait until the two detours of the Budyonny Cavalry Division started fighting south of Buzuluk Town, and the Second Brigade led by the Political Commissar of the Cavalry Division Shadenko theoretically should still have the radio station intact after crossing the river.  , but they never answered the call from the Army Headquarters.

    In desperation, Yegorov launched three infantry regiments alone to attack the town of Buzuluk from three directions. The main regiment of Ust's 23rd Infantry Division took the lead in leaping out of the trenches from the easternmost section of the front and shouting.  They assaulted forward in a skirmish formation, and the two Maxim wheel-type heavy machine guns on both wings also opened their camouflage among the numerous fake machine gun positions at the rear of the position and fired at the coalition positions.

    On the one-kilometer-wide eastern section of the front north of Buzuluk town, more than 2,000 remaining men of the main regiment of the 23rd Infantry Division of the 9th Army of the Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army jumped out of the trenches shouting "Ula" like a tide and rushed towards the coalition positions to the south.  Come here, the momentum is overwhelming!

    In this era, there was no true human sea tactics and intensive charge formations. The charging Soviet Red Army soldiers were separated by about four to five meters to the left and right, and the front and rear were also separated by four to five meters. Therefore, Uth  The formation of more than 2,000 people from the main force of the 23rd Division was actually about 50 meters thick and 1 kilometer wide. At a glance, they were already overwhelmed by a sea of ??people.

    The heavy machine gun firepower point on the northern front line of Buzuluk Town did not fire. Division Commander Nezhkov's order was to put the enemy at a position of 600 meters before starting to attack them. At this position, the enemy had no way to reach the village or store.  , to run back to the open space behind is a full 500 meters, and to rush up, there is still a life and death distance of 600 meters.

    Of course, Nezhkov did not believe that China would launch a charge without an ambush in the 1-kilometer trench at the 800-meter position in the middle section. Yegorov would not leave such a big loophole to allow himself to defeat his attacking troops one by one.

    The Soviet Red Army should either not attack. Once it attacks, it should attack across the 4-kilometer front and let its defensive forces focus on one thing and lose the other. This is the only correct approach. Nezhkov does not believe that Yegorov will not see this.

    Of course, the losses of the attacking side are often greater than those of the defending side. This is an inevitable price. If the battle can be won, Yegorov actually made a decision in his heart. Even if the casualties are as high as one-third, which is 10,000 people,  If he could capture the town and open up a gap to break through, then he would continue to fight this tough battle to the end.

    After the three main regiments of the 15th, 16th and 23rd Divisions that launched the main attack, the two regiments of the 17th Division and the 19th Division were waiting to enter the starting position and trenches. Yegorov pinned his hopes on the attack of Inza's 15th Division on the left  direction, for this reason, the 20 heavy machine guns and two mountain guns of the heavy machine gun battalion were strengthened on the machine gun positions in this direction.

    The machine guns and mortars on the coalition positions never fired, which made the attacking Soviet Red Army soldiers both excited and anxious. Of course, they were also running out of breath, waiting for the 2,000 men of the 23rd Division in the eastern section to rush in.  After reaching 800 meters, more than 2,000 soldiers of the 16th Infantry Division in the trenches of the Soviet Red Army at the middle 800 meters also jumped out of the trenches and charged forward with shouts. The two Maxim heavy machine guns reinforced on the wings also lifted off.  Wearing camouflage, we began to provide fire support.

    At the same time, more than 2,000 soldiers of the Inza Division in the trenches 1,100 meters away in the western section finally jumped out of the trenches and launched an attack on the coalition positions in the south. However, these 2,000 soldiers of the Inza Division were obviously different from Kikweize and Kikweize.  Ust's troops were different. They just rushed forward without shouting "Ula~~~"

    At this time, the 4,000 Red Army soldiers attacking in the eastern and middle sections formed a large diagonal protrusion with overwhelming momentum, while the Inza Division in the western section fell about 300 meters behind.

    The impact of 6,000 men from Yegorov's three infantry divisions on a four-kilometer-wide position formed a gray rush, and the deafening sound of urrahs resounded throughout the battlefield.

    Finally, the sound of platoon mortars first came to mind on the coalition position, and the target was the 6 heavy machine guns that the Soviet Red Army had already fired. Then, the 12 air-cooled Browning heavy machine guns of the three battalions on the coalition position finally fired.  Revealing his ferocious face, he tore off his disguise and began to roar. Twelve tongues of hot flames sprang out from their respective gun barrels and rained down on the charging Soviet Red Army skirmishers.

    The flames of the coalition's heavy machine guns plowed down countless charging Soviet Red Army soldiers, and the scorching fire formed a death zone on the battlefield. The Soviet Red Army soldiers who were lucky enough not to be knocked down fell to the ground and rolled around looking for anything to cover themselves.  Even if there is a depression or shallow pit in the grass, many Red Army soldiers will use their shovels, bowls, cups and even their hands to dig out the slippery grass soaked in the blood of their dead and wounded comrades after lying down.  A simple one-man bunker.

    At the same time, the sprint of several hundred meters also exerted a huge amount of physical energy on the charging Red Army soldiers. Many of them lay on the grass with their heads in their hands, breathing with their mouths open like fish thrown on the shore, trying to get more.  Breathing a tiny bit of air into his lungs.

    At this momentAt the top are the flames of the heavy machine guns of the coalition forces flying all over the sky, and behind them are the explosions of the coalition mortars that continue to fall into their heavy machine gun positions. The battlefield is filled with smoke and blood splashes, and the whizzing sound of bullets carries a desperate dirge.  For any unlucky guy, the intimate embrace of flesh and blood and metal bullets happens everywhere on the battlefield!

    The coalition's battalion mortars never fired, nor did the two artillery companies. Only the platoon's mortars kept making a continuous sound. 72 of the three battalions on the position of the first regiment of Nezhkov's 6th Brigade.  The firepower of the door platoon's mortars at a position of 1,100 meters completely wiped out the 6 heavy machine guns fired on the Soviet Red Army position from the opponent's heavy machine gun battalion, averaging Kulik and Malikov  The heavy machine gun battalion lost a quarter of its strength in one minute.

    Immediately afterwards, three consecutive waves of bullets hit the queue of 6,000 charging Soviet Red Army soldiers. Although the initial velocity of the mortars was slow, and most of the charging Red Army soldiers were lying on the ground to hide under the hot firepower of the coalition's heavy machine guns, this was the biggest  This greatly reduced the lethality of the coalition platoon's mortar shells after they exploded, but not everyone was so lucky. The rain of more than 200 mortar shells that exploded on the ground caused at least close to 500 casualties to the 6,000 people who charged.

    The number of Soviet Red Army infantrymen mowed down by the firepower of 12 Browning heavy machine guns on the coalition position exceeded 1,000. The blood of the dead and wounded stained the ground red, and it could be said that there was a river of blood and corpses strewn all over the ground.

    The 2,000 men of the Usti 23rd Division, who were at the forefront of the charge in the eastern section, suffered the heaviest casualties. They had lost almost one-third of their number, about 700 people. The soldiers who had charged the furthest had already reached 500 meters in front of the coalition positions.  Mi lay on the ground and fired at the coalition forces with the Mosin-Nagant rifle in his hand.

    In the middle section, the 2,000 men of the Kikweeze 16th Division were about 100 meters behind, suffering more than 500 casualties. The remaining 1,500 men lay on the ground and used their rifles in vain to shoot and contain the coalition's machine gun fire points.

    The smallest casualties were the 2,000 men of the Inza Division who fell just past the 800-meter mark at the rear. They lost less than 300 men in the impact distance of 300 meters, which was different from the troops of Kikweize and Ust.  , the main force of Inza's division did not shout "Ula" when charging and running. At this time, it lay on the ground and did not dig a bunker or use the rifle in its hand to shoot at the coalition machine gun fire points. Instead, it crawled slowly but firmly on the grass.  .

    Except for machine gunners and mortarmen, the cavalrymen on the coalition positions have not yet had a chance to fire their rifles, whether they are Mosin-Nagant mounted rifles or M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifles.  , it is by no means easy to shoot at the enemy at a distance of 500 meters to 800 meters at this time, not to mention the division commander Nezhkov¡¯s order that the enemy cannot rush into 400 meters, and the mounted rifles are not allowed to shoot!

    "Comrade Yegorov, I suggest retreating. The casualties in such a fight will be too great! The soldiers can't rush forward at all!" Political Commissar Knyagnitsky was completely stunned by the dense rain of machine guns and mortar shells from the coalition forces on the battlefield.  Frightened, the 6,000 people only rushed halfway and more than 1,500 people were killed or injured. It seemed that they could hardly rush forward any further. The political commissar's voice trembled and he grabbed Yegorov's arm and whispered.

    Yegorov¡¯s arm holding the telescope is as solid as a rock. The casualties on the battlefield have not exceeded his expectations. Is the firepower of the coalition forces on the opposite side limited to this?  If so, Yegorov felt that he had seen a glimmer of light.

    The division commanders Inza, Kikvedze, and Ust around Yegorov were all livid. The division commanders Inza, Kikvedze, and Ust around Yegorov were all livid. Sami  And Khadinyev's face didn't look good either.

    Among everyone, especially Ust, the main force of this group was used as cannon fodder to attract the attention of the coalition forces. It hit the farthest and suffered the greatest casualties. Moreover, if Yegorov's tactics were really successful, he would be able to rush towards the opponent.  Inza's troops are also in the position, and his own team is nothing but the beauty of adults. Of course, Usti can only knock out his front teeth and swallow it himself. Now is the critical moment for united efforts to break through.

    In the words of Army Commander Yegorov when he launched the pre-attack mobilization, "If we rush over, the Ninth Army will become the only Red Army unit in the entire Southern Front that has defeated the coalition forces in ground position battles. The most glorious Red Army unit. If we cannot rush through, we will simply  Cancel the number!¡±
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