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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 454 Wild lilies also have spring

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    Nezhkov's 3rd Ural Cavalry Division of the Allied Forces is a Cossack cavalry with a strong nepotism. The division commander is Alasti Mikhailovich Nezhkov, the division chief of staff and the commander of the 6th Brigade.  It was Nezhkov's cousin Poshka Ivanovich **sky.

    The commander of the fifth brigade is Nezhkov's cousin Dominik Mikhailovich Nedev. The two commanders of the cavalry regiments under Nedev are two brothers. The eldest brother Alek  Sergei Khashikovitch Antonkov is the commander of the first regiment of the 5th Cavalry Brigade, and his younger brother Alexey Khashikovitch Antonkov is the commander of the second regiment.

    This is a young era, and it is also an era when heroes emerge in large numbers. Young Antonikov is only 24 years old, as old as his brigade commander. This guy led the 10th Regiment of the 5th Cavalry Brigade from Sorochinsk to Buenos Aires.  The reinforcements from Zuluk Town also covered a distance of nearly 90 kilometers all morning, and the people and horses were very tired.

    After the artillery company and the regiment's guard company were stationed east of Buzuluk town and placed under the personal command of the division headquarters, according to the division commander's order, the regiment commander Antonikov led his cavalry regiment to pursue southward and pursued them in one breath.  After traveling for thirty kilometers, we actually got behind the cavalry brigade led by Shatenko, who was captured by the Soviet Red Army in a roundabout way.

    Antonikov the Younger was more violent and impatient than his brother Antonikov the Great. He asked the vanguard battalion to follow the opponent's rearguard, and he led the main force of the cavalry regiment to take a detour from the east. Due to the arrival of Sorochinsk,  The road conditions along the way to Buzuluk were a little better than those to the west, so the mount managed to run one more time.

    In the end, the coalition cavalry regiment led by Antonikov Jr. had a great battle with the cavalry brigade led by Gorodovich, led by the political commissar of the Soviet Red Army Cavalry Division Shatenko.

    Although Shatenko was the political commissar, he directly handed over the operational command of the second brigade to the brigade commander Gorodovikov. The second cavalry brigade, composed of the Kalmyk Cavalry Regiment, of course required the creation of this heroic unit.  Bring it yourself.

    As the coalition pursuers, Antonikov led the main force of the regiment to the east and fought back, Gorodovikov initially thought that the opponent was just a cavalry battalion harassing troops, so he let the first regiment of the second brigade (  The Kalmyk Regiment) quietly went down to the bank of the Buzuluk River and turned northward to outflank. He and the division political commissar Shadenko led the second regiment to retreat south.

    Just like Budyonny's plan to use the sword to turn back the carbine on the west side of the Domashka River, Gorodovikov planned to lure the enemy deep and then turn back to eat the opponent's cavalry battalion, boost morale, and capture the coalition's cavalry battalion.  Machine guns and mortars enhance the firepower and weaponry of your troops.

    In the hands of the coalition cavalry, whether they are Browning squad machine guns, Browning air-cooled heavy machine guns, M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifles, or platoon and battalion mortars of two calibers, they are all among the infantry light weapons of this era.  The best, in terms of weapons and equipment of the coalition cavalry, is much better and more advanced than the Soviet Red Army cavalry, which only has Mosin-Nagant rifles.

    Gorodovikov led the second regiment to withdraw southward and set up an ambush circle in advance, allowing the commander of the second regiment, Prokofi Logvinovich Romanenko, to lead the rearguard battalion to attack the cavalry battalion of the coalition forces following behind.  The first regiment that introduced his own encirclement and circled back along the river from below the towering river bank became his secret weapon to block the enemy's follow-up troops, if the coalition forces came with more than one cavalry battalion.

    Budyonny dreamed of fighting the coalition forces in a field battle in order to avoid the huge firepower advantage of the coalition forces in positional battles. Comrade Division Commander and the 1st Brigade did not find a chance in the west of the Domashika River. Political Commissar Shadenko led the 3rd Brigade.  The Second Brigade, however, caught an opportunity east of the Buzuluk River.

    Since the main force of the regiment led by Antonikov of the coalition forces was a little far away, when the battle started, more than 500 people from the main battalion of the 10th regiment of the 5th brigade of the 3rd coalition cavalry division faced the Soviet Red Army rushing from all directions.  The entire regiment of more than 2,200 cavalrymen was ambushed. In the haste, the coalition cavalry battalion did not have time to retreat to a suitable terrain and hold on to the danger. The two sides quickly merged and fought together.

    What's more fatal is that the coalition cavalry battalion commander Shasha and the battalion guards were at the front of the team when they ran into the opponent's ambush circle. They were shot to the ground by a dense volley of guns from the opponent's ambush position near the woods. Nezhkov became  The first battalion commander of the 3rd Division was killed. The cavalry battalion, which lost its command, failed to seize the opportunity to retreat to favorable terrain to launch defense.

    The four cavalry companies of the coalition were divided by the cavalry of the other four battalions, shouting "Ula" and swinging their sabers, breaking through the formation. The Browning heavy machine guns on horseback were charged by the opposing cavalry before they even had time to move them down, set them up and shoot.  Come over and face each other, the three cavalry companies have been torn apart by Gorodovikov's cavalry regiment. Although the firepower of the Browning squad's machine guns and three M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifles per squad still gave  Gorodovikov's cavalry regiment inflicted heavy casualties.

    But in the melee, the number of troops is onlyLess than a quarter of the opponent's coalition cavalry battalion had no time to deploy heavy machine gun and mortar positions. In the field, only the fourth company, Sayazi, which was considered an established company, withdrew, and the remaining three companies were overwhelmed by the sea of ??Soviet Red Army cavalry.  , after a short and fierce fighting, more than 200 coalition cavalry were killed and more than 100 cavalry were captured, half of whom were wounded. Only one company of cavalry broke through the siege and ran out to the east.

    Gorodovikov won this battle at a heavy price. The Allied Browning squad used machine guns and M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifles to cause heavy casualties to his second regiment. Nearly 300 Soviet Red Army soldiers  The cavalry was killed, more than 500 were wounded, and the second regiment lost one-third of its strength.

    The heavy casualties of the Red Army cavalry were mainly caused by charging head-on with the opponent's machine gun fire. If all four Browning air-cooled heavy machine guns of the coalition cavalry battalion fired, this battle would not be won at all. How many Red Army cavalry charges?  It was also torn apart by the opponent's hot machine gun bullets, but in fact only the fourth company of the coalition forces was at the back, and they only had time to launch a heavy machine gun fire.

    The machine gunners of the Browning squad machine guns equipped by each platoon of the coalition cavalry were almost all Soviet Red Army cavalry who bravely and fearlessly rushed up while changing the magazine after finishing 20 rounds of ammunition in the magazine.  Cut him down with his saber.

    The battle was short and brutal, with so many casualties on both sides, but the Soviet Red Army cavalry finally won the battle. Maybe it was because the Soviet Red Army had been suffering from defeat since it set foot on the right bank of the Volga River. Maybe it was just now  The short but brutal battle inflicted heavy casualties on Gorodovikov's 2nd Regiment, perhaps as the Red Cossacks often did at Tsaritsyn.

    During the battle, more than 100 coalition cavalry prisoners were captured during the encirclement. The white Cossacks were shot on the spot by Gorodovikov's red Cossacks after a brief interrogation!  Gorodovikov and his men may have simply lost control of their emotions or needed to vent.

    Or maybe it was because of the gunshots coming from the east that the main force of the opponent's cavalry regiment had already come round to kill them. In short, more than 100 prisoners of the coalition cavalry battalion were shot dead in front of the position, which in fact declared that Gorodovikov's team was  Regarding the future fate of the troops, of course, the Red Cossacks still do not understand what kind of team the opposing coalition forces are.

    In their view, due to the ever-changing situation on the battlefield, many times it is impossible to continue combat operations with prisoners. At this time, whether it is the Soviet Red Army or the White Guards on the opposite side, shooting the prisoners of the other side is too common and is the easiest choice.

    As the division political commissar, Xia Jianke's division political department under his leadership would never stand up to oppose at this time. The Cossacks of this era, whether they were red or white, had always been cruel to their enemies.  In Geng's previous life, the red Cossacks of the Budyonni Cavalry Army were never merciless when killing their enemies. No matter whether they were prisoners or not, the father and son brothers were in different camps, so they were merciless. However, turning against each other and fighting to the death was more common!

    For the political commissar Shatenko and the commander of the second brigade Gorodovikov, although the annihilation of three coalition cavalry companies was not a big result, compared with their own casualties, which were only twice as many as others, it was still a success.  A successful battle was won in the field, and the capture was quite remarkable.

    In addition to the weapons and equipment that were damaged in the battle or destroyed by the coalition cavalry themselves, the Soviet Red Army captured the coalition's standard weapons from the battlefield for the first time, including six intact Browning squad machine guns and one air-cooled  Browning heavy machine gun, 12 60mm caliber platoon mortars, and nearly 30 intact M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifles.

    It is a pity that the eight battalion mortars deployed by the coalition cavalry battalion followed the fourth cavalry company and disappeared long ago.

    Of course, due to the destruction of the coalition forces, the number of mortar shells and heavy machine gun bullets that the Soviet Red Army soldiers could collect from the battlefield was not too many, especially the mortar shells, which only numbered more than 100. By the way, have any of them been collected?  More than fifty coalition horses were killed. Of course, the Soviet Red Army cavalry lost more than 400 horses. These more than 50 horses were not enough to supplement them.

    The time left for Shatenko and Gorodovikov to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded was far from enough. The mortar shells from the main cavalry regiment of the coalition forces that had detoured to the south had already rained down on them.

    The commander of the allied cavalry regiment, Antonikov, did not expect that his avant-garde battalion had no time to launch firepower and did not wait for him to outflank and outflank him, so he asked a cavalry regiment to make dumplings. This guy's face was livid and he yelled at the commander of the avant-garde battalion.  Sasha deserves to die!

    If you don¡¯t come back dead, you will be shot by yourself!  The 5th Brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Division was completely humiliated by the defeat of the vanguard battalion.

    Xiao Muka, the commander of the fourth company of the vanguard battalion, must be considered a smart company commander. He withdrew immediately and also brought out the battalion's mortar platoon. Two mounts who rushed too hard were killed along the way.A prisoner of the Soviet Red Army who was beaten to death and fell down.

    The first prisoner who was brought to Young Antonkov looked arrogant and refused to speak. The furious Young Antonkov picked up his saber and cut him in two. The second prisoner was spattered with the blood of his comrades.  All over the body, when Little Anthony waved his saber again, his legs gave out and he sat down and finally spoke and told everything about the situation of the Soviet Red Army.

    At this time, the enemy's troop deployment and combat intentions became clear. Little Anthony was surprised when he heard that the opponent was detouring a cavalry brigade with more than 4,500 people. He originally thought that the opponent had only one cavalry regiment, but he did not expect that it was a cavalry brigade with more than 4,500 troops.  Jonny's division political commissar led a cavalry brigade, and a regiment from the other side was taking its own retreat along the river bank from the north!

    The situation is a bit complicated, the troops are not superior, and three more companies have been lost, causing the enemy to surrender a lot of machine guns and mortars. But even so, the commander of the coalition cavalry regiment, Antonikov Jr., has an unflinching look on his face. This guy is commanding  The team continued south and west, making a circle, and reached the south of the Soviet Red Army cavalry, with its left wing leaning against the Buzuluk River, and behind it was a patch of hills and woods.

    "The second and third battalions occupied the positions and deployed machine gun and mortar firepower. The heavy machine guns and battalion mortars of the fourth battalion were left behind. The rest of the team came with me to see who the other side was!" Little Anthony Pulala took the lead.  He ran out to the north, and the fourth battalion of cavalry behind him hurriedly followed.
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