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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 456 Dilemma

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    This is an era when heroes emerge in large numbers, whether they are cavalry division commanders like Red Cossack Budyonny or White Cossack Nezhkov, or Soviet Red Army cavalry brigade commanders like Timoshenko and Gorodovikov,  Or Nedev of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Allied Cavalry Division, or the slightly rough and unsteady commander of the 6th Brigade, ?ovsky, are all outstanding soldiers of this era.

    The same is true for the commander of the coalition cavalry regiment, Alexei Hashikovitch Antonkov Jr. Although this guy only has about 1,700 cavalry regiments left, he does not put the 4,500-person Soviet Red Army deployment on the opposite side.  The second brigade of Jonny's Cavalry Division took it seriously. Yes, the vanguard battalion had eaten up three companies, but the enemy it destroyed was twice as much as its own losses.

    Therefore, after using a mortar shell to severely repair Gorodovikov's cavalry, which was still cleaning the battlefield, Antonikov Jr. Shi Shiran led the fourth battalion to withdraw to its established position.

    After such a long journey of three kilometers back and forth, by the time Antonkov returned to his own position in the south, the infantry positions and machine gun and mortar firepower points of the second and third battalions had been repaired to a great extent. Of course, it was impossible to dig them out at this time.  Something like the heavy machine gun bunker covered with three layers of logs and wet mud that Yegorov's Ninth Army dug north of Buzuluk.

    A shallow trench surrounded the entire highland on the north, east, and south sides. The warhorse baggage and carriages were surrounded by the woods near the river behind the highland. The entire front was about 2,400 meters long on all three sides. Antonikov had to use it step by step.  Positional warfare to clean up the attacking Soviet Red Army cavalry.

    Of course, the other party might just feint and run away, but that doesn¡¯t matter. I¡¯ll be right behind you. As long as you stop, I¡¯ll use machine guns and mortars to repair you. If you want to ambush me again, try it. If it weren¡¯t for Shasha  The idiot was careless and fell into an ambush. Can you eat up my three companies?  There are no doors!

    At this time, Antonkov was free to remember to send a message to Buzuluk¡¯s division headquarters:

    "Our troops captured a brigade of the opponent's cavalry who were fighting in a roundabout way about 30 kilometers upstream of the Buzuluk River. In the encounter, they annihilated nearly a thousand enemy soldiers. Our troops suffered 400 casualties. We are now relying on our field positions and are preparing to continue to carry out severe attacks on the enemies.  Strike!"

    The commander of the regiment, Antonikov, is extremely crazy. This telegram is not a request for help at all. It is just a notification to the division headquarters that I have captured a brigade of the enemy and am ready to deal with it!

    The call back from the division headquarters is also simple:

    The attack launched by the main force of the Infantry Division of Yegorov Group Army on Buzuluk Town has completely failed. The enemy is retreating, but the main force still exists. The Sixth Brigade needs to catch the enemy in front of him.  We are temporarily unable to provide support to your troops. Please be careful to avoid field battles and wave battles. Sticking to the enemy and being able to follow them is a success!

    But here, when the political commissar of the Budyonny Cavalry Division, Shatenko, and the commander of the second brigade, Gorodovikov, led the remaining 1,300 cavalrymen of the second regiment to rush over, they realized that they had kicked the iron plate again.  I understand why the coalition forces on the opposite side prefer positional warfare so much, and with so little effort, they managed to form a line of defense based on a small high ground.

    This time Antonikov was not polite. When the opponent's cavalry rushed to 1,800 meters, his battalion mortars opened fire and smashed out. 32 battalion mortars with a caliber of 81mm roared and blasted each mortar.  Anti-personnel grenades weighing 3.6 kilograms were fired.

    Five consecutive rounds of shooting, 160 mortar shells were fired from 1800 meters to 1500 meters, blasting the three cavalry battalions that the Soviet Red Army rushed up to, turning the people on their backs and bleeding into rivers. The three battalions of the second regiment of the second cavalry brigade of the opposing team were instantly destroyed.  After destroying more than 400 cavalry, Shatenko and Gorodovikov had to command the troops to turn their horses' heads in a circle and withdraw from the range of the coalition mortars.

    The two sides faced each other at a distance of more than 2,000 meters. Gorodovikov's cavalry set up the air-cooled Browning heavy machine gun and tried to shoot from 2,000 meters away. After firing a few rounds, he was stopped by the brigade commander. It was purely  It was a waste of ammunition, and there were not many bullets captured in the first place. The luxury of raining down bullets from such a long distance was not something the Soviet Red Army could afford.

    As Ryabyshev led reinforcements from the Kalmyk Cavalry Regiment to the battlefield, about 3,000 cavalrymen from the Second Brigade of the Budyonny Cavalry Division surrounded the position where 1,700 coalition cavalrymen were stationed from three sides from a distance of 2,000 meters.  The two sides were at loggerheads.

    The 12 platoon mortars and five Browning squad machine guns captured by Gorodovikov were still out of range. However, the coalition obviously did not want to part with ammunition at all. Anyone who stepped into the coalition's 81mm caliber battalion forced  The enemies who fired the artillery fire were all bombarded by the opponent's mortars, which were very accurate.

    "Comrade Political Commissar, how are we going to fight this battle? The other side learned a lesson from the experience, and suddenly the battle returned to the mode of positional warfare. Although we have many people, the other side's machine guns and mortars are not simple. We only charge so many  Next, four more companies were killed!"

    Ge, Commander of the Second Brigade?Dovikov started to feel a little worried. He finally had the opportunity to eat the opponent's cavalry regiment that was hanging alone without a solid defensive position. If the opponent's machine guns and mortars, which were armed to the teeth, could fall into his hands, it would be crazy.  We might be able to fight back and rescue the main force of the group army, but if we really want to bite, we will find that the opponent is an iron hedgehog with thorns all over his body!

    "The main force of the group army cannot be contacted. There is no response to the radio call. I don't know how the battle in Buzuluk Town in the north is progressing. I am worried that both routes of our cavalry division have not been able to detour back to the south of Buzuluk Town, resulting in the failure of the main force of the group army.  To capture the town of Buzuluk, didn't the coalition prisoners say before that their regiment set off from Sorochinsk after receiving the telegram in the morning, and another regiment probably also went to Buzuluk from Neftegorsk at the same time.  reinforce!"

    Political Commissar Shadenko was obviously in a heavy mood at this time. The loss of contact with the main force of Yegorov's group army in the north gave him an unknown premonition. Could it be that the main force had failed to capture Buzuluk and had already retreated?  Why didn't you contact yourself?  Or is it that because the second brigade has been fighting the allied cavalry regiment on the opposite side just now, the brigade headquarters radio station was not turned on and the group army's call was missed?

    "Political Commissar, the division commander and the others may have been pursued by the enemy's cavalry, or maybe not, but I believe that even if the situation is not good, the division commander will have no problem leading the first brigade to retreat south. However, the main force of the northern group army may not be able to capture Buzuluk.  The prisoner said that each cavalry regiment of the 3rd Allied Ural Cavalry Division is equipped with an artillery company, and the artillery company of their regiment has been reinforced and strengthened to the town of Buzuluk! "

    Gorodovikov's judgment is obviously not optimistic. If the main force of the group army takes the town of Buzuluk, it will have no choice but to turn around and go back north to cross the Buzuluk River again and retreat to the southeast around the route of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade.  Will the coalition cavalry brigade in Buzuluk sit back and watch the main force of the group army retreat smoothly?  I'm afraid not necessarily!

    "Political commissar, brigade commander, if you want me to say, if we want to fight, we will rush forward with all our strength. We are cavalry. If the cavalry doesn't charge, dismount and shoot at others, how can we do it? If we want to fight, we will rush forward. As long as we can rush forward, no matter what  Even with the casualties and sacrifices of half of our troops, we will still make a lot of money. If we capture the machine guns and mortars of the opponent's cavalry regiment, it will be enough to arm a cavalry division. Moreover, the enemy has no other pursuers on the southern front. We can kill them in one fell swoop.  Go to Ural!"

    Ryabyshev, the leader of the Kalmyk Regiment, had eyes bright and eager to try. Just now he saw that Romanenko's second regiment was actually equipped with five Browning squad machine guns and 12 mortars that had been captured by the coalition.  There was also a new lightweight air-cooled heavy machine gun. The political commissar, brigade commander and Romanenko's guards all replaced the coalition's M1 Garand semi-automatic mounted rifles. This made the commander of the Kalmyk regiment jealous.  My ears are hot and my heart is itching.

    "It's not that simple to fight. The opponent's mortar just now can hit 2,000 meters. The power of a large-caliber mortar grenade can wipe out people and horses within a radius of 15 meters. Let's rush forward.  After so long, my second regiment lost another four companies of troops! And the opponent had at least 30 such mortars!"

    Romanenko, the leader of the second regiment, saw that more than half of his regiment had suffered casualties and only about 1,000 people were left, which made this guy's heart tremble with distress.

    "More than 30 mortars that can hit 2,000 meters?" Ryabyshev's face lit up when he heard this. He turned to Shatenko and Gorodovikov and said,

    "Political commissar, brigade commander, if we get these 30-odd mortars, let alone fight all the way south to the Urals, we can just go back and fight back to rescue the infantry division of the group army. We will suffer the loss of the coalition's firepower."  It¡¯s rare to surround the opponent, and they only have temporary field fortifications, unlike the many solid and tight trenches dug in the north of Buzuluk Town, so we can¡¯t miss this opportunity!¡±

    The leader of the Kalmyk regiment rubbed his hands with a red face, as if the new weapons of the coalition forces on the opposite side had been piled up in front of him, waiting for him to accept them.

    "Charge again? Do you think it can work? Oka Ivanovich?" Political Commissar Shatenko asked Gorodovikov next to him doubtfully. Obviously, the huge casualties have diluted the three companies that had previously eaten the opponent.  The joy of seizing the new weapons and ammunition of the coalition forces, but the unknown whereabouts of the main force of the group army made this guy uneasy.

    "It's okay, but it's not impossible. To be honest, the coalition is just a paper tiger. Political Commissar, didn't you see that we just killed three companies of the other side and captured more than 100 prisoners alive? Although these White Guards joined the coalition and were equipped and commanded,  There are many good weapons, but the saber is really no match for us. I am just worried that the troops will suffer too many casualties. The backbone of our division has never suffered so many casualties!"

    Brigadier Gorodovikov was obviously very conflicted. Like Ryabyshev, he was a little bit coveted for the weapons in the hands of the coalition. If he really defeated and wiped out the coalition regiment in front of him, it might be the entire Ufa.  The Soviet Red Army during the battleTen divisions have fought the most brilliant battle so far!

    "If you can capture the equipment in the opponent's hands and use it to arm yourself, hell, when I get back, I can directly expand this brigade into a cavalry division. No, at least two cavalry divisions can be formed!"  The embarrassing situation of being overwhelmed by Comrade Budyonny will become history forever!

    But, can you rush forward in one go?  Can you kill your opponent if you charge forward?  Just now, more than 2,000 people surrounded a cavalry battalion of 500 people and fought hard to achieve a tragic victory. Now, there are 1,700 people in the coalition forces on the opposite side!  Can you win?
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