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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 471 Crossing the River!  Cross the river!

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    After the coalition guard post on the south bank of the Belaya River discovered the Soviet Red Army cavalry appearing on the opposite bank, they immediately used the sound of gunshots to pass the message like a baton to the former enemy headquarters of Xiao Shanling, commander of the third brigade of the coalition mixed cavalry.  .  {-< Piao Tian Literature registered members recommend this work >-Net}

    This man took two cavalry battalions as a mobile force and sat 5 kilometers north of the valley where the Belaya River turns from east to west to the north. He placed a battalion of troops on the Mereuz Ferry.  , he detained all the ferries to the left bank of the Belaya River.

    Judging from the information sent back from the guard post, the Soviet Red Army cavalry unit that broke out from the other side was at least the size of a battalion when it was discovered. While Ling Xiaoshan sent a report to the Ufa Allied Forces Headquarters to report the enemy's situation, he also reported to the Japanese Fourth Army  Shunroku Hata sent a report from two cavalry brigades of the regiment chasing south from Sarawat.  Inform him that Tukhachevsky is likely to be in the cavalry unit that has moved to the upper reaches of the Belaya River.

    When receiving the enemy situation report from the Xiaoshan Order at noon, he led the troops to drive along the mountain road for two hours at 10 a.m., followed the numerous horse hoof prints at the foot of the mountain, and chased the Sixth Colonel Yanjun 30 kilometers southward. He was on a small river at the foot of the Ural Mountains.  While resting for lunch, the Japanese cavalry around them were drinking horses and eating dry food in twos and threes to fill their stomachs.

    The guy was very excited after receiving the telegram. Looking at the map, he saw that he was only more than 30 kilometers away from the upper reaches of the Belaya River. The guy called back to Xiao Shanling, the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Chinese Mixed Cavalry, and asked him to hold on to Belaya.  He waited for his two cavalry brigades to arrive, surrounded and annihilated the rest of Tukhachevsky's cavalry regiment in one fell swoop, and captured Tukhachevsky alive. Everyone shared the credit.

    After Yan Junliu sent the telegram, he hurriedly set off and led his team towards the upper reaches of the Belaya River in the south. Along the way, the horse hoof prints left by the Soviet Red Army cavalry became more and more messy. This guy was behind.  Chase, while thinking suspiciously, looking at the footprints of the opponent, there are at least 5,000 cavalry, are reinforcements coming out of nowhere?

    Although I have doubts in my heart, since the main force of the third cavalry brigade of Xiaoshan Order is driving on the south road, the sixth colonel Yan Jun, who leads two Japanese cavalry brigades, is not afraid. He thinks that even if you still have 5,000 cavalry, it is just  The defeated general has fled, but the allied Chinese cavalry has blocked the retreat. I, Yan Junliu, have made a meritorious service today.

    Besides, Xiao Shanling, the commander of the third brigade of the coalition mixed cavalry, was also a bold and careful guy in battle. He asked his commander of the first cavalry regiment, Xiao Chaogui, to lead the second battalion to station at Meleuz Ferry, and the brigade chief of staff, Xiao Chunan, led the  The third battalion was stationed in the middle section of the south bank of the upper reaches of the Belaya River, and the first and fourth battalions led by themselves maneuvered on the north side of the southwest valley of the Belaya river.

    Xiaoshan ordered first not to rush across the river to pursue him, and secondly not to concentrate his troops in one place. Anyway, as long as the Soviet Red Army cavalry wanted to cross the river, it would be within the sight of his coastal security posts. If you can't cross the river, I will wait.  Chuyan Shunroku leads two Japanese cavalry brigades from behind to surround you!

    Although the upper reaches of the Belaya River cannot be crossed by a large group of people due to the high mountains and lofty mountains, it is possible that if the Soviet Red Army is not afraid of death and dismounts and rolls down the river and floats over, it is possible. Therefore, Xiao Shanling does not want to take the risk of leaving any gaps for the opponent to take advantage of. As long as the opponent starts to  After crossing the river, under the warning of the guard post, his four cavalry battalions can appear in the needed areas at any time.

    Since there are endless coalition guard posts on the south bank of the Belaya River, the Soviet Red Army cavalry under Tukhachevsky will naturally not be stupid enough to continue marching along the north bank of the river and expose their traces, not to mention the upstream Petrolo  The Belaya River in Pavlovka Village flows from northeast to southwest, and then turns north in the valley 15 kilometers northeast of Kumertau.

    Therefore, if you drive 34 kilometers straight west from the location of Petropavlovka Village, you will be right opposite the ferry in Meleuz Town, the first large ferry in the middle reaches of the Belaya River.

    However, whether it is the group army commander Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky, or Comrade Xia Boyang, the former cavalry division commander who was now demoted to the guard battalion commander, or in other words, the acting cavalry division commander  Comrade Furmanov, who is also the political commissar, these three people are not fuel efficient.

    Xia Boyang's idea was to send an advance guard camp to the Petropavlovka village to cut down trees in a big way, and prepare to build rafts to cross the fast Belaya River. No matter whether it could be crossed or not, the posture must be adequate.  Well, for this reason, this battalion must at least assume the posture of a cavalry regiment. After three companies dismounted, they cut wood by the river to make rafts. The remaining one company led the horses of the three companies and ran around the village, pretending to be a cavalry regiment.  Troops continued to arrive in the village.

    "Vasily Ivanovich, since your idea is quite good, in the name of the commander of the army group, I re-appoint you as the commander of the cavalry division! Comrade Furmanov is removed from the position of acting division commander." Pictured  Khachevsky obviously felt that the heat was almost there, and the beatings of his love generals were enough. It would not be good for Furmanov to keep doing this.The cavalry generals below were embarrassed when they saw Xia Boyang and Furmanov reporting on their work.

    Of course, the most important thing was that the political commissar Furmanov, the acting division commander, kept nagging in Tukhachevsky's ears. One moment he said that he could no longer lead the cavalry division, and the other moment he said that the cavalry division could not do without Comrade Xia Boyang.  , in short, nothing stopped. At this time, Tukhachevsky took the opportunity to step down and resumed Xia Boyang's position as division commander.

    "Thank you for your trust, Comrade Mikhail Nikolayevich. Although Dmitri Andreevich is a good political commissar, I, Xia Boyang, will lead Xia Boyang's cavalry division.  It's just right!" Xia Boyang, whose real name is Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev, accepted the appointment as commander of the group army without hesitation, while winking at his old buddy Furmanov, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

    In fact, Xia Boyang is the Russian pronunciation of Chapayev, but in the Soviet Red Army in 1918, there were many White Guard generals and Soviet generals named Chapayev. For example, the commander of the 1st Division of the Allied Ural Cavalry was also named Chapayev.  Bayev, but the guy named Xia Boyang who will be remembered in later generations is the one in front of him, Vasily Ivanovich Chabayev.

    Tukhachevsky nodded with satisfaction after hearing this. Obviously in a difficult situation, Comrade Vasily Ivanovich's indomitable fighting will and the flexible and resourceful commander's head have not stopped working, leaving one  The cavalry battalion pretends to be the main force here and pretends to be trying to cross the river, which will mislead the coalition commander on the other side and cause the opponent's troops on the south bank of the Belaya River to concentrate here.

    "Comrade Commander, I also think the division commander has a good idea. In this way, the coalition forces on the other side of the bank are likely to be mobilized in this direction by us. Then our large forces can quickly penetrate westward to Meleu with lightning speed.  Go to the ferry, forcefully cross the Belaya River, and break through the enemy's blockade! Retreat to the left bank of the Volga River!" Furmanov, who had become a political commissar again, was obviously more comfortable with the role of deputy and praised Xia Boyang's idea.

    "This is a good idea, but if we really take the risk of crossing the Belaya River from here, won't it be counterproductive? Instead, it will attract the hungry wolf, the main force of the coalition, to this direction. I mean, what if?  You can really cross the river with a raft!" Tukhachevsky obviously thought further.

    "Mikhail Nikolayevich, didn't we all go to the shore to take a look just now? The river bank is so high and the slope of the hillside is so steep that no one can stand except for goats and horses, and the current is rolling and rapid.  , there are many reefs, and I think it is impossible to cross the river through this area. Even people can't cross it, let alone war horses!" Xia Boyang obviously did not expect Tukhachevsky to actually cross the river here!  thoughts.

    "Can you find a few warriors who are good at water, tie them with ropes, slowly go down to the river, and then swim across the river holding the wood? We can tie a safety rope to him so that the rapids cannot wash him away." Ful  Manov looked at the river bank with a telescope and suddenly thought.

    "There is an enemy guard post lurking in the woods on the other side. When our people go down to the river, let alone whether they can swim across smoothly, if they are discovered by the enemy, they may become living targets. The Belaya River is at least 200 meters wide here.  Above, it is not easy to swim through such a fast current!" Xia Boyang shook his head.

    "The old shepherd Hamichi said that for decades, bold locals have tried to swim across the river with bare hands, but the current was too fast and there were many whirlpools, so they almost never succeeded, and many good swimmers lost their lives.  If there is another enemy shooting and interception on the other side, it will be really difficult to swim over!" Tukhachevsky frowned and said thoughtfully.

    "Even if people can really swim across, what about the horses? We are cavalry. We lost our horses, and there are coalition forces guarding the other side. Although we don't know how big the force is, as long as there is one person with the same perverted combat capabilities as Sterli Tamak Town,  If we don't fight, we can't win!" Xia Boyang said anxiously.

    ¡°Obviously, although he had the idea to have a cavalry battalion pretend to be the main force to cross the river here, Xia Boyang had no intention of actually crossing the river with his treasure here.
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