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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 614 (Part 2) Heading eastward overnight

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    Xia Jianke quickly turned around and raised his binoculars to take a look. Sure enough, a group of cavalrymen ran out from the White Guards' position in the town. They looked like about ten people. They did not hold a gun or a saber in their hands. A cavalryman walking in front raised his hand.  A Mosin-Nagant rifle with a white cloth hanging on the bayonet, which was particularly dazzling in the night.

    "Strange! Could it be that the enemy is here to surrender? This is new. The opponent has at least one brigade of troops. What we just exposed was just one battalion. Where is this?" Sorokhkin, commander of the 1st Cavalry Battalion, was groping at the side.  He said with his head in his hand.

    "What are you thinking, my comrade battalion commander, if you want to surrender, the enemy will come and persuade us to surrender!" Shadenko glanced at Sorokkin angrily, then turned to the messenger of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion down the hillside.  He said, "Pass my order. The 2nd Cavalry Battalion is not allowed to fire without an order. Ask your battalion commander Qiubanov to send a platoon up and blindfold the enemy and bring them over. I want to interrogate him personally!" Shadenko ordered.

    "I tell you, battalion commander, to be careful. Although the other party is flying a white flag, they are carrying guns. Don't let others take advantage of you if you are not careful!" Belov, the chief of staff of the cavalry detachment, warned from the side.

    At this time, the 2nd Cavalry Battalion had taken over from the 1st Battalion and was hiding in the first-line temporary position less than 2 kilometers southeast of Reskovo. About 1 kilometer in the center of the positions of both sides was the Soviet Red Army just now.  The dead men and horses, and the lightly wounded who were left behind had all been rescued during the retreat. Those lying on the ground were either seriously wounded or dead.

    However, Chobanov, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Cavalry Detachment, seized the opportunity. When the opponent's machine guns stopped shooting to send a messenger, he ordered the medical soldiers to follow the cavalry platoon into battle and go to the center of the position to save the sacrificed soldiers.  Bring them all back!

    Since night had fallen, the visibility of both sides was not good. On the White Guards' side, although the reconnaissance cavalry squad came over with a white flag, they had no intention of going deep into the tiger's mouth to become prisoners of the Soviet Red Army cavalry. Their mission was to capture the enemy from the center of the position.  Among the more than a dozen corpses dropped by the Russian Red Army, one or two seriously injured but not dead bodies were taken back alive for interrogation, so as to find out the true and false situation of the Soviet Red Army cavalry team.

    On the side of the Soviet Red Army, the Chobanov platoon of the 2nd Cavalry Battalion has more than 30 people. Naturally, with its large number of people, it will not pay attention to the more than ten White Guard Cossack cavalry who are playing white chess pieces.  Seeing someone flying a white flag, maybe they are here to negotiate for surrender. The platoon leader leading the team was thinking about how to swarm up and take advantage of the blindfold to give the opponent a fat beating first, so that the other party would not dare to resist. You  Since they are flying a white flag and the number of people is small, do they have to be at our mercy?

    Since the White Guard cavalry took the lead, when the Soviet Red Army cavalry platoon galloped out to greet them, the White Guard cavalry squad had already reached the center of the position. More than ten people dismounted and actually inspected the sacrificed Soviet Russians on the position.  The bodies of Red Army soldiers came.

    The Soviet Red Army cavalry here looked confused. Some Soviet Red Army cavalry were galloping and even thinking in their hearts, these White Guards have some humanity. Why, they actually want to help us rescue a few seriously injured people?  Thinking like this, the Soviet Red Army cavalry platoon leader who led the team hit his horse hard and urged the cavalry behind him to follow quickly.

    Soon, the White Guards in the center of the position burst into cheers, apparently discovering a wounded Soviet Red Army soldier who had not yet expired. The White Guard cavalry helped the wounded Soviet Red Army soldier onto his mount, then mounted their horses one after another, issued a whistle, and actually dialed the number.  He turned his horse's head and ran straight towards Reskovo's own position.

    This is a big deal. No matter how stupid the Soviet Red Army is, they still know that they are here to capture people alive and not to negotiate. There are still three or four hundred meters between them. The cavalry platoon of the Soviet Red Army here  Chang was furious, whipping his crotch war horse, cursing angrily and leading his platoon in pursuit. Meanwhile, the roar of Maxim's heavy machine gun could be heard from the White Guards' position, and Xia Jianke could be seen looking at Xia Jianke through the telescope from behind.  At least I didn't faint from anger.

    This guy shouted at the messenger at the bottom of the hillside at the top of his lungs, "Ming Jin Ming Jin, tell that platoon to withdraw quickly! The heavy machine gun battalion is covering!"

    Chobanov, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Soviet Red Army Cavalry on the front line, was so angry that he was fuming. But at this time, it was too late to pursue him. He could only order horse-drawn heavy machine guns to shoot forward, trying to make the opponent escape.  The cavalry squad was all knocked to the ground. The problem was that the heavy machine gun position was at least 1,500 meters away from the opponent. It was impossible to hit the opponent while running around in the dark. Fortunately, his own Maxim was positioned at the enemy's muzzle.  The same is true below.

    It was obviously sheer luck to hit the cavalry targets spread out over 1,500 meters in the night. In this way, more than ten cavalrymen from the White Guards ran back under the cover of machine guns with a half-dead Soviet Red Army tongue.  The Soviet Red Army obviously suffered a big loss. The only consolation is that the platoon sent out finally escaped.Came out unscathed.

    As for the dozens of bodies of fallen Soviet Red Army soldiers lying in the center of the position, no one now doubts that they were completely killed and there is no need to rescue them!

    Shatenko could see clearly from his command position at the rear of the position, and with anger burning in his heart, he turned around and shouted to the surrounding cavalry battalion commanders, "Let's move forward! Continue eastward, let's cut off the route from Yadlin to Reskovo."  Railway line! Let¡¯s see if they dare to pursue us!¡±

    Several battalion commanders looked at each other in confusion. Belov, the chief of staff of the cavalry detachment, boldly asked, "Comrade political commissar, are we going to ignore the enemies of Reskovo?"

    "Let these tortoises hide in their shells while we head east overnight and destroy all the railway lines along the way! I still have to come to a fortification point to provide reinforcements and just wait and see. I wonder if they will come out or not.  ! It¡¯s better not to come out! Cutting off the railway lines and logistics, let¡¯s see how Kolchak can fight on the front line!¡± Shatenko jumped on his horse and rode down the hillside without looking back.

    Behind him, a group of battalion commanders mounted their horses in a noisy manner and followed behind!

    July 27, 1918 18:30 Nizhny Novgorod Soviet Volga Front Headquarters

    "What's going on at the Front Army Headquarters? Kliment Yefremovich, why did you have to call us back for a meeting? Is there something we can't talk about over the phone?" Berzin, commander of the Soviet Third Army  He yelled and broke into the combat conference room of the front army headquarters. When these guys came in, he found his chief of staff Merzheninov, the commander of the Fifth Army Kamenev, the political commissar Lyubimov, and the chief of staff Shaposh.  Nikov was already there
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