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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 752 (1) Enemy on Three Sides

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    After the White Guards attacking here were repulsed, Pavlov did not stop and ordered the artillery to continue to the northwest. The infantry of the 8th Kazan Infantry Division, which occupied the middle position, launched another fierce artillery attack. Due to the Russian-style  The firing range of the 76mm field artillery exceeded 7 kilometers, so Pavlov's artillery cut off almost another battalion of the troops of the 8th Division of the Kazan White Guards who occupied the 5-kilometer trench in the middle.

    The three regiments of the 1st Kameshin Infantry Division did not even enter their first line of position, but hid in the anti-gun holes on the second line of position 500 meters behind to watch the show. At this moment,  The cavalrymen of the 4th Cavalry Division of the 1st Kazan Army of the White Guards, who had returned from the demilitarized buffer zone in the southeast, finally traveled more than 20 kilometers within an hour and reached 3 kilometers away from Pavlov's southern line position and began to rest.  and prepare to attack.

    By 7:15, Pavlov's Kameshin 1st Infantry Division, Budyonni Cavalry Regiment and eight Soviet Red Army artillery batteries were in a dangerous situation surrounded by enemies on three sides.

    July 31, 1918 7:15 Simbirsk "Western Battlefield"

    After the Soviet 10th Army and the 8th Army suddenly withdrew southward before dawn, the 1st Kameshin Infantry Division, which stayed behind to break up the rear and attract the attention of the White Guards, became the target of public criticism. Due to the Soviet Red Army infantry on the western defense line,  The 41st Division, under the command of its commander Alexander Nikolayevich Tkachev, withdrew southward in advance and moved to the positions of the 13th and 15th Infantry Divisions of the original 8th Army. On the Simbirsk front line, the Soviet Red Army only had Kacha  The 1st Metshin Infantry Division still stood firm and held its position.

    The 5th Cossack Cavalry Division, which had returned from the non-military buffer zone, had already joined the 6th Cossack Cavalry Division from the northwest. Of course, the original decapitation operation to attack the 10th Army Headquarters of the Soviet Red Army  Surprisingly, nothing happened. In the town of Vishkema, where the 10th Army Headquarters of the Soviet Red Army was located, in addition to a lot of chickens and feathers, broken shoes, broken gun bolts, etc., the Soviet Red Army caught several local people.  The Soviet Russian people interrogated and the result was that the Soviet Red Army put the entire town under martial law in the middle of the night, and then disappeared after dawn!

    "Of course, the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of troops" "It is impossible to evacuate without traces and witnesses. After a round of detours, what can be confirmed is that the main force of the Soviet Red Army has all withdrawn southward!  The tired 5th Cavalry Division couldn't muster up the energy to pursue. It would be too risky for one cavalry division to pursue two armies What if Voroshilov and Gidis set up pocket formations in the south to prepare for an ambush?  Woolen cloth?  What's more, the 5th Cavalry Division participated in a night attack last night and suffered heavy casualties. They hid in the demilitarized buffer zone in the second half of the night and were too nervous to get a good night's sleep.

    As a result, the commander of the 5th Division, Bayramov, took his cavalry to rest in the town of Veshkema, make fire, cook, and catch up on sleep. Of course, the Cossacks also rummaged through the boxes and boxes to pick up the Soviet 10th Army and withdrew.  It was Yang Luo who didn't have time to take it away. Pots, pans, bedding, torn leather boots and other random things were all snatched away.

    The commander of the 6th Cavalry Division, Mikhail Mikhailovich Bagayev, had no choice but to lead his cavalry division to chase south. The cavalry sprinted more than 20 kilometers in one hour, and people and people  The horses were actually dripping with water, as if they had just been fished out. The reason why Bageev chased south was because of the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Division, Alexei Vasilyevich Ko. "Beiyang 1917 Seventh  Chapter 152 (1) "Enemied on three sides" Bin made great achievements in holding back Tukhachevsky's 1st Army in Saransk.

    Pyatov, commander of the 4th Cavalry Division, and Bayramov, commander of the 5th Cavalry Division, led their respective cavalry divisions to great achievements in yesterday's night attack. At this time, it was their own 6th Division who was facing the enemy on the way south.  The defenders of the Western Cluster have not lost even a mile of travel. As a result, the division's record is still a blank slate. How can this be done?  Bayramov and his 5th Division have always been a domineering leader. They rested when they were told to rest, and captured when they were told to seize. Instead of staying here and suffering, it is better to pursue them southward alone.

    In this way, at 7:20 a.m. on July 31, 1918, on the battlefield west of Simbirsk, the 5th Cavalry Division of the 1st Kazan Army stayed in Vishkema to rest and standby to make fire and cook.  In the western section, the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions, which were detouring to the southwest, encountered and started a battle with the 41st Infantry Division of the 10th Army of the Soviet Red Army, which was holding on to the original 8th Army's defense line on the west after retreating south!

    Neither side had artillery in this battle. The 41st Infantry Division, under the calm command of the division commander Alexander Nikolayev "Beiyang 1917" Tkachev, relied on a heavy machine gun battalion reinforced by the group army, plus the division's subordinates.  The heavy machine gun battalion fought with the 1st and 2nd Cossack Cavalry Divisions, which had twice their own number. The battle was very fierce. Both sides used heavy machine guns as fire support. The Cossack cavalry had twice as many people, but the Soviet infantry  The 41st Division relied on the town of Neserzgan in Bazar as its core and relied on the powerful terrain to carry out a tenacious blockade.

    Since the north-south Bazar River crosses the center of the town and becomes a natural line of defense,Therefore, the Cossack Cavalry Division had to go a long way upstream or downstream to make a detour, and neither side had artillery support. Although Tkachev's 41st Infantry Division suffered increasing casualties, the Cossack Cavalry on the other side of the river tried to attack the town.  The 1st and 2nd Divisions were really at their wits' end. Without the Bazar River as a hindrance, the two cavalry divisions would have outflanked and detoured, and with their sabers waving, they could have taken the enemy's position from behind.

    However, the current in the middle section of the Bazar River is still quite fast and deep. Almost all the two cavalry companies sent out to brave the machine gun fire of the Soviet Red Army to rush across were killed in the river, a real "blood flow"  Chenghe

    As a result, Andrei, the commander of the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division, was so impatient that he simply abandoned Djorkashev's 2nd Cavalry Division to hold back the Soviet Red Army defenders on the other side. He then led the 1st Cavalry Division to turn around and continue to penetrate south.  As the battle continues, it is an undoubted fact that at least the main force of the Soviet 10th Army and the 8th Army have withdrawn south. As for how far the opponent has withdrawn and where to go, how can we figure it out without catching up?  ?

    In this way, the time soon reached 7:30. Kolchak's 1st Cavalry Division was located about 32 kilometers northeast of Kuznetsov, while Cholkashev's 2nd Cavalry Division was in Pakistan.  Confrontation with the 41st Infantry Division of the Soviet Red Army in the town of Zarnesezgan!
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