Beiyang 1917

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The three divisions of the Fifth Army of the Soviet Russian Eastern Front marched in a four-way column. The team of about 4 people dragged forward and backward for a length of six kilometers. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, they had a hot dinner at Kamala Fishing Port. On the way, the [-]th Petrograd Infantry Division was the pioneer of the whole army. The vanguard brigade of this division walked three kilometers in front of the team. Dievsk advance ≥**()

Chief of Staff Eich and Kodzic, the commander of the 95th Petrograd Infantry Division, rode horses and walked in the middle of the team surrounded by the division's guard company cavalry, "Chief of Staff! I heard that the coalition forces of the Allied Powers have already dispatched the ground in Ufa Troops?" Kodzic, the commander of the [-]th Petrograd Infantry Division, is a Red Army general from the working class and a [-]-year veteran party member of the Bolsheviks.

"Be quiet, the commander will not let this matter be publicized, or it will affect the morale of the army. A cavalry division of Rzhevsky's Fourth Army was wiped out by an armored regiment of the coalition army. Division commander Vasilyevich Captured, government affairs sacrificed! Now Rzhevsky’s 3 people are surrounded by four divisions of the White Guards in the southwest of Ufa. I guess we have to rush to Ufa to rescue the siege after the southern group joins forces, otherwise The food was gone, and Rzhevski's men either starved or were taken prisoner!"

Chief of Staff Ekh said in a low voice, while looking around in the twilight, the surrounding fields were deadly silent. Originally, the right bank of the Volga River to Ufa was a rare plain area, full of ditches and rivers, and the land was fertile. Because of the war and the fleeing of the common people, weeds were overgrown in the field and there was no grain to be seen. This made Ehe, who was a farmer, couldn't help but sigh.

"Chief of staff! Are the coalition forces really that powerful? Vasilyevich's cavalry division is the trump card of the Fourth Army, Rzhevsky's darling, and let some armored regiment serve dumplings? The combat effectiveness of the coalition forces Too exaggerated?" Kodzic's tone was full of disbelief.

"I heard that the firepower of the coalition forces is very strong. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, the King of China, believes in the supremacy of weapons. When Tukhachevsky's southern group was smashed under the city of Ufa, the ground forces of the coalition forces were basically Slavin's telegram said that all the White Guards guarding the Ufa position were Russian infantry divisions, but the machine guns and artillery were very dense, and the southern group was repelled!

The casualties are said to be far greater than the number reported to Moscow. It is even reported that there were more than 2 casualties, and they were all released by the Ufa defenders on their own initiative! "The tone of Chief of Staff Aihe is a little low, what will be the future of his team, no one can really say clearly at the moment,

"Have you not figured out how many enemies there are in Ufa? The Southern Group has a team of 16 people. Tukhachevsky is usually very good. I didn't expect a madman like him to lose the battle!" Kodi There was a hint of teasing in Qi's tone.

"Who knows, but the coalition forces of the Allied Powers have come prepared, and we lack heavy weapons and air power. The battle on the right bank of the Volga River is not easy to fight, Kodzic, I told you to ask the vanguard brigade to keep their eyes on the bright spot, and don't worry about it." The head got into the pocket of the coalition army!" Eich told Kodzic.

"Don't worry, Chief of Staff, my division is not the group of idiots under Tukhachevsky. The 4th Petrograd Division has defended Petrograd and defeated Kerensky's team. The Bolshevik soldiers are strong-willed. We are a bit short of cannons and shells, machine guns are not enough, and the number of workers in Nizhny Novgorod is insufficient, many of them were organized into worker divisions and went to the battlefield in Kazan, but it is a pity that one of them was not taken from Kazan!" Kodzic, the division commander After patting the chest, I started to feel anxious again.

"The Chinese often say that when you look at the food and eat, you just put the rice into the pot! Isn't the coalition army well-equipped? Now we have arrived at the city of Ufa. You and your division should perform well. I heard that the weapons and equipment of the coalition army in Ufa city Materials are piled up like a mountain, and there are countless heavy artillery, and when Ufa is captured, it will be ours?" Ekh encouraged Kodzic.

Along the way, a team of 3 people from three divisions walked and sang military songs for the first two hours. At 2 o'clock in the evening, they drove the North Route Army who had walked for more than three hours to complete the [-]-kilometer road. , the vanguard brigade in front reported that they did not find any enemies along the way. Of course, there were no ordinary people in the village. The right bank of the Volga River was dark at night, and it seemed that apart from our own army, there was no other life in a radius of tens of miles. exist.

After resting for half an hour, the whole army continued on the road. The commanders could still take a nap on horseback. The Red Army soldiers who marched on foot were not so lucky. Many people began to stumble and doze off, because I didn't see half of the enemy, and I didn't even hear the sound of the engine of the reconnaissance plane in the sky. I haven't heard it for a long time. How can Ehe fall asleep after seeing this going on?

From time to time, some soldiers couldn't see the road under their feet and fell into the dry ditch beside the road. The guy simply ordered to light the torches, and the team sang songs and continued to move forward vigorously. command, couldn't help but yawned and asked,

"Chief of staff, didn't the commander say that marching at night is to avoid the enemy's aerial reconnaissance? Let's light up the torches. In the night sky, the team with torches like a long snake is too ostentatious to be seen by the coalition's reconnaissance planes. Ah!" Kodzic was a very cautious commander.

"Do you think we can't see each other without lighting a torch? Let me tell you, as soon as our team left Chistopol, the reconnaissance plane of the Allied Forces in the Sky saw it. Slavin's idea is completely superfluous. Everyone knows that we He was going to meet up with the Southern Group. He could have come a few days before the coalition forces came to air strikes. He needs to come at this time? Do you know what happened to the plane? Let me tell you about that thing. The height and direction of the location are judged by ground reference objects. In such a dark day, when his plane flies over, we can see the lights on the plane ten kilometers away.”

Aihe obviously has a different view on the rapid march at night. This thing is just for psychological comfort. It is like a steel helmet worn by a soldier. It may be effective against shrapnel. It is completely impossible to prevent rifle bullets. In fact, In the dark night, the road is white, and the fields on both sides are dark. If I have 3 people marching on the road, there is a high probability that I will not be seen.

According to Aihe's thinking, during the day, his team could have three divisions marching side by side on both sides of the main road. At this moment, the lights are in the dark, so they have to walk along the main road honestly, otherwise they will be in the wilderness at all. Can't move.

It should be said that these three divisions have been marching for two days after they set off from Bolgar. The physical exertion of the soldiers was huge. Many soldiers walked slower and slower, and their heads kept pointing at the soldiers in front like chickens pecking at rice. On the rucksack, Aihe didn't dare to order rest any more. Every time he took a rest, countless soldiers lay down on the spot and fell asleep, and they couldn't get up when they set off again!

At midnight, shortly after the confluence of the three rivers, just as Kodzic, the commander of the [-]th Petrograd Infantry Division, who was riding on horseback, was also sleepy and couldn't keep his eyes open, a sudden burst of encouragement came from three kilometers ahead. The sound of gunfire scared the chief of staff Eich, who was dozing off on the horse, into a shudder. Before he could figure out the situation, he yelled:

"There is an ambush! The whole army disperses, and occupies the positions on both sides of the road! The whole army disperses! Occupies the positions on both sides of the road! Pay attention to air defense! Prepare to fight!" The fellow with his feelings kept encountering the enemy halfway, but he kept silent for fear of affecting morale.

The panicked Red Army soldiers quickly calmed down under the scolding of commanders and political commissars at all levels. The three divisions left the road in unison and crawled into the weeds on both sides of the road. He jumped off his horse and went to the side of the road, looking at the gunshots and flashes in front of him, wondering and uncertain.

"Has the Vanguard Brigade encountered the enemy? Is the gunshot from us or from the enemy?" Eich asked Kodzic beside him.

Kodzic listened intently for a while, but did not understand why, but the gunshots in front gradually faded away. After a while, the messenger from the vanguard brigade came back panting on horseback.

"Report! The vanguard brigade was blocked by the enemy's police guard post three kilometers ahead. The enemy seemed to have set up camps on both sides of the road. After fire reconnaissance, it was found that the number of enemies was unknown, but the position was very wide. Our two regiments went to both sides of the road. For a few miles, we encountered the interception and shooting of the opponent's position. Our troops suffered a lot of casualties. A brigade might not be able to rush through. The sound of the opponent's machine gun was very strange, not like Maxim! The brigade commander asked the chief of staff and division commander for instructions The next move!" The messenger's expression was not flustered, obviously the enemy on the opposite side didn't make people feel too strong.

"Chief of staff, what is the enemy's way of fighting? They came to stop us in the middle of the night? Or did they just encounter us halfway?" Kodzic asked his chief of staff nervously while holding the pistol!

Eher thought for a while, and ordered the messenger behind him, "Order the 25st Division of the Smolensk Infantry to deploy and arrange positions on the left side of the road, and order the [-]th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army to deploy and arrange positions on the right side of the road. Qi, your teacher is going up with me! I want to see who is holy and robbing in the middle of the night!"