Beiyang 1917

It stands to reason that if the two armies of the opposing sides meet halfway in the dark, it is the best policy to retreat to find a support position, and then go forward to scout and find out the reality of the other side. These three divisions did not encounter the enemy halfway, but plunged into the opponent's encirclement. (_)

The commander of the North Route Army of the Fourth Army, Aihe, immediately responded not to retreat, but to occupy the positions on both sides of the main road. , even if you want to withdraw, you have to find out the reality of the other party first!

As a result of Tukhachevsky's retreat from Ufa with the main force of the Southern Group, he lost the Ufa hat of the commander of the Group, but at least the Southern Group could clearly explain what kind of enemy forces and firepower they were facing. How can the troops of a division withdraw when they hear the enemy, even if they haven't figured out who the opponent is, how can they explain to the group army and Moscow when they withdraw, and flee in fright?

The vanguard brigade of the [-]th Petrograd Infantry Division was led by the division political commissar Zenevsky. He was surprised when he encountered the enemy on the way, and his orders were similar to those of Eich. The second regiment occupied the position on the left side of the main road, and the third regiment occupied The position on the right side of the road, follow me in a group!

As a result, the three regiments were blocked by machine gun fire from the other side at the same time as they unfolded. The sound of the gunshots sounded crisp and refreshing, and the long she and short she fired very rhythmically. It was not the familiar sound of the Maxim machine gun of the White Guards. Could it be the coalition forces on the opposite side?

This guy's vanguard brigade ran into the six-kilometer blocking position set up by the main regiment of Jiang Hongyu's second armored brigade. At this moment, less than a third of the squad's machine guns were firing!

Jiang Hongyu's intention was to lure the enemy to attack, so the 2-caliber Browning heavy machine guns on the two wheeled armored vehicles of the first armored regiment did not let them fire, so they used the bra squad to stabilize the front line with machine guns, and all the artillery also fired. silent.

Zenifsky asked the messengers to send a message to the chief of staff and division commander behind him, and at the same time ordered the three regiments under his command to send a battalion of troops to launch a tentative attack, and ordered them to occupy as much as possible a section of the enemy's trenches and find a way to capture them. Several prisoners came back to ask about the situation. ***

Jiang Hongyu, who was commanding on a small high ground behind the position, looked through the binoculars at the Soviet Russian Vanguard Brigade, which was densely packed 2 kilometers away, and then called from the positions of the second and third armored regiments. There was a force of an infantry division deployed.

At midnight on July 9, 7, which happened to be the fourth day of June, the half-curved first quarter moon sprinkled a faint layer of moonlight in the night sky. Although the line of sight was not good, it was much better than the night of the first day and the end of the month when you could not see your fingers.

"Order the second and third regiments to remain on alert. Unless the opponent launches a large-scale attack, heavy machine guns and artillery are not allowed. The squad's machine guns should also fire slowly. Don't scare the opponent away!" Jiang Hongyu was afraid that the opponent would withdraw. It's too fast, so I want to show the enemy's weakness first, and try to attract the opponent into the encirclement circle as much as possible.

"Chief of Staff, the Hawkeye is calling. A squadron of D4 reconnaissance bombers and a squadron of Handley Page 4 heavy bombers that took off from Ufa will arrive at the sky above the predetermined area in 10 minutes. Please guide the ground to bomb the target area!"

"Chief of Staff, the 2nd Ural Cavalry Division is calling. They are still [-] kilometers away from the outflanking position, and they are expected to arrive at the predetermined position in half an hour!"

"Okay! After 10 minutes, light the fire behind the position to indicate the direction. The second armored regiment and the third armored regiment each send a battalion to detour to the enemy's sides. The first armored regiment is ready to fire!" Jiang Hongyu's voice was filled with uncontrollable excitement. excited.

As soon as the former enemy commanders of the Soviet Russian Fifth Army, the Northern Route Army, Ekh and Kodich led the Second Brigade of the Fourth Petrograd Infantry Division to the front of the First Brigade, they saw a sudden burst of machine gunfire from the opposite position, and then rushed to the front of the first brigade. The sound of the artillery shells screamed and smashed down towards him, and the first brigade, the three regiments in front of the position, launched an attack in three ways, and was beaten like a fallen leaf by the opponent's fiery firepower.

The entire [-]st Brigade of the [-]th Petrograd Infantry Division collapsed, and hundreds of machine gun flames were shot from the opposite six-kilometer-wide front, harvesting and mopping up all the lives that dared to stand up within one meter in front of the position.The opponent's mortar shells flew directly from outside and plowed thousands of holes behind the Red Army's temporary starting position.

Eh and Kodzic's second brigade was thrown into a mess by the overwhelming shells and hurriedly crawled to the field to find cover. In just 5 minutes, under the heavy machine gun fire from the opposite side, the entire first brigade More than half of the first brigade suffered casualties, and the rest lay on the ground holding their heads and did not dare to lift their heads. The second brigade who came up as reinforcements was also blown up countless times by mortar shells.

"Chief of staff, chief of staff! The opponent's firepower is too fierce. There are at least five heavy machine gun battalions in the front position, and they are large-caliber bullets that have never been heard before. The first brigade is completely collapsed. What should we do now?" The division political commissar of the [-]th Petrograd Infantry Division Zenevsky rolled and crawled with the help of a few guards into a section of the dry canal where Eich and Kodzic were lying on their stomachs, their faces were completely bloodless Mud and blood.

"The second brigade organized a front on the spot to prepare for a counterattack, and ordered the first brigade to retreat to the second brigade. The heavy machine gun battalion of the division quickly seized the machine gun position to suppress the opponent's machine gun firepower, covered the retreat of the infantry of the first brigade, and ordered the group artillery company to immediately expand its position to attack The enemy's heavy machine gun positions shelled and ordered the 25st Infantry Division of Smolensk and the [-]th Infantry Division of Simbirsk to outflank each other's rear!" This fellow Eich is worthy of being the think tank of the Fifth Army. He calmly gave a series of orders.

"Chief of Staff, the enemy's situation is unknown, and the opponent's machine guns are powerful. We should retreat to a safe place!" Kodzic hugged his head to avoid the raining mortar shells, and turned to Aihe. shouted.

"Turning your head and running now is like being beaten by the enemy as a living target. You can see that although the machine guns on the opposite side are powerful, the sound of the rifles is relatively sparse, which means that there are not many people on the other side. I guess the enemy's infantry on the opposite side is at most a brigade. Never The strength of more than one division, we counterattacked to attract their firepower, and let the other two divisions turn around and outflank them from the two wings, and the ratio of three to one troops must be that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road!" Aihe pointed at Kodzic Roar, while lying on the ground and using binoculars to observe the situation on the forward position.

Meters away, the firepower of the machine guns on the opponent's frontal position is much sparser than before. Obviously, the machine guns have changed from sweeping shots to long and short shooting shots, but the dull sound of heavy machine guns seems to be beating a drum, making him lie on the ground to avoid stray bullets The hearts of the soldiers of the Red Army were tense one after another. At this time, there were almost no standing figures in the position. All the living soldiers of the first brigade were crawling and crawling back, while there were more people on the road and in the field. A dark and motionless dead body.

The opponent's mortar shells were a little thinner than before, but shells still fell from time to time, causing puffs of flesh and blood and screams.

According to the normal way of fighting, at this time, the opponent should take advantage of the victory to pursue and launch a charge. Aihe looked suspiciously at the opposite front with a telescope, and the heavy machine guns in the dark were moving slowly. Could it be an armored chariot? The heavy machine gun on the boat is firing?

"Chief of staff, chief of staff, less than one regiment was withdrawn from the first brigade, and the rest were thrown on the battlefield. The casualties of the second brigade exceeded two battalions. What should we do now?" Kodzic quickly figured out his situation. The division was the first to meet the casualties, and hurriedly crawled over to report.

At this time, the group artillery company of the Soviet Red Army, which was three kilometers away, finally launched its artillery position and began to fire. The first round of artillery shells from six companies and six mountain field artillery set off a series of explosive points in front of the opponent's position. Unfortunately, the position in the dark night The adjustments were not enough, and most of them fell in front of the position, causing almost no damage to the opponent's machine gun firepower.

"These bastards! How can you shoot the cannon! You can't see it at such a distance!" Aihe punched the ridge in front of him hard. The enemy's position opened fire, and 24 Maxims began to rain bullets on the opponent's firepower point at a distance of [-] meters.