Beiyang 1917

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,nbsp;>In the early morning of July 9, 7, nearly 5000 remnants of the Fifth Army of the Eastern Front Army of the Soviet Union and the North Army, surrounded by 25 people from Jiang Hongyu's North Route Army, put down their weapons and became prisoners of the coalition forces. Chief Ekh, Commander of the [-]th Petrograd Infantry Division Kodich, Political Commissar of the [-]st Smolensk Infantry Division Bozikov, and Commander of the [-]th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army Pinsky were all captured. All were killed. {friend upload update}

In this battle, the coalition created a record for one armored mixed brigade to defeat three infantry divisions of the opponent in a night battle. Of course, the night bombing of the coalition air force also played a key role in crushing the courage of the opponent's resistance. In contrast, from the rear After outflanking, the [-]nd Ural Cavalry Division and the Japanese Cavalry Wing, which appeared in the rear of the Red Army, were nothing more than the last straw that crushed the opponent's belief in resistance.

In the battle, the three infantry divisions of the North Route Army of the Fifth Army of the Eastern Front of the Soviet Union and the six artillery companies and three heavy machine gun battalions were wiped out. Nearly 7 people were killed in battle, more than 4 people were injured, and the remaining 9 people were in dire straits. Then he put down his weapons and surrendered to the coalition forces. If the opponent was the White Guards, the rest of Eich's Red Army would probably fight to the end, but the opponent was the Allied forces, and the propaganda leaflets about the preferential treatment of prisoners by the opponent had been scattered all over the west and east of the Ural Mountains in the past six months.

After ordering the entire army to lay down their weapons and surrender, Eich took out his pistol to commit suicide, but Bozikov snatched the gun away, "Let the green hills remain, and I am not afraid of no firewood! Living is better than anything else!"

The casualties of Jiang Hongyu's troops were about 200 people, and two armored combat vehicles were lost. This was the first mass shelling of the six artillery companies on the Baikal side. Most of the wounded were shot by stray bullets from the opposing Maxim machine gun.

July 9, ri7: Ufa

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, Jiang Hongyu of the Northern Route Army sent a telegram. After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, with the cooperation of the air force, our department has completely wiped out the three infantry divisions of the opponent's southward movement, captured countless, wiped out more than 7 opponents, and captured 2 people , Among them, there are nearly 4 lightly or seriously wounded, and our department is now resting in place, asking for instructions on how to deal with the wounded and prisoners, and the direction of the next move!" Tian Jun, the director of the war room, rushed into the war room with a telegram.

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, congratulations. I didn't expect Jiang Hongyu's troops to be so powerful! Now our army has no worries on the northern front!" Utsunomiya Taro was the first to congratulate Wang Geng.

"I'm really sweating for them. It's not because I'm afraid of how strong the opponent's fighting power is. The main reason is that I'm afraid that my air force will blow up my armored force. I'm finally relieved!" Wu Peifu, the deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, was on the sidelines. He breathed a sigh of relief. {friend upload update}

"By the way, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, what about the prisoners and wounded?" Utsunomiya Taro followed up.

"Send the Japanese Cavalry Regiment to escort the lightly wounded and prisoners back to Almetyevsk. The seriously wounded are a problem. If not, we will transport them to Chistopol first." Wang Geng pondered for a while and made a decision!

"Jiang Hongyu's department will rest for a day in Chistopol, and then wait for new orders from the coalition headquarters. Order the motor transport regiment of the Almetyevsk Depot to replenish ammunition and fuel to Jiang Hongyu's department as soon as possible, and call Jiang Hongyu The Hongyu Department rushed to repair the field airfield in Chistopol, and then transported the captives above the brigade commander and above to me directly to Ufa with the air force's Handley Page 4 bomber!" Wang Geng continued.

The victories of Jiang Hongyu's department made Wang Geng make a bold decision, that is, not to give up the plan of letting Jiang Hongyu's department continue to detour to Bolgar and Jieqiuxi to cut off the opponent's retreat. Of course, Jiang Hongyu's department needs to first Rest and replenish ammunition, fuel and provisions at Chistopol.

The logistics of the coalition command is currently deployed in three car regiments in the west of the Ural Mountains, with a total of 2 Dodge [-] ton military trucks, which are used to meet the logistics supplies of the various troops in the entire theater. This is why Wang Geng wants to group Su Onan The reason for attracting as much as possible in the direction of Ufa is that the shorter the distance from Ufa and the railway line, the more powerful the logistics and transportation will be for the coalition forces that are highly mechanized and believe in firepower first.

Also this morning, the news that the three divisions of the North Route Army of the Soviet Russian Fifth Army had lost radio contact was crushed like a boulder, and it was also in the middle of the night that they arrived at the Fifth Army Headquarters in Brigoma. If there is a failure, it is impossible for the divisional radio stations and the cluster radio stations of the three divisions to have problems together.

"Comrade Commander, tell me, will Chief of Staff Eich's North Route Army encounter the main force of the coalition forces?!" Political Commissar of the Fifth Army Blomberg looked at Sla, the commander of the Army Group, who was pacing back and forth in front of him with his hands behind his back. Wen Dao.

"It's possible, but even if they encounter the enemy, it won't be too late to send a report to the army headquarters? Unless they fall into the enemy's encirclement during the march and lose their resistance soon, but who can put Aihe's Eat three divisions at once? Kolchak can't do it! You and I can't do it? Could it be that the coalition forces are so powerful?" Slavin frowned.

"The last telegram from the Army of the North was sent around [-]:[-] last night, saying that everything was normal during the night march... Could it be that they lost their way? Or the radio was out of power?" Blumberg clumsily tried to comfort himself partner.

"Wake up, my comrade! There will be no pies and puddings in the sky. The Northern Army must be in great trouble. Unfortunately, we don't have a reconnaissance plane to reconnaissance! Pass my order, and the Southern Army will immediately march south to fight for the enemy. Get to the front line of Bavley as soon as possible, and send me the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the group army north to Almetyevsk for reconnaissance!" Slavin turned his head and made a decision!

"Commander, why don't we go north? If Eich's Northern Route Army is in danger, we should race against time to reinforce it. Why continue marching south instead?" Blumberg, the political commissar, was slow to think, and for a while I didn't understand Slavin's military intentions.

"Comrade my political commissar! If Ehe's three divisions are eaten by the main force of the coalition forces, here we have only three divisions in the South Route Army. Even reinforcements in the past will not play a decisive role. Instead, they may suffer the same fate. Therefore, the top priority of the Southern Route Army is to get close to Ma Xin's Southern Group and Yegorov's Ninth Army as soon as possible, and I have a hunch that the Aihe army in the north may have encountered something unexpected!" Slavin's tone was very serious heavy!

"But what if they were ambushed by the enemy and were surrounded by the main force of the coalition forces and were waiting for help?" Blumberg asked unwillingly.

"Then their urgent telegram has already been sent! It is impossible to destroy all the radio stations of the three divisions at once? This is settled. The team will set off in half an hour and rush to the First line in Bavley! Beforehand, inform the Southern Group Command of the loss of contact with the Northern Route Army!" Slavin, the commander of the Fifth Army, thumped the table fiercely.

"But Comrade Commander, Almetyevsk is only 6 kilometers away from us, and Bavley is still [-] kilometers away from us. We expect to go south. Why don't we send a telegram asking the Ninth Army to come north and join us at Briguma? Then we will Heading northward to search? Can’t leave Eich’s Northern Route Army alone?” Political commissar Blumberg couldn’t help but ask.

"Don't you read the map? If the Northern Route Army was ambushed by the main force of the coalition forces last night, the coalition forces must have come north from Almetyevsk. In other words, Almetyevsk has already fallen into the opponent's hands , At this time, our South Route Army has only three divisions, so how can we not move closer to the South Ninth Army, what if the opponent rushes straight over? How can we resist with the disparity between the few and the few?" A little big.

"Comrade Slavin! I think you were frightened by the Allied Powers and the Allied Forces. The enemy did not have three heads and six arms. What is the main force of the Allied Forces? In the telegram forwarded by Tukhachevsky, he said that he only found the other party in Ufa. A strengthened armored regiment! If the Ufa coalition forces are strong, how can the ten main divisions of the southern group retreat calmly from the city of Ufa?" Political commissar Blumberg obviously went to the end.

"Comrade Political Commissar, the Fifth Army only has the seeds of the three divisions of the South Route Army left. I heard that the two cavalry divisions assigned to the First Army have less than one brigade left in Ufa. The Route Army has encountered an accident, and our first choice is to move closer to the Ninth Army!" Slavin patiently did ideological work for his stubborn political commissar!

"Comrade Slavin! As the political commissar of the Fifth Army, I firmly disagree with your practice of fleeing before fighting. We are the main force of the glorious Eastern Front. Even if there are three remaining divisions, we are still the main force. Don't forget that we There are still 9 artillery companies! There are also three heavy machine gun battalions! Even if we don't go north immediately to reinforce and find the Northern Route Army, we must not abandon Briguma and run directly to the Ninth Army! We can ask the south Group Command, ask Moscow for instructions!"

Commissar Blumberg's military literacy is not very good, but the party spirit of the Bolsheviks is not morning. Speaking of which, this guy is the eyeliner placed by Slavin next to Slavin, and he is always on guard against the commander of the army group The master who was betrayed by Kolcha, seeing that Slavin was about to flee before fighting, couldn't help but have doubts in his head, so he firmly opposed to retreating south!

Seeing that the political commissar could not convince himself, Slavin slapped the table angrily and said, "Okay! You don't listen to me, and your political commissar has veto power, so we'll just wait here for the Southern Group Command and Moscow's response." Call back! When the time comes, something went wrong and caused losses to the team, so don’t blame me for it!” As he said this, the guy walked out with his hands behind his back, angrily.

Political commissar Blumberg did not dare to neglect, and while ordering the whole army to be on alert, the three divisions set up a formation in the north of Briguma Town to build a field position, and at the same time ordered the cavalry reconnaissance battalion under the army headquarters to dispatch urgently to Almetye Reconnaissance in the direction of Vsk.

At the same time, in the name of the Fifth Army Command, this guy sent telegrams to the Southern Group, the Ninth Army, and Moscow, informing the Fifth Army that the three divisions of the North Route Army had lost contact, and asked the Fifth Army for the next action plan!

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