Beiyang 1917

Slavin ordered the burial of the remains of the fallen soldiers on both sides, and turned around to look at the wheeled armored combat vehicles of the coalition forces. These three chariots were destroyed by the artillery group commanded by Slavin and then detonated once by the retreating coalition forces. The machine guns were all damaged and deformed. Slavin stepped forward and carefully looked at the barrel of the 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the turret. And Britain and France are not equipped yet!"

"Comrade Commander, the dead soldiers of both sides have been buried. Our side has 182 lightly wounded and 54 seriously wounded. The heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles of the other side are too powerful. The seriously wounded may not be able to survive. Please instruct the next move!" Haixin's division political commissar, Xinbike, asked for instructions in a heavy tone.

"The avant-garde regiment was changed to the rear guard, the second regiment of the second brigade was the forerunner, followed by the artillery company and the heavy machine gun battalion, and continued to pursue the retreating enemy in Brigoma! If you are injured, Hessing, go with the army headquarters Take action, leave two medical soldiers in place to take care of the seriously wounded, give them some water and food, and wait for other brother troops to take them in! The rest of the lightly wounded get on the carriage and follow the team first!"

Slavin quickly made a decision that it was a last resort to abandon the seriously wounded. It was no secret that the coalition forces gave preferential treatment to the prisoners. Aren't Eich and Lezhevski all living well?But Slavin and the commander's commissars didn't dare to tell the soldiers bluntly, they could only let them experience it for themselves. In any case, the seriously injured at least didn't need to pull the trigger on their heads like before.

Although it was inappropriate for the political commissars at all levels of the First Siberian Infantry Division to leave the wounded to the enemy, in front of the powerful Slavin and Hessing, even the political commissar of the division, Simbik, dared not talk nonsense, and the rest of the brigade The political commissars of the regiment, battalion and company were not stupid enough to stand up against throwing away the seriously wounded.

"Comrade Commander, the coalition's armored forces are too powerful and well-trained. Just now, the opponent only had one battalion of troops. But if our artillery hadn't shown their strength, the divisions of the two regiments might not be able to take down the opponent. Are we Take it as soon as it’s done, and let’s just retreat to the west?” Hai Xin finally boldly suggested.

Slavin sighed inwardly, thinking, don't I want to retreat to the west quickly?But now if you run, you won't be able to fight the battle. How can you run with two legs better than someone else's four wheels?Thinking of this, the guy waved his hand firmly and said,

"It's not time to withdraw. We are now pretending to be the main force of the group army. An armored battalion of the opponent has suffered a loss and is probably close to their main force. If we run away now, the opponent will immediately recover and know that we are retreating, so We must continue to attack, taking advantage of the restriction of the opponent's air force dispatch at night, the whole division will push forward another [-] kilometers, and then decide whether to withdraw or defend depending on the situation!"

Commander Slavin has a high prestige in his Fifth Army. Since he insisted so much, his subordinates had no choice but to obey. Fortunately, although the casualty ratio in the encounter just now was completely negligible, we finally won the battle, right? ?Therefore, the morale of the team has recovered a lot from the tension and panic in the early morning. The whole division is packed up. The second brigade commander Bi Shaofu leads a regiment to continue to open the way north. Behind him are six artillery companies and one on each side. The heavy machine gun battalion, followed by three infantry regiments side by side, and the lightly wounded all rode on the remaining multi-company horses of the army cavalry reconnaissance battalion.

The seriously wounded and the two remaining medical soldiers watched the brigade heading north with a silent expression on their faces, feeling extremely sad in their hearts. Later, a small medic swung the butt of his gun and gave these yelling guys a knock on the forehead, knocking them down unconscious.

If it weren't for the rumors that the coalition forces gave preferential treatment to prisoners on the Ufa battlefield, most of these seriously wounded people would have committed suicide, and the two medical soldiers probably would not have stayed just like that. Now, at least everyone still has some hope in their hearts , I was really captured, how could I survive?As for the decision to abandon the seriously wounded and lightly pack to break through, since the commander of the group army has taken responsibility, what does it have to do with us unlucky bastards?

Besides, what happened to the commander of the army group?Isn't Rzhevsky the commander of the Fourth Army?Isn't Aihe the chief of staff of our Fifth Army?I heard that after laying down their weapons, the coalition forces still treated the prisoners preferentially!

As Slavin himself said, of course two legs cannot run on four wheels. Since the First Siberian Infantry Division assumed the role of disguising the main force of the army to attack the north, luring the enemy and attracting the attention of the coalition forces, it must have never followed other people's reconnaissance. Avoid the saying that the troops fight such a small battle and then turn around and run away.

At nine o'clock that night, Slavin's division encountered the coalition ground forces again. It was the armored reconnaissance battalion of the opponent, but the opponent didn't wait for the artillery company on his side to put up a stance, exchanged fire with the avant-garde regiment, and ran north again. The second regiment of the second brigade suffered 200 casualties, and the opponent seemed to be unscathed, and retreated and went north again.

Slavin's artillery didn't even have time to deploy, and the heavy machine gun battalions on both wings didn't catch them. At this time, the place where the two sides came into contact was ten kilometers northwest of Brigoma, and they were running with their feet covered in sweat The Siberian infantry division stopped to rest.

"Comrade Commander, the coalition forces seem to be luring the enemy to go deep. The armored battalion disappeared early when it was about to run. It was obvious that it stopped and waited for us. Everyone is afraid that there is an ambush behind the opponent! Can we stop chasing and turn around? Went to the west??" This time, the commander Haixin couldn't help it anymore, this fellow was originally a daring master, but playing hide-and-seek with the coalition forces on this moonlit night made him extremely depressed.

Just now the brigade commander of the second brigade led the second regiment to explore the road ahead, but he was ambushed by the heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle that was ambushing. Lei, the vanguard of the second regiment couldn't even see the black lights. Several soldiers were blown away when the grenade rang, and the sound of the explosion was like a signal. A dozen soldiers suddenly appeared in the small woods 1200 meters away. With the flames of a large-caliber heavy machine gun, the avant-garde company was caught off guard and almost wiped out by the rain of bullets!

When the artillery companies behind unloaded their cannons and opened up to bombard the opponent's position, the group of armored vehicles in the middle ran away and disappeared. The people who were blown up by the grenade arranged by the other party were turned upside down, and then a group of large-caliber mortar shells roared from the sky. The two heavy machine gun battalions lost at least six carriages and horse-drawn machine guns.When the brigade chased after them, the other party withdrew early and disappeared.

If Slavin's troops won the first encounter two hours ago and boosted their morale, then the encounter at 360 o'clock in the evening was obviously the Soviet Red Army was ambushed by the opponent, and a mere armored battalion dared to ambush a division The courage of the opponent's commander is really amazing, and the use of grenades and mortars is superb. The typical hit and run. The wheeled armored vehicle of the coalition has a [-]-degree rotating turret, which can shoot at the enemy no matter whether it is attacking or retreating.

The horse-drawn machine guns of the Soviet Red Army often had to stop and turn their heads to shoot at the opponent. The gap between them suddenly became large, not to mention that the power of the Maxim heavy machine gun was far inferior to the opponent's 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine gun , the defeat in the second battle obviously severely damaged the morale of the infantry division of Slavin. This time, the division commander Haixin couldn't bear it anymore, and ran to his commander again to ask for orders:

"Comrade Slavin! The commander of the second regiment, Sabo, was killed! The vanguard company was almost wiped out. I don't object to your plan of luring the enemy and disguising the main force, but we used our two feet to chase them. Four wheels is nothing short of fantasy, the coalition forces on the opposite side have flexible and diverse tactics, so if we continue to fight like this, our casualties will be small, and when we encounter the main force of the enemy, we will not even have the strength to fight back!"

Haixin's own wound bandage was soaked in blood again, and just now the head of the second regiment was directly torn to pieces together with the vanguard company by nearly 20 large-caliber heavy machine guns of the enemy.

"How do we fight according to you? The whole division just turned around and ran to the west? Do you think the other party will not follow?" Slavin asked angrily. He was actually very annoyed himself. It's that difficult!

"Comrade Slavin, I have an idea." Hexin said, pulling Slavin with a livid face aside and whispering,

"We left three artillery companies to set up artillery positions on the spot, and then the infantry regiment, under the protection of the heavy machine gun battalion, led the other three artillery companies to turn their heads westward. After walking five kilometers, the three artillery companies set up their positions. The three artillery companies on the side will follow up again. This time, the three artillery companies will follow the infantry regiment to the west for five kilometers, and then the other three will follow up, so that the infantry can always act under the cover of our artillery group. , what do you think?"

Haixin looked at his commander expectantly, and was very proud of the way he came up with. Without artillery support, the opponent's wheeled armored vehicles were simply irresistible, and ordinary infantry had no suitable options. The means to deal with wheeled armored vehicles, and the firepower of their vehicle-mounted infantry after getting off the vehicle is also very powerful, and the squad's machine guns and mortars are used simply superbly.