Beiyang 1917

The Political Commissar of the Fifth Army of the Soviet Russian Eastern Front Blomberg was a political worker who parachuted into the Fifth Army to monitor the commander of the Red Army, Slavin. Slavin’s strength in the Fifth Army made most division commanders and political commissars only listen to Slavin. Lavin and Chief of Staff Eher.

Except in front of the Cheka and the political commissars, what the political commissar Bloomberg says basically has no influence in front of the teachers. Of course, it is his duty and responsibility to make small reports to Moscow from time to time. So, everyone is not surprised, anyway, there is a commander covering it, and it is not so easy for the political commissar in the Fifth Army to eliminate the entire rebellion or let the Cheka arrest people.

Blumberg led the Siberian Infantry's Second and Fifth Divisions to start operations half an hour after the first division led by Slavin set off. The route is less than [-] kilometers southeast of Brigoma , heading northeast.

The commander of the second division, Marusky, led the second division to open the way, followed by the fifth division led by Blumberg and Constantine. The whole army did not light torches, but walked northeastward in the dark under the dim moonlight.

Because we left the main road, it was difficult to walk fast in the wilderness. Half an hour later, the faint sound of artillery came from ten kilometers to the west. It was obvious that Slavin's first division had encountered a battle with the coalition ground forces. As soon as it started, the Red Army soldiers of the two divisions along the way were sweating for their commander and Hai Xin's division, but the strength of the three divisions of the North Route Army of Ehe was unable to withstand the attack with a hammer.

No matter how good Haixin's division can fight, it's foolish to say that it can win the opponent. We can only hope that the six artillery companies and three heavy machine gun battalions following Haixin's division can play a role. Accuracy is obviously much worse than during the day, everything is unknown.

Although Maruski, the commander of the Second Siberian Division, was leading the way, he had no idea what to do in his heart. After leaving the command of the group army Slavin, he suddenly realized that his division had never fought alone. As a matter of fact, it is most likely to be unlucky to play forwards and defenders, but there are only two divisions in total, and there is no way to subdivide them.

Marusky asked the brigade commander of the first brigade of the second division, Nikolaiqi, to lead the way. The regiment opened the way. If Slavin's division broke through, it knew to place a regiment on each wing, an arrow and the three-way army behind to move forward.

Maruski's team went directly into a long snake formation, and the four-way column marched mightily to the northeast in the dark. The advantage is that the team behind will not go the wrong way, and the team in front will step on the road. To be honest, when encountering swamps and rivers, the big guys will not step in together. Of course, the same is true when encountering the opponent's ambush.

Almetyevsk in the northwest is 50 kilometers away from Brigoma, and it is almost an equilateral triangle with Asnakayevo, where Ishihara is currently staying. Therefore, the two divisions led by Blumberg went north In theory, walking 50 kilometers can be parallel to Almetyevsk, that is, breaking into the arms of the Japanese Seventh Cavalry Regiment that has arrived in Aznakayevo!

"It's so dark, the old Maozi's two infantry divisions can't be faster than our cavalry. Even if they set off an hour or three hours earlier, they can walk 25 kilometers. So I judge, it's not that we didn't take the enemy, but They are still hanging around 20 kilometers south of us!" Ishihara said with a smile.

"In this case, should the cavalry reconnaissance squadron go further south to explore? They just came all the way and went out for reconnaissance only ten kilometers away," Hashimoto Goro suggested.

"No, tell them to drag the net to search. Each squad is separated by 2 kilometers. When encountering an enemy, they will shoot and call the police. I don't believe they can't find the opponent. Send a cavalry squadron to the southwest and southeast, and the main force of the rest of the regiment will Rest here and set up a position, there are two rivers to the east of Azna Kayevo, I judge that the most likely way for the opponent is to take the main road of Azna Kayevo!" In the darkness, Ishihara's smiling eyes sparkled glow.

"Your Excellency Ishihara, what if... the two divisions of the Fifth Army went south?" Hashimoto Goro said coldly, rubbing his chin.

"Eh? South? The south is Yegorov's Ninth Army of the Russian Southern Front Army, but it will be hard for them to retreat to the south. Samara, the way of the Ninth Army, has been occupied by Sun Liangcheng's Rangers. Xiang wants to rush past Sun Liangcheng I'm afraid it will be even more difficult, and that is where the Volga River bends. The water is deep and the current is fast. It is impossible to cross the Volga River region unless they take a longer route, taking Orenburg and the Urals. The first line, but there is still Li Mingzhong's South Route detour troops waiting, I'm afraid the Soviet Russian commander won't be able to make up his mind!"

Ishihara murmured with a smile. He didn't believe that the coalition headquarters in Ufa would not have considered the possibility of the enemy retreating south. However, this road is very far. Once you step on the Kazakh grassland, can you get out without getting lost? It is still a problem, not to mention that the Orenburg and Ural lines have fallen into the hands of the coalition forces. It is very doubtful how much combat power the Soviet Red Army can retain after retreating south and marching 400 kilometers on foot!

The East Route Breakout Troops of the Fifth Army drove 25 kilometers north in three hours, which is quite fast for a night march. After a 20-minute rest, the two divisions continued on the road. This time, Constantine was replaced. The Fifth Siberian Division led the battle, and the political commissar of the Army Group Blumberg followed Marusky's Second Division.

Constantine, the commander of the Fifth Division, is a well-known wise general among the commanders of the Fifth Army. He asked the division's reconnaissance battalion to open the way in front, and the three regiments lined up behind him, and he led the fourth regiment to the rear. The orders given to the three regiment leaders are also fresh. Once encountering the enemy and the battle starts, hold on to the center and keep in contact. The two regiments on the two wings can spread as far as they can. Don't be afraid that the two wings will stretch far away and be broken by others. , just go to the side, outflank and detour to the back of the opponent's position and then encircle!

From this guy's point of view, the main force of the coalition army should not have many troops in the north. Otherwise, it would not have dispatched the air force to carry out two air strikes in one day. The Fifth Army should have been attacked by the enemy's main force long ago. After eating up 3 soldiers of the Northern Route Army Group in Eich, they suffered heavy casualties or suffered from indigestion, making it impossible to continue to launch a second strike against the Fifth Army in a short period of time.

Under such circumstances, even if the coalition forces discover the direction of action of the Fifth Army at night, they will only take a defensive position to hold back the Soviet Red Army that broke through, and will be unable to launch a counterattack and offensive. Therefore, Constantine decided to let the troops Infiltrate and break through from the two wings, and use the middle to attract the opponent, and strive to win the main force that can eat the opponent's first line of defense in the first battle.

At 22:30 that night, the forward of the fifth division marching north finally encountered the reconnaissance cavalry squadron sent by Ishihara to search south. Good guy, the strength of the two sides is almost the same. Standing, the commander of the division's reconnaissance battalion, has rich combat experience. While ordering the messengers to go back to report to the division commander, he used four companies to form a pocket formation.

The Seventh Cavalry Regiment of the Japanese Cavalry, a cavalry reconnaissance squadron with about 210 members, has three squadrons under its jurisdiction. In terms of the establishment of the Japanese cavalry regiment, the original number is only one-third of the Japanese infantry regiment, but the Japanese in the coalition army The cavalry regiment attached to the three infantry divisions of the Third Army was deliberately strengthened to the same number of troops as the infantry regiment.Seriously, a cavalry wing governs 3 cavalry brigades and a field artillery brigade, 1 cavalry brigade governs 4 cavalry squadrons, a cavalry squadron governs 3 cavalry squadrons, and a squadron has 70 people!

In the encounter battle, whoever fires first will gain the advantage. The reconnaissance battalion of the Fifth Siberian Division of Soviet Russia is well-trained and equipped with good weapons and equipment. They also carry two Maxim heavy machine guns. When the battle starts, the opponent will walk in the lead. The cavalry squad was almost wiped out by half of the scorching bullets, and the rest quickly got off their horses to find cover and fight back.