Beiyang 1917

The leader of the cavalry squadron walking behind, Mei Tsuzaburo, was shocked, and ordered the remaining two squads to disperse machine guns to occupy the position and prepare mortars. At the same time, he quickly got off his horse and observed with binoculars. Obviously, the first squadron walking ahead suffered casualties. More than half of the remaining troops were lying on the ground in a hard fight. Listening to the sound of gunfire and watching the flames, the opponent's old Maozi had at least one battalion of troops on three sides.

Lieutenant Ume-Tsuzaburo ordered the communications corps to send a report to the wing headquarters. Our army was ambushed by the enemy ten kilometers south of the main force. The size of the enemy army was being scouted.

To say that the Japanese cavalry is actually not as effective as the Japanese infantry, but this cavalry reconnaissance squadron is directly under the regiment headquarters. The individual soldiers are of good quality, the combat effectiveness is strong, and the infantry coordination is also good. It takes less than 3 minutes, and the two teams behind The positions have already been fired, and at this time the M1917bra Browning squad machine guns equipped by the coalition to the cavalry reconnaissance squadron can reflect the lightness and practicality. Although the two squadrons only have 6 7.62 Browning squad machine guns, But it quickly suppressed the firepower on the opponent's position with sound and sound.

At the same time, six 6mm platoon mortars also began to show their power. In just two short bursts of 60 mortar shells flew over, they silenced the opponent's two Maxim heavy machine guns, and then the mortar shells shot at the opponent one after another. Basically, where the firepower is dense, there will be mortar shells from the Japanese army, and the firepower of both sides will ebb and flow.

The reconnaissance battalion of Constantine's Fifth Division, which had twice as many troops, couldn't bear it anymore. The soldiers were forced to fight with mortars and machine guns from six opposing squads. The casualties increased sharply. The political commissar of the battalion was killed in battle , the battalion commander had to order a retreat, and the main force of the division was still three kilometers behind. If he really persisted until the main force came up, there would not be many people left in his battalion.

Here, Mei Tsuzaburo's two teams fought steadily from both wings, and quickly brought back the remaining 30 people from the first team. During the retreat, Ume-Tsuzaburo ordered machine guns and mortars to cover in place, and the rest of the cavalry mounted their horses to pursue, and even blew the charge horn!

Now the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side is no longer hiding, and ran away like a fool. In fact, Mei Tsuzaburo's move is also a dangerous move. If the enemy's brigades are coming one after another, his squadron can make money It's not good, but fortunately, he didn't really intend to chase far, but wanted to catch some prisoners and ask them for confessions.

As a result, the Soviet Russian reconnaissance battalion was in the dark and evacuated from its original position. The machine guns and mortars of the Japanese army chased and beat the opponent's buttocks. After groping around, he actually caught a few wounded Red Army soldiers who hadn't escaped.

Before the gunfire stopped, Mei Tsuzaburo squatted beside his mount and interrogated the captives. The cavalry dragged up an old man whose thigh was seriously injured by a mortar shell. -Tsu Saburo asked the Russian translator to ask for a long time, in exchange for the other party to spit on Mei-jin's face with bloody saliva. Already out of breath!

The next two captives were not so pretentious, and honestly reported the troop number and direction of action, "Sogar! It really is the two divisions of the Fifth Army. Now, I, Mei-Tsaburo, should stand in front of Commander Ishihara. It's done!"

Mei-jin hurriedly ordered the radio operator to report to the wing, and the enemy confirmed that it was the fifth division of the Soviet Russian Fifth Army in Siberia, followed by the fourth division led by the political commissar of the army!complete!

The radio operator here had just finished sending the report and before he could take back the telegram, there was a sudden sound of killing in front of him, and the darkness was overwhelming in the distance. The three regiments of the Soviet Red Army rushed up all over the mountains and plains in the night, Mei Tsuzaburo was startled. Jump, blow the horn and order the entire squadron to retreat.

Finally, the infantry were chasing and the cavalry were fleeing. The opponent had no artillery and limited machine guns. Ume Tsuzaburo's cavalry reconnaissance squadron managed to escape.

In this battle, 210 Japanese cavalry reconnaissance squadrons fought against a reconnaissance battalion of 420 people. The result of the battle was that the cavalry squadron killed 23 people and injured 36 people. Of course it was Ume Tsu Saburo who won, but the three regiments followed by the opponent were not something a cavalry squadron could contend with, so in the end it was a tie. Flee to the north and retreat.

In this battle, since both sides captured the wounded soldiers of the other side and asked for confessions, the deployment of troops was soon revealed. As for the first cavalry captured by the Japanese army, Kojiro, how he made a confession is unknown. Anyway, Konstantin soon learned that it was only a Japanese cavalry regiment of the coalition forces, with more than 4000 people, who was responsible for intercepting the area east of Almetyevsk in person!

Kojiro really doesn't know how many main forces the coalition forces have in Almetyevsk, but at least some of the 23000 Soviet Russian prisoners of war and wounded soldiers still stay in Almetyevsk.

"Comrade Political Commissar, the situation is very serious. The results of the interrogation of the Japanese wounded soldier in the coalition army came out. The other party was in the north of Almetyevsk. There were 5000 troops who wiped out the three divisions of our Aihe Group. One of them The mixed armored brigade is the main force. At this time, the main force of the coalition forces in Almetyevsk is not inferior to the previous one in terms of numbers and combat effectiveness. The Japanese Seventh Cavalry Regiment who came over has about 4000 people!"

Constantine introduced the situation to the political commissar Blumberg of the group army and the commander of the second division Marusky who had caught up!

"So many? So the coalition forces have at least 6 or [-] ground troops in the north, or even more? What should we do now? There is only one division on Slavin's side, how can this be fought!" Political Commissar Bu Lyumberg was so flustered that he didn't know what to do.

Although Konstantin felt very worried about Slavin and Haixin, but now is obviously not the time to discuss the situation in the west, this guy couldn't help but say,

"Comrade Political Commissar, the key for us now is that the whereabouts of our two divisions have been exposed. The next step is to continue to rush north, or turn around and turn in another direction?"

"What do you say? Fighting is the duty of your commanders. I'm just a political commissar. Where do you think we should go? What we just encountered with our reconnaissance battalion was just a cavalry squadron? How many such squadrons are there in that cavalry wing? The reconnaissance battalion has been defeated?! Konstantin, look at what troops you sent as pioneers?!

Is the battalion commander afraid of the enemy and fighting? Is he a member of the Bolsheviks?What are the ingredients at home?Did the Cheka investigate and understand? !With twice as many troops as others, they were beaten and fled. It was a shame for the Red Army. "Bloomberg was a little nervous and incoherent.

"Comrade Blumberg! Please calm down! You are the political commissar of the group army. What do the soldiers below you think?! The opponent's cavalry squadron has fewer people than us, but the quality of individual soldiers and weaponry are much better than ours. , Battalion Commander Liukin was correct when he ordered the reconnaissance battalion to retreat, otherwise the battalion might have suffered casualties on the ground, and the opponent's squadron had six machine guns and six mortars. What do we have? The mobs in the hands of the soldiers The Sinagan rifles averaged less than 20 bullets per person! There was not even a single gun! The only two Maxims were also destroyed by the opponent's mortar salvo!"

Constantine, the commander of the fifth division, roared dissatisfied!

"There are about 4000 cavalry squadrons on the other side's reinforcements, which is the appearance of the 20 cavalry squadrons that came into contact with the reconnaissance just now!" Maruski, the commander of the second division, added with a solemn expression.

"Twenty squadrons? Doesn't that mean that the opponent has 120 machine guns and 120 mortars? The firepower is too strong. I think we should retreat in another direction? You can't touch eggs with stones!" Bloomberg Said in a panic.

"Changing the direction, it's easy for you to say, we've been exhausted from the south for dozens of kilometers, you don't plan to let us turn around and go back to Brigoma?" Constance couldn't help but taunted, Retreating is a matter of advancing and never retreating. Otherwise, if you go back and forth in vain, not only will your morale and physical strength drop sharply, but the timing will also be completely delayed, so retreating is absolutely unacceptable!

"Comrade Commissar! We have the strength of two divisions, a total of 4000 Red Army soldiers! If the opponent's 25000 cavalry can stop us, then there will be no way for us to go on the Ufa Great Plain! Alme Dievsk has at least 30000 to [-] main coalition forces. A little further west, there is at least one cavalry division and a mixed armored brigade of the enemy. These are the main coalition forces that wiped out the three divisions of Eich!

If you go to the east, Ufa is in the east. Although I don't know how many enemy troops there are in the direction of Ufa, Tukhachevsky and his 16 people were defeated and retreated all the way under the city of Ufa!Do you think our two divisions are more powerful than the 10,000+ people in the southern cluster?At the beginning, Tukhachevsky had 33 companies in the artillery alone, but now our two divisions don't have a single gun! " Marusky also yelled at the political commissar of the army group!