Beiyang 1917

"Then tell me, where should I go? I said go south and you refused! There is only one enemy Japanese cavalry regiment in the north, but are you sure that our two infantry divisions can rush over? Yes, we did, We walked on two legs in the middle of the night, could we outrun the four-legged cavalry? As long as we are followed by them, the air force of the coalition forces will appear above us at dawn, what shall we do at that time?" Bloomberg waved Yelling with hands up.

Konstantin and Marusky looked at each other. Obviously, what the idiot political commissar said was not unreasonable. If he went north and broke through the cavalry regiment's line but couldn't annihilate and get rid of the enemy, there would be no way out at dawn. There is nowhere to go!

"Or? How about we go west to chase Slavin's first division?" Constantine rolled his eyes and came up with an idea.

"To the west? Didn't you say that the main force of the coalition forces is in the west? The Haixin division led by the commander doesn't know how to break through the encirclement. Wouldn't it be self-inflicted if we go west?" Marusky frowned.

"In fact, we have already fought with the opponent's cavalry just now, and the opponent will soon figure out that our two divisions are going northeast to break through. At this time, the coalition forces are likely to send troops from Almetyevsk to reinforce the one in the north. The Japanese Cavalry Wing, so at this time the strength of the west is not strengthened, but weakened, let's go west, just take advantage of this gap!" Constantine said, his eyes lit up.

"What do you mean, do you mean that we shot a feint in the northeast direction, and then copied the rear route of the enemy's troops that surrounded Haixin's division?" Marusskifu blurted out.

"Yes! That's it. From a good point of view, when the commander and Haixin's division are fighting alone, we can help them out of the siege. From a bad point of view, even if the commander and Haixin's division cannot be saved, we turn to the southwest. Retreating in the direction of Ben Samara is also a good move!" The more Constantine talked, the more he felt that this move was feasible!

When the political commissar of the Army Group Blumberg heard that he was retreating to Samara in the southwest, he immediately nodded as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and said in a hurry, this is good!Very good, go to the southwest, where the enemy is the least and the road is the shortest, and the Ninth Army is also going there. It is safer for everyone to walk with multiple companions. At that time, we only need to run faster than the Ninth Army .

Konstantin was angry and funny when he heard the words, and couldn't help but tease, "Comrade political commissar, why does it matter as long as we run faster than the Ninth Army?"

"Do you need to ask? When the coalition forces are chasing them, as long as the Ninth Army is behind them, it will be a meat shield. I have heard a story before. Two hunters went to the forest and met a bear. One said yes to the other. One, I don’t need to run faster than a bear, I just need to be faster than you!” Blumberg said as he asked the two teachers in front of him wonderingly, “Haven’t you all heard of this story?”

Konstantin and Marusky looked at each other in dismay, and shook their heads at the same time, not knowing whether to laugh or cry at the idiot political commissar's analogy.

In all fairness, Constantine didn't doubt that his two divisions would not be able to break through the encirclement of a cavalry regiment on the other side, but felt that even if he could run northeast for a while, he still couldn't find a way out in the end. Fighting guerrillas on the Ufa prairie that has been fortified and cleared?That is, breaking it into parts can escape the detection of the coalition air force in the sky. Where is the food to eat?Where's the extra ammo?The team will disperse as soon as it is ready!

Finally, the plan has been decided, and the two divisions of the Fifth Army are going to turn around and head south to the southwest, interspersing between Briguma and Almetyevsk, but in order to prevent the Japanese cavalry regiment from the north from catching up suspiciously, Constantine rolled his eyes and thought of a trick.

He built a false line of defense in front of him, and ordered to set up camp and light torches. He left a battalion of troops to guard this position and camp, and asked everyone to light 20 torches and not to extinguish them. It's as if two division-sized troops are camping and guarding!

It took half an hour to finish all this, and Constantine left all the wounded to the battalion, and asked them to persist for at least three hours before retreating, and the direction of retreat was to find the Ninth Army in the south.Constantine didn't even tell the battalion commander the actual direction of retreat of the two divisions. He only said that they turned to the south to join the Ninth Army. The purpose was to prevent the battalion from being captured by the enemy and reveal the whereabouts of the troops.

Looking back, Ishihara Wanji and his cavalry squadron, who were ready to fight, were really happy to get the report from the cavalry reconnaissance squadron. The two enemy divisions were less than ten kilometers away from him, which made Colonel Hashimoto Goro nervous at the same time. It also made Ishihara Zhongzuo gear up and prepare for a big fight.

On the one hand, Ishihara sent another cavalry squadron to meet Ume-Tsaburo's squadron. On the other hand, he ordered the main force of the regiment to start building a position two kilometers south of Aznakayevo. The formation was opened, and the mortar teams belonging to the three battalions were divided into three sections. Machine gun fire points, bunkers, and trenches were dug up smoothly.

As a result, the two cavalry squadrons withdrew for a long time, but the two enemy divisions did not attack. Ishihara Waner was suspicious, and personally took a cavalry squadron to the front for reconnaissance. The reason why he did not bring an armored company was because he was afraid of the sound of the engine in the middle of the night. Too loud to startle the enemy on the opposite side.

The result was good. The two mighty divisions of the Soviet Russian Red Army on the opposite side actually set up their camps and erected fences and fences. The torches were scattered everywhere. The patrols outside the camp were shouting passwords, and there were countless tents in the camp. .

Crawling on a mound 1500 meters away and seeing all this through a telescope, Ishihara was stunned. What kind of drama is this?Under my nose, you actually camped and didn't leave?This is so strange!This is unreasonable!

Shi Yuan's sense of smell is still quite keen. The abnormal arrangement and behavior of the Soviet Red Army made him suspicious instinctively. This guy took out his pistol and fired three shots into the sky. The three shots in the night sky were long and long. From the binoculars, I saw the gate guard of the opposite camp and the patrol team walking past quickly lying on the ground and looking around, but they did not shoot back indiscriminately, and no soldiers in the tents in the camp rushed out to enter the position.

Nima, it’s so evil, Shi Yuan simply led the cavalry squadron to move forward another 300 meters, and came to a position 1200 meters away from the opponent’s camp. You can see it more clearly from here. Although the opponent’s camp is very large and densely packed with tents, but No one moved around. After the three gunshots just now, the patrol team on the other side saw that there was no movement, so they stood up and started patrolling again.

"Nani! There is a big problem! This is an empty camp! I ordered, mortar bombardment, and the cavalry squadron got on their horses and prepared to rush in!" Ishihara smiled angrily and twisted his nose, realizing that he might have been fooled by the opponent. Lao Maozi's golden cicada's plan to get out of his shell!This guy got up from the ground and got on the horse, waving his command knife and issued an order!

The technical and tactical quality of the Japanese mortar artillery is very high. Although 1200 meters is close to the maximum range of the 60mm caliber platoon mortar made in China, the six 60mm mortars deployed by the cavalry squadron still accurately smashed the shells into the ground. On the opposite side of the Red Army camp 1200 meters away, the gate post and the two tents closest to the gate were knocked down during the second salvo. a battalion.

It was obviously an empty battalion, and only one battalion of guard troops was left to pretend to be the main force. Ishihara Waner almost went dark, and while gritting his teeth, he ordered the operator to report to the wing headquarters Goro Hashimoto and Xiong Shihui from Almeyevsk. After reporting the situation, he directed a cavalry squadron in his hand to attack the opponent!

The battalion left by Constantine put up a little resistance, and abandoned the camp and position under the bombardment of the Japanese mortars here, and scattered and disappeared in the woods to the south. Ishihara Waner used a mere 210 people The Chinese cavalry squadron won the battle, captured the camps of the opposing two divisions, and even captured more than 20 seriously wounded in a medical tent.

Ishihara Waner, who was mad by the opponent's plan to escape the shell, almost ordered the death of more than 20 captured Soviet Russians who were seriously wounded!Fortunately, in the end, this guy still gritted his teeth and did not dare to violate the repeated orders of the coalition headquarters, absolutely not allowing the slaughter and abuse of prisoners.

Of course, Ishihara Waner was a little puzzled by the results of the interrogation of the prisoners. Could it be that the other two divisions were frightened by their own cavalry regiment and ran back to the south?