Beiyang 1917

On the night of July 1918, 7, during the retreat of the five armies of the 11 Soviet Red Army on the right bank of the Volga River, the bravest and most unlucky one was the Fifth Army in the far west. After three battles, they still failed to get out of the encirclement of the coalition forces, and ended up with the entire army wiped out.

The easiest one is Yegorov's 50th Army, and Sla's [-]th Army is tossing in the northwest. Therefore, Yegorov's three-way breakout plan achieved amazing results on the first night. The division that disguised the main force With all the artillery, the heavy machine gun battalion and the lightly wounded, they withdrew [-] kilometers southwest of Samara from Bavly in one breath. Apart from the occasional engine sound of the coalition night flight reconnaissance plane in the sky, Did not encounter any interception at all.

Stepin, the chief of staff of the Third Army, even doubted whether the plan to retreat the entire army was a wrong choice. Maybe the coalition army does not have such a large force west of Ufa, and maybe the enemy has an armored brigade in Almetyevsk. That's all, but the 20 people in the five group armies on my side were scared and fled.

The division commanded by Stepin of the Third Army is the oldest Voronieri infantry division of the Third Army. After encountering a large-scale air strike by the coalition forces, there are still more than 7000 people left. This infantry division is accompanied by 9 artillery companies and five heavy machine guns. The troops of the battalion seemed to be mighty, but they were a bit of the main force. They ran all the way southwest at night for 50 kilometers and only dispersed in the woods to camp in the middle of the night. Bogdanovka, a small town more than [-] kilometers southwest of Bavly, is still [-] kilometers away from the big market town of Severnoye in the south.

The second five lightly armed infantry divisions of the Yegorovdi Army's breakout route were led by this man himself. After nightfall, they left Bavley and marched southward. This guy didn't let the carriages of the artillery company and the heavy machine gun battalion follow this road, otherwise they would be stuck in the quagmire and how could they break through.

There were only 7000 people left in each of the five infantry divisions. Yegorov personally led the Inza division to the rear, and asked political commissar Kniagnitsky to lead a division in front. The three divisions marched in parallel. This night Since there was no air strike or ground blockade by the coalition forces, and because the 16th Division of Kniveze took this road when it went north to Ufa, political commissar Kniagnitsky led the 16th Division as the pioneers to return It looks pretty good.

The five infantry divisions that Yegorov broke through walked for three hours and rested for 30 minutes, and then walked for another three hours before resting. Along the way, they crossed countless rivers and swamps on the Great Ufa Plain. It advanced 3 kilometers to the south and arrived at Yakovlevka, 70 kilometers south of Bavly, at dawn on July 7.

It is less than 6 kilometers away from a big town called Abdulino in the south. This guy has the same idea as Chief of Staff Stepin. These big towns are important targets for the coalition air reconnaissance after dawn, so they would rather camp. In wild woods and hillside depressions, don't easily enter the town to attract flies.

After the retreat of the [-]st Army, a small amount of food and seriously wounded people were left on the front line of Bavley. Taking them away was not only a drag on the team, but also could not bear the suffering of a rapid march, so they could only stay there and wait to be captured by the enemy or by themselves. If the main force of the southern cluster withdraws to the west of the Bavley line.

Of course, Yegorov's team first withdrew to the west before leaving the town, and then turned to the south after leaving the town. It was a last resort to set up doubts in this way, hoping that the remaining seriously wounded soldiers would be loyal and unyielding after being captured. Absolutely unrealistic idea.

The five infantry divisions that ran the furthest that night were not Yegorov's five infantry divisions, but Budyonny's special cavalry division of the Third Army stationed in October Town. Budyonny's cavalry unit is obviously a first-class elite However, since Moscow ordered a retreat, it is clear that the situation has deteriorated to a very dangerous level.

Budyonny's cavalry division also walked west for a few kilometers at night, then turned to the southeast and ran fast. The Budyonny special cavalry division from October Town ran 110 kilometers southeast in one night. At dawn, it arrived at the Kalinovka line, 40 kilometers east of Abdulino. This night, it was also safe and sound and did not encounter any coalition air or ground interception. The main enemies of the special cavalry division were rivers and swamps.

Budyonny was not willing to throw away two 76mm mountain cannons and the heavy machine gun battalion belonging to the division. The carriage pulling the cannons and machine guns sank countless times along the way and was dragged out by cavalry horses countless times, and finally arrived at Kalinov at dawn. Stuck in the front line, he hid in the woods around the town. Budyonny knew that the most critical part of this breakout was to avoid aerial reconnaissance by the reconnaissance planes of the coalition air force during the day.

No matter how fast the four-legged cavalry can run, it is nothing compared to an aircraft with a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour. Budyonny can't imagine what it would be like for 150 aircraft to bomb and sweep him in the air. The cowardice is not his fault, not the fault of the First Army. If it is to blame, Moscow and the Eastern Front have underestimated the enemy's situation in Ufa, and they have seriously misjudged the extent of the intervention of the Allied Forces west of the Ural Mountains.

Turning back to Ma Xin of the Second Army, because there was a division led by Hevezin who stayed behind to block the chasing coalition cavalry, so his three divisions turned to the south and then turned to the west after driving 10 kilometers. He actually escaped the search of the cavalry companies sent by Petrovich to the south and west. How could it be possible for a team of 8000 people from three divisions to walk across the plain without leaving traces?

Ma Xin's brilliance is that this guy actually ordered the team to walk along a small river in the northeast and southwest direction for a long distance before going ashore. The three divisions escaped the pursuit of the Petrovich cavalry that night in a daze, and the three infantry divisions also stopped and stopped from time to time to turn around and trample their footprints.

At the end of one night, Ma Xin, commander of the Second Army, led three infantry divisions and drove a full 60 kilometers. At dawn, he stopped to look at the map carefully and found that he had come to the vicinity of Lake Alga. km, several small rivers flow into the depression to form a lake.

The infantry division was exhausted and couldn't move forward, so Ma Xin ordered the three divisions to camp in the woods by the lake and stop. This Alga Lake is about [-] kilometers away from the main road from Milna to Bavley. Far away, there was no trace of the ground troops of the coalition forces along the way. Ma Xin and the whole army finally breathed a sigh of relief. They marched hard all night and did not dare to stop or close their eyes. Many soldiers fell asleep in the end.

Let’s talk about the First Army. Tukhachevsky left two divisions to stop the attack in Acehkovo. Originally, he had the idea of ​​throwing pawns to save the car, so after nightfall, he led three infantry divisions all the way to the southeast, one night to the southeast. The direction was inserted for a full 70 kilometers, and they also stopped at dawn to camp and hide. The place where the three divisions of the First Army stayed was Nikitino, which is 70 kilometers southeast of Milna, the distance from Ufa south to Sri Lanka. The main road in Kirrietamac is about 20 kilometers and a little less.

The three divisions of Tukhachevsky and Chapayev's remaining cavalry brigade did not encounter the coalition ground troops along the way, nor did they hear the engine sound of the reconnaissance plane flying at night. Fortunately, this night passed so peacefully. Of course, most of the two divisions who stayed to fight against the enemy were more or less fortunate, but someone must pay a sacrifice.

The night of July 1918, 7 was almost a sleepless night for everyone. The Soviet Red Army on the right bank of the Volga retreated across the board, and the Ufa Allied Forces Command made Moscow's determination so quickly a bit unexpected. Although it was a remedy for the dead, the night and poor weather conditions affected the effect of Yehang's Hawkeye pre-alarm aerial reconnaissance.

Jiang Hongyu and Xiong Shihui's troops blocked the Fifth Army from the north and west, and finally after a midnight pursuit and encirclement, they finally completely eliminated the three divisions of the Fifth Army's South Route Army. From the army commander Sla to the political commissar Blium Berg and the teachers below were wiped out.

As for the Ufayan group that launched a ground pursuit from Ufa, only Petrovich's Ural Second Cavalry Army captured the three divisions in the rear of the enemy's rear. The palm of the hand, and the 1500nd Petrovich Cavalry Brigade, which was advancing alone, was ambushed by the opponent Hevesing using the swamp and terrain, with a loss of more than [-] people. The cavalry, the Second Ural Cavalry Army was bitten.

Of course, the Soviet Red Army lost two and a half divisions on the Eastern Front, adding up to a team of 3000 people. 5500 people were killed in battle, and as many as 16000 people were wounded and captured. Less than 2000 people escaped from the encirclement and disappeared.

The two cavalry regiments that Sergey sent out from Acehkovo to the south and north that night did not find and encircle the enemy again, nor did the two cavalry regiments that Petrovich sent north and south from Milna. When the enemy was found, the troops of the Ufa First Army sent by Wu Peifu, each with two divisions, also failed to catch the enemy after exhausting their lives and rushing to the positions [-] kilometers north and south of the Milna line.

The three Russian recruit divisions of the First Siberian Army led by Wu Peifu himself arrived at Acehkovo overnight with 14000 captives guarded by a cavalry regiment of the Second Cavalry Army, just like a guard of honor at night.

1918年7月12ri早上5点，天亮后几乎所有累了一夜的双方部队在方圆200公里的乌法平原上酣然入睡，所有部队都累的够呛，而此时忙起来的则是联军的航空队，不但鹰眼1、2、3、4同时升空开始地毯式的空侦察和搜寻，另外一个队16架dh4侦察轰炸机也捡起了老本行帮着拉网式的搜寻突围后的苏俄红军部队的踪迹。

The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Wang Geng, who also hardly slept all night, also fell asleep soundly and began to catch up on sleep. Even if the coalition air force could not find the opponent's main ground force during the day, the main ground force of the coalition forces that attacked last night would need at least half of the day to recover. Expand the next step.

Wang Geng believed that the 10,000+ Soviet Red Army could not disappear without a trace overnight. Although the opponent was very smart to hide and evacuate during the day and march in a hurry at night, Wang Geng believed that with the air reconnaissance density of the coalition air force, they would definitely be able to find the opponent's retreat today. trace!