Beiyang 1917

At 1918:7 p.m. on July 12, 1, near the small town of Bogdanovka, [-] kilometers southwest of Bavry

"Chief of staff! When are we going to set off? After resting for a morning, the soldiers' spirit and physical strength have recovered a lot, but they can't bury the pot for cooking and can only eat dry food. I said that we should continue to set off quickly, and the coalition forces will definitely not expect it." Until we can go so far, and we leave the main road, you can see the reconnaissance planes of the coalition forces on the northern main road buzzing like flies all morning, but they didn't expect that we were not walking on the main road at all!"

The one who spoke was Liukin Voronie, the commander of the Infantry Division of Voronjeri, with a beard on his face, and the commander of the oldest division of the Third Army. In one go, they seized the time to continue retreating to Samara. Anyway, the farther they were from Barfley, the safer they would be.

The Third Army Stepin spread out the map on his knees, frowned and looked at it for a long time, then raised his head and said, "Comrade Voronieri, we are still at least 160 kilometers away from Samara, and it is estimated that we will have to arrive in two and a half days even if everything is going smoothly." It takes three days to get there. With so many artillery, the movement is not small. The reason why the coalition's reconnaissance planes have not spotted us for the time being is because we walked on the main road last night, and the rut marks are not easy to distinguish on the main road. If we Leaving this forest, it is easy to be detected by the opponent during the day!"

"Chief of Staff, it doesn't matter if we are spotted by the enemy's reconnaissance plane. The opponent is at least half a day to a day away from us. The infantry of the coalition forces will not be able to catch up with us for a while. When their air force comes to attack us, we can cover and evacuate. ?

This side is at least 270 kilometers away from Ufa. The enemy's planes coming from Ufa will not stay too long and have to fly back. Moreover, don't forget, since we are trying to lure and attract the enemy's attention, we are the main force. Create conditions to break through, if we really don't show any traces, the enemy can't find us, he will have to grope around to find the commander and the others, isn't this more dangerous? "

Liukin Voronieri obviously had already figured out how to persuade his chief of staff, and Stepin was really moved by the words, and thought to himself,

"Liukin is right. When the enemy finds out that our ground troops are at least a day away, we are not afraid of chasing them. As long as we defend against air strikes, it is good to attract the enemy's attention to the main force of the army. As for the direction of Samara, maybe The enemy was not prepared enough, we killed nine artillery companies and five heavy machine gun battalions, and it is possible to take advantage of the situation and take Samara back."

"Comrade Commander, I know that your division has strong combat effectiveness and experience in air defense, but are you sure that the ground forces of the coalition forces will not be able to catch up with us? The main road is 3 kilometers to the north. If the opponent's cavalry and armored forces follow the road, it will take half a day. I can catch up in an hour!" Stepin's heart was beating a little fast.

"Why are you afraid of it? The Cossack cavalry of the White Guards are mediocre. The coalition forces have armored troops. How much can they catch up with? We have 9 artillery companies and 5 heavy machine gun battalions. It's not sure who catches up and beats anyone. We are mainly taking anti-aircraft measures, and I am also prepared for this, just now I have asked people to cut wood in the small forest to make dozens of wooden frame gun mounts." Saying this, Liukin Voronieri dragged Stepin to a horse-drawn horse Machine guns in front of the carriage.

Stepin saw that the front wheel of the original wheeled Maxim heavy machine gun was mounted on a one-meter-high wooden gun rack. The machine gunner sat on the floor of the carriage and could shoot into the air at a 45-degree angle. The pitch angle is very small, but no matter what, you can aim and shoot towards the sky.

"This gun mount is quite solid and cannot be rotated. Then how do you shift your aim?" Stepin asked with his hands behind his back, looking at the local mounted high-shelf machine gun in front of him.

"Hey! I said Chief of Staff, let's drive the horse and move the carriage directly. If you want to go left, you can go left, if you want to go right, you can go right. I heard that as long as the pilot sees that the ground machine gun can hit his plane, he will instinctively Pulling up and avoiding our high-speed machine guns, we don't expect to be able to knock down many coalition planes, at least we can scare the opponents from flying too low and swooping to sweep them, right?" Liu Jin said with a smile.

Stepin was still hesitating. He could see that Liukin was holding back his fire and wanted to kill the carbine to show the coalition forces some color. At least it was a trick. After all, he was holding nine artillery companies and five heavy weapons As for the machine gun battalion, an infantry division only has more than 9 people, and the artillery and heavy machine gun battalions add up to more than 5 people. In addition, there are more than 7000 lightly wounded people who followed the action. This team can definitely pretend to be the main force of the group army. work.

Liu Jin can't help it. Yesterday's march in the middle of the night was a disaster for the wounded. Hundreds of people were left behind along the way last night, so this guy gritted his teeth and wanted to hurry up and retreat to the southwest during the day, or continue to hide The morale of the troops in the woods is really going down.

"Chief of staff! You take the lightly wounded and withdraw first. The division political commissar Shohov leads the artillery company to the room. I lead the infantry division and the heavy machine gun battalion to the rear. If the enemy aviation team dares to chase after you, I will beat him down! Don't fight again. Hesitating, the wounded will not be able to move if they march in the middle of the night!" Liu Jin yelled at the top of his voice.

After thinking for a long time, Stepin finally agreed to Liukin's request. Half an hour later, this mighty army came out from the hidden woods and set foot on the road. The chief of staff of the army, Stepin, led 8000 lightly wounded soldiers on the road. In the front, there are 9 artillery companies under the command of Shokhov, the political commissar of the Voronnieri division. Liukin, who is very courageous, rolled up his sleeves and led his division. The battalion surrounded the team to guard, and this bold Soviet Red Army unit finally set off to retreat to the southwest again!

The bold move of Stepin's Department of the Third Army was due to a time difference. The reconnaissance plane of the coalition forces in the distance flew from west to east for 10 minutes before quietly embarking on the road. As a result, Stepin's troops returned from the direction of Samara. When Hawkeye No. 4 pre-alert plane discovered it, this mighty force had already driven south on the main road for more than an hour, and reached a position four kilometers southwest of Severnaux County.

At this time, in fact, just an hour ago, the armored regiment occupied by Jiang Hongyu's troops in Bavley had followed the Ufa coalition headquarters along the road to the southwest and pursued it. Liu Jin thought that the coalition forces were at least half a day to a day away from him. However, the 4th Armored Regiment of the 40nd Mixed Armored Brigade set out from Bavley and marched along the main road, advancing 20 kilometers in one hour. At this moment, it is only [-] kilometers away from Stepin's main force.

1918年7月12ri14：00乌法

"Eagle Eye 4 reported that on the way back from Samara, they found the ground troops of the Soviet Russian Red Army near Severno County, 150 kilometers away from Samara. The size was at least two divisions, mixed with various forces. There are less than 9 artillery companies, and there are at least five battalions of horse-drawn heavy machine guns. The opponent seems to have modified the heavy machine gun, and can shoot directly into the air from the carriage. Hawkeye 4 encountered the opponent when it approached for reconnaissance. The firepower was fired three times at the same time, but fortunately, it was pulled up in time, so there is no serious problem!" Tian Jun, the chief staff officer of the war room, walked in quickly.

"Finally found out! Hahaha, the enemy really ran to the southwest, I didn't expect them to run so far in one breath! Now they can't escape!" Utsunomiya, the deputy chief of staff of the coalition army, laughed and jumped up when he heard this.

"There are only two divisions? The First Army has an infantry division and a cavalry division!" Wang Geng frowned slightly, and continued,

"Didn't the flanks of this enemy team detect other enemy troops?"

"Nothing has been found so far. Hawkeye 4 has already circled over the opponent. It seems that there are no other enemy troops within a radius of 4 kilometers. In addition, the 20th Armored Regiment of the 9nd Mixed Armored Brigade set off from Barfrey in the afternoon and pursued westward. The enemy is less than 5 kilometers away, but they only have the strength of one regiment, and the opponent has [-] artillery companies and [-] heavy machine gun battalions. If we chase up and launch an attack, our strength may be a bit weak!" Tian Jun replied.

"Order the aviation team to dispatch, and send three teams of DH4 reconnaissance bombers to rush to the air for support. The opponent has air defense preparations. Don't dive and sweep, just bomb at a level of 3000 meters. Cooperate with the 4th Armored Regiment to stop this part of the enemy!" Wang Geng gave the order

"In addition, three teams of Handley Page 3 heavy bombers were ordered to take off to the sky above Buffy to stand by, and three Hua FR0400 "Excellent" attack bombers took off at the same time to escort them. In addition, where is Jiang Hongyu now?" Wang Geng Continue to give orders, while turning to ask.