Beiyang 1917

At dawn on July 1918, 7, the town of Sterlitamak, 13 kilometers south of Ufa

When Li Mingzhong's South Route Army marched southwest along the Ural Mountains, it captured the first large town in the south of Ufa, Skirlitamak, with lightning speed, and left behind the second when the main force continued to go south. A cavalry battalion of a mixed cavalry brigade of an armored division is stationed in this town with a radio station, the purpose is to monitor the enemy's movements when they retreat south.

Tukhachevsky's three infantry divisions, led by Chapayev's cavalry brigade, drove 60 kilometers overnight in wind and rain, and arrived at dawn five kilometers southwest of the town of Sterlitamak.

The remaining three divisions of the First Group Army are considered the main force, but after the second air strike by the coalition forces in the daytime before the retreat, each division has different degrees of staff reduction. There are about 9000 people left in each division, and Chaba Yev's cavalry division still had the strength of a cavalry brigade after several battles. Commissar Fumanov personally led a cavalry regiment to the rear of the army, while Chapayev himself brought a cavalry regiment to the entire army. Army striker.

When the Fourth Army of the Soviet Russian Eastern Front went north, a company or a platoon was left in the town of Stellitamak and in the south of Ishimbai, Salavat, Meleuz, and all the way to Kumertau. The troops were stationed, and Skilletamak even left a battalion of troops.

Of course, these troops were swept away by Li Mingzhong's 25000 cavalry troops from north to south, and none of them could escape. In addition, these small troops left by the Soviet Fourth Army were not equipped with radio stations, so Tuha Although Chevsky knew from Moscow that Orenburg had been occupied by the coalition forces, he didn't know whether the coalition forces also appeared in the villages and towns above, or they were still under the control of the ignorant Soviet troops left behind.

As a forward, Chapayev led a cavalry regiment near the town of Stellitamak, when he was spotted by the mobile sentry of the coalition cavalry battalion and exchanged fire. It should be said that the main force of the Ufa coalition forces in the north is under the city of Ufa Fighting fiercely with the Southern Group of the Eastern Front Army of the Soviet Union, while the main force of the Southern Route Army, led by Li Mingzhong, swept through Orenburg and other places. How to make meritorious service?Although this town is big, the people have long since left, and it is empty like a western film location in an American movie.

Li Fugui is still a guy who has seen the big world, and he is Li Mingzhong's uncle and brother who has not served in five uniforms, but this guy joined the army late, and now he is just a small cavalry battalion commander. It's not yet developed. As for why he was the only battalion left, it turned out that after Li Mingzhong thought about taking Orenburg, the troops would have to go north to encircle the Soviet Red Army. At that time, Li Fugui's battalion would not be a rear guard but a forward , Moreover, Li Mingzhong knew that Li Fugui was still relatively active in fighting, and he was quick to learn Lao Maozi's dialect when he was suppressing bandits in Siberia.

Of course, Li Mingzhong did not treat his distant uncles and brothers badly. In addition to Li Fugui's own cavalry battalion, he also left a Russian cavalry company from the 8rd Ural Cavalry Division for him. Li Fugui's cavalry battalion has five cavalry companies in addition to the battalion headquarters, and an 81mm mortar platoon with an 1918-door battalion. Each company has three m2a1 air-cooled Browning heavy machine guns. The cavalry is equipped with a SE M6 Garland short-barreled riding rifles, each company also has six 60mm platoon mortars, and each platoon has three M1917bra Browning squad machine guns.

Li Fugui's cavalry battalion stayed in Sterlitamak town for so many days, bored and eagerly waiting, and had nothing to do but dig trenches around the town to repair fortifications. I can't let my subordinates be exhausted, let alone let them die idle, so this week I have been digging holes and trenches all day long, and the empty houses in the town have been blocked and opened up by him, and I am full of thoughts When the enemy retreats here, they can fight a beautiful battle to show Li Mingzhong and the coalition command!

Li Mingzhong left the cavalry battalion in the town of Sterlitamak only as a scout cavalry, but he never thought of letting this cavalry battalion face off with the possible Soviet Russian troops, so the Soviet Red Army on the right bank of the Volga retreated across the board. Afterwards, Li Mingzhong immediately sent a telegram to Li Fugui, admonishing him to search and monitor the number and movement of the enemies that might be retreating from the north, northwest, and that he should give early warning and retreat south when encountering large enemy forces.

Li Mingzhong's main force is in Orenburg and Kumertau. Although there are only 15000 cavalry, they are well-equipped and well-trained. With the support of the aviation team, Li Mingzhong feels that he can win at least three times as many enemies. With 3 times as many enemies coming, he is confident that he can at least hold the line. If 5 times more enemies come, he feels that he can at least lead the team to retreat.

Li Mingzhong thinks so, and Li Fugui, the cavalry battalion commander under him, doesn't think so. He now has nearly 700 cavalrymen, and he is confident that he can defeat at least one regiment of the Soviet Red Army. The opponent's regiment's firepower includes 40 large and small mortars, 60 light and heavy machine guns, and the M1 Garand semi-automatic cavalry rifle equipped by the cavalry has high firepower and precision. Li Fugui even thought that the opponent's regiment would be Give yourself a gift, even if you come to a brigade, you may not be able to fight a battle.

Chabayev's cavalry division is considered to be a trump card of the First Army of the Eastern Front of the Soviet Red Army, but at the beginning a cavalry regiment was reserved for Rzhevsky to defend the Chernigovka group, Chabayev There were only three cavalry regiments left under him, and when they were chasing Petrovic's Seventh Cavalry Brigade, nearly a thousand cavalry were killed by the air strikes of the coalition air force. The Dun mortars added more than 700 casualties to Chapayev's rear guard.

Then Tukhachevsky transferred a cavalry battalion from Chabayev's remaining cavalry to the army political commissar Yankovgay to lead two infantry divisions to fight against it, so Chabayev's mixed cavalry division The two brigades are full and there is one regiment left. The political commissar Furmanov brings a regiment to serve as a rear guard for the whole army, and Chapayev himself brings a regiment to serve as a pioneer for the whole army. , only political commissar Fumanov can know how angry Chapayev is!

Chapayev led a regiment of cavalry in front of the brigade. At dawn on July 7, he reached a place less than five kilometers northwest of the town of Sterlitamak. A cavalry platoon came into contact. When the two sides asked the password and found that it was the enemy, they started fighting. Li Fugui, the scout cavalry platoon, had three m13bra Browning squad machine guns and 1917 M39 Garand semi-automatic cavalry rifles. They actually wiped out the entire company of the opponent's charge in an instant. Except for the machine gunner, many of these national cavalry were left-handed m1 Garland semi-automatic rifles to shoot away. M1 Browning automatic pistol shot at close range.

This left and right bow can shoot 15 rounds of bullets without changing the magazine. The continuous and intensive firepower is simply breathtaking. The 42-man cavalry platoon knocked out nearly half of the opponent's cavalry battalion in one encounter.

The leader of the platoon, Yang Zirong, is an old soldier. Seeing the dust rising up behind the opponent, there is at least one cavalry regiment behind him. Withdrew his own platoon and withdrew. In this encounter, a platoon of coalition cavalry faced a battalion of cavalry of the opponent. None of them were killed, four were injured, and three horses were killed. Chapayev's avant-garde cavalry The battalion suffered about 180 casualties, so one can imagine the fierce firepower of the coalition forces.

As soon as the gunshot rang out from the northwest direction of the town, Li Fugui climbed onto the roof of the tallest building in the north of the town. The northwest and north were his key defense areas. From the binoculars, he quickly saw that his cavalry platoon and the enemy were at least one The troops of the battalion were fighting fiercely, and this guy ordered the whole battalion to enter the preset position. The first company was in the northwest, the second company was in the northeast, the third company was in the southwest, and the fourth company was in the southeast.

Originally, Li Fugui thought that the opponent had only one cavalry battalion, and he wanted to send out the Cossack cavalry company and the scout platoon to eat up the opponent's cavalry battalion that came out of nowhere. At least it was a cavalry regiment. Now he didn't dare to trust him. While blowing the trumpet to summon Yang Zirong's platoon to withdraw quickly, he ordered the radio to send a report to the headquarters of the Orenburg and Ufa coalition forces:

Our department was attacked by a cavalry regiment of the Soviet Red Army in the town of Sterlitamak at dawn on the 13th. The number of the opponent and the number of follow-up troops are unknown. Our department is still investigating. support.

[-]st Armored Division Mixed Cavalry [-]rd Brigade

Li Fugui, [-]st Battalion, Cavalry Regiment

July 7ri13:6

If Li Fugui knew that the opponent came not with a cavalry regiment, but with three infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade, he would never dare to say "stick to the danger", but the opponent came exhausted. Although the strength of a cavalry regiment is three times that of his own, the firepower is far inferior to his own, and this guy has been digging trenches and traffic ditches to arrange firepower points around the town of Sterlitamak for so many days. The ammunition Li Mingzhong left for him is also sufficient, this guy is very ambitious, he intends to eat up the opponent's group!

When Li Mingzhong of Orenburg and the Ufa Allied Forces Headquarters called back to tell him that the enemy was likely to be three infantry divisions and a cavalry brigade led by Tukhachevsky himself, and asked him to abandon the town and retreat to Orenburg, exactly Bayev had already commanded the cavalry regiment to surround the town, followed by Fumanov's second cavalry regiment, and then Tukhachevsky himself led a division of troops to catch up with the town. The water around the town is blocked.

Li Fugui was completely dumbfounded now, damn, no matter how hard I am, I can resist a brigade of enemies. How can I resist with at least three brigades of 5000 people?This guy didn't see Tukhachev's other two divisions hidden in the woods five kilometers away, otherwise he would have been really scared!