Beiyang 1917

Chabayev's eyes were bloodshot, staring at his army commander who wanted to rush up, but he was tightly hugged by the political commissar Furmanov behind him, and Tukhachevsky lost his composure His subordinate, with ashen complexion, pulled out the revolver from the holster around his waist and handed it over, saying in a low voice,

"Come on! Chapayev! If killing me Tukhachevsky will save your cavalrymen, shoot! Come on! You arrogant fellow, look what you fought , ruined a regiment of soldiers under the enemy's machine gun fire, do you still want to send yourself up to fill this bottomless pit?! Tell me! Why don't you talk!"

Tukhachevsky's voice became louder and louder. If you want to say that not only Chapayev, but also the commander of the army group can't escape the idea of ​​​​underestimating the enemy. If this 14000-man team is scared away by a battalion of the coalition forces, then all the sacrificed Red Army soldiers will not agree!

"Chabayev! Listen to me! This battle is so tragic. Which Soviet Red Army commander is not distressed? Your cavalry is bleeding and dying. All the division commanders and political commissars here and I Tuha Chevsky's heart is also bleeding! How can he act recklessly without withdrawing and redeploying?!

Let me put my words here, if I don't take down this broken town, and don't wipe out the opponent's battalion, the First Army will cancel its designation from now on!All division commanders and political commissars are dismissed!Whether you can break out or not!I myself applied to Moscow to cancel the number! "The group army commander shouted hoarsely with veins popping out of his forehead!

"Okay! Just say what you said! How do you say to fight?! There are still more than 600 wounded in the position! When can the infantry division be dispatched?! Are the two divisions of the Simbirsk Iron Army also transferred! We started from How about a detour to the south and east at the same time! Comrade Commander! You speak! I, Chapayev, personally lead the remaining soldiers of the cavalry division to lead the charge! I will not stop until I take this town!" Chapayev shook off The cloak on his body broke free from Fumanov's arm, and he waved his fists and shouted.

At this point, Hashimov, the commander of the 31st Turkestan Infantry Division who was still opposed to the attack, honestly dared not say a word. Although the expressions of the cavalry division commander and the army commander in front of him were different, they were both It's red-eyed, it's unlucky for anyone who persuades him at this time!Whoever shrinks back is unlucky!

Tukhachevsky looked at the battlefield with a binoculars again with a sullen face, and hesitated, "The regiment called Fumanov sent medical soldiers to use horses to evacuate the wounded. Don't bring weapons, and the horses are also covered with red crosses." The flag, lead the horse and walk over! The others and I rode horses around the town to scout the opponent's position deployment and terrain! The infantry division seizes the time to eat and rest, and prepare for battle at any time!"

The political commissar of the cavalry division, Fumanov, did not dare to neglect. The cavalry regiment's medical soldiers were far from enough. He led the cavalry to the place where the 31st Turkestan Infantry Division was assembled, and gathered all the infantry medical soldiers and uniform flags. Standing up, a battalion of medical soldiers led their horses and waved their hands, and went to the battlefield to pick up the wounded. Based on the experience of the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Ufa for so many days, although the opposing coalition forces were extremely hateful, they gave them preferential treatment. Captives, the practice of allowing the Soviet Red Army to pick up the wounded always makes people hate them a little bit, giving people an elusive mentality!

Tukhachevsky jumped on the mount led by the guards first, and several division commanders and political commissars also mounted their horses one after another. Chapayev looked back and saw that his horse was shrapneled by the opponent's mortar shells when he faced Petrovich last time. The mount with half of its ear cut off was looking at him with tears in his eyes. The fellow roared "Hi!", stomped his feet fiercely, jumped on the horse, and chased Tukhachevsky and his party around the town again. Scout the terrain.

While counting his own casualties, Li Fugui ordered the fourth company of cavalry to enter the first company's position, and replaced the first company after the tragic battle to rest. The bodies of eight soldiers who died in battle were wrapped in white cloth and parked at the entrance of Yang Street in the town. In a large room, the wounded soldiers were sent to a temporary field hospital where the medical soldiers re-cleaned, bandaged the wounds and administered medication. Every soldier in the coalition army had a first-aid kit in the pocket of their canvas carrying kit, except for bandages, cotton tourniquets, and gauze. In addition, there is also a small porcelain bottle containing Yunnan Baiyao, a sacred medicine for traumatology made in China. This medicinal powder made from Panax notoginseng is a baby for internal and external use to stop bleeding and heal wounds!

Speaking of this Yunnan Baiyao, it was developed by Qu Huanzhang, a folk doctor in Yunnan in 1902. Over the past ten years, it has gradually spread and become a holy medicine for traumatology. It was passed the inspection by the Health Center of the Zheng Fujing Police Department of Yunnan Province two years ago and issued a certificate. , to allow public sale.At that time, Tang Jiyao, the governor of Yunnan, appointed him as the director of the Yunnan Medical Department of Donglu Hospital and the first-class military doctor of the teaching group.

As soon as Wang Geng's war army was established, he dug Qu Huanzhang through various channels to the Ministry of the Army and was awarded the title of colonel military doctor. He also established Yunnan Baiyao Bei Jing Pharmaceutical Factory in the suburbs of Beijing to produce Yunnan Baiyao for military supplies. , Qu Huanzhang took 30% of the shares with the formula, and all the formulas were strictly kept secret. In addition to the unified purchase by the Ministry of the Army, the produced Baiyao was also exported to the Allied forces in a year, especially the US military. In everyone's first aid kit, apart from a shot of morphine for pain relief and a shot of penicillin, the antibiotic killer, this small porcelain bottle of Yunnan Baiyao is dazzling!

The victory in the first battle greatly boosted the morale of Li Fugui's cavalry battalion. Casualties were inevitable. Besides, only eight brothers were killed in battle. There were at least 1200 corpses of the Soviet Red Army lying on the open ground opposite, let alone more than 600. Struggling in the blood and mud without dying, how tragic is that!

"Battalion commander, we have 40 mortars! Why did we only use 12 trots? The 81mm large-caliber mortars of the battalion's mortar platoon may be able to reach the Red Army generals on the high ground behind the opponent. Could the little guy on the horse be the opponent's army commander Tukhachevsky? Our battalion's mortar platoon is fired together, and the opponent may even be blamed!" Li Dali, the company commander, beat Winning the battle, now he ran up with a full of vigor on his face. Just now when the opponent charged, this guy and the surrounding soldiers felt that his legs were weak, and he forgot all about it!

"Don't talk about that, Dali! You fought well just now! But why did the first platoon suffer so many casualties? Almost half of your first platoon was reimbursed by the enemy, and you personally commanded the first platoon?! What's going on?" Li Fugui turned his head and stared.

"Hey, let me tell you, Battalion Commander, a hero can't stand up to a pack of wolves. You are the one who stopped the hidden heavy machine guns in the first row of positions from shooting. How can we rely on the continuous firepower of the machine guns used by the squad to compare with the second row and the third row?" It’s a heavy machine gun. The barrel of the squad machine gun is almost red. If it weren’t for the M1 Garand semi-automatic riding rifle, it can fire eight rounds of bullets in one go without pulling the bolt to make up for the lack of firepower of the machine gun. How can I carry it by myself? Overwhelmed by the attack of more than 800 people on the other side! It's more than 20 times the strength of mine!" Li Dali groaned, spreading his hands.

"Cut! If I hadn't stopped you, the enemy would have been able to move in so honestly. If they hadn't been driven to the position in front of you by the second row and third row of heavy machine guns, how could you have wiped out so many enemies with one shot? And They will run again at the end of the day, no matter whether they are left or right, they will not be able to get out of the coverage of our machine gun crossfire, otherwise, if the opponent retreats to the two sides, they will easily escape from the danger zone." Battalion Commander Li Fugui looked at the scene on the battlefield in the binoculars. situation, he said.

"Hey! Battalion Commander, we are having a good time fighting. Why did the fourth company replace us? The military quality of the fourth company is worse than that of our first company! On behalf of the soldiers of the first company, I request that we continue to guard the position!" Li Dali Rubbing his head, he remembered why he came to the battalion!

"The fierce battle is still to come. Your company, give me the time to eat and rest honestly. Good steel must be used on the blade. This time we are lucky. The Soviet Russian Red Army made it clear that this is a lack of heavy machine guns and cannons. Otherwise, you think you Can the company withdraw so many people from the position? Go back and rest quickly, don't delay me here!"

Li Fugui drove away the commander of the first cavalry company, and then ordered the instructors around him, "Old Zhu, call the radio to send a report to Orenburg and Ufa quickly, saying that our troops have repelled the enemy for the first time." For a regiment-level attack, at least 1200 enemies were wiped out, and more than 600 were injured. Our troops suffered 25 casualties, and eight of them were killed. Now the enemy is adjusting their deployment and planning a larger-scale attack. Please Ufa Air Force as soon as possible Come to support!"

Zhu Biao, the battalion instructor, agreed to go, and turned his head to ask Li Fugui, "Battalion Commander, I saw through the binoculars that he seemed to have sent a lot of medical soldiers to the battlefield to treat the wounded. Treating the wounded well and treating the captives well has made our coalition army iron-disciplined." , let’s not open fire, otherwise no one will come to rescue you and me if you violate military discipline!”

"Cut! I need you to teach me? Hurry up and send a telegram to ask for air support from the air force! By the way, visit our wounded and take my pack of cigarettes to share with them. The idea of ​​being a soldier is your instructor." It’s my job as a battalion commander to fight wars, so don’t worry! Who am I? I’m Li Fugui, a model cavalry battalion commander! Can I violate the iron discipline of our coalition forces?! Just kidding! "Li Fugui said while observing the movements on the opponent's ground with a telescope.

To be honest, if Tukhachevsky had only one artillery company, the situation on the battlefield would not be so one-sided. Without heavy machine guns and artillery, he wanted to capture this town guarded by a coalition cavalry battalion armed to the teeth. It can only be filled with human lives by relying on the tactics of the sea of ​​people. The so-called forward and backward is this style of play. Of course, Tukhachevsky did not give up and led a group of division commanders and political commissars to ride around the town on horseback. With mortars, not only is this battle more difficult to fight, but even the observation positions dare not get too close.

"Commander, what the company commander said just now is right. I saw that the small slope behind the enemy was full of guys on horseback. They might all be commanders. This place is less than 2000 meters away from us. Our battalion's 81mm mortars can reach the opponent! Why don't you open fire and try to destroy the opponent's headquarters?" The correspondent, Xiao Ma, was clever, and now he picked up the telescope of the battalion instructor Zhu Biao just now, curiously. After watching for a long time, he turned to ask his battalion commander.

"Pull a few knives, their division commander and political commissar just rode horses and surrounded a small man and rushed to the west. The ones on the high ground you see now are just ordinary cavalry, little soldiers. They are members of the Soviet Red Army. Dressed in all kinds of clothes, these cavalrymen are all from Cossack origin, so they all have a full posture from a distance. The little man just now may be the commander of the First Army of the Soviet Russian Red Army, that fellow named Tukhachevsky. He is only this small, but he has a strong posture, and all the tall and burly old Maozi's political commissars around him bowed to him!"

Li Fugui looked at the situation on the battlefield with a telescope while answering the questions of his correspondent.

At this time, the battalion instructor Zhu Biao turned back after sending the telegram. Hearing the conversation between Xiao Ma and the battalion commander, he couldn't help asking,

"Battalion Commander, as the saying goes, to capture a thief, you must first capture the king, and to hit a snake, you have to hit seven inches. Didn't our Marshal Wu always say that it is the most simple and effective way to attack the opponent's headquarters by taking a detour, why don't we use force from the battalion?" Cannon find a way to bombard the commander on the hillside behind the opponent?" Zhu Biao wanted to ask this question just now, but Xiao Ma asked it first.

"Well, the battalion commander has his own clever plan. This is the first battle. We can't reveal all our wealth at once. If the opponent knows that we have a radio station, he probably won't appear in the town of Sterlitamak so carelessly. If the opponent knows that we have The 81mm caliber mortar will definitely not dangle in our range in a big way!

How good it is now, I can fire at him at any time, of course, a few cannons are not enough, this will kill him, I have to wait for the most intense battle, and suddenly 8 cannons shoot an area together, so that he can't run away !Otherwise, with the muzzle velocity of the mortar, the movement of flying through the air will tell people that I am coming, so you quickly dodge, roll and get down to avoid it! "Li Fugui said with a smile.

In fact, his deepest thoughts are that the Soviet Red Army has come to the five armies on the right bank of the Volga River. Most of the political commissars of the army commanders are either captured or surrendered. This Tukhachevsky is said to be the best in the Eastern Front If you can catch a tough guy alive, it will be more valuable and prestigious than beating him to death, and. .Moreover, the other troops captured the opponent's army commander and political commissar alive. If he accidentally killed Tukhachevsky, he would be ashamed and might not be able to do well in front of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. . .

Besides, there are tens of thousands of enemies on the opposite side. If it is really the main force of the First Army, at least two infantry divisions must not appear here. If I really kill Tukhachevsky, I will go crazy. If the Wansu Russian Red Army wanted revenge, it would really crush this town and its 700 people into ashes. This deal is not worth it!