Beiyang 1917

1918年7月13ri8:50斯捷尔利塔马克镇

"Strange! Why does the enemy seem to be retreating? Xiao Zhao, hurry up and find the battalion commander!" Battalion instructor Zhu Biao yelled while watching the movement of the Soviet Red Army 2 kilometers away from the northwest corner with a telescope.

Although the coalition cavalry battalion, which has been fighting more and more bravely, has not yet expected the support of the Ufa coalition air force, it has repelled the opponent's three consecutive attacks by virtue of the favorable terrain and the established fortifications. The morale of the soldiers in the camp was quite high. No, Zhu Biao, the battalion instructor, was a little unprepared when he saw that the enemy was pulling out the camp and looked like he was about to withdraw.

"Wait for me to come up and have a look!" Battalion Commander Li Fugui personally went to interrogate the captured cavalry company commander just now, but he found nothing. Now he just returned to the courtyard of the battalion headquarters, gritted his teeth and was still thinking about the situation of a measly The company commander of the Soviet Russian cavalry was embarrassed in front of him.

"There's no reason, just withdraw? The enemy's casualties are close to 2500. These 1800 corpses are still lying on the ground. How can they just withdraw?" Li Fugui went to the attic and looked at the enemy's ground with binoculars. movement.

"But it really looks like a withdrawal. You see, they are already dismantling the tent. These old men have not slept all night, and now they have lost three battles in a row. Where are they going? Do they still have the spirit? Withdraw a few dozen miles?" Zhu Biao said in a deep thought.

"Ha, withdraw as soon as you withdraw, and ask the fifth company to prepare horses. If the opponent really withdraws, send a company to follow behind. It's okay to harass. It won't let the fish get off the hook, and it can scratch the opponent's itch!" Li Wealth is obviously a bit self-satisfied. Lao Tzu’s cavalry battalion can be regarded as three battles and three victories. It knocked out the strength of a regiment of the opponent. If the battle is fought like this, we will not be afraid of the Soviet Red Army. We will eat up one regiment today. Tomorrow, one of his brigades will be wiped out, and Tukhachevsky's First Army can be canceled in a week.

"Commander, I think we have to be more careful. Although the opponent lost a regiment of troops, there are still tens of thousands of people left. Didn't Ufa report that Tukhachevsky led three infantry divisions and one cavalry brigade?" So, this morning we only saw one division and one cavalry brigade from the other side, don’t tell us the other two divisions are hiding on the sidelines and ready to bite us and steal our way?” Zhu Biao, the battalion instructor, reminded solemnly. .

"Well, what you said is also reasonable, but if the other party really withdraws, we can't stay in the town. Otherwise, how can we report to Ufa and just say that the enemy's whereabouts are unknown? That's too embarrassing for me, Li Fugui, hateful The cavalry company commander who was captured just now refused to open his mouth, and he couldn’t ask anything about the situation. When you said it just now, you really have to be careful, I don’t know where the other two infantry divisions went!" Li Fugui was in the attic He turned around in a circle, and then went to the window to look through the binoculars. Seeing that the enemy was really about to run, this guy became a little anxious.

"Battalion commander, instructor, why don't we seize the opportunity to grab another tongue that is willing to speak? The cavalry company commander of the Soviet Russian Red Army should be killed immediately!" Zhu Biao's correspondent Xiao Zhao made an idea.

"Scratch your tongue, Xiao Zhao, you are so courageous at the moment. Cheng, this glorious task is entrusted to you. Tell me, how did you sneak into the camp of the Soviet Red Army to capture a prisoner? How about the Soviet Red Army with 1 people, and it will be daylight again, how do you plan to capture prisoners?" Li Fugui was amused when he heard it, and it would be great if he could capture a prisoner who was willing to talk, but the two armies fought against each other. The two sides stared at each other with big eyes, how to catch prisoners?

"Hey! Battalion Commander, I'm not bragging. When it gets dark, when it gets dark, the pony and I find the enemy's camp, and it's easy to catch a Soviet Red Army sentry back. Of course not now, you haven't seen the other side Wan Shuang is staring at us with his itchy teeth and itchy eyes!" The correspondent Xiao Zhao blushed and hurriedly explained.

"We have to find a way, we can't let Tukhachevsky run away so easily!" Li Fugui murmured as he continued to look at the opposite side with the binoculars.

"Yes! But how can we hold the enemy back? I'm afraid that the opponent will run away, and I'm also afraid that the opponent will break the pot and throw it to the sea. It's really difficult to deal with it!" Zhu Biao, the camp instructor, was not paying attention. He slipped out of the mouth, and felt a little shy when the words came out, and his old face was flushed for a moment.

"Hey! There is a solution! I said, Lao Zhu, let Tukhachevsky send someone to collect the corpses. It is unreasonable for his 1800 dead soldiers to be left alone in the wilderness. Let's send someone to notify the other party and call them Come to collect the corpses, as long as you don't bring weapons, we won't shoot! The Geneva Convention says that prisoners should be treated preferentially, so there's nothing wrong with giving preferential treatment to the Red Army soldiers who died in battle?" Li Fugui suddenly had an idea, and shouted happily. I didn't notice that my instructor's face was a little red.

"Notify Tukhachevsky to send someone to clean up the battlefield? How do you notify me? I don't agree to go out with a white flag!" Zhu Biao said with a straight neck.

"Hairy white flag, what are you thinking? Send someone to put that cavalry company commander back. Doesn't our coalition have a tradition of releasing the wounded from the other side? At this moment, this guy is both a prisoner and a wounded man, and he is being treated preferentially." Within a short time, we put him back, not only sold a favor to Tukhachevsky, but also informed him that he could send someone to clean the battlefield to collect the corpses!

Of course, the ugly thing is that only the corpses are allowed to be carried away. The weapons of the Soviet Red Army left on the battlefield are not allowed to be taken away. They were captured by us. The firearms are dragged back, no matter how much ammunition we have, there will be a time when we run out, so we can't be too wasteful! " Li Fugui slapped his forehead and Zhu Biao's shoulder and said.

"Release the prisoners? Well, that's a good idea. You have to take care of a guy who doesn't want to talk. I don't have much time to spare. It would be good to send him back to send a message to Tukhachevsky!" Zhu Biao also agreed with his camp. long idea.

Soon, Li Fugui brought the correspondent, Xiao Ma, back to the room where the prisoners were held, and beside him was Pushkin, the Russian company commander of the Fifth Cavalry Company, who was acting as a guest interpreter. Lying on the ground and sleeping soundly, with his hands tied behind his back, two consecutive overnight journeys and the tragedy and joy of the First World War this morning exhausted the spirit of Comrade Company Commander Jing. In addition to bandaging him and feeding him some sugar water, the guy fell asleep as soon as his body warmed up.

"Davarish! Wake up! Our chief said, let you go back, and send a message to Tukhachevsky, asking him to send someone to carry back the remains of more than 1800 Soviet Red Army soldiers on the ground and bury them , otherwise it’s too inhumane, besides, it’s summer now, and the dead body will stink within a few days, so it’s better to carry it back and bury it before leaving! Our chief will keep his word, as long as the people who come to carry the corpse don’t carry If weapons enter the battlefield and we don’t try to pick them up and take them out of the battlefield, we won’t shoot! Do you understand?” The Russian cavalry company commander from the [-]rd Ural Cavalry Division kicked the Russian Red Army company commander who was lying on the ground a few times. Standing on his feet, he said what Li Fugui said in Russian.

Gurni Koli, the commander of the guard cavalry company of the First Army Headquarters of the Eastern Front of the Soviet Russian Red Army, was wounded in his shoulder and captured. He came from a poor Cossack peasant family in the Don River Basin. A big soldier has grown into a cavalry company commander, and he has his pride there, but his company was wiped out in the morning's attack. Although the army commander's call to retreat has sounded, Gurni Koli, who has lost his comrades in the company, is ashamed One person retreated, so he chose to rush to the coalition position alone.

This tragic scene made the soldiers in front of the two armies secretly applaud the courage of this brave red Cossack company commander. After dismounting from the horse, the impact force of the rifle bullet hitting the human torso at a distance of 200 meters is far greater than ordinary people's imagination. Of course, Gurney is lucky. The bullet from the m1 Garand semi-automatic sniper rifle only lifted the shoulder of this guy A small piece of meat on the ground did not hurt the bone, although a lot of blood flowed out, but after falling off the horse, the guy was mainly tired and hungry, lost his strength and fainted for a while.

"Let me go back? The entire company was killed! I, Gurney Koli, have no face to go back to see the commander! You shoot me! The Gurney Koli family can't be ashamed because of me! The Soviet Red Army and the First Army can't because of me And shame! It fell into the hands of your coalition forces! It’s just death!” The cavalry company commander turned his head and didn’t accept this favor.