Beiyang 1917

1918年7月13ri9：35分乌法南部120公里处的斯捷尔利塔马克镇

"Battalion Commander! Battalion Commander! Good news! The Ufa Allied Army Headquarters and the Fifth Cavalry Division of the Second Ural Cavalry Army received a call. The three regiments of the Sergei Division of the Cavalry Army have arrived 7 kilometers northwest of the town of Sterlitamak. However, in front of them is the camp set up by the two enemy infantry divisions, so they dare not act rashly and ask about the situation in our town!" The battalion instructor Zhu Biao rushed into the observation room on the roof attic with a look of joy on his face. Li Fugui's headquarters.

"Really?! This is great! I was wondering how to catch Tukhachevsky and keep him from running away. Now that the cavalry division arrived, it would be of great help. Call back, our department has wiped out Tukhachevsky Khachevsky has at least one regiment's strength. Now the opponent's army headquarters and an infantry division have retreated south, and a cavalry regiment is still burying their dead soldiers in front of the town. Our casualties are not large. What's the next step? Call the Ufa Coalition Command for coordination and command!"

Zhu Biao, the camp instructor, agreed, and hurriedly went to the telecommunications room to call back.

Li Fugui, the commander of the cavalry battalion, did not dare to be arrogant enough to command Sergei's cavalry division indiscriminately. After all, he was the chief of staff of the Second Ural Cavalry Army and the commander of the Fifth Cavalry Division. The defensive operation under the Facheng won the favor of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and he is also a guy who has made a lot of contributions.

Although he is the battalion commander of the national cavalry battalion of the coalition army, he is far behind in terms of military rank. Besides, he has three cavalry regiments and he is only one cavalry battalion. He is not so arrogant to order Sergey to follow him.

At this time, the correspondent Xiao Ma yelled again, "Battalion Commander, Battalion Commander, the old Maozi cavalry and medical soldiers seem to be withdrawing. Should we chase or not?" The man on duty was monitoring the movement of the Soviet Red Army 2 kilometers away, and now he cried out anxiously!

"I'm really going to retreat. What kind of trick did Tukhachevsky play? He retreated without taking revenge after suffering such a big loss? Or did he smell the arrival of coalition reinforcements?" Li Fugui looked at the opposite Su with a telescope. The movement of the Russian Red Army, while muttering.

It is not so easy to continue to fight this battle. Li Fugui only has a battalion of troops at hand. If he leaves the position and goes to a field battle, he will definitely not be able to stop the opponent's crowd tactics. If the opponent concentrates firepower and uses a platoon of guns to shoot at the firepower of the heavy machine gun, his own machine gunners will suffer heavy casualties. As for the cavalry of Sergey's three regiments, can they give Tukhachevsky's two infantry divisions a shot? Cleaned up, but I really dare not say that I am sure of victory.

Sergey only had two infantry divisions from the other side, and the strength ratio was almost 1 to 700. If Tukhachevsky retreated to the south, it was a cover, and he turned around and took a division and cavalry regiment back to flank Sergei. However, the three cavalry regiments of Davalisy Sergey may not be able to gain the upper hand, and Li Fugui was also a little bit in trouble for a while. The main force of the opponent's more than 7000 First Army is fighting, and this guy has never seen that scene.

Of course, if Li Fugui knew that Tukhachevsky, the commander of the First Army of the Soviet Russian Red Army on the opposite side, was only a company-level cadre half a year ago, he would be more confident now.

It didn’t take long for Sergey to send a telegram here, and he soon received a reply from the Ufa coalition headquarters, and then a reply from the cavalry battalion in Stellitamak Town. A mere cavalry battalion suffered few casualties. Relying on the position and fire support to kill a regiment of Tukhachevsky's main force, Sergey was a little surprised. Obviously Tukhachevsky went all out to launch a large-scale offensive. A cavalry battalion of the coalition forces can Resist the opponent's infantry division plus a cavalry brigade?

Sergey is really jealous. I don't know how Li Fugui's battle was fought, but now Ufa's reply is very clear. Before the weather improves, the Ufa Air Force cannot be put into combat. Two consecutive batches of flying teams After returning in vain, a team se5 and a team dh4 who attacked for the first time in the morning almost got lost because of the thick clouds, and they couldn't find the town of Sterlitamak at all.

The fighter planes of the two teams of the Ufa Air Force that attacked in the second wave are still hovering above the clouds above their heads, but the clouds are still very thick, and they cannot break through the clouds to provide air support to the town of Sterlitamak on the ground. Of course, Ufa The aviation team will maintain uninterrupted at least two teams on standby and circling in the air. Once the weather clears or the clouds disperse, they can immediately perform ground support tasks.

Sergey listened intently for a long time, but he couldn't hear any sound of aircraft engines except for the whistling wind. He looked up at the sky and saw that the sky was full of dark clouds, thick and low, and obviously it wouldn't be able to disperse in a short while. The telegram from the French Allied Forces Command also officially confirmed that the battle near the town of Sterlitamak was under the unified command of Sergei!

Although the weather was so bad, Sergey did not give up and ordered the radio to get in touch with the air flight team. The results confirmed that there were two teams of 32 coalition fighters on standby above the clouds at the moment, but they couldn't see the ground and couldn't provide support. Apart from praying for the weather to get better as soon as possible, there is really nothing else that can be done. If the bombs are randomly dropped through the clouds, the ghost knows whether it will hit the Soviet Russian Red Army or the coalition forces themselves. The risk is too great and not worth it.

"Kaga! Tell me, how does our division fight? There are two enemy infantry divisions in front of us. There is also an infantry division and a cavalry brigade near the town of Sterlitamak in the south. You can also see the air support of the air force. Now, there is definitely no hope at this moment. There is only one battalion of the Allied National Cavalry in the town. I don’t know if they are bragging, saying that they wiped out the Tukhachevsky’s main force of the attack, and their own casualties are less A row!

But at this moment, the Ufa coalition command has authorized me to take over the command of the battlefield. You, the chief of staff of the division, gave me some advice, how should we fight? ’ Sergey asked his division chief of staff.

Kaganov, Chief of Staff of the Fifth Cavalry Division and Commander of the Tenth Brigade, frowned. He spread the map on the ground, squatted down and looked at it for a long time, then raised his head and said,

"Chief of Staff, this battle is a bit like sandwich bread, but it's really hard to fight. The opponent's strength is more than three times that of ours. But if we lack cannons and machine guns, our cavalry has no fortifications in the wilderness, so it's not easy to defend. Either , let's take a detour and rush into the town, using the established position of the cavalry battalion, how about we first gain a foothold on defense?"

To say that Kaganov's idea is not bad, not to seek victory, but to seek undefeated first, but if the town of Stellitamak is equipped with three cavalry regiments, it is obviously a bit small, and more than 7000 horses can squeeze into it Such a town can be a bit stuck.

Hearing the words, Sergey leaned over to look at the battle map spread out on the Mazar, made gestures, shook his head and said,

"No, at most one cavalry regiment can be put in this town. Three regiments would be too crowded to move. Besides, we are here to chase Tukhachevsky's main force. If we catch up with him, we should beat him hard, hold him back, and let him surround us if we hide in the town, this is a big joke! Whoever is running will chase after him!" Sergey shook The head quickly rejected the suggestion of his chief of staff.

"So, how about we make friends with each other? They drove all night, and they only slept for a few hours now? They are all infantry, so we follow them. Anyway, we have machine guns and mortars, so we surround them. They beat him from a long distance, if they want to chase us, we run, if they stop, we beat them with machine guns and mortars, if they want to run, we chase them!" Kaganov rolled his eyes, and made another good move idea.

Sergey's eyes lit up when he heard the words, obviously Kaga's second idea made him very tempted, but after thinking about it, Sergey hesitated again, hesitatingly said,

"If the opponent is all infantry, your style of play is very good, but the opponent still has a cavalry brigade. Even if you are beaten to death in the town of Sterlitamak, there are still more than one regiment of cavalry left. , if the dog jumps over the wall and chases us, it will not be easy to get rid of, if it becomes a melee and gets mixed up, it will be troublesome, as long as the opponent uses cavalry to hold us back, and three infantry divisions swarm up, we will not be able to handle it!"

Sergey's concerns are not unreasonable. Tukhachevsky is considered to have a large number of people at the moment. If they get mixed up in a melee, he will just take advantage of the number of people, and his machine guns and mortars In order to avoid accidental injury, it is timid and difficult to play!