Beiyang 1917

1918年7月14ri8:45布祖卢克镇北部苏俄红军特别骑兵师阵地

"Let's talk about how to fight next. The eyes of the whole group army are watching us. Don't think that you can expect infantry divisions to rush up, relying on the possible density of machine guns and mortars on the opponent's position, before the opponent's ammunition is exhausted. The former infantry division will definitely not be able to charge forward!" Budyonny paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and in front of him was a group of brigade commanders and political commissars of the special cavalry division.

"Comrade Commander, let me see, no, we still have to go around, go around the enemy's flank, beat the opponent's ass, and tell them to focus on one thing and lose another!" Said the first brigade commander Semyon Konstantinovich Temu Brother Xin, the young and vigorous first brigade commander is Budyonny's favorite general. His 23-year-old age may have made Temu Xinge the youngest cavalry brigade commander of the Southern Front in 1918.

"Go around? How to go around? Comrade Commander ordered the pontoon bridge to be set on fire. In the words of the Chinese people, this is called breaking the boat and sinking the boat. There are big rivers on both sides of this Buzuluk town. The river is wide and deep. If the cavalry want to wade in vain, they have to go back to the mouth of the river ten kilometers to the north, but how can the heavy machine gun and the carriage cross the river?" Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov, the commander of the second brigade, said in a buzzing voice .

Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov was born on September 1879, 9 in the village of Yelimuta, Mokraya, Rostov. He joined the Imperial Russian Army in 19 and served in Poland after a short-term training.

After returning to China, he joined the 43rd Regiment of the Don Cossacks and participated in various battles on the Eastern Front of the European War. In 1916, he was seriously injured and retired from the Tsarist Russian Army. In 1918, he joined the Soviet Russian Red Army. The brigade commander of the second brigade.

Oka Ivanovich Gorodovikov is 4 years older than the division commander Budyonny. In the Soviet Russian Red Army team in 1918, the age of 39 was considered a veteran!But it also won the trust of the teachers and comrades.

"Oka Ivanovic, my comrade-in-chief, you must be careful. It is the decision of the army headquarters to burn the pontoon bridge. As a special cavalry division, what we have to do is to resolutely implement the decision of the army headquarters. Go forward and never back down!"

Division Political Commissar Yefim Afanasyevich Shadenko said in a low and hoarse voice, frowning slightly.

The division commander Budyonny glanced at his political commissar, did not speak, and stretched out his hand to draw a circle in the air, indicating that everyone should continue to express their opinions, while cursing in his heart, Nima, Yefim Afanasyevich is also the same guy. The political commissar is suffering from an occupational disease, and he has to pay attention to where it comes from. At this moment, as long as anyone can come up with a useful idea, he can just ask me, Budyonny, to lead the horse for him!

Budyonny's division headquarters is like the main formation of the Japanese army during the Warring States Period, with curtains drawn around it, and an open space in between, with small horses sitting under the buttocks of several brigade commanders, and a big horse on the bunk in the middle Looking at the battle map, Budyonny couldn't sit still, he just turned around in circles above and listened to the brigade commanders below express their opinions and see how this battle should be fought.

The Soviet Red Army also had its own habits in marching formations. Generally, the tents of the headquarters were placed behind hills and hills, so that if you want to look at the opponent’s position, you can directly ride your horse to a high place. When you evacuate, run down quickly. Out of the enemy's sight, air defense mainly relies on evacuation and camouflage. At this time, the woods are the best place to block the enemy's air sight.

"Comrade Oka Ivanovich! It is definitely a stupid way to use cavalry to ram into the enemy's solid position. The opponent did not look at the cavalry battalion we lured the enemy just now, so the light and heavy machine guns did not fire. Those who fired The mortar is also small-caliber, how dare you say that there are no heavy machine guns and large-caliber mortars in the coalition position on the opposite side? If you want to rush up, you will die in vain!" Brother Tiemuxin insisted on his voice.

"Isn't this a dead end? If you don't rush up, will the enemy raise their hands and surrender? Don't underestimate the opponent's cavalry brigade. I suspect that the opponent's machine guns far exceed our division, no, several divisions! Let alone the opponent We are also equipped with a large number of mortars, what do we have? More than 20 heavy machine guns are all we have, and Kulik’s artillery has been overwhelmed, but since the commander of the group army is going to die, how can we fight if we don’t rush?”

Gorodovikov, the brigade commander of the second brigade, yelled not to be outdone. In his eyes, Timoshenko is young and young, and he can only fight with the wind. Whenever he encounters adversity, he will panic or act recklessly. When Kulik's artillery turned the opponent's mortar positions on their backs.

Brother Timoshen hurriedly rushed forward with the first brigade to grab the lead, but when Kulik's artillery fell into the opponent's trap and was almost wiped out by the artillery fire, Timoshen was ashamed. The angry ball no longer mentions attacking the opponent's position, but instead wants to outflank and outflank it. It is clear that Lu Qi still refuses to admit it!

The two brigade commanders, Timoshenko and Gorodovikov, quarreled and no one could convince anyone. One insisted that we should find a way to cross the river and go back to the south of the enemy in Buzuluk Town. Take the opponent's position in the north of the town directly!

"Okay! Shut up!" Budyonny finally stopped. The two brigade commanders of the special cavalry division were not convinced with each other. Bickering is commonplace, but this does not affect the unity of the entire team. A good commander is a good commander, but once he, the division commander, has made a decision, there is absolutely no discount to hit him, and he must hit him before his head is bloody!

The two commanders of the first brigade, Tyurenev and Rybalko, both supported their brigade commander Timoshenko's opinion. The cavalry should turn around and outflank. The husband and Romanenko did their part to support the claim of their brigade commander Gorodovikov.

"My Budyonny's cavalry division is the trump card of the Southern Front Army and the First Army. There is no reason to retreat without a fight. The opponent is just a cavalry brigade. No matter where this team came from and occupied Buzuluk, At least they came here after traveling hundreds of kilometers, and I think the ammunition they carry may not be able to withstand the attack just now!"

Budyonny stroked his beard and looked at his group of brigade leaders, apparently to boost morale. Sure enough, the group of brigade leaders closed their mouths and focused on Comrade Teacher Commander. Even political commissar Xia Jianke couldn't take his eyes off. They were all waiting for Budyonny to continue.

"Timoshenko is right. We are cavalry. Mobility and assault are our strengths. If we want to fight, we must hit the opponent's weakness and lower abdomen. Detours are necessary. Even if it is to reduce the pressure on the frontal enemy, we must also detour. !" Budyonny first affirmed Timoshenko's opinion.

The brigade commander of the first brigade was overjoyed when he heard the words, and bumped shoulders with his two regimental commanders. Obviously, he was affirmed by the comrade commander. It is more effective than any gold star medal. Division commander Budyonny is the idol of the soldiers and commanders of the division. , to get his affirmation and praise, that is even more exciting than getting chicken blood.

"Comrade Budyonny, you give the order. The first brigade is ready to attack at any time. We will find a way to cross the river, penetrate the enemy's rear and hit it hard. As long as the coalition forces are attacked by the enemy, I see how they will defend. The glorious first brigade The first brigade is absolutely confident in completing the mission!" Timoshenko said eagerly, puffing out his chest.

"I object! Comrade Budyonny, the order given to us by the group army is to capture the enemy's position and destroy the enemy, take the town of Buzuluk, and the enemy defending in the opposite town has at least one cavalry brigade. How much time will it take to achieve the purpose of detour, at least the force of staying in front of the attack will be greatly weakened, and the number of machine guns and cannons is far less than that of the opponent, and the strength of a brigade alone will not be able to defeat the opponent no matter what!"

The commander of the second brigade, Gorodovikov, shouted anxiously!Xia Tenke, political commissar of the upper division, obviously sided with Gorodovikov, and couldn't help reminding,

"Comrade Budyonny, the heavy machine gun positions are almost built in sevens and eighties. You also said that the eyes of the whole army are looking at us. Just now, our cavalry battalion only symbolically circled in front of the opponent's position. I just withdrew back, Bao Buqi has already been gossiped that our cavalry can't fight tough battles, and we are obedient to the order of the group army. "

It’s okay if political commissar Xia Jianke didn’t say this, but once he said that, the headquarters of the Special Cavalry Division would be blown up. The head of the first regiment of the first brigade, Tyurenev, jumped up and said, “Who said that, political commissar? , Nainai’s Lao Tzu’s team opened the way for the whole army to fight the front battle, and they fell behind and avoided the battle. You tell me the name of the person who said this, and I will take someone to teach this group of guys who only know sarcastic words!"

Rebalco, the head of the second regiment, also blushed, and shouted loudly, "They have not slept all night, but the infantry division is now full of food and drink, and is sleeping in the woods a few kilometers behind." , should our cavalry suffer so many crimes and still complain? I quit! The second regiment also has to sleep for three hours and eat and drink enough before dispatching!"

The two commanders of the second brigade, Ryabshev and Romanenko, also had ugly faces. Obviously, none of the commanders of the cavalry division could stand what the political commissar said. Although the artillery commander Kulik did not speak, But the clenched fists rattled, and his face flushed red!

Nima!If I still have 12 cannons in my hand, so what if I launch a frontal attack, I will knock out the opponent's heavy machine guns one by one!

Timoshenko and Gorodovikov looked at their division commander Budyonny with sullen faces and gritted their teeth, waiting for him to make a decision and order. The Special Cavalry Division would never retreat without a fight, never!

"Well! Not bad, the morale has improved. It seems that the level of the political commissar is not bad. A few words can drive away your sleepiness without a trace. Now that you are all energetic, let me talk about mine. Idea!" Master Budyonny waved his fist and said.