Beiyang 1917

1918年7月14ri9:15布祖卢克镇北部苏俄红军南方面军第九集团军指挥部

"Budyonny led his cavalry division to detour in two ways, ready to outflank the opponent's rear, and beat the coalition cavalry brigade in Buzuluk town from the rear. I have approved his plan. Battle plan!"

Army Commander Egorov looked exhausted. He had broken through for three days and three nights. Whoever sleeps the least is the most stressed and mentally burdened the most, and that is Comrade Commander Yegorov. Coupled with the cloudy clouds, which restrict the air reconnaissance and attack of the coalition air force in the direction of Ufa, Yegorov does not think that his team will be able to withdraw smoothly to his hometown of Buzuluk.

"Budyonny left with the cavalry division? What about our infantry division?" Kikweize, the commander of the 16th Infantry Division, couldn't help but shouted!

"What should I do? Has your master slept enough? Continue to sleep before waking up, and prepare to attack when you wake up. What else can you do? Sit and wait for the opponent to retreat or put down their weapons? Daydreaming!" The 15th Infantry Division Commander Inza ** said.

The commanders of the other three divisions looked at each other. Obviously, when Budyonny's cavalry division was there, everyone felt it. Now that they heard that Budyonny led the cavalry division to set off suddenly, the division commanders felt a little empty for a while. marginal.

"Budyonny's cavalry division has established a heavy machine gun position 1800 meters in front of the opponent's position. The heavy machine gun battalion of the cavalry division will stay there and will provide fire support and cover for the infantry division's attack, just like what Comrade Inza said The infantry division wakes up and prepares to go into battle, and they will not be able to find their way home without taking down Buzuluk!" Yegorov's voice was firm with fatigue.

"But how to fight? Although the front line is 4 kilometers wide, the terrain is not good for us, and the opponent's machine guns and mortars are also quite sharp. Besides, they still have two artillery companies hiding in the town. If they want to launch an attack, they can. How to fight specifically? If you want me to say that Budyonny’s cavalry division should stay and charge, it would be a long way to attack with infantry!” Usti, the commander of the 23rd Infantry Division, couldn’t help but said.

"How to fight? It's up to you to figure out how to fight. If you want to fight, you have to figure out a way. The army headquarters will not interfere, but don't give me foreign work. The enemy's brigade has less than 5000 troops on the opposite side. Any of your divisions can still fight at least There are more than 6000 people left, and the engineering battalion and reconnaissance battalion of the group army can be used by you, who will take the lead first?"

Yegorov said angrily, Usti, the division commander, has always been cunning, and always likes to take advantage of the cheap to avoid fighting tough battles. The battle in Buzuluk Town is obviously going to be a tough battle, and it may be related to the life and death of the entire army. At this time, teachers who have the courage to shoulder the burden need to stand up!

As a result, as soon as the commander of the group army said this, the five division commanders stopped being angry. Damn, no one is willing to take the lead?Yegorov was so angry that he narrowed his eyes and said,

"What? Budyonny is not here, and the infantry divisions are scared? Don't everyone usually pat their chests and boast that they are the ace of the Ninth Army? No one wants to be the ace now?" Yegorov's tone was very serious. Heavy.

Several division commanders have all kinds of expressions and gestures. Inza, the commander of the 15th Division, looked up at the top of the tent to study whether a small beetle crawling on the top was male or female. The commander of the 16th Division, Kilweize, counted his feet with his head down. Whether the number of pebbles in the lawn is odd or even.

Sami, the commander of the 17th Division, and Hardinyev, the commander of the 19th Division, who usually don't grab credits and stand out, looked at Inza and Kirweize innocently. What a shame for a teacher who is clamoring to be an ace all day long.

Usti, the commander of the 23rd Division, closed his eyes and thought about his thoughts silently. In the end, Knyagnitsky, the political commissar next to Yegorov, coughed in his heart, and came out to smooth things over and ease the atmosphere.

"Budyonny originally hoped that the commander Yegorov would personally command the special cavalry division to implement the flanking operation plan. Of course, he also hoped that the political commissar would bring a cavalry brigade to participate in the roundabout operation. Budyonny's request was accepted by Comrade Yegorov. Rejected, the commander said, where the infantry division is, he will be there, when Buzuluk is taken, and when the troops will be withdrawn!"

"I know what Budyonny is thinking, and some of you know it in your heart. I thank him for his kindness, but I refused! I Yegorov has no other skills. I can't take down a Russian cavalry brigade with five divisions." As for the guarded positions, I think I, the commander of the group army, can be demobilized and go home to have a baby!" Yegorov roared in a stern voice.

Several division commanders couldn't laugh or cry when they heard the words. Obviously, Budyonny wanted the commander and political commissar of the group army to leave the infantry division and cross the river to retreat to the south first, so that the fire of the Ninth Army would be preserved. As for the infantry division, there were more than 30000 in five divisions A brigade of 5000 troops cannot be defeated by one person, so what is the use of such an infantry division without combat effectiveness?

Of course, the commanders can only keep this kind of conjecture in their hearts. No one is so stupid as to jump out and accuse Budyonny that the cavalry division has escaped or something. After leaving the town, everyone will have no face after this wronged a good person. Goodbye.

What's more, the commander of the group army is obviously firmly on the side of Budyonny and the cavalry division. Since the commander does not suspect that the cavalry division is retreating alone instead of outflanking the enemy, how dare other division commanders jump out and talk nonsense?

"Our 15th Division will take the lead, but I have to allocate the engineering battalions of the other divisions to me!" Inza, the commander of the 15th Division, couldn't hold back, and was the first to stand up and ask for a fight!

Inza's statement made the other thorny division commanders breathe a sigh of relief. In terms of weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness, Inza's 15th Division is definitely one of the best in the Ninth Army. A few divisions with weaker combat effectiveness are more suitable.

Kierweizer's 16th Division was second only to Inza's 15th Division in terms of combat effectiveness and equipment. Seeing that Inza had finally stepped up to take the lead, at this juncture, this guy was not far behind, and stepped forward half a step away.

"The 16th Division can play the second team and be the reserve team of the 15th Division. Don't worry about Inza. If your casualties are greater than mine after the battle, I will give you whichever regiment you like in the 16th Division!" Kirweizer's words were also unambiguous.

Only then did Yegorov smile with satisfaction, and then asked Inza, "How do you want to fight? Let me tell you, we must hurry up before the weather clears up. If the sun really comes out, the Ufa coalition forces will be able to fight within an hour." The air team can fall on top of our heads, and at that time, at such a narrow place where three rivers meet, I don’t even tell you what to expect from the results of our Ninth Army!”

"How else can we fight? Dig trenches! Machine guns and artillery are far inferior to others. If there are no trenches, the attack on the open ground will be used as a target for others. I am ugly. If there is not enough manpower, I will be Kilweize. The 16th division followed me!" Inza muttered about his style of play, which made the eyes of several division commanders and Yegorov brighten up.

Only political commissar Kniagnitsky asked worriedly, "The coalition air force above and the pursuers in the north are almost here. Is it too late to dig trenches now?"

"I have to dig before it's too late, Kirweizer, your 16th division will help me cut down trees first, as much as I can cut down, we will stick a wooden platoon shield on our heads, and if we stack up a few layers, it will not be able to stop heavy machine guns At least I can defend against the opponent's small-caliber mortar shell fragments!" Inza, the commander of the No. 15 Infantry Division, gave the job carelessly.

If you want to say which arm in the army is the hardest, you have to count it as an engineer. It is the job of an engineer to split mountains, open roads, cross rivers, build bridges, detect mines and clear mines. Each infantry division of the Soviet Red Army has an engineer battalion. Of course, this will Originally, there were only more than 6000 people left in the five divisions of Yegorov's Ninth Army, so there were only more than 300 people left in the divisional engineering battalions of several infantry divisions.

Yegorov and political commissar Kniagnitsky still sit in the headquarters 3 kilometers behind, while Inza moved his former enemy headquarters to the edge of a hill more than 2 kilometers away from the opponent's position.

Since the position of the heavy machine gun battalion commanded by Kulik has been built and reinforced a lot 200 meters ahead, Inza's trench warfare method started from the trench of the heavy machine gun position 1800 meters away, in order to transport troops For convenience, three 200-meter traffic trenches were first dug out by the engineer battalion lying on the ground, leading directly from both sides of the hillside to the heavy machine gun position 1800 meters away.

There was no movement in the coalition camp opposite, but Inza knew that the 81mm caliber mortars equipped by the coalition forces could hit as far as 2000 meters away, so he was a little careful not to ostentatiously.

Fortunately, these days are either wind or rain, and the ground is so wet and soft. There are 1500 people in five engineering battalions working on the ground. It took 20 minutes for them to sweat profusely and feel nervous, and half of them were dug out. There are three traffic ditches with a length of 200 meters each.

On average, three people dig a traffic ditch that is one meter long and half a meter deep. Each person only digs 30 centimeters. Continuously dig mud for 5 minutes at a fast speed without reducing speed and efficiency.

In the next half an hour, the traffic trench extended vertically toward the coalition position. Within half an hour, 1500 people pushed the two traffic trenches forward 700 meters toward the coalition position, and reached the position of 1100 meters. The infantry of the Inza Division, who had been fighting for more than two hours, took turns to enter the position along the traffic trench, and continued to dig the trench at a position of about 1100 meters.

The amount of work was huge, but Inza commanded the engineers and his own infantry regiment soldiers to dig out a chest-deep offensive trench with a width of one kilometer at a distance of 1100 meters under the eyes of the coalition forces. It took only an hour and 20 hours. Minutes only.