Beiyang 1917

1918年7月14ri11：50布祖卢克镇南20公里处的多马希卡河畔

24-year-old Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko, head of the 250nd Regiment of the [-]st Brigade of the Special Cavalry Division of the [-]th Army of the Southern Front of the Soviet Red Army ([-]th Cavalry Division), led the remaining [-] cavalrymen of the rear battalion He turned back to meet the [-]st Battalion of the [-]st Cavalry Regiment led by Dominik Mikhainovich Negev, commander of the [-]th Brigade of the [-]rd Ural Cavalry Division of the coalition army who was chasing after him.

Brigadier Negev is only 24 years old this year. He joined the Don Cossack Cavalry Regiment with his cousin Nerikov at the age of 18. He fought against the German and Austrian troops on the Eastern Front for more than 3 years and won the Order of St. George once a year on average. Well, if it wasn't for the February Revolution and the October Revolution last year, this guy must have won the fourth Order of St. George to complete the grand slam.

Brigadier Negev personally led the main battalion of the first regiment to chase after him. He just wanted to hold down the pace and control the rhythm so as not to startle the enemy. Jonny, the cavalry brigade with only more than 3000 people left, was beaten to the ground by him.

Although Negev only had the first regiment of the fifth brigade of the third cavalry division in his hand, and the artillery company and brigade guard company stayed in Buzuluk Town to prepare for the battle across the river against the infantry division of the Soviet Red Army, but his The strength of the first cavalry regiment is at least 2200 people left, and there is no suspense about beating Budyonny's disabled cavalry brigade of 3000 people.

At least Negev himself thought so. Although the Russian cavalry division of the coalition army is not as good as the mixed Chinese cavalry brigade of the coalition army, it is not a star and a half stronger than the White Guard cavalry and the Soviet Red Army cavalry.

After being discovered by the opponent, Nejev knew that this battle must be fought. While ordering the messengers to rush back to adjust the brigade, he slowly commanded a battalion in his hand to retreat a few hundred meters to seize the favorable terrain behind him, planning to defend first. Then when the main force of the regiment comes up, the main force of his first regiment is still walking slowly three kilometers behind the vanguard battalion to slow down the horsepower. The brigade commander Negev only has a cavalry vanguard battalion of 500 people at the moment.

On the opposite side, the head of the Soviet Red Army Budyonny's commander named Rebaerke was called the Cavalry General of the Soviet Russian Army in Wang Geng's previous life. He has been the commander of the tank army and has been the marshal of the armored forces. Although he was a political commissar, he is also wise and brave The lord who has both, led a mere 250 cavalrymen back and fought back. The 200 cavalrymen in front of the horse ran with a degree of relaxation, while the 50 cavalrymen behind dragged the branches behind the horse's buttocks and raised dust to confuse the audience. peloton.

Negev saw the Soviet Red Army cavalry who came back from the company line up, shouting "Ula" and waving their sabers, rushing over, and the dust behind them was at least more than one regiment. This guy dare not neglect He didn't even dare to make a fuss, and he ordered to fire when the opponent's charging queue was within 1000 meters.

In the crash training course for battlefield commanders held by the Allied Forces Command in Chelyabinsk, east of the Ural Mountains, it was repeatedly emphasized to make use of strengths and circumvent weaknesses, to use firepower, and to bring the enemy closer and fight only on the premise of having a solid defensive position. Now The two armies were almost fighting in the field. Their own cavalry just retreated to a row of hills and got off their horses and lay down on the ground hastily to build a position. There were no bunkers and trenches, so they couldn't put them in and fight again.

Of course, it is true that Rybalko used the 50 cavalry tied to branches to mop the ground and raise dust behind him, and the empty city plan he sang did confuse the vision of the coalition commander Nejev on the opposite side, but Rybalko did not expect that The result of bluffing the opposing coalition forces was that the opponent's machine guns and mortars opened fire at a distance of 8 to 900 meters, which was unexpected.

The 1918rd Ural Cavalry Division is the Russian cavalry division in the coalition. Each company is equipped with an m3a1917 air-cooled Browning heavy machine gun, and each row is equipped with an m1bra Browning squad machine gun. Each squad has three M[-] Garlands German semi-automatic riding rifle.

In addition, each platoon is equipped with two 2mm platoon mortar squads, and each battalion is equipped with eight 60mm caliber battalion mortar platoons.

Negev's cavalry battalion dismounted and quickly set up crane machine guns and mortars on the hillside. Of course, Negev did not rush to fire across the board, but ordered the two heavy machine guns of the second and third companies on the left and right wings to fire. In addition, the fourth company in the middle Six platoons of mortars opened fire, and the first company was arranged by Nejef as a reserve team on the reverse slope of the hillside. The battalion's 6mm caliber mortars set up positions on the reverse slope of the hillside, but did not fire.

Even if there are only 2 Browning heavy machine guns and 6 platoon mortars firing on the temporary position of the coalition forces, it is not the 250 Soviet Red Army cavalry equipped with Mosin Nagant rifles on the opposite side of Rebalko. The Red Army cavalry who were able to contend with the charge were swept down by the Browning heavy machine gun 800 meters away, and the mortar shells that fell like raindrops one after another made Rebarco's charge even more difficult. Mess up.

Fortunately, Rebarco has rich combat experience. He ordered to turn to the west after the opponent's heavy machine gun fired. When a beautiful arc crossed to the west and waited for Rebarco's cavalry to go back and run 1 kilometer away, there were only more than 250 cavalry left out of the 150 cavalry, and the entire company of cavalry was thrown on the battlefield.

This is due to the fact that Rebalco's troops are well-trained. It is not so easy for ordinary cavalry to turn such a beautiful arc without affecting the formation of the troops rushing behind. Rebalco himself is still alive and well, For heavy machine guns, shooting at a distance of 800 to 1000 meters can only be an area shooting of the cover type, and it is impossible to hit accurately.

When Rebalco charged, the formation was actually very thin, with only two rows at the front and back. The distance between the cavalry and the cavalry was more than 3 meters. When the artillery ran to 400 meters away to regroup.

Now the coalition commander Negev, who was deceived by the empty city plan by tying a tree branch behind the horse's buttocks, couldn't help yelling in anger, Nima, I always thought you had a cavalry brigade rushing back. If I knew you only had more than 200 cavalry, I would use it Is this like facing an enemy!

Of course, Negev was angry and angry. Seeing that the opponent basically ran out of the best range of the machine gun and the platoon mortar, he ordered the shooting to stop, but soon, from the binoculars, he could see that the remaining part of the opponent There was a lot of dust behind a company of cavalry, and with the sound of horseshoes, the main force of Budyonny's cavalry brigade finally rushed back.

This made Negev have to give up the idea of ​​sending two cavalry companies to attack and eat the remaining 150 cavalry in front of the opponent. Immediately afterwards, he heard the deafening sound of horseshoes behind his own position, and the commander of the fifth brigade turned around. Looking around, I couldn't help but be sure that the main force of my first regiment one kilometer away has already rushed over, Nima, who is afraid of who now!

The reason why the cavalry led by Rebarco suffered such a big loss and was knocked down by the opponent with more than 100 cavalry. During the artillery battle, a cavalry battalion sent by Budyonny pressed up and the opponent's machine gun did not fire at 1000 meters, so Rebarco boldly led the rear battalion to charge an extra 200 meters, wanting to detect this coalition cavalry reality.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was a sledgehammer, and in a blink of an eye, the bullets from the Browning heavy machine gun swept over like water, and the six 60mm mortars even poured out at least six rounds of shells in 2 minutes, don't be fooled Looking at the power of a 1.5 kg mortar grenade explosion, the power of each shell to explode after landing is equivalent to at least 34 Mills-type grenades, and the killing radius exceeds 10 meters.

When Rebalko and his 150 cavalry were still in shock, Budyonny led the main force of the cavalry brigade back, and the galloping momentum of nearly 3000 Soviet Red Army cavalry immediately stabilized the situation on the battlefield.

After Budyonny led the army to the battlefield, the command was determined. Timoshenko led two battalions of a regiment to suppress the left-wing position, and Tyurenev led the other two battalions to suppress the right-wing position. Budyonny personally The three battalions leading the 2nd Regiment met the rest of Rybalco in the middle.