Beiyang 1917

Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny is by no means a cavalry general of the Red Army of the Soviet Union. In Wang Geng’s previous life, Budyonny and Voroshilov’s First Cavalry Army gave birth to countless dazzling generals. Star, and became the only remaining force in the great purge that Comrade Joseph carried out in the 30s, because the founder of the Soviet Russian Red Army in 1918 was Comrade Trotsky, chairman of the Supreme Military Council.

And Comrade Joseph, who later dominated the Soviet Union, had little influence in the army at this time. Even if the Southern Front Army was counted as the team he built by himself, only the future Budyonny was in his hands. The First Cavalry Army and the First Cavalry Army, after all, Sekin, the commander of the Southern Front Army, was still an expert general who had defected from the old Tsarist Russian army sent by Trotsky.

Since the Battle of Ufa, the nearly 30 Soviet Red Army on the right bank of the Volga River have never fought a comfortable battle. The overwhelming large-scale air strikes by the coalition air force cut off one-third of its troops, and as a result, they suffered from air strike phobia, and changed color when they heard the coalition air force.

Of course, the special cavalry division did not act together with the main force of the army group because it was on its own. In October Town, it was only a false alarm by the large fleet of more than 150 aircraft from the coalition air force flying overhead. The retreat, the muddy roads and flooded rivers in the rain and rain became the nightmare of Budyonny's special cavalry division, but this guy led the cavalry under his command to overcome these difficulties.

When joining forces with the main force of the group army and approaching the city of Buzuluk, Budyonny's cavalry division of nearly 9000 people is the best-preserved division on the right bank of the Volga River.

Good luck has always favored Budyonny's cavalry division, but good luck will not always be there. Ever since Buzuluk's northwest avant-garde battalion was defeated by a scouting cavalry company from the other side, Budyonny has been observing and studying the attack of the coalition forces. Law.

It is undeniable that the original individual quality of the Cossack Cavalry Division of the White Guards may not be inferior to that of the Red Cossacks of the Soviet Red Army, and even better in military quality. status and strength.

The Cossack cavalry brigade in Buzuluk Town, which joined the coalition army, is obviously better equipped than the previous White Guard cavalry. Judging from the firepower of machine guns and mortars, this cavalry brigade has more firepower than its own. The cavalry division is even stronger!

Of course, after losing the artillery company and the heavy machine gun battalion, Budyonny's cavalry did not have the capital to fight positional warfare with the opponent, so along the way, this guy has been thinking about what kind of combat method can maximize his strengths and avoid weaknesses. The coalition cavalry in front of them It is obviously more like an infantry on horseback. Dismounted horses in combat rely mainly on positions and firepower. The opponent seems to have always avoided hand-to-hand combat and hand-to-hand combat.

But this is also normal. If Budyonny's own cavalry division also has the firepower of the coalition cavalry, he will not easily fight the opponent with sabers and hand-to-hand combat. Naturally, he must use his strengths to avoid weaknesses in battle!

Although Budyonny was on the way to outflank the enemy in Buzuluk Town, he was actually mentally prepared to be intercepted by the enemy. The reinforcements from the coalition forces were only a cavalry regiment. He still has the courage to fight to a certain extent. If the coalition forces come to reinforce and pursue him is a cavalry brigade, Budyonny has no choice but to retreat.

It is impossible to fight without courage, let alone relying on courage alone. When it is time to be brave, you must be 120% brave. When the people who were bombed crossed the Domahika River fell on their backs, they were mentally prepared. According to his calculations, if the coalition army had the strength of a battalion, then he would use a brigade to eat up the opponent. If the coalition army had the strength of a regiment, He can only use the trick of dragging the knife, drag the opponent away, and then concentrate his forces to fight one of them.

But in any case, it is the key to avoid positional warfare and make the cavalry of both sides enter hand-to-hand combat as much as possible.

Therefore, when the coalition forces on the opposite side came up with at least one regiment of troops, Budyonny made up his mind to make a concentric assault after blooming on all sides. Set up machine guns and mortars on the ground to take advantage of yourself.

Budyonny asked Timoshenko and Tyurenev to retreat first with 1000 cavalry each, and he led the remaining 1000 cavalry to bluff and drag the coalition forces to buy time for Timoshenko and the others. There was a field five kilometers to the south. There is a dense forest, and there is a small lake beside it. Budyonny intends to teach the cavalry of the coalition army a good lesson in this place.

Of course, he didn't expect that the opponent's cavalry, like the coalition cavalry in Buzuluk Town, was also equipped with 2000mm battalion-owned mortars with a range of 81 meters, and the artillery deployed and attacked very quickly, which forced him to advance He took his cavalry to evacuate and retreat, and when they ran out of the attack range of the opponent's mortar, there were more than 1000 cavalry left out of the 700 cavalry, and Budyonny was so angry that he scolded his mother.

When he turned around and saw that the cavalrymen on the other side couldn't hold back and chased them up, Budyonny secretly said that it was just right, and he and Rebalco led the remaining 700 cavalrymen of the second regiment to the southwest direction. A highly mobile assault unit, Budyonny intends to use himself as a bait to lure the opponent towards the southwest.

After passing the ambush position of Timoshenko and Tyurenev, it's time to kill a carbine, attack from three sides and fight hand-to-hand, and eat the opponent's forward in field battles and hand-to-hand combat!Then consider whether to retreat or continue to deal with this coalition cavalry regiment. If you can fight with a knife-drag and annihilation battle, if you can capture the opponent's heavy machine guns and mortars, Nima, I will cross the river and fight back to Buzuluk Town Copy the back route of the coalition forces in the town.

In this way, Budyonny led more than 700 cavalrymen of the Second Rybarko Regiment to stop and go in front to seduce the coalition cavalry battalion that was chasing up 1500 meters behind him, while Timoshenko and Tyurenev Each of them brought 1000 cavalry to the ambush site Budyonny said ahead of time, and hid under the cover of woods and lakes, ready to rush out and copy the rear route of the coalition forces that were catching up.

On the opposite side, Antonikov kept in mind the instructions of his brigade commander, and led a battalion of cavalry to chase and stop behind Budyonny's cavalry. The two sides always maintained a distance of 1500 meters to 1800 meters. Whenever Antonikov When they wanted to speed up and shorten the distance, Budyonny's cavalry ran forward for a while, and when Antonikov's battalion fell far away, Budyonny stopped and waited, and the two sides played a game of cat and mouse.

Negev, commander of the fifth brigade of the third Ural cavalry division, led the main cavalry of the remaining three battalions of the first regiment, and slowly fell two kilometers behind Antonikov, the leading battalion. It seems that the 700 Russian Red Army cavalry led by Budyonny and the 500 coalition cavalry led by Antonikov each became the bait used to lure the opponent's main force into the trap, but I don't know who will bite first. first bite of meat.

In fact, the physical strength and horses of both sides are already exhausted. For the cavalry regiment of the coalition Negev, they drove over from Neftegorsk early in the morning, and the water rice was not sticky, and they rushed for a long distance on the muddy road. Now I have run at least 90 kilometers in total, and I am exhausted.

For Budyonny's cavalry brigade, they didn't sleep all night. Even in the morning when other infantry divisions were making up their handovers, the cavalry were still tossing and attacking the town of Buzuluk. The distance to run in a while is only a lot longer than that of the cavalry regiment of the coalition army, and it is also exhausting.

Once this cat-and-mouse game between Budyonny and Negev started, no one seemed to be able to stop, those who escaped could not escape for a while, those who chased could not catch up for a while, and neither side showed their backs. Seeing that two kilometers ahead is the scheduled ambush location, Budyonny is a little worried. The battalion of the coalition army that catches up has been unwilling to take advantage of it, and the main force of the opponent is obviously following. Do you work hard?