Beiyang 1917

This is an era of heroes, whether it is the commander of the cavalry division such as the red Cossack Budyonny or the white Cossack Nerikov, or whether it is the cavalry brigade of the Soviet Red Army such as Timoshenko and Gorodovikov. The commander, or Nejev of the fifth brigade of the third cavalry division of the coalition army, or the slightly rough and unbearable commander of the sixth brigade Kevsky, are all outstanding soldiers in this era.

The same is true for Alexei Hashkovich Antonikov, the commander of the coalition cavalry regiment. Although there are only about 1700 cavalry regiments left under his command, he does not deploy the Soviet Red Army with 4500 troops on the opposite side. The second brigade of Jonny's cavalry division looked at it, yes, the vanguard battalion had eaten up three companies, and the enemy could be wiped out twice as much as its own losses.

Therefore, after severely repairing Gorodovikov's cavalry who were still cleaning the battlefield with a mortar shell, Antonikov Jr. led the fourth battalion back to his established position.

After going back and forth for three kilometers, when Antonikov returned to his position in the south, the infantry positions and machine gun and mortar fire points of the second and third battalions had been repaired in sevens and eighties. Of course, it is impossible to dig out at this moment. Something like the heavy machine gun bunker dug by Yegorov's Ninth Army in the north of Buzuluk, covered with three layers of logs and wet mud.

A shallow trench surrounded the north, east, and south sides of the entire highland. The horses, luggage and carriages were surrounded by the woods facing the river behind the highland. The total length of the three sides of the front was about 2400 meters. Positional warfare to clean up the attacking Soviet Red Army cavalry.

Of course, the other party may also run away with a feint shot, that's okay, I will follow you, as long as you stop, I will repair you with machine guns and mortars, and try to ambush me again, if it is not for Sasha The idiot was careless and hit an ambush, so that you can eat up the strength of Lao Tzu's three companies?There are no doors!

Only then did Antonikov free his hands and remember to send a report to Buzuluk's division headquarters:

"Our troops bit a cavalry brigade of the opponent's detour at about 30 kilometers upstream of the Buzuluk River. During the encounter, nearly 400 enemies were annihilated, and our troops suffered [-] casualties. Now we are relying on the field positions and preparing to continue to carry out severe punishment on the enemy. Strike!"

Antonikov, the commander of the regiment, is considered crazy. This telegram is not a call for help at all, but a notification to the division headquarters. I am biting the enemy's brigade here, and I am ready to deal with the opponent!

The call back from the division is also simple:

Antonikov Jr., the Second Regiment of the Fifth Brigade, and the main force of the infantry division of the Yegorov Group Army's attack on the town of Buzuluk have completely failed. The enemy is retreating, but the main force still remains. The Sixth Brigade needs to seize the enemy in front of them Temporarily unable to support you all, you all pay attention to avoiding field battles and wave battles, sticking to the enemy and being able to follow the opponent is a merit!

And here, Xia Tenke, the political commissar of the Budyonny Cavalry Division, and Gorodovikov, the brigade commander of the second brigade, led the remaining 1300 cavalrymen of the second regiment to rush over, only to realize that they had kicked on the iron plate again. I understand why the coalition forces on the opposite side prefer positional warfare so much, and with such a little effort, relying on a small high ground, they actually formed another line of defense.

This time Antonikov was not polite. When the opponent’s cavalry rushed to 1800 meters, his battalion mortars fired and smashed out. The 32 81mm battalion mortars roared and blasted each A fragmentation grenade weighing 3.6 kilograms was shot out.

Five consecutive rounds of shooting, 160 mortar shells hit from 1800 meters to 1500 meters, and the three cavalry battalions rushed up by the Soviet Russian Red Army were blown up. After being knocked out of more than 400 cavalry, Xia Tenko and Gorodovikov had to command the troops to circle their horses and withdraw from the range of the coalition mortars.

The two sides faced each other at a distance of more than 2000 meters. Gorodovikov's cavalry set up the air-cooled Browning heavy machine gun and tried to shoot at 2000 meters away. The brigade commander stopped after a few shots. It was a waste of ammunition. There were not many bullets captured. The luxury of raining bullets from such a long distance was not something the Soviet Red Army could afford.

As Ryabyshev led the Kalmyk Cavalry Regiment reinforcements to the battlefield, about 3000 cavalry from the second brigade of the Budyonny Cavalry Division surrounded the position of 2000 cavalry from three sides at a distance of 1700 meters. The two sides are at a stalemate.

The 12 platoon mortars and five Browning squad machine guns seized by Gorodovikov were still out of reach for a while, and the coalition forces obviously did not want to part with ammunition at all. The enemies with the mortars were all bombarded by the opponent's mortars, and they were quite accurate.

"Comrade political commissar, how do we fight this battle? The opponent learned a lot from a siege, and turned the battle back into the mode of positional warfare. Although we have a large number of people, the opponent's machine guns and mortars are not vegetarians, so they only charge a few times. Now, another four companies have been killed or injured!"

The brigade commander of the second brigade, Gorodovikov, was a little worried. He finally had the opportunity to eat a cavalry regiment that was hanging outside without a solid defensive position. If the opponent's machine guns and mortars armed to the teeth could fall into his hands In the words, Nima, we might be able to go back and rescue the main force of the army, but if we really want to bite, we find that the opponent is an iron hedgehog with thorns all over his body!

"The main force of the army group could not be contacted, there was no response to the radio call, and the battle in Buzuluk Town in the north was not known how it was going. I was worried that the two routes of our cavalry division could not detour to the south of Buzuluk town, which caused the main force of the army group to fail. Take the town of Buzuluk. Didn’t the coalition prisoners say it before? Their regiment set off from Solochinsk after receiving a telegram in the morning. Another regiment is likely to go to Buzuluk from Neftegorsk at the same time. reinforce!"

Political commissar Xia Jianke's mood was obviously a bit heavy at this time. The loss of contact with the main force of Yegorov's army in the north gave him an ominous premonition. Could it be that the main force had already retreated after failing to take down Buzuluk?Why didn't you contact yourself?Or, because the second brigade has been fighting the coalition cavalry regiment on the opposite side just now, the brigade radio was not turned on and missed the call of the group army?

"Political commissar, the division commander may or may not have been chased by the enemy cavalry, but I believe that even if the situation is not good, there is no problem for the division commander to retreat south with the first brigade, but the main force of the northern army may not be able to take down Buzuluk. The captives said that each cavalry regiment of the [-]rd Ural Cavalry Division of the Allied Army is equipped with an artillery battery, and the artillery battery of their regiment has been reinforced and strengthened to the town of Buzuluk!"

Gorodovikov's judgment is obviously not optimistic. If the main force of the group army takes the town of Buzuluk, they can only turn around and go back north to cross the Buzuluk River again, and retreat southeast around the route of the Second Cavalry Brigade. Will the cavalry brigade of the coalition forces in Buzuluk sit back and watch the main force of the group army retreat smoothly?I'm afraid not necessarily!

"Political commissar, brigade commander, if you want to fight, let's go all out and charge forward. We are cavalry, and if the cavalry don't charge and dismount to confront others, what can we do? If we want to fight, we will charge up. As long as we can charge up, even If we pay half of our troops for casualties and sacrifices, we will also make a lot of money. If we capture the machine guns and mortars of the opponent's cavalry regiment, it will be enough to arm a cavalry division. Moreover, the enemy has no other pursuers on the southern front. Go Ural!"

Ryabyshev, the head of the Kalmyk regiment, was eager to try with light in his eyes. Just now he saw that Romanenko's second regiment was actually equipped with five Browning squad machine guns and 12 forced rifles captured by the coalition forces. There was also a new type of lightweight air-cooled heavy machine gun, and the political commissar, brigade commander, and Romanenko's guards were all replaced with the coalition m1 Garand semi-automatic riding rifle, which can make the head of the Kalmyk regiment Look at the red eyes, hot ears, and itchy heart.

"It's not that simple to fight. The opponent's mortar just now can hit 2000 meters, and the power of a large-caliber mortar grenade can wipe out men and horses within a radius of 15 meters. Let's rush up With such a short effort to withdraw, my second regiment lost four more companies! And the opponent has at least 30 such mortars!"

The head of the second regiment, Romanenko, saw that his regiment had more than half of the casualties and only about 1000 people remained, which made this guy's distressed liver tremble a little.

"More than 30 mortars that can hit 2000 meters?" Ryabyshev's face lit up when he heard this, and he turned to Xiatenko and Gorodovikov and said,

"Political commissar, brigade commander, if we get these 30 mortars, let's not say go all the way south to the Urals, we just go back and save the infantry division of the group army, maybe it will work, we will suffer from the firepower of the coalition forces What’s more, it’s rare to surround the opponent, and they only have temporary field fortifications, unlike the solid and tight trenches dug in the north of Buzuluk Town, we can’t miss this opportunity!”

The head of the Kalmyk regiment rubbed his hands and blushed, as if the new weapons of the coalition forces on the opposite side had piled up like a mountain in front of him, waiting for him to accept them.

"Rush again? Do you think it can do it? Oka Ivanovich?" Political commissar Xia Tenke asked Gorodovikov next to him suspiciously. Obviously, the huge casualties had already diluted the opponent's three consecutive battles. The joy of seizing the new weapons and ammunition of the coalition army, but the disappearance of the main force of the group army makes this guy uneasy.

"If you want to say yes, it's not impossible. To be honest, the coalition army is a paper tiger. Political commissar, don't you see that we just ate up the opponent's three companies and captured more than 100 prisoners alive. There are many good weapons, but the saber is really not our opponent, I am just worried that the troops will suffer too many casualties, and the backbone of our division has never suffered so many casualties!"

The brigade commander Gorodovikov is obviously conflicted. Like Ryabyshev, this guy is a little bit coveted about the weapons in the hands of the coalition forces. In the Battle of Ufa, dozens of divisions of the Soviet Russian Red Army fought the most shining battle so far!

If you can seize the equipment in the opponent's hand and use it to arm yourself, damn, when I go back, my brigade will be directly expanded into a cavalry division, no, at least two cavalry divisions can be formed!The embarrassing situation of being overwhelmed by Comrade Budyonny will become an eternal history!

But, can you rush up in one go?Can rushing up can eat the opponent?Just now more than 2000 people encircled a 500-man cavalry battalion, and they fought hard to win a miserable victory. Now there are 1700 coalition troops on the opposite side!Can you win?