Beiyang 1917

1918年7月14ri12：45布祖卢克镇东南三十公里布祖卢克河畔阵地

"Then charge. The opponent's position has three directions, namely north, east and south. How do you plan to charge?" Political commissar Xia Tenke was obviously moved by brigade commander Gorodovikov. As political commissar and Budyonny's The partner, Xia Jianke, is more concerned with surrounding the enemy but retreating without a fight. In the future, it will be difficult to explain in front of the group army and the front army.

As for the seizure of weapons and equipment, it was not in the eyes of comrades of the political commissar. Of course, it is a good thing to win the battle for the Southern Front Army and Comrade Joseph.

The brigade commander Gorodovikov looked at the position of the coalition forces on the opposite side with a telescope. The other side was still desperately digging trenches and reinforcing bunkers. Obviously, the white guard Russian cavalry who had defected to the coalition forces did not make any progress. They dismounted as soon as they fought. Ma has developed some skills in digging trenches.

"Political commissar, brigade commander, don't hesitate. While the enemy's foothold is not stable, the whole brigade presses up and fights to the death. I will lead the Kalmyk regiment to cut in from the middle, and Romanenko will lead the remaining cavalry of the second regiment to outflank the north. Use the captured mortars to attack on the north road to attract the enemy's attention, put the heavy machine guns in the middle, and send the five Browning squads to our regiment with machine guns, and I will definitely charge up for you!"

The leader of the Kalmyk regiment, Ryabyshev, is gearing up to try. Romanenko here frowned upon hearing this. Damn, Lao Tzu's troops worked so hard and paid so many casualties before they were captured. You Kalmyk regiment It's just an armed parade, so even the pot is going to be taken away?

Gorodovikov's eyes lit up when he heard the words. He obviously felt that Ryabyshev's idea was very good, but seeing Romanenko, the head of the second regiment, frowning, he was obviously not willing to risk his life Comrade Brigadier Commander punched Romanenko on the shoulder and said with a smile,

"Prokofi Logvinovich, why, you are not willing to use the captured weapons? Otherwise, if you lead the second regiment to the center, the five Browning squad machine guns will be returned to you? The enemy's center It has the most troops, I see at least 1000 men, and you only have 1000 cavalry left, are you sure you can charge up?"

Romanenko blushed when he heard this, and looked at political commissar Xiatenko and brigade commander Gorodovikov meaningfully at him, while Ryabyshev looked at him with even more contempt, Karme The head of the Ke regiment couldn't help but joked,

"Romanenko, I just borrowed it as an envoy. The squad of the coalition army can ride a horse and hang it on the cavalry's neck to shoot while marching. It depends on this to break in. By the way, those 30 captured M1 guns The Rand semi-automatic riding rifle should also be temporarily equipped for the commandos, as long as they rush up, are they afraid that they will not be captured?"

"I didn't say no, it's just that the guns have been fired. The soldiers are all like darlings. They have to take it back before it's hot. I'm afraid the soldiers won't be able to figure it out." Romanenko muttered on the road.

"Ryabyshev is right! As long as we rush forward, we are afraid that we will not be captured? Just now, the second regiment only captured the weapons of the opponent's three companies, but the enemy in the opposite position has 13 companies left. As long as we destroy them, when the time comes I’m afraid that there will be no supplements captured, and I will decide this matter. After this battle is over, the captured troops of the whole brigade will be distributed uniformly, and they are not allowed to keep them privately for use!” Gorodovikov slapped his head and made a decision.

"Soldiers who can't figure it out, tell them to come to me, the political commissar of the division. The supply team is short of people. As long as they want to go, the political department will definitely not stop them!" Political commissar Xia Jianke also said seriously. One of the punishments for violators of discipline or guys who have made mistakes in the cavalry division is to be dismissed and thrown to the supply team to do coolies.

Of course, at this moment, whether it is the second cavalry brigade on the side of the Buzuluk River or the first brigade from the Budyonny belt to the west, it is the first time to retreat from October Town with light armor, and it is the first time to retreat from Buzuluk Town. The second light outfit, the cavalry division train team and the artillery company heavy machine gun battalion were all left to Yegorov's infantry division of the group army. At this moment, the cavalry only had the ammunition and dry food they carried with them.

After coming and going, Romanenko, the head of the second regiment, had nothing to say. The remaining 3000 members of Gorodovikov's second cavalry brigade took urgent action to reorganize the team and deploy weapons. The captured machine guns were all wrong The reason is that the platoon mortars of the 12 coalition forces really can't find suitable artillery.

In the end, after tossing for a long time, he was temporarily arrested and changed to be a gunner. The young platoon leader of a cavalry platoon in the second regiment said that it is estimated that the shells can be fired. If they can hit the target accurately, I am afraid it will not work, not to mention that the average shells are only 5 per cannon. Fa, it is estimated that the gunner's accuracy has not been practiced before the battle is over. This thing must be taught by the master. The artillery of our whole division is reserved for the group army. How can we play this as cavalry?

"Pavel Alekseevich Belov, Comrade Platoon Leader, how can you train your heads with so many shells captured?

As long as you can shoot the shells in the direction of the enemy, it is a meritorious service, but this is a platoon mortar of the coalition forces, and the range is about 1000 meters, so the task of your platoon is both arduous and glorious, and you must be under the cover of the brigade Rush up nearly 1000 meters, then get off the horse and set up cannonballs to bombard the opponent. We can't let the shells hit our own heads, do you understand? "

Romanenko stared at the cavalry platoon in front of him, and when he was yelled at by the regiment leader, the young platoon leader Belov bowed his head and said in his heart, then he could only pray for God's blessing, and charged and set up artillery. Shoot, do you think that our Cossacks are self-taught gods?Let's wait and see.

Here the division political commissar Xia Tenke and the brigade commander Gorodovikov personally mobilized before the battle. The political commissar Xia Tenke rode his horse and ran back and forth in front of the cavalry formation, raised his arms and shouted,

"Soldiers of Budyonny, we are the red Cossacks. No one can stop our progress, no one can prevent us from winning, no mud and swamps, no big rivers and small rivers, the division commander is waiting for us on the left bank of the Volga River , We can only be worthy of the glorious title of Budyonny Cavalry Division if we break through the siege!"

"Ula~~~" nearly 3000 soldiers of the Budyonny Cavalry Division roared in unison.

The brigade commander Gorodovikov also rode forward, raised the saber in his hand, and shouted,

"Comrades of the [-]nd Cavalry Brigade! Brothers of the Kalmyk regiment, warriors of the Romanenko regiment, don't forget the honor you have received. We beat Denikin and Krasnov in Tsaritsyn. Fuck the crap, we beat Wrangel and the Makhnov gang, every time they make a comeback, we beat them once!

Although this is the Great Plain of Ufa, we have no handy armored trains and cannons, and only a few machine guns were captured!But our fighters are the bravest fighters, our Bolsheviks are the most steadfast Bolsheviks, rushing to the enemy's positions, beheading them, capturing their weapons, and driving the invaders and traitors from the land of Mother Russia , Do you have confidence?Do you have? "

The answer to the brigade commander and the political commissar was 3000 cavalry shouting and deafening roars

"Ulla~~~"

On the opposite coalition position, the commander of the regiment commander Antonikov Jr. is on a hillside behind the position. It can be clearly seen through the telescope. Although Budyonny's cavalry on the opposite side is only 3000 people, but the shaking Ula roars, 2000 Miwai Shunfeng could hear clearly.

Nima, if you fight hand-to-hand with swords and swords in the field, my 1700 cavalry can't hold your Budyonny's 3000 wolves, fight positional warfare, and let the horses come over to see, Little Antonikov asked the second battalion to guard the north The 700-meter line of defense on the front line, the third battalion guards the 700-meter defense line on the south line, and the fourth battalion guards the 1000-meter-wide main defense line facing east in the middle.

Each battalion retains a company as the reserve team for each battalion at the back, and the remaining fourth company of the first battalion serves as the general reserve team. Three air-cooled Browning heavy machine guns and 3 guns were deployed on the north and south lines. Browning squad machine guns were set up, and Antonikov arranged 12 air-cooled Browning heavy machine guns and 1000 squad machine guns on the 7-meter defense line in the middle.

60 platoon mortars with 20mm caliber were deployed on the north and south lines of the coalition forces, and the rest were strengthened to the middle line of defense, so that the number of platoon mortars on the 1000-meter line of defense in the middle section was as high as 38. At the same time , 4 battalion-owned mortars with a caliber of 81mm were all arranged near the command position on the central hillside, which enabled 32 battalion-owned mortars to support battles in three directions at any time with a range of 2000 meters.

The mobilization slogan of Antonikov Jr. was simple, "Anyone who dares to take a step back without an order is shot on the spot! If you want to survive, you must destroy the enemy!"