Beiyang 1917

After the coalition forces discovered the Soviet Red Army cavalry on the opposite bank at the police guard post on the south bank of the Belaya River, they immediately passed the message to the former enemy commander Xiao Shanling, commander of the third brigade of the coalition mixed cavalry, like a baton through the sound of gunfire. department. .shouda8.

This man took two cavalry battalions as a mobile force and sat 5 kilometers north of the valley where the Belaya River turned from east to west to the north. He placed a battalion on the side of the Meleuz ferry. , All the ferries were detained by him to the left bank of the Belaya River.

Judging from the information sent back from the police guard post, the Soviet Red Army cavalry unit that broke out from the other side was at least the size of a battalion when it was discovered. Two cavalry brigades of the Fourth Regiment, who were chasing south from Salawat, sent a report.Inform him that Tukhachevsky is likely to be in this cavalry unit that has rushed to the upper reaches of the Belaya River.

When I received the enemy situation report from the Xiaoshan Order at noon, I led the troops to drive the mountain road for two hours from 10:30 in the morning, followed the numerous horseshoe prints at the foot of the mountain and chased southward for [-] kilometers. While resting for lunch, the surrounding Japanese cavalry were drinking horses and eating dry food in twos and threes to fill their stomachs.

This guy received the telegram with great enthusiasm. Looking at the map, he was only 30 kilometers away from the upper reaches of the Belaya River. While answering the call, he called Xiao Shanling, the commander of the [-]rd Brigade of the Chinese Mixed Cavalry, and asked him to guard Belaya. He, when his two cavalry brigades arrived, they encircled and wiped out the rest of Tukhachevsky's cavalry regiment in one fell swoop, and captured Tukhachevsky alive. Everyone will share the credit.

After Yan Junliu sent the telegram, he hurriedly set off and led the team to the upper reaches of the Belaya River in the south. Along the way, the horseshoe prints left by the Soviet Red Army cavalry became more and more chaotic. This guy was behind Chasing, thinking suspiciously, seeing that there are at least 5000 cavalry on the other side of the footprints, where did reinforcements come from?

Although I have some doubts in my heart, since there is the main force of the third cavalry brigade of Xiaoshan Order on the south road, Yan Jun, the sixth commander who leads two Japanese cavalry brigades, is not afraid. I think you still have 5000 cavalry, but It is the guy who ran away from the general of the defeated army, and the Chinese cavalry of the coalition army blocked the way. I, Yan Junliu, made a contribution today.

Besides, Xiao Shanling, commander of the [-]rd Brigade of the Combined Cavalry of the Allied Forces, is a bold and careful guy in battle. He asked Xiao Chaogui, the commander of the [-]st Cavalry Regiment, to lead the [-]nd Battalion to station at the Merleuz Ferry, and Xiao Chunan, the brigade chief of staff, led the The third battalion was stationed in the middle section of the south bank of the upper reaches of the Belaya River, and the first and fourth battalions brought by themselves moved on the north side of the southwestern valley of the Belaya River.

Xiao Shan ordered the first not to rush across the river to chase, and the second not to concentrate his troops in one place. Anyway, as long as the cavalry of the Soviet Red Army wanted to cross the river, they would all be within sight of the police guards along the river. Wait for Yan Junliu to lead two Japanese cavalry brigades to come around you from behind!

Although the upper reaches of the Belaya River cannot swim across the high mountains, if the Soviet Red Army is not afraid of death, they dismount and roll down the river. Crossing the river, under the warning of the police sentry, his four cavalry battalions can appear in the required areas at any time.

Since there are endless coalition police guard posts on the south bank of the Belaya River, the Soviet Red Army cavalry under Tukhachevsky's command will naturally not be so stupid as to continue marching along the north bank of the river to expose their traces, not to mention Peter from the upper reaches. The Belaya River in Lopavlovka Village flows from northeast to southwest, and turns north when it reaches the valley 15 kilometers northeast of Kumertau.

Therefore, from the position of Petropavlovka village, if you drive straight westward for 34 kilometers, you will just arrive at the opposite of the first big ferry in the middle reaches of the Belaya River, Meleuz.

However, whether it is Mikhail Nikolaevich Tukhachevsky, the commander of the group army, or Comrade Xia Boyang, the former commander of the cavalry division, who is now demoted to the commander of the Jingwei Battalion, or the acting cavalry division Commander and political commissar Comrade Fumanov, these three people are not easy to use.

Xia Boyang's idea was to send the vanguard battalion to the village of Petropavlovka to cut logs with great fanfare, and prepare to build rafts to cross the fast Belaya River. For this reason, this battalion must at least assume the posture of a cavalry regiment. After dismounting, three companies will cut wood by the river to make rafts, and the remaining company will lead three companies' horses to run around the village, pretending to be a cavalry regiment. Troops continued to arrive in the village.

"Vassily Ivanovich, since your idea is quite good, in the name of the commander of the group army, I reappoint you as the division commander of the cavalry division! Comrade Fumanov was removed from the position of acting division commander." Khachevsky obviously felt that the fire was almost ready, and his subordinates would be able to beat and beat, and it would be difficult for Fumanov to be a man if he went on like this. The following cavalry generals saw Xia Boyang and Fumanov report to work The two of them were also embarrassed.

Of course, the most important thing is that along the way, the political commissar of the acting division commander, Fumanov, has been nagging in Tukhachevsky’s ears, saying that he can’t lead the cavalry division anymore, and saying that the cavalry division cannot do without Comrade Xia Boyang. In short, there was no rest. At this moment, Tukhachevsky took the opportunity to go down the steps and resumed Xia Boyang's position as division commander.

"Thank you for your trust, Comrade Mikhail Nikolaevich, although Dmitry Andreyevich is a good political commissar, but I, Xia Boyang, brought the cavalry division of Xia Boyang It’s justified!” Xia Boyang, whose real name is Vasily Ivanovich Chapayev, accepted the appointment of the commander of the group army with great care, while winking with his old buddy Fumanov, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

In fact, Xia Boyang is also the Russian pronunciation of Chabayev, but in the Soviet Red Army in 1918, there were many White Guard generals and Soviet generals named Chabayev. Bayev, but the guy named Chabayev who left his name in later generations is the one in front of him, Vasily Ivanovich Chabayev.

Tukhachevsky nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words. Obviously, in a difficult situation, Comrade Vasily Ivanovich's indomitable fighting will and flexible and resourceful commander's brains have not stopped working, leaving one The cavalry battalion pretended to be the main force here and tried to cross the river, which would mislead the commander of the coalition forces on the opposite bank, so that the opponent's forces on the south bank of the Belaya River would concentrate here.

"Comrade Commander, I also think that the division commander's idea is very good. In this way, the coalition forces on the other side may be mobilized in this direction by us. Then our large forces will quickly move westward to Melieu with lightning speed. Go to the ferry here, forcefully cross the Belaya River, and break through the enemy's blockade! Withdraw to the left bank of the Volga River!" Fumanov, who has returned to the role of political commissar, is obviously more suitable for the role of deputy, and he applauds Xia Boyang's idea. .

"It's a good idea, but if we can really take the risk of crossing the Belaya River from here, will it be counterproductive, and instead recruit the hungry wolf, the main force of the coalition forces, to this direction? I mean, what if It’s really possible to cross the river with a raft!” Tukhachevsky obviously thought further.

"Mikhail Nikolaevich, didn't we all go to the bank to see it just now? The river bank is so high, and the slope of the hillside is so steep that nothing but goats and horses can stand still, and the current is turbulent. , there are many hidden reefs, and I see that crossing the river through such an area is simply a fantasy, even people can't get through, let alone war horses!" Xia Boyang obviously did not expect Tukhachevsky to cross the river from here thought.

"Can you find a few warriors with good water quality, tie them with ropes, slowly descend to the river, and then swim across the river with a log in their arms. We can tie him a safety rope so that the rapids won't wash away." Ermanov looked at the river bank with a telescope and suddenly thought.

"The enemy's police guard post is lurking in the woods on the other side. When our people go down to the river, let alone whether they can swim smoothly, as long as they are discovered by the other party, they may be used as a living target. The width of the Belaya River here is at least 200 meters. It is not so easy to swim through such a rapid current!" Xia Boyang shook his head.

"That old shepherd, Ha Michi, said that for decades, bold locals tried to swim across the river with bare hands, but the current was too fast and there were many eddies, so they almost never succeeded. Many good swimmers even lost their lives. , if there are enemy shots to intercept on the other side, it will be more difficult to swim over!" Tukhachevsky frowned thoughtfully.

"Even if people can swim over, what about the horses? We are cavalry, we have lost our horses, and there are coalition troops guarding the other side. Although we don't know the size of the troops, as long as there is one with a combat power as abnormal as the town of Sterlitamak battalion, we won't win!" Xia Boyang said anxiously.

Obviously, although he came up with an idea to let a cavalry battalion pretend to be the main force to cross the river here, Xia Boyang didn't intend to really press Bao to cross the river here.