Beiyang 1917

1918年7月14ri13：00库梅尔套东北十五公里，别拉亚河畔，骑兵第三旅指挥部

"Reporting to the brigade commander, the chief of staff called, and the guard sentry reported that near the village of Petropavlovka in the upper reaches of the Belaya River where the Russian Red Army cavalry was first discovered, at least one battalion of the Soviet Red Army was found logging. The appearance of Zhamu Pai crossing the river, there are Soviet Red Army cavalry units coming and going in and out of the village behind the river bank. It seems that there is at least one regiment of troops. The chief of staff and the third battalion are already on their way there ()! It is expected to arrive in half an hour!" The communications staff officer of the brigade reported with the telegram he had just received. 78xs .[ ]

"Has the second battalion under the command of the first regiment not noticed the enemy's movements at the ferry of Meleuz?" asked the brigade commander Xiao Shanling.

"No, except for the discovery of Soviet Red Army cavalry in the village of Petropavlovka on the upper reaches of the Belaya River, no trace of the enemy has been found at the police posts on the river bank for tens of kilometers. Although the sky is gloomy and cloudy , but it is still bright, if there is any movement on the other side, it should not be out of sight of the police sentry."

Xiao Chuyin, the combat staff officer of the brigade, replied, this guy is the cousin of the chief of staff Xiao Chunan, and he mixed up with a lieutenant colonel in the brigade headquarters, arguing all day long to go down to the army to lead a cavalry battalion, but he never took the opportunity. His cousin, Chief of Staff of the brigade, Xiao Chunan, managed to take the opportunity to lead a battalion operation, so how could he easily let his cousin go.

"Strange, is it possible that the hydrological conditions in the upper reaches of the Belaya River can cross the river? This Tukhachevsky is really unique. Does he have any secret weapons or special equipment that can allow his cavalry to cross the river there? "The brigade commander Xiao Shanling leaned over and looked at the one-fifty-thousandth combat map spread out on the horse's razor, puzzled. [ ]

"Brigade Commander, it is absolutely impossible for me to say that our brigade went south from Ufa to establish a defense line at the bottleneck position of Kumertau. I followed you and ran along the south bank of the river to conduct field surveys ().

That place, not to mention cavalry, is a person with good water quality, with bare hands and no weapons, and it is not so easy to swim through the rapids of more than 200 meters of whirlpools. It is impossible to build floating bridges and rafts, unless you can pull A steel cable is used to build a temporary overpass to cross the river, but where can I find such a long and strong steel cable? "

Xiao Chuyin shook her head, apparently not thinking that Tukhachevsky's cavalry could cross the river from the upper reaches. If they could cross the river so easily, then why hasn't there been a single crossing in the upper reaches of the Belaya River for hundreds of years, the only chain bridge It is still a hundred kilometers away in the deep valleys of the upper Ural Mountains. Wherever you go, there are narrow trails on both sides of the bank, and it is impossible to walk a large cavalry force.

"Brigade Commander, is Tukhachevsky trying to divert the tiger away from the mountain?" Xiao Chuyin, the fifth phase of the Baoding Military Academy, was half a year away from graduating, so he mixed with his cousin and joined the army to fight. In fact, his brain is quite good, and he is a talent for serving as a staff officer.

Classmate Xiao, a graduate of the fifth batch of Baoding Military Academy, has been working as a staff officer in the [-]rd Cavalry Brigade Headquarters since he joined the army. It is also because Sun Liangcheng and Xiao Shanling are people who love talents. Naturally, the care of their cousin, Major General Xiao Chunan, chief of staff of the third cavalry brigade who graduated from Baoding's third term, is indispensable.

"Tune the tiger away from the mountain? Tell me, what do you think?" Xiao Shanling's expression lifted when he heard the words, obviously Xiao Chuyin's suggestion was very to his liking.

"Unless the other party intends to abandon all the horses and mounts and swim across the Belaya River empty-handed, it is absolutely impossible to build a pontoon bridge or cross the river on a raft in the upper reaches of the Belaya River. Didn't we try it with rafts? The torrent was swept away in the water within two seconds and it was impossible to float, let alone carry people and horses across the river.

Crossing the river here is simply a fantasy. The Bashkir people have lived on both sides of the Belaya River for hundreds of years. If they can cross the river, they have built a ferry. Don’t they know that Tukhachevs, who took a long way and worked hard? No matter how risky Kee was, he would know that crossing would not work when the raft was thrown into the water and sank.

Therefore, I suspect that he made a big show of pretending to cross the river upstream, in fact, in order to attract our troops on the south bank to the vicinity of the village of Petropavlovka, using a trick ()! "Xiao Chuyin walked to the map and poked the location of Petropavlovka Village circled on the map with his finger.

"The analysis makes sense. As far as you can see, if the battalion that the opponent is tossing in Petropavlovka village just feigns a shot, where will Tukhachevsky's main force cross the river? The battalion has not found the enemy appearing on the other side!" Xiao Shanling asked thoughtfully.

"Let me tell you, if I were Tukhachevsky, and I had no choice but to really plan to cross the river in such a fast-flowing place upstream, I would definitely send a group of good-water soldiers first, and quietly try to find a way to swim across the river. First, pull out the police guard post on this section of the river for the coalition forces, so that the coalition forces can detect his actions in a short period of time. At this time, we will consider how to log or stick wood to cross the river. He is now under the watchful eyes of our police guards. Tossing under the floor, it is clear that they want to attract our attention, lead us to take the bait, and make wrong judgments!"

Xiao Chuyin continued to talk about his own analysis, while looking down at the map. The 1905/[-]th combat map of the coalition forces was obtained from Kolchak. Although I dare not say that every village is marked on the combat map of the Ufa area surveyed and drawn by Kung Fu, the contours of rivers, hills and canyons are all available. It is quite a detailed map.

"Brigade Commander, I estimate that Tukhachevsky's cavalry regiment will not easily give up their mounts and become infantry. That is the last reliance for him to retreat smoothly and break through the encirclement and blockade. The use of cavalry field battles is the moment when the Soviet Red Army is on the Ufa Plain. The only combat method in the world that has a chance to deal with us, according to our survey of the situation on both sides of the Belaya River and the combat map, the main force of his cavalry regiment will still go to Meleuz to cross the river, this is the most likely!"

Xiao Chuyin raised her head and looked at her brigade commander with sparkling eyes, a little hesitant to say anything, obviously, this guy still had something to say.

"Hehe, stare at the brigade commander like a little tiger, and speak freely if you have something to say, don't hide it. Chief of Staff Chu is not here at the moment, no one will stop you from talking!" Brigade Commander Xiao Shan ordered Seeing that the young staff officer agreed with his own thoughts and judgments, a stone fell to the ground in his heart, and he couldn't help saying cheerfully.

"Brigade Commander, I think our previous deployment is basically fine. Now our police guard posts have been deployed for dozens of kilometers along the south bank of the Belaya River, and the chief of staff led the third battalion to overtake the one in Petropavlovka. Even if Tukhachevsky wants to break through there, my eldest brother can lead a battalion to at least block the crossing of the opponent's regiment, but I have a new suggestion ()!"

Saying that, Xiao Chuyin blushed, and said in a low voice, "Brigade Commander, you see, we are a little passive just guarding the south bank, can you let me take a battalion and cross the river at the Merleuz Ferry, and I will go straight to the east Take Tukhachevsky's back route. The weather is still so bad that aerial reconnaissance can't be done. Let me take a battalion across the river and go to the other side of the Belaya River to give him the main force of Tukhachevsky. Get it out!"

"The latest telegram from the Sixth Commander Yanjun shows that Tukhachevsky may not be a cavalry regiment, but a cavalry brigade. Judging from the footprints of the horses left behind, there are at least 5000 people. Take a battalion across the river. In case of encountering the opponent's main force, field combat is not our cavalry's strong point, we may not be able to beat the brave generals of Tukhachevsky's two cavalry divisions with a saber, what if we suffer undue losses?"

Xiao Shanling got up and paced back and forth. As the brigade commander, he admired Xiao Chuyin's prudent mind and unyielding courage. However, the Chinese cavalry of the coalition army was still mounted infantry at this time. The path to firepower superiority.

At the beginning, if Li Fugui's cavalry battalion fought against Tukhachevsky's dominant Red Army cavalry in the town of Sterlitamak, let alone creating a battalion of the coalition forces to hold their ground and defeat the opponent with an infantry division plus a cavalry The miracle of the brigade, whether it can retreat in front of the enemy is doubtful.

"Brigade Commander, don't worry, I'll take a battalion across the river, and I'm going to encounter it. If I beat it, I'll eat Tukhachevsky's dish. If I can't beat it, I'll run away. The Fourth Cavalry Regiment of Japan in the north The two cavalry brigades of the army are only 30 kilometers away. I took a battalion across the river from Meleuz to the east, and directly blocked the opponent's west side!

At that time, you can cooperate with the Japanese Fourth Cavalry Regiment to encircle the opponent and cover the ferry. Brigadier, you will take the remaining two battalions to kill across the river, and it will be no problem to wipe out the rest of Tukhachevsky's troops! Lieutenant Colonel Staff Officer Xiao Chuyin patted his chest to ask for a fight with his brigade commander.