Beiyang 1917

Chapter 580 An Attack That Falls Short

"Tell the telephone operator to rush to repair it, and send the correspondent to the artillery position. Even if there is only one cannon left, don't stop shooting. Tell them to rush to shoot, and then move the position." The division commander Chubov gritted his teeth and shouted.

"Master, Commander, about two battalions of the enemy have broken through the defense line of the 1st Regiment. The enemy's artillery fire is too strong, and the reinforcements of the [-]st Brigade cannot go up." A combat staff officer shouted from the observation window

Chubov rushed to the lookout window on the right side of the division's shelter, raised his binoculars and looked southwest, and saw shells falling and exploding on the 2-kilometer-wide front of the First Brigade and Regiment. It's not very clear, but at least you can see the middle section of the defense line, there are already white guard infantry pouring in like a flood, and it looks like there are at least nearly a thousand people

"Damn it, tell the brigade commander of the second brigade to take two battalions to fight back from the right wing, and eat up this group of enemies for me. Political commissar, you should quickly call the front finger of the group army and ask for artillery support from the armored train of the second division on the right wing. Come on, I can't stand it anymore." Chubov pulled the military cap off his forehead and threw it on the ground, and shouted to the door,

"Alexey, take the guard battalion of the division headquarters up and block the gap with the reinforcements from the second brigade."

"Follow the Commander, Comrade Commander," the battalion commander of the Jingwei Battalion of the 1st Division of the Ural Infantry, Alexeddanevich Chubov, took out his pistol and pointed at the soldiers of the Jingwei Battalion hidden in the trench outside They shouted, "The political commissar and the first company will stay to defend the division headquarters, and the rest will follow me to drive the White Guard bastards out of the position."

As he said this, the guy took the lead and rushed out along the traffic trench. There was a shout of Ula behind him, and the boys with more than 2 sticks from the 3nd, 4rd, and 300th companies of the Jingwei Battalion followed their young battalion commander with weapons in their hands. rushed out

"Master, the artillery position has been connected. They only have one cannon left. The rest of the artillery squads and cannons have all suffered casualties. They are currently adjusting the positions of the artillery, and they will be able to fire soon," a combat staff officer reported.

Looking through the binoculars, Chubov saw that the artillery fire of the White Guards was still intensively bombarding both sides of the breakthrough of his right-wing defense line, making it difficult for the reinforcements of the 1st Brigade Headquarters to reinforce the right flank from the core position of the railway station in the middle. The reinforcements from the two battalions of the second brigade have already stepped up from the back of their own position, but they are only going to block the enemy's breakthrough. The blood flowed like a river, and the casualties are increasing sharply

Fortunately, due to the staggered fighting between the troops of the two sides, the artillerymen of the White Guards who had the absolute advantage did not dare to continue to bombard the breakthrough, so as not to accidentally injure their own people. Adjacent positions

The follow-up troops of about 2 battalions of the White Guards continued to rush towards the breakthrough one after another on the south side of the front line, while the rest of the first regiment desperately focused their firepower on the two wings of the breakthrough to block the enemy's follow-up troops. Under the suppression of the enemy's artillery fire, the firepower in the trenches of the Soviet Red Army is obviously relatively weak. Seeing that the enemy's follow-up battalions have rushed to the vicinity of the breakthrough

At this time, inside the breakthrough, three battalions of White Guard infantry and two battalions of Russian Red Army infantry from the second brigade were fighting together. The number of both sides decreased rapidly and casualties continued to increase. It looks like a battalion. Because of the large number of people on the White Guard side, there are less than 2 battalions left, and the enemy's follow-up troops are already approaching the breakthrough. In the distance, a Cossack cavalry battalion of the enemy has left the position and waved towards the breakthrough here. The saber rushed over

Seeing that the second brigade's reinforcements were about to be unable to withstand the enemy's onslaught, the three companies of the Jingwei Battalion of the Division Headquarters finally rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of the battalion commander Aleksedanivich Chupov. The joining of the dragons lifted the spirits of the second brigade commander Bischov, who was leading the remaining battalion and struggling with the enemy. The two sides finally overwhelmed the momentum of the attacking White Guards. Nearly half of the battalion was quickly annihilated, and the rest no longer had the courage to continue fighting to the death, so they uttered a cry, turned around and retreated south

The commander of the second brigade, Bishov, drove the enemy out of the right-wing position of the Soviet Russian Red Army with the remaining battalion he had fought and the division guard battalion of Little Chubov, and closed the gap, but The enemy's reinforcements, two battalions of infantry and one battalion of cavalry, rushed to the breakthrough less than 2 meters away, and the white guard battalion who ran back from the breakthrough also turned around under the persecution and urging of the commander. continue to pounce

At this time, there were only a few hundred soldiers left in the Soviet Red Army on the two wings of the first regiment. In the newly closed breakthrough in the middle, the rest of the two battalions of Bishov and Xiaochubov combined only looked like 500 people. The enemy on the opposite side took the opportunity to rush over with at least 1500 troops, and the artillery fire from the rear of the White Guard continued to splatter on the defense line of the Soviet Russian Red Army, making people unable to lift their heads. Every minute, several lives were destroyed by ruthless shell shrapnel take away

"Why the hell is the iron armored train not coming? I have to let me use my life to fill in my order, let all the reserves of the [-]nd Brigade and [-]nd Regiment go up to reinforce the right-wing position and ask Bishov to bring the enemy closer before fighting, or else I've been hit by enemy shells for nothing," the division commander Chubov roared with a livid face.

As the commander of the main division of the Third Army and the 1st Division of the Ural Infantry, Chubov felt for the first time that the right-wing position might not be able to hold the threat. Bringing reinforcements to the defense line on the left flank, and the second regiment was brought up by the brigade commander Bischov just now with two battalions, and the remaining three battalions are equivalent to the last reserve team of the whole division. Sooner or later, the White Guards will break through. Nima, I don’t know what Kolchak is thinking. In such a long time, the corpses of the White Guards thrown in front of his position are at least thousands of people, and he doesn’t feel distressed at all.

The 1st Ural Infantry Division has been fighting so far, typically with nearly half of the casualties, without follow-up support, especially the fire support of armored trains. I am afraid that this battle will slip away. My hands are clenched and I can't breathe. I can't fight without machine guns and cannons, and I can't do it with machine guns alone. Artillery is the god of the battlefield.

"Master, Commander, our armored train reinforcements are here. Hit it! Now the enemy is dizzy. The Cossack cavalry turned around and retreated. The White Guards infantry also retreated. Hit them hard, chasing their asses." Division political commissar Xiaokhov Excitedly shouted in front of the lookout window, several staff officers hugged each other and cheered

Chubov looked through the binoculars, and there was an armored train coming from the northwest direction. The guns on it were firing. The heavy machine guns and cannons beat the attacking enemy to the ground and collapsed. They retreated the same way, and the shells fired from countless iron-clad trains exploded in the crowd of the White Guards, overturning countless, blood and flesh flying everywhere, while bursts of cheers sounded from the Soviet Red Army's position on the other side of the position.

"The armored train is finally here!" Division Commander Chubov's eyes couldn't help getting a little wet. The position of the 1st Ural Infantry Division was finally supported by an armored train with 2 carriages coming from the direction of the 18nd Division. It stabilized, and the artillery fire of the White Guards was sparse at this time. Of the more than 1500 cavalry who launched the offensive just now, only more than 1000 people retreated, and the remaining 500 people fell on the nearly 1500-meter open ground between the positions of the two armies.

1918年7月23ri10:30齐维利斯克东南五公里处高尔察克前敌指挥部

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the telephone number of the 1st Division headquarters. The attack launched by the 1st Kazan Infantry Division on the left wing failed. The enemy's armored train rushed to the battlefield at a critical moment and regained the initiative on the battlefield. Nearly 1 people," a combat staff officer put down the phone and reported

"I see, a bunch of trash. Why was the first division afraid of wolves and tigers when they charged? The first three battalions had already rushed in. Why did the two battalions in the back drag behind? Also, the third cavalry of the Don River What is the division's cavalry regiment doing? Why don't you rush in?"

Kolchak, the Supreme Consul of Russia and the Commander-in-Chief of the White Guards, stood by the woods next to a highland, looking at the battlefield situation ahead through the binoculars. The railway line under the highland winds past, and his armored train stops below. However, the telephone lines have already been pulled up, and tents have been pulled up in the woods, which seems to be his former enemy headquarters.

In a morning's attack, Kolchak used three infantry divisions to attack the Russian Red Army positions in Tsivelisk in two and a half hours. Just now, the First Division launched an attack with a brigade-level force after strengthening a cavalry regiment, but the result fell short

The Assault Regiment of the Second Brigade of the First Division of the Kazan Infantry suffered one battalion before and after attacking and approaching the Soviet positions. The infantry of the remaining three battalions tore open under the cover of their own artillery fire and rushed in as a reserve team. The two battalions of the second regiment and the two battalions of the cavalry regiment did not follow up in time. They watched the other side continue to reinforce from the rear, annihilating most of their three battalions and driving them out.

Then there was a tragic scene, as if waking up from a dream, the follow-up troops of the White Guard rushed forward, with about a regiment of infantry and cavalry, exposed to the artillery fire of the armored train from the enemy, suffering heavy casualties, and had to scramble and retreat. The starting position, inside and outside, this offensive fell short, with at least 1500 casualties

From the morning to now, the three infantry divisions of the White Guards have launched multiple offensives in three directions in turn, and the cumulative casualties have exceeded 6000. On the opposite side of the Soviet Red Army's position, although the Soviet Red Army suffered heavy casualties, at least the position is still there. standing still, which made Kolchak a little frustrated

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