Beiyang 1917

() "Master, we can't build a bridge to cross the river near our own camp. If the coalition reconnaissance plane finds it and invites an air strike, it will be all over if the bomb is dropped. We, we are building a bridge in the middle of the junction with the 2nd Infantry Division. When crossing the river, if the enemy finds out, there is still time to evacuate. If the artillery regiment really can't get through, they can just stay on the riverside. The key point is, we can't go all the way to the dark. I guess the enemy will never cross the river even if they make a detour. Go to the other side, the Kharkov River is densely covered with lakes and swamps, it is definitely not suitable for large troops!" Kravshenko rolled his eyes and came up with another bad idea. ,

Milevsky was still in trouble when a divisional combat staff officer broke in at the tent door and reported, "Report to the division commander, the chief of staff, Mihalik, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Division, called and asked why they were asked to enter the position to be on guard, and whether the enemy was chasing them. Coming up? They asked us to report the enemy's situation in the north as soon as possible!"

Milevsky turned around, and Kravshenko blushed and said, "Before I woke up the division commander, I called someone to notify the division headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division." It's less than a kilometer away, but the division headquarters is located 1 kilometers south. In addition to connecting the wired telephones to the positions of the regiments of the 5st Infantry Division, the division telephone soldiers also pulled the line all the way to the south of the 4nd Infantry Division. on the ground.

Milevsky nodded when he heard the words, and this guy also made up his mind at the moment, walked out of the tent a few steps to the big tent of the division headquarters, grabbed the phone and talked with the 2nd Infantry Division,

"I'm Milevsky, Taras Tasimovich, don't panic, the enemy didn't catch up, it's just that we lost a sentry from the outer police post, and we are still sending people to search, Chief of Staff?

Chief of Staff Konstantin Konstantinovich is a cautious guy, yes, it’s a bit too fussy, yes, I know, my 1st Division is also tired from not sleeping all night, but, I said Taras Tasimovich, be careful, there is no big mistake. We all saw the movement of the first defense line in the north being attacked by the enemy in the morning. I don’t think it’s careless. It’s been almost 4 hours. Come up, maybe they really touched it! "

"Ask for instructions from the former enemy headquarters? No, what tricks can the former enemy headquarters come up with in broad daylight to give us? At this moment, we are asked to run another [-] kilometers to Kharkov. If you can run, I will help you." I can’t run, I’ve closed my eyes all night and I’m still hungry right now. Besides, retreating to Kharkov in broad daylight, do you think that’s a good idea? Maybe the main force of the coalition forces is waiting in Kharkov Catch us all!"

"Listen to my command? Well, the chief of staff gave me an idea just now. I think it will work. Let's withdraw the artillery regiment to the other side of the river. Yes, we need to build a pontoon bridge. The engineer battalion of my 1st Division will do it. It took an hour to set up, and we withdrew the two artillery regiments to the other side of the river, so that at least the artillerymen were safe.

Then, yes, I plan to send a cavalry battalion to fight back along the way we came from, and wipe out the opponent's reconnaissance troops!Yep!Hit the opponent by surprise, and then, our two divisions form a pocket formation, waiting for the opponent to come over, and beat him off!Yep!Well, that's it, the former enemy command blames it, and I Milevsky will bear it all. Pay attention to the silence of the radio, and we can only be grandchildren during the day!Yes, that's it! "

After making such a phone call, Milevsky, the commander of the 1st Infantry Division, turned around and pinched his waist and said proudly to his chief of staff, "It's all right, my chief of staff, I told Mihalik Withdrew the artillery regiment across the river to be safe, and built a bridge on the river bank behind the camp of the 2nd Infantry Division. He agreed, but he had to work with the engineer battalion of our division. His troops retreated 5 more than us last night. Kilometers away, I'm sleeping like a dead dog and I can't even get up!"

"The division commander is wise and mighty. It will be of great use in the future. By taking the opportunity to evacuate the artillery to the safe zone on the other side, build a bridge. When the time comes, the whole division will forcefully cross the river. With the natural danger of the Kharkov River, the ground forces of the Allied Forces must It won't be easy to catch up!" The chief of staff patted his teacher's ass in a row.

"Pass my order, call the battalion commander of the division's reconnaissance battalion, and I will give him the order myself!" Milevsky Da Ma Jindao sat down, while the orderly took a piece of black bread and a tea mug from his hand Filling his stomach again, he greeted his chief of staff inarticulately to sit down and eat something.

The messenger went out to call for someone, and after a while, a big man wearing a Cossack hat and a black cloak rushed in hurriedly, and when he saw Milevsky and Kravshenko, he stood at attention and saluted.

"Report to the division commander, chief of staff, Major Levchenko, commander of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion, was ordered to come, please give instructions!"

Although the cavalry battalion commander's face was tired and exhausted, and his eyes were bloodshot, he was a little energetic and his voice was quite loud.

"Evgeny Alekseevich, brothers are all exhausted? There is still a difficult task for your battalion to complete. Do you have confidence?" The division commander Milevsky pretended to be serious the way.

"I said, Commander, give the order quickly. I have to fall asleep again for this mushroom. Last night, my cavalry battalion stood in front of the dark to scout the way for the whole division. They didn't call for torches, but I and my battalion were exhausted. !” The cavalry battalion commander grinned.

"Okay! If you have this energy, the team will not collapse. I will give you 10 minutes to gather your battalion and get on your horse. Your battalion will search for the way we came from to the north. You must go out at least 5 kilometers. There are two sides of the forest path. You have to keep your eyes open and watch carefully within a kilometer. If you encounter an enemy, report back quickly. If the enemy is a large force, you can retreat to the southwest to Kharkov with a feint. You don’t have to go back to the camp here. If the enemy is a small force Scouting troops, then resolutely eat the other party, but don't tell them to run back to deliver the letter, understand?!" Milevsky stared and asked.

"It's my battalion again. Together with our cavalry, we have to do dirty work all the way? Commander, I'm ugly. If the coalition air force flies over to sweep and bomb, my cavalry will definitely flee in all directions." No matter how far you run, isn’t it just to take away the enemy’s troops? It’s done! This is not the first time I’ve done this! If there’s nothing else to do, then I’ll set off!” Levchenko saluted disgruntledly. Gritting his teeth, he accepted such a difficult task.

Milevsky and Kravshenko looked at Levchenko's desolate back, with mixed emotions in their hearts. After they calmed down, the teacher shouted loudly again,

"Commander, call the engineer battalion commander! Pass my order. The 3rd Infantry Regiment is on guard on the right flank. The Artillery Regiment moves closer to the position of the 2nd Infantry Division. The smoke exposed the target, I have to deal with him!"