Beiyang 1917

() The luck of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division on this night was based on the misfortune of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion commanded by Avishev. Not long after the battalion was attached to the battalion to take the sharp knife company, fierce gunfire erupted suddenly from the north. The sound of the Browning m2 large-caliber machine gun roaring on the wheeled armored vehicles of the coalition forces is quite unfamiliar to the cavalry of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division. They have only seen the Browning 7.62m1917bra squad equipped by the Japanese army during the day With machine gun and m1918a2

The power of the air-cooled heavy machine gun is the first time I have seen the power of the terrifying m2 large-caliber machine gun on the coalition armored combat vehicles... . .

The armored vanguard of the East Detachment of the second echelon detour on the East Road of the Allied Forces had already driven along the forest road half an hour ago. At this moment, it was the 1st Company of the 1st Armored Battalion, Tao Dayong's, who ambushed the Sharp Knife Company of the Ukrainian Cavalry Battalion. The 1st Company of the 1st Battalion defeated the cavalry battalion of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division in the forest on the upper reaches of the Kharkov River yesterday morning. At this moment, I did not expect that it would be in the eastern forest of Kharkov again after only a short day. The avenue ran into a sharp knife company of the Avisev cavalry reconnaissance battalion coming from south to north to the mainland...

This is not a time when the two armies meet and the brave wins. Because the first company commanded by Fei Hongju, the commander of the 1st Armored Company, discovered the light of the torches in the hands of the Ukrainian cavalry one kilometer to the south in advance, this guy came on the road. All the infantrymen of the company got out of the vehicle and entered the position established in the bushes on the south side of the forest road along the two wings. On the middle road, ten Chinese FD17II wheeled chariots lined up along the road. Open copper wall and iron wall...

The sharp knife company of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division Cavalry Reconnaissance Battalion, who had no sense of defense at all in the ignorance, did not find ten coalition vehicles parked on the road in the dark until they approached the forest road less than 50 meters away. Armored combat vehicles, for the 1st company of Fei Hongju, it is quite incompetent, or it can be said that it is too hasty. The first M2 large-caliber machine gun fired from the rotating turret of ten wheeled armored combat vehicles The rain of bullets almost swept the 150 meters into a sea of ​​flames... The big trees with the mouth of a bowl were constantly interrupted by the bullets of large-caliber heavy machine guns. It's a dead man, a dead horse, a living person who hardly breathes... .

Naturally, the gunshots alarmed the main force of the Ukrainian cavalry battalion 1 km behind. Although the sharp knife company was ambushed and his life was unknown, the battalion commander Avishev yelled wildly as he dismounted from his horse and prepared to fight, while lying on the ground with his head in his arms. He yelled at the messenger behind him, "Hurry back and send a letter to the division headquarters. The cavalry reconnaissance battalion encountered the main force of the coalition armored force 1 km south of the main road. The sharp knife company was wiped out. Our battalion requests retreat! Retreat!"

At this time, the sound of large-caliber machine gun fire from coalition armored vehicles on the main road to the north stopped, and the stray bullets flying around the heads of the Ukrainian cavalrymen who had dismounted from their horses and concealed themselves finally disappeared. They ran back with one person and one horse, looking in a state of distress. Battalion Commander Avisev took a closer look, and ran closer, out of breath and sweating, but it was the battalion that Bei himself ordered to go up to bring the sharp knife company just now. Vasilikov!

"Valentin Vasilyevich! What's going on! Where did the coalition come from? All the sharp knives are dead?! How many people are there in the enemy?! Why is the machine gun so powerful?! Sweeping trees from 1000 meters away interrupted It's gone..." Battalion Commander Avisev grabbed the sweaty and pale battalion and shouted.

"The sharp knife company is all over... The battalion commander can't stop here, he has to withdraw quickly. The opponent is a Chinese armored force, and there is at least one armored company in front of him, but I just saw that the headlights of the mighty car on the west side of the road are bright... Follow-up armor I don’t know how many troops there are like floods. The armor in front of us can’t even deal with us. At this moment, there is no other way but to withdraw quickly... Hurry up and report to the division commander, it is impossible to go north...I doubt the armor of the coalition forces The troops were also heading east to seize the town of Katina... Thanks to us being a step late when we came out... Otherwise, the whole battalion would have to fall in... The power of the large-caliber machine gun on the armored vehicle is almost as powerful as the small-caliber rapid-fire gun... "

Battalion attached Vasilikov said with a mournful face, Avishev didn’t hesitate when he heard this. Yesterday, the cavalry battalion of the 1st Division was defeated by a company of the opponent. They are the opponents of the Allied Armored Forces... However, when the battalion commander ordered the retreat, he was more cautious. Instead of going directly to the south, he led the remaining cavalry to gallop towards the southeast...

"Battalion Commander! Battalion Commander, the main force of the division is in the south, why should we retreat to the southeast?!" Vasilikov, who was chasing up on his horse, asked in confusion.

"Bastard... you want to attract the coalition armored forces to the place where the main force of the division is stationed? Isn't that exposing the main force? Turning around, the division commander wants your head and mine. We retreat to the southeast. There are small rivers and swamps in front of us. The enemy's armored forces pass by Don't come...I am familiar with the terrain...No matter what, we can't lead the coalition forces to the direction of the division headquarters! Hurry up...don't stop, the whole army speeds up! Go forward!" Battalion Commander Avishev's words sounded heroic Full of vigor, he gave the battalion that he escaped from the dead and ran back alone to the flicker, so he couldn't find the north.

"Battalion Commander...you are amazing! Brothers, hurry up! Follow up! You bastard! What time is it and you are still carrying a pot on your back? Throw away your light clothes!" Vasilykov, attached to the battalion, pointed at the few in the cooking squad A cavalry scolded.

At this time, Battalion Commander Avishev was thinking in his heart, when the catastrophe is imminent, each of us will fly separately, and each will see his own luck, Commander, anyway, I have sent a messenger to deliver a letter to you, so I will withdraw first under the guise of luring the enemy away. , I hope the main force of the division can attract the attention of the enemy...

In fact, Fei Hongju, the commander of the 1st Armored Company, was very regretful. After interrogating the wounded Ukrainian captives, he found out that there was more than one company approaching the forest road, and there were three cavalry company battalion main forces one kilometer away. Of course, the position of the main force of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division was also fully explained by the prisoners. The commander of the 1st Armored Company did not dare to neglect, and at the same time sent someone back to deliver a letter to Tao Dayong, the commander of the 3rd Company. , while rolling up their sleeves, ordered the three rows and one row arranged on the two wings to search and advance south...

However, it is clear that the forest still greatly restricts the movement of wheeled armored vehicles off the main road. After the six wheeled armored vehicles drive off the main road, the farthest one can only drive 300 meters before they can't move forward. The road that cavalry can go is right The conditions for armored combat vehicles are still quite poor, which made the company commander of the 1st Armored Company quite helpless. He simply ordered the 3rd and 1st platoons of vehicle-mounted infantry to walk through the jungle and advance southward. , first touch the camp of the Ukrainian 3rd Division and see how to fight...