Years of the Republic of China 1913

In the battle of trapped beasts, the Russian Imperial government forces that had been cut off from retreat quickly reorganized after a short period of panic.From the officers to the soldiers, everyone turned around and rushed back to the original position with red eyes. Anyway, they would all die, and it would be better to fight to the death than to be captured and executed uselessly.

The night attack of the Soviet Red Army was a great success. In less than an hour, the Russian Empire's "government" army in the central position collapsed. Tens of thousands of soldiers fell under the cavalry's saber like sheep. There were bursts of exclamations and screams of dying.

"Hurry up! Divide and annihilate!"

The commander of the cavalry rode over on his horse, and under the shining light of the sword, the head of a soldier who was desperately fleeing suddenly flew into the sky, and his body rushed forward a few meters under the inertia, before he fell to the ground.Putting away the saber that was slightly stained with blood, reining in the rein and looking around, his brows immediately frowned.

The whole position was full of shouts of killing, and the cavalry soldiers of the cavalry army were already red-eyed, chasing and killing the fleeing enemies.Although doing so can make the enemy more frightened, it can also stimulate the morale and courage of the cavalry, but for the entire battle situation, this is not the main task of their cavalry army. The enemy's command system to achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy, this is the purpose of the cavalry army. [

Looking at the scene in front of him, the cavalry commander couldn't help shouting at the surrounding cavalry to gather the troops to charge again.With a clear mind, he knew that compared with the enemy, the number of cavalry troops was actually not that large, not to mention that the role played by cavalry in night battles was far less than that in daytime.

His proclamation had an effect, and some cavalrymen who broke away from the group rushed back one after another. After gathering part of the charging force, the saber in the commander's hand swung forward, and these cavalrymen were like steel knives cutting through butter.It penetrated the camp in front of it all at once, and continued to divide and outflank to the left and right without stopping.

The cavalry tactics were used properly, and the effect achieved was far better than the continuous slashing and killing just now, but before the cavalrymen were happy, when they were divided for the third time, the Russian "government" who was cut off from the retreat and turned around The army finally organized effective resistance.

Following the major general are the most elite troops of the division.Although there is a lack of heavy weapons, there are still a few machine guns.After turning his head around, the major general quickly judged the surrounding environment. Regardless of the troops being continuously divided and annihilated by the cavalry, he immediately asked the troops at hand to prepare for defense on the spot, and formed an army with the fastest and simplest method. A crude defensive position.

I don't know if it was luck or bad luck, but as soon as he set up a few machine gun positions, the cavalry arrived in front of their eyes.As the death-like sound of horseshoes approached, the major general came to a machine gun position in person.Gritting his teeth, he gave the command to shoot.

"Da da da... da da da da..."

"Bang bang bang..."

The sounds of machine guns and rifles merged together, and the cavalrymen, who were fighting arrogantly for a while, turned their backs.The cavalry did not expect that the enemy could organize such a resistance at this point. Under the loud shout of the commander, the cavalry skillfully turned the horse's head and wiped away the defensive position like a gust of wind.

The sudden shooting caused a lot of casualties to the cavalry, and dozens of horses and cavalry fell to the ground, if it weren't for the machine gun firepower of the remaining troops of the opponent's army, it was not too fierce.Coupled with the reason for the blocked vision at night, I am afraid that the casualties are not limited to these.

"What's going on? Why is there still resistance?"

"I don't know about the general. Could it be that the reinforcements from the White Bandits have arrived?"

"Impossible!" The subordinate's guess was immediately vetoed by the commander. From the beginning of the battle to the present, as a frontline commander, he is very clear that the enemy's rear has been cut off. It seems that the enemies resisted by these organizations are at most It's just a defeated soldier.There are two paths before him now, one is to concentrate on the charge and completely eliminate these enemies who have organized resistance.The second is to ignore them for the time being.Annihilate the fleeing enemy army first, and then turn around to deal with these guys after the outcome is decided.

These two thoughts flashed in my mind, and the commander quickly made a decision.He decided to choose the second option.As long as the overall situation is settled, the defeat of these remnants is no longer a fear.After dawn, the infantry behind followed up, and with the support of artillery fire, it was a breeze to annihilate them.And use the cavalry as a sacrifice, as an excellent cavalry commander, he would only do such a fool.

The order was quickly issued, and the cavalry corps quickly separated from the major general's remnant troops and went in other directions.Watching the cavalry go away in fear, the major general hissed and sat down on the ground, his whole body was about to collapse.

But he didn't rest for long, he gasped for a while and soon stood up again.As a commander, he knows exactly what the opponent wants to do, and time is the most precious asset for them.Therefore, he immediately summoned the only dozen or so officers around him and asked them to immediately let the troops dig trenches around their surrounding areas with any tools to do a good job of fortifications in the future. The compatriots who were in a mess gathered together, and at the same time collected weapons and medicine as much as possible while taking advantage of the night.

In doing so, he didn't expect to defeat the opponent, but only hoped to buy himself more time to defend. As long as it was dawn, when the friendly forces behind broke through the blockade of the Soviet Red Army, there might be a way out.

This "chaotic" battle lasted from midnight to early morning, and when the eastern sky gradually turned white, the entire central position was full of dead soldiers' bodies.Except for a small part of the cavalry of the Red Army, the vast majority are unarmed Russian imperial "government" troops.The faces of these corpses were frozen with horror, confusion, and ferocity... They never expected to die in the hands of the enemy in such a humiliating way. The entire Russian Empire reorganizer, in this battle, only The remaining more than 3000 people were trapped near a hill.

Like the central position, the rest of the positions also fought fiercely throughout the night. While the First Cavalry Army cut off the retreat of the advance troops of the Russian Imperial Government Army, and the Second Cavalry Army interspersed to encircle and wipe out, several The Infantry Division of the Red Army firmly blocked the Russian Imperial Army that was reinforcing the central position. Although it was only a kilometer away, no matter how the Russian Imperial Army attacked, it would not move. Watching helplessly as friendly troops were surrounded and wiped out one after another.

The battle reports from the front were spread to the headquarters of the Red Army like pieces of paper. Seeing the arrival of good news, the headquarters was in a good mood from top to bottom.The annihilation of a reorganized division is equivalent to losing one-third of the enemy's vitality. Although the remnants of the opponent are still struggling, under the steel-like torrent of the Red Army, their destruction is destined to come soon. [

"The cavalry army requests infantry and artillery support to completely wipe out the remaining white bandits in the central position."

"Agreed!" Just as Timoshenko finished speaking, Tukhachevsky nodded and said, "Let the [-]th Infantry Division go, and notify the artillery group to prepare."

"Yes!"

"By the way, what's the situation on the enemy side now?" Tukhachevsky asked, and Timoshenko immediately understood what Tukhachevsky was asking, and replied with a smile: "And you, Comrade Commander, As expected, they are still trying to open the encirclement to rescue the remaining white bandits."

"Hehe, that's good!" Tukhachevsky thought for a while, and said, "You tell the Fifth Infantry Division and Comrade Grigory Ivanovich Kulik to get rid of the remnants as quickly as possible. The enemy army, and then merge with the front troops to break through the opponent's line with thunderous force and win the final victory!"

"Yes! Comrade Commander!" Timoshenko replied loudly, then turned around excitedly and gave orders.

"This battle is won!" Tukhachevsky walked to the sand table, stretched out his hand and pulled out the small flag marked on the center position representing the enemy's strength, and squeezed it hard in his hand. The small flag quickly disappeared. Turned into a bunch of garbage.

"General! General!"

"Say!"

In the central position, although the besieged remaining troops worked hard to dig a few simple trenches around them, and there were more than 3000 troops in their hands, no one had any idea about the defense.Having lost their original positions and all their resources, it was impossible for these troops to even shoot a single shot. Although they barely blocked the cavalry charge last night, as a commander, they clearly knew that after dawn, the opponent's infantry and artillery would not be able to attack at all. It's not something they can resist.

Just as the major general looked at his surroundings with a binoculars and a sad face, his adjutant came to him in a hurry.

"General, the friendly army has sent a message. Due to the enemy's desperate efforts to stop us, the battle to break through is still going on. The general headquarters asked us to continue for six hours, and continue for the last six hours!"

"Six hours..." A wry smile appeared from the major general's mouth. If he was defending with his troops who had not suffered such losses, let alone six hours, even if he had been prepared and had perfect fortifications. He is sure that it is sixty hours.But now, just relying on the hills and the simple trenches that are not as deep as half a man, and the soldiers who can't even fully equip their weapons, it is almost impossible to persist for six hours.

It was getting light now, and he was sure that the enemy's infantry and artillery would arrive soon. In this case, did he have any other options?While smiling wryly, the major general said in a hoarse voice: "Tell the headquarters, we will persevere! Finally... six hours!"

Just as the major general expected, only half an hour later, he clearly saw through the binoculars that densely packed enemy infantry began to gather only about 3 kilometers away from them, and they were mobilizing before the battle under his nose.Looking at this scene, the major general had a bitter taste in his mouth. If he hadn't been trapped, not to mention the artillery group of the group army, the artillery fire power of his entire division would be enough for the opponent to drink a pot, but now he lost his heavy weapons. He can only watch and do nothing.

After more than ten minutes, the enemy's pre-battle mobilization seemed to be completed, and the next step should be tentative attacks and artillery preparations.Just when the major general was thinking of this, he could only hear the sound of rumbling artillery fire in the distance. He couldn't help closing his eyes, and thought to himself: "Here we come!" (To be continued...)

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