Chapter 671 (4) Where are the enemies?
Who said that you will be disarmed after entering the non-military buffer zone? Can't I escape the disaster and kill a retaliation before the Volga federal troops appeared?
Dmitry Grigolievich Pavlov, the former commander of the 1st Iron Infantry Division of the Charijin, the chief of staff of the 10th Soviet Army and the commander of the 1st Infantry Division of the Kameshen, his little abacus was both concealed, but he was also very operational.
July 29, 1918 July 29, 1918? Ten kilometers northwest of Buinsk? The White Guards went south to the main East Cluster Command
"Commander-in-chief, the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the 6th Infantry Division of Kazan Infantry Division reported that the Soviet Red Army inside the second line of defense 500 meters away were neighing and shouting, but there has been no movement for a while now. The enemy will not retreat quietly, right?" The chief of staff of the Baiwei Army East Cluster and Lieutenant General Dimilev hurried over and said.
Commander-in-chief of the White Guards East Cluster, General Guillaume Nikolaevich Hastings, Chief of Staff of Kolchak, stood in a military uniform on the hillside in front of the headquarters tent, and looked at the situation on the front battlefield with a telescope.
After almost two hours of fighting in the morning, both the Bai Guard Army and the Soviet Red Army had gains and gains. On the Bai Guard Army, they launched a tentative attack and occupied the position in one direction of the other, which was gratifying. Of course, the 21st Infantry Regiment, the main regiment of the 6th Infantry Division of the Kazan Infantry Division, was disabled, with nearly half of the casualties. At this moment, they could only temporarily move to rest and hand over the position to the 22nd Infantry Regiment, which was reinforced at critical moments.
At that time, in order to divert the attention of the Soviet Red Army, Hastings launched a feint attack on the position of the 5th Division of Kazan in the middle, and finally returned in vain due to the interception and fire of the opponent's machine gun. Speaking of which, it was originally a feint attack. Nakri Navievich Nevivich and Nevivich would not use his main regiment, but instead drew a company from each of the three regiments. In addition, the division guard battalion, he gathered half of the regiment's forces to attack tentatively, and only advanced to 1,200 meters ahead of the opponent's position, which attracted the Makchin heavy machine gun on the opponent's position to fire and retreated in a flash, and the casualties could almost be ignored.
Of course, the machine gunners on the Soviet Red Army positions opposite were not vegetarians. As soon as the Bai Guards attacked, the heavy machine guns immediately began to move their positions, and most of the artillery bombardments of the Bai Guards who were smashing over were empty.
At this time, smoke filled the middle of the position, and the view was not good. In addition, the terrain was a large plain and small slope between high and low south and low north. Hastings put down his telescope and turned his head to Dimilev.
"I'm going to order the 13th Brigade of the 7th Division of Kazan to replace the existing defense line of the 6th Division of Kazan, and let Pavel Pakkavic Hashik take the 12th Brigade up and attack south from the breakthrough occupied by the 22nd Infantry Regiment. Pay attention to the threat of the Soviet Red Army in the flank direction, and order the cluster artillery company to move its positions forward and prepare to support the attack of the 6th Division of Kazan!"
Dimilev was stunned when he heard this and said hesitantly, "Your Excellency, Hashik's 11th Brigade has suffered heavy casualties. Will you hand over the attack mission to the 13th Brigade of the 7th Infantry Division of Kazan? Let Hashik lead the 12th Brigade of the 6th Division to continue to defend its original position?"
Dimilev and Hashik had a good relationship. Obviously, they did not want the Kazan 6th Division to be disabled when the other three divisions were watching. This obviously made the cluster command misuse the other. Speaking of which, this guy was out of good intentions. Of course, you can also think that everyone would get the credit for winning. Otherwise, it would be a big deal to make merits with the 6th Division. More importantly, I still can't see what the Soviet Red Army is doing.
"Have the prisoners on Hashick's position been interrogated? How many troops do the opponent have to defend on the front line?" Hastings asked unmovedly.
"Hashick said that the prisoners had been interrogated. The enemy in front of him was from the 166th Regiment of the 83rd Brigade of the 42nd Division of the Soviet Red Army. Later, the two regiments that fought back were the 167th Regiment and the 168th Regiment. The five-kilometer range of this line was the defense zone of the 42nd Infantry Division. As for the total strength of the Soviet Red Army, it was said that the 7 infantry divisions of the 10th Army were all on this line. If you ask any questions, you can't ask!" Dimilev reported a little.
"So, the opponent's line of defense is only the width of three divisions? Which division defends the right wing of the 42nd Infantry Division? The heavy machine gun firepower was very good just now. One of our regiments was chased and shot back without leaning up. There were dozens of casualties!" Hastings asked with a frown.
He could see clearly from the telescope that the 5th Division of Kazan in Nevichwire just now only sent less than a thousand troops to launch a tentative attack. Although the number of heavy machine guns on the opponent was not large, the firepower points were well arranged. The cross firepower made Nevichwire's troops lie on the ground to avoid bullets more than to attack forward. Moreover, Nevichwire saw that the group artillery was not firing for a long time, so he simply blew the call to withdraw and directly retreated the team. This slippery head!
"The right wing of the 42nd Infantry Division? That is the opposite of the 5th Infantry Division of Kazan? That is the defense line of the 1st Infantry Division of Kameshen. It is said that it is the main division of the 10th Soviet Army. The 1200-meter heavy machine gun can still strike with staggered and eye-catching fire blockade and killing. It is indeed a bit of a trick. Unfortunately, our artillery attacks slow, and the 5th Division's feint attack troops retreated a little earlier. Most of the opponent's heavy machine guns have shifted positions. Judging from the telescope, the shelling effect is not ideal." Dimilev replied.
"From the assembly ground of the 7th Infantry Division of Kazan to the positions occupied by the 22nd Infantry Regiment on the opposite route, the straight-line distance is more than 4 kilometers. Do you think the 7th Division can still catch up with it? Order the 13th Brigade of the 7th Division to take over the defense line of Hashik's 12th Brigade and order Hashik to personally lead the 12th Brigade to the defense line of the 22nd Infantry Regiment. Once the 12th Infantry Brigade arrives at the position, the tentative attack will be launched with the 22nd Infantry Regiment of the 11th Brigade as the vanguard and continue to fight south. The goal is to occupy the second line of defense 500 meters away!"
Guillaume Nikolaevich Hastings made up his mind to fight, and he didn't say anything. At this moment, the Soviet Red Army had no more than three divisions to fight. Hastings had an ominous premonition that he might have been trapped by the opponent. Now the enemy in front of him might be just a restraining force of 2-3 divisions. Where did the main force of the Soviet 10th Army go? Has it been retreating?
Chapter completed!