On 7 June, Petliura troops stationed near Vinnitsa suddenly attacked an expeditionary force station on the western outskirts of Vinnytsia. About a battalion of Russian cavalry attacked the station at dawn, because it was in the rear, there were very few people left behind in the station, and Yan Zòng lacked vigilance, all 77 officers and soldiers of the station (mostly non-combatants) were killed, and the cavalry of Peliura brutally cut off the heads of more than a dozen Chinese prisoners who had surrendered, and the uniforms that had not been transferred to the station were looted.

This station belonged to the 16th Army, and after the main force of the 16th Army crossed the Dnieper River eastward, the station had been transferred to the 3rd Army of the 1st Army. After receiving the report, the 3rd Battalion of the 24th Regiment, which was closest to the station, rushed to the aid by car, but it was still a step too late, the bandits had already evacuated, and the air was still filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood.

The only people in the vicinity who had the ability to attack the station were Petriura's troops, and the murderer could not be anyone else. The other day, there had been a clash between the cavalry battalion of the division and the troops of Petliura, and both sides were killed. Afterwards, Petliura refused to hand over the murderer under the pretext that the perpetrator had fled, which aroused the anger of Admiral Xiong Xun and increased the tension between the two armies......

It's hard to say that it's not revenge. The commander of the 3rd Battalion, Major Dang Shunli, was enraged by the tragic situation at the station, and without asking for instructions, marched to the nearest garrison of the 3rd Petliula Cavalry Division, but was ambushed in the middle of the road. The 3 battalion was surrounded and bogged down in bitter fighting. Fortunately, the main force of the 24th Regiment has been dispatched and is rushing to help.

Realizing the problem, Major General Yan Shulin, commander of the 3rd Army, immediately reported to the army group headquarters, and General Xiong Xun was furious. The 3rd Army was ordered to go south to Vinnitsa and encircle and annihilate the rebels. Yan Shulin still had some political brains, and said to Xiong Xun on the wired phone, "It's a matter of importance, do you want to ask Commander Wang?" If our army moves south, it will not be an ordinary conflict......"

"You are confused! Do as I command! I'm responsible for the consequences! Xiong Xun scolded loudly.

In this way, in Vinnytsia, a city that left countless memories for the expeditionary force, the officers and men of the expeditionary force once again threw themselves into the battle of blood and fire. However, this time the opponent was not the Germans, but the theoretical ally of the Great Russian Army.

Major General Yan Shulin immediately ordered the 8th Division to move south. The main forces of the army quickly moved into action. The opponent is definitely the Russian army. This Yan Shulin knows it in his heart. After Shi Dashou's 2nd Army withdrew eastward, the 2nd Army of the Southern Front of the Alliance, also known as the Peliula Army, immediately took over the defense area of the original 2nd Army of the Chinese Army. Rest and expand here. The group army has 4 armies and 11 divisions under its jurisdiction. But south of Vinnitsa there were only 2 and a half army 7 divisions (of which there were two cavalry divisions). Who else could it be besides them?

The first to rush to the reinforcement station was the 3rd Battalion of the 24th Regiment, and they did not care about cleaning up the remains of their comrades at the station. Under the command of Major Dang Shunli, they pursued along the main road, and about 15 miles away, the 3rd Battalion was ambushed by the Russian army.

With a few shells exploding in the convoy, the Russian cavalry pounced on three sides like a tidal wave. The 3rd Battalion had no time to build a position, so it could only rely on cars to resist on the spot.

Second Lieutenant Zhang Gouwa of the machine gun company jumped out of the cab at the first moment of the battle, turned into the carriage, and the heavy machine gun mounted on the front of the car had already fired. Relying on the carriage to half-squat to empty the eight bullets in the semi-automatic rifle magazine, he found that the heavy machine gun shooting in the front of the car had stopped, he turned around and looked, the machine gunner was shot in the head, fell to the side, his brain and blood stained the body of the gun red, and the deputy hid in the carriage and shivered, Zhang Gouwa rushed up and kicked the recruit, "Quick, get bullets for Lao Tzu!" As he spoke, he pulled away the machine gunner who was lying on the battlefield and died, and as soon as he adjusted the direction slightly, the air-cooled heavy machine gun produced by Huayuan Military Industry roared again!

There was no need to aim at all, the rain of bullets from the heavy machine gun swept down the swarming Russian cavalry piece by piece like a fire whip, and the 75 rounds of bullets and drums suddenly emptied, "Quick, get the bullets!" Zhang Gouwa yelled at the stunned machine gun deputy.

I don't know if I was stunned or stunned, the deputy was crooked in the carriage, and there was no reaction! The Russian cavalry, which had broken through the fire network, passed through the gap in the car formation, and at the place where the saber flashed, a rifleman leaning against the side of the carriage to shoot had his arm cut off and let out a terrible scream.

Zhang Gouwa casually threw out a grenade placed on the roof of the cab, ignoring the wounded soldier who was rolling in the carriage with a broken arm, the cat waist picked up a loaded drum from the recruit's feet, and kicked the recruit who Mu Ran was looking at him, "Are you stupid?" Bandage him! ”

Zhang Gouwa returned to the firing position, and the heavy machine gun roared again.

"Platoon commander, our men are coming up......," another soldier cheered.

When the main force of the 24th Regiment was engaged in battle, the Russian cavalry, which had suffered heavy casualties, withdrew under the terrible sound of the trumpet, leaving behind the struggling horses and wounded soldiers who had not had time to take them away.

"You, what's the matter?" Zhang Gouwa kicked the machine gun deputy who was still in a daze for the third time, and the gunfire had thinned out, but the mortar position behind was still firing, and the explosion point chased the billowing smoke and dust that had been withdrawn.

"Platoon commander, he just came in yesterday, recruit." The corporal's deputy squad leader, who was bandaging the wounded, did not raise his head.

The recruit, who looked very tender, looked at the second lieutenant platoon commander in fear, and Zhang Gouwa sighed in her heart, "The first time to fight? ”

"Yes......" said the recruit, pointing to his shooter, "he's dead......

Of course, Zhang Gouwa knew that the Heavy he liked so much was dead. The Mosin Nagan horse rifle bullet shot from the forehead completely disfigured him, he was originally a very handsome young man, a native of Hengshui, who had repeatedly asked Zhang Gouwa for heavy machine gun shooting skills.

"He's good, but you're a bear! If you weren't a recruit, Lao Tzu would have treated you according to the military law. Go, carry him down and bury him. Zhang Gouwa wiped the blood from the heavy's face with her sleeve and tried to close the victim's eyelids.

"Platoon commander, our people are coming up......"

"Hmm," Zhang Gouwa was in a trance.

"Platoon commander, Xiao Jin sacrificed ......"

"Huh?" Zhang Gouwa sighed. Xiao Jin was a pilot, and he was sitting next to him just now, and he didn't notice how he died.

"Damn it!" He scolded himself. The casualties should be counted first, which is the basic duty of an officer. Zhang Gouwa jumped out of the car and began to count the casualties of his three classes.

The company commander had already arrived, and Zhang Gouwa had just counted the numbers. However, in the 20-minute encounter, his platoon lost 7 people killed and 8 wounded, 4 of whom were seriously wounded, and it is not known whether they can be saved.

"The regimental commander ordered the withdrawal of the military station. Fast. The company commander, whose face was stained with blood, patted Zhang Gouwa's shoulder.

"Won't fight?"

"How to fight this terrain?"

The sacrificed soldier was again lifted into the car, which fortunately did not break. After the pilot was found. Turning on the spot, the 3rd Battalion withdrew to the station under the cover of the 1st Battalion, which had seized the high ground on the left.

"What's your name?" Zhang Gouwa did not enter the driver's building, but squeezed into the carriage with the soldiers, and he asked the frightened recruit.

"Even called Qi Ermao ......"

"Shanxi people?"

"Hmm. Shanxi Yuncheng ......"

"It's normal to be scared for the first time you fight. Don't do that anymore. Look at how many dead dogs die? Afraid of what? ”

"I remembered ......"

"Our military commander is from Shanxi. You can't afford to lose the face of the commander. How old is this year? "Zhang Gouwa's love is stable.

"Eighteen" Qi Ermao suddenly cried.

"Crying for what?"

"The squad leader is good for couples, he ......"

"Remember your squad leader. Kill a few more enemies next time and avenge him. Zhang Gouwa also wondered in her heart. Aren't the Russians our allies? What's going on here?

Before retreating to the station, a new order came down, and the retreat turned into an attack. The 3rd Battalion turned around again and headed south, this time they were not the vanguard, and the Forward Battalion became the 1st Battalion. Colonel Jiang Hongshan caught up with the 3rd Battalion, learned about the encounter just now, and conveyed the order of the division commander, "Petliula has defected, beat a turtle grandson!" ”

Suddenly, former comrades-in-arms turned into enemies. As the forward division of the 3rd Army, the 8th Division engaged fire with the 6th Army under Petliula on the afternoon of the 7th, forming a standoff. That night, the main forces of the 3rd Army arrived on the battlefield one after another, and the 6th Army of Petliura tried to disengage by destroying roads and bridges and retreating in the direction of Khmelnitsky in the southwest. Anxious, Major General Yan Shulin telegraphed to his superiors, but received contradictory instructions, Xiong Xun ordered the 3rd Army to cut off the westward advance of Peliura's troops, but the telegram from the headquarters of the expeditionary force kept him restrained and avoided further conflict. Knowing the consequences of a clash with Petliura's forces, Yan Shulin carried out the orders of the headquarters and brought his three divisions to a halt south of Vinnytsia.

The officers and soldiers on the battlefield did not understand the truth, including Colonel Jiang Hongshan. The battle at the Vinnitsa station was of great special significance. The 3rd Cavalry Division of the Southern Army of the Alliance, which attacked the station and ambushed the Chinese, also paid heavy casualties, and the whole army of Petliula, who had already made contact with the Germans, defected, and after learning the news that the main forces of the Chinese army were moving south, Petliura, who only had 7 divisions in his hands, abandoned the original plan to attack in the direction of Kiev, which was designed by the Germans, but Petliura's fear of the Chinese expeditionary force made him hesitate deeply about this plan, and the battle near Vinnitsa proved his judgment, with the strength of his army, It is impossible to take Kyiv and close the back door of the 1st Army of the Expeditionary Force.

From June 8, Petliura's troops began to move westward, and issued a telegram to secede from Great Russia and form the state of Ukraine, with Hetman as prime minister, and Petliura as self-appointed commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

Both the leaders of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and Great Russia were stunned by the actions of Petliura-Hetman. There was indeed a contradiction between Denikin and Zài before, but no one thought that Petliura and the Germans were in a line! The actions of the main forces of the Petliura Army have unmistakably informed everyone of the goals of their actions. After examining the form, Admiral Wang Mingyuan ordered the 1st Army and the 16th Army of the 2nd Army to switch to the interception of Petliula, but due to the sluggishness of the 3rd Army, Petliura's troops in the west of Vinnitsa had already escaped the control of the Chinese army, and General Xiong Xun, who had insisted on a big fight, issued an order to stop the pursuit after reading the form...... The pursuit of this division by our troops will inevitably lead to a battle with the Germans, which I consider inappropriate. It's time to think about abandoning Kyiv...... I don't think it makes any sense for our troops to stay on the eastern bank of the Dnieper. Admiral Xiong Xun said in a telegram to Wang Mingyuan. (To be continued......)