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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 298 Half Seawater and Half Fire

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    On July 9, 1918, the second day of the Battle of Ufa entered. The Southern Group of the Soviet Eastern Front began to attack positions in the northwest and southeast of Ufa early in the morning. The 13th Cavalry Division, which was detouring from the north in the early morning, was  The armored train from France lost radio contact after the attack. Although the two cavalry divisions in the south may have been discovered by coalition reconnaissance planes in the sky, there were only a few White Guards guarding Ufa.  **-< Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work >-*

    The commander of the Southern Cluster, Tukhachevsky, is still very confident in taking Ufa. As long as he can take Ufa, he can seal the Ural Pass before the coalition forces east of the Ural Mountains send troops to move west.  Go back and make an effort to eliminate the Kolchak gang in Kazan, which has lost support.

    Tukhachev's confidence did not only come from the three cavalry divisions sent out to detour. The highlight of the attack was still on the frontal battlefield. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces Wang Geng's idea was to annihilate the effective forces of the Soviet Eastern Front Army. Soviet Russia's Tuha  So is Chevsky.

    According to the test results of the first battle yesterday afternoon, there were four to five artillery batteries in the Ufa defenders in the northwest, and there may be six artillery batteries in the southeast. Although I don¡¯t know why the opponent did not invest all their artillery to attack yesterday, Tuha  Chevsky was not a reckless guy, and he decided to strengthen the artillery to the southeast toward Lezhevsky's Fourth Army.

    Therefore, the Fourth Army of the Soviet Eastern Front, which was responsible for offensive tasks in the southeast, was supported by eight artillery companies reinforced by the First Army. In addition, the entire Second Army of Mahin had two divisions, two artillery companies, and a machine gun.  The battalions were also assigned to Rzhevski's southeastern offensive direction.

    In this way, on the front of Petrovich's defense line in the southeastern Ufa cluster, the attacking Soviet Red Army reached 8 infantry divisions and 20 artillery companies.

    Although the arrangement was like this, the Northwest Group was the first to start. After all, Tukhachev's First Army was one of the main forces of the Soviet Eastern Front. Yesterday's defeat of the 24th Division of the Simbirsk Iron Army did not affect the Soviet Red Army.  This caused a fatal blow to the morale. After receiving the firepower support of 13 artillery batteries today, the First Army rolled up its sleeves and launched an attack on Pepelyaev's position opposite.

    Pepelyaev's Northwest Group has a total of 8 artillery companies. In the artillery battle with the opponent's 13 artillery companies, although it relied on the terrain advantage to fight very tenaciously, it is obvious that the gap in the number of artillery between the two sides is not that big.  It was easy to make up for it. The artillery battle officially started at 8 o'clock in the morning. Half an hour later, Pepelyaev's 48 mountain field guns had lost one-third of their strength, and nearly 20 artillery pieces had lost their combat effectiveness.  -<Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work>-(

    The 13 artillery batteries of the Soviet First Army on the opposite side lost more than 30 artillery pieces. However, in any case, the artillery of the Soviet Red Army in the northwest gradually gained the upper hand. Fortunately, the First Army came from afar and did not carry many artillery shells.  , and because the northwest attack is not actually a decisive attack, although the infantry of the Soviet First Army also began to attack, the fire support of the artillery group behind them was the same as the cannons of the White Guards on the opposite side, and the artillery fire gradually became sparse.  Go down.

    "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the Soviet First Army has launched a ground attack on the northwest defense line. Pepelyayev called to request heavy artillery reinforcements!" the combat staff reported behind him.

    Wang Geng has been observing in the telescope for a while. Tukhachevsky's fighting style is obviously different from yesterday. At this time, on the ten kilometers wide position of the northwest defense line, the Soviet Red Army launched an attack from three directions.  The amount of troops invested in one direction was only one infantry regiment, and they stopped advancing 1,000 meters away. While lying in the field and shooting at the defenders on the opposite line of defense, they began to dig individual bunkers on the position. It seemed that  It means fighting a protracted war.

    "Tell Pepelyaev to calm down. The enemy's artillery opposite him only has 13 artillery batteries. It's not worth exposing the existence of the Ufa heavy artillery group! Tell him to withdraw his remaining artillery from the position and let go.  Let the enemy attack!" Wang Geng said without looking back!

    "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the Soviet Fourth Army on the southeastern defense line launched an artillery attack on our position. The firepower was very strong, with at least 20 artillery batteries!" The voice of the combat staff sounded from behind again. In the early morning of the Hawkeye early warning aircraft,  After discovering the traces of the two cavalry divisions of the Soviet Union's South Cluster detouring from the south, Major General Tian Jun, director of Wang Geng's operations room, led an armored battalion to personally take command of the Hedong Highland position behind the southeastern defense line.

    "Ask Sergey to withdraw the first-line troops from the trenches and communication trenches to the second line of defense as he did yesterday, and give the first line of defense to the opponent. The artillery of the field artillery regiment should not rush to fight back! Wait for the Soviet Union  It won't be too late to fight after the infantry comes up!" Wang Geng ordered.

    On the Hexi 201 highland of the Southeast Cluster Defense Line, Sergey spat hard and looked at the combatants behind him.The plan gave the order:

    "The First Infantry Division of the White Guards withdraws from the front-line position and pay attention to concealment! Only artillery observation posts remain in the first-line position! The field artillery wing prepares to lock the opponent's artillery group position as soon as possible!"

    Here, under the bombardment of 120 mountain field guns from 20 artillery batteries of the Soviet Fourth Army, the White Guard infantry division guarding the front line retreated along countless traffic trenches with their machine guns hunched over. Through the telescope, they could see the Soviet Russia on the opposite side.  A group of division commanders and political commissars of the Fourth Army were stunned.

    "Comrade Commander, the White Guards have been defeated by our artillery fire. Let's seize the opportunity to launch an attack!" A division commander couldn't help but said.

    "Don't worry, order the artillery group to blast a gap in the barbed wire in front of the opponent's position first!" Lezhevsky, deputy commander of the Southern Cluster and commander of the Fourth Army, who was responsible for directing the attack on a small high ground, observed several people through the telescope.  The White Guards were giving orders as explosive points continued to rise from their positions kilometers away.

    "Comrade Commander, the White Guards across the way are a little weird. Yesterday, their three artillery batteries fired accurately. Why are they so quiet today? Are they scared out of their wits by our 120 cannons?" The Fourth Group Army  Political Commissar Hevesin whispered from the side.

    "The artillery fire density of 20 artillery batteries cannot be underestimated. Since the establishment of our Red Army, I am afraid that no group army has been able to possess 20 artillery batteries and use them on one battlefield at the same time!" Ma Xin, commander of the Second Group Army, said in a speech.  Someone on the side was obviously a little proud. His second group army had strengthened its attack in the southeast direction. The battle was progressing so smoothly. How could it not make people feel relieved?

    "Stop the artillery fire!" Lezhevsky, who had been observing the situation on the other side, suddenly ordered.

    "The artillery stops shooting! Stop shooting!" The combat staff of the group army hurriedly picked up the phone and shouted to the artillery group!

    "Why stop shooting? Comrade Rzhevsky!" Maxin and Rzhevsky's political commissar Hevizhin shouted together, and the surrounding division commanders and political commissars were even more confused.

    "There is not a single person left in the opponent's first-line position. The barbed wire fence in front of the position has also opened countless gaps. Why waste artillery shells? The base number of artillery shells we carry is very small! Pass my order, and the machine gun battalion will cover it. Three  Each main attack infantry division will send a regiment of troops to attack, and six artillery companies will be prepared to advance with the infantry!" Lezhevsky gave the order while explaining!

    I see!  The White Guards on the opposite side are so cunning!  Their artillery is on the high ground behind the position. Our current artillery position can cover the first line of position, but it cannot reach the opponent's artillery position behind it and cannot destroy his artillery group!  "Ma Xin, Chief of Staff of the Southern Cluster, was the first to come to his senses!

    The Ufa garrison built three lines of defense in the southeast. The third line of defense is at the foot of Highland 201. 1,000 meters ahead is the second line of defense. 1,000 meters further forward is the first line of defense. The White Guard artillery set up on the high ground  Position, this 76mm mountain gun can hit as far as 4,000 meters in front of the first line of defense. At this time, the artillery position of the Soviet Fourth Army is more than 5,000 meters away from the White Guards' first line of defense.  It¡¯s really out of reach on the high ground 7,000 meters away.

    Of course, the White Guards¡¯ mountain artillery on the high ground could not reach the opponent¡¯s artillery group due to their range, so they did not fight back at all. Instead, they withdrew the first line of defense and waited for the Soviet Red Army to come and snatch it!  As for the traffic trench, a machine gun on the second line position can guard a traffic trench!

    The maximum range of the Type 1902 76mm field gun in the artillery battery of the Soviet Red Army is close to 8 kilometers. If you want to hit that highland, it can really reach a little edge. The artillery battery has heavy field guns and light mountain guns, and also because of the technology of direct shooting outside the field of sight.  It is not easy to grasp the relationship. The number of field artillery in the artillery battery of the Soviet Red Army only accounts for half of the mountain artillery.

    The Japanese field artillery regiment strengthened for Sergey on the 201 Highlands west of the Ural River is a configuration of 2 brigades of field artillery and 1 brigade of mountain artillery. The number of 75mm Type 38 field guns is 36, and the number of 75mm Type 41 mountain guns is 18.  Door!

    Of course, the 75mm-caliber Type 41 mountain cannon equipped by the Chinese participating armies and the Japanese Army Artillery Force has a maximum range of 7,100 meters. Only the Russian 190609-type 76mm mountain cannon can match it in range, and most of the Russian army¡¯s new mountain cannons  The losses occurred on the Eastern Front battlefield against Germany in four years. At this time, both the Soviet Union and the White Guards were mostly equipped with artillery of the 1902 and 1904 types.
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