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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 429 The Waterloo of the God of Artillery

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    In the duel between artillery, preemption is an irrefutable truth. The artillery fire of the artillery regiment of the Budyonny Special Cavalry Division of the Soviet Red Army was fast and fierce. In less than 2 minutes, six consecutive waves of bullets hit Buzulu.  On the northern line mortar position of the coalition forces in Kezhen, two old-fashioned Russian mountain artillery batteries were able to produce such a beautiful bombardment effect. People have to admire Kulik and his artillery!

    Egorov and the division commanders around him were obviously secretly impressed by Budyonny's artillery's quick and accurate shooting. Inza, the commander of the 15th Infantry Division, was also an artilleryman. He obviously also admired the artillery commanded by Kulik.  Looking with admiration, a group of Soviet Red Army generals looked through their binoculars. The mortars on the opposite coalition position had long since ceased in silence under the attack of Red Army artillery fire. Although they could not clearly see the casualties of the other side, Kulik's shelling on the coalition position had  The heavy damage to the mortars is obviously worth expecting and is certain.

    Because the remaining six carriages that ran all the way back retreated intact to the heavy machine gun bunker and position at 1,800 meters, and the cavalry battalion that turned its horses to both sides and retreated at 1,500 meters did not encounter enemy artillery fire.  and heavy machine gun fire in pursuit. It seemed that the coalition forces on the opposite position were stunned by the sudden Red Army artillery fire!

    Accompanied by the rumbling sound of artillery from behind the Soviet Russian position, the soldiers of the Budyonny Cavalry Division in front of the position could not help cheering and hurling. Semyon Konstantinovich, commander of the first brigade of the Budyonny Special Cavalry Division  Brother Timoshenko couldn't help but rush forward on his horse and asked his division commander for battle instructions.

    "Comrade Budyonny, look at how well our artillery is doing. Kulik is really the god of artillery. Take this opportunity and let me lead the first brigade. With artillery support, I will definitely take down the enemy's position."  Get out of your way!"

    Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was born on February 6, 1895 in the town of Furmanka, Ukraine, Russia. In 1915, 20-year-old Timoshenko enlisted in the army.  During the European War, he served as a private in the Western Front on the Eastern Front and participated in various battles on the Eastern Front.  After the outbreak of the February Revolution in Russia in 1917, he participated in the battle to put down the Kornilov counter-revolutionary rebellion and the Kaledin Rebellion with the insurrectionary troops. After the establishment of the Red Army in 1918, he joined the Red Army and became a member of the Budyonny Special Cavalry Division.  One of the brave generals, he became the commander of the first brigade at the age of 23!

    Budyonny glanced at the eager young brigade commander and shook his head slightly, "The enemy's heavy machine guns on the opposite side have never fired. Can we suppress the opponent's firepower just by relying on the cannons of our two artillery companies? I  It¡¯s not that simple!¡±

    The commander of the artillery regiment, Kulik, frowned at the coalition position opposite. He felt guilty for no reason. Except for the explosion and roar of the shells hit by his own cannon, there was not a single person to be seen on the enemy's position.  What kind of results did the sudden fire attack of the two artillery companies achieve, and how much damage and damage was done to the enemy. As an artillery commander, Kulik was far less capable than Yegorov and the commanders of the infantry division on the small high ground 200 meters behind him.  optimism.

    The man frowned, turned around and said to the orderer, "Inform the artillery company to stop firing. The mountain artillery company moves forward! The field artillery company moves its positions to both sides! Move quickly!"

    Before he finished speaking, a burst of allied artillery roar suddenly erupted from the high ground in the town of Buzuluk opposite the position, and then groups of artillery shells came roaring quickly, passing over the heads of the Budyonni and heading straight to the Red Army artillery position behind the position.  Then, it exploded into pieces in the rear two kilometers away, and then wave after wave of artillery batteries deployed by the coalition forces in the square in the town of Buzuluk launched six consecutive rounds of shelling. The shells fell straight on like eyes.  On the Red Army artillery position that was roaring just now.

    The soldiers of the Budyonni Cavalry Division who were shouting "Ula" just now were silent. They could only hear the roar of the opponent's cannons, the screams of the artillery shells that kept whizzing past overhead, and the two-kilometer artillery position.  There was a series of explosions of artillery shells.

    The counterattack and counterattack by the coalition artillery made the expressions of everyone on the Soviet Red Army position, from the group army commander Yegorov to the infantry division commanders below, change. Good boy, the opponent's cavalry brigade is indeed equipped with artillery. It sounds like the number is not high.  There are many, but there are at least two artillery companies, and they can bear it and hide them until now. This is terrible!

    It is true that in artillery operations, it is necessary to strike first, but that is to attack the opponent's artillery. The two artillery companies of the Soviet Red Army opened fire first, but it was the mortars on the coalition positions that they beat, regardless of how many coalition forces were annihilated.  mortar, but now the target was exposed and became the target of the opponent's field artillery counterattack. This called for waking up early and catching up late. Although destroying the coalition's mortars is also a necessary guarantee for victory in the battle.  ,but.  .  .

    The Soviet artillery, which was exposed to enemy field artillery fire, was obviously at a disadvantage. Although Kulik's sense of smell caused him to immediately issue an order to his artillery battery to move positions, the deployed horse-drawn artillery re-entered.  Marching status?And moving to a new location will definitely take time.

    Time is life. It must be said that the artillery shooting accuracy of the 3rd Allied Ural Cavalry Division in Buzuluk Town may not be as good as the two artillery batteries brought out by Kulik on the opposite side. However, because the Allied artillery strikes later,  The enemy opened fire first, which posed a huge threat to Kulik's artillery.

    Within 2 minutes after the coalition artillery position started firing, Nezhkov's 12 cannons fired 12 consecutive salvos. The theoretical rate of fire of the 75mm mountain field gun equipped by the coalition was 8-10 rounds/minute. The Ural Cavalry  The artillery of the Third Division is naturally not the elite artillery of the coalition, but it is more than enough to fire 6 shells per minute.

    Within 2 minutes, 144 rounds of high-explosive grenades weighing 6.5 kilograms were poured onto the positions of two artillery companies of the Soviet Red Army. Kulik's artillery position within a radius of 300 meters was turned into a sea of ????fire!

    If Kulik had not ordered the transfer of positions, perhaps these 2 minutes would have been enough for his artillery battery to adjust the shooting angle on the spot and counterattack Zhu Yuan. No matter how many guns were left, at least they would not be beaten blindly, but the transfer of positions  It is also a compulsory course for artillerymen after shooting, especially when the number of their own artillery does not necessarily have an advantage over the opponent's.

    So just as Budyonny and Kulik had been worried about, the coalition cavalry brigade indeed had mountain artillery. Although the opponent only had two companies of 12 guns according to the sound of artillery, it caught their own artillery by surprise, especially  The losses of the Cavalry Division's ** Artillery Regiment under the opponent's counterattack were inevitable.

    Fortunately, the coalition forces did not seem to be doing too much for themselves, or the base of artillery shells was not high. Therefore, after the 2-minute artillery counterattack, as there was no longer a cannon on the Soviet Red Army artillery position that could roar and counterattack, the artillery on the coalition side  It also fell silent.

    Of course, cheers of "Ula~~~~" also came from the coalition positions. Although the number did not sound as majestic as the thousands of people shouting from Budyonny's cavalry division just now, the joy in the cheers was  and confidence are evident.

    With a livid face, Yegorov looked at the opponent's position with a telescope on the hillside behind the position. In the bright field of view of the captured White Guards' 6x legal 1915 military telescope, the group army commander could even see the opponent's trench jumping  A few daring allied Russian cavalrymen took off their pants and exposed their white buttocks to their own positions, humiliating themselves.

    The several infantry division commanders around him now turned from being cheerful to being as wilted as eggplants beaten by frost. The originally beautiful fighting style of the Kulik Artillery Company of the Budyonni Cavalry Division now seemed to have fallen into the hands of the opposing coalition forces.  Of course, attacking the opponent's mortars instead of the unexposed field artillery now seems to be a complete misstep. Although from a comfort point of view, there may be some hope that Kulik's artillery battery can wipe out enough of the opponent's mortars.  .

    However, if Kulik¡¯s artillery battery is lost to the opponent¡¯s mountain artillery counterattack, then what will be used to deal with the opponent¡¯s two newly revealed artillery batteries?  The power of the coalition's 12 cannons is not comparable to the more than 20 small-caliber mortars. This artillery battle is lost no matter what.

    The loss of the artillery company was due to the fact that the telephone line was blown up by the opponent's artillery fire, and the original artillery position no longer existed. Therefore, the messenger came on horseback to report:

    The artillery battalion commander was killed, one of the two company commanders was killed and the other was seriously injured. 10 of the 12 cannons were destroyed by the opponent's artillery fire. The artillerymen suffered more than 100 casualties. There were only two mountain cannons left in the two artillery companies because they were light and could move quickly on the edge of the position.  , so they escaped a disaster, but the artillery shells lined up in the woods on both sides of the position behind the position were hit by the opponent's artillery fire and exploded. Therefore, the two mountain cannons that were finally rescued had less than 20 shells left.

    "Comrade division commander, as the artillery commander, I have an unshirkable responsibility. It was too late to issue the order to transfer the artillery!" Kulik stood in front of his division commander with a face of shame and apologized. There were only two artillery companies with 12 cannons in total.  , it was only after a lot of hard work that I had not thrown it away lightly in the retreat and wind and rain for three days and three nights. At this moment, in less than 3 minutes, it was basically gone. What can the two mountain cannons with 20 rounds of shells do?  use?

    Kulik was extremely tangled in his heart. Damn it, it would be great if the order he gave was to extend the shooting towards the center of the enemy's town. Of course, due to the obstruction of the buildings and houses in Buzuluk Town, the Soviet Red Army could not observe it.  The location of the coalition's artillery positions was the key to defeat, but why couldn't we just guess and think about it?  Even if the town is not an artillery position, it is likely to be a place for the opponent's reserve team to garrison troops.

    If I quickly ordered the firing to Buzuluk Town after the opponent's mortar stopped firing, even if I couldn't cover the opponent's artillery position, I would still be able to make a profit even if I let the shells fall into the opponent's cavalry crowd. Now I can all  destroyed.  .

    Grigory Ivanovich Kulik was born in Poltava in 1890 as a peasant.Like most of the later Soviet Red Army generals, Kulik was a low-level officer in the Tsarist Army during the European War.  After the October Revolution of 1917, Kulik joined the Red Army and quickly rose to prominence in Budyonny's cavalry division. In fact, in Wang Geng's previous life, the Russian T34 tanks and Katyusha rocket launchers were all produced by this Soviet artilleryman.  God's masterpiece.

    Of course, Kulik, who is only 28 years old at this moment, is just the commander of a small artillery regiment of the Budyonny Special Cavalry Division. After experiencing the glory of using artillery like a god in the battle to defend Tsaritsyn, in the town of Buzuluk  Encountered his first Waterloo as an artillery commander.
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