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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 671 (1) Suffering from Insufficient Artillery Fire

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    Here, Sergey Nikolayevich Dimilev, chief of staff of the White Guard East Cluster, put down his binoculars and turned to Hastings, "Guillaume Nikolayevich, Soviet Union across the way.  The Russian Red Army seems to be a bit unworthy of the reputation of the main force of the Southern Front. Should we put the 7th Infantry Division into the battle and rush in from the right wing to turn the opponent upside down? "

    In Dimilev¡¯s view, if the Soviet Red Army¡¯s combat effectiveness is the same as that of the regiment that was guarding the position just now, such a force, even if it has 7 divisions, may not be the opponent of his 4 divisions in the East Cluster!

    Hastings did not speak after hearing this. He picked up the telescope and observed for a while, shook his head and said, "The other party suffered few casualties. I think they took the initiative to evacuate the first line of positions. Look, they fought on the second line of positions."  That¡¯s exciting, wait a minute, at least wait until the second regiment of the 6th Division comes up!¡±

    Just as he was talking, the artillery on the artillery position behind the Soviet Red Army roared again. The difference was that this time the target of the bombardment was the section of the position that had just been occupied by the White Guards. The artillery shells fell like raindrops. The first wave  The fall of the artillery shells was the biggest result in the battle. Many soldiers of the 21st Infantry Regiment of the White Guards who were showing off their power on the position and did not pay attention to their concealment were blown up and their bodies were scattered everywhere. The remaining White Guards soldiers were holding their heads and lying down in the trench to hide.  With shelling.

    At this time, the Maxim heavy machine gun on the second line of the Soviet Red Army roared again. Under the cover of the heavy machine gun and the rain of bullets, about a regiment of the Soviet Red Army suddenly jumped out of the second trench and headed towards  The White Guards swooped over the position occupied by the White Guards. Even from the location of the Hastings headquarters a few kilometers away, it seemed that the shouts of "Ula" from the Soviet Red Army soldiers could be heard everywhere.

    At this time, the 22nd Infantry Regiment reinforced by the 6th Kazan Infantry Division was still more than 800 meters away from the position occupied by the 21st Infantry Regiment, while the second trench of the Soviet Red Army was only 500 meters away from the first trench.  , after using two consecutive waves of bullets to bombard the position occupied by the 21st Infantry Regiment of the White Guards, the artillery firepower of the Soviet Red Army quickly extended back and began to block and fire at the 22nd Infantry Regiment reinforced by the White Guards.

    Hastings could see clearly here through the telescope, and couldn't help turning his head and yelling, "Where are all the artillery batteries? Why haven't they moved their positions yet? Fire on all fronts immediately, and ignore the opponent's counterattacking infantry."  , destroy the opponent's new artillery positions first! Fire all the artillery lines!"

    Here, Dimilev, the chief of staff of the East Cluster, took a breath and said, "Oh no, we have fallen into the opponent's trap. Chief of Staff, if it doesn't work, let's withdraw first? Look, the opponent has invested another regiment of troops."  , Hasik¡¯s 21st Infantry Regiment has already suffered 4 casualties, and is afraid that it will not be able to withstand the close assault of the opponent¡¯s 2 regiments. This Gidis is really good at fighting!¡±

    "We can't retreat. Retreating under the bombardment of the opponent's machine guns and artillery fire isn't a gift for others in vain? We must first suppress the opponent's artillery fire. After passing my order, the 5th Kazan Infantry Division dispatched a regiment to launch a feint attack on the enemy in front.  Reduce the pressure on the 21st Infantry Regiment of the 6th Division from the flanks, and give Hasik a death order. The 21st Infantry Regiment must be nailed to the occupied opponent's position, and tell them that the 22nd Infantry Regiment will come up with reinforcements immediately!"

    Although Guillaume Nikolayevich Hastings was also angry in his heart, at this moment he showed the demeanor of a general in front of a group of subordinates. Damn it, so what if the other party launched a counterattack with two regiments?  The battle still has to be fought when the 22nd Infantry Regiment comes in with reinforcements. If we withdraw now, all the progress will be wasted, and the casualties of the troops will only be greater!

    Andreev Andreevich Fyodorov, commander of the 21st Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the 6th Kazan Infantry Division of the White Guards, is the commander of the main regiment of the first-class main brigade under Hasik. He has always been brave, although he  The 21st Infantry Regiment was already exhausted at this time, with more than 4 companies suffering casualties. However, this guy also knew that if he ordered a retreat, it would be equivalent to exposing his back to the opponent's heavy machine guns and artillery fire, so he counted it as a division.  The subordinates ordered to retreat, but this guy might not be able to agree.

    At this time, with the opponent counterattacking from three sides, the regiment leader Feyodorov was cursing and complaining about why the artillery position behind him did not fire back to suppress the opponent's artillery fire and heavy machine guns. At the same time, he ordered to shrink the position, abandoning the two wings and  The remaining 1,500 people of the 21st Infantry Regiment concentrated on a position about 3 kilometers wide in the middle, and tried their best to place the remaining ten Maxim heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun battalion in critical positions.

    The White Guard soldiers lying in the trenches, under the command of the company and platoon leaders, used volleys of rifle fire to counterattack to suppress the opponent's impact. Because the distance was too close, when the two regiments of the Soviet Red Army approached less than 100 meters in front of the position,  The 22nd Infantry Regiment, which was reinforced from behind the 21st White Guards Infantry Regiment, was still 500 meters away when intercepted by the opponent's artillery fire. Fortunately, the White Guards' volleys exerted sufficient power at a distance of 100-200 meters, while Su  As for the Russian Red Army, the skirmishing lines were fighting independently, which made the Soviet Red Army's firepower intensive.?On the contrary, it is more fragmented.

    Fortunately, the White Guards' artillery finally roared again after adjusting the artillery positions. The 12 artillery companies only lost 6 cannons in the previous artillery battle between the two sides, while the Soviet Red Army lost 12 cannons. This time  Under the ebb and flow of the other, Hastings's artillery force struck later and had an overwhelming advantage in numbers. The number of artillery on both sides at this moment was 66 versus 36. Moreover, because the artillery of the Soviet Red Army had moved first after moving their positions.  Firing exposed the target.

    This caused the artillery pieces of the 11 artillery batteries of the White Guards to pounce on the artillery position of the Soviet Red Army as if they had eyes, turning the opponent's position into a sea of ??fire. Both sides set up their main artillery positions behind the center of the position.  In order to flexibly and flexibly take into account the artillery support of the two flanks, at this time, the artillery positions of both sides once again exchanged fire and fought with each other. Of course, the Soviet Red Army suffered a disadvantage because the number of artillery was only half of the opponent's.

    Although the artillery units of the Soviet 10th Army were well-trained and fought bravely, the difference in numbers and the artillery battery of the main force of the White Guards on the opposite side were not inferior to their own artillery skills. This artillery battle of blood and fire between the two sides ended in 2 minutes.  The victory was decided in the middle, and the artillery command of the Soviet Red Army lost three more companies and had to begin to shift positions again.

    The winning side's White Guard artillery turned its muzzle and began a rapid fire attack. It had almost reached the two Soviet Red Army regiments 50 meters in front of the 21st White Guard Infantry Regiment's position. Don't think that the short 100-meter distance just now was so easy to pass. Face to face.  It was the volley fire and counterattack of the White Guards. In terms of the number of Maxim heavy machine guns, the two sides were actually almost the same in this position.
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