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Volume Three Far East Stories) Chapter 696 (2) Heading West Again

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    As for the 4th Cavalry Company as a reserve team, they all dismounted and were still lying in the grass on the east side under the roadbed of the road. They saw the miserable situation of the two MG8 heavy machine gun shooters of the 1st Company and the 4th Company.  The company's machine gunner refused to take the company's heavy machine gun, which had been dismounted, to the right wing of the No. 4 company's position to strengthen its firepower, and even refused to fire on the No. 4 company's position. The machine gunner held his head and stared.  His own company commander muttered, "Company commander, how can we fire here? At a distance of meters, the opponent's sniper can shoot a headshot. If you can hit you, I have a lot of wives and children at home. I can't."  Come on! Let someone else be the machine gunner! The fastest update, all written by hand.

    "Battal Commander, we can't fight like this. Even the heavy machine gun firepower of MG8 can't suppress the enemy. Although the opponent's position only has a total strength of more than 3 people, there are at least 6 snipers. Until now, I still can't suppress the enemy."  We didn¡¯t see clearly where the opponent¡¯s snipers were hiding. Most of us were frightened by the headshots from the opponent¡¯s sniper rifles. Let me tell you~~~ we have to bombard them!¡± said the battalion staff officer Gredo!  After searching the ground with a telescope for a long time, he turned around and suggested to his battalion commander Levchenko.

    The firepower of the infantry battalion of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division, which is fully equipped with German weapons, is quite good. Although it does not have a machine gun squad equipped with an M191 Burgman light machine gun in each infantry company platoon like the German infantry battalion.  However, each cavalry company is still equipped with an mg8 water-cooled heavy machine gun that can be detached from the gun mount and carried on horseback.

    In addition, unlike the 1st platoon and 3rd platoon of the German infantry company, which each have a rifle grenade/mortar squad, an infantry company of the Ukrainian National Army is only equipped with one mortar squad. It was originally expected to swarm the opponent's squad.  When the small group of scouts were eaten up, the battalion commander Levchenko had no idea at all and had to dismantle the mortars tied to the horseback pack and put them into the battle with great fanfare. It was amazing to use three mg8 heavy machine guns.  .

    At this moment, I saw that the threat from the opponent's Browning light machine guns and snipers was too great. My own three mg8 heavy machine guns actually killed more than ten shooters, both primary and secondary shooters. The intermittent firepower was unable to suppress the opponent's light machine guns and M1 Garan.  The shooting of the German semi-automatic rifle was useless now. After Gredo reminded him, the battalion commander Levchenko woke up from a dream, kicked out the battalion staff officer, and shouted at the top of his voice,

    "Asshole, why didn't you tell me earlier and pass on my order to each company to find a place to set up mortars, drag mg8 to a hidden place and then open fire, first use mortars to kill the other guy who can't be killed!"  After Levchenko scolded Gredo, he turned around and gave an order to the messenger behind him.

    At this time, the company commander of the 3rd Company, half of its men left, crawled over from behind and said with a mournful face, "Battalion Commander, our company commander was killed in action. The wounded of our 3rd Company cannot be evacuated because of the bullets flying everywhere.  A dead horse will become a target for the enemy as soon as it stands up. Do you want to send someone back to ask the division to send artillery support? "

    "Have you lost your mind? I am attacking a reconnaissance platoon with a battalion and still need to ask for artillery support from the division headquarters? Do you still want to continue messing with me? Where is the body of your company commander? Have you snatched it back?" Levchenko  He raised his foot and kicked the injured Sanfu on the buttocks, causing the guy to scream in pain.

    A Cossack lying behind him answered for his company commander, "When the company commander withdrew, he was beaten to death in the bushes over there with his men and horses. We lost a squad there in order to rob the company commander."  The lives of our brothers are at risk. Who dares to go out now when the opponent¡¯s sniper rifles are lethal? Battalion Commander, I think Staff Officer Gredo is right, let¡¯s use mortars to attack them!¡±

    In the European War, the German army was the most commonly equipped army with mortars. However, although the Ukrainian National Army was equipped with German weapons, the mortars equipped by the infantry battalions were the early 1914 7.6cm light mortars.

    7.6cm light mortar

    Year of production or service: 1914

    Diameter:7.8mm

    Barrel length: twice the caliber

    Projectile weight: 4.kg

    Weight: 11kg

    Maximum range: 1m

    This 11-kilogram 76mm caliber mortar is equipped with one in the 1st and 3rd platoon grenade/mortar squads of each infantry company in the German army. That is, a German infantry company has a mortar door.  Cannon, and the Ukrainian National Army's infantry company is only equipped with one in the 1st platoon. Due to the serious shortage of production capacity and quantity of Borgman m191 light machine guns in Germany, the 1st and 3rd platoons of each infantry company in the German army have machine guns.  Each squad has an M191 Burgman light machine gun, while the Ukrainian infantry company only has the first squad of the 1st platoon equipped with a bulky mg8 water-cooled heavy machine gun.

    Just waiting for the order from battalion commander Levchenko, the companies of the cavalry battalion, who were also waking up from their dreams, hurriedly looked for the mortars tied to the horseback racks. As a result, they found the heavy machine guns and mortars of the 3rd company.  The artillery, men and horses were killed at the forefront of the position by the opponent's initial ambush. At this time, no one dared to climb up and turn over the dead horses to get the machine guns and mortars back.

      The three companies of cavalry lay on the ground and hurriedly dragged their company's bloody MG8 to the rear, looking for a new hidden position, while the three company's mortars were pressed to the ground.  The rack was removed from the packhorse, and then he began to equip the chassis and tripod, then looked for mortar shells in the ammunition basket, and then found a position. Although this mortar was fired visually, it could also be fired with high trajectories.  The reverse slope target still has certain requirements for the space above the head. In the end, the position was found to be the safest only on the road.

    Don't forget that this is a forest wetland. It is safe to choose a mortar position behind a big tree. As soon as the I shell comes out of the chamber, it will directly hit the branch above the head and explode. The enemy who was still giving a shit will now  The forward positions of the enemy and ours were no more than 1 meter, and the farthest was probably 1 meter. The mortar squad of the Levchenko Cavalry Battalion also came to their senses, and one guy directly dragged a mortar weighing more than 1 kilogram back.  Meters, now more than meters away from the enemy, the opponent's sniper's sight and shooting accuracy may be seriously affected, and the three cannons are now set up.

    But while Levchenko¡¯s battalion was hurriedly rearranging its machine gun and mortar positions, the platoon of the Allied forces on the opposite side quietly evacuated to the west again.
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