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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 705 (3) The leader is furious

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    The 1st Regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division vs. the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Allied Armored Regiment. The machine gun ratio of both sides is 8vs12, and the mortar ratio is 8vs32. Moreover, the range and power of the 12 M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns on the coalition wheeled armored vehicles are  , how can it be compared to the opponent's 8 mgo8 water-cooled heavy machine guns?  Not to mention that the coalition's 32 light and heavy mortars rained down the machine gun positions and mortar positions of the two battalions of the Ukrainian National Army, causing them to scream and flee.

    Kravitz, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, still holds a 1st Infantry Battalion in his hand. He dare not continue to move forward into the battlefield. This kilometer of fire line has become a heavy machine gun fire from coalition armored vehicles.  At this point, as the machine guns and mortars of the two infantry battalions invested in the battle were destroyed in the exchange of fire between the two sides, the infantry regiment had no choice but to retreat.  ",

    The reason why Kravitz has not yet ordered a retreat is because, firstly, the two battalions were suppressed by the opponent's firepower in low-lying pools and dry ravines. If they ran back and exposed their heads, they would probably be wiped out by the opponent. On the other hand,  This guy also saw that the strength of the coalition armored forces was not large. The 12 armored vehicles were not even 4 armored platoons based on the establishment. Moreover, the shadowy figures of the Allied infantry behind the field fortifications made it look like the coalition forces were outnumbered in person.  There is only one more infantry company that dismounts and fights.

    How can your main regiment of 3 infantry battalions be helpless against the opponent's 4 platoons of armored troops?  However, this breath stuck in Kravitz's chest and he couldn't swallow it. After his mortars were wiped out by the opponent's intensive mortar firepower, Kravitz pinned his hope of victory on the division artillery.  Regarding the battalion, although I heard that the air raids by the Allied Air Force almost severely damaged more than half of the division's artillery regiment, as long as there is a 75mm Krupp field artillery battalion that can fire smoothly, the opponent's armored vehicles will definitely not be able to withstand the 75mm field artillery.  bombardment.  ""look

    Although the coalition's armored vehicles have been moving slowly to adjust their firing positions, Kravitz believes that as long as the 2nd Division's artillery regiment can have a 12-gun artillery battalion to fire continuously, even if they cannot all hit and destroy the opponent's armored vehicles, at least they can  Destroy the opponent's arrogance. If your infantry battalion can rush forward and engage in hand-to-hand combat, the battle may be won!  Beiyang 1917705

    "Reporting to the regiment, division headquarters called, the 2nd Artillery Battalion's position has been set up, and now the test firing begins. Please correct the position and indicate the target as soon as possible! There are not many guns left, and the division headquarters requires us to accurately indicate the target!" A regiment  The confidential staff officer covered the receiver of the wired phone he had just pulled from the position and shouted happily!

    "Then what are you waiting for? Chief of Staff! Where is the artillery liaison staff? Hurry up and use the phone to instruct the artillery target!" Kravitz, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, was overjoyed when he heard this and turned to the staff at the regiment headquarters and shouted.

    The staff at the regiment headquarters were in a panic, and after searching for a long time, they found out that the unlucky guy, the regiment's artillery liaison staff, had been hit in the head by a missile fired from a coalition heavy machine gun from 1800 meters away. He was now unconscious.  He had already been bandaged and sent to the rear health team. This made Kravitz so angry that he almost fainted. The artillery position of the 2nd Infantry Division was at least 3 kilometers away in the southeast, waiting for the artillery battalion.  If the artillery observation posts are sent over again, the day lilies will be cold. There will not be many left of the two battalions of more than 1,000 people blocked by the opponent in the depressions and dry river ditches.

    You must know that although you can avoid the long and short bursts and sweeps of the heavy machine guns on the opponent's armored vehicles whizzing overhead by lying down in the dry river ditches and depressions, you cannot avoid the direct fire cannons of the opponent's 32 mortars.  During the bombardment, due to the limited capacity of the depressions and dry ravines, they were filled with the remaining troops of the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division. Of course, they were surrounded by dead bodies and wounded with flesh and blood scattered everywhere.

    Every time a coalition mortar hits, it will almost cause casualties to the Ukrainian National Army in the depressions and ravines. However, the former guerrillas of the Ukrainian National Army who cannot bear the ravages of coalition mortars will turn around and jump out of the depression fortress.  When moving to the rear and left and right, most of them were mowed down like leeks by the opponent's M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun. Once hit in the torso, almost no one survived, and most of them were hit in the thigh.  Although they were killed, only those who were hit on the arms still had a glimmer of life. Of course, the painful screams of the unfortunate people rolling on the ground with their palms or forearms missing and bleeding like rivers made the two Ukrainian infantrymen  The morale of the survivors of the battalion dropped to freezing point.

    In contrast, there is still a slight upgrade to lying with your head in a depression or a ravine. At least as long as you are not directly hit by a mortar, the probability of being hit by the mortar fragments flying around after landing and exploding is about the same.  The degree of injury was less severe than being hit by the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun.

    The two unlucky infantry battalions of the Ukrainian National Army even had internal strife under the fierce blockade and attack of the coalition forces. Because the regiment headquarters and the first battalion were hiding behind the second temporary defense line 600 meters away in the rear.They stepped forward for reinforcements, but they could not retreat here, so some soldiers of the Ukrainian National Army actually tried to surrender at the front of the line with white flags in order to escape the massacre by coalition mortars and heavy machine guns. As a result, they were surrounded by others who were determined to die in Kharko.  The husband and the Ukrainian national army swarmed over and pushed them to the ground. The two sides engaged in a short and fierce struggle. Although the wavering elements of the national army who finally wanted to raise the white flag were subject to battlefield discipline in front of the position, the morale of the entire army further dropped to  To the extent of addition.

    Speaking of which, Kravitz's entire 1st Infantry Regiment was waiting for the division's artillery to overwhelm the opponent's armored vehicles, avenge the soldiers of the 1st Regiment who were killed and wounded in battle, and even took the opportunity to rush into the enemy's position and trample the Allied Armored Battalion into pieces.  As for the meat, the staff actually said that the artillery liaison staff was injured and sent to the health team unconscious. Why didn't the regiment leader Kravitz get furious!

    Fortunately, the regiment chief of staff Hu Shev was not confused yet. The guy rolled his eyes and ordered the mortar gunners from the 1st Battalion to be summoned and asked the mortar shooters to indicate the direction and shooting target location for the rear division artillery battalion via phone.  , this can be regarded as resolving the urgent need. The mortar shooter of the 1st Battalion and 1st Company is a guy who learned from the German artillery class. He wears a pair of pince-nez glasses on his nose. Before the war, he was a primary school teacher in Kiev, Ukraine. He was considered a regular  Intellectuals who read the Eight Classics of Children.

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