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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 706 (3) Suffering from Fright

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    At this time, the Ukrainian artillery fired from 5 kilometers away. Fortunately, it only landed 200 meters in front of the coalition armored vehicle line. However, it shocked the coalition forces, including Commander Li Shang of the 3rd Armored Battalion, who was commanding the operation 500 meters behind the southern front.  The major was shocked. The machine gun firepower on the 14 wheeled armored combat vehicles on the front line had obviously stalled, and several armored combat vehicles were obviously at a loss. In this case, he didn't know whether he should maneuver forward or backward to avoid the Ukrainians' correction.  Next wave of bombardment after target parameters.

    Li Shang, the commander of the 3rd Battalion here, was the first to react. He shouted at the trumpeter of the communications service platoon behind him at the top of his lungs, "Blow the trumpet for me and order the 1st Company, 1st Platoon, 2nd Platoon and the 4th Company, 1st Platoon and 2nd Platoon in all directions."  Attack forward, advance at least 300 meters, and absolutely do not retreat! At the same time, continue to use heavy machine gun fire to suppress the remaining two battalions in the opponent's dry river ditch! "",

    "Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick" the loud, high-pitched and highly penetrating coalition military bugle sounded behind the position of the 3rd Coalition Armored Battalion, instantly spreading throughout the entire position several kilometers in radius. The vehicle-mounted shortwave radio is still under development  In 1918, when the initial stage of the army was not perfected and officially put into use, whether it was the armored troops of the Wang-Gengg coalition or the infantry of the mixed brigade, whether in wartime or on the march, the sound of the bugle was the final signal for mobilizing troops and issuing orders.  The direct and most effective means, other methods such as setting up wired telephones, sending communications staff, correspondents on horseback, or riding in FJ18 Humvee reconnaissance and command communications vehicles to manually convey orders are often not as direct as blowing the bugle in terms of speed and efficiency.  ""look

    Of course, if it is long-distance communication, as long as there is enough time and telephone lines, wired telephones can often connect dozens or even hundreds of kilometers in depth, while wired radio telegraph communication covers long, medium and short distances.  The last resort for all communication ranges. Because it takes time to receive and decode reports, this communication method is often only equipped to the regiment level in various ** units. Of course, at this moment, the company headquarters communication command vehicle of each company of the Allied Allied Armored Forces  , all have installed line tickers.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, whether they are single-seat Color 5 fighters or two-seat aircraft such as DH4 and Chinese FR18 fighter-bombers, including Handley Petty O/4o heavy bombers, are equipped with wired radio receivers!  Every pilot of the coalition forces who flies into the sky first knows how to take off and land, the second is how to circle, fight, aim and shoot, and the third is how to receive wire reports!  Beiyang 1917706

    Of course, the code represented by the length of the bugle tone and the yin and yang pauses that use sound as the mode of transmission may not be the same every time. Different troops even have different codes that correspond to them one-to-one. However, understanding the bugle sound is essential for everyone.  In the Nanyuan recruit brigade stage of the Chinese participating army, in addition to digging river mud to repair water conservancy and learning to swim, they must also learn basic military skills before even mastering weapon operation and shooting techniques. For battalion, company and platoon squad leaders, not only must  He must be proficient in distinguishing the codes represented by the bugle sounds, and he must use the shortest possible time to convert them into actual orders for his troops based on the decoding correspondence table prepared in advance and memorized in his mind.

    While the loud bugle sound gave the order to the 14 armored combat vehicles of the 4 platoons of the 3rd Armored Battalion's forward position to launch a full assault over 300 meters, another series of clear bugle sounds caused the 4 platoons to get off the vehicle and fight.  The vehicle-mounted infantry moved away from the temporary bunker defense line built behind the original armored vehicle. This time, instead of rushing forward with the armored vehicle, they flew towards the front of the two wings and attacked. It looked like an area where armored combat vehicles could pass along both sides of the road.  A tactic of charging forward, while the infantrymen who dismounted from their vehicles used to outflank the bushes and puddles on both sides!

    After the initial hesitation, the 4 platoons of 14 wheeled armored combat vehicles on the front line of the 3rd Armored Battalion were awakened by the loud bugle sound. They all immediately increased the accelerator to the maximum and were shot 1200 meters ahead.  The Ukrainians suppressed in the dry river ditches and depressions launched mechanized charges and assaults, while the four platoons of infantry behind them stood up and shouted to attack the front of the left and right flanks.

    This was completely beyond the expectations of the Ukrainian troops on the opposite side. The two infantry battalions of the Ukrainian National Army, which were originally cheering and were suppressed in the depressions and ravines, were completely dumbfounded. Why?  Our cannons are so powerful that although they miss you, you won't be able to escape the next wave of bombardment, right?  Instead of quickly retreating and hiding behind, the Chinese armored forces actually launched an attack like a chicken-blooded attack. Not to mention that the two infantry battalions, which were once again suppressed by the rain of heavy machine guns from the armored vehicles, were dumbfounded.

    But even the commander of the 1st regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, Artem Amevich Kravitz, who was in the second position 500 meters behind, was dumbfounded. How could this happen?  !

    On the Allied Allied Forces¡¯ position, the next order from Li Shang, commander of the 3rd Armored Battalion, was to move the entire battalion¡¯s mortar positions another 100 meters to the rear on both sides of the road!  Of course, the artillery observation post sent by the regiment's artillery company calculated the parameters of the opponent's artillery position and Zhu Yuan immediately reported it via wired telephone to the armored regiment's 75mm field artillery battery, which had been waiting for a long time. Six guns were arranged at  75mm below the roadbed on the west side of the main roadThe 38-caliber field gun immediately adjusted the muzzle level and pitch angle, preparing to use a post-emptive counterattack to hit the Ukrainian artillery position that had just opened fire at least 6.5 kilometers away.

    July 3o, 1918 11:4o, Kharkiv River Forest Battlefield fifteen kilometers northeast of Kharkiv

    Since the dh4 fighter-bomber group of the Allied Air Force has returned after completing the bombing of the artillery positions of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, and the next wave of air strikes after refueling will have to wait at least 45 minutes, this objectively makes the retreat difficult.  The Ukrainian National Army at the Kharkiv River Forest Defense Line can operate without coalition air strikes.

    Of course, the sad thing is that the artillery unit of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division was sweating it out in the difficult process of transferring to the other side of the Kharkov River through the pontoon bridge. It was just a matter of pushing and pulling the artillery battery across the river with the help of manpower and some horses.  In the first step, dragging the cannon up the towering river bank was as challenging and laborious as crossing the river. The artillery regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division, with the help of the engineer battalion, was still out of breath and still struggling.

    The deterrence caused by the devastating blow caused by the coalition aviation force to the artillery unit of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division made Milevsky's artillery and engineers unable to sleep all night and exhausted from the long march and frightened!

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