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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 710 (1) Casualties occurred

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    Therefore, although Milevsky's four artillery battalions landed ashore and entered the forest, they advanced very slowly in the forest. Until the coalition air force returned and began air strikes to destroy the pontoon bridge, Milevsky's artillery  Only the 12 75mm Krupp field guns of the 1st Artillery Battalion, which was the first to go ashore and enter the forest, were concealed and set up artillery positions 1 kilometer east of the river bank.

    The remaining two field artillery battalions and the medium artillery battalion were still pushing hard into the forest at different positions 500 meters to 800 meters away from the river bank. The right bank of the Kharkov River was inaccessible and the forest was deep and dense. It was not easy to move, but this  It also created the best environment for covert evacuation of the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division across the river. After the coalition air force destroyed the pontoon bridge, it carried out air strikes on the forest areas on both sides of the Kharkov River with a certain degree of blindness. Although Xue  Ju Ru's radio also indicated the target for the leader of the dh4 fighter-bomber group overhead.  ",

    However, the platoon of troops under Xue Juru's personal command could only focus on the 75mm artillery battalion that had been evacuated on the opponent's left wing. The coalition air force's bomb drops through the cover of the huge forest canopy only destroyed about 6 of the battalion's guns.  Just cannons.

    In fact, when the 12 75mm Krupp field guns of the 1st Artillery Battalion, where Milevsky was the first to set up the position, quickly opened fire on the Japanese attacking troops on the left bank of the Kharkov River after the Allied Air Force returned, Xue  Ju Ru had just commanded the 1st Platoon of the 2nd Company of the 1st Armored Battalion to clear up the artillery battalion in front of him that had 6 cannons left. The battle was short and fierce. The Ukrainian artillerymen who had just been blown away by the coalition air raid were killed by the dense forest.  Invisible bullets from the depths hit and fell, followed by the sound of mortars, M1 Garand semi-automatics and Browning squad machine guns.  "" look

    The gunners of the 2nd Artillery Battalion of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division Artillery Regiment only resisted briefly for a while, and then fled southward under the fear of the enemy's unknown situation and the fierce attack of the opponent's firepower.

    Xue Juru led more than 30 soldiers from the 1st platoon to rush forward and surrendered 6 75mm Krupp field guns, killing and wounding more than 30 people, and captured nearly 50 people. The 2nd Artillery Battalion and gang members  The remaining Ukrainian national troops from a company in the baggage camp with push-pull artillery dispersed towards the south. Although they themselves may not know where the division headquarters is and where the main force is, the enemy is coming from the north, and Kharkov is  In the south, this is clear.

    After Xue Juru's 1st platoon killed an artillery battalion of the opponent that was crippled by an air strike, the Ukrainian 1st artillery battalion in the farthest east launched an attack with the forest on the left bank of the Kharkiv River a few kilometers away.  There was a fierce artillery battle between the Japanese artillery brigade near Jianda Road. Xue Juru was cursing his mother while leaving half a squad of soldiers to guard the prisoners and the artillery. He led the remaining 20 soldiers towards the north where the sound of the artillery fire was loudest.  Touched the intense place.

    Captain Fu Erzhu, commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Armored Battalion, was not as lucky as the platoon led by Xue Juru. This guy led nearly 40 people from the 2nd Platoon, followed by another 75mm field artillery battalion from the other side. This Ukrainian artilleryman  The evacuated position of the 3rd Battalion was between the 1st Artillery Battalion in the east and the 2nd Artillery Battalion that was knocked out by Xue Juru. It was barely moving in the northeast direction.

    Due to escaping the air attack, all 12 cannons of the 4 companies of the 3rd Ukrainian Artillery Battalion were intact. In addition to a company of the supply battalion, there was also a company of the Engineer Battalion, plus the 3rd Artillery Battalion, who helped push the cannons.  Battalion, the number of enemy troops along this route exceeds 800. Although their combat effectiveness cannot be compared with that of an infantry regiment, it is not something that can be broken with just a poke of paper.

    After the 1st Battalion of the Ukrainian Artillery started one kilometer to the east, the 3rd Artillery Battalion did not dare to neglect. They hurriedly found an open space in the forest and began to prepare to turn around and set up the battalion artillery position. The telephone soldiers even began to pull the telephone line to the southeast.  The wiring started in the direction, obviously to establish a telephone call with the 1st Artillery Battalion position in order to obtain the shooting parameters and accept the unified command of the division commander Milevsky!

    Seeing this, Fu Erzhu did not dare to delay further. At this time, he had no idea of ??handing over the enemy's artillery. All he wanted to do was harass and hold the enemy back, at least not allowing the enemy to open up their positions and fire at the troops on the left bank of Kharkov.  Company commander Fu Erzhu commanded the three squads of the 2nd platoon to attack the opponent's artillery battalion from three directions. As a result, the two sides started fighting. The opponent's strength was 1,000, and there were at least 4,500 people with guns. Moreover, the artillery battalion also had  There are 2 mg08 heavy machine guns, and the company of the engineer battalion also has an mg08 machine gun, which is not inferior in machine gun firepower for a while.

    The key to defeating a large force with a small force is often to frighten the opponent so that he has no intention of fighting. However, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Ukrainian Artillery is also a relatively stupid and bold guy. At the moment, Southeast is himself.  The 1st Artillery Battalion was firing fiercely, which gave the Ukrainian artillery battalion commander a lot of confidence. Moreover, after the initial panic, he heard that although the attackers were Chinese troops from the coalition, there were at most 3  The Browning squad was shooting with machine guns and two mortars. Although the opponent's snipers were quite terrifying, there were definitely no more than 50 enemies hiding in the woods attacking them!

      How can 1,000 people make 50 people beat their shit and run away?  The Ukrainians quickly organized a line of defense. About three companies of infantry tried to counterattack Fu Erzhu's platoon from three directions. Fu Erzhu commanded two platoon mortars and knocked out two of the opponent's mg08 heavy machine guns in succession. Six soldiers  The snipers also killed and wounded at least thirty Ukrainian soldiers, but they obviously missed the opportunity when they rushed to hand over the opponent's cannon. The opposite side of the 30 M1 Garand semi-automatic was the firepower of more than 500 Mosin Nagants, and the mg08  The firepower density of the heavy machine gun cannot be suppressed by the Browning squad machine gun with a 20-round magazine in the hands of the coalition forces.

    The most critical thing is that Fu Erzhu's two platoon mortars quickly fired out a basic number of mortar shells he carried, and the opponent refused to retreat despite heavy casualties. In this way, after hanging on the opponent's position alone,  Without their own logistical support and support, the shortcomings of insufficient ammunition carried by the platoon's mortar shooters were fully exposed. Facing the red-eyed 4 to 500 Ukrainian soldiers rushing towards their position from three directions  , the 2nd Platoon commanded by Fu Erzhu began to suffer casualties.

    Under this situation, the commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Armored Battalion had to grit his teeth and order the 2nd Platoon to retreat. Fortunately, the accurate shooting of 3 squad machine guns and 6 snipers prevented the pursuers from getting too close.  Those who rushed forward were all named by the opponent's snipers!

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