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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 711 (3) The situation takes a turn for the worse

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    The position of the 2nd Battalion of the Ukrainian Artillery is located in the northwest, just like the tip of the thumb of a person's open five fingers. It is about 1.5 kilometers away from the position of the 3rd Battalion of the Ukrainian Artillery located at the second knuckle of the index finger.  , if the captured artillery of the 2nd Battalion of the Ukrainian Artillery can be used to fire at the opponent's 3rd Artillery Battalion, then it should be able to achieve greater results by surprise, and at least it can restrain the opponent from desperately heading towards the left bank of the Kharkov River.  The intensity of artillery fire pouring on the Japanese troops' positions.

    As for the first company attached to Teng Yun, who took the remaining main force of the company, about 60 people, to the direction of the ring finger to block the opponent's most terrifying 105mm Krupp howitzer battalion, Xue Juru believed that as long as Teng Yun was bold and careful,  If you rush in unexpectedly and attack the opponent unprepared, the possibility of defeating the opponent's medium-sized artillery battalion is still quite high. The combat effectiveness that can be achieved by using one platoon to defeat one opponent's battalion and using two platoons is not 1+  1=2, but at least =3=4.  ",

    At least when Xue Juru led the company radio station and a squad of soldiers to rush back to the location of Fu Erzhu's troops, the Ukrainian medium-sized artillery battalion with 105mm howitzers 23 kilometers away had not yet started, which gave Xue Juru time to catch up.  Go back and find a way to use the six captured 75mm field guns to attack the opponent's 3rd Battalion of Artillery to gain time.

    When Fu Erzhu took 5 soldiers and 5 lightly wounded soldiers and took turns carrying 2 seriously wounded soldiers back to the occupied position of the 2nd Battalion of the Ukrainian Artillery, the 5 soldiers from the half squad left behind by Xue Juru were scattered and on guard.  At the position, more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners were strung into a long string and fell in the woods on the side and rear of the position. Among them were more than a dozen lightly or seriously wounded. The bodies of more than 140 Ukrainian soldiers who were killed on the position were still lying in strewn directions.  On the position, nearly a hundred of them were killed by coalition air force air strikes, and on one side were six German-made 75mm Krupp field guns that were destroyed in the air strikes.  "" look

    After Fu Erzhu, commander of the 2nd armored company, met the five soldiers from the 1st platoon who stayed here, he felt a little shocked. The soldiers were soldiers from his own company, but he, the company commander, led the 2nd platoon to attack the opponent's 3rd artillery battalion, but he was defeated.  The casualties exceeded one squad, but Xue Juru, commander of the regiment's reconnaissance company, led his 1st platoon to defeat the opponent's 2nd artillery battalion without any damage. Not only did he capture nearly 50 prisoners of the Ukrainian artillery battalion, he also captured 6 intact  A cannon, this performance comparison makes Fu Erzhu a little embarrassed.

    What made Fu Erzhu even more ashamed was that he had nothing to do with these Ukrainian gunners who had been taken prisoner. Perhaps the reputation of the Allied forces for treating prisoners too well had spread too far. These Ukrainian gunners, who had put down their weapons and surrendered, were not only  They refused to allow the Chinese victors in front of them to man the artillery and fire on their own people, and they all kept asking Fu Erzhu and his soldiers to explain what the Three Major Disciplines and the Nine Points of Attention were. Have they forgotten the one of the Nine Points of Attention not to mistreat prisoners?

    Fu Erzhu can be said to be a company-level commander of the Chinese participating armies who is more cautious than flexible. This is why he lacked flexibility when leading his 2nd platoon to attack the opponent's artillery battalion, turning a clever battle into a tough battle like a positional battle.  , at this moment, the captured Ukrainian gunner refused to turn the muzzle and fire at his own people. He was at his wits end. He shouted that it was okay to shoot the prisoners, but he really didn't dare to shoot unless all the nearly 50 Ukrainian prisoners were killed.  He was killed. Otherwise, how could he explain to his superiors after the war?

    The discipline of the Chinese military in the war was forged over the past year and a half by singing the military song "Three Major Disciplines and Nine Points of Attention" three times in the morning and evening by all the soldiers who participated in the war. Those who dared to violate military disciplines were severely punished.  The strictness of the military police law enforcement team has become even more severe after going abroad. It is considered honorable to die under the gunpoint of the enemy. Being punished for shooting prisoners is a result that no military officer participating in the war is willing to bear.

    Fu Erzhu once thought of forcing the Ukrainian gunners to switch sides and help him regardless of whether they agreed or to shoot him, but he was stopped by the soldiers in his own hands. The reason was very simple. From the very beginning of its establishment, the Chinese participating army units had been  This concept is instilled in every soldier's mind. It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders and all actions must be obeyed. However, on the issue of violation of disciplines, every soldier has the right to make independent thinking and judgment. This limited democracy within the military  Of course, the system has its pros and cons, but Wang Geng never wanted to just turn his troops into killing machines. Soldiers are soldiers and humans. They must gradually be trained into soldiers who can think and think with flesh and blood, even if they have to pay some price for this.  , no matter what.

    When Xue Juru led the company headquarters and a squad to rush back to the location of Fu Erzhu's troops in sweat, the company commander of the 2nd Armored Company was commanding a squad of soldiers to adjust the positions of several cannons, and the five lightly wounded soldiers were moving forward.  With m1 Garand taking on the responsibility of guarding and guarding the prisoners.

    "Captain Fu, why haven't these six cannons been fired? Why didn't you ask the Ukrainian gunners to operate the cannons? You moved the cannons yourself? Why did you hand over the prisoners? With such a delay, the artillery brigade of the 18th Japanese Infantry Regiment estimated that  It¡¯s all over!¡± Xue Juru and the class he led are tired.Exhausted and panting, he rushed over, only to see more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners squatting not far away and watching from the sidelines, while Fu Erzhu was sweating and directing 10 soldiers to move several cannons stuck in the mud. This reconnaissance group  The company commander couldn't help shouting angrily and anxiously.

    July 30, 1918 13:15 Kharkiv River Forest Battlefield fifteen kilometers northeast of Kharkiv

    "Captain Xue, the Ukrainian prisoners are unwilling to help us fire the cannon. No, we have to drive the ducks up and fire the cannon ourselves. Although the two mortar crews have never served the 75mm Krupp field cannon, I want to follow the same pattern and fire the cannon."  The problem is that we probably won¡¯t be able to hit the target 1.5 kilometers away. Unfortunately, the mortar shells have been exhausted. Otherwise, it would be better for us to hit the opponent with mortars than to use this ton of 75mm field artillery!¡±

    Fu Erzhu, commander of the 2nd Armored Company, was covered in mud and sweat from pushing the cannon. He stood up with a solemn expression to greet the regiment reconnaissance company commander Xue Juru, who was also panting and sweating through his uniform, and the soldiers of a squad he brought back.  , while explaining sheepishly.

    "What kind of plane are you doing? If a prisoner doesn't work as a coolie, is he still a prisoner? Soldiers of the 2nd company, together with your company commander, stop here and watch me teach you how to use prisoners!"

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