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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 719 (3) Comparison of Firepower

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    July 30, 1918, 15:20, 5 kilometers north of Kharkov, the 26th Brigade Headquarters of the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division

    "Report to the brigade commander! The division commander ordered our brigade to launch an attack in advance without waiting for the division's artillery to come up! Otherwise, the Japanese troops will take the lead in capturing Kharkov. The division commander said he would not agree!" 26th Federal Infantry Brigade  The brigade chief of staff Dimitri Dimirovich Mishkov put down the phone in his hand and reported to his brigade commander Alex Alexeyevich Cirkes.

    The headquarters of the 26th Infantry Brigade is 500 meters away from our temporary field position on the front line, and the enemy's defense line is 3,000 meters away in the south. As early as when the coalition air force air raided the opponent's position, the Circassians had already moved the infantry  Two battalions of the 51st Regiment of the 26th Brigade quietly moved into a depression 2,500 meters away from the front of the opponent's position.

    The 26th Infantry Brigade is responsible for the entire 9-kilometer-long front on the right wing, so the brigade commander Circassian only plans to use the main 51st Infantry Regiment to attack in the center, while the 51st Infantry Regiment invests two main infantry battalions as the forward.  The 3rd Battalion serves as the reserve of the regiment, and the 52nd Regiment of the 26th Infantry Brigade serves as the reserve of the entire brigade.

    "Pass my order, Maxim and Makojevich Bivlov personally led the main force of the 51st Regiment into the attack. Break through the gap opened by our air force's air strike. Pay attention to strengthening the regiment's 81mm mortar platoon.  Cover!" Brigadier Circass, who was observing the situation on the front line from the shelter with a telescope, gave the order without looking back.

    Through the wired telephone set up in the field position, the brigade commander Circassian's order was quickly issued to the 51st Infantry Regiment in front. At least two infantry battalions of federal infantry were densely packed, carrying guns and hunched over the mountains and fields from the depressions.  Emerged in a skirmish formation, they rushed toward the Ukrainian position in the sun at around three o'clock in the afternoon, and the roar of the Browning M1918a1 heavy machine gun also rang, attacking the Ukrainian defender's position more than 2,000 meters away.  To put it bluntly, the threat posed by the coalition's heavy machine guns is more of an intimidation and deterrent than a threat.

    The two main infantry battalions of the 51st Infantry Regiment, with nearly 1,200 federal infantrymen, surged forward in a well-organized skirmish formation. Behind them were the sweaty mortar crews and heavy machine gun crews, attacking the federal infantry.  For the regimental 81mm caliber mortars of the infantry division, they have to hit within 2,000 meters of the enemy position before they can reach the mortar range. The Browning 762mm heavy machine gun that alternately covers must be within 1,500 meters at least.  The most effective way to provide fire support to the front.

    The commander of the 51st Federal Infantry Regiment, Colonel Maxim Bavlov, commanded an infantry regiment with a full strength of 2,500 people. This man personally led the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions and the regiment's forced troops.  As the first wave of attacking troops, the artillery platoon left the 3rd Infantry Battalion, the regiment's reconnaissance company, the engineer supply company and the communications service platoon on the starting position as a reserve team, and handed them over to the regiment chief of staff Gurbanguur.  Bayov conducts.

    Don't underestimate the offensive momentum of two infantry battalions with nearly 1,200 people. Calculated by 4 or 5 meters between each infantry, even if it is a three-line formation, the width of the skirmisher line of the entire offensive team will be nearly 2 kilometers wide. Of course, the offensive  From the rear, it can be vaguely distinguished that these are two large battalion-sized offensive arrows, followed by 8 smaller company-sized arrows, and the 8 company-sized arrows can be subdivided into 24 platoon-level arrows.  Scale arrow.

    Perhaps the momentum of the coalition's offensive was a little overwhelming. The Ukrainian defensive positions, which had been silent for a long time, gradually began to surge with figures of the 1st Volunteer Infantry Division. Although the distance between the attacking and defending sides was still more than 1,200 meters, it was obvious that the Ukrainians had already  A little uneasy, the roar of the mg08 heavy machine gun rang out from the opposite position. The infantrymen of the Volga Federation attacking here fell down one after another as the opponent's heavy machine gun suppressed them, looking for cover or simply pulling out.  The engineer shovel on his back began to dig a single prone bunker.

    No one is stupid enough to use the Mosin Nagant rifle in their hand to shoot against the German mg08 heavy machine gun 1,200 meters away. Shooting outside the effective range of the rifle is the job of the machine gunners and gunners on both sides. In fact, the impact  After running a distance of nearly 1,200 meters, many federal infantrymen were exhausted and panting. At this moment, when the enemy's machine gun fired, they fell down on the spot to avoid the enemy's machine gun fire and took the time to catch their breath.  Of course, the machine gun bullets on both sides have no eyes. The Ukrainians on the opposite side and the unlucky ones among the federal infantry here were hit and fell by the flying machine gun bullets one after another. Fighting will bleed.  , there will be death and sacrifice!

    In fact, guarding this several-kilometer defense line is the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Kharkiv Volunteers of the Ukrainian National Army. This regiment has a strength of 3,000 people, but it is evenly spread over a position width of nearly 9 kilometers.  Almost an infantry company has to guard a position of 1,201,500 meters. This is almost the limit of the position width that an infantry company can effectively organize to defend in this era. The equipment level of the Volunteer Division is far inferior to that of the Ukrainian National Army's infantry division.  The rifle is a Mosin Nagant rather than a German Mauser 98.

    But the Ukrainian National Army?Commander-in-chief Simon Petliura, under the persuasion of Major General von Neuhaus, who assisted him in directing defensive operations as deputy chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces, still scraped together each unit of the Volunteer Division.  An infantry company was temporarily equipped with two mg08 heavy machine guns and a 76mm infantry mortar. It was behind the two regiments of the 1st Kharkiv Volunteer Division guarding the front-line position, near the north of Kharkiv city.  The location of the complex, with 12 cannons from two 75mm Krupp field artillery batteries hidden in the streets and alleys, will provide artillery support.

    Judging from the firepower configuration and comparison, the two infantry battalions of the Volga Federation of the Allied Powers on the offensive side have invested 1,200 troops, approximately 12 Browning 762mm heavy machine guns, 36 Browning 762mm squad machine guns, and 16 81mm caliber guns.  Regiment-affiliated mortars and 24 60mm-caliber company-affiliated mortars. This is because although the 51st Infantry Regiment only invested 2 infantry battalions in the attack, it concentrated the light and heavy machine guns of 3 infantry battalions, and the brigade headquarters also  The regimental mortar platoon of the 52nd Regiment was strengthened and used by the 51st Infantry Regiment.

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