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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 721 (2) Reluctantly swatting flies

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    The shooting accuracy against enemy targets within the range is far inferior to that of the Japanese infantry mortar operators. Of course, it is not the same as the mortar operators of the Chinese armored forces. The rough shooting accuracy makes the 51st Regiment of the Volga Federal Infantry Division and the reinforcement  The 81mm mortar platoon of their 52nd regiment had to consume more artillery shells to hit the shooting target, which also accelerated the consumption of the artillery shells carried by the mortar platoon, which made the last two infantry battalions rush to each other.  At the most critical positions of 4 or 500 meters at the front of the position, the way was blocked by the enemy's counterattack volleys of gunfire and mortar counterattacks.

    Because at such a critical moment, the 60mm company-affiliated mortar position 700 meters away and the regiment-affiliated mortar position 1,300 meters away behind the two infantry battalions of the attackers both went silent due to exhaustion of shells. Of course,  The Mosin-Nagant rifles in the hands of the soldiers of the two infantry battalions with only more than 900 people and the Mosin-Nagant rifles in the hands of the Ukrainian volunteer division soldiers on the opposite side with more than 2,500 people are certainly not as good as their opponents in terms of marksmanship and volley fire density.

    If it weren't for the two infantry battalions of the Volga Federation with less than 1,000 people left, which have more than 20 platoons that the opposing defenders don't have. "The chapter is updated the fastest" Ronning's squad used machine guns to make up for the lack of firepower, and they might be eager to try.  The Ukrainian volunteer division, which was preparing to counterattack, rushed forward, made dumplings and captured prisoners.

    The attack on the left wing ended in a stalemate, and it was obvious that the two infantry battalions on the attacking side were gradually at a disadvantage. However, even so, the Kharkov defenders still did not use artillery to take advantage of the opportunity to annihilate the two Volga Federation infantry battalions on the left wing.  , this made Liukin Alexeevich Voronezh, the commander of the 13th Federal Infantry Division who was responsible for commanding the attack, quite helpless. Fortunately, his artillery regiment finally caught up, and the artillery positions could be deployed in ten minutes.

    Therefore, Voronezh ordered that the two battalions attacking on the left wing of the 51st Infantry Regiment must hold on for a while and wait for artillery support from the division headquarters before launching the final attack. At the same time, they ordered the Chief of Staff of the 51st Infantry Regiment to lead the infantry who were previously the reserve team of the regiment.  The third battalion stepped forward from a position 2,000 meters away to reinforce regiment commander Bivlov.

    At the same time, Voronezh ordered the 49th Infantry Regiment of the 25th Infantry Brigade assembled on his left wing to launch an attack on the enemy's right-wing position under the guidance of 10 Chinese wheeled armored battlefields!  If the enemy's artillery positions cannot be exposed, they can only attack them preemptively. Of course, Voronezh did not forget to instruct the communications staff to contact the coalition's frontline air force and request new air support. The focus is to prepare to intercept and attack the enemy's artillery positions.

    This fellow in Voronezh does not believe that the Germans and Ukrainians will not have artillery to help defend Kharkov, but the troops guarding the defense line with rifles and machine guns are no match for those with artillery!  If the 51st Infantry Regiment attacking on the left is a tentative bait, then the three battalions of the 49th Infantry Regiment and the borrowed Chinese armored forces attacking on the right at this moment are a giant hammer. Whether today's offensive will be effective depends on  I trembled when I saw this!

    As the 49th Infantry Regiment of the 25th Brigade of the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division launched an attack, rumbles of artillery were heard from the direction of Kharkov, and shells from the 75mm Krupp field guns roared out of the city.  The attacker's queue exploded, and shrapnel flying in the sky harvested lives, singing a sad dirge, while waves of Ukrainian shouts of "Ula" came from the opponent's position.

    "Division Commander! It's broken! Ukraine" Beiyang 1917 Chapter 721 (2) Reluctant to swat the fly. "Lan's cannon opened fire!" Division Chief of Staff Alexander Alexander Besklovny held a hand  A telescope shouted anxiously at the top of his voice.

    With a pale face, Voronezh looked at his left wing with a telescope. There were constant shell explosions around the three infantry battalions and the leading wheeled armor battlefield 1,800 meters away from the enemy position. Fortunately, the offensive line was 2,000 meters wide, and  Hearing the noise, the opponent's artillery only seemed to have 7 or 8 75mm Krupp field guns firing. This made Voronezh relax a little bit. If the enemy had 30 cannons firing,  Then his team has no choice but to retreat.

    The defensive side, relying on the effectiveness of trenches and bunkers to avoid bullets, is much stronger than the offensive side who can only lie down with their heads in their hands to avoid bullets in the field. If the enemy's artillery fire is not suppressed, the attack will not be carried out at all, and the sacrifice will be in vain.  The lives of the soldiers. Although the former enemy headquarters ordered its 13th Infantry Division to launch an attack, there was no so-called ultimatum-style order that the enemy's position must be captured by a certain time. Therefore, just like Chief of Staff Besklovny  As I said before, the former enemy headquarters may be using us to conduct a test "Beiyang 1917" attack.

    Although the attack of eight 75mm Krupp field guns from two Ukrainian artillery companies disrupted the skirmishers of the three battalions of the 49th Infantry Regiment during the Volga Federation's attack, the troops were quite dispersed during the attack and the opponent's artillery attack was focused.  The target was the coalition wheeled armored vehicle rushing in front, so the casualties of the infantry accompanying the attack behind the vehicle were quite minor. In fact, 6.5Unless the shells of the 75mm Krupp field gun, which weighs 2.5 pounds, directly hit a wheeled combat vehicle that is advancing at high speed, it will only be close to the power of the explosion when it falls to the ground. The flying shrapnel can hardly penetrate the 12mm of the fd17ii wheeled armored combat vehicle.  Thick armor.

    At the same time, because Ukraine's eight field guns are concealed and dispersed in a position with a width of almost 2 kilometers in the city of Kharkiv, the cannons that fire dispersedly cannot concentrate their firepower to attack the coalition armored vehicles and troops charging in one location at the same time. Therefore, these eight field guns  Although the field artillery fire was lively and rapid for 3 minutes, they only fired less than 50 rounds of artillery shells. The 50 rounds of 75mm caliber grenades weighing only 6.5 kilograms fell on the attacker's queue 2000 meters wide and 200 meters deep.  Here, on average, only 1.25 artillery shells fall per 10,000 square meters, and it takes an average of 3 seconds for one artillery shell to fall.

    Therefore, although the bombardment of eight field guns from two Ukrainian artillery companies caused casualties to the attackers, compared to the total strength of the three infantry battalions invested by the attackers, the actual casualties caused by the three-minute bombardment were only more than 100.  There were only 1,700 remaining Volga Federation soldiers still shouting and advancing forward with the 10 wheeled armored tanks leading the attack.

    The 75mm Krupp field artillery of the Ukrainian Volunteer Division is a surface-kill artillery that relies on curved attacks and grenade explosions. It is obviously difficult for the dispersed cannons to hit the dispersed coalition armored vehicles that are charging forward in a zigzag maneuver at high speed
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