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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 721 (4) The heavy artillery at the bottom of the box

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    "Report to the division commander, the anti-aircraft artillery battalion reported that two SE5 fighter squadrons of the coalition flying over Kharkov have heard the sound and rushed towards the city. Look, the target should be trying to attack our artillery position. The anti-aircraft artillery battalion asked for instructions whether to open fire to intercept!"  The German combat staff covered the microphone and reported.  §êw§ë

    "Pass my order, the two artillery companies of the Ukrainian Volunteer Division will move their positions. This time they will be relatively concentrated, and the artillery will be concentrated in units of artillery companies. The scattering method just now is too inefficient. More than 100 artillery shells are on top  We overturned less than 150 enemies, and not a single armored vehicle was destroyed. This time, we asked them to focus four guns on one place to knock out a few of the enemy's armored vehicles, otherwise it would have a huge impact on morale!"

    "Order the anti-aircraft artillery battalion to fire in the air in company units. Do not expose all positions at once. Our purpose is not to shoot down enemy planes, but to drive them away. Pay attention to mobile positions at any time. The focus is to protect our artillery positions! In addition,  Move the anti-aircraft artillery battery originally deployed in the north of the city into the right wing position, and prepare to intercept and attack the opponent's armored vehicles with horizontal fire if necessary! "

    German Major General von Neuhaus, who is actually responsible for defending the defense line in the northern outskirts of Kharkov, is busy and unhurriedly issuing a series of latest orders. Like Voronezh, the commander of the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division opposite, German Major General  I also believe that Kharkov's offensive and defensive success this afternoon depends on the role that the artillery units of both sides can play and how long they can last. Moreover, von Neuhaus did not dare to pin his hopes of victory on the fact that the opponent's artillery units could not arrive in time.  The battlefield comes above this point.

    "General, let me tell you, the firepower of two 4-gun artillery batteries is far from enough. Don't hide your 12 150mm Krupp heavy field howitzers while the bombers of the Allied Air Force are not coming.  , just open fire across the board. After this shelling, the enemy's attacking troops will definitely be severely damaged. The shells of this 75mm field gun only weigh 65 kilograms. The power and killing range are too small. Your 150mm  If the heavy field howitzer fires, the shell it fires will weigh 42 kilograms, and one shell dropped into the crowd can overturn half of the opponent's infantry company!" Simon Petliura fanned the flames.

    Hearing this, the German Major General glanced at the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian National Army and thought, You are a country bumpkin, you have never seen the master in the market. The heavy howitzer is the last trump card in my hand. At this time, the enemy is only attacking the left wing 2  A battalion, 3 battalions on the right wing plus an armored company. To deal with this small number of troops, there is no point in using my heavy artillery at the bottom of the box. Neuhaus frowned and explained helplessly,

    "My Lord Commander-in-Chief, the enemy in front of us is a division. Now they have dispatched more troops than a brigade. We can use heavy artillery to fight hard. But even if we can really wipe out a brigade of the enemy, we can really make the enemy realize the difficulties.  Retreat? And you have to know that once our heavy artillery is exposed, it will inevitably become the target of the opponent's artillery and aviation forces. At that time, I am afraid that there will be no other way except to move overnight. We are guarding the Kharkov defense line.  The purpose is to buy time, not just to destroy the enemy! Do you understand my plan?" Neuhaus felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

    "Uh I don't understand Your Excellency General, if we eliminate the enemy, won't we be able to better defend Kharkov? Now that we can thwart the enemy's offensive with a heavy artillery strike and kill a large number of enemies, we  Not to mention using the lives of the soldiers of the volunteer division to fight the enemy to the death? The opponent has many more machine guns and mortars than we do. I don¡¯t think we can stop the enemy with only the rifle volleys and machine gun mortars of the ground troops.  The offensive!¡±

    Simon Petliura, the leader of Ukraine's military and political affairs, obviously did not think as far as the German major general thought. In his opinion, if he could not defeat the enemy in front of him, he would have to fill the trenches with human lives. The firepower of the opponent's armored vehicles was quite overbearing. Here is the Ukrainian position  The MG08 heavy machine gun bullets fired at the armored vehicle were at best causing sparks to fly everywhere, but the 127mm large-caliber bullets returned from the opponent's counterattack could break a big tree at the waist, and could not even break the shield.  How can mg08 block the enemy's machine gun bullets?

    Seeing this, Von Neuhaus gave up his plan to continue brainwashing Simon Petliura. At this moment, he didn¡¯t have enough time to raise the awareness of Ukraine¡¯s military and political leaders. The guy lowered his face and said impatiently,

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you have previously authorized me, the deputy chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces, to command the defensive operations on the northern front on your behalf. At this time, please do not cause more trouble for me and shake the morale of the military. I am not afraid to tell you that even if we  What about the Volga Federal Infantry Division that severely damaged the opponent's center?"

    "Don't forget that the main force of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front is to neutralize the Japanese army. The Volga Federation that is attacking now can only be regarded as a puppet force. Its training, morale, combat effectiveness, and weapons and equipment are far behind. Moreover, the opponent is in  I always think that the attack in the middle is just a tentative attack. If necessary, I even plan to abandon the ring formation.So what if you let the enemy in and engage in street fighting? Street fighting is the best way to weaken the opponent's artillery and air force advantages!  "

    Such a vicious threat from Sven von Neuhaus frightened the Ukrainian Prime Minister so much that his heart jumped into his throat. The guy hurriedly waved his hands and apologized,

    "How can we abandon our position and retreat into the city? How can we engage in street fighting? After such a ping-ping-pong-pong fight, my Ukrainian capital will not be completely destroyed? Many buildings and houses have only been repaired within a few months.  Oh! This is absolutely not possible, why don¡¯t I just listen to you? If I ask you to command, then you will be the one to command! Fight as you say!¡±

    Seeing that the German major general had frightened the Ukrainian leaders by saying that he would abandon his position in the north of the city and withdraw into the city to fight street battles with the coalition forces, he nodded with satisfaction and said,

    "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, that's right. To be honest, the Volga Federal Infantry Division attacking from the center will not be able to capture our position without the support of artillery. Although our machine guns and mortars do not have the advantage, but  We have the upper hand with our troops waiting to be worked. The opponent has been running around fighting for a day and has exhausted all his physical strength and energy. If we can withstand this wave of offensive, we can hold on until tomorrow morning at least. If the battle can be solved with 75mm field artillery, why use the bottom of the box?  Where¡¯s the 150mm heavy gun?¡±

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