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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 723 (1) The Ups and Downs of the Artillery Battle

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    read_content_up;July 30, 1918 16:15 Kharkov North Battlefield

    Before the Prime Minister of Ukraine's ruling cabinet, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian National Army, Simon Petlyura, was secretly happy that he had escaped the ground dive attack of the coalition SE5 fighter jets, suddenly 5 or 6 kilometers north of the city.  There was a rumble of artillery, and then without a telescope, you could see the coalition's artillery shells roaring towards the city of Kharkov.  .  First,

    When Petliura and von Neuhaus saw this, their expressions changed drastically. The entire German-Ukrainian military command headquarters was also in chaos. Several inexperienced Ukrainian staff officers even fell to the ground in panic, holding their heads. The German Major General  Sven von Neuhaus spread his legs and stared out of the observation window on the north side of the shelter with a livid face, gritting his teeth and roaring,

    "Why are you panicking? The target of the enemy's artillery attack is the artillery position in our city!" Before he finished speaking, a row of roaring artillery shells passed by the three-story stone building of the German-Ukrainian coalition frontline headquarters.  The city 2 to 300 meters behind him exploded into pieces, and huge explosions continued for more than 10 seconds before stopping.

    Simon Petliura here was surprised and happy. What was surprising was that the coalition artillery finally arrived on the battlefield and launched the bombardment of Kharkov. What was happy was that the artillery fire that exploded when the opponent landed was all from the Ukrainian volunteers.  The artillery positions of the two 75mm Krupp field artillery batteries of the Infantry Division, and just 2 minutes ago, the artillerymen of these two companies had already tried their best to brave the swooping fire of the Allied Air Force fighter jets in the sky.  And move the concealed artillery positions.

    "Reporting to the division commander, Major Dennis Ogg, commander of the artillery battalion, reported that the location of the coalition's artillery positions has been determined. The opponent's fire just now was probably 2 artillery companies with 12 75mm field guns. The artillery battalion asked for instructions if they need to fire?! They are sure 3  The two artillery batteries of the other side will be completely destroyed with volleys of fire!" The phone in the frontline headquarters was ringing one after another, and a German staff captain covered the phone and reported loudly.

    "Fire! Of course fire! I've been waiting for this moment. Your Excellency General, my artillery company is still desperately shifting its position. At this moment, it's too late to avoid the enemy's artillery fire, but it's pointing at your 150mm heavy field howitzer to show off its power.  "!" The Ukrainian Prime Minister grabbed the arm of Major General von Neuhaus with excitement. When the coalition forces suddenly shelled just now, all the Ukrainians in the German-Ukrainian coalition frontline headquarters were not frightened to the ground, only Simon Pei was left.  Triula was on his own, but von Neuhaus and his German staff were obviously much calmer.

    At this moment, the second wave of artillery shells from the coalition artillery position a few kilometers away roared over and exploded into Kharkov. Many buildings and houses were hit by the shelling, and some buildings caught fire.  And collapsed, a Ukrainian staff officer rushed into the headquarters with a face full of smoke and reported out of breath,

    "The 1st Artillery Company lost one cannon, the 2nd Artillery Company lost 2 guns, the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division of the Volunteers lost 2 companies, the enemy's artillery fired too fast on both flanks and the streets were crowded and narrow  , the artillery and troops had no time to move!"

    "You have to move on even if you don't have time! Pass my order and ask the infantrymen of the 2nd Volunteer Brigade to go to the streets to help push and pull the artillery battery's cannons. We must seize every moment to move the artillery to the backup position!" Simon Petliura almost said  He jumped on his feet and shouted at the Ukrainian combat staff at the door.

    Then the Ukrainian Prime Minister turned around and grabbed von Neuhaus's arm and said hurriedly, "Why are you hesitating? My Lord General, quickly order your heavy field howitzer to fire. Didn't your artillery battalion commander also say so?  , the opponent only has 2 artillery companies, and the heavy artillery shells of one of our artillery battalions hit it. The opponent is not an opponent at all. Three hits, five, and two divided by two can kill the opponent's artillery position. Next, it is time for our artillery to clean up the opponent's infantry group. You  Look, the enemy's attack on the right wing has already reached within 1,000 meters. If we don't fire, it will be too late!"

    After a slight hesitation, von Neuhaus finally made a decision. He waved his hand to the German captain and staff officer and said, "Order the 1st company of the medium artillery battalion to fire. Only the 1st company is allowed to fire. The heavy artillery of the 2nd and 3rd companies must not be exposed."  Target, ask Major Ogg to suppress the firepower of the opponent's two 75mm field artillery batteries first. After three minutes of rapid fire, they must move their positions immediately and order the 2nd and 3rd anti-aircraft artillery companies to cover the artillery positions! "

    Although the German captain and staff officer was a little puzzled when he heard this, he still conveyed the order meticulously. After a while, four 150mm heavy field howitzers scattered over 2 square kilometers in Kharkov City roared one after another, each firing a single shot.  High-explosive grenades weighing 42 kilograms roared towards the coalition artillery position 6 kilometers north of Kharkov amid the dull and violent shelling, immediately suppressing the opponent's two 75mm field artillery batteries combined.  The firepower of 12 75mm field guns.

    The opponent's artillery company didn't even have time to adjust the muzzle position to fight back. At least four guns were hit four times under the bombardment of the German heavy field howitzers.??The flesh and blood are torn apart and the fighting power is lost!

    The five remaining cannons from the field artillery batteries of the two volunteer divisions that had recovered in Kharkiv were busily moved by carts and people to an open space in the Fountain Square in the north of the city. The Ukrainian gunners were  Fortunately, he had escaped the opponent's artillery attack and began to seize the time to rearrange the artillery positions and adjust the direction and angle of the cannons, preparing to join the bombardment of the coalition artillery positions.

    "Your Excellency, Major General, now we finally have a chance to strike back. Listen, the opponent was still firing 12 cannons just now. Now, 4 cannons have been silenced. No, no, 5, no, no, 6.  ! The opponent has lost at least one artillery company. I didn¡¯t expect that you only used 4 heavy artillery from one artillery company to fight so beautifully. If you had known that we would open fire early, the opponent¡¯s infantry battalions that went into the attack would have been bombed.  A man can't stand upright!"

    The Prime Minister of Ukraine's ruling cabinet and a group of Ukrainian staff officers gathered around the observation window were very happy. It was obvious that the accurate and effective shelling of German heavy artillery made the Ukrainian troops on the defensive side feel for the first time that they had a chance to win this battle.  While touting the excellent shooting skills of the German artillery, Tellula sheepishly encouraged von Neuhaus to put the remaining two heavy artillery companies and eight 150mm howitzers into the battle.

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