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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 732 (1) Unprecedented Test

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    Before the outbreak of the European War, military exchanges and contacts between Germany and Japan were quite close. Von Neuhaus and the Japanese guy named Shunroku Hata were old acquaintances in Berlin. At that time, Shunroku Hata was still stationed in Japan.  Von Neuhaus, the military attache of the German legation, is fully confident that if he commands a division of his own, he will of course be unable to defeat a Japanese A-class division. The gap in strength is too big, but he can take the initiative to attack and defeat the opponent's 8,000 men.  The infantry brigades on the left and right are absolutely out of the question.  high

    What's more, according to reconnaissance, the Japanese 5th Infantry Brigade in the coalition's position in the northwest corner of Kharkov City has only one infantry regiment at this time, with only about 4,000 people, so von Neuhaus has sufficient  Confident, defeated and severely damaged the 5th Japanese Infantry Brigade!  It is very possible to capture the Japanese brigade commander, Major General Shinnosuke Kikuchi, alive!

    On the dark and windy night of the 23rd day of the sixth lunar month, the 47th and 139th German infantry regiments with white towels tied to their arms strengthened a reconnaissance battalion and attacked the Japanese base in the northwest corner of Kharkov City.  The position of the 5th Infantry Brigade counterattacked, and the battle started just after 9 o'clock that night. Major General Kikuchi and his Japanese 5th Infantry Brigade faced an unprecedented test!

    July 3ori21, 1918: The outpost position of the Japanese 5th Infantry Brigade of the Allied Southwestern Front 4 kilometers northwest of Kharkiv

    The tactical literacy of the German reconnaissance battalion is quite high. If the sentries arranged by Taguchi's infantry squadron did not strictly follow the double-post system of one light and one dark, then Lieutenant Taguchi's 1st Infantry Squadron would probably be directly touched by the German scouts.  It was like waking up from a dream when I lowered myself. Fortunately, the hidden sentry who was lying in a camouflage bunker in the grass 10 meters behind the clear sentry noticed something strange in time and fired immediately.

    The German sneak attack suddenly came to light. Major Heit Westerman's reconnaissance battalion only had less than 600 people. However, the combat action was quite fast. Less than half a minute after the first shot was fired, the German reconnaissance battalion  The three companies of Japan respectively took fire with Lieutenant Hondaguchi's three teams.

    "Enemy attack Enemy attack" The sound of gunfire was a warning and an order. It was obviously very difficult for the three Japanese teams to resist the attack of the three companies of the German reconnaissance battalion. The defenders were drowsy and awakened by the gunfire"  ", and the attacking side came well-prepared, there was a loud sound of gunfire on the Japanese outpost position, and the firing of mortars and light and heavy machine guns rang out repeatedly, and the German long-handled grenade was quickly thrown into the Japanese army.  At the front of the position, the closest distance between the two warring parties was less than 50 meters.

    It should be said that the 6.5mm caliber 38 rifles in the hands of the Japanese army are not as powerful as the 7.9mm caliber Mauser 98 rifles in the hands of the German army. Fortunately, each team of the Japanese army is equipped with two 7.62mm Chinese-made rifles.  Langning's squad used machine guns, and the Japanese army's defense was concentrated on four core positions of three small and one large. Therefore, although the German reconnaissance battalion that attacked one side had an absolute advantage in terms of strength and firepower, the Japanese who were awakened during the night attack  The army also recovered quickly and began to resist tenaciously.

    Lieutenant Taguchi was hiding in the trench where Zi Hengfei was shouting desperately into the phone,

    "The enemy is attacking the enemy. The outpost position is attacked by at least one enemy battalion! No, no, there is at least one enemy infantry battalion or more on the left and right wings attacking. The 1st Squadron requests tactical guidance from the group!"  He poked his head out and saw the situation clearly. The enemy who was attacking his position head-on. "Beiyang 1917 Chapter 732 (An Unprecedented Test)" Although the people were like a battalion, the dark enemies on both sides of his position were rushing up. At least they had their own characteristics.  There were even more than one infantry battalion, but it was difficult to see clearly even further away because the enemy did not fire in the dark.

    "Captain Taguchi! You must hold on for 10 minutes! The artillery battalion of the wing is very committed to the counterattack! I will send the 2nd and 3rd squadrons to support your retreat, but you must hold on for 10 minutes to hold off the enemy first!" Lieutenant Colonel Nishimura Hiroshi, the commander of the battalion, was in the receiver.  Before he finished speaking, there was a rumbling sound of artillery outside, and then he saw the overwhelming artillery in the direction of Kharkov swaying in the night sky with streaks of lightning hitting the back of his position, followed by an earth-shattering explosion.  During the attack, the phone calls between Taguchi Squadron and the main rear position were interrupted.

    "Taguchi-kun! It's a German heavy artillery! It's a German heavy artillery! We can't stop it now, so retreat quickly! The entire 6th Infantry Regiment doesn't have that many artillery!" Second Lieutenant Squadron Hisashi Nagamitsu said in panic.  The trenches rushed into the shelter, and together with Taguchi, they hugged their heads and lay on the ground. Then the second gun from Kharkov City flew over with a roar, beating the position of Taguchi's infantry squadron.  A sea of ??fire, with flesh and blood everywhere, the "Beiyang 1917" was so miserable that it was too tragic to see.

    "Baga Where did the Germans get so many big guns?!" Squadron leader Taishi Taguchi, who was dug out from the half-collapsed bunker by several squadron orderlies and correspondents, had his ears buzzing and kept talking out of his mouth.  Spitting out ashes, he pulled out the Nanbu pistol from his waist and commanded his men to enter the position and prepare for a counterattack with a hoarse voice.

    Second Lieutenant Fu Jiuchang of the squadron, who also had a gray hair and dusty face, was dug out from the soil and was touched up and down first.After finding that he was not injured, he rushed to squadron leader Taguchi, who was already lying on the trench with a telescope to look at the situation in front of the position, and yelled angrily,

    "Taguchi-kun, the enemy's force and firepower are too strong. Our squadron cannot hold the outpost position. Now the only way to survive is to retreat to the main position in the rear. Otherwise, the entire 1st Infantry Squadron will be shattered tonight!"

    Upon hearing this, Lieutenant Taguchi, the squadron leader, threw down his binoculars and pressed the Nanbu pistol against his deputy's forehead and cursed, "Baga Yalu! What nonsense are you talking about? We are the outpost of the regiment and the group. Only Taguchi, who died in the battle, did not escape.  Taguchi! We are the attackers and victors in the Ukrain battle. The enemy is justa regiment of troopsWhy are you panicking? Anyone who dares to retreat without authorization will be shot!  Order, the signal soldier conveys my order, and anyone who abandons his position and retreats without permission will be shot!"

    In fact, it was only a 75mm field artillery battalion of the artillery regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division that opened fire in the city of Kharkov to provide fire support to the 139th German Infantry Regiment. A total of 12 75mm Krupp field guns were bombarding  In the position of the 5th Japanese Infantry Brigade in the northwest, the 126.5 kilograms of grenades fired by each wave of 12 cannons are averaged over the 1500-meter position width, which means that only one can fall in 125 meters. The key is to hit it well.  The 5th Infantry Brigade was caught by surprise, so it was a little dazed for a while.

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