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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 734 (2) No one loses?

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    read_content_up;The Allied Forces' configuration of troops with a light front and a heavy back is also a point that the Allied Commander-in-Chief Wang Geng emphasized many times in the field training courses for senior Allied generals. Field commanders must have the main force in hand and reserve fresh troops and reserves.  , on the battlefield, we should try to avoid unnecessary gatherings and dense camping in front of the enemy.  §êw§ë

    It is precisely because of this kind of camping and the configuration of the coalition positions that are in a defensive posture at night that after the outpost position is opened, the side effect is that the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division in the center and Lu Huanyan's Chinese armored forces on the left are not able to support the right wing for a while.  5th Infantry Brigade.

    The length of the entire front is 10 kilometers wide. If reinforcements are sent to the west from Lu Huanyan's position, reinforcements will take half an hour. This is a difficult goal for the infantry anyway. Of course, if the road is clear, the armored troops can arrive quickly.  The problem is that the road is blocked by the Japanese 3rd Division Field Artillery Regiment and Duli Field Artillery Regiment.

    In fact, the arrangement of the Volga Federal troops in the middle is like a sandwich. The front is the outpost position 3"" kilometers away from the enemy's defense line. Above it is the security force of 2 infantry companies, followed by the main position 5 kilometers away from the enemy's defense line.  , above are two battalions of security troops, and then 500 meters back is the preset artillery position of the Japanese 3rd Division Field Artillery Regiment, and 500 meters further back is the Japanese 3rd Division Duli Field Heavy Artillery Regiment.  The preset artillery position was flanked by elements of the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 13th Union Infantry Division.

    Then on both sides of the railway 1,500 to 2,000 meters to the north is the camp of the 25th Infantry Brigade of the 13th Infantry Division. If it weren't for the commander of the Japanese 3rd Division, Oba Jiro, he would have launched a full-scale attack under his command early tomorrow morning.  , Originally, the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment of Colonel Koji Hashimoto and the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment of Colonel Tanaka Dougao were more secure at the moment where the 25th Infantry Brigade camped.

    In any case, the German artillery group ambushing in the city of Kharkiv came out of the dark and into the light. As a last resort, they chose to strike first with the 24 75mm Krupp field guns of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Ukrainian Artillery.  There was a sea of ??fire on both sides of the 4-kilometer-wide railway line 3 kilometers to 5 kilometers north of Kharkiv. Don¡¯t underestimate the volleys of 24 field cannons.  The soldiers of the 6-round Ukrainian artillery battalion were panting from exhaustion after firing 18 rounds of artillery fire in one go.

    And 432 rounds of 65-kilogram 75mm high-explosive grenades turned the target area into a sea of ????fire. The burning heads of hay and small trees that were hit piled up here and there, lighting up the night sky north of Kharkov. Volga Federation  The two infantry companies of the 13th Infantry Division deployed on the outpost position 3 kilometers away. Due to the relatively simple outpost fortifications, they suffered all casualties under the fierce and sudden enemy shelling. Now these federal soldiers no longer have to worry about why the Germans attacked.  Will the Japanese 5th Infantry Brigade on the right and the Federal Infantry Division in the center encounter the same attack? Will the two companies serving as security forces withdraw or attack? Questions like this.

    The two infantry battalions stationed on the main position 2 kilometers behind the outpost position had entered the position as early as the Japanese troops on the right flank. At this time, they saw the enemy in Kharkov breaking into the shelling, especially due to  The shelling of the two Ukrainian artillery battalions in Kharkiv was like plowing along a front of 3 to 5 kilometers with a width of 4,000 meters. "Beiyang 1917 Chapter 734 2  No one loses?" The warning time was exceeded, and logs were placed on the top of the shelter dug on the main coalition position, so its solidity was not the same as that of the outpost position.

    The casualties of the two federal infantry battalions stationed at the main position were only dozens of people. Division Commander Voronezh rushed to the position of the 26th Infantry Brigade to direct the operation. Of course, since his artillery regiment only had 3 cannons left, this guy  He did not dare to provoke the enemy artillery in Kharkov. The position of the three 75mm Type 38 field guns placed on the position of the 25th Infantry Brigade was just within range of the Japanese 5th Infantry Brigade on the right.  Near the outpost, or attack the frontal Ukrainian defense line.

    Therefore, after the Ukrainians' two 75mm artillery battalions and the 105mm light howitzer battalion opened fire, Hashimoto Koji's Duli Field Heavy Artillery Regiment began to launch artillery counterattacks against the two Ukrainian 75mm field artillery battalions in the northern part of Kharkov.  Regarding the position of the 105mm light howitzer battalion located in the middle of Kharkiv City, the two sides have similar firing ranges, but the difference in distance is about 500 meters, resulting in neither side posing a threat to the other.

    So this round of "Beiyang 1917" night artillery battle produced another spectacle. It was a bit like the German army's two heavy artillery batteries and eight 150mm heavy field howitzers in the afternoon, destroying the two 75mm 38-type field howitzers of the 13th Federal Infantry Division of the coalition.  The same as the artillery battalion, the 24 Japanese four-year-old 15cm heavy howitzers of the Duli Field Heavy Artillery Regiment commanded by Japanese Colonel Hashimoto Koji only used 5 salvos to defeat Kharkov in less than 2 minutes.  The two Ukrainian 75mm Krupp field artillery battalions in the city were completely overturned and beaten to pieces.

    The whole of KharkivThe entire city was trembling and crying amidst the violent explosions of the Japanese army's 120 high-explosive grenades weighing 44 kilograms. Countless streets and houses were bombed and the city was in a mess. If it weren't for the evacuation of the people in the northern part of Kharkov, the evacuation would have been completed.  If so, the hands of Koji Hashimoto's Duli Field Heavy Artillery 3rd Regiment will be stained with the blood of the people of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

    July 30, 1918 21:35 Kharkov North Battlefield

    In just ten minutes, the German-Ukrainian artillery in the city of Kharkov and the allied artillery in the north of the city engaged in a large-scale artillery battle that impressed both sides on this moonless night. The battle was tragic but "  "Entertainment Show" Both sides fought bloody battles not to be outdone. The Isokawa Artillery Battalion of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese 5th Infantry Brigade in the northwest position of the coalition was first attacked by the artillery regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division in Kharkiv.  The 105mm light field howitzer battalion was annihilated.

    At the same time, two Ukrainian 75mm Krupp field artillery battalions of the German-Ukrainian coalition deployed in the northern city of Kharkiv opened fire intensively, plowing the positions of the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division within 3 kilometers to 5 kilometers of the city's northern defense line with artillery fire.  After all, the main force of the 13th Federal Infantry Division was deployed in the rear, so the heavy blows of the two Ukrainian artillery battalions were in vain. The casualties of the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division on the forward position mountain were only less than 3 companies.

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