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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 772 (4) Not to be underestimated

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    "Liukin Alexeevich, your infantry regiment fought well, with few casualties, but it gained a foothold 1,200 meters away. It is now digging field fortifications in full swing, with heavy machine gun and mortar fire.  Force is to monitor and suppress the firepower points on the enemy's position, butthe opponent is a solid trench-type permanent fortification, and your troops are field fortifications in an open mud pit. If the opponent fires artillery, how can your two battalions resist the mound?  Can the raised trenches block the enemy's shelling?"

    Lieutenant General Datong once again put down the telescope in his hand and turned to ask Voronez. He roughly understood the tactics and plans of the commander of the 13th Federal Infantry Division with a beautiful beard in front of him, but he still wanted to embarrass him.  For a moment, Voronieri's rhetorical question just now made him unable to step down, but an order is an order. As the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, I order your troops to attack the enemy's front. You can stop and dig fortifications within the effective range of the machine gun firepower of both sides.  Delivered?  

    "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief, as I said just now, the number of defenders in the city is at least 30,000. After the reduction of my troops, the total number of troops that can be put into the attack does not exceed 10,000. There are only three 75mm field guns left in the artillery. In this situation  Next, it is impossible to rush into the enemy's position relying solely on infantry. In the first wave of attacks just now, our goal was to advance the defense line to a position 1,200 meters away from the enemy. At this position, our m81 and m60 mortars can  Effectively attack the opponent, but the opponent's 7.6cm infantry mortar can't reach us As for the machine guns You have also seen that the opponent's machine gun firepower is not only quite dense, but also protected by solid fortifications. When knocking out the opponent's these  Before the fortifications we don't need to waste the precious lives of the soldiers and charge randomly! "

    Voronei took the trouble to explain his style of play, but in fact he did not answer Oba Jiro's question. The brigade commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, Major General Kikuchi, couldn't help but question,

    "Your Excellency, Major General, Lieutenant General Da Ting, as the former enemy commander of the Central Route Army, is responsible for the command of the entire Central Route Army in the direction of Kharkov. The order given to you now is not to dig a trench at 1,200 meters to compete with the opponent's marksmanship, but to ask for your  The troops attack the enemy's position and rush to capture the enemy's position! How can you fight if you can't just waste your life?"

    Kikuchi Shinnosuke, as the Major General Brigade Commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade of Japan's 3rd Infantry Division, believes that he is not comparable to the foolish young man in the hat, King Tanaka, in terms of qualifications and rank. He is definitely qualified to compete with him.  Voronieri, the tough-tempered commander of the 13th Federal Infantry Division, can be treated as an equal. Just now, Tanaka was defeated. Now he can't let the division commander, Lieutenant General Tongda, go into battle shirtless in everything, right?  This guy stood up and spoke to his boss without hesitation.  

    "Let my troops attack, then we must fight according to my method. As I said just now, there are at least 30,000 defenders in the city. Last night, the Germans only dispatched one reinforced infantry regiment and defeated your 6th Infantry Regiment.  The team has been beaten hard enough. Now your 5th Infantry Brigade is fully equipped and replenished. If you feel that my division is not fighting well enough, then I can give way and free up the position to  Your troops go to attack. When my men rushed up just now, they faced the enemy's heavy machine gun bullets with no cover. If your troops go into battle, at least the communication trenches and field fortifications can block a lot of bullets for you  "

    Voronye narrowed his eyes and looked at Shinnosuke Kikuchi's answer slowly and logically. He did not really want to argue with himself. In fact, if the enemy forces in Kharkov cannot be suppressed with artillery fire, relying solely on  It is even more difficult for the machine guns and mortars in the hands of the infantry to capture the enemy's position. The offensive power of the German army is actually far less powerful than the opponent's defensive power. If Kikuchi and the Japanese generals continue to squeeze like this, Voronje  Ri is not afraid of taking the lawsuit to the Samara Allied Forces Headquarters!

    Kikuchi is not a fuel-efficient lamp. How could he be fooled into it easily by Voronei? The brigade commander shook his head with a red face and said, "My troops have gone through yesterday's fierce battle. Although their morale is high, they have suffered heavy losses."  , although the replenishment brigade is in place, it is not familiar with the battlefield situation, so it is not time to pull up like this Isn't your 13th Infantry Division known as the first main force of the Voronei Army? You put the whole division up and take  It¡¯s not a problem to seize the position held by the opponent¡¯s infantry regiment!¡±

    "Your Excellency Kikuchi, our two infantry regiments were able to attack the enemy's position yesterday, but the resurgence of German heavy artillery in the city extinguished the last glimmer of hope. In order to save the troops who were suppressed on the low-lying ground on the forward position, we had to fight when we were outnumbered.  Grit your teeth and use two 75mm field artillery battalions to challenge the opponent's 150mm heavy field howitzer battalion!

    I believe everyone can see the price we have paid for this. Now the Japanese 3rd Division has two fully equipped field artillery and heavy artillery regiments, but they dare not open fire and provide fire support for our infantry.  Under such circumstances, should we use our bare hands and machine guns and mortars to fight against the enemy's artillery ambushing the city?  "13th Confederate Infantry"Besklovny, the chief of staff, was obviously a little angry, so he choked Kikuchi Shinnosuke.

    The group of Japanese generals behind Kikuchi all blushed when they heard this. Hashimoto Koji pondered over how to clarify the reason why he was unwilling to open fire with the enemy first. Here, Tanaka Hat King had already calmed down and jumped out and started shouting,

    "Who said that the artillery regiment of the Japanese Imperial Army dare not fire? We are just waiting for the enemy's artillery in Kharkov to open fire and expose the position. As soon as the enemy fires, we will immediately counterattack, but who knows  You only sent two battalions to attack. The opponent's defenders are at least a reinforced infantry regiment. It may not be effective for your two battalions to scratch the enemy's itch. Of course, the opponent's artillery is hidden and refuses to fire"

    What Tanaka said was true. Since the power of the German heavy artillery was impressive before, if they fired blindly preemptively, it exposed the target's ability to hit the opponent's artillery positions hidden in the city regardless of whether they could blindly catch dead mice.  , the artillery fire when you encounter someone else's counterattack must be more accurate than your own, which will inevitably bring casualties and losses.

    In fact, at this point in the battle, the total annihilation of two artillery brigades of the 5th Kikuchi Infantry Brigade and the destruction of two 75mm field artillery battalions of the 13th Federal Infantry Division all gave a wake-up call to Koji Hashimoto and King Tanaka.  After a few minutes, not to mention the infantry combat effectiveness of the German-Ukrainian coalition, the combat effectiveness of the opponent's artillery must not be underestimated
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