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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 775 (5) Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns

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    Mizuno roared like this, and the three infantry battalion captains and an artillery battalion captain of the 7th Infantry Regiment below said "Ouch" in unison, and they all stared at Muto Nobuyoshi's fist on his knees with eager eyes.  They could not help but clench their hands so tightly that they became sweaty, and some people's hearts beat faster than expected.

    In fact, Muto Nobuyoshi had no intention of storming the east city of Kharkov from the beginning. As Li Shang said, this 150-meter-span bridge was obviously a flaw. The Ukrainians kept this bridge, not for defense, but for defense.  It is to leave a channel for counterattack and attack, and to attract the coalition siege troops to attack on the bridge. In this way, the opponent can not only concentrate firepower on the exposed troops on the bridge, but also, if necessary, the opponent may directly  Blow up the bridge

    Once the bridge filled with coalition troops and armored vehicles is blasted, it will be a disaster for the attacking troops. The opponent can even let their siege troops pass part of the bridge first, and then use hidden presets to blast the bridge.  , or, even if there is no bomb, if the opponent concentrates heavy artillery to bombard the bridge piers, there is still a chance to blow up the bridge.

    "Major Li is right. This bridge is a flaw deliberately exposed by the Ukrainians and Germans, and it is also a trap to attract and consume our troops However, we still have to attack the city. Just like Arai just said, rather than groping in the dark  Instead of heading east in the forest to find the remnants of the 1st Army of the Ukrainian National Army, it is better to wait here and use the siege to attract the enemy to return to Kharkov! "

    Muto Nobuyoshi¡¯s frown finally relaxed a little at this moment. He clenched his right fist and glanced at the generals under his command, and revealed his true plan!

    July 31, 1918 11:00 Headquarters of the 2nd Division of Ukrainian Volunteers on the eastern defense line of Kharkiv

    "General Neuhaus, the Japanese 23rd Brigade has begun to attack the bridge position! The opponent's artillery fire is very fierce. I think at least four artillery batteries are bombarding our Hexi position and bridgehead!" Ukrainian Volunteer No. 2  There was a hint of panic in the tone of the division commander Vladislav Vermilovich Kalitintsev.

    "Calm down! Calm down! Vladislav Vermilovich, you are the commander of the 2nd Division of Volunteers, not a guerrilla. The one who detoured back to the east of the city in the morning was Muto Nobuyoshi's 23rd Infantry Brigade. His two  Each infantry regiment has an artillery battalion, which adds up to 16 75mm mountain field guns. It¡¯s not a big deal!¡± German Major General Sven von Neuhau observed the battlefield situation with a telescope in the strong shelter above the east city gate.  Si said dissatisfied.

    Karitintsev blushed when he heard this, but the defense line of the 4th Infantry Brigade, which was 5 or 600 meters away under his nose, was now enveloped in the smoke from the bombardment of the 16 coalition mountain field artillery pieces.  Amidst the sound of explosions and explosions, the situation on the first line of defense of the defenders suddenly seemed tense. The shells of the 75mm Type 38 field guns equipped by the Japanese Army launched bombardments from the forest 5 or 6 kilometers away. It was obviously very accurate and roared.  Most of the artillery shells landed on the Kharkov Hexi position, with the front and rear deviation not exceeding 20 meters.

    "Your Excellency General, my 4th Volunteer Infantry Brigade only has machine guns and 76cm mortars on the position. The artillery positions of the little devils are hidden so far back that we can't reach them. How can we fight this battle if we can't change hands just by being exposed to artillery shells?"  ? Morale is low, this is too bad for us!" Kalitintsev muttered as he looked at the German major general beside him unwillingly.

    "Why panic? Tell your people to take cover. Don't fire without orders, let alone expose the target. The mortars should be hidden first. Don't act like a prodigal and be exposed to the opponent's shells. Although the German 76cm light infantry mortar is  It's a bit heavy, but it's much more powerful than the opponent's M60 mortar. Although the range is short, the mortars on the two front and rear positions can hit the other side of the Haker Child River. The 1-kilometer range is more than enough!  "

    Von Neuhaus angrily told Kalitintsev that the tactical literacy of the mortars of the Ukrainian Volunteer Division was still far behind, and their aiming and ballistic calculation speed were worse than the gunners of the main infantry division of the Ukrainian 1st Army.  Quite a few, incomparable to German gunners, and lacking the awareness to maneuver and flexibly shift positions. The former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian forces originally equipped almost every infantry company of the 1st and 2nd Kharkiv Volunteer Divisions with them.  1 76cm light infantry mortar and 1 mg08 water-cooled heavy machine gun.

    At this time, Kalitintsev's 4th Infantry Brigade was responsible for guarding the defense line in the east city of Kharkov. They deployed two battalions of the main 7th Regiment on the bridgehead position, and the rest of the troops were deployed in Kharkov.  The second line of defense with the eastern wall of the fortress as the core is quite solid with its stone castle-like fortifications, but the gunners of the Ukrainian Volunteer Division didn't know how to maneuver and hide. They just knew how to hide behind  The fortifications used mortars to bombard the coalition forces in the forest on the other side. The coalition's M60 mortars took advantage of its 300-meter range and knocked out several of Karitintsev's mortars.

    The coalition artillery positions in the forest are obviously located a few east of the three-way intersection.Here, after about 15 minutes of continuous bombardment by artillerymen with the size of two artillery brigades according to the Japanese army, about a brigade of Japanese troops appeared in black from the edge of the forest on the east bank of the Kharkov River.  A squadron of Japanese infantrymen were obviously the forward troops. They held their guns and started to attack in a sparse formation along the east road of the Kharkov Bridge in a skirmish formation.

    Not to be outdone, the heavy machine guns of both sides roared. The Ukrainian defenders' two bridgehead fortifications west of the Kharkiv Bridge were the focus of the coalition's shelling. The two stone bridgeheads were hit by dozens of shells.  The top floor had collapsed and caught fire, but was quickly extinguished by Ukrainian defenders.  The fortifications on the second and bottom floors of the bridgehead were obviously not greatly affected. The mg08 heavy machine guns in the dozen or so black holes began to spray out hot bullets, intercepting and shooting at the Japanese coalition forces on both sides of the road on the other side of the river 7 or 800 meters away.  Infantry squadron.

    At this time, the defenders of the 4th Brigade of the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps had not yet entered the open-air fortifications on the west bank of the river, because the enemy on the other side was obviously preparing to attack from east to west along the Kharkov Bridge, and the concentrated shelling of the coalition's 75mm field artillery just now looked like  The 1-kilometer positions on both sides of the bridgehead were plowed like a field. Although the casualties of the defenders hiding in the strong shelter were not too great, the psychological blow was not small. As the saying goes, recruits are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of artillery.  Afraid of machine guns.

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