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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 777 (4) This is not the time to talk about truth

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    When Maeda reluctantly agreed, Mizuno turned around and smiled at Shi Qingshang, the company commander of the Chinese 2nd Armored Battalion who had been silent, and said, "Shi Sang, look, is your 1st Armored Company  The remaining two platoons can also be strengthened to the front line of the Nakamura Brigade. I am afraid that the two bridgeheads are still burning fiercely and our bridgehead positions lack heavy firepower support! "

    The battle for the Kharkov Bridge has been going on until now. The exchange of fire between the two sides is basically a battle between machine guns and mortars. The Mosin Nagant rifles and 38 rifles in the hands of the infantry on both sides are more than  At a distance of 600 meters, it basically only has the function of waving the flag. In fact, due to the fierce and intensive coalition artillery fire, on the Ukrainian position, except for the machine gunners in the permanent fortifications who gritted their teeth and carried out refueling tactics and the coalition firing.  , the infantrymen holding rifles basically held their heads and hid in the shelter to avoid the artillery fire.  Welcome to reading

    In just one hour of fighting, the attackers consumed an astonishing amount of ammunition. Since the 75mm Type 38 field guns equipped by the two artillery brigades deployed by the coalition in the forest 6 kilometers away were not very powerful, although the successive cannons  The explosion near the fortress gate seemed powerful, but it was obviously a wishful thinking to rely only on 16 field guns to blast through the strong east gate of Kharkov.

    In this hour of fighting, the 7th Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division of Ukrainian Volunteers on the defensive side lost almost 20 MG08 heavy machine guns and more than 20 7.6cm mortars. The 1st Battalion, the main force guarding the bridgehead, only withdrew.  With less than one company of troops down, the combined losses of the 2nd Battalion on both flanks were more than 2 companies, and the casualties on the second line of the city wall were probably around 2 companies.  

    The Japanese army lost 5 Browning heavy machine guns, 2 state-of-the-art m191837aa anti-aircraft anti-tank guns, and suffered more than 200 infantry casualties. Almost all the tires of the three Chinese wheeled armored vehicles that pioneered the road were blown out.  Among them, the first tank suffered the most damage from the guns and bullets, and its engine was damaged and lost its mobility.

    "Your Excellency, Captain, if you attack one point that is inferior to the rest, you can certainly use the tactics of the black tiger to take out the heart, but I always feel that the enemies of Kharkov may not have been defeated. The opponent's second fortress wall fortification is their biggest barrier.  I suggest that Major Nakamura's troops crossing the river should check the vicinity of the bridge piers to prevent the Ukrainians from jumping over the wall and blowing up the bridge with preset bombs. If our troops crossing the river are cut off in the west of the river, it will be very dangerous.  ¡­¡±

    Captain Shi Qingshang, commander of the 1st Company of the Chinese Armored 2nd Battalion, held his chin and muttered his suggestion. Mizuno was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then felt that his words made sense. In fact, he was a brave general and had a bad temper, but he was not a competent person.  Brave guy, just when the Nakamura brigade attacked the bridge, Mizuno was actually watching with a telescope, and he was sweating in his heart, fearing that the Ukrainians would not be able to hold it back and really blow up the bridge

    "SugaCaptain Shi, you are right. The messenger, please immediately inform Major Nakamura to carefully check the piers of the bridge and find the Ukrainians This is related to the final success or failure of the East City offensive battle. It must not be tolerated."  Mistaken!" One minute, Mizuno showed his acceptance of Shi Qingshang's suggestion with a fair attitude, but the next minute, he yelled at the staff of the wing headquarters!

    "Your Excellency, Captain, don't you think the offensive and defensive battle in Kharkov this morning is a bit strange? Yesterday during the day and night, the German artillery made a big profit with great arrogance, but today, on the  How the 13th Federal Infantry Division on the northern front tried to attack and built fortifications and dug trenches without the opponent's eyes. The enemy artillery in Kharkov didn't fire a single shot, and only used machine guns and mortars to entangle ushere  Doesn't the head have any conspiracy?"

    Although the Chinese captain has low military education, it does not mean that his mind is full of martial arts. Although Shi Qingshang has not had the opportunity to enter Baoding Military Academy, he was a middle school graduate and an educated man before joining the army. He can also be regarded as a master trained by the training group of the Chinese Army.  Even if he can use his brain after fighting, he doesn't believe that the air strike of the coalition air force this morning can wipe out all the enemy artillery in Kharkov This is an ancient city fortress with a history of more than 200 years. In terms of strength, it is only  I'm afraid it's only weaker than the Kazan Fortress, which is one of the strongest fortresses in Ukraine. Most of the houses and buildings in the Kharkiv Fortress are stone houses from the old city. It's not something you can just throw in a few 115-pound aerial bombs.  Can be completely destroyed

    "Hmph The two artillery regiments of Hashimoto and Takeda on the northern front only want to take advantage of the ready-made advantages, and they are not even willing to prepare for a sudden attack with artillery fire. That Liukin Alexeevich Voronye  Ri is also an accomplished master, and they all hope that others will use them as bait to attract the German heavy artillery. But since the Muto brigade has detoured back to Hedong, it means that they know that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer to go to the tiger mountains. It is not the behavior of the Imperial Army to retreat in the face of the battle.  "Pie, my 7th Regiment is going to fight a beautiful offensive battle to show the commander of the Oba Division! Without Hashimoto and Tanaka's artillery, I will still break into Kharkov City!" Mizuno Taisuke tightened his grip!  fist, as if gritting his teeth to cheer himself up.

     Hearing this, Major Maeda, who had just returned to the wing headquarters, frowned and said hesitantly, "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, I agree with the Chinese captain. The Ukrainian and German artillery were completely silent today and refused to make a sound. This  It¡¯s hard to say there¡¯s no conspiracy behind it, so be careful of us becoming prey in the other party¡¯s trap!¡±

    Maeda had previously suggested that the troops crossing the river advance to the two wings and not concentrate near the bridgehead in the west of the city. In fact, he was worried that if the German heavy artillery in the city suddenly opened fire, this time the salvo of the 150mm heavy field howitzer would probably be able to wipe out Nakamura on the bridge.  The two western infantry squadrons were caught off guard, with more than half of their strength.

    "So what? Are we going to imitate the bridges Honda and Voronei on the Northern Line and just scratch and hang out without pain under the eyes of the enemy? What if we hide in the forest on this side of the river and shoot people down?  There was no need to pay any attention to us. We covered our ears and hid in the artillery holes. We were wasting money and setting off firecrackers for nothing! Moreover, the German heavy artillery had a range of more than 8 kilometers. Where should we retreat? The enemy's artillery fire was within 8 kilometers of the city.  Are we still the glorious 7th Infantry Regiment because we are afraid of German artillery fire?¡±

    Under Mizuno's series of retorts and questions, the 7th Infantry Regiment shut up obsequiously. To be fair, he obviously couldn't speak to the regiment leader Mizuno, but Maeda was really representing the 7th Infantry Regiment and Nakamura on the other side.  I'm sweating But what Mizuno said is very high-sounding. We must not stop attacking just because of the threat of enemy artillery

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