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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 779 (3) Battle in the Forest

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    Since we were in a forest, the possibility of using telescopes to view the entire battlefield situation from the commanding heights behind and command the battle on the fly was quite slim, so we simply rushed out of the tent. Commander Yarmolenko of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division and Chief of Staff O.  In addition to hearing the rumble of gunfire to the northwest and north, Linick could not get a first line of sight to observe the battlefield situation. The battle had to rely on wired telephones on the position and the commanders of each regiment to direct and conduct it.

    "Division Commander, Commander! The call of the 11th Regiment is connectedThe enemy in front of them has launched an attack on them along the south side of the swamp. Now the 11th Regiment is resisting tenaciously. The commander of the 11th Regiment, Pushnyheny, requested the division artillery.  Fire support" A combat staff officer chased him out of the tent and reported.  

    "Chief of Staff, what should we do? The Japanese are bullying us with a small number of people Could it be that they used 3 infantry brigades to defeat our 3 divisions of defense? This is bullying us because we don't know how to fight. It must have happened yesterday.  Levsky and Michalik brought the battle to a halt, giving the enemy the illusion that we were vulnerable Shall we fire?" Apparently, the division commander Yamolenko himself was a little confused.

    "I am Chief of Staff Onilik, calling your regiment commander to answer the phone Sergio Seferovich, is that you? How far is the Japanese artillery position from us? Can it be reached?"  Chief of Staff Olynyk rushed back to the division headquarters, grabbed the phone that went directly to the artillery regiment position, and shouted!

    The head of the 4th Ukrainian Artillery Regiment, Sergio Seferovich Barilko, responded in an angry voice.  I can't figure it out on the artillery position This depends on the artillery observation posts on the front line. Unless the opponent's artillery shells fall within my sight and explode, otherwise, I have to rely on the artillery observation posts on the treetops!  The lookout post judged that the enemy's artillery position was more than 7 kilometers away from us maybe 8 kilometers!"

    The 4th Division Chief of Staff Olynyk covered the microphone and said to the division commander Yamolenko who followed him, "Division Commander, the enemy's artillery position is just within our firing range. Should we attack the enemy's artillery first or intercept and fire the enemy's input?"  Offensive ground forces?

    The firing scale in front of our three divisions' positions has long been calculated and planned. Barilco's artillery can attack the enemy's attacking troops under the guidance of the frontline observation posts Don't hesitate I said division commander, the Japanese dare to launch  The attack may be the precursor for the coalition air force to return to the battlefield. If we don't take advantage of the opportunity to open fire, we will be even more aggressive when the opponent's air force bombers arrive soon!  "

    Olynyk's words finally moved the division commander Yarmolenko. In fact, it was not so much the chief of staff who convinced the division commander, but rather the artillery regiment commander Barilko who said that the enemy's artillery positions were 7 to 8 kilometers away from our own artillery positions.  This sentence gave Yarmolenko the courage to let the artillery fire. If he couldn't defeat him, at least if he retreated to the east, he could quickly leave the battlefield and run out of the opponent's artillery range, right?

    "Colonel Barilko, I am the division commander Yamolenko. You listen to my orders. Since the artillery regiment is ready to fire, it must use the thunderous effect of a storm to catch up with the opponent's air force before it arrives. Let's also play  A late strike. I know that among the four artillery regiment commanders of the 1st Army, you have the best performance in the assessment in front of the Germans. I don¡¯t ask too much. Use your three 75mm Krupp field artillery battalions to support the 3rd and 3rd infantry.  The 2nd Division and the front-line positions of our division, don¡¯t be reluctant to give up the artillery shells, show me all your skills in the assessment!¡±

    Yarmolenko, who grabbed the phone receiver, felt that his throat was a little dry. The question from the artillery regiment commander Barilko came from the receiver, "I say division commander, under normal circumstances, once we open fire, we should first kill the two artillerymen on the other side."  The brigade should be suppressed and eliminated How can we intercept and attack the opponent's ground offensive troops? "

    When the division commander Yarmolenko heard this, he shouted into the microphone angrily, "I say Sergio Seferovich, you need to have some brains to fight a war. Your artillery is a technical branch. You can use your cannons to hit the opponent hard first."  infantry, so that the opponent's artillery will definitely change its target to counterattack and suppress your artillery. At that time, they will not care about continuing to bombard our infantry positions. This will relieve the defensive pressure on the front line, and only our artillery shells will continue to  The best way to encourage and boost morale is to explode in the enemy's attacking formation. As for the enemy's artillery

    What does your medium-sized artillery battalion do?  If my prediction is correct, in order to suppress the firepower of your Russian 75mm artillery battalion, the enemy will definitely put all the artillery into battle, so that we can thoroughly understand the opponent's reality. Your 12 105mm light howitzers are  That's when a second strike comes in handy, do you understand?  "

    Don¡¯t tell me that Yarmolenko, the commander of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division who was a middle school history teacher, talked about artillery combat tactics on paper.He really got his foot in the door. At least Barilko, the commander of the artillery regiment on the other side of the phone, heard this and praised his division commander as the reincarnation of Napoleon. Let¡¯s see our 4th artillery regiment show off its power today.

    When Yarmolenko put down the phone and turned around, he saw Chief of Staff Olynyk and a group of division staff looking at him differently than before. This guy was so proud that he put a straight face on his face and shouted, "Fuck you."  What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and get a handle on the situation in each position? Pass my order, and the 10th Infantry Regiment will prepare two battalions of troops to reinforce the 11th Regiment and 12th Regiment's medic positions!  What are you still doing? Hurry up and remove the wounded. Don¡¯t let the heavy troops sit idle. Take the time to widen the retreat channel behind the artillery position!¡±

    At this moment, Yarmolenko, commander of the 4th Infantry Division, looked a bit like the commander who used to scold Fang Qiu when French Emperor Napoleon

    In this way, at less than noon on July 31, 1918, in the forest nearly 20 kilometers east of Kharkiv, the main force of the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade and the three main divisions of the 1st Group Army of the Ukrainian National Army  A fierce battle began, and after the siege and reinforcements failed, the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade, under the command of the brigade commander, Major General Muto Nobuyoshi, used five infantry brigades to launch an attack on the three Ukrainian infantry divisions waiting in the east, and the forest  The artillery on both sides finally broke out in a fierce battle
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