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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 780 (1) Severe loss of vitality

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    Of course, the 23rd Infantry Brigade is equipped with 75mm field guns, which are Type 38 field guns originally produced by the Osaka Artillery Factory in Japan. In the early days, some of the field guns of the Chinese participating army were imported from Japan. In the later period, all the field guns were imported from Japan by the Xuanhua Arsenal.  Technology imitation and localization are achieved.  §êw§ë

    By July 1918, not only were the 75mm Type 38 field guns supplemented by the Chinese and Japanese teams in the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front produced by the artillery branch of the Xuanhua Arsenal in China, but also in the arsenal of Yekaterinaburg in Western Siberia.  The production of 75mm Type 38 field guns began based on the improved drawings and technology introduced by China. The artillery experts at Xuanhua Arsenal in China brought together French, British and Americans, and of course engineers from Osaka Arsenal in Japan. The 75mm field guns produced in China  Although the gun has not yet been renamed the 38-type field gun because the development of new ammunition is still in progress, some structural parts on the gun mount have adopted high-strength aluminum alloy developed by China's exclusive technology patent. This makes the gun produced by Xuanhua Arsenal  The Type 38 field gun weighs only 850 kilograms, which is nearly a hundred kilograms lighter than the original Japanese gun of 947 kilograms.

    At Wang Geng's request, Xuanhua Arsenal is expected to complete the Chinese-made artillery attack by the end of September. The goal is to control the weight of the gun below 900 kilograms, but the range must reach more than 10,000 meters. Although experts from the artillery branch of Xuanhua Arsenal feel  Time was too tight, but he still gritted his teeth and accepted the task of developing a new 75mm field gun. If this new artillery was finalized and put into mass production in 1918, it would be named the m191875 field gun, referred to as p; Wu Keren's duli artillery  The first batch of the battalion's fire was a 6-gun 75mm Type 38 field gun battery and a 6-gun 75mm Krupp field gun battery. The 12 75mm-caliber field guns sent 65 kilograms of projectiles 7 kilometers away.  It only took just over ten seconds to bombard the target area. The muzzle velocity of the 38-type field gun and the German 75mm Krupp field gun was both 510m/s. Soon, a series of shells hit the 2nd right wing of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division.  The position of an artillery battalion exploded into pieces

    Since it was in a forest area and the distance between the artillery of both sides was almost within h¨¨ range, although Wu Keren's two 75mm field artillery batteries and 12 cannons had the upper hand, the opponent had two field artillery battalions with a total of 24  A 75mm Krupp field gun. After suffering the first three rounds of shelling from the coalition forces, the Ukrainian field artillery battalion recovered and began to adjust the muzzle to resolutely counterattack. A fierce artillery battle broke out between the two sides

    The Type 38 field artillery and fire rate are both at 810 rounds per minute. The 1st company of Wu Keren Duli Artillery Battalion has six 75mm Type 38 field guns controlled by the Chinese artillery force, which fires almost eight rounds per minute of anti-aircraft fire.  Speed, and the gunners of the 2nd Battery, equipped with six 75mm Krupp field guns captured yesterday, include both Chinese artillerymen and Ukrainian artillerymen. The cooperation between the two sides is not tacit, and they can only shoot an unsatisfactory rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute.  On the contrary, under the control of Japan's skilled gunners, the 16 38-type field guns of the artillery brigades belonging to the two Japanese regiments fired at an astonishing efficiency of 9 rounds per minute

    As the three 75mm field artillery battalions in Ukraine changed from bombarding the three brigades that intercepted the Japanese attack, with the sudden opening of the 105mm light howitzer battalion, they used all their artillery fire to attack the 2 artillery brigades and 2 coalition forces.  The position of the artillery company forced Muto to order the two Japanese artillery brigades to also adjust their muzzles and enter a state of artillery duel between the two sides. Of course, the 12 cannons of the two 105mm howitzer batteries that Wu Keren had in his hands finally obtained them again.  Opportunity to strike later.

    This fierce artillery battle between the Japanese Muto Infantry Brigade and the Ukrainian 4th Infantry Division lasted for half an hour. The tactics used by both sides were impeccable. Originally, Muto's 28 75mm caliber field guns compared with Ukraine's  The 36 guns of the 3 75mm field artillery battalions of the 4th Infantry Division Artillery Regiment were at a clear disadvantage in terms of the number of artillery. However, Wu Keren's 2 75mm field artillery batteries took advantage of the surprise and took advantage of the attack for three consecutive years.  Rounds of intensive shelling destroyed at least five 75mm cannons on the other side, which narrowed the gap between the number of artillery pieces on both sides.

    The Japanese gunners of the two artillery brigades of the Mutoh Brigade are the most skilled among the Chinese, Ukrainian and Japanese artillery on the battlefield. Therefore, their 20% higher rate of fire than the Ukrainians can make up for the lack of quantity of their own artillery.  However, the sad thing is that the 105mm light howitzer battalion of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division has long been aimed at the two Japanese artillery brigades that exposed the position, and the power of the 105mm German Krupp light howitzer is much greater than the two Japanese artillery brigades.  The casualties were also the heaviest among the coalition forces.

    The artillery battle of just thirty minutes was suffocating and felt like a long time. You must know that even if each artillery gun of both sides only fires an average rate of fire of 5 rounds per minute, theoretically, it will fly over the forest every minute and roar like a thorn.  There must be more than 400 artillery shells exploding at the opponent's position. The average number of shells dropped from the artillery positions of both sides is more than three per second. Such intensity and intensity of shelling consumes a lot of energy, will and physical strength of the artillerymen of both sides  ¡­

    Of course, as the explosion of each fallen bomb may overturn the opponent's gunners and cannons, the number of cannons that can truly sustain fire is also constantly decreasing.For the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division, the advantage in the number of artillery made up for their shortcomings in exposing targets preemptively. Moreover, although the artillery skills of the 4th Ukrainian Artillery Division were not as good as those of Japanese artillery and Chinese artillery, they were better than those who surrendered to the Chinese.  The former captured gunners of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division were much stronger and the German 105mm light howitzer suddenly joined the battle and overturned three Japanese guns at the beginning; half an hour later, when the exhausted Ukrainian artillery finished firing, they carried it with them.  When the last few shells of the two base artillery shells were withdrawn from the battle, the three 75mm field artillery battalions suffered nearly half casualties, and 20 of the 36 75mm Krupp field guns were lost. The 105mm light howitzer battalion, which was the mainstay and also had 12 guns, only fired  With only 4 guns left, the artillery regiment that the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division was proud of was seriously damaged.

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