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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 783 (3) Restoring the Bridgehead

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    It is also a 7.6cm light infantry mortar. It is also feasible for us to use it to clean up the Japanese army at the bridgehead. I transferred 2 battalions from the 3rd Brigade as a reserve team, and I can put together 10 German 7.6cm light infantry mortars.  When artillery joins the counterattack, the key is not the density of artillery fire, but the accuracy of shooting and the suddenness of artillery strikes. In addition, I think we have to keep moving and move immediately after a round, otherwise the opponent will have more than 30 mortars on us.  Beat us from outside the range. No matter how many cannons are exposed, they will be destroyed by the opponent!  "

    The speaker was Bazin, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Volunteer Division. Before the war, this guy was a mathematics teacher at Khakkov National Middle School. He was very familiar with trigonometric geometry. The reason why the two 7.6cm mortars in the German Major General's Guards were  He took advantage of the coalition forces because the position was placed at the base of the fortress wall instead of the city wall and the shooting was very accurate and the people he hit were stunned and unconvinced.  

    At that time, the first round of mortar fire fired by the coalition forces in the forest was either concentrated on the top of the city, or it passed over the city wall and fell behind the German mortar position.  They are all arranged at the maximum range of 1,200 meters and 2,000 meters, which allows the opponent to increase the firing angle so that the gun can go straight up and down over the city wall and fall on the German mortar position

    Unless the coalition's mortars are moved forward near the target of the German bombardment at that time, which is the eastern bridgehead of the Kharkov Bridge Since the first line of defense of the German-Ukrainian coalition to defend the east city of Kharkov is on the left bank of the river,  Therefore, the right bank of the river, including the bridge head, is bare and flat land, and the river beach is densely covered with pebbles. It is not a place where fortifications and trenches can be dug casually. This also means that the coalition's mortar positions have never been placed in front.  And leave the forest 500 meters away on the right bank of the river, because the mortar positions exposed on the river beach will become live targets for the mg08 heavy machine guns in the fortifications of the Kharkov defenders

    "Chief of Staff, it won't work if there are only 10 7.6cm mortars. The Japanese in the forest across the river have at least 4 mortar groups staring at them. The opponent has more than 30 M81 mortars alone. We only have  The range of 10 mortars is not as good as that of the opponent. How to suppress the opponent's firepower?" The question was raised by Valdimir Vadilovich Lysenko, the commander of the 7th Infantry Regiment.

    "Soldiers are very fast. In the fierce battle in the morning, the more than 20 mortars we placed on the city wall were almost completely destroyed by the bombardment of the coalition's long-range artillery and M81 mortars. These bastards were beaten out of their minds.  The opponent didn't know how to retreat quickly. When he recovered, the opponent's 75mm field artillery from 7 kilometers away hit the city. We suffered a big loss. At this time, we could only mobilize 10 guns from the 3rd Brigade.  If there are more guns, if something happens to the south, the 3rd Brigade will become a tiger without claws!"

    Kalitintsev, the commander of the 2nd Volunteer Division, answered with a frown, but Valenti Valenjevich Slyusa, the commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment next to him, raised his eyebrows and reminded, "Vladislav  Vermilovich, I said that the 3rd Brigade is not deployed in the south. Isn¡¯t there the artillery battalion of the 3rd Division and German heavy artillery in the Nancheng District? I don¡¯t believe that if the south is attacked by the coalition forces, von Neuhaus  I can still keep my composure and refuse to use the artillery units right in front of me"

    "What's more What's more, the former enemy commander of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces, the commander of the 29th German Reserve Infantry Corps, didn't you hear that General Von Francois is still stationed at the defense line of the southern suburbs railway station? I think the south is just in case.  If we take care of the Muto brigade in Dongcheng, won¡¯t the southern defense line be strengthened? Let me say, we can mobilize all the 7.6cm mortars from the 3rd Brigade!¡±  Slyusa's words are obviously not unreasonable.

    "Chief of Staff, what do you think of this matter? Dropping all the mortars from the 3rd Brigade to the 4th Brigade in the east city to participate in the counterattack won't create any trouble in the south, right?" Division Commander Kalitintsev was a little hesitant.  asked Bazin, the chief of staff beside him.

    Bazin, chief of staff of the 2nd Volunteer Division, held his chin in thought for a moment, raised his head and said, "I don't think it's a big problem. Valenti Valenjevich is right. If we hold the East City, the Japanese will start from  It is almost impossible to go back to the south to attack from the east. If we really want to go back, we will go back to the Japanese cavalry unit in the west of the city. The defense area of ??our 3rd brigade is the southeast corner of Kharkov City. The Japanese want to attack.  The 3rd Brigade not only has to bypass the position of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Volunteer Division in the southwest, but also crosses the railway to bypass the 139th German Reserve Infantry Regiment under the command of the German Major General. This possibility is almost impossible"

    "The chief of staff is right. If the Nancheng defense line is really cleared up, then the Germans will not be able to stop the coalition's attack, and our 3rd brigade will not be able to turn the tide. Besides, we are not deploying the main force of the 3rd brigade, we are just deploying  The 2 battalions are just reserves. The 3rd Brigade can at least gather more than 20 7.6cm light infantry mortars to support our operations! The better we fight here, the less potential threats the 3rd Brigade will face!  "What's more, after the Kharkov River and Lopan River merge in the south, the river surface is so wide that the Japanese can't force it even if they penetrate through the forest!" said the 4th Brigade Commander Pusheny at this time!Ni's mood obviously became high again.

    "Division Commander and Chief of Staff, I think we can learn from the Germans and place the mortar positions near the base of the fortress wall. In addition, we can simply put the cannons on the carts, and directly hitch the three carriages, and finish the wave.  We picked up the whip and drove the carriage to move the position. If we could run 100 meters away, we could avoid the opponent's counterattack. Then we fired again, and then ran again It was better than staying in the same place and suffering the opponent's counterattack.  Strong, this German gun is too heavy, and the gunner can¡¯t even run a few meters even if he dismantles and carries it.¡±

    If not say that three cobblers can stand up to Kutuzov, but at least they cannot stand up to Kutuzov. It is also possible to stand up to Grand Duke Nicholas. In this way, the 2nd Division of Kharkiv Volunteers  Under the leadership of division commander Kalitintsev and chief of staff Bazin, a plan to counterattack on the eastern front was made. After a morning of defense, Kalitintsev and Bazin discovered that as long as they guarded the city gate, the Japanese would be successful.  No matter how many troops He had, he could not quickly attack the fortress, and the two battalions guarding the city gate were enough

    "Chief of Staff, inform the former enemy headquarters that our unit will launch a counterattack in Dongcheng in 20 minutes!"

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