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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 786 (4) Lu Huanyan is famous

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    Just now, the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Division finally opened fire across the board and bombarded the defense line in the northern suburbs of Kharkov and the Beicheng District for more than 20 minutes, almost destroying one of the Tanaka Regiment's entrenched units.  Half the base amount of ammunition, but the effect of the shelling was obviously unsatisfactory. The Ukrainian positions and the northern city of Kharkiv were bombed with smoke and fire everywhere, but the defenders actually remained calm. Not only did the German heavy artillery in the city not return fire, but even the Ukrainian  The human 75mm Krupp field artillery battalion did not fire back

    "Division commanderwhat should we do? Originally, we wanted to wait for the enemy artillery in Kharkiv to return fire and expose the position, and then let the coalition aviation force destroy the enemy's artillery position with violent air strikes, but now the Ukrainians are not only  The city was left dumb without firing a single shot, and at the same time, three divisions were used to launch a counterattack against the Muto brigade in the forest east of Kharkov How do we use the air force now? "The speaker was Japanese No. 1.  The chief of staff of the 3rd Division was Colonel Hisashi Karitaka. ¥ì.si³ke.?˼?·&c³bs;¿Í¥ì. .

    "Reporting to the division commander, there is a call from the Muto Brigade. The 23rd Infantry Brigade is requesting tactical guidance from the Allied Air Force!" Another Japanese Army captain and staff officer rushed in with the urgent telegram he had just received, his face obviously nervous.

    "Division Commander, Muto-kun seems to have hit a brick wall If we don't plan to take down the northern defense line of Kharkov in one go, I think we should let the Allied Air Force line in the sky provide tactical guidance to the 23rd Infantry Brigade.  Unfortunately, as a result, our hope of conquering the defense line in the northern outskirts of Kharkov today will be in vainWill Division Commander Voronei's troops still launch a ground attack?"

    Shinnosuke Kikuchi, commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade of Japan's 3rd Infantry Division, made a sly noise from the sidelines. Obviously, Shinnosuke Kikuchi was happy to see the setback of the Muto Brigade.  It can further reflect what a rare and beautiful result yesterday's Kikuchi Brigade's Shogo Keizaki Regiment was able to defeat the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division and repulse the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division with the cooperation of the main force of the Chinese Armored Regiment. In short, I am full of confidence.  The Muto Brigade suffered a setback, which made Kikuchi Shinnosuke feel happy. Of course, his words were beautiful, and he suggested that the division commander give up the attack on Kharkov and deploy the air force to support the Muto Brigade in the east.  . .

    The tradition of the Japanese army is that no matter which unit needs help on the battlefield and calls for help, it still pretends to ask for tactical guidance. At this time, the Muto brigade actually asked the former enemy headquarters for tactical guidance from the air force. Obviously, Muto  Major General Nobuyoshi would rather share the credit with the Allied Air Force than ask Lieutenant General Oba to send ground troops to provide ground support to the Muto brigade.

    "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I believe that the first wave of air strikes by the coalition air force in the morning either severely damaged the enemy's artillery positions in Kharkiv City, or that the enemy dispersed and concealed the artillery positions and evacuated them from the North and Central Districts. This can also be said.  Explain why the Tanaka Artillery Regiment bombarded the opponent for more than 20 minutes at a stretch, and the opponent did not fire back a single shot. It was not that they did not want to fight back, but they simply placed the artillery outside the range of our northern artillery. This way  Come on, we can't hit them, and they can't reach us"

    Koji Hashimoto, captain of the Duli Field Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Japanese 3rd Division, who had been silent, spoke at the side. As the captain of the 3rd Division Heavy Artillery Regiment, this guy has been thinking about the artillery of the German-Ukrainian coalition.  He didn't think that the German heavy artillery could be so calm. It was impossible that the artillery fire of an entire field artillery regiment in Tanaka could not attract the enemy to return fire. It was also impossible for the enemy's artillery to hold back and be beaten for 20 minutes and die in vain.  And losses without fighting back¡­

    King Tanaka's 3rd Field Artillery Regiment has 1 mountain artillery battalion with 12 75mm Type 41 mountain guns, and 3 field artillery brigades with a total of 36 75mm Type 38 field guns, for a total of 48 75mm mountain field guns.  The power of 75mm artillery shells is far inferior to that of 105mm and 150mm howitzers, but the 48 cannons of the Tanaka Field Artillery Wing poured more than 4,300 artillery shells into the Kharkov defense line and the city in more than 20 minutes. This 6.5 kilogram field artillery  Although the power of the artillery shells was not as good as that of the howitzers, more than 4,300 artillery shells still turned the enemy position on the opposite side into a sea of ??flames

    The areas where the Tanaka Artillery Regiment concentrated its attacks were concentrated within 1,500 meters on each side of the railway line and the highway in the central part of the northern suburbs defense line. On average, the defenders dropped 2 artillery shells for every 3 meters of trenches. Although the Ukrainian Volunteer Division on the defending side  Most of the infantrymen of the 2nd Brigade hid in artillery holes and shelters to hide from the artillery fire, but this round of shelling still destroyed more than ten machine gun fortifications and caused more than 200 casualties to the Ukrainians.

    There were also many houses that were bombed down in Beicheng District. Many old wooden shanties were even hit and set on fire. More than 100 holes were punched out in the stone fortress walls by the coalition's 75mm Type 41 mountain cannon.  , although it was harmless, the flying rocks and shrapnel also killed a dozen unlucky Ukrainians.

    "Your Excellency, how about letting Voronei's infantry division attack first? The air force can hover in the sky and wait for a while, and Colonel Hashimoto's?Although it makes sense, I believe that no matter how close the German artillery positions are to the south, their fire coverage must be able to cover the front of our positions. Otherwise, once we launch a ground attack and a coordinated infantry and artillery attack,  How could the defenders resist?  "The speaker was Lu Huanyan, commander of the Chinese Armored Regiment

    The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Armored Regiment was assigned to the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Kikuchi Brigade on the right wing under the command of Colonel Ren Dao, the regimental chief of staff. The 3rd Battalion was under the command of the battalion commander Major Li Shang and Wu Keren's du li  The first phase of the artillery battalion was assigned to the Muto Brigade fighting on the east road across the river, while the 1st Battalion was assigned to the 18th Infantry Regiment of the Kikuchi Brigade on the left wing. Lu Huanyan was originally supposed to be the commander of the left wing position, but Oba later  It was better to invite Lu from China over from the left wing.

    The 1st Armored Battalion and the regiment's baggage and logistics troops were placed under the command of Tao Dayong, commander of the 1st Battalion, and cooperated with the 18th Infantry Regiment commanded by yesterday's Japanese hero, Colonel Masago Masaki, to defend the position and the building across Halko.  The pontoon bridge on the Fu River The 3rd Division Engineer Regiment is currently seizing the time to build the second pontoon bridge, while the division's baggage regiment is gritting its teeth and still transporting the Muto brigade along the pontoon bridge to the east of the river by people and horses.  Much needed ammunition.

    Lu Huanyan was previously the commander of the 9th Division Armored Regiment reorganized by Li Mingzhong of the Chinese Participating Army. Now the 9th Division Armored Regiment has been renamed duli armor after being assigned to the Allied Southwest Front.  First, although Lu Huanyan is only an army colonel, his qualifications in the Chinese army are quite high. Lu Huanyan, who was born in Luchuan, Guangxi in 1890, is only 28 years old now. His courtesy name is Guangkui, and he is a junior in the Guangxi Army.  After graduating from the academy, he was admitted to the third phase of the Baoding Military Academy after the Revolution of 1911. He graduated from the artillery department in August 1916
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