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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 786 (7) The coalition forces attack!

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    Colonel Li Zaolin, commander of the 2nd Fighter-Bomber Wing, who led a SE5 fighter group and a DH4 bomber group of the coalition air force to hover in the air at 1,500 meters and 2,500 meters, as the battlefield commander of the air force, led the aircraft and quickly received ground support  A telegram sent by the headquarters in the name of Erlang Oba:

    "The aviation force is requested to remain vigilant and hovering over Kharkov. The ground forces will launch an attack in the North City. At that time, the aviation force is requested to monitor and bomb the defending artillery positions that dare to counterattack at any time

    After receiving the telegram from the ground, Li Zaolin thought about it briefly and made a plan in mind. He sent the SE5 combat brigade in squadron units to the west, south and east of Kharkiv in a formation of about 1,000 meters to hover and monitor.  On the ground, the three dh4 squadrons of the bomber group were arranged to hover at an altitude of about 2,500 meters above the central area of ??Kharkiv. They were also divided into three directions, but over the south, east and north of the city

    In fact, 40 SE5 and 40 DH4 plus 1 squadron of 12 FR18 Excellents, plus 4 FR18 fighter bombers of the 2nd Fighter Bomber Wing, a total of 96 fighters are staggered at different altitudes  The sky above Kharkov is surrounded by water. Of course, if you look closely, you can see that the coalition air force is slowly circling and circling in squadron units. The roar of the engine is loud, although the main Ukrainian force in the east of the forest is overhead.  There are no coalition fighter planes yet, but at least the more than 20,000 volunteer defenders in Kharkov are a little panicked by the large fleet of coalition aircraft overhead

    July 31, 1918 13:30 German-Ukrainian Allied Frontline Command in Kharkov North City

    "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Your Excellency General A call came from Commander Koval of the 3rd Ukrainian Division. Their first attack was repelled by the Japanese Mutoh Brigade. The enemy in front of them was reinforced by reserves. Our army lacked firepower and ammunition.  It is difficult to continue advancing eastward! Unless we can get support from Kharkov!" A Ukrainian combat staff member sent the telegram he had just received with a nervous expression.

    "Asshole what is Koval doing? He has close to 30,000 main troops. There is only one Muto brigade with less than 8,000 people in front of him. Moreover, the opponent's armored troops and an infantry brigade are still stranded in the east city of Kharkov. So in the forest  There are only more than 6,000 enemies at most. How did the battle in Koval go?" The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army was obviously a little angry.

    "Simon the situation is very complicated. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese 3rd Division is far higher than that of the Ukrainian 1st Army. Muto Nobuyoshi is the chief saber of the Japanese mainland, and there are Chinese armored units and artillery battalions to help him. Koval and the others  It's understandable to have doubts However, they have to be asked to work harder. Only the most decisive attack in the direction of the forest can attract the attention of the Allied Air Force. Otherwise, the aircraft under the wings of the Allied Air Force will  It¡¯s time to drop bombs on our heads!¡±

    Major General von Neuhaus, the frontline commander of the German-Ukrainian forces, also looked quite unhappy. Although this was the second time today that the large coalition aircraft group appeared above his head, it still made the officers and soldiers of the defenders worried.  There has been tremendous pressure and shadow. If ground firepower had not been strictly prohibited from firing into the air without authorization, it is estimated that many MG08 anti-aircraft machine guns on the positions of the ethnic army volunteer troops would have started firing wildly into the air

    Yesterday afternoon, the defenders used sudden MG08 heavy machine gun air fire to disperse the two SE5 fighter squadrons of the coalition. The bomber group established in the opponent's air force had returned, and the SE5 fighter squadrons that were left to monitor the ground were also thrown away.  Due to the aerial bombs mounted under the wings, it is obvious that the German-Ukrainian soldiers defending the city today are facing much greater difficulties. Once they open fire blindly, they will inevitably encounter air strikes, bombings and counterattacks from the other side. Even if they are not as accurate as diving and strafing on the ground,  But it¡¯s not fun to drop densely packed aerial bombs

    Each coalition SE5 bi-wing single-seat fighter carries four 25-pound, 11-kilogram aerial bombs under its wings. Although the bombs carried by this coalition fighter are small, they can be dropped from an altitude of 1,000 meters and the power of the explosion is greater than one 165-pound bomb.  The explosive power of kilograms of 105mm grenades and the accuracy of well-trained aerial visual bombing is theoretically more accurate and sharper than ground bombardment outside line of sight that relies on surface coverage.

    "What should I do My dear Sven, you said earlier that it would be lucky if we could persist in not exposing our artillery positions until the coalition air force arrived But now the enemy air force has arrived, and we are lucky that we did not expose our artillery positions.  The artillery opened fire But the coalition air force paraded proudly above our heads without dropping bombs or conducting air strikes. What was the coalition's plan? Why did I feel so panicked Koval asked the artillery in Kharkov.  Open fire to the east of the city and cut off the logistics supplies and transportation of the Muto brigadewhat are we going to do?"

    Simon Petliura was rubbing his hands and running around in the headquarters with a flushed face. It was not just the Ukrainian leader who was nervous. The entire Ukrainian staff in the former enemy headquarters were panicked and a little at a loss. It was the Germans who were worried.  Major General von Neuhaus's adjutant and several GermanMou seemed to be able to keep his composure with his expressionless face.

    "The Eastern Front is not a problem The current task of the three divisions of the 1st Group Army is to use the most violent attack to contain the sight of the Allied Air Force. They have the protection of the forest and have no chance of surviving under the enemy's air strikes and bombings.  No worse than our troops guarding the trenches, I judge that the first target of the coalition air force is to deal with our artillery positions, because we concealed the artillery well in Nancheng District, so the other party did not launch an air attack rashly" Von Neuhau  Si's lips were pursed tightly, but his hands were as steady as a rock as he held the binoculars and looked at the northern battlefield.

    In fact, this guy secretly sighed in his heart. If the city was defended by his 47th Reserve Infantry Division, he would be confident enough to block the enemy's next coordinated air-ground and infantry-artillery attack. But now it is Ukrainian volunteers who are guarding the position.  , they are only a second-rate ragtag group among the Ukrainian National Army. It is hard to say whether the 2nd Volunteer Brigade can hold the northern defense line. As the saying goes, recruits are afraid of artillery veterans are afraid of machine guns The German major general is worried about the coalition attack while continuing to attack  If large-scale shelling and bombing of one's own front-line positions is carried out, then it is hard to say whether the Kharkov Volunteer Force will collapse!

    Before the German Major General finished speaking, gunfire suddenly broke out in the northern position, and the artillery position behind the coalition position once again rang out the rumbling sound of artillery. From the lookout window, you could see the continuous Japanese artillery fire again without a telescope.  Clouds of smoke, sawdust, and bricks exploded from the position of the 2nd Volunteer Brigade. In the coalition trenches 1,200 meters away in front of the position, numerous heavy machine gun fire points on the coalition positions began to spray hot flames, and 762mm heavy machine gun bullets  The Ukrainian defenders' positions and fortifications here were hit with sparks and gravel flying.

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