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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 787 (5) Ammunition is a problem

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    You can hold your head to avoid the firepower of the enemy's heavy machine gun, but you may not be able to avoid the shock wave of a heavy artillery high-explosive grenade that explodes near you. In the European War battlefield, soldiers were killed by the opponent's shelling.  It may not be much less than the number killed by artillery shells, not to mention that the Ukrainian volunteers are just a third-rate unit in the German-Ukrainian coalition. Their training and equipment are just a little better than the mob

    If the trench-type defense line designed and built by the Germans was not extremely strong and reinforced with reinforced concrete, and traffic trenches and bomb shelters were everywhere, not more than 30% of the 2nd Brigade of Ukrainian Volunteers would have been able to evacuate the first-line positions from the communication trenches alive.  , even so, when Sayazi ran back to the second position, plus the previous casualties in guarding and supplementing machine gun fortifications, the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of Kharkiv Volunteers suddenly lost nearly 1,500 troops  Nearly half of the mg08 heavy machine gun on the front line was lost

    "Report to the general, the location of the coalition's heavy artillery position has been determined. The number of the opponent's artillery is about 24, which should be 15 centimeter heavy howitzers in the fourth year of Taisho. The distance from our first position is 6,500 meters. They are mainly arranged on the railway line.  On both wings, judging from the ballistics and artillery power, it was this heavy artillery regiment that annihilated our two 75mm field artillery battalions yesterday. Their position today has moved nearly 1,000 meters further back than yesterday The range of the Japanese heavy artillery can be covered  Go to the second line of defense of our fortress wall and the position nearly 800 meters behind the line of defense!" A German artillery communications staff member rushed in breathlessly but quickly reported. ¥ì.si³ke.?˼?·&c³bs;¿Í¥ì

    At this time, it would not be wrong to describe the German-Ukrainian frontline headquarters as a mess. At least a group of Ukrainian staff officers under Simon Petliura were all in a panic. Although this was not the first time they had experienced the power of the coalition's heavy artillery, today  The opponent's shots were obviously more accurate and sharper. Even from a distance of 1,500 meters, the shock and threat brought by the rows of heavy artillery shells roaring towards the face and exploding on the front line still left people with lingering fears.  , now I heard that the second line of defense and this headquarters were also within the opponent's artillery range, the Ukrainians were obviously even more panicked

    "What should I do? My dear Sven, how can we fight this battle? Why is the Japanese heavy artillery so powerful The 2nd Brigade has suffered more than a quarter of its casualties In just a few minutes, our bunker resisted  You can't stand the opponent's heavy artillery!" The Ukrainian Prime Minister's hands were sweating, and he pulled the sleeve of the German major general's uniform pitifully, completely losing his clue and direction.

    "The power of the 150mm heavy howitzer is such that even if our bunker can withstand it, the people inside can't. We have to evacuate to the underground bomb shelter. The fortifications exposed on the ground are not strong enough like the Port Arthur Fortress.  Such a thickness" The German Major General frowned. The situation in front of him was obviously a dilemma for von Neuhaus There were two strategies in front of him. One was to bring up the enemy's ground troops.  , the two sides engage in close combat on the first line of defense, so that the opponent's artillery must stop firing in order to avoid accidental damage. The maximum killing radius of the 150mm high-explosive grenade can even make shrapnel fly 150 meters away. If the position is guarded by one's own reserve infantry  47th Division, there is no doubt that the German major general will choose this style of play

    But it is very doubtful whether the Ukrainian Volunteer Division, which has suffered more than a quarter of its casualties, can still have the courage to fight the attackers in close combat, especially under the threat that the enemy's heavy artillery will reopen at any time. After thinking about it, the German Major General sighed  He took a deep breath and decided to use his heavy artillery ambushed in the south of the city. Of course, once the artillery position was exposed, the bomber fleet of the Allied Air Force, which had been circling in the sky for a long time, would definitely start to stare at his artillery position for air strikes.  In fact, it can't be delayed. We can't expect the coalition air force to finally give up the air strike and just turn around and fly back, right?

    "Pass my order. The 3rd Battalion of the Ukrainian Artillery and the 1st and 2nd Heavy Artillery Companies are to fire with all their strength at the attacking coalition infantry. We must do it as quickly as possible. We don't have time to move. Order to prepare the 139th Infantry Regiment.  The 20mm anti-aircraft artillery battery, all the heavy machine guns of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Volunteer Division, and all the heavy machine guns of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Volunteer Division were all coupled with anti-aircraft gun mounts to launch anti-aircraft fire. Ignore the opponent's SE5 fighter jets.  Focus on attacking the opponent's DH4 bombers and do your best to cover our artillery positions!"

    The German major general, who had to use artillery as a last resort, obviously planned to use the price paid by the artillery to severely damage the attacking Federal Infantry Division. The opponent's heavy artillery could not pose a threat to his own artillery due to the range of the enemy. In this case, he sat back and watched the coalition forces' artillery fire.  After attacking their position under the cover of the enemy, the morale of the Ukrainian volunteer troops was shaken and they might not be able to hold on. This made von Neuhaus take the risk and decided to use artillery counterattack to knock out the opponent's attacking infantry. Compared with the previous wave of attacking infantry,  The defenders are protected by solid fortifications and fortresses, and the six infantry battalions of the attacking side are exposed in the important open areas of the position. Our heavy artillery will definitely cause heavy damage to the opponent

    Although it is possible to pay a huge cost??, but the German major general felt that he had no choice. Sooner or later, the bomber group of the Allied Air Force in the sky would launch an air strike. Kharkiv was such a big place. He had previously ordered the three main Ukrainian divisions in the forest to counterattack westward.  It was hoped that the firepower of the coalition air force in the sky could be drawn into the forest for bombing. The power and accuracy of bombing through the huge tree canopy would not be as powerful and accurate as an attack in broad daylight over Kharkov with good visibility.  .

    But obviously the combat effectiveness of the Muto brigade, which the coalition forces detoured back to fight in the eastern forest area, was a bit beyond the expectations of the German major general. This Muto Xinyi District infantry brigade with nearly 8,000 troops was not only able to capture the Kharkiv outside the east city.  The Erkov Bridge and bridgehead positions were able to withstand the counterattack organized by the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division of Ukrainian Volunteers. At the same time, the main force of the Muto Brigade with up to 5 infantry brigades and more than 6,000 people in the forest also blocked the command of Koval.  Two consecutive attacks by the Ukrainian 3rd, 4th and 2nd Divisions

    As a national army general who was a guerrilla captain, Koval barely passed the command of a Ukrainian division. It was obviously beyond his ability to command and coordinate the actions of three main divisions at the same time. What's more, the most troublesome thing was that when blocking the  In the artillery battle during the first wave of attacks by the Muto brigade to the east, the artillery regiment of the 4th Division, the only fully-formed Ukrainian division among the three Ukrainian divisions, ran out of ammunition and lost almost half of its artillery
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