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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 787 (7) It will be too late if we don¡¯t withdraw

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    As for the heavy artillery positions on the ground, they are a side dish left to the dh4 bomber squadron. When the SE5 fighter's light body is used to escort bombers, it is not limited to dealing with enemy air targets. The same is true for ground anti-aircraft firepower

    Unlike yesterday when they were forced back by the high-shelf machine gun fire of the German-Ukrainian coalition, today the 40 fighter planes of Li Zaolin's SE5 fighter group each have four 25-pound aerial bombs under their wings. Although it is impossible for 96 fighter planes to rush in in a swarm,  They went down and bombed wildly, but the ground attacks of the three squadrons of the SE5 fighter group obviously distracted the energy and attention of the ground anti-aircraft firepower. ¥ì.si³ke.?˼?·&c³bs;¿Í¥ì

    Even though the order from the German-Ukrainian coalition command is to let go of the opponent's SE5 fighter jets and focus on intercepting the DH4 reconnaissance bombers that attack the coalition forces, people's hearts are full of flesh and blood. No Ukrainian mg08 machine gun group can survive the bombing and mopping up of the SE5 fighter jets.  He continued to stare at the DH4 bombers shooting at higher altitudes without thinking about his hips. Human instinct is to set the target of the attack to be the enemy that poses the greatest threat to him and is closest to him.

    But this was still an unprecedentedly fierce air-to-ground battle. The Ukrainian volunteers under the command of von Neuhaus risked their lives to use the MG08 anti-aircraft firepower set up to shoot down 2 SE5 and 1 DH4 of the coalition. The number of injuries was  There were more than ten, but the price paid was equally astonishing. Almost 70% of the volunteer machine gun crews who dared to fire in the air suffered casualties, and the 50kg aerial bombs dropped by the dh4 bombers during horizontal bombing at an altitude of 1,500 meters were also completely destroyed.  The Ukrainian 75mm field artillery battalion and the two German 150mm heavy howitzer batteries

    Li Zaolin not only invested 80 fighters of the SE5 fighter group and the dh4 reconnaissance bomber group, but also the fr18 Excellent fighter bomber squadron, a squadron of Dinghai Shenzhen, also joined the ground attack. The excellent quality of the first-level pilots of the Chinese participating army aviation force was  This air-to-ground battle was vividly demonstrated. More than 80% of the 50kg and 75kg aerial bombs dropped by dh4 and fr18 accurately hit the artillery positions of the German-Ukrainian coalition

    The 12 75mm field guns and 8 150mm heavy howitzers used by von Neuhaus to carry out the empty city plan were bombarded by four 50kg aerial bombs on average. The bombing power of these 50kg aerial bombs dropped from the sky was  Far more powerful than the 45-kilogram high-explosive grenade of the 150mm heavy howitzer. In fact, the 75-kilogram aerial bombs under the wings of the 12 fighter planes of the FR18 Squadron were not thrown at the artillery positions of the German-Ukrainian coalition, but at Kharko  On the core fortress position in the center of the Kharkov North City Wall, 48 75-kilogram aerial bombs blew up the second core fortress position in the center of the Kharkov North City Wall into a mess. Obviously, this was the result of the first lesson in the morning.  During the wave of air strikes, 50 kilogram aerial bombs failed to completely destroy the opponent's core fortifications.

    After the Allied Air Force completely silenced the ground anti-aircraft firepower and artillery positions, there was still an SE5 fighter squadron and a DH4 bomber squadron over Kharkov that had not gone into the attack. Li Zaolin was afraid that the German-Ukrainian coalition forces still had exposed ground firepower points.  , so they played a trick and only invested two-thirds of their troops in the first wave of air strikes and bombings. After the bombing, the entire flying wing swaggered northward and evacuated over Kharkov.

    Von Neuhaus expected such a result. Although the number of three coalition fighter planes shot down was a bit pitiful, and the price paid was quite astonishing, the second wave of coalition air strikes almost caused nearly 2,500 casualties to the defenders.  Casualties and artillery units were all wiped out. Even the six 20mm anti-aircraft artillery batteries of the German anti-aircraft artillery battery were all shattered. The heavy machine gun teams of the three infantry brigades of Ukrainian volunteers invested in air defense lost more than 70%.

    The Ukrainian 3rd Field Artillery Battalion and two German 150mm heavy howitzer batteries in the southern district of Kharkiv were hit by the first aerial bomb 3 minutes after they opened fire. The last 75mm field artillery was annihilated 8 minutes later.  But in an average of no more than 5 minutes combined, eight heavy artillery pieces from two German heavy artillery companies fired more than 200 rounds of 150mm high-explosive grenades weighing 46 kilograms, which almost accurately landed on the attacking ground troops.  In array

    The average firing time of the 12 75mm Krupp field guns was about 4 and a half minutes, and more than 300 rounds of 75mm field artillery grenades were fired. The attackers invested a total of 6 infantry battalions with about 3,600 troops.  When it hit 600 meters from the Ukrainian first line of defense, it suffered less than 300 casualties. However, after the German heavy artillery opened fire in the southern part of Kharkov, six infantry battalions suffered nearly half of their casualties under the opponent's scorching fire

    Under the bombardment of the enemy's heavy artillery, lying on the ground is waiting to die. The 150mm heavy artillery shells have a killing radius of more than 100 meters after they hit the ground and explode. The light shock wave can kill people within 15 meters. The 26th Infantry Brigade in Voronezh is basically Tsarist Russia.  The veterans of the Soviet Union knew that at this time, they could only survive by shouting and rushing forward. In fact, two-thirds of them fell at this 600-meter distance, and only more than 1,200 survivors rushed forward to occupy the Ukrainians.  ¡¯s first position.

    Although the artillery positions of the German-Ukrainian coalition were arranged on the railway line in Nancheng District,Both wings, but the intervals between each gun are quite scattered, and many of the guns are arranged in courtyards, and many are reinforced and protected with sandbags and barricades. This also objectively delays the time it takes for the coalition air force to destroy the artillery positions.   Of course, war is so cruel, and it is common for the attacker to suffer greater casualties than the defender Although the 26th Federal Infantry Brigade paid a heavy price, it finally occupied the position and gave the Allied Air Force a chance to destroy the German air force.  Artillery of the Uzbek Army

    Kharkiv, the pearl and important town in Eastern Ukraine, and the capital of the Ukrainian government at this moment, is like a shelled chicken, weakly exposing its chest to the attacking coalition forces.

    "Although the cost was high, we still achieved our goal. Two-thirds of the attacking federal infantry brigade was wiped out. Only more than 1,200 people rushed into our first trench. It was almost impossible to break through our second line of defense.  Simon, your volunteer unit has performed outstandingly. All that is left is to use street fighting to continue to hold back the enemy. The main force of the Ukrainian National Army in the forest should evacuate and retreat eastward at this time The Muto brigade should have already obtained  Replenish ammunition and artillery shells It will be too late if we don't withdraw! We have to withdraw to Xicheng, which will soon become the target of heavy artillery bombardment by the Japanese army!"

    The German Major General looked at the battlefield situation on the northern front through his binoculars without changing his expression, while reminding the Ukrainian Prime Minister who was a little exhausted and covered in white sweat next to him.
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