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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 789 (2) Victims of bombs and shells

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    "Major General Muto, the Kharkov garrison's machine gun crew was severely damaged in the air-to-ground battle with the Allied Air Force. I think Lieutenant Colonel Xiang Zhui's suggestion is feasible. We will penetrate all the way along the right bank of the Kharkov River and seize the  The road bridge over the Lopan River in the south cuts off the railway. Even if it cannot be taken down by then, it can at least shake the enemy's will and determination to defend the city and help the main force on the northern line capture the Kharkov Old City Fortress! "

    Li Shang, the commander of the Chinese Armored 3rd Battalion, said bewitchingly on the sidelines. A reconnaissance unit of the 3rd Armored Battalion drove an FJ18 Humvee reconnaissance and command vehicle as far as less than 2 kilometers away from the Lopan River. Although the forest to the east is a big road,  It was a three-way intersection, but not far from the turn there was an ox-cart path heading south along the right bank of the river Although wheeled armored vehicles could not walk in parallel, a Dodge 1 and a half ton truck could barely walk along. ¥ì.si³ke.?˼?·&c³bs;¿Í¥ì .

    "Brigade Commander, we can let the 19th Infantry Brigade of the Mizuno Regiment continue to block the east gate and feign an attack. The Xiangzhui, Duomen and Guzhuang Brigades here will withdraw and turn back to the three-way intersection, and then go south. Please ask Major Li in front.  The armored troops will clear the way, and we will ask Major Wu's artillery battalion and the artillery battalions of the 7th and 19th Infantry Regiments to follow. We will run south, and we will definitely be surprised!" Tatsuya Arai, the commander of the 19th Infantry Regiment, said this!  After a while, he couldn't help but followed.

    "In this case it will take at least 3 hours to get to the south of the city. What about the circuitous Jianchuan and Okamoto brigade?" Muto Nobuyoshi said to himself while holding his chin.

    "It's easy! Brigade commander, as soon as the radios carried by the Jianchuan and Okamoto brigades are turned on, we will notify them to prepare to outflank and attack the two wings of the three retreating main divisions in Ukraine, and use suspicious soldiers to drive away the tens of thousands of people on the other side.  It's far away It's better to panic and fall into the swamps and blisters on the east side and drown!" Chief of Staff Takagi Yoshinari came up with an idea without thinking.  

    "Chief of Staff Takagi is right. The presence of the Kenchuan Battalion and the Okamoto Battalion on both wings will prevent the three main Ukrainian divisions from rashly turning back and fighting back, because the other side will mistakenly think that we are trying to dig a big pocket to lure the enemy.  Go deep and eat them!" Lieutenant Colonel Xiangzui said excitedly, waving his fists. Apparently, the Lieutenant Colonel who graduated seventh in the 21st batch of the Mainland University saw the hope that his strategy would be adopted by the brigade commander Muto.

    "Hmm That makes sense The forest in Kharkiv, Ukraine is not a good battlefield. More than half of our energy is spent on dealing with swamps and wetland blisters So, I have decided, and you will listen to your orders  " Muto Xinyi thought about it and finally made up his mind.

    "Hai!" A group of Japanese generals from the Muto Brigade stood at attention and uniformly responded to the latest order from the brigade leader, Major General Muto.

    At this time, the coalition offensive in the northern city had stopped. Except for the Hashimoto Duli Heavy Artillery Regiment, which was still plowing the second line of defense on the northern wall of the Kharkov garrison fortress with artillery fire, the rest  The coalition ground forces did not continue to launch the offensive. Instead, they began to clear and retreat the lightly and seriously wounded while taking the initiative on the battlefield. The bodies of the fallen soldiers were also constantly retreating. At the same time, four federal artillery battalions began to swagger toward  The front of the position advanced, and the two infantry brigades of the Kikuchi Brigade also began to continuously enter the opponent's first position trench that had been occupied by the 13th Federal Infantry Division.

    Although they were within the machine gun range of the defending Ukrainian troops, the defenders were too late to hide in the artillery holes to prevent artillery and bullets. Even those solid fortifications that had not been destroyed by coalition shelling and air strikes were silent at this moment.  Not firing, because once it fires, it will attract bombardment from the coalition's 150mm heavy field howitzer. Although the shells of this 150mm heavy artillery may not be able to quickly destroy the solid fortifications arranged on the city wall, the shock wave of the light shell bombardment and explosion is also called  The machine gunners couldn't bear it, and many of them were knocked unconscious by the shock wave of the near-missile

    Anyway, the coalition forces have not launched a ground attack. Now is just the stage of artillery preparation and raging. Preventing artillery and avoiding flying shrapnel is the top priority of the remaining units of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Ukrainian Volunteer Division. The battle has been fought hard for a while.  The casualties of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of Ukrainian Volunteers in the morning were close to 1,500, and the remaining more than 4,000 troops were huddled in the second line of defense and in hidden positions opposite the two towers.

    July 31, 1918 13:50 Kharkiv West German-Ukrainian Allied Forces Frontline Command

    "The coalition forces are obviously adjusting their troop deployment and artillery positions. Judging from the situation, the opponent plans to use the middle of our second line of defense as a breakthrough point to attack, with the goal of capturing the Kharkov Old City Fortress" Moved the headquarters to the West City  Going up to the gatehouse was a last resort. Although the two-story stone fortress on the north city wall was extremely strong, if the bombardment of the coalition's 150mm heavy artillery continued like this, it would be destroyed sooner or later, and the shock wave of the near-missile explosion would cause it.  People were dizzy, so the pair of von Neuhaus and Simon Petliura withdrew their headquarters to the gate tower of the northern section of the west wall.

      This is a towering spire attic, also a stone fortress. The location here can overlook most of the north of the city, because this bell tower-like building is much taller than the north wall of the fortress. It is responsible for an area of ????larger  It was much smaller, and a few telephones were brought up at this moment. Simon Petliura and von Neuhaus were originally surrounded by more than a dozen German and Ukrainian staff officers, but now only two were left with each other.

    "What should I do My dear Sven, just now I received a call from Commander Koval of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division in the forest. The 3rd, 2nd and 4th Divisions have withdrawn 2 kilometers to the east as planned. The enemy behind them  They did not catch up, but the roar of the Allied Air Force fighter planes in the forest overhead became more and more loud. Although they had not yet encountered an air attack, they were afraid that the target of the Allied Air Force had moved from Kharkiv City to the eastern forest And  , Koval and Yarmolenko both said that there was movement of Japanese outflanking troops on the flanks of their own troops"

    Simon Petliura, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Ukraine and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, is not tall but has a big belly. Although he is a guerrilla, he is now the head of the Ukrainian government and he can be considered a pampered person.  Guys, following German Major General von Neuhaus up to such a high bell tower in one breath is really a bit out of breath The bell tower located at the commanding heights of the Kharkov Fortress should actually be the first building of the Allied Artillery and Air Force.  It was the target of an attack, but somehow, despite several air strikes and artillery strikes, this towering bell tower remained unscathed and did not fall victim to the bombs and shells of the coalition forces.
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