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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 789 (3) The Ukrainians are not idle either

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    "There is nothing to worry about. Aren't most of the two squadrons of fighters and bombers that the coalition air force returned from are still hovering above us There are at most only two flying squadrons that went to the sky above the Kharkov Forest.  The enemy's main attack direction is still the northern line. At present, the core positions on both sides of the central railway line are the focus of the opponent's attack. To hold the position, we must rely on the intersection of machine gun fire and blockade on the walls of the two wing fortresses to be effective! "

    Major General Sven von Neuhaus, commander of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division, who was responsible for the actual command of the Kharkov battlefield, sounded more relaxed now. His northern city wall, as the second line of defense, was actually a three-dimensional  At the defense line, the city wall of Kharkov Fortress is four meters wide and 4 feet high, which is where horses can be raced. Although the coalition's artillery fire bombarded the fortifications on the north side of the city wall one after another and exploded near the firing port, it looked menacing, but against  The firing ports and fortifications on the south side of the city wall are incompetent

    There are fortifications and machine gun openings on both sides of the city wall defense line. The north and south sides are equivalent to a reverse slope. The coalition's long-range artillery fire in the north of the city either concentrates on the city head or the north of the city wall, but cannot hit the south side of the city wall. No matter how low the trajectory is, it directly hits the city wall.  The explosion on the north side of the fortress wall caused rubble to fly, and the projectile flew directly over the city head at a high altitude and exploded in the city 500 or 600 meters away

    The first 5 to 600 meters behind the anti-sloping city wall has become the key defensive part of the Ukrainian defenders. In fact, the core position on the middle road of the North City of Kharkiv Fortress is such a recessed position. If the coalition ground forces attack  If you come up, you will be surrounded and blocked by machine gun fire from three sides. Even after you take the core position, you will still have to face the machine gun fire from the north of the two wings of the city wall. It is a bit like an artificial barricade death zone

    "Sven, the machine gun teams of the three volunteer brigades participating in the air defense attack suffered heavy casualties. Are we too passive to defend the city under the bombardment of the enemy's heavy artillery I think the Japanese 3rd Division to the north is going all out.  The main force, look at when they were evacuating the wounded and dead bodies, weren't those Japanese infantrymen wearing yellow and green military uniforms? There were at least 2 infantry brigades, and they just jumped into the trenches of our first line of defense with such swagger.  ¡­ Can the communication trench between the two lines of defense be defended?¡±

    The Prime Minister of Ukraine was imitating the German major general next to him, wearing a German steel helmet and squatting half-crouching with a red telescope to look at the situation on the northern front battlefield, while he was uneasy and kept asking questions.

    If the bell tower in the west of the city was not the highest and could overlook the battlefield in the north of the city, von Neuhaus originally planned to move the headquarters to the gate tower in the east city. However, according to the wishes of the Ukrainian Prime Minister, the battle has reached this point.  The song is almost done. If you are more careless, you might become a prisoner of the coalition forces. This headquarters should be moved to the south city gate building. It should even be moved to the basement of the train station in the southern suburbs of Kharkov. Who said battlefield command?  Officials must command the overall situation from the commanding heights with telescopes in hand?

    It is certainly a good thing to go to the front line and insist on directing the battle on the front line, which can be done with frontline observation posts and wired telephones, but you can't risk the bombardment of the enemy's heavy artillery, right?

    Fortunately, the coalition's artillery and aviation forces did not seem to target this commanding heightfortunately!

    "Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, Your Excellency the General, there is a call from the 139th Infantry Regiment of Nancheng District. They repelled the third attack of the 4th Japanese Cavalry Regiment from the southwest. We lost 3 cannons on the armored train, but the Japanese  The artillery brigade of the cavalry regiment also lost its combat effectiveness and withdrew from the battle. Now there are 4 to 500 Japanese troops lying in front of the 139th Infantry Regiment's position and on the west side of the railway line. Our casualties are less than 200."  Behind him, the German staff officer covered his phone and reported.

    "What's going on?" The German major general turned around and grabbed the phone from the captain's staff, and asked in a flurry of German, "Call your regiment commander Dennis von Dykemeier, what's wrong with you, the regiment commander?"  Of course, the Japanese cavalry regiment is only equipped with a few 75mm mountain field guns. The firepower of your armored train is superior to that of the opponent. How come you actually lost 3 armored trains? "How did this battle end?"  Si's tone was quite harsh.

    Simon Petliura, who was leaning in to listen together, only heard a series of rapid German explanations on the other side of the phone. It was obvious that the German colonel over there was trying to distinguish something, but he could not hear clearly, but von Neuhaus heard  After understanding it, he interrupted the other party directly and said, "Colonel, don't give so many reasons. The horizontal bombing of the coalition air force is not so precise and can hit your high-speed armored train. How many times have I told you this?  If the opponent dives and bombs you, you must organize anti-aircraft firepower. The 20mm anti-aircraft guns and mg08 anti-aircraft guns on the armored train are not just for display!"

    It wasn't until the German colonel heard from the receiver that he had shot down a coalition SE5 biplane fighter and damaged a DH4 bomber. The German major general's expression softened, but he still told the microphone, "Von Dicko  MaiWell, I don't care how many coalition fighter planes you shoot down and damage. Your unit's mission is to guard the southern gate. The channels for reinforcements and retreats are all on the railway bridge and highway bridge in the south. The armored train is the most important mobile defense force. Really  If you lose your position, I will send you to a military court!  "

    Before he threw down the phone and turned around, another Ukrainian staff officer covered the phone and reported again: "Commander-in-Chief, Your Excellency General, the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division of Northern Front Volunteers requested reinforcements. They lost money while evacuating the first-line position.  There are a large number of 7.6cm mortars and mg08 heavy machine guns. At this time, although the entire brigade has less than 40 mg08 and 20 mortars availablethe morale of the troops is low under the bombardment of the enemy's heavy artillery"

    At this moment, it was Simon Petliura's turn to step forward. This guy also stepped forward to grab the phone and shouted into the receiver, "Call your division commander! Where has Mrs. Oleg Onyevich Hushay gone?  What? The division commander went to inspect the 1st Brigade position The northern front is the main direction of the coalition's attack. Who asked him to go to the 1st Brigade position? Yes, call Brigade Commander Lu!  Stam Rustayevich Khuzamov came to answer the phone, what? The brigade commander accompanied the division commander to the 1st Brigade position Bastard, who are you? 2nd Brigade Chief of Staff Vyacher?  Slav Vechenovich Shapar?"
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