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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 805 (2) The key is to keep calm

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    This is the real gateway and a battleground for military strategists. It is also the reason why the German-Ukrainian forces on the defensive side and the allied forces on the attacking side dare not rush to destroy this majestic bridge. Once the bridge is cut off, the south of Kharkiv city  The passage to the south will be lost For the German-Ukrainian forces, Kharkov will become an isolated city hanging north of the Lopan River and the Uda River, and the passage to the south will be cut off for the Allied Allied Forces.  ¡­

    "Dennis, my commander, is it possible that we just hold our heads and take the other side's shots? I heard that the artillery of the Shizuo Mutou Brigade is actually equipped with 105mm howitzers When did the first-level artillery of the Japanese Army Brigade also be equipped with 105mm caliber?  Don¡¯t they only have two 75mm field artillery battalions under the jurisdiction of the infantry regiment? The artillery battalion of the Yonezawa Cavalry Regiment only has 75mm mountain field artillery equipment"

    "According to the report from the Army Group Headquarters, there are no 105mm guns in the artillery establishment of the Allied forces on the Eastern Front However, this morning in the forest east of Kharkov, the artillery of the Muto Brigade and the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division  During the battle of the artillery regiment, 105mm caliber cannons were used. They were probably the cannons of the 1st or 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division that were captured from the forest upstream yesterday I don't know where the Japanese got the cannons  "

    Colonel von Diekermaier obviously frowned a little. For the German army that emphasizes firepower, it is quite awkward to fight the enemy without artillery support This guy has already made a request to the division headquarters, hoping for reinforcements.  Among the three 105mm field howitzer battalions of the division's artillery, the 139th Howitzer Battalion was strengthened into its own regiment to cooperate with the operation If there were 12 105mm light howitzers to assist the battle, Colonel von Dikarmaier was not willing  Giving up participating in the counterattack against the Muto Brigade that will be launched tonight

    "Colonel, the Japanese are bombing your bridge position How is the situation of the troops? You can't defeat the Japanese monkeys just by hiding in the basement! Afternoon tea? Is this too leisurely?" The man in the underground shelter  The door was suddenly pushed open with a clang, and several guards guarding the regiment headquarters only had time to stand at attention. The person who appeared at the door holding a scepter was their immediate boss, the commander of the 47th German Infantry Division, von No.  Major General Ihaus, a day of fierce fighting and command obviously did not leave too much smoke on the German Major General

    "Report General In compliance with your order, the 139th Infantry Regiment held its position firmly and did not fight back. You ordered that before you arrived, no active attacks should be used to scare away the Japanese Muto brigade.  Monkeys!" Colonel von Dirkmeyer, commander of the 139th Infantry Regiment, stood at attention with a red face and saluted. Next to him, Lieutenant Colonel von Dikosol, chief of staff of the deputy regiment, also saluted the German major general, secretly thinking that luckily  I just didn't discuss the rights and wrongs of the division commander's command with the colonel behind his back just now

    In order to stabilize military morale, the German-Ukrainian troops guarding Kharkov did not know that General Von Francois, the former enemy commander in Kharkov, had suffered a heart attack and was unable to see anything. Even within the German army, they only knew that Von Francois  General Francois was slightly ill, so he entrusted the responsibility of frontline command in Kharkiv to Major General Sven von Neuhaus, former deputy chief of staff of the enemy headquarters and commander of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division, because the German 47th  The division was originally the only main German force on the Kharkov battlefield

    In fact, the news that the former enemy commander-in-chief of the German-Ukrainian forces, General Hermann von Fran?ois, had worsened and was secretly sent by train to Kiev for treatment was only known to the commanders of the German Armyeven the Ukrainian ruling cabinet  Even Prime Minister Simon Petliura was kept in the dark. It can be said that on the battlefield of Kharkov, the 42-year-old high-spirited division commander von Neuhaus in front of him is an out-and-out battlefield.  Supreme Commander.  

    The division commander came to command the southern front in person. Naturally, Colonel von Diekermeyer and his deputy could no longer leisurely drink afternoon tea in the headquarters in the underground shelter. They accompanied their immediate boss to the southern suburbs train station on the third floor.  The roof of a two-story building is the core position of the German army in the city of Kharkiv. The building made of stone exterior walls and reinforced concrete is quite strong. The roof has long been reinforced into a heavy machine gun position. From this commanding heights, it can  The situation in the entire Nancheng District is at a glance

    The coalition bombers did not carry out a devastating blow to the train station building. The aerial bombs dropped during the air strikes were mainly used to target the German barracks and anti-aircraft artillery positions in the southern suburbs. Of course, this does not mean that this three-story building was not bombed.  It's just that the coalition forces did not drop heavy bombs during the bombing, but only used the 50-pound bombs of the dh4 reconnaissance bombers to hit the machine gun fortifications and fire points on the roof. If the Handley Petty O400 heavy bomber dropped 250 pounds or even 500 pounds of heavy bombs,  If it explodes, the southern suburbs train station building will probably be in ruins as it will not be as strong as the Kharkov Fortress

    Standing on the top of the building and looking out, the sunset glows red in half of the sky in the west, and less than 1 kilometer to the south is the Lopan River Bridge, the southern gateway to the city of Kharkiv. The sparkling water on the river reflects the light of the sunset.  The span of this bridge is more than 500 meters long.The Kharkov River from the side and the Lopan River from the west and the Uda River guard the southern part of Kharkov like a beautiful and wide belt.

    If the defensive barrier of the old city of Kharkov is the four-foot-high stone fortress wall, then the protective barrier of the city of Kharkov is the wide Lopan River, Uda River, Kharkov River, the city and the old city.  The cities rely on each other, like two Ukrainian warriors back to back Of course, the defense of the south city is mainly to guard the river bank positions, while the north city is to guard the city wall

    "Division Commander, according to your instructions, we have placed the most powerful 1st Battalion on the south bank of the bridge. The 2nd Battalion guards the north bank of the bridge. The 3rd Battalion is the reserve team. The division reconnaissance battalion is responsible for the connection between the two wings and the Ukrainians.  We just lack long-range artillery fireDo you think the 139th Howitzer Battalion will be strengthened for my regiment when the reinforcements arrive?" Colonel von Diekermeier, the commander of the 139th Infantry Regiment, said cautiously.

    "The Japanese will focus on shelling the north bank of the bridge Let the 2nd Battalion strengthen its concealment Do not easily enter the trenches and fortifications without orders It is enough to leave a lookout post" German Major General von Neuhaus used a telescope  Looking at the bridge position, the coalition artillery roaring from the southeast exploded one after another on the position on the north bank of the bridge. Many places were already burning, but several machine gun bunkers made of reinforced concrete obviously did not collapse or be destroyed  ¡­
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