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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 881 You come and I go to show off your strengths

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    Both Li Shang in the front and Muto in the rear knew that if they could not deal with the German armored trains on the south line of the Lopan River Bridge, trying to attack and capture the Lopan River Bridge alone would be a waste of time To put it bluntly,  , the armored troops that Li Shang put into the attack were just a bait. The purpose was to attract the German armored train to the vicinity of the Lopan River Bridge, and then use the counterattack of eight 105mm light howitzers under the jurisdiction of Wu Keren's Duli Artillery Battalion to eat the opponent.  The armored train!

    Of course, there is not enough certainty that the coalition's only eight light howitzers can eat the opponent's armored train. Compared with the number and caliber of artillery, a German armored train is equipped with eight 105mm howitzers and two 150mm  Heavy howitzers This is more powerful than Wu Keren's artillery.  (None., Pop-up window: Read novel

    The only advantage of Wu Keren's artillery is that it can arrange its artillery positions in relatively dispersed and flexible locations. Unlike the German armored trains, which can only maneuver along railway lines, it is for this reason that Wu Keren dares to increase the number of artillery units.  With only half the opponent's strength, they took the lead in opening fire and shelling the Lopan River Bridge position, risking a preemptive strike.

    Knowing that their attacking troops were decoys, both Li Shang and Guzhuang Qianlang focused their attention on the movements of the German armored train south of the bridgehead of the Lopan River, rather than on the silent Lopan River.  Bridge position

    When the 3rd Armored Company leading the coalition entered the front less than 500 meters away from the Lopan River Bridge position, the artillery fire 6 kilometers away from the coalition's rear finally stopped and the smoke released by the 4th Armored Company along the river marked the battlefield.  Adding a touch of fire to the eerie atmosphere

    In fact, until the artillery fire at the rear of the coalition forces stopped firing across the board, the German armored train did not appear on the south bank of the Lopan River This made Li Shang, who was commanding the first line of attack, feel a little uneasy, but he  It also made Wu Keren, who commanded the artillery from the rear to provide fire support, a sigh of relief. At least he still had time to further move his artillery position. In fact, this guy arranged 8 105mm German light howitzers into a plum blossom pile formation.  shape.

    The distance between each gun position was lengthened to 500 meters by Wu Keren. The area of ??his eight-gun position actually exceeded 4 square kilometers. All of them were connected to the position's wired telephones for unified command and firing. This was Wu Keren's position on his own side.  The firepower was inferior to the opponent's armored train, and the reluctant move taken when they had to take the lead in bombarding the German positions on the Lopan River Bridge was similar to the German Major General von Neuhaus who dispersed the German 150mm heavy artillery in the city of Kharkov.  Different approaches but similar results.

    Officially because of this, Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt commanded the 2nd Detachment of the 1st Detachment of the German Armored Train, which was cruising 5 kilometers south of the Lopan River Bridge in Kharkov, and was always trying to avoid the opportunity to open fire Because  Major General von Neuhaus, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian forces on the Kharkov battlefield, strictly ordered the artillery fire on the armored train not to fire at the coalition armored forces attacking the bridge without authorization. This made von Rundstedt  The armored train detachment 1 and detachment 2 under the command of the lieutenant colonel only have two tasks left:

    First, protect the railway line south of the bridge and prepare to receive reinforcements as the main force of the German army disembarks and deploys its position

    Second, look for opportunities to destroy the artillery positions behind the coalition forces.

    Of course Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt understood that the commander of the 47th Reserve Infantry Division was afraid that his artillery firepower would be too sharp and thus scare the Muto brigade's offensive troops back before the main German reinforcements arrived Just a mere one  The armored company's 10 wheeled armored fighting vehicles plus the accompanying attack of a Japanese infantry squadron, even if the armored train does not slow down, the 139th German Infantry Regiment guarding the Lopan River Bridge can still beat the opponent back

    Of course, the 139th Infantry Regiment is not invulnerable. It is obviously impossible to repel the attack of the coalition armored forces with the repeated bombardment of the coalition's 105mm light howitzer. Today, four years after the European War, he died on the battlefield.  More than 70% of the soldiers on both sides were killed by the other side's artillery fire, followed by machine gun fire, and only a few were killed by rifles and pistols.

    However, the two battalions of the 139th German Infantry Regiment guarding the bridge obviously have relatively strong and junior fortifications, and the bombardment density and force of the coalition's 105mm artillery are obviously a bit unsatisfactory. Although if you listen carefully, you can tell that there are at least 8 German 105mm guns.  The light howitzers were firing in turns, but the number of cannons that exploded when they landed on the German position at the same time was only 4 or 5 at most

    Nearly 600 rounds of 105mm high-explosive grenades caused damage and threatened the Lopan River Bridge position, but did not damage the fundamentals. At most, they destroyed more than a dozen open machine gun bunkers and fortifications on the position. The coalition artillery obviously did not take care of it.  Destroy the bridge as the main target of the artillery bombardment, otherwise all the artillery should focus on bombarding a certain bridge pier

    In fact, the coalition artillery did not do this, and the German armored trains did not launch artillery attacks on the attacking coalition armored forces in order to avoid alerting the enemy

    ?According to the measurement of the artillery observation post on the German armored train,The artillery position of the Allied Mutoh Brigade is at least 7 kilometers away from the Lopan River Bridge. If the German armored train wants its artillery range to reach the Allied artillery position hidden on the edge of the forest area in the northeast, it must at least have to be armored.  The train entered within one kilometer south of the Lopan River Bridge

    This made Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt rub his hands in a bit of a dilemma Since his armored train did not fire at the attacking coalition armored troops to avoid alerting the enemy, this meant that his armored train could not easily approach the Lopan River.  At the south end of the bridge, otherwise, once your armored train appears, it is likely to scare away the coalition's attacking troops

    Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt felt that his cannon was just shooting rats in a china shop, a real rat-defying weapon

    Since the coalition's artillery positions are far away from the shooting range and are quite dispersed, once the German armored train approaches the Lopan River Bridge, the shooting range will be able to hit the opponent's artillery position, but it will disturb the opponent's attacking ground.  The armored forces cannot knock out the scattered artillery positions of the coalition forces with one final blow but instead expose their targets to be easily eaten by the opponent

    Until 17:30 in the afternoon, the armored train of Detachment 1 of the 1st German Armored Detachment was still patrolling near the railway bridge on the Krasnorad River to ensure the transportation of the 140th and 141st Infantry Regiments and three 105mm howitzer battalions.  Unobstructed access of trains to Kharkov via railway lines and bridges is an important task.
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