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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 883 Hunting Target

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    But once the artillery position 6 kilometers behind the opponent's position fires again, the German mortar positions and gunners who cannot escape may become lambs to be slaughtered However, the order to counterattack was given by the commander of the German Reserve 47th Division Feng.  Major General Neuhaus personally issued the order

    The German Major General did not intend to allow the armored troops and the Japanese infantry that had been tentatively attacked by the coalition forces to safely withdraw to their starting positions. Although it would take at least 30 minutes for the reinforcing artillery battalion to disembark and deploy their positions, the German Major General had decided to use force.  The artillery fire knocked out the opponent's armored vehicles. As for the Japanese infantry in that squadron, they were just hunting rabbits and doing some repairs.  

    Even if the long-range artillery fire of the coalition forces poses a huge threat to the German mortar positions in the trenches, Major General von Neuhaus believes that it is worthwhile. He wants to buy time for the reinforced artillery units to deploy This is just like the two sides fighting each other.  Hypocrisy and coercion play the same role. If the long-range artillery fire of the coalition forces keeps plowing the German positions back and forth and refuses to turn off, it is a good thing for the defender. At least it means that the coalition artillery has not moved its position. At least it means that the attack  The coalition armored forces in the center will not turn around and run away

    The cessation of the coalition's long-range artillery fire made the German commanders guarding the side have doubts. From the command position on the roof of the railway station in the southern suburbs of Kharkov, Colonel Dennis von Diekermaier, commander of the 139th German Infantry Regiment,  There was even a dispute between him and the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin von Dixol. The regimental commander believed that the coalition forces were going to run away, while the chief of staff believed that the coalition forces would take more offensive steps, and maybe planned to rush to the bridgehead in one go  ¡­

    In the end, it was the division commander von Neuhaus who made the final decision: "The coalition forces are going to stage a big show of entering the mountain city three times. If we don't cooperate, what can we do? Order the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions to enter the position and open fire from all fronts No matter what the coalition forces plan to do,  Whether we retreat or we really want to attack, we have to give the opponent a head-on blow. Please stay, fellow Taoist!"

    Von Neuhaus's wishful thinking was to hold off the coalition forces. The German troops guarding the Lopan River Bridge position were two infantry battalions, which had much more mortar firepower and light and heavy machine gunners than the opponent's three companies.  , in fact, the German major general hopes that his infantry battalion can use 7.6cm light infantry mortars to cause damage and threaten coalition armored vehicles Only in this way can the German front-line troops have enough confidence to deal with coalition armored forces, without anti-tank firepower and long-range  With heavy artillery fire support otherwise, future battles will rely too much on artillery

    July 31, 1918 17:30 battlefield on the east side of the Lopan River Bridge in the southern suburbs of Kharkiv

    The firepower of the two German infantry battalions on the Lopan River Bridge position was fully opened. Taking advantage of the long-range 105mm howitzers at the rear of the coalition forces, 12 MG08 heavy machine guns and 48 Borgmann M1915 light machine guns burst out on the bridgehead position.  Under the scorching rain and fire, at the same time, the 48 7.6cm mortars commanded by the two German infantry battalions also smashed strings of cannons at the coalition armored forces and Japanese infantry squadrons 500 meters away.

    What the German army faced was the counterattack and suppression of the M2 Browning large-caliber heavy machine guns on the rotating turrets of 20 wheeled armored fighting vehicles from 2 armored companies of the coalition. At the same time, the Japanese infantry squadron lying in the anti-tank trench 500 meters away was in vain.  Yi tried to fight back with the Browning light machine gun in his hand. Of course, Captain Sasaki's 217th Infantry Squadron was equipped with a total of 6 Chinese-made Browning squad machine guns, which made his squad's squad fight when the two sides were separated by 500 meters.  Using machine gun firepower poses a fundamental threat to the German military law in the opposite fortress

    However, the M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns on the 20 wheeled armored tanks of the coalition suppressed and killed the German bridgehead positions at a distance of 1,000 meters to 500 meters. This is not to say that the armored tanks of the coalition fell while firing.  How high is the shooting accuracy when driving, but the power of the 12.7mm large-caliber machine gun is much higher than the German 7.92-caliber mg08, and the German machine gun positions are fixed, and the coalition's wheeled armored combat vehicles  When reversing, it takes an S-shaped route, which is relatively flexible

    Although the 7.92mm machine gun rain sprayed by the German mg08 water-cooled heavy machine gun sent sparks flying across the armor of the coalition's Chinese fd17ii wheeled armored combat vehicle, the armored 3rd company at 500 meters was still on the right wing.  The 20 tanks of the 4th Armored Company between 500 meters and 1,000 meters are almost not threatened by any threat. Not to mention the firepower of the opponent's Borgmann M1915 light machine gun, it is considered light to scratch an itch

    The machine gunners in the German machine gun bunkers are suffering from increasing casualties under the rain of bullets from the coalition armored fighting vehicles M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns. Basically, as long as one or two rounds penetrate the machine gun muzzle, they can be in the German machine gun bunker.  What started a bloody storm was the German army's 48 7.6cm light infantry mortars that posed a threat to the coalition armored fighting vehicles. The German army concentrated almost 6 mortars to attack a coalition armored fighting vehicle weighing 4.5 kilograms.  The mortars descended like hail, surrounding the coalition armored fighting vehicles and bombarding them wildly

    Based on the thickness of the frontal armor of the Chinese fd17ii wheeled armored fighting vehicle of the coalition forces, even a 7.5mm field gun cannot destroy this tank as long as it does not directly hit the top cover, butAfter all, this Chinese combat vehicle of the coalition forces is only a wheeled armored combat vehicle. The side armor and rear armor are only 9 mm thick, which makes the intensive mortar bombardment of the German army still pose a threat to the coalition combat vehicles

    During the retreat from 500 meters to 1,000 meters, two of the 10 tanks of Dong Yingbin's 3rd Armored Company were damaged and broke down. However, they were soon dragged back by a neighbor's vehicle with a steel rope.  A positional battle in which the long-range artillery of both sides did not participate did not bring much joy to the German army. Although the 217th Infantry Squadron of First Lieutenant Sasaki lost almost one-third of its troops during the retreat, it was only after the Allied Armored Fighting Vehicles  Under the cover of the enemy, he ran out of the firing range of the German mortars

    However, the artillery fired from the coalition's M81 mortar position 2,000 meters away and the M60 mortar position 1,100 meters away destroyed almost one-third of the German mortars and the Germans were still one-sided and could only take a beating.  Still, this was achieved only after the German mortar team in the trenches constantly changed their positions. Otherwise, as long as the German mortars did not withdraw from their positions, they would only become coalition mortars outside their own range.  The target of hunting (.)
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