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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 915 (3) Ah Artillery

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    Muto, who was clearly angered by the long-range German artillery fire, was indeed in a difficult situation. However, if the main force of the two German regiments stayed at their current positions on the southern front, once Lu Huanyan launched a counterattack on the northern front, the opponent would continue to attack or retreat.  They all existThe probability of retreat is greater than the probability of continuing to counterattack and attack

    "Lu Sang Please remember what you just said. I, Muto Nobuyoshi, am by no means someone who complains easily But my men suffered too many casualties under the bombardment of German long-range howitzers Li Shang's 3rd Armored Battalion performed very well.  Prominent, but as you Chinese say, a good man cannot stand against a wolf in numbers, and I believe you do not want to lose two elite Chinese armored battalions to the bombardment of German 105mm light howitzers I am waiting for the moment when your cannon fires!"  Said the other person and hung up the phone.

    "Reporting to the head of the regiment In a telegram from the former enemy headquarters of the Allied Forces Central Route Army, Lieutenant General Da Ting asked if we need support He has ordered two 75mm field artillery battalions of the 15th Federal Infantry Division to advance to the northern suburbs of Kharkov City.  Try to cover the entire Kharkov old city area with artillery fire from the north" A communications staff officer held a telegram report that he had just received!

    "What have the Japanese been doing so long ago Didn't it mean that the Tanaka Field Artillery Regiment should move forward behind the northern suburbs ring defense line in the afternoon? Where are they now? Why do they need the 15th Infantry Regiment that arrived later?  The division's two artillery battalions were rushed forward? If I had known that we would have reached the three-way intersection by just crossing the river" Chief of Staff Ren Dao complained on the side.

    "Of course the northern line is important Lieutenant General Da Ting is also playing an empty city strategy in the north right now. Just be satisfied, Chief of Staff! Call the former enemy commander back. If possible, please send even one battalion of ground troops from the north to the center of Kharkov  Attacking the train station is better than moving the artillery position at this time Hashimoto's 150mm heavy artillery should have almost reduced the entire train station to rubble!"

    Although Lu Huanyan also regretted not asking Oba Jiro for the firepower of even one more artillery battalion, he could also understand that Lieutenant General Oba on the Northern Front only had the Sugimoto Regiment that fought against the disabled Kikuchi Brigade and the federal infantry who also suffered heavy casualties.  For the remainder of the 13th Division, if the main direction of the German counterattack is on the northern front, the coalition forces can only rely on artillery units rather than ground troops

    "Report to the leader The Mizuno Regiment is in emergency again. Major Fu Maeda of the regiment is injured. There are only more than 300 people left in the Nakamura Brigade. The German troops are outflanking them from both wings. Major Maeda requests to retreat!" A regimental combat staff officer shouted nervously.  Get up!

    "Chief of Staff you lead the 2nd and 3rd platoons of the 4th Armored Company to attack, hold off the Germans first, assault westward along the road, and assume a posture of going straight to the bridgehead, to attack the Eizaki Shogo Regiment.  The cavalry squadron is trying to buy some time!" Lu Huanyan frowned and simply sent his chief of staff out. He said to the staff officer holding the phone, "Order the 1st Platoon of the 4th Armored Company to cover Major Maeda's retreat along the road.  , attracting the Germans from the two wings of the forest to the middleordered the battalion's M81 mortar groups on the north and south wings of the three-way intersection to open fire, suppressing the German offensive momentum"

    Although Lu Huanyan placed the Ezaki Masagano Regiment and Bivlov's infantry regiment on both sides of the road east of the three-way intersection to hide, he concentrated the M81 battalion mortars deployed by these two new forces and placed them on  As support firepower in the forests on the first line of the north and south wings of the Sancha intersection, the coalition's M81 battalion mortar grenades weighed 3.6 kilograms and had a range of 2,000 meters. They could well cover the second line of defense originally guarded by the Nakamura brigade.  ¡­

    The Nakamura Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the Mizuno Taisuke Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Mutoh Brigade originally had a 55-man artillery team (a 10-man team headquarters, a 15-man ammunition squad, and two 15-man artillery squads each equipped with  The 4 Chinese-made 81mm battalion mortars were completely destroyed by the fierce attack and suppression of the German armored train artillery fire in the city.  The three artillery squads of the three infantry brigades of the team have a total of 24 M81 battalion mortars, plus the 8 M81 mortars of the 51st Bavlov Infantry Regiment, which are concentrated on the north-south forest road.  East side

    These 32 M81 mortars constitute a powerful fire support for the coalition forces within a 2-kilometer range, and the M81 mortar position is just outside the range of the German armored train artillery fire in Kharkovfor the M81  The mortar group is escorted by three machine gun squadrons of the Ezaki Shogo Wing Each machine gun squadron is composed of a 14-man squadron, 3 machine gun squads, and 1 ammunition squad. Each squad is equipped with 4  There are 7.62 Browning air-cooled heavy machine guns, 12 in one squadron, and 36 Browning 7.62mm air-cooled heavy machine guns in three machine gun squadrons

    If the Nakamura Brigade of the Mizuno Taisuke Regiment is just an outpost security force, then on the 2-kilometer-long defense line deployed in the forest east of the three-way intersection, the firepower of 36 Browning heavy machine guns and 32 M81 battalion subordinates are forcible.  The firepower of the artillery formed a strong shield line of defense Lu Huanyan did not think that the two German infantry battalions could break through the line of defense he had laid.The density of Langning heavy machine guns on this defense line has reached 50 meters per gun, and there are as many as 16 M81 mortar groups of 2 guns

    This time reflects Lu Huanyan's plan for arranging mortar positions. However, his two 75mm field artillery battalions of the 14th Federal Infantry Division were placed to the south of the three-way intersection but further west than his own mortar positions.  One point The long-range artillery ranges of both warring parties are similar

    The maximum range of the 150mm heavy howitzer on Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt's armored train is 8500 meters, while the range of the 105mm light field howitzer is 8400 meters, and the maximum range of the two 75mm Type 38 field artillery battalions of the 14th Allied Federal Infantry Division  It is 8,500 meters, which means that the positions of both sides are either unable to reach each other, or they can hit each other. However, Lu Huanyan still has a slight advantage. Since the Kharkiv River rushes from north to south, the left bank of the river is  The terrain is 5 to 10 meters lower than the right bank. In other words, the terrain of the coalition artillery positions in the forest is about 8 meters higher on average than the altitude of the German armored trains in Kharkov
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