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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 915 (4) Heavy artillery bombardment of the city wall

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    This means that the actual range of the 75mm field guns of Lu Huanyan's two battalions is about 100 meters further than the calibrated range This 100 meters may seem inconspicuous, but it may often become the key to the ebb and flow of firepower between the two sides  ¡­

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    **The regiment chief of staff of the 1st Armored Regiment, Ren Dadao, wore a helmet and personally jumped on the armored vehicle. He led two armored platoons of the 4th Company of the 2nd Armored Battalion and launched an assault westward along the east-west road in the forest.  At this time, the artillery of the German armored trains in the city became sparse for unknown reasons, and the northern city of Kharkov was completely enveloped by the bombardment of 24 150mm heavy howitzers from the Japanese ** Field Heavy Artillery Regiment to the north

    When the two armored platoons of the 4th Company of the 2nd Armored Battalion assaulted westward along the road, the hot bullets ejected from the large-caliber heavy machine guns suppressed the pursuit of the Japanese Mizuno Regiment by the German infantry in the jungles on both sides of the road 7 under the command of Ren Dao  The armored tanks lined up in two irregular columns and marched for nearly 1 kilometer along the two wings of the east-west road. They did not stop until they rescued two tanks from the 1st Platoon of the 4th Armored Company that were surrounded by German troops.  attack¡­¡­

    The infantry battalions led by the two regiment commanders von Blomburg and von Dickmeier each suffered nearly a hundred casualties at this moment. The firepower of the coalition armored forces was especially superior to the German infantry battalion. If it were not for the armored train artillery in the city,  To help out, the two German battalions may not be able to break through the other side's second line of defense in the forest The Japanese Nakamura Battalion's defense is extremely tenacious. After both sides entered the attack range of grenades and grenades, the German long-range artillery had to extend its firing.  ¡­

    In fact, Lieutenant Colonel von Lundstedt's Armored Train 2 Division was chased almost all the way by heavy artillery from the northern coalition forces from north to south. Although the range of the Japanese 150mm heavy artillery could only cover the middle part of the old city of Kharkov, it gradually  Behind the city-ring defense line occupied by the coalition forces outside the North City, the sound of the coalition's 75mm field artillery began to appear. The roaring shells passed through the entire Kharkov Old City and hit near the south gate of the Old City Fortress

    This posed a new challenge to the German armored train detachment that was still stranded on the railway line in the southern part of the Old City Fortress Lieutenant Colonel von Lundstedt, the detachment leader, had only two choices, either to turn the muzzle and give up the attack on the east gate.  The fire support from outside was turned to suppress the newly moved coalition 75mm field artillery position outside the north city, or they were withdrawn to the south of Kharkov New City. However, due to the restrictions of the railway line, the 75mm field artillery position deployed in the southeast corner of the new city was  The remaining two artillery batteries of the 139th German Artillery Battalion can shell to the vicinity of the three-way intersection, but because the armored train moves on the rails on the central axis of the city, the range is missing by more than 2 kilometers, which means it can only be shelled to  Just the edge of the forest

    This obviously did not meet the expectations of the armored train unit. Therefore, von Rundstedt's armored train turned its guns and fired at the two 75mm field artillery battalions of the 15th Union Infantry Division in the north of the city that had just arrived.  150mm heavy howitzers and 8 105mm light howitzers, with amazing firepower. On one side are 2 75mm field artillery battalions and 36 75mm 38-type field guns, an astonishing number

    This artillery battle was very short Since the railway lines were arranged longitudinally on the central axis of the city from north to south, this made it impossible for the German armored trains to fully exert their firepower as they did when they bombarded the east. The limitation of the artillery angle made von Lund  The artillery shells fired by Stetter's armored unit could only cover the two wings outside the north city, and the approximately 500-meter-wide area in the middle became a blind spot and could not be covered.

    After much back and forth, Lieutenant General Oba Jiro from the former enemy headquarters of the coalition forces in the north finally helped the coalition forces in the east It was just the two 75mm field artillery battalions of the 15th Federal Infantry Division and the 6.5 kg 38-type field artillery battalions that contributed.  The artillery shells hit the German armored train stranded on the railway line near the south gate of the Old City Fortress of Kharkov like hailstones, blasting the armored train into uneven places. If you were lucky, the shells landed at the mouth of the German artillery.  A bloody storm broke out nearby

    Von Lundstedt saw that if he persisted, he would be bombed in vain. If there were too many ants, they could kill an elephant. After the heavy artillery bombardment from the northern coalition stopped, the German armored train finally withdrew from the old city of Kharkovand stayed.  In the central area of ??the new city, although the main force of the Mutoh brigade that has withdrawn to the north cannot be reached, it can at least symbolically cheer for the two German infantry regiments attacking on the southern front and the infantry regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Ukrainian Volunteer Division.  , in case the coalition forces counterattack, the firepower on the armored train will still be effective

    Because the German armored train in Kharkov was accidentally driven out of the old city of Kharkov by the 75mm field artillery group of the Northern Front Allied Forces, objectively the German counterattack outside the east gate was in an embarrassing situation. At this time,  It was the critical moment for the two armored platoons of the coalition to launch a counterattack. At the same time, the M81 mortar group deployed by the coalition on the east side of the road began to roar. The dense rain of mortar shells fell into Colonel von Dickmeier and von Blohm.  At the head of the infantry battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Fort

    The two regiment commanders ordered to stop the attack and switch to defense on the spot while waiting.?Instructions from the German-Ukrainian coalition command Without the support of long-range artillery, the range of the 7.6cm infantry mortar is not even as good as the coalition's M60 infantry mortar, let alone the M81 battalion mortar that is raging two kilometers away.  Continuing to attack at this time is equivalent to using flesh and blood and long-handled grenades to fight against the heavy machine guns and armored vehicles of the coalition, as well as the hail of light and heavy mortars

    The rigor and maturity of the Germans were reflected in the fact that while the two infantry battalions were attacking across the river, the wired telephones on the position were pulled directly across the bridge and were always in contact with the rear command post. Although the communication soldiers were unlucky, the telephone lines were constantly being blocked.  The coalition's mortar shells exploded and then reconnected

    Strictly speaking, the commander of the German-Ukrainian coalition counterattack outside the East Gate should be His Excellency Simon Petliura, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian National Army, who is located in the command post above the solid stone gate tower of the East City Wall. However, he had previously let Victory  It went to his head, so when the 75mm field artillery group on the northern front of the coalition approached and opened fire, covering the entire old city of Kharkov, the Commander-in-Chief was confused He hoped that the counterattack at the east gate could be advanced to the  Occupy the coalition's base camp and logistics base at the three-way intersection

    We are also worried about whether the main force of the coalition forces will launch a ground attack on the northern front. Otherwise, why would the artillery positions be pushed to less than 2 kilometers under the city wall?  This place is directly within the range of the MG08 heavy machine gun of the Ukrainian supporting defenders of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division on the city wall. However, the defenders of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Ukrainian Volunteer Division had a tacit understanding and did not open fire These guys are not  Hoping to attract 150mm heavy howitzers from behind the coalition positions outside the northern city to bombard the city wall
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