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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 915 (10) Stunned

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    "Division commanderthe commander and deputy commander of the 141st Artillery Battalion were killed just now under a night attack by the Japanese cavalry" A staff officer's careful answer made von Neuhaus burst into tears, and the man pushed him down hard.  He picked up the map shelf next to him, and several staff officers in the headquarters were trembling and did not dare to say anything. Next to them, the temporary chief of staff and the regimental chief of staff of the 139th Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel von Dicksall, stepped forward and said,

    "General the coalition forces currently only have the mortars of the M81 Battalion in the forest barely providing close artillery support. I think we can get enough by moving the remaining two companies of the 139th Artillery Battalion a little further east.  By following the opponent's mortar position and knocking out dozens of the opponent's mortars, the two regiment commanders von Dickmeier and von Blomburg and their troops were able to break through the opponent's interception and outflank the Muto brigade.  Get behind the group!"

    "The artillery shells accumulated by the 139th Artillery Battalion have been almost consumedthe barrels of the guns are all redthe opponent's mortars are moving very quickly. We only have eight guns left now, and the opponent is very scattereduse 105mm light  The efficiency of field howitzers in hitting the opponent's mortar groups scattered in the forest is very low It is better to continue bombarding the Muto brigade's position" Von Neuhaus said angrily.

    In fact, the coalition forces were very cunning. When they first counterattacked with a mortar group on the Eastern Front, their position was actually beyond the range of the German long-range artillery southeast of Kharkov Of course, at this time, with the two German infantry battalions  Withdrawing from the forest to the river beach, the opponent's mortar group also moved forward accordingly, but the positions were very scattered which made the German long-range artillery a bit embarrassed

    "Reporting to the division commander, Major Bock and Major Ribu on the southern front reported that the Muto brigade retreated from the existing position and disappeared. The troops they flanked were all missed. They asked our artillery to temporarily stop firing. The shells were all hitting their own heads.  Up! They asked the troops for their next move!" a combat officer put down the phone in his hand and reported.

    "What? Muto Nobuyoshi ran away? This is absolutely impossible. How many kilometers could he run in half an hour? Order the 140th and 141st Infantry Regiments to pursue northward along the forest path! You must catch Muto Nobuyoshi's tail!  "The German major general shouted at the staff officer with his hands on his hips.

    Then the German Major General turned back and asked Lieutenant Colonel von Diksall, "Where are the two battalions on the east line going south along the river beach? When can they leave the river beach and insert themselves diagonally into the forest path to cut off the retreat of Muto's brigade? Ukrainian volunteers?  Has the infantry regiment of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division made any progress in its attack on Sancha Junction?"

    "Uh Division Commander It's difficult to walk on the riverbank. The troops have just gone south for less than two kilometers. There are still at least 4 kilometers left between the forest path and the predicted Muto Brigade. The Ukrainian Volunteer Infantry Regiment is called the Allied Forces.  The armored vehicles are frightened. If they can pile up there to block the coalition's counterattack, it's a daydream to expect them to go straight to Huanglong and capture the three-way intersection!" Von Diksall said helplessly, spreading his hands.

    "Take over the artillery position for me!" The German major general turned his attention to his artillery, grabbed the phone he had just connected from the staff, and shouted, "Dennis Oger, you are the commander-in-chief of the artillery group tonight, why?  The main force of Muto's brigade has withdrawn north again. Your artillery is still bombarding the opponent's original defense line in vain? What are the artillery observation posts doing? I don't want to listen to excuses. Now I ask your artillery to completely block the path in the forest.  , I know this road is 7 kilometers long, you line up and blast along the road I will make it difficult for Muto Nobuyoshi to walk on the road Just do it!"

    As soon as the German major general dropped the microphone, the roar of cannons came from the forest in the distance, and then a string of artillery shells roared from the direction south of the three-way intersection, overwhelming the German artillery position southeast of Kharkov New Town.  It smashed over, and the German staff officers in front of the observation window of the entire command headquarters were stunned

    "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Get down!" The first person to react was Lieutenant Colonel von Dicksall, the temporary chief of staff. This guy grabbed his division commander and threw him down in the corner of the shelter of the command post, looking very embarrassed.  , Fortunately, the sudden shells from the coalition forces only roared past the German command post in the front, but hit the German artillery position in the rear

    Although it was only a sudden fire attack by five 75mm field artillery batteries belonging to the 14th Federal Infantry Division, plus a 4-gun artillery squadron of Masato Keizaki who made up the difference, it could be covered by 6.5 kilograms of high-explosive grenades fired by 34 75mm field guns.  The power of the explosion when it hits the ground cannot be underestimated, not to mention that the federal artillerymen who have been holding back for a long time have adjusted the shooting parameters such as position and angle very accurately

    Lu Huanyan had been hiding his trump card until now. The cluster fire of these 34 75mm field guns plowed the German artillery position in the southeast of Kharkov City into a sea of ????fire in just three minutes. Nearly 400 artillery shells were definitely worth it.  The bombs were raining down, and the coalition's 75mm field guns were unable to hit the German armored trains, but they were able to hit the open-air 105mm light howitzer positionsThe density of shelling with an average of 3 rounds dropped per second did not leave any room for the remaining 2 companies of 8 105mm light howitzers of the German 139th Artillery Battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Oger to fight back

    On average, each German gun position was exposed to 50 rounds of high-explosive grenades weighing 6.5 kilograms After 3 minutes everything settled The German artillery in Kharkiv no longer existed, and the German Major General No.  The entire army was ordered to retreat at once The firing of the coalition artillery group completely shattered the German major general's hope of victory, which had almost exhausted all the cards in his hand

    He found that all the troops he put into the eastern forest battlefield of Kharkov were under the firepower of the opponent's artillery group, and there was not a single cannon in his hand that could reach the opponent!  So cunning!  The coalition commander was able to hold back all night and hide the artillery group under the nose of the German artillery And it was so close, completely within his own range, and he actually didn't fight back even after being hit by artillery shells!  unacceptable!

    Sven von Neuhaus¡¯s heart was bleeding. If the roof of the semi-underground structure of this shelter was not very strong, the coalition artillery shells exploding above the head could directly destroy the German-Ukrainian military command headquarters

    In fact, the Germans and Ukrainians on the entire battlefield were stunned by the sudden opening of artillery clusters by the coalition forces. Colonel von Dickmeier and Lieutenant Colonel von Blomberg, who were on the roundabout route on the Eastern Front, made the same choice:  Move south along the high river bank on the right side of the river beach. Although the direction is no different from before, the target is completely different. Now, instead of taking the retreat of Muto Brigade, we should quickly retreat south and join the group.  We will make plans after the main forces have gathered together. The Kharkov Bridge in the north will bear the brunt. It must be the core target of the coalition's artillery blockade and bombardment
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