Beiyang 1917

() At this moment, I have to grit my teeth and get all the cannons across the river and pull them up the towering right bank of the Kharkov River before the second wave of air strikes from the coalition air force arrives, and enter the forest area to rearrange Artillery positions!

当乌克兰步兵第2师从联军航空队空袭中躲过一劫的2个75mm克虏伯野炮营从新的炮兵阵地上开火轰击西北方向林间大路附近的协约国联军阵地时，不但第一线乌克兰步兵第2师1团的将士们发出了“乌拉……”的欢呼声，这边还在哈尔科夫河畔使足了吃nai的劲转移大炮的乌克兰步兵第1师的炮兵团和工兵营将士们同样发出了“乌拉……”的欢呼声。,

The commander of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division, Milevsky, and the Chief of Staff, Kravshenko, even almost ordered the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the leftmost wing of the front line, to respond to the reinforcements of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, and launched a counterattack from the front position, trying to With the fire support of the two artillery battalions of the 2nd Infantry Division, the battalion of the Allied Armored Forces that had been raging all morning was eaten up, even if only one armored company was wiped out. If you don't hurry up, wait for the Allied Air Forces to come back At that time, it was a question of whether the two artillery battalions survived by the 2nd Infantry Division Mihalik dared to expose their positions and continue shooting.

The reason why Milevsky, commander of the 1st Ukrainian infantry division, and Kravshenko, the chief of staff, gave up ordering the counterattacks of the 1st division regiments is simple. Although the first positions of the three infantry regiments of the Ukrainian 1st division were taken The coalition forces regained their time to gather and retreat, but the enemy's armored vehicle heavy machine gun fire and snipers' sniper fire in front of each regiment still suppressed the Ukrainian National Army and could not lift its head.

In the enemy's previous offensive to occupy their positions, the three regiments of the 1st Milevsky Infantry Division combined suffered at least 3 casualties, while the attacking troops were just a battalion that got out of the car to fight. The armored vehicle-mounted infantry, in the process of resisting the enemy's offensive, the largest barrier of the three infantry regiments, the mg1200 heavy machine gun group under the jurisdiction of each battalion company and the German-made 3 08cm light mortar group suffered the most .

This made Milevsky's order to counterattack was blocked by the three infantry regiment commanders without exception. The reason for the commander of the 1st infantry regiment Maxim Markevich Kalnichenko was the simplest. , the position defended by his regiment was the widest, at least 2200 meters wide from north to south, and his position was attacked three times before and after. The remaining troops of the 3rd Battalion were accidentally injured and wiped out on their own positions by the rapid fire attack of the 3rd Artillery Battalion of the 3st Infantry Division.

The third wave of attack was the assault by an armored company of the coalition forces on the left wing position of the 1st Kalinchenko Infantry Regiment. As a result, the 1st Battalion lost two more companies. Ke's 2st Infantry Regiment has only less than two battalions of troops left, and there are not many mg1 heavy machine guns and mortars left. It is quite difficult to continue to defend the 08-meter position, let alone send troops Fight back!

Hesse Gubievich Yamolenko, the commander of the 2nd regiment of the Central Infantry, agreed to send a battalion of troops to fight back. He lost 3 companies in the previous offensive of the Allied Forces. Calling to get back the place, seeing that the artillery battalion of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division was able to fire and bombard the coalition positions in the southwest direction, this guy clamored for the artillery regiment of the 1st Infantry Division to also fire, just joking, not to destroy the enemy's Armored vehicles, eliminate the blockade and threat of the opponent's m2 large-caliber heavy machine gun, who has the courage to stick his head out of the trench, let alone counterattack!

If it is said that the answers of the regimental commanders Kalinchenko and Yamolenko on the phone only made Milevsky furious, then the 1st Infantry Division is the closest to the battlefield where the southwestern coalition positions and the 2nd Infantry Division exchanged fire. Yevhum Yevjevich Hacheridi, commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, made Milevski's heart shudder!

The 3rd Infantry Regiment almost lost all its heavy machine guns and mortars in the previous offensive of the coalition forces, and suffered huge casualties. The 3rd Battalion in the middle was almost disabled, and at least half of the 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion were also lost. A company, this is not the key point, the key point is that according to the observation of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division in the south took a huge risk and did not hesitate to expose the artillery position to launch the first round of shelling against the coalition forces. null!

Moreover, after the first round of shelling by the Ukrainian 2nd Division, the coalition armored forces did not retreat but advanced. At this moment, the horns were loud and at least 2 armored companies pressed towards the position of the 2st Regiment of the 1nd Ukrainian Infantry Division in the south. , and the momentum is very strong, depending on the situation, I am not worried about the threat of artillery fire from the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division. The head of the 3rd Infantry Regiment even suggested on the phone that the whole division took advantage of the opportunity of the coalition armored forces being held back by the 2nd Ukrainian Division , not only should not fight back, but should take this opportunity to retreat!

"The three regiment leaders refused to fight back after pushing three times and four times. This guy Hacheridi actually suggested that we take advantage of the opportunity of the Allied Allied Armored Forces being entangled by the 2nd Infantry Division and retreat as soon as possible, saying that the Allied Allied Air Forces will go later If we return, once the bridge is bombed and the river is blocked, when the opponent's Japanese infantry regiment comes up for reinforcements, regardless of whether we can eat the armored battalion in front of the opponent, the position on the left bank of the Kharkov River will not be able to hold on !"

Milevsky dropped the phone and looked at his chief of staff, Kravshenko, with a suspicious face, and continued hesitantly, "Konstantin Konstantinovich, do you think this battle can't be fought?" The order given to us by the former enemy headquarters is to use the main force of the two divisions to fight to the death to block the enemy's detoured troops in the east. At this moment, the Japanese infantry regiment has not entered the battle yet, and our two divisions are armored by the opponent. The battalion was defeated? How do you explain this to His Excellency Simon Petliura?"

Chief of Staff Kravshenko frowned when he heard this, walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, raised his head and said helplessly,

"Master, I think the morale of the army has collapsed. A last stand will not only fail to boost morale, but may also accelerate the collapse of the army. We have been fighting all morning, and the full force that appeared in front of us is the strength of a Chinese armored battalion of the coalition forces. , but their firepower is stronger than that of our division, unless you use artillery, but even if you go all out and use artillery to fire, the opponent's air team can quickly locate and then attack after returning. This is a forest area, and the advantage is that the air strike has a low hit rate. The downside is that our mobility and transfer of positions are also severely restricted!"