Beiyang 1917

() Although Sven von Neuhaus commanded his own artillery and the coalition artillery in the game of finger-guessing in the afternoon, he relied on late strikes to gain the upper hand and almost defeated the two artillery battalions of the Allied forces on the opposite side. , The German major general's mind is still clear, and he has not been blinded by victory.

In Neuhaus' view, the current air defense firepower organized by Kharkov on the ground can only barely withstand the dive and sweep of coalition fighter jets, but it is unable to resist the mid- and low-altitude bombing of the opponent's bomber formation. The artillery positions posed a huge threat, and without the fire support of the cannons, it was impossible to suppress or even contain the artillery firepower of the opponent. In the end, the Ukrainian volunteer division with two knives would definitely not be able to withstand the brutal attack of the opponent's open space!

"Your Excellency, Major General, in my opinion, how about we transfer the artillery regiments of the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions into Kharkov overnight?" Simon Petliura rolled his eyes and came up with an idea. The two regiments of the 2nd Infantry Division and the 2rd and 3th Infantry Divisions have already joined forces in the forest about 4 kilometers east of Kharkov. Defend the city of Kharkov, maybe you can fight back and beat the attacking coalition forces to shame!

"Major General, what do you think? Will the Allied Forces continue to launch an attack on Kharkov tomorrow? The opponent's front-line troops seem to be insufficient. If the battle continues like this afternoon, I think the 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions The division can be used to attack from the flanks, and give the Allied forces a slap in the waist, so that the siege of Kharkov will be broken by itself!" General von François looked at his own with the eyes of an examiner. The confidant love will ask.

"The enemy has air supremacy over Eastern Ukraine and has a strong air superiority. We lack anti-aircraft firepower. If a division can be protected by three anti-aircraft artillery battalions, this battle may not be able to be fought like this. Now, I think it is better to fight back. It's too early, as soon as you leave the forest in broad daylight and attack, you will be spotted by the reconnaissance planes of the coalition air force. In less than half an hour, the opponent's bomber brigade will rush over, and the ground troops will have the strength to fight back. nothing!"

Von Neuhaus obviously didn't think about counterattacking the Allied Forces from the flanks...""Attack, but, don't worry, the air force of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front is now in high morale. Once the main ground force of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces is exposed Under the nose of the enemy, air strikes and bombings will be incurred as soon as they are sure!How can we fight this battle?

When the German major general said this, the headquarters immediately fell silent. The huge threat and lethality of the coalition air force are deeply felt by every German-Ukrainian coalition soldier on the front line. Fighting against an enemy with air superiority is very important to the Ukrainians. Said it was the first time, because the army of this emerging country was just the work of guerrillas in the valley before. The biggest battle it fought was the Ukrainian 5th Army, which expelled Voroshilov with the help of the German army. How many people Before the 1st Fighter Wing of the German Air Force entered Ukraine, it had never seen a few planes at all, let alone fought against the enemy's large air formations.

In fact, the German Army does not lack experience in offensive and defensive operations under the threat of enemy air forces. On the Western Front, the number of aircraft of the German Air Force has always been less than that of the British and French Air Forces. There was not a single German aircraft, but all fighter planes from the Allied Air Force poured in. This kind of experience of being threatened and suppressed, the German "Beiyang 1917 Chapter 720 Six (29) How to compete without guns" actually has very few ground troops Having experienced this passive situation, what's more, the 2th German Infantry Corps of von Francois is composed of three reserve infantry divisions. The troops composed of these second-line soldiers are actually the same as countrymen entering the city. For the first time, I saw that there were hundreds of enemy large aircraft groups conducting air strikes and bombings on our side.

"Isn't it okay to disperse and hide the newly transferred artillery regiments in the city of Kharkov? Today's surprise attack is quite effective. We can do it again. The enemy must not have prepared for our artillery to suddenly increase so much firepower. , These days, when the cannon fires, the enemy will be overwhelmed!" Simon Petliura rolled his eyes and came up with another idea unwillingly.

"Major General, I think this is a good idea. Firstly, the Allied Forces don't know that we have brought back the withdrawn artillery regiment. Second, as long as the air force of the Allied Forces does not blindly carry out air strikes on the entire city of Kharkov, then We have concealed the cannons in various places in the north of the city, and we still have a chance to catch the opponent by surprise!" Hermann von François took a few puffs of a pipe, raised his head and said to von Neuhaus .

Major General Feng Neu "Beiyang 1917" House frowned when he heard the words, and explained helplessly, "Your Excellency, the coalition's offensive today was aborted due to the failure of the artillery battle. Tomorrow, the opponent's heavy artillery and new forces must also be deployed , so even if we transfer the cannons of a Ukrainian infantry division artillery regiment to sneak into the city, the advantage in the artillery battle tomorrow will not be too great. At least one heavy artillery regiment of the Japanese 3rd division is equipped 24 150mm heavy guns!

Today we used 8 heavy artillery to destroy almost four 4mm field artillery companies of the enemy. After the opponent's 75 heavy howitzers of the same 24 caliber fired tomorrow, even if we have an artillery regiment with 150 36mm field artillery and 75 12mm howitzers, it may not be able to Sure to win, not to mention the enemy and the aviation team watching over the head, that is the serious trouble! "

"Moreover, the enemy's artillery suffered a disadvantage today. It is very likely that the opponent's air force bomber group will come up tomorrow and carry out large-scale air strikes on suspicious targets throughout Kharkov. You must know that in the artillery battle this afternoon, the opponent's artillery shells were completely useless. The scruples opened fire and smashed at the altars and pots in Kharkov City. From this point of view, it is a bit unreliable to expect the enemy to throw rats and refuse to destroy the city, but one can be two "entertainment shows"

The German major general’s explanation once again made von Francois, the former commander-in-chief of the German-Ukrainian coalition forces, frown and think, while the Ukrainian Prime Minister Simon Petliura rubbed his hands and turned around, muttering I don't know what to mutter.

"We can't defend Kharkov without artillery. Your Excellency, Major General, you must face up to this point. We won the victory this afternoon by inflicting a huge blow on the enemy with concealed heavy artillery. If we lose artillery support tomorrow, we will rely solely on volunteers." How can the machine guns and mortars in the trenches of the division compete with other people's 150mm heavy artillery?!" The Ukrainian Prime Minister shouted, waving his hands.