Beiyang 1917

() Fortunately, the two brigades of Domon and Kashii of the Muto Brigade are also elite soldiers who have fought many battles. Although the first-line fortifications have been dug hastily and their ability to resist shelling is weak, these two brigades coincidentally only placed on the front line. A security force of a squadron, the main force of the brigade is concealed in the second line of positions 300500 to [-] meters away. Since the first line of positions has been completed in a hurry, the second line is not so much a position as a group of core fortress positions in units... ...even the horizontal traffic trenches have not been dug...

Of course, Nobuyoshi Muto knew that the biggest weapons of the German counterattack were not just the two main infantry regiments, but the three 2mm light howitzer battalions in the hands of the German major general. Anti-blasting holes, and then repair trenches and traffic ditches.....

As for Li Shang's armored battalion, they are basically hidden near the battle positions opened up by temporary logging in the dense forest, and the felled logs are used to camouflage and reinforce the top cover...

But even so, the 140 12mm light howitzers of the German 105th Artillery Battalion took advantage at the beginning, and the front line of the Japanese army was also in a sea of ​​flames. Although the two Japanese infantry squadrons guarding the position were desperately hiding There were still a lot of casualties while hiding in the artillery hole, and the first-line and second-line positions were temporarily separated by the continuous shelling of the German army...

In the first 3 minutes of the German artillery bombardment, except for the heavy field heavy artillery regiment on the main northern front that fought back violently against the northern city of Kharkov, few coalition artillery counterattacked in the Kharkov forest area on the eastern front. It gave the German major general von Neuhaus in the Southeast Command a slight illusion. He thought that his unexpected counterattack artillery fire might have caught the coalition forces by surprise. The arrangement is too far to reach your own artillery positions... Otherwise, with the style of the coalition forces, it is absolutely impossible to just be beaten and not fight back.....

Under such circumstances, Von Neuhaus ordered his artillery to extend the shooting to the rear of the enemy's first-line positions, trying to destroy the opponent's logistics and artillery positions with blind cats and dead mice. At the same time, he ordered to go into the front line The three main battalions of the 140th German Infantry Regiment, which counterattacked on the ground, began a ground attack...

It was not the two infantry battalions in the southeast that took on the most difficult task in the counterattack, but the 2st Battalion under the personal command of von Blomberg, the commander of the 140th Infantry Regiment. The counterattack to recapture the bridge all failed, which made tonight's counterattack at the East Gate only relying on the German army to go into battle... The Prime Minister of the Ukrainian Cabinet, the Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, Simon Petliura, did not meet with the German Major General. Together, it is for the 1nd Volunteer Infantry Division on the east gate wall to personally supervise the counterattack at the east gate!

Vladislav Fomilovich Kalitintsev, commander of the 2nd Division of the Volunteers, managed to combine the 4 infantry regiments of the 2th Brigade into one, and made up the strength of one regiment, preparing to capture the After the bridge, go out of the city to serve as the second echelon to respond... In other words, if the counterattack at the east gate goes well, there is no need to defend the east city of Kharkov. The infantry battalion of the Fort rushed across the river. I heard that the three-way intersection on the other side of the river is the logistics headquarters of the coalition forces... Canned beef is enough... There are as many shells, bullets and grenades as you need...

The squad of the Nakamura brigade guarding the bridgehead had less than 50 soldiers left, and suffered heavy casualties under the heavy shelling of the German armored train. The bridgehead, which was engulfed in a raging fire, has become a fiery purgatory. The German army crossed the bridge smoothly without encountering any interception... This made everyone on the bridge overjoyed, while the captain of the Taisuke Mizuno on the other side of the bridge was stunned. ...

"Haga...! What's going on?! Detonate! Detonate! Why don't you detonate!" Captain Taisuke Mizuno tightly grabbed the collar of his regiment Fu Maeda's collar and yelled...Maeda Toshiwei The major reported with a sweaty face, "Your Excellency, the commander, the detonating wire was interrupted by the German artillery bombardment... The team guarding the bridgehead was too slow to withdraw from the northern artillery blockade... Once the enemy's artillery fire was delayed. The detonating wire was blown off..."

"Bastard! Do I still need to order this? The operator hurried up to get the line... What are you doing in a daze? Losing the bridge and harakiri is not enough to apologize!" Mizuno Dazuo almost fainted from anger.

"Five soldiers who went up to connect the wires have been killed... the captain... hurry up and call Lu Sang's tactical guidance... It is impossible to block the enemy by blasting the bridge. The Germans are attacking, and the machine guns and mortars are accurate. Terrible... Our front machine guns have lost a lot of firepower..." Fu Maeda Toshiwei, the regiment, grabbed his captain's arm and shook it, ignoring his sweat.

"Why didn't our mortar fire back? Why didn't we knock out the opponent's mortar first?!" Taisuke Mizuno roared furiously.

"Your Excellency, our mortar position has been suppressed by the German heavy artillery in the city, and it is too late to hide... The team has already lost a lot... We must ask the headquarters for long-range artillery tactical guidance, otherwise the bridge will fall into the hands of the Germans Go inside!" Maeda Toshiwei yelled hoarsely in the log-reinforced shelter!

At this time, amidst the deafening artillery fire, a staff officer of the Japanese Army Wing covered the microphone in his hand and reported, "Wing Captain, Colonel Lu, the former enemy commander of the second echelon, is on the phone!"

Mizuno and Maeda's demeanor changed when they heard the words. The captain of the 6th Infantry Regiment extended his hand to pick up the microphone and even trembled uncontrollably. The voice of Lu Huanyan, commander-in-chief of the second echelon of the coalition army, came from the receiver, "Mizuno-kun, Harko Why hasn't the Husband Bridge exploded yet?! I need you to give me a reason!"

"Lu Sang... The artillery fire in the German city was too fierce, and the detonated wires were blown off... We sent people to connect the wires, and they were blown away by the enemy's artillery fire... Now the team guarding the bridgehead has been completely destroyed, and the German army has at least one battalion of troops. We are continuously crossing the river along the bridge, our troops are insufficient, the key is that the second-line position and the first-line position are blocked by German artillery fire... I... I ask the command artillery tactical guidance!" Mizuno Taisuke was bloodshot red The old face answered into the microphone.

There was silence over the receiver...