Then there is a river beach about 400 meters wide, with a drop of nearly fifteen meters in front and back. Then there is the Kharkov River, which is 150 meters wide. A long highway bridge connects the two banks of the river. The bridgehead and bridge in the east are covered with wires, and roadblocks are piled up. The opposite bank is a continuous Ukrainian position. Since the Kharkov River is high on the right bank and the left bank is low on the left bank, it is clear at a glance when standing on the river bank here and looking at the Ukrainian position on the other bank...

The straight-line distance from the opponent's position is less than 600 meters. However, because the right bank is dense and easy to hide, the Ukrainian mg08 machine guns on the other side of the river and on the bridgehead sometimes fire here, hitting the trunks and branches and leaves, but it is obviously just the target's firepower, and the method accurately hits the target...

Shi Qingshang lay behind the trunk of a giant tree and observed it with a telescope for a while. In the telescope, he could see that there were no crowds of people on the bridgehead of the west bridge of the Kharkov Bridge. There were dozens of black machine gun shooting ports. The river bank fortifications on both wings of the Ukrainians were also well-built. Almost every 50 meters there was a reinforced bunker and cover. At this moment, there were almost no people in the trenches, and only blue figures flashed occasionally.

"Company Commander! Is our position too sudden? It is only more than 600 meters away from the enemy's position west. You see, the walls of the old city of Kharkov are less than 600 meters behind the opponent's position. The opponent's cannons arranged in the city can be bombarded at any time. In fact, the 7.6cm infantry mortars in the opponent's front-line trenches can get us!" Yan Yu lay on the side and asked Shi Qingshang in a stuttering manner.

"President 1, your platoon will send a three-person reconnaissance team upstream and downstream to stroke it along the forest belt on the right bank of the river, and at least clarify the situation of the left and right 3 kilometers!" After the company commander Shi Qingshang gave the order, he waited for the platoon leader to agree, and then turned around and looked at his company with a smile.

"Yan Lianfu, when did you become so dragged? I think this position was chosen well, guarding the entrance of the Forest Road. 400 meters away is the Kharkov Bridge. The enemy positions on the other side can be seen clearly without a telescope. Do you want to fight outside the range of the enemy cannon? Should you always want to fight outside the range of the enemy cannon? Is it a war or a family?"

Before Shi Qingshang finished speaking, a few white smoke rose from the Ukrainian positions on the other side of the shore. The sound of mortar fired by "dong dong dong dong dong" came over, and then the chirping of birds sounded in the sky. Several black dots roared and smashed over here. A wave of "Be careful of concealment!" Chinese armored infantry soldiers reminded each other. The first company commander and his company buried their heads with steel helmets behind the tree trunk that was cut down as a cover.

Then four Ukrainian 7.6cm mortar cannons flew up and exploded. Two cannons were directly blocked by the trunks of towering trees in the air and exploded. The other two fell on the clearing ground in the forest, blew up a burst of wet mud, lifting up the decaying fallen leaves.

Since the armored infantry of the first platoon were hidden and timely, and the dense towering trees became a natural protective umbrella, the Ukrainians' sudden shelling did not achieve any results. The nearest bombardment was 20 meters away from the coalition armored combat vehicles. Due to the restrictions of the terrain, Shi Qingshang's position on the right bank of the condescending Kharkov River, and the towering river bank also had a drop of 15 meters, which also made it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Of course, if the Ukrainian cannon fire, the threat should still exist. It was obvious that the two reconnaissance teams sent by the first platoon leader were seen by the other party when they were moving in the forest. Then he suddenly fired with a German 7.6cm mortar, hoping to attack the Allied Forces by surprise, but it was still lost.

"Company Commander, the enemy has at least one strengthening battalion on the bridgehead. The width of the positions on both wings is more than 5 kilometers. I see that they have at least one regiment of troops defending this bridge. It is a bit difficult for us to attack it. The bare river beach is full of pebbles and grass. It is a challenge to rush to the river smoothly. Maybe it will be exposed to the river beach and become the opponent's target!" Lian Fu Yan Yu lay beside his own company commander and chattered.

"It's a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, strange... This morning's air raid from our air force seemed to have not taken the opponent's position, oh... That stone fortress is probably hard to chew... What did you say, our company? Who told you that our armored company could rush into the tiger's mouth? This bridge is the key... Is the defender... More than one regiment's strength, the Kharkov wall is less than 600 meters behind the opponent's first position. Didn't you see the sandbags and fortifications on it? The enemy has at least one brigade of troops!"

While looking at the Ukrainian positions on the other side of the river, Shi Qingshang carefully looked at the Kharkiv city wall 1 kilometer away. The height of the city wall is almost the same as the right bank of the Kharkiv River. The density of fortifications is obviously more than that of the front-line river bank positions. However, many broken walls are still smoking. It is estimated that it was injured under the coalition air raid and it has not been repaired.

At this time, the sound of the Ukrainian machine gun shooting on the other side of the shore was much less than before, but the 7.6cm infantry mortar was still shooting cannons on the river bank. One after another, the cannons fell into the forest on both sides of the road and exploded. Although they could not do anything to wheeled armored combat vehicles, they obviously posed a threat to the soldiers of the first platoon who were still sweating profusely to build field fortifications.

"Nǎinǎi, tigers don't show their power, they think we are sick cats... I passed my order, the snipers in the first platoon should not dig fortifications, all 6 snipers from 3 squads were on the battlefield, and as long as the outcrops of the river and the bridgehead positions are cleared out for me! Then, is the m60 mortar in place in the open space? Follow my order, 2 guns and 3 rounds fired rapidly, kill me the two mortars on the top of the opponent's bridgehead! After 3 rounds, transfer the position, and then beat the opponent!"

Very, the snipers of the first platoon of the armored company, each lurked to the appropriate shooting position and started shooting. Although the gunfire sounds were a little thin, the accurate shooting of the coalition armored infantry snipers immediately knocked down a figure of people who were still active on the opponent's position. The first platoon's two marshals' scattered 3 shots of the mortars of the first platoon directly hit the mortar position on the top of the enemy's bridgehead 600 meters away. The accurate shelling overturned the opponent's two cannons and shooters to the ground and flew across the flesh and blood.

 
Chapter completed!