Li Shang in front and Muto behind both knew in his heart that if he could not remove the German armored train on the south line of the Lopan River Bridge, he would try to attack and take down the Lopan River Bridge alone, which was basically a duckweed from rice cooker... You are welcome to say that the armored troops that Li Shang had put into the attack were just a bait, with the purpose of attracting the German armored train near the Lopan River Bridge, and then use the counterattack of the 8 105mm light howitzers under Wu Keren's Duli Artillery Battalion to eat the opponent's armored train!

Of course, it is not enough to see whether the remaining eight light howitzers of the coalition forces can eat the opponent's armored train. Compared with the number and caliber of artillery, a German armored train was equipped with 8 105mm howitzers and 2 150mm heavy howitzers... This is much stronger than Wu Keren's number of artillery. (No., pop-up window...: Read novels...

Wu Keren's artillery's only advantage is that he can place his artillery positions in relatively scattered and flexible maneuverable positions. Unlike German iron-armored trains that can only maneuver along the railway line. It is precisely for this reason that Wu Keren dared to take the lead in firing artillery at the Lopan River Bridge position when the number of artillery was only half of the opponent's guns.

Even though he knew that his attacking troops were bait, whether it was Li Shang or Guzhuang Ganlang, the focus was on the movement of the German armored train south of the Lopan River bridge, rather than the silent position of the Lopan River Bridge...

When the 3rd Armored Company, which was leading the coalition, entered the frontier less than 500 meters away from the Lopan River Bridge, the artillery fire 6 kilometers behind the coalition finally stopped... and the smoke released by the 4th Armored Company along the river added a fire to the strange atmosphere on the battlefield...

In fact, until the artillery troops in the rear of the coalition stopped attacking, the German armored train did not appear on the south bank of the Lopan River... This made Li Shang, who was commanding the attack on the front line, feel a little uneasy, but also made Wu Keren, who was commanding the artillery troops in the rear, breathe a sigh of relief. At least he still has time to further transfer his artillery position. In fact, this guy arranged eight 105mm German light howitzers into plum blossom stakes.

The interval between each gun position was stretched to 500 meters by Wu Keren. The 8 guns formed by his 8 guns was actually more than 4 square kilometers in radius. All of them were wired to conduct unified command and attack. This was the destiny move that Wu Keren took when his firepower was not as good as the opponent's armored train, and had to take the lead in firing and bombarding the German positions on the Lopan River Bridge. It was similar to the German Major General Von Neuhaus who dispersed the German 150mm heavy artillery in Kharkov city.

It is also officially because of this that Lieutenant Colonel Von Lundstedt commanded the German Armored Train Detachment 2, which was cruising 5 kilometers south of the Kharkov Loppan Bridge, and was always a little afraid of taking the opportunity to fire... Because Major General Von Neuhaus, as the commander-in-chief of the German-Uk coalition front command on the Kharkov battlefield, strictly ordered the artillery fire on the armored train to fire at the coalition armored forces that attacked the bridge without authorization, which left only two tasks left:

First, protect the railway line south of the bridge and prepare to receive the main German forces who are reinforced to get off the car and open their positions.

Second, find an opportunity to destroy the artillery positions in the rear of the coalition forces

Lieutenant Colonel Feng Lundstedt of course understood that the commander of the 47th Division of the Preparatory Infantry was afraid that his artillery firepower would be too sharp, so he scared the attacking troops of the Muto Brigade before the main force of the German army came up... A mere armored company of 10 wheeled armored vehicles plus a Ri army infantry squadron of the attack, even if the armored train did not slow down, the 139th German Infantry Regiment guarding the Lopan River Bridge could still beat the opponent back...

Of course, the 139th Infantry Regiment was not invulnerable to swords and guns. It was obviously impossible to repel the attack of the coalition armored troops under the turn of bombardment of the coalition forces. Four years after the European war, more than 70% of the soldiers on both sides who died on the battlefield were killed by the opponent's artillery fire, followed by machine gun fire. Only a few were killed by rifles and pistols.

However, the two battalions guarding the bridge of the 139th Regiment of the German Infantry obviously have relatively strong fortifications and juniors. The bombardment density and forced ferry of the coalition's 105mm artillery were obviously a bit disappointing. Although you can tell that at least 8 105mm German light howitzers were firing in turn, the cannons that fell on the German positions at the same time looked like only 4 or 5 shots...

Nearly 600 105mm high-explosion ditches have caused a killing and threat to the position of the Lopan River Bridge, but they did not hurt the root cause. At most, they destroyed open machine gun bunkers and fortifications on more than a dozen positions. The coalition artillery obviously did not regard the destruction of the bridge as the main target of artillery bombardment, otherwise all artillery should be concentrated on bombarding a certain bridge pier...

In fact, the coalition artillery did not do this, and the German armored train did not launch artillery attacks on the attacking coalition armored forces in order to avoid alerting the snakes...

According to the determination of the artillery observation post on the German armored train, the artillery position of the Muto Brigade of the coalition is at least 7 kilometers away from the Lopan River Bridge. If the German armored train wants to reach the coalition artillery position that hides on the edge of the forest zone in the northeast, it must at least let the armored train enter a kilometer south of the Lopan River Bridge...

This made Lieutenant Colonel Feng Lundstead a little embarrassed to rub his hands... Since his armored train did not open fire on the attacking coalition armored forces to avoid alarming the snake, this means that his armored train could not easily approach the southern end of the Lopan River Bridge. Otherwise, once his armored train appeared, it would be likely to scare away the coalition attacking troops...

Lieutenant Colonel Feng Lundstead felt that his cannon was completely hitting mice in a porcelain shop, and he was really afraid of throwing mice...

Since the artillery positions of the coalition forces are far away from the Chengcheng and are quite scattered, once the German armored train approaches the Lopan River Bridge, the Chengcheng can take advantage of the opponent's artillery positions, but it will not only alarm the ground armored troops in the attack, but also knock off the scattered artillery positions of the coalition forces with one blow... Instead, it will expose its targets to be easily eaten by the opponent...

Until 17:30 pm, the armored train of the German Armored Detachment 1st Detachment 1 was still cruising and patrolling near the railway bridge on the Krasnolad River. It was an important task to ensure that trains transporting the 140th and 141st Regiments of the Preparatory Infantry and three 105mm howitzer battalions arrived in Kharkov through railway lines and bridges.
Chapter completed!