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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 621 (Part 2) The German Army cannot be underestimated

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    Moreover, during this period, the three German divisions have canceled their vacations, and the troops have conducted emergency mobilizations and exercises along the railway in regimental units. We judge that the other side has obviously conducted tactical rehearsals in preparation for the outbreak of war.  Can respond at the first time!  " Qian Tianfu said with a somewhat solemn expression.

    "Commander-in-Chief, since the enemy's strength in Kharkov has increased, if the opponent uses three German divisions and four Ukrainian divisions to enter the Kharkov battlefield, plus two volunteer divisions, I am worried that Utsunomiya  Will the strength of the Central Route Army of your Southwest Front Army be insufficient?

    We only have more than 40,000 people on the Belgorod front line. Although His Excellency Oba's Third Division is the first-class Class A division in the Japanese Army, it does not have an advantage in terms of military strength after all!  In the event that three German divisions come forward, there is no telling how this battle will really turn out!  "Jiang Hongyu expressed his worries on the side.

    "Chief of Staff Chiang is right. In my opinion, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, please let my Samara Group Army be strengthened in the direction of Voronezh, and the remaining two federal infantry divisions of the Voronezh Group Army be also transferred to the Belgorod line to strengthen it.  Attack, so that His Excellency Utsunomiya's center army will not suffer a loss!" Vasily Nikolayevich Pepelyayev was a little ready to make a move.

    Wang Geng pondered for a moment after hearing this, and finally shook his head and said, "If our goal is to capture Kharkov and make a thunderous blow, then maybe the strength of the Central Army is a bit insufficient. Now our goal is to annihilate the enemy.  We have the strength to surround Kharkov and attract all the enemy forces in Ukraine to reinforce Kharkov. In this case, there is no need for such a strong front-line force. What's more, His Excellency Utsunomiya's Japanese troops naturally have them.  His own pride and honor, unless he takes the initiative to ask for tactical guidance, let him continue to fight! "

    Pepelyayev was obviously quite disappointed when he heard this. Jiang Hongyu frowned slightly, and seemed to have a little lack of confidence in Taro Utsunomiya and the Japanese Third Division. Qian Tianfu saw this and said with a smile,

    "Your Excellency Peipei, Chief of Staff, although the strength of Your Excellency Erlang Oba's Third Division is not superior, don't forget that there is also a divisional armored regiment of our Li Mingzhong department assigned to the Central Route Army. In my opinion, we  One armored regiment should be able to deal with one of Ludendorff's infantry divisions!"

    "Counsel Qian, the Germans are no better than the Soviet Red Army. Besides, the Germans have three infantry divisions mobilized along the railway line. If a swarm of swarms come up to outflank us, no matter how powerful our armored regiment is, heroes can't stand up to the wolves. I think it's best."  It's better to increase troops in Belgorod. We have no shortage of troops now. It would be easier if we could also use the newly arrived tanks!" Pepelyaev obviously does not dare to underestimate the strength of the German Army.  .

    "Your Excellency Pepe, don't forget, we still have air cover from the Allied Air Force. The Germans don't have many squadrons in Ukraine. When the time comes, our bomber group can give the German infantry division a lesson from the air!"  Qian Tianfu argued.

    "Speaking of this, the briefing said that the frontline airports and flight squadrons have been transferred into place? Have you found out the distribution of the opponent's anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft firepower?" Wang Geng put out the cigar in his hand and asked his war room  The director said.

    July 28, 1918 8:30 Allied Forces Headquarters Samara

    "According to the report of the Air Force Command, our aerial reconnaissance in Ukraine has been effective in the past ten days. However, since the two sides have not officially started a war, German aircraft and ground anti-aircraft firepower stationed in Ukraine have not sneaked into our border.  The reconnaissance planes over the area opened fire. Every time we approached and were spotted, they took off to intercept, and then the two sides played a cat-and-mouse game in the air. I have to say that the skills of the German Air Force pilots are really good!¡±

    Qian Tianfu obviously did not dare to underestimate the German Air Force. Although like the German infantry divisions in Ukraine, the German Air Force stationed in Ukraine was only a second-line force. As the war room director said, he kept using red on the map.  The blue pencil drew circles and then explained,

    "According to our reconnaissance and intelligence, the German Air Force currently stationed in Ukraine belongs to the 1st Fighter Wing of the German Air Force and has seven fighter squadrons. Each squadron is four four-aircraft formations, with a total of 16 combat aircraft.  There are 4 aircraft in the team base, so the opponent has 116 aircraft in one flying wing!¡±

    "The Germans actually have so many combat aircraft stationed in Ukraine? Didn't they say last time that the other side only had a few squadrons in Ukraine?" Pepelyaev jumped up in shock, while Jiang Hongyu remained calm beside him.  .

    Seeing this, Qian Tianfu explained, "Previously, the 1st Fighter Wing of the German Air Force only stationed 4 fighter squadrons in Ukraine. However, due to the recent tightness on our side, the Germans should be aware of it, so they stationed it in Romania.  All three fighter squadrons have been transferred to Ukraine!"

     "If this is the case, Commander-in-Chief, will our air force strength at the frontline be insufficient? If the Germans really have 7 fighter squadrons, which total 116 combat aircraft, will our air force strength at the frontline airport be insufficient?  Not enough?" Jiang Hongyu pondered from the side.

    Wang Geng didn't care when he heard this. He waved his hand and said, "Sooner or later, we have to meet the German Air Force. The number of aircraft alone is obviously not enough. Besides, we also lack experience in large-scale air fleet operations. Ground bombing is something our aviation team has practiced."  Familiar with me, I haven¡¯t had many opportunities to practice in air combat. This time, I saw the boys of the aviation team working hard to learn from their opponents and improve! As for the opponent¡¯s 4th Wing, they can eliminate their opponents from the ground!  , we don¡¯t have to wait for them to take off before firing!¡±

    As he said this, Wang Geng motioned to Qian Tianfu to briefly explain the latest troop deployment reported by the Allied Air Force. This was originally the errand of Major General Huang Jingbo, commander of the Allied Air Force, but because the Allied Frontline Air Force Headquarters had already transferred, he  Tsaritsin was conducting the command operations, and at the same time taking into account the southern campaign launched by Wu Peifu's Southern Front Army in the south and Utsunomiya Taro's Southwest Front Army here, which was about to start the Ukrainian campaign, so he did not have the time to come to Samara to report on the work in person.  .

    "At present, our coalition frontline air force has been organized into three wings. The 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing of the Air Force is stationed in Voronev and has four airports under its jurisdiction: Voronezh, Kursk, Belgorod and Relsk.  , the 1st Wing has 1 SE5 fighter group, 1 DH4 reconnaissance bomber group and 1 Chinese FR-18 Excellent fighter bomber group.

    Each group also has 3 squadrons with 36 fighters plus 4 fighters at the group headquarters. One group has 40 fighters. The entire wing has 124 fighters, which are stationed at the above four airports. The se5 and dh4 flight squadrons have a shorter range.  Short, so the Chinese fr-18 Excellent fighter-bombers are stationed in Kursk and Voronezh respectively!  "

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