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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 624 (Part 1) The debate is fierce

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    "Your Excellency Muto, please don't forget that once the battle starts, theoretically reinforcements from all over Ukraine will flock in to rescue Kharkov, the Ukrainian capital. In addition to the three German divisions south of Kharkov, they are stationed in Kiev.  The three German divisions and three Ukrainian infantry divisions can also be quickly reinforced by train. If they travel more than 400 kilometers quickly, they can arrive in half a day!  Encirclement and flanking!"

    Shunroku Hata put on the map the predicted route of the Ukrainian reinforcements. At a glance, if Kharkov starts, the reinforcements in Ukraine will at least come from Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Donets.  Croatia used railway lines from three directions to carry out centripetal reinforcements and assaults towards Kharkov.

    After Shunroku Hata drew the arrows indicating Ukrainian and German reinforcements on the combat map, it caused a buzz in the combat conference room. Apparently everyone now had an intuitive understanding that although the Ukrainian autonomous government's military strength was weak,  , but in total, there are more than ten divisions of troops, plus the German troops stationed in Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk and other places, there are eight divisions in total. In fact, the Southwest Front not only  It does not have an absolute advantage in terms of total military strength, and it may be at a disadvantage in the local direction of Kharkov.

    "Major General Hata, didn't I say before that there were only 2 German divisions in Kiev, and only 1 German division in places like Donetsk and Mariupol combined? How come there were as many as 8 German troops on the north bank of the Dnieper River alone?  How many divisions?" Stepin, the commander of the Voronezh Army, couldn't help but ask on behalf of most of the federal generals.

    "Your Majesty Lieutenant General, ten days ago we had no soldiers in Belgorod, but now we have assembled 40,000 troops through railways and roads. Although Ukrainians may not be smart, are you blind to think that they are Germans?  We are massing and mobilizing, and the other side is also massing and mobilizing. Although our reconnaissance of the Ukrainian part on the south bank of the Dnieper River is not sufficient, judging from the existing intelligence, the Uzbeks have obviously strengthened the mobilization of some troops in southern Ukraine to the third level.  North of the Nieper River!¡±

    Shunroku Hata drew several arrows on several major cities and strategic locations along the Southern Ukraine Railway, pointing to the north bank of the Dnieper River, and then said solemnly,

    "The Germans are likely to have strengthened the two divisions of Nikolayev and Krivoy Rog in the south to the Donetsk line, but the focus of the enemy's defense is still Kharkiv, which is the capital of Ukraine. Although  Kharkov is too close to the border and is not an ideal capital location for Ukraine!¡±

    "Major General Hata, why does the Front Army Headquarters insist that the East Route Army and the West Route Army must launch a campaign attack two days later than the Center Route Army? If our three armies attack at the same time, then the enemy will inevitably lose sight of one and lose the other. By then, their follow-up reinforcements will hold  It may not work in the existing areas, let alone coming north to reinforce Kharkov!" The commander of the Third Division, Tashijiro, frowned.

    In the view of division commander Oba Jiro, the Ukrainian campaign was not only the first appearance of the coalition's Southwest Front, which was mainly composed of the Japanese Third Army, but also an internal competition between the three Japanese divisions and the three armies, and the center army obviously shouldered the responsibility.  It has the most important mission. Although in the Ukrainian campaign plan originally formulated by the Allied Forces Command, the Central Route Army besieged Kharkov instead of attacking it and adopted a siege and reinforcement strategy, attracting all Ukrainian forces north of the Dnieper River.  Kharkov came to defend and capture the capital.

    But Da Ting himself has always been unable to resist the honor of leading the Third Division to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kharkiv in one go. Moreover, with the battle gathering and preparations, the Ukrainians and Germans on the opposite side were obviously not idle.  Troops are also being mobilized and exercised frequently, and they are obviously prepared for the upcoming war. In this case, if Kharkov is captured quickly after the war begins, the other side may not continue to counterattack and fight for it. In this way, the burden borne by the center army will be  It won't be that heavy.

    In fact, the question of the leader of the Oba Division is also a common question in the minds of many generals present. Shunroku Hata looked at Oba Jiro, then looked at Utsunomiya Taro, and had no choice but to explain,

    ¡°When the coalition command formulated the plan for the Ukraine campaign, the first plan was for the three armies to advance in parallel, disrupting the opponent¡¯s defense and deployment at once, making it impossible for them to take care of both the head and tail, and thus strive to capture Ukraine north of the Dnieper River in one fell swoop.  everywhere, culminating in the capture of Kiev to conclude the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign.¡±

    "Soga! Why don't you stick to this battle plan and adjust the current nondescript style of play? Major General Hata, I think the front army headquarters lacks the basis to persuade the following on this issue! Why? Isn't the point of winning a war?  After all, our center army actually has to shoulder such a heavy burden! The battle plan of the front army headquarters is obviously unfair!" Nobuyoshi Muto, commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade, shouted with veins popping up on his forehead.?

    One of the main reasons for the current situation is that after ten days of further intelligence collection, it was discovered that the enemy forces in Ukraine are stronger than originally expected, and the enemy is obviously well prepared. The Central Route Army was originally going to make a splash.  The difficulty suddenly increased. If the West Route Army and the East Route Army can advance hand in hand at this time, then the Third Division of the Central Route Army will have an easier time fighting, instead of what it seemed like in the first few days after the war.  The entire enemy force north of the Dnieper River counterattacked.

    "Your Excellency, Commander Muto Brigade, I would like to ask for your opinion. The revised Ukrainian campaign plan of the Front Army Command is in full compliance with the instructions of the Allied Forces Command. The Allied Forces implement the Ukrainian campaign plan with the purpose of attracting the main German and Austrian forces back from the Western Front.  , the purpose of our first phase of operations is to wipe out all the enemies north of the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Therefore, the task of the Central Route Army is not to simply occupy Kharkov, but to attract enemy reinforcements to Kharkov through a powerful attack.  !¡±

    "Once the main force of the German army gathers reinforcements near Kharkov, the offensive of our East Route Army and West Route Army will completely cut off the opponent's retreat, thereby encircling and annihilating the opponent north of the Dnieper River. Of course, at present, it seems  Our military strength is not superior, but don¡¯t forget that the infantry divisions of the Ukrainian Autonomous Government are just hastily armed and organized troops, and their combat effectiveness is not even as good as that of the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Ufa. Therefore, although their military strength is not much worse,  The strength can never be compared with that of our Southwest Front Army!¡±
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