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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 625 (Part 2) Crisis in Ukraine

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    At 9:15 on July 28, 1918, the former enemy headquarters of the Belgorod Allied Forces Southwest Front and Center Route Army

    "Chief of Staff, if the enemy confronts our main force on the eastern front and the northern front counterattacks, once the 13th Infantry Division retreats near the border, then the flanks of my main force on the eastern front of my third division will be exposed to the enemy's eyes.  What should I do if the other party surrounds and outflanks my troops?" The commander of the Third Division, Tashijiro, couldn't help but ask.

    Oba Jiro’s question is also a question shared by many generals present. Here, Shunroku Hata smiled and said,

    "Your Excellency, Division Commander, once the two sides reach a stalemate on the eastern front and the main Ukrainian force launches a counterattack on the northern front, then the 13th Infantry Division of the Voronezh Group Army will withdraw to the first trench defense line near the border. At the same time, as long as the opponent's northern front  If the counterattack and offensive continue, we will give up the confrontation on the eastern front. The 5th Infantry Brigade and the 23rd Infantry Brigade will leave some troops to lag and confuse the enemies on the eastern front. The main force will quickly move westward and directly attack the flank of the Ukrainian counterattack force! "

    "Give your opponent a hard blow on the waist and eyes, making him gasp in pain! I used to do this when I was a kid in fights with others in the county!" Lu Huanyan, the leader of the Chinese Armored Regiment who had been silent all this time, said coldly.

    Several Russian generals had just pledged their allegiance to the Volga Federation for a few days. They couldn't understand a few sentences, but the staff adjutant behind them had to translate them before they finally understood. They all looked like they had suddenly realized something, and the look in their eyes when they looked at Lu Huanyan was different.  , obviously the federal generals still like their colleagues who fought and caused trouble in their youth.  \\

    "Colonel Lu is right. When the time comes, the 5th Infantry Brigade and the 23rd Infantry Brigade will use Colonel Lu's Chinese Armored Regiment as a fist to move their troops westward. When the opponent does not react, they will attack from the flank in one go.  Eat up the opponent's counterattack troops. I estimate that if the German divisions had not participated in the northern counterattack, the Ukrainian troops in Kharkov would have been basically wiped out in this battle! "

    At this point, Shunroku Hata felt that everything was on track. Then he added, "If the main Ukrainian force in Kharkov can be successfully eliminated, then the Central Army will mobilize the Voronezh army."  The 14th Infantry Division and the 15th Infantry Division reinforced the first line, and we began to actually besiege the city and fight for reinforcements. Of course, the Germans did not retreat before. Otherwise, if they ran away, no matter how reluctant we were, we might have to destroy Kharkov.  The empty city was taken down!"

    "The Chief of Staff is right. If the main force of the German army decides to abandon Kharkov, then the entire Ukrainian autonomous government will follow. At this time, it is meaningless for us to encircle an empty city. Let's take down Kharkov once and for all, and then pursue  According to predictions, once the enemy abandons the capital of Kharkiv, there are two retreat directions. One is to go south to Dnepropetrovsk. If they cannot hold on, they will cross the river and retreat to the south bank of the river.  The other direction is to retreat westward to Kiev, after all, Kiev is the soul and center of Ukraine!”

    At this moment, Taro Utsunomiya seemed to have seen a glimmer of victory and beckoned to him, eating the main force of the Ukrainian government, defeating the Germans and then taking Kharkov. If such a goal is achieved, the entire Ukrainian campaign will be against him.  Taro Utsunomiya and the Allied Southwest Front, which is composed of three A divisions of the Japanese Third Army as the main body, are already quite acceptable results.  

    There were constant whispers in the conference room. It was obvious that the blueprint drawn by Taro Utsunomiya and Shunroku Hata looked both wonderful and a bit unsettling. Lieutenant General Stepin, commander of the Voronezh Army Group, could not help but say,

    "Your Excellency, Commander, if this is the case, of course it is good, but then wouldn't it mean that only the West Route Army and the East Route Army would be left to sing? Then, in Chinese terms, our Central Route Army would have to wake up very early.  Catch a late rally? The defeated German soldiers have become the spoils of the West Route Army and the East Route Army. How can we just eliminate a few Ukrainian puppet troops? "

    "Uh, Lieutenant General, that's not what you're saying. If the enemy retreats across the board and abandons Kharkov, then the Ukrainian campaign will enter a stage where three armies attack simultaneously. In order to create more conditions for the Western Route Army to detour and outflank Kiev,  Our Central Route Army cannot scare away the enemies in Kharkov for at least three days after launching the campaign, so it is very important to grasp this speed. If the attack is fierce, the enemy will withdraw early, and if Kiev's West Route Army does not make a detour in place,  There will be another critical battle in Kiev, which is not in line with the plan of the coalition command! "

    "In case the fight is not ideal, and the central route army is taken advantage of by the enemy's counterattack or encircled, although it will not ultimately affect the overall situation of the Ukraine campaign, I believe that everyone here, like me, will never tolerate such a result. Ukraine  Whether the battle is going well or not depends on whether the central army under the personal command of General Utsunomiya fights well! Please work hard together!"

    Shunroku Hata ended the launch of the Ukrainian campaign with these wordsThe former Central Route Army's combat mobilization, of course, Army General Utsunomiya immediately stood up and led all the Japanese generals in the conference room to raise their arms and shout, "まんざい, まんざい, まんざい"

    The federal generals also followed the same example, and under the leadership of Stepin shouted "Ula~~~"

    Only Colonel Lu Huanyan, the commander of the Chinese Armored Regiment, watched all this coldly without saying a word. He was wondering when he could get a few newly arrived Chinese fd-18 pioneer light vehicles from the logistics of the coalition headquarters in the name of trial.  Just bring the tanks to Belgorod. They can attack the opponent's trench positions over obstacles. The tracked tanks are the most powerful weapon. They are much more effective than the Chinese FD-17ii wheeled armored fighting vehicle!

    July 28, 1918 10:15? Conference Room of the Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian Autonomous Government Building, Kharkiv, Ukraine

    "General Greiner, I don't understand why you and your troops can remain calm and the German government can remain calm when the Volga Federation has sharpened its sword and may provoke a war at any time.  The Volga Federation that descended from the sky is expanding and growing rapidly. In just half a month, the opponent's sphere of influence has expanded to the entire North Caucasus. Of course, this is due to the Soviet Union's incompetence and Denikin being a fool and being born in the wrong child!"

    The speaker was Simon Petlyura, commander-in-chief of the National Defense Forces of the Ukrainian People's Republic - the Ukrainian National Army, who is also the head of the ruling cabinet of the Ukrainian People's Republic.

    Speaking of Ukraine, for thousands of years, it has been the ideal of the Ukrainian national elite to get rid of the Great Russian tsarist regime or the rule of the Great Poland-Lithuania Kingdom and establish its own Ukrainian sovereign state.
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