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    Simon Petliura is really calming down at this moment. It can be seen that the Germans are not fooling him, but they do have such a way to defend Kharkov. The following group of Ukrainian generals are like this  Everyone was excited for a while. There was no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the German divisions. If two German divisions were able to deal with a Japanese brigade that had invaded alone, wouldn't that be easy?

    "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, what if the enemy is not a brigade, but an entire division, and they circle back to the undefended left bank of the North Donets River to launch an offensive? Your two German divisions can't swallow up one of each other's divisions in one go, right?"  "Taras Mihalik, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division of the 1st Ukrainian Army, said abruptly.  .

    "Well, this situation is almost impossible to happen. Of course, if the Japanese commander of the Allied Powers gets crazy and uses the entire division for a roundabout attack on the left bank of the North Donets River, then our infantry on the northern front will  1. The 2nd Division can directly launch a counterattack against the enemy in front of it and cut off the opponent's retreat. At the same time, we will concentrate the 47th and 48th German Reserve Infantry Divisions and the 3rd and 4th Ural Infantry Divisions, a total of 4 divisions.  With superior force, the Japanese 3rd Division, whose retreat was cut off, was surrounded and annihilated on the left bank of the North Donets River!"

    The chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian coalition obviously had a full prediction of the various possible scenarios of the battle, and the answers he gave were quite exciting. The guy continued to say, still unfinished,

    "According to our judgment, after the enemy breaks through the first line of trench defense, it is more likely to detour to the right, that is, send some troops to pretend to attack the ring defense line north of Kharkov, and use the main force to the east of Kharkov  Detours, of course, are in vain. Our two German divisions will give the opponent a head-on blow. Moreover, at the critical moment, the reserve infantry division of the German 29th Army will also send the author's train north from Dnepropetrovsk for reinforcements.  Our three German divisions are more than enough to destroy the main force of one division of the other side!¡±

    Von Dietrich thoroughly explained the tactical strategy that he and Hermann von Fran?ois determined after many war games to the German and Ukrainian National Army generals in front of him.

    "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, of course you are happy to talk about war on paper now. The question is, what should we do on the Eastern Front? You say we should fight and retreat? Where is the end of retreat? Should we defend Krasnoton, the bridgehead near the border? How long should Lugansk be defended?  What should we do if the enemy crosses the border and directly cuts off the retreat from Luhansk to Krasniluch and Debalchev?" Taras Stepanenko, commander of the 5th Division of the Ukrainian 2nd Army, couldn't help but ask again.

    "Major General Stepanenko, don't worry about the Eastern Front. Chief of Staff Lieutenant General von Dietrich will personally command the Ukrainian 2nd Army on the Eastern Front to fight against the 51st and 52nd German Reserve Infantry Divisions. He will tell you the specific tactics.  , In short, before we open up the situation on the northern front, the task of the eastern front is to use depth to delay the opponent's attack and drag the opponent into the river network of the lower reaches of the Northern Donets River, making them unable to exert their strength!  Von Francois, commander of the 29th German Infantry Corps and commander-in-chief of the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces.

    For von Francois, it was a helpless move to send his chief of staff to command the Eastern Group. Von Eisenberg, commander of the 31st Infantry Corps stationed in Odessa, refused to go to North Donne no matter what.  North of the Ci River, he came to serve as deputy commander-in-chief to von Francois, and the Ukrainian generals lacked experience in large corps operations. In desperation, Francois had no choice but to send his chief of staff to lead and command the Eastern Group.  Otherwise, it would be easy for the two division commanders of the German Reserve Infantry Division, the 51st and the 52nd Division, to lead the conflict.

    Although von Eindhoven and von Bergmann were convinced by the 62-year-old Eastern Front veteran Hermann von Francois, they were both angry with each other. In this year of 1918,  Almost all the generals above the division commander of the German 10th Army in Ukraine have a "von" in front of their last name, which means that these guys are the children of German aristocratic families, but their new boss, Wilhelm Greiner,  There is no Feng character in front of his surname.

    Wilhelm Greiner was born into a military family in Ludwigsburg on November 22, 1867. He joined the German Army in 1884 and served as Colonel Chief of the Transport Division of the German General Staff in 1912. After the outbreak of the European War, he was in charge of the troops and  Baggage transportation.  He was promoted to major general in August 1915, and in May of the following year, he took over the German army's food supplies.  In the autumn of 1916, he was promoted to deputy chief of staff, responsible for Germany's military production.

    In August 1917, he was suddenly dismissed and went to the Western Front to serve as a division commander. In February 1918, he was transferred to Ukraine to serve as Eichhorn's chief of staff. At the end of July 1918, he replaced Eichhorn's army who was recalled to the country.  Marshal, serving as commander-in-chief of the German forces in Ukraine and commander of the German 10th Army.

    His predecessor, Field Marshal Eichhorn, who caused outrage in Ukraine, was announced to have retired after returning to China. Of course, Field Marshal Hermann von Eichhorn was already 72 years old.?Retiring from military service at this time is just the right thing. If I stay in Ukraine any longer, I might become a ghost hunted by nationalists at any time.

    In Wang Geng¡¯s previous life, after Ludendorff resigned in October 1918, William Greiner was recalled to Berlin and succeeded Hindenburg as the German Chief of Staff, responsible for quickly withdrawing German troops from France.  After the end of World War I, he retired in September 1919 and began his political career. He served successively as Minister of Defense (1928-1932) and Minister of the Interior (1931-1932). After Hitler came to power, he gradually withdrew from politics. In May 1939  He died in Potsdam on March 3 at the age of 71.

    Of course, in this current time and space, Wilhelm Greiner, who does not have the word "von" in his name, is only 51 years old. He is definitely a junior among the German generals during the European War. He is the same as the 53-year-old Ashley who also does not have the word "von" in his name.  Together with Ludendorff, he became the boss of a bunch of German generals whose surnames started with "von", and even led 62-year-old veterans such as Hermann von Francois.

    "Everyone, our fighting style on the Eastern Front is different from that on the Northern Front. On the Eastern Front, we trade space for time. You must know that with 2 German divisions and 4 divisions of the Ukrainian 2nd Army, we have to defend the Donetsk River and Lugan.  The forces in the two areas of Sksk are stretched thin, so we are constantly resisting on the eastern front to lure the enemy deeper. The German reserve infantry divisions 51st and 52nd will be used as fists in the rear, while the troops of the Ukrainian Second Army are on top.  Lead the opponent by the nose and walk backward!" Von Dietrich said metaphorically.

    "In this case, why are there three divisions in Luhansk? If we are to resist and lure the enemy deeper, sending only one infantry division is more than enough!" The division commander of the 51st German Reserve Infantry Division couldn't help but ask.

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