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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 635 (Part 2) Ishihara Wanji¡¯s Determination

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    Here, Ishihara Wanji scratched his head helplessly, and continued, "Our staff headquarters has judged that if the German army only has one division stationed in Kiev, our raid may be effective, but relying solely on the strength of the commander of the National Brigade  The 13th Infantry Brigade is obviously not good enough. At that time, the 7th Cavalry Regiment and Colonel Shi's Armored Regiment will have to be strengthened. At the same time, Major General Hessing's 7th Infantry Division will be used as the second-line reserve team, and the infield that originally served as the general reserve team will  The Major General's 14th Infantry Brigade must catch up and prepare to block the opponent's reinforcements! "

    "Sogar! Such an arrangement seems to be enough for the troops under the city of Kiev, but it is 300 kilometers from Glukhov to Kiev. Who will look after the back road and the base camp?" Uchino, commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade  Tatsujiro asked slowly and thoughtfully.

    "Once the main force of the Western Route Army decides to go straight into Kiev from Glukhov, the 8th Federal Infantry Division in Kursk will reinforce it to Glukhov, on the one hand to protect the rear of the Western Route Army, and on the other hand to clear out the scattered surrounding areas.  The enemy, at the same time, the 9th Federal Infantry Division is also ready to reinforce the front line and is ready to enter Ukraine to fight!" Ishihara Wanji replied.

    "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, as a result, the Kursk base camp will be empty. Don't we leave a division to garrison Kursk?" Slavin, commander of the Kursk Group Army, frowned.

    Ishihara smiled and said, "Your Majesty Lieutenant General, the mission of the Western Route Army is to capture and defend Kiev, not Kursk. Of course, at this time, I believe that no enemy can threaten the Volga Federation.  The newly formed local National Guard is enough to maintain security and order in Kursk. Of course, we must also prepare to recruit additional divisions. If we fight, there will inevitably be casualties. This is inevitable! "

    "Ishihara-kun, if the Germans do not reinforce Kharkov, and the two divisions of von Kusmani's 27th Army and the 3rd Ukrainian Army cannot come out to defend Kiev, how are you going to carry out the tasks assigned to us by the Ukrainian campaign!  "Fujii Yukitsuki, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the West Route Army and commander of the Japanese Seventh Division, who had been silent, finally couldn't help but ask.

    In fact, this is also a common question on the minds of many generals present. Everyone focused their attention on the young chief of staff in front of the map.

    "In the original plan of the Allied Forces Command and the Front Army Command, the reason why the West Route Army launched the attack later than the Center Route Army was to leave enough time and space for the enemy in Kiev to reinforce Kharkov. According to the mobilization of the German army  and mobilization capabilities. In half a day, they can send the first German division to reinforce Kharkov. Of course, it is entirely possible that the other side will only send one division to Kharkov to reinforce Kharkov and use the remaining two divisions to reinforce Kharkov.  The division remains in Kiev!¡±

    As he spoke, Ishihara Wanji moved a small black flag from Kiev to Kharkov, and then moved two small black flags from Dnipropetrovsk to Kharkov, pointing to Kharkov on the map.  road,

    "According to the war game of the General Staff Headquarters, after the battle in Kharkov, even if the Central Army progresses smoothly, the Germans and Ukrainians will not send out all their troops to reinforce Kharkov in the first stage. There will be three German divisions to strengthen the past.  It will be overwhelming. In this way, the enemy in Kharkov will gather 4 German divisions and 4 Ukrainian National Army infantry divisions, plus two volunteer divisions, with a total strength of more than 120,000, and the entire Central Route Army will be  There are only 60,000 people dispatched! What¡¯s more, they only plan to use 40,000 people on the front line!¡±

    Ishihara Wanji's words silenced the entire combat conference room. At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that the Allied Powers and the Volga Federation, as the attackers, did not actually have the advantage in terms of military strength. If this battle really started, it was hard to say what it would turn into.  What does it look like.

    Ishihara glanced at everyone, and then added, "This is just a relatively ideal situation. That is, the two German divisions and four Ukrainian divisions on the eastern front are restrained by our Eastern Route Army and cannot send troops to reinforce Kharkov.  If this happens, the center army in the direction of Kharkov is likely to be in a stalemate with the opponent's 120,000 main force! "

    "A stalemate? Colonel Ishihara, I think you are too optimistic. The four German divisions alone have 50,000 troops. The center army has 60,000 troops and is fully deployed. The main force is only over 30,000. We are lucky to be able to reach a stalemate.  There is a possibility of being surrounded by the Germans under the city of Kharkov or even defeated!" Major General Tatsujiro Uchino, commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade, spoke.

    The 50-year-old brigade commander really dares to say it now, without fear of damaging morale. However, what he said makes sense. It is very difficult or even impossible for a Japanese division to withstand four German divisions.  Now even the Minister of War would not dare to talk nonsense here.

    Of course, with the support of the Chinese armored regiment and three federal infantry divisions, it can at most offset the advantage of the opponent's four Ukrainian divisions. Based on this calculation, the lack of troops on the offensive side is a lice on the bald man's head, it is obvious.

    "Indeed, the coalition forcesBefore the headquarters formulated the Ukrainian campaign plan, it underestimated the mobilization capabilities of the Germans, and underestimated the opponent's ability to spare all the troops south of the Dnieper River to strengthen the northern front. Moreover, the speed at which the Ukrainian National Army's infantry divisions were formed and restored was underestimated.  Soon, in half a month, the opponent's strength doubled. These are objectively new difficulties!  "Ishihara Wan'er said truthfully.

    The Ukrainian campaign plan was originally hatched by him and Seishiro Itagaki with the help of Shunroku Hata in the war room of the Allied Forces Headquarters. Now it seems that there are certain deviations in the intelligence, the opponent's mobilization and supplementary capabilities, and the Germans' determination to defend Ukraine.  , have become the difficulties before us.

    "Chief of Staff Ishihara, according to your statement, our offensive forces are weaker than the defensive forces in three directions, and the opponent is dominated by German troops. I wonder if we should make a request to the Allied Forces General Headquarters to strengthen the Southwest Front Army.  Strength, at least two more federal group armies will be deployed to assist in the battle? "Slavin, the commander of the Kursk Army Group, thought that he had given the Japanese generals another step down the stairs. It only depends on whether the blind and arrogant Japanese generals are willing to take the ladder.  It's downhill.

    "Your Excellency Lieutenant General, please don't talk nonsense and give bad ideas. Since Your Excellency Utsunomiya and Shunroku Hata are personally in charge of the Central Route Army, they themselves are not worried about the lack of troops. What position does our West Route Army have to worry about asking for tactical guidance for them? Absolutely.  It is untenable. If you ask me, it would be better if the four German divisions rush to Kharkov. We will be more confident in conquering Kiev!"

    Major General Wu Qi, commander of the 13th Infantry Brigade, shouted, then rolled his eyes and said, "At most, we can move the Lieutenant General's 8th and 9th Infantry Divisions to the front line. Well, that's it.  Our West Route Army has reached the bottom line. If we want to request tactical guidance, it is the Central Route Army¡¯s turn to take the lead and raise it with the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces. We will never ask for it!¡±
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