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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 683 (1) Heavy Casualties from Air Raid

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    July 29, 1918 19:05 Kharkiv South Railway Station former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces

    "General Von Fran?ois! Our national army has the unshirkable responsibility to defend Ukraine. But now the German Air Force has completely failed in the fight for air supremacy. My troops were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. In this case, as the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of Ukraine's ruling cabinet, I  , formally lodge the following representations with you:

    "First, we require the German side to immediately mobilize a sufficient number and size of aviation fleet to urgently reinforce Ukraine, focusing on the Kharkiv-Dnipropetrovsk front line, and must re-capture the airspace over the battlefield in the shortest possible time.  Air supremacy, otherwise my troops will not be able to hold on to the defense line under the air attacks of the coalition aviation forces flying in the sky!" All text typed by hand!

    "Second, we ask you to urgently mobilize the 47th and 48th Infantry Divisions of the 29th German Infantry Corps to take over the defense line of the Ukrainian 1st and 2nd Divisions. The Ukrainian 1st and 2nd Divisions suffered heavy casualties in the Allied air raids, especially  It¡¯s because they lack experience in defensive operations without losing air supremacy and firepower support. The German divisions have strong combat capabilities and have experience in trench defensive warfare on the Western Front. My division can observe and learn on the spot to see how you hold your position!¡±

    "Third, we ask the German government to provide as soon as possible the supplement and support of new artillery, heavy machine gun ammunition, especially anti-aircraft anti-aircraft guns. 8 anti-aircraft gun battalions are simply not enough. In my opinion, we should equip at least 30 anti-aircraft gun battalions to protect ground troops.  Protect yourself from the threat of air strikes!" See the latest chapter!

    ¡°Fourth, we ask the German government to hold Hermann Wilhelm Goering accountable for his dereliction of duty, precisely because we trusted him to ensure that the skies over Ukraine would be absolutely safe under the protection of the German 1st Combat Wing.  and freedom, we suffered serious losses in the large-scale air attack by the coalition forces that was caught off guard! What's more, Goering clearly had two squadrons of fighter jets returning, but they escaped before the coalition's large air attack. This is huge!  It has affected the morale of the Ukrainian military and civilians and caused serious consequences!¡±

    The prime minister of Ukraine's ruling cabinet acted as if he had not heard the questions and threats made by the commander-in-chief of Germany's former enemy. He took out a piece of paper and started reading directly. The manner in which Simon Petliura read out these two or three items was extraordinary.  It seems that the Ukrainian National Army has lost the battle, but it is like the victor is giving an ultimatum to the loser.

    Throughout the afternoon, the air defense sirens over cities and airports in southern Ukraine almost never stopped. But now, after the coalition air strikes ended and the sirens were lifted, a large number of people poured out of almost every city to flee to the northwest. The Dnipro River and  The Severol Donetsk River was full of wooden boats of fleeing people, and there was almost a rolling flow of people along the roads and railways heading towards Kiev and Odessa in the southwest.

    Simon Petliura, the head of the Ukrainian autonomous government, was also at a loss. When the Germans asked them to abandon Kharkov and move the capital back to Kiev, in order to maintain the wise and powerful position of Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the ruling cabinet and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army,  image, did not agree. In fact, it only took more than 2 months to move the capital from Kiev to Kharkiv. Now he fled without a fight and was frightened by the enemy forces in the Volga Federation before moving the capital back. Simon Petryu  Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian government cannot wipe out this face.

    It can be said that Petliura is a leader with a lively mind. As a small powerhouse in Ukraine who cannot be defeated, this guy is good at persisting when he insists, and he is good at compromising when he needs to compromise. The Germans in Kiev will never take it easy.  The place to be evacuated, not to mention that Kharkiv was previously controlled by the Ukrainian Soviet government supported by Soviet Russia, so recovering Kharkiv and moving the city to the city was a wishful thinking that Simon Petliura had long planned.

    The original starting point was to stay away from Kiev and put it beyond the reach of the Germans. If the Ukrainian government continues to set its capital in Kiev, it will definitely be when the son-emperor of the German 10th Army in Ukraine arrives in Kharkiv.  The autonomy will be somewhat increased.

    What's more, Kharkiv is close to the golden pimple of the Donets Coalfield in the east, and the North Donets River and the lower reaches of the Dnieper River are Ukraine's traditional granaries. Simon Petliura had already planned it well, but it didn't work out.  , can keep Eastern Ukraine and be able to stand on its own as a country. As for Kiev and Western Ukraine, whoever has the ability will occupy it first. Maybe when their strength grows in the future, it is not impossible to regain Kiev and drive the Germans out during the Northern Expedition!

    Ludendorff actually saw Simon Petliura's little plan. In order to annex Western Ukraine in the future, Germany let go and agreed to the Ukrainian autonomous government to move the capital to Kharkiv. Later, with the defeat of the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Ufa,  With the emergence of the Volga Federation, arming the Ukrainian National Army as cannon fodder to resist future offensives by the Volga Federation and the Allied Powers on the Eastern Front has become the first choice of the German government. Within a month and a half, Germany urgently helped Simon Petliura expand and organize  The origin of the 12 German armored infantry divisions of the 3 Ukrainian armies.

    Hermann von FranSven von Neuhaus, commander of the 47th Infantry Division of the 29th German Infantry Corps, was the first to hold back.  He jumped up and said,

    "Your Excellency Petliura, please pay attention to your identity. It is the responsibility and obligation of your Ukrainian National Army to defend Ukraine. You have been shouting that you are the master of Ukraine all day long. At this moment, a few coalition planes drop a few bombs and let you  Are you scared to death? Do you believe that even with the cowardly behavior of your division commanders and troops, you dare to issue an ultimatum to our army commander? If you provoke us, I will lead the 47th Infantry Division to directly take over the defense of Kharkov?  "

    Before Major General Neuhaus finished speaking, the commander of the 48th German Reserve Infantry Division, Heiko von Westermann, jumped up angrily.

    "Petliura, even if it is you, a Ukrainian, who has the right to dictate the mobilization and use of the German army? The German 1st Fighter Wing spilled blood on the Ukrainian sky, and in exchange for this, you are so indiscriminate.  Is it indiscriminate blaming and shirking of responsibility?

    I have told you that the fortifications we built alone are not enough to withstand air attacks. We need to organize ground machine guns to shoot in the air to limit the opponent's aerial strafing and bombing to the greatest extent. But what are your soldiers doing?  You all ran to the rear in a swarm, and those who didn't ran couldn't even move the heavy machine gun to the shelter. Weren't you the ones who caused the heavy casualties in the air raid?  "

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