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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 683 (3) Passive Situation

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    In fact, the outstanding performance and fearless courage of the Allied Eastern Front Allied Air Force today made Simon Petliura and his Ukrainian generals take a breath. G?ring's No. 1 fighter  The wing was definitely the ace of the German Air Force, but it was actually completely defeated in one morning by two opposing flying wings relying on their superiority in the number and performance of aircraft. If it were not for the insufficient skills and experience of the pilots of the Chinese Air Force in the coalition,  Hermann Wilhelm Goering, who has always been so arrogant, probably won't be able to escape at all!

    Just when both sides were at a loss, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the German-Ukrainian coalition forces, commander of the 29th Infantry Corps of the German 10th Army in Ukraine, and infantry general Hermann von Francois finally spoke. Update  The fastest, all text typed by hand

    "The atmosphere has almost become lively. Enough is enough. Keep this energy to hold on to the upcoming offensive by the Allied forces. Major General Heiko von Westermann, commander of the 48th Reserve Infantry Division, listen to my command and put down your gun.  ,immediately!"

    After hearing this, von Westermann borrowed the ladder and went downhill. He glared at the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Division opposite him and muttered, putting his pistol back into its holster. Only then did several sharp-eyed Ukrainian division commanders  It was discovered that von Westermann had not turned on the safety of the Luger pistol, which was the standard weapon of the German army.

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    This greatly reduced the hostility of several Ukrainian division commanders present towards von Westermann. Since the other party did not really want to shoot just now, this can only be regarded as a conflict between generals with hot tempers.  Here, Simon Petliura put it away when he saw fit. The German Luger pistol in this guy¡¯s hand actually had the safety on. The Ukrainian Prime Minister put away the gun in a sullen voice, while throwing glass soot at the originator of this turmoil.  The commander of the 1st Infantry Division who hit someone with a vat reprimanded,

    "Division Commander Artem Vladimirovich Milevsky, please be more careful next time. With your hands trained in digging coal, you can't throw anything but an ashtray. If it causes friendly forces to be out of combat,  Reducing the number of troops, who will defend your position against the attack of the Allied Powers? "

    The commander of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division was already soaked with sweat on the back of his uniform. Hearing this, he sat back in his chair with a grimace and did not dare to talk back. An inexplicable incident was over for the time being.

    "Your Excellency Petliura, please restrain your subordinates. If anyone dares to attack a German officer in my headquarters next time, we will shoot first and then talk!" Hermann von Francois  The tone was quite unpleasant.

    "Admiral Von Francois, please also restrain your subordinates. Next time if we find that the German officer enters the combat conference room without handing over his weapon, then our Ukrainian general will also refuse to hand over his weapon!  "The Ukrainian Prime Minister said tit for tat.

    Then the generals on both sides finally calmed down and faced the current situation head-on again. To be fair, Simon Petliura just read out the four demands like an ultimatum. At least the first and second items were before the meeting. Von Fur  Fran?ois, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, had already made similar requests in an emergency telegram sent to General Wilhelm Greiner, commander-in-chief of the German 10th Army in Kiev. At the same time, this war situation and request for help telegram was also directly copied to the highest level in Berlin.  Headquarters.

    "Your Excellency Prime Minister, the first and third points you just mentioned were made in the telegram sent by the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian forces to Kiev this evening and copied to Berlin. However, we will not be able to count on it for a while. Berlin  Even if we agree to our request, it will take at least 3 days to a week for the reinforcements of the air force and anti-aircraft artillery and heavy machine guns to arrive in Ukraine! This is only if this self-righteous guy like Ludendorff can agree!"

    Hermann von Fran?ois made no secret of his disdain and contempt for Ludendorff, the head of the German army who was at the height of his power. If it weren't for Ludendorff's suppression and idleness, von Fran?ois would have been under the leadership of Ludendorff.  How could he still command the 29th Infantry Army composed of a reserve infantry division four years later after his amazing performance in commanding the First Army of the Eighth Army in the Battle of Tannenberg?  At least he must be a group army commander, or even an army group commander!

    Von Francois's words made Simon Petliura and a group of Ukrainian division commanders who were confused and panicked by the afternoon coalition air raid feel happy, but then they grimaced. It would take 3 to 7 days.  Reinforcements felt?  The other side might have captured Kharkov in three days, and the Allied forces might have reached Kiev in seven days. How could this be too late?

    "This is already the most ideal and optimistic estimate. In other words, in the next three days, we can only rely on our existing strength to resist the enemy's offensive. Although the anti-aircraft artillery battalion suffered heavy losses, we still have a heavy machine gun battalion.  Well, air defense is not impossible, Lord Petliura, your troops must quickly build anti-aircraft gun mounts, mount the mg08 heavy machine guns attached to the infantry, and organize an anti-air fire network to suppress the air attacks of the opponent's aviation team! "

    The speaker was von Dieter, von Francois¡¯s chief of staff.Hi, I didn¡¯t expect these words to make the conference room buzz again. Taras Tasimovich Mihalik, commander of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, said with a grimace and his hands,

    "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, it's not that easy to shoot a plane with a machine gun. Don't you German army have 8 anti-aircraft artillery battalions? In this whole day, you only shot down 3 of the enemy's aircraft and damaged 7 of them. You are still serious.  The air defense force is equipped with serious 20mm double-barreled rapid-fire anti-aircraft guns. Your anti-aircraft gunners have been well-trained on the battlefield. If the mg08 of the heavy machine gun battalion of the National Army infantry can easily shoot down planes, it will still be useful in Germany.  Develop and produce anti-aircraft guns?

    If you ask me, we need to quickly replenish the anti-aircraft artillery battalion. Of course, it would be better to bring back a few more of Germany's ace flying wings from the Western Front. The losses of the Chinese Air Force in the air battle were not small. If we could kill 3 of the opponent's  As for the fighter-bomber wing, I think they will never have time to replenish and recover!  "

    Mihalik¡¯s words aroused many voices of agreement. Of course, one¡¯s own air force is the first choice to fight for air supremacy. Who has ever heard that ground troops can use anti-aircraft guns and machine guns to compete with the opponent¡¯s air force for air supremacy?

    Simon Petliura knew that what von Francois and his chief of staff told was the truth. Due to the serious underestimate of the strength of the coalition air force, the air superiority over Ukraine completely fell to the Allied forces in the next three days.  Of course, in the eyes of the Germans, it was not that they did not try their best, but that they did not expect that the 1st Fighter Wing, which had always been regarded as ace, was completely defeated in less than a day, and lost almost 90% of its aces.  Pilots, this war situation that surprised everyone made the Ukrainian sky an undefended zone in a short period of time.

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