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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 693 (1) Darkness before Dawn

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    At 9:30 on July 30, 1918, the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces in the basement of the railway station in the southern suburbs of Kharkiv

    "The situation is a bit beyond our expectations. It is indeed serious. The first fortification line near the border has completely fallen into the hands of the attackers. The guard battalion of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division and the reconnaissance battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division who are holding their positions are all  The enemy's army was wiped out, and the enemy was now divided into two groups. The enemy on the left was probably a Japanese infantry regiment, led by a Chinese armored force with nearly 40 wheeled armored fighting vehicles, along the right bank of the North Donets River.  Kharkov rushed towards us. The enemy in the center dispatched a federal infantry brigade, with about 6,000 troops. They crossed the direction of our first trench fortification from the front. After capturing the central artillery position, they had already moved towards Kharkov.  Come on! "The fastest update, hand-made

    Under the dim light, the person speaking, pointing to the battle map on the wall, was Major General Sven von Neuhaus, commander of the 29th Infantry Corps of the German 10th Army in Ukraine, the 47th Infantry Division of the main force, and Joseph, the chief of staff of the army.  After Von Dietrich rushed to Donetsk overnight to command the two infantry divisions of the 31st German Infantry Corps of the Eastern Group of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces, the division commander of the 47th German Infantry Division originally stationed in the southern suburbs of Kharkov, Sven Von.  Neuhaus made a temporary cameo as chief of staff.

    Of course, the 47th Infantry Division under his command only has the 139th Infantry Regiment in Kharkov at the moment. It can be regarded as a very talented and bold leader, and it also stays in the southern suburbs of Kharkov.  In the basement of the train station were Infantry General Hermann von Francois, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the German-Ukrainian coalition forces, and Simon Petlyura, Prime Minister of the Ukrainian ruling cabinet, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian National Army.  Read the latest chapter

    Major General Sven von Neuhaus, commander of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division, is 42 years old. He is 3 years older than Simon Petliura. Although his family is only a viscount, the family fiefdom is in  Near Neuhaus, a port city on the German North Sea coast, he was pointing solemnly at the red arrow on the map indicating the attacking side and talking about the enemy situation in front of him.

    "Have the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Divisions arrived at the designated concealed standby positions?" Hermann von Francois, the former enemy commander-in-chief, turned to ask Simon Petliura beside him.

    Simon Petliura frowned when he heard this and said hesitantly, "The last time I received a telegram from the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division was at 3:30 in the morning. At that time, they were far away from the Kharkov River planned in Plan B.  There are still 5 kilometers left in the camp. It is now bright. Both divisions have entered a state of concealed standby and radio silence. They cannot be contacted for a while. According to the plan, when the radio is silent during the day, they will turn on every two hours.  , the time was very short, but we didn¡¯t receive their call sign at 8 o¡¯clock, we will try to contact them again at 10 o¡¯clock!¡±

    "The 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions should have entered their designated positions, right?" Major General Neuhaus stared at Simon Petliura and asked. Although the Ukrainian National Army troops in Kharkiv were commanded by the former enemy of the German-Ukrainian coalition  The Ministry of Defense is under unified command, but the confidential officers and translators are staff sent by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

    Therefore, the movements of the Ukrainian troops were always learned by the Ukrainians at the former enemy headquarters immediately, and then passed on to the German generals at the German-Ukrainian coalition headquarters. And all the telegrams of the Ukrainian troops were sent to the commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army in front of him.  The former deputy commander-in-chief of the enemy's headquarters was naturally the first to learn.

    "The 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions have been evacuated to the forests on both sides of the town of Momotobi, ten kilometers east of Kharkiv. They have also entered a state of radio silence. This night, the entire Kharkiv and our  The 1st Army has had a sleepless night. At this time, the troops are almost exhausted, and they are probably all sleeping hard to catch up on their sleep!" Simon Petliura frowned slightly and said thoughtfully.

    Although this guy served as the Prime Minister of Ukraine's ruling cabinet for the second time, the painful experience of being overthrown by a coup and being imprisoned the last time made him dare not give up control of the military easily. Not only did this guy also serve as the Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief of the National Army,  Even the commander of the 1st Army Group of the Ukrainian National Army in Kharkiv is concurrently held by this Ukrainian military strongman with countless titles. At this time, the commander-in-chief only has a Ukrainian guard regiment with him. In addition to the same equipment, the soldiers  In addition to the German-made Mauser 98 rifle, they also carry a Mauser pistol on their backs. The firepower from both distances and distances is so fierce that it would have been called the Guard Pistol Regiment in China a few years ago.

    "Your Excellency, General, based on the air and ground firepower of the coalition forces that we observed early this morning, the intensity and quantity of the opponent's ground artillery fire were average. At best, the artillery under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Third Division was firing, and the number would not exceed  With 100 artillery pieces, the opponent's force for the front-line attack was probably an infantry brigade accompanied by a Chinese armored regiment! Unfortunately, we only arranged 2 Ukrainian infantry battalions on the position, and they were hit hard by the opponent's heavy bomber air strikes in advance. If the coalition forces  Without air support and advantages, my 47th Infantry Division can completely block the attack of the opponent's brigade on the position! "

      Sven von Neuhaus¡¯s tone was filled with confidence and regret. Hermann von Fran?ois hadn¡¯t spoken yet, and Simon Petliura was unwilling to do so and couldn¡¯t help but complain.  road,

    "I say, Your Excellency, Major General, I told you earlier that your German division would go up to defend the first line of trenches and fortifications. You tried to come up with a plan B, but now you are making sarcastic remarks. My Ukrainian boy has lost more than 1,000 people."  Two elite battalions, if I had known this, why would the main force of your division be rushing to retreat to the vicinity of Krasnod by train? Why don't you bring them back and command them personally to recapture our first line of defense?"

    The Prime Minister of Ukraine is obviously still distressed that he lost those two battalions that symbolized the so-called national independence and bravery spirit in order to demonstrate the courage of the Ukrainian National Army. A total of 1,120 of the best young men in Ukraine. According to the observation post, there is almost no chance to fight back.  The 250-pound heavy bomb dropped by the Handlibet O/400 heavy bomber, which appeared over Ukraine for the first time, destroyed the fortifications and buried more than half of them. The battalion of the 1st Division was almost completely wiped out.  At any rate, almost half of the squadron of Japanese yellow-skinned monkey soldiers were wiped out. The performance of the battalion of the 2nd Division was not as good as that of the old and young. Those who were not killed were basically prisoners of the coalition forces.

    The only good thing is that Plan B of the German-Ukrainian coalition was only communicated to the commanders of the regiments and above of each division of the Ukrainian National Army, and was kept strictly confidential. The soldiers of the lower battalions, companies, squads and platoons of the National Army had no idea where they were going to evacuate.  Where to wait and what is the next action plan.

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