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    At this moment, I had to grit my teeth and try to get all the artillery across the river before the second wave of air strikes from the coalition air force arrived, pull it up the towering right bank of the Kharkov River, and enter the forest area to rearrange the artillery positions.  !

    When two 75mm Krupp field artillery battalions of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, which had escaped an air attack by the Allied Air Force, opened fire from their new artillery positions to bombard the Allied Allied positions near the forest road in the northwest, not only the frontline Ukrainian  The soldiers of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division cheered "Ula". Here, the artillery regiment and engineer battalion of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division were still trying their best to move the artillery on the Kharkov River.  The soldiers also cheered "Ula".  [guanm]",

    The commander of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division, Milevsky, and the chief of staff, Kravshenko, even almost ordered the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the far left wing of the first line, to coordinate the reinforcements of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division and counterattack from the front position, trying to  With the fire support of the two artillery battalions of the 2nd Infantry Division, the battalion of the Allied Allied Armored Forces, which had been raging all morning, was eaten up. Even if only one armored company was eliminated, if they did not seize the time, wait for the Allied Air Force to come back.  At that time, it was a question whether the two artillery battalions of the 2nd Infantry Division Mihalik that had been lucky enough to survive dared to expose their positions and continue firing.

    The reason why Commander Milevsky and Chief of Staff Kravchenko of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division gave up ordering the regiments of the 1st Division to counterattack is very simple. Although the first positions of the three infantry regiments of the 1st Ukrainian Division were taken advantage of by the troops,  The coalition forces recovered as they gathered and retreated, but each regiment faced the enemy's armored vehicles, heavy machine gun fire and sniper fire, still suppressing the Ukrainian National Army and unable to raise its head.  ""look

    In the previous wave of the enemy's offensive to occupy their own positions, the three regiments of the 1st Milevsky Infantry Division suffered at least 1,200 casualties in total, while the attacking troops were only one battalion dismounted and fighting.  Armored vehicle-borne infantry. In the process of resisting this wave of enemy offensive, the three infantry regiments' biggest barriers, the mgo8 heavy machine gun group and the German-made 1914 76cm light mortar group under the jurisdiction of each battalion and company suffered the greatest losses.  Beiyang 1917707

    This caused Milevsky's order to counterattack to be blocked by the three infantry regiment commanders. Maxim Makevich Kalinichenko, commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment, had the simplest reason.  The position defended by the regiment was the widest, at least 2200 meters wide from north to south, and its position was attacked three times. The first time was when an armored company of the opponent ate up the 3rd Battalion and 3rd Company, and then the remaining 3rd Battalion recovered the position.  The troops at the bottom were accidentally injured by the firepower of the 3rd Artillery Battalion of the 1st Infantry Division and were eliminated on their own positions.

    The third wave of attacks was the assault by an armored company of the coalition forces on the left-wing position of the 1st Kalinichenko Infantry Regiment. As a result, the 1st Battalion lost two more companies. Therefore, after the enemy temporarily retreated, Kalinichenko  The 1st Infantry Regiment of Co., Ltd. has less than two battalions left, and there are not many mgo8 heavy machine guns and mortars left. It is quite difficult to continue to defend the 2200-meter position, let alone send troops.  Fight back!

    The commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment in the center, Hesse Gubievich Yarmolenko, actually agreed to send a battalion of troops to counterattack. In the previous wave of offensive by the Allied Powers, he lost 3 companies, and he screamed righteously.  After returning to the scene, I saw that the artillery battalion of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division was actually able to open fire and bombard the coalition positions in the southwest. This guy was clamoring for the artillery regiment of the 1st Infantry Division to also open fire. They were just joking. They would not destroy the enemy's armored vehicles.  To eliminate the blockade and threat of the opponent's M2 large-caliber heavy machine gun, who has the courage to expose his head to the trench, let alone fight back!

    If the answers of the two regiment commanders Kalinichenko and Yarmolenko on the phone only made Milevsky furious, then the 1st Infantry Division was the closest to the battlefield where the Southwest Allied Forces positions and the 2nd Infantry Division exchanged fire.  The answer of the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Yevhem Yevjevich Khacheridi, made Milevsky's heart turn cold!

    The 3rd Infantry Regiment lost almost all its heavy machine guns and mortars in the previous wave of coalition offensives, and suffered huge casualties. The 3rd Battalion in the middle was almost disabled, and the 1st and 3rd Battalions each lost at least half of them.  A company, this is not the key. The key is that according to the observation of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division in the south took huge risks and did not hesitate to expose the artillery positions in the first round of artillery bombardment against the coalition forces.  null!

    Moreover, after the first round of artillery bombardment by the Ukrainian 2nd Division, the coalition armored forces advanced instead of retreating. At this time, the bugle was blaring and at least two armored companies pressed towards the position of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division in the south.  , and the momentum is very strong. Depending on the situation, there is no need to worry about the threat of artillery fire from the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division. The commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment even suggested on the phone that the entire division take advantage of the opportunity when the coalition armored forces are held back by the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division.  Not only should we not fight back, but we should take this opportunity to retreat!

    "The three regiment commanders refused to engage in counterattack despite push and pull. Hacheridi actually suggested that we take advantage of the Allied Armored Forces being attacked by infantry.When the 2nd Division was entangled, we seize the opportunity to retreat, saying that if the Allied Air Force comes back later, once the bridge is bombed and the river is blocked, we will wait for the enemy's Japanese infantry regiment to come up with reinforcements, regardless of whether we can  If the armored battalion in front of the opponent is eaten, the position on the left bank of the Kharkov River will not be able to hold on!  "

    Milevsky dropped the phone and looked at his chief of staff, Kravshenko, in confusion, and then hesitantly said, "Konstantin Konstantinovich, do you think this war really can't be fought?  The order given to us by the former enemy headquarters was to use the main force of the two divisions to fight in a last-ditch battle to block the enemy's roundabout troops on the east route. At this time, the Japanese infantry regiment had not yet entered the battle, and our two divisions were defeated by an armored battalion of the enemy.  How can I explain this to His Excellency Simon Petliura?¡±

    Chief of Staff Kravshenko here frowned when he heard this, walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, raised his head and said helplessly,

    "Division Commander, I see that the morale of the troops has collapsed. A last-ditch battle will not only fail to boost morale, but may also lead to the collapse of the troops. We have been fighting all morning, and the full force that appears in front of us is equivalent to the strength of a Chinese armored battalion of the coalition forces.  , but their firepower is stronger than our division. Unless you use artillery, even if you go all out and use artillery to fire, the opponent's air force can quickly locate and launch an air attack. This is a forest area, and the advantage is that the air attack hit rate is low.  The disadvantage is that our mobility and shifting positions are also severely limited!¡±

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