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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 708 (2) The camp is full of wounded soldiers

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    The commander of the 2nd Infantry Division glared at his chief of staff with dissatisfaction, waved his hand and said,

    "There's nothing to worry about. If we evacuate too late and wait for the follow-up troops of the Allied Forces, if that Japanese infantry regiment or infantry brigade comes up again, we won't be able to escape even if we want to! If you become a prisoner of the Allied Forces, how do you feel about it?  Will Your Excellency Triula be happier? Preserving our strength is the only option at the moment. Let¡¯s not stupidly ask the enemy headquarters for instructions. Let¡¯s withdraw directly, otherwise the telegrams will come and go in half an hour and they will be lost!¡±

    Chief of Staff Koval did not dare to say anything after hearing this, thinking that you are the division commander anyway, and the Germans or Petliura will blame him in the future. You are tall and tall, but you will be able to take on the responsibility.  He asked, "Division commander, we also have more than 1,000 wounded. If we retreat, taking them with us will delay the march. Besides, should we turn west and retreat on the main road, or should we retreat along the river?"  ,

    "Are you crazy! Turn onto the road? Are you planning to use your two feet to compete with the coalition's wheeled armored combat vehicle to see who can run faster on the road? Of course, stay away from the road, and then spread out in the woods and head south.  Run, the target is Kharkov, where the Germans personally command the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Divisions to defend the northern suburbs positions. We will move all the way from the northeast along the Kharkov River as long as we reach Kharkov!  Kokov, it¡¯s victory!¡± Division Commander Mihalik said disapprovingly.  ""look

    "But where are the wounded? Where's the artillery? Where's the logistics? There's no way to run military trucks in the forest, and our mules and horses also lost a lot in the coalition's air raids! Division Commander, do we want to borrow a road with the 1st Infantry Division?  Using the pontoon bridge they built, we can also cross the Kharkov River. We can also withdraw to Kharkov along the right bank of the Kharkov River!" Koval, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Infantry Division!  He is obviously a talkative guy!

    "Follow the lightly wounded. Those with leg wounds or serious injuries will all stay and be cut off. A few health workers will be left to take care of them. The Allied forces will treat the prisoners preferentially and throw their burdens to the enemy. Naturally, we will go into battle lightly when we break out. Cannons? No cannons.  In addition to being a huge burden and cumbersome, the cannons are nothing. Are there only 1o 75mm Krupp field guns left? Ask the artillery battalion to push them directly into the river and sink them. They cannot fall into the hands of the coalition forces. We will kill them in the future.  You can pick it up and dry it again when you get it back!¡±

    Obviously, these generals of the Ukrainian National Army are all unruly guys at heart. Compared with when they were fighting guerrillas in the past, they couldn't take away the wounded when they retreated, so they killed their own wounded. Now they can be considered an improvement.  Small, of course, this is inseparable from the widespread publicity of the Allied Eastern Front's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners after the Battle of Ufa. This is also one of the reasons why the Ukrainian National Army soldiers lack the courage to fight to the end, isn't it? If you can't win, you will be a prisoner.  Maybe it would be easier than just running away.

    It is reported that not only are the prisoners of the former Soviet Red Army who have chosen to join the Volga Federation been treated with first-class Bundeswehr treatment, but also when they were captured and stayed in the coalition prisoner-of-war camp, the food in the prisoner-of-war camp was  And the treatment in all aspects is far better than that of the main force of the Soviet Red Army.

    "Okay, my chief of staff, if you hesitate any longer, the day lily will be cold. Didn't you see that after the enemy killed the two battalions of the 1st Regiment, at least one armored company's troops had already headed south along the forest road.  , at this moment Milevsky has already slipped away with his 1st Division. If we stay here any longer, we will become the spoils and prisoners of the Allied forces. Pass my order!"

    "The 1st Infantry Regiment temporarily held the outpost position on the right wing. The 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments moved southeast to the Kharkov River. The artillery battalion pushed the artillery into the Kharkov River. Logistics and baggage affected the movement of the troops.  All the jars and jars were left behind to hold the position with the wounded. Of course, the food had to be taken away. Everyone carried the food on their backs, brought their rifles and guns, and threw away all other rubbish! After 10 minutes, the entire division retreated southward along the river.  !¡±

    Like the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Ufa, the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division learned every lesson and gained wisdom. Finally, at this moment when the coalition air force had not turned back and the ground troops did not launch a full-scale attack, it took the lead in retreating!

    At the same time, on the position of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division in the north, the three infantry regiments also began to retreat quietly under the command of the division chief of staff Kravshenko. Since the battlefield and positions were in the forest, in fact, this  The terrain not only blocks the sight of both sides, but also creates conditions for the retreat of the Ukrainian National Army.

    Of course, this is inseparable from the fact that the coalition armored regiment did not launch further offensives. In one morning's battle, the 3rd Armored Battalion eliminated a large number of enemies. At the same time, it inevitably suffered casualties during the offensive and defensive operations, especially during the artillery battle between the two sides.  , the number of artillery was completely at a disadvantage. Although the artillery company relied on the combat method of quickly shifting positions after a few rounds of firing to avoid the loss of artillery, the artillery fire from the opponent's two artillery battalions still hit two armored vehicles of the coalition. In addition,In terms of casualties during the attack, Li Shang's 3rd Armored Battalion had lost almost 3 armored vehicles, sacrificed 18 soldiers, and injured almost 30 people.

    July 3o, 1918 12:00 Headquarters of the 1st Armored Regiment on the Kharkiv River Forest battlefield fifteen kilometers northeast of Kharkiv

    "Report to the head of the regiment! The 18th Infantry Regiment of Japan's Shogo Masaki has arrived on the battlefield!" Captain Tanosuke Higashikata, communications staff officer of the Armored Regiment, jumped out of the speeding FJ18 Humvee command vehicle and stood at attention to report.

    Upon hearing this, Colonel Lu Huanyan, the commander of the 1st Chinese Armored Regiment, turned around from the map and saw the captain of the 18th Japanese Infantry Regiment surrounded by a group of Japanese guards on the north side of the forest road 50 meters away.  Colonel Masago Izaki and his men were riding in, riding behind the Central Army's Humvee command vehicle and the convoy of large Dodge trucks, leaving the distant commander Masago Izaki behind.  Behind this guy, Captain Takeuchi Bin of the 18th Infantry Regiment, were both a little disgraced.

    Lu Huanyan raised his wrist and looked at his watch. Before the European War, most watches in the world were still pocket watches, and they were not affordable for the general public. However, the watch on Lu Huanyan's wrist was customized by Wang Geng from Rolex in China.  The 1918 version of the latest waterproof watch that participated in the war was a full 8 years earlier than the first waterproof watch launched by Rolex in 1926.

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