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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 713 (1) Reasons for losing fighting spirit

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    "Konstantin Konstantinovich, yes, it's me, Commander Milevsky of the 1st Infantry Division. Listen to me, this battle can't go on any longer. The 1st Division must retreat. Let's discuss it.  Okay, let's keep the wounded to fight back, so that they will suffer less and we will feel at ease. We can't just kill our wounded like we did in the guerrilla wars in the past, right? Now we are not afraid of falling into the hands of the enemy. The Allied forces treat prisoners preferentially and take them with them.  Evacuating the wounded will really cost them their lives!¡±

    The question from the division chief of staff Kravshenko came from the phone receiver, "I mean division commander! Why didn't the cannon sound? The little devils in front of me have similar strength and firepower to us. As long as our cannon sounds, division commander, I promise to  The opponent is driven out of the position! The opponent can no longer hold back! The combat effectiveness of the little devils is far inferior to that of the Chinese armored forces, and the 38-meter cover firepower they have is not enough!

    "Chief of Staff Kravshenko, the artillery force can no longer give you any support. As the division commander, I order you to withdraw from the battle as soon as possible. Before the coalition air force has left and returned, you go north along the Kharkov River.  Retreat! Go to the north! Not to the south. To the south is Mihalik's 2nd Infantry Division. Not to mention that the coalition armored forces have already chased them along the forest road. Even the coalition air force in the sky will definitely follow it by then.  Chase all the way south of the Kharkov River to Kharkov! Keep it secret!" Milevsky's breakout direction for the 1st Infantry Division was unexpected but reasonable.  "" look

    "What's wrong with the artillery unit? I heard the rumble of artillery fire across the river just now. Why aren't there any artillery shells flying over? Is Karitintsev dozing off? Why doesn't the 105mm howitzer battalion keep firing? Did Rakitsky lead the army?  "Is the team surrendering to the enemy? It's a breakout, division commander, Kharkov is in the south. Are you sure we are going north or south?" came the message from the receiver, Chief of Staff of the 1st Infantry Division, Clough.  Shenke asked a series of questions.

    "Nonsense! Of course I know the difference between south and north. The 105mm howitzer battalion is finished, as is Karitintsev and his 3rd artillery battalion. We have to break out to the north. Only going north can we avoid the enemy's eyes and ears.  Leave the severely wounded to stop the enemy, and order the lightly wounded to break out to the south. You lead the main force of the remaining three infantry regiments to break out to the north. First go east to the riverside woodland, and then go north. Don't waste time and nonsense!  , every second of delay is a waste of life!¡±

    Milevsky hung up the phone without saying a word, and ordered the combat staff at the side, "Hurry up and remove the stitches. The troops are all lightly armed. Pass my order. The lightly wounded will organize themselves, pick up their guns, and attack westward. When we arrive in Kazakhstan,  Go to the Erkov River to rendezvous with the main force of the division led by the Chief of Staff. The seriously injured will stay where they are and the rest of the troops will gather and wait for my order!"

    It must be said that Milevsky, the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division, is really a bit cunning. He is not good at fighting and attacking, but he is good at organizing positional warfare and retreat. If he continues to issue this series of orders, he will just throw away the wounded and baggage.  To the Allied forces, and try to confuse the opponent's sight as much as possible, but this guy himself plans to take two combat battalions and a cavalry company and retreat eastward!

    In fact, not only the lightly and seriously wounded soldiers on the right bank of the Kharkov River were treated as abandoned soldiers to confuse the enemy's sight, but also the remnants of the three infantry regiments commanded by the division chief of staff Kravshenko on the other side of the Kharkov River were also deliberately targeted by the North.  Unintentionally regarded as an abandoned son, he asked Kravshenko to lead the remaining troops to retreat north. Of course, it was to catch the Allied forces by surprise. At the same time, he also used the bait and cake of the remaining three infantry regiments of the 1st Infantry Division to attract the coalition forces.  The intent of the air force's line of sight.

    Of course, if the division chief of staff Kravshenko can successfully cross the river and jump out of the enemy's encirclement with the main force of the division, Milevsky will of course be more happy to see it happen. However, how likely is this? The Ukrainian major general division commander has no idea.  Hopefully, for this guy, it would be quite righteous for him not to coax Kravshenko into leading three infantry regiments to fight the Japanese troops to the end.

    Soon, as more than 300 lightly wounded members of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division loaded their guns and rushed toward the Kharkov River in the west, division commander Milevsky led two combat battalions and used cavalry companies to clear the way, and the group quietly  Silently, he moved northward. Even though there was only one 75mm Krupp field gun left firing on the position of the 2nd Artillery Battalion occupied by the Northern Allied Forces, this guy did not move to regain the lost ground.  Any enemy, leading the team to jump out of the encirclement, was Artem Vladimirovich Milevsky's only thought at the moment.

    In this way, the chaotic battle in the forest on the right bank of the Kharkov River ended with Milevsky, the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division, leading the remaining troops of about 1,000 people to retreat eastward and jump out of the battlefield. When the Allied Air Force returned  When the refueling and hanging bombs came over the Kharkov River for the third time, Xue Juru and the soldiers of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Armored Regiment under his command captured 1 75mm field gun and 12 105mm howitzers.  And captured nearly 600 Ukrainian soldiers, half of whom were lightly or seriously wounded dropped by Severi Milevsky.

    The pride of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry DivisionThe regiment ceased to exist, and all three 75mm Krupp field artillery battalions were wiped out. Only one of the six guns captured by Xue Juru was left intact during the artillery battle. Anyway, the Ukrainian gunners left the artillery captain.  There were 12 people below Ranov. Fu Erzhu's 2nd Armored Company, commanded by Xue Juru, suffered more than 20 casualties, annihilated more than 800 enemies and captured more than 600 prisoners. The Northern Alliance's air strikes destroyed Ukrainian artillery, engineers and logistics  The total number of troops exceeded 1,600, and the remaining nearly 1,000 people fled into the forest on the right bank of the Kharkov River. Most of them ran south towards Kharkov.

    Of course, this half-day battle made Xue Juru and Fu Erzhu's 2nd company soldiers very tired, especially Xue Juru, the commander of the Rangers, the journey back and forth this day was probably more than seventy or eighty miles.  , although 12 105mm Krupp howitzers were captured as expected, but next time this guy is killed, he will not think that only one company of infantry can defeat the opponent's artillery regiment. In this success, except for the soldiers of the 2nd company  In addition to the support of perseverance and courage, the air strikes and deterrence of the Allied Allied Air Force were the real reason why the enemy lost his fighting spirit and did not dare to fight back desperately.
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