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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 717 (1) Who will sing the protagonist?

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    Xue Juru commanded the captured Ukrainian gunners, and he pieced together five more usable 75mm Krupp field guns from the positions of the three destroyed field artillery battalions in the north. At this moment  Lu Huanyan obviously directly plans to expand his regimental artillery battery into the 1st artillery battalion with 12 guns, and the 12 105mm Krupp howitzers will be organized into the 2nd regimental artillery battalion. Our Chinese Lu Cai has to spend most of today  The one who benefited the most from the battle achieved the greatest results.

    July 30, 1918 14:20 Japanese Infantry 5th Brigade Headquarters five kilometers northwest of Kharkiv

    "Reporting to the brigade commander, there was a call from the former enemy headquarters. The headquarters requested our unit to blockade the right bank of the North Donets River and build field fortifications in time to hold the position. It is expected that in 20 minutes, a FR18 fighter-bomber group of the Allied Air Force will attack Hal  An air attack will be carried out on the northern ring defense line of Cove City, and then the 13th Federal Infantry Division in the center will launch an attack!" Colonel Ogawa Kasumi, chief of staff of the 5th Infantry Brigade, reported on the side with a telegram just sent by the confidential staff.

    "Sogarhow do you let the federal infantry division launch the main attack? How can these former Soviet Red Army prisoners who just walked out of the prisoner of war camp take on this important task? Our Kikuchi brigade has the task of taking down Kharkov."  That's right! What's the idea of ??the commander of the Oba Division?" The 52-year-old Shinnosuke Kikuchi, commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 3rd Division, looked at him and got angry.  The young people are no different.

    Previously, the 18th Infantry Regiment commanded by Masago Eizaki under the Kikuchi Brigade defeated the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division in one fell swoop during a roundabout operation on the east road. Major General Shinnosuke Kikuchi, who was the commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, was overjoyed.  , and made the brigade commander and the soldiers of the 6th Infantry Regiment under his personal command full of envy, jealousy and hatred.

    Because the Japanese 3rd Division itself was organized in Nagoya and was also called the Nagoya Division, among the two infantry regiments under the jurisdiction of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Division, the 6th Infantry Regiment was born in Nagoya.  The 5th Infantry Brigade regards itself as the main force, and now the 18th Infantry Regiment, a second-line force born in Kanazawa, takes the lead, from the brigade commander Kikuchi Shinnosuke to the captain of the 6th Infantry Regiment, Sugimoto Kaita  My heart feels a little sour and a little bit tasty.

    At this moment, the city of Kharkov is less than five kilometers southeast. Across the wide North Donets River, you can even see the majestic appearance of the Japanese 4th Cavalry Regiment led by Colonel Yonezawa Kogoro galloping back and forth on the other side.  , which made Major General Kikuchi, commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, very anxious.

    The Ukrainians used an empty city strategy on the first line of defense, and the two main infantry divisions of the Ukrainian National Army that had retreated into the forest were simply vulnerable. They were actually defeated by two battalions of the Chinese Armored Regiment plus the 18th Infantry Division.  The regiment was tidied up, which made Commander Kikuchi's brigade burn with an ever-higher flame, preparing to personally lead the 6th Infantry Regiment to take a rest and conquer Kharkov in one fell swoop!

    "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I think the former enemy headquarters must be worried about our lack of troops. When we conquered the first line of defense, our 6th Infantry Regiment was the vanguard of the entire army. Later, it detoured along the right bank of the North Donets River.  Advancing, the retreating troops were exhausted after being held back by swamps and puddles along the way. It was obviously unrealistic for us to launch an attack from the northwest at this time. Therefore, the headquarters asked the 13th Federal Infantry to march along the railway in the middle.  The division took the lead in attacking, maybe it was just a test." Beiyang 1917 Chapter 717 (1) Who will sing the protagonist?  "Is it just the reality of the Fang defender?"

    As the chief of staff of the 5th Infantry Brigade, the 46-year-old Colonel Kasumi Ogawa certainly knew that the brigade commander next to him had long regarded the honor of being the first to invade Kharkov as the possession of the 5th Infantry Brigade.  The captain of the 6th Infantry Regiment, Sugimoto Kaita, was probably even more anxious at this moment. He looked at his colleague Masago Izaki, who had never been in his eyes, leading the 18th Infantry Regiment, who was born as a bumpkin from Kanazawa.  The regiment made the first contribution of the Japanese Army at the beginning of the war. This made the Japanese troops on the left side of the circuit scream and couldn't wait to take the Ukrainian capital Kharkiv as their next inevitable goal.

    "A tentative attack? That won't work either. Who knows what the Ukrainians and Germans had in mind? Didn't the pre-war reconnaissance say that the opponent's two main infantry divisions were holding on to the first trench-style defense line? As a result, the heavy attack failed.  It took tens of thousands of troops to capture two battalions of troops!

    Moreover, the command headquarters boasted about the Ukrainian infantry division, its German equipment, and the artillery regiment's powerful firepower. However, the two main divisions could not withstand the thunderous attack of the Kanazawa boys of the 18th Infantry Regiment, "Beiyang 1917"  I think there may be some Ukrainian militia volunteers left guarding Kharkov. Didn¡¯t the enemy situation report in front of the headquarters say that the main force of the German reserve infantry division stationed in the southern suburbs of Kharkov has disappeared?  It must have been withdrawn!  "

    Kikuchi Shinnosuke was walking around in the brigade headquarters with his hands behind his back, and he was so anxious that he couldn't calm down. Although he wanted to seize the lead of the first unit to invade Kharkov, the troops have been fighting from the morning until now.We have traveled at least 50 kilometers and spent a lot of energy and physical strength in the swamps of the North Donets River. As the saying goes, you can't penetrate Lu Zhen at the end of a strong crossbow. If you don't take a rest now, you won't be able to engage in siege operations unless you take a break.  Kharkov is really an empty city, but it definitely doesn't look like it. Previously, the cavalry reconnaissance squadron directly under the brigade headquarters tentatively approached the opponent's position, but was beaten back with random shots.

    Fortunately, the enemy troops guarding Kharkov did not fire artillery. The reason was of course that the coalition air force overhead, which was always on duty and circling on the battlefield, was always eyeing them. Once the Ukrainian artillery positions were easily exposed, they would inevitably be attacked by those who had control of the air.  In turn, Shinnosuke Kikuchi was surprised that the German-Ukrainian forces guarding Kharkov could remain calm and refrain from firing. Obviously, the enemy may not really have their own expectations and imaginations.  He is so vulnerable, which is why Mr. Kikuchi is so anxious and angry.

    This is a bit like a group of urchins trying to grab a hot potato. If they start quickly, they are afraid of burning themselves. If they start slowly, they will be overtaken by others, especially the Federal Infantry Division in the middle. That guy, Old Maozi, half a month ago  Wearing the shabby uniforms of the Soviet Red Army and receiving preferential treatment in the allied prisoner-of-war camp, now after swearing allegiance to the Volga Federation, they have turned into the well-groomed Bundeswehr. How can the protagonists of the Ukrainian campaign be sung by federal troops?.
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