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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 718 (1) A bit exaggerated?

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    "Hmm Your Excellency Petliura, is there any new news after your 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions were defeated by the enemy? Have you made radio contact again?" said the former deputy chief of staff of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces Enemy Command Headquarters, stationed in  Sven von Neuhaus, commander of the 47th Reserve Infantry Division of the 29th Army of the 10th Ukrainian Infantry Group, turned to the Prime Minister of the Ukrainian ruling cabinet, Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian National Army, Simon Petliura, and asked.

    The German-Ukrainian coalition's circular defense line in the north of Kharkiv is centered on the Kharkiv Northern Railway Station, forming a fan-shaped defense line with a raised center. It is about 1,500 meters away from the buildings on the edge of the city. The headquarters of the German-Ukrainian coalition is  In an inconspicuous 2-story building, this building was originally part of the earliest church in Kharkiv. It has now been transformed into a strong bomb shelter and fortress. Of course, looking from the outside or from a distance  You may not be able to tell from looking at it.

    The head of Ukraine, Simon Petliura, was obviously in a heavy mood. The 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions of the 1st Group of the Ukrainian National Army, which he and the Ukrainian government had high hopes for, actually only held on in the Kharkov Forest.  In one morning, they were defeated by the Allied Forces.

    Although the main force of the 2nd Mihalik Infantry Division still exists, it has lost all its artillery and has insufficient ammunition and food. On the way to break through and retreat to Kharkov, the Chinese armored forces, which were unable to break through the Allied forces, arrived early.  intercepted, but in desperation, they turned around and risked swimming across the Kharkov River, losing almost one-third of their troops. At this time, they secretly entered the forest east of the Kharkov River.

    The commander of the 1st Infantry Division, Artem Vladimirovich Milevsky, who was authorized to command the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions to operate together, and his 1st Infantry Division were even more disappointing.  Division Chief of Staff Kravshenko led less than 2,000 people to also risk a swim across the Kharkov River during the breakout. Now they evacuated and hid on the east bank of the Kharkov River, which is at least 30 kilometers away from Kharkov.  .

    The whereabouts of the division commander Milevsky is unknown. The last news he got from the stragglers who ran back was that the division headquarters radio station was destroyed by the coalition bombardment. The division commander Milevsky led two combat battalions to break out to the east and disappeared without a trace.  The tragic ending of the 1st Infantry Division and the 2nd Infantry Division greatly shaken Simon Pate and Lyura's confidence in holding on to Kharkov.

    At this time, his 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions had evacuated to the forest area on the right bank of the Kharkov River in order to avoid the air attacks of the Allied Allied Forces Air Force. They were waiting in hiding about fifteen kilometers away from Kharkov.  In the evening, the remainder of Michalik's 2nd Infantry Division, which has also crossed the Kharkiv River, will be able to join the 3rd and 4th Ukrainian National Army infantry divisions.

    "General von Neuhaus, we only use two Kharkov volunteer divisions to defend the city. Isn't it too much? The combat effectiveness of these two volunteer divisions cannot be compared with that of my 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Infantry Division."  Compared with the 1st and 2nd divisions, the 1st and 2nd divisions only lasted for half a day before being defeated by the coalition forces. Moreover, in the morning in the Kharkov forest, the opponent only used a Chinese armored regiment and a Japanese regiment to fight.  Now three enemy armies will gather at the gates of Kharkov. I'm afraid we won't be able to defend it at all!"

    Simon Petliura did not answer Neuhaus's question about the whereabouts of the 1st Infantry Division. Instead, he put down the telescope in his hand and asked the German Major General Division in front of him with a frown and a frown on his face. "Beiyang 1917 710  Chapter 8 (1) A bit too much?"

    In order to better boost morale, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the German-Ukrainian forces, General Hermann von Francois, assigned his favorite general, Major General Sven von Neuhaus, the commander of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division.  He led his reconnaissance battalion of the 47th Infantry Division plus a medium artillery battalion to support the city-ring defense line defended by the two volunteer divisions of Simon Petliura's Ukrainian National Army!  "

    Simon Petliura was naturally overjoyed at the time. He was originally worried that he would not have enough confidence to go to the front and command the Volunteer Division's defensive operations in person, and he was also worried that he would fight with the Allied Allied offensive forces north of Kharkov.  Farewell to the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian forces in the southern suburbs of Kharkov, they boarded the train and withdrew first under the guard of the German infantry regiment.

    This guy didn't expect that the Germans were so generous. They directly sent Major General von Neuhaus, commander of the 47th Infantry Division, to escort him. Although a German reconnaissance battalion may not be strong enough, a medium-sized artillery battalion is 12  The power and firepower of a 150mm heavy howitzer cannot be underestimated. The entire Japanese Third Division only has 24 such heavy artillery pieces!

    "Beiyang 1917" What's more, the technical and tactical level of the German artillery is definitely world-class. How can it be compared to the two knives of the two 75mm field artillery batteries of the Ukrainian National Army Volunteer Division?  It is only stronger than the artillery of Japan's Class A Division!

    But apparently General von Neuhaus led a German reconnaissance battalion and a medium artillery battalion to support the defense of the Ukrainian Volunteer Division.??The joy, excitement and confidence brought by this good news on the northern defense line of Kharkov have been completely washed away by the bad news that came from the Kharkov Forest that the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division were defeated by the Allied Forces.  scattered.

    At this time, there is only one German infantry regiment in the southern suburbs of Kharkov guarding the railway station position in the southern suburbs. The former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian coalition is still located in the underground bomb shelter of the railway station. Hermann von Francois  The general is still in command of the overall situation. Of course, the plan to guard the empty city of Kharkov must be undertaken by the two Kharkov volunteer infantry divisions commanded by Simon Petlyura, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army. Kharkov  At the moment, Fucheng only has 2 volunteer divisions with 8 field guns from the 75mm Krupp field artillery company, plus 12 cannons from the German 150mm Krupp heavy grenade "" artillery battalion!

    Here, Sven von Neuhaus pondered and did not answer Simon Petlyura¡¯s question. The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army couldn¡¯t help but said,

    "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I know that your troops have strong combat effectiveness, but we only have 20 artillery pieces in the city of Kharkiv, and the two artillery regiments of the 1st Infantry Division and the 2nd Infantry Division in the Kharkiv forest position at that time  There are 96 cannons, but we are still defeated? I think we are a little too confident. How can we hold our position with only 20 cannons?

    ¡°Your Excellency Petliura, although I still don¡¯t know how your main infantry divisions, the 1st and 2nd Infantry Divisions, abandoned their established defense lines in the forest and were defeated by the enemy, but
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