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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 725 (1) Sacrifice cannot be in vain

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    It would take at least one and a half to two hours for Muto-kun's 23rd Infantry Brigade to reach the city of Kharkiv through the forest along the Kharkiv River. In a day's forced march, they had covered at least 50 kilometers.  It is obviously inappropriate to rush into the attack after taking a rest. The risk of fighting blindfolded at night in Kharkov, an unfamiliar place, is too high. I am opposed to such a risk!  "Major General Shunroku Hata, chief of staff of the Southwest Front and chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters in the Ukraine campaign, stood up and objected.

    "Major General Hata, Chief of Staff, if what the German prisoners said is true, then the enemies in Kharkiv at this moment are just two Ukrainian volunteer infantry divisions plus one German infantry regiment, the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division.  The attack in the afternoon has exhausted the enemy's strength, and the opponent now has less than two companies of artillery left!

    ?? Shouldn¡¯t we take advantage of it and launch an attack to capture Kharkov?  In another hour, the 30-kilometer railway line and highway from here to the northern suburbs of Kharkiv will be completely opened. By then, the 3rd Division's ** Field Heavy Artillery Regiment will be pulled up, but there will be no coalition air force.  With air support, we can still win Kharkov "The chapter is updated the fastest"!  "

    The commander of the Japanese 3rd Division, Jiro Oba, was so angry that his beard was almost blowing. Obviously, Major General Shunroku Hata, who had been promoted like a rocket, could only be considered a junior in front of the commander of the lieutenant general division. At this moment, Jiro Oba was eager to try.  At a time when he personally led the 3rd Division to show off his skills for the Imperial Army and the Japanese 3rd Army, how could he be held back by Shunroku Hata's evil plan and hinder the implementation of his clever plan of attacking overnight?

    "Your Excellency, Commander, Commander of the Grand Court Division, as the saying goes, a powerful crossbow cannot pierce Lu Jian. We are not familiar with the terrain. The units of the Central Route Army marched and fought continuously for a whole day. Although the casualties were not large, the ammunition and physical strength were exhausted.  No, it is obviously too hasty to launch a night attack at this time!" Chief of Staff Shunroku Hata was still stubbornly opposed to continuing the attack.

    Oba Erlang was anxious. He took a few steps forward, put his hands on his hips and shouted almost like a roar,

    "Hata Shunroku, what do you mean? Our mighty Imperial Japanese Army's 3rd Division is a soft-legged crab that cannot fight after walking 40 kilometers? Although the front-line infantry of Major General Kikuchi's 5th Brigade  The troops are blunt and need to be rested and replenished, but shouldn't Major General Muto's 23rd Infantry Brigade, as a reserve force, play a role at this time?

    The enemy withdrew all the way to the Kharkov defense line, and had another fierce battle with the 13th Voronezh Infantry Division in the afternoon. They were the last of their strength and could not penetrate Luzhen. If we don't take advantage of the opportunity and attack them unprepared, should we wait for the opponent's main reinforcements to come up?  attack?  "

    The words of the 3rd Division Commander Obajiro are obviously not entirely unreasonable. This Lieutenant General originally served as the former enemy commander of the Central Army in the Ukrainian Campaign. As a result, the commander of the Front Army and the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Campaign, Utsunomiya Taro, personally came to command the Central Army.  Suddenly he became a mere commander, with the false reputation of being the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. In fact, the entire command of the Central Route Army was taken over by his immediate superior, Taro Utsunomiya, and his chief of staff, Shunroku Hata. Therefore, Oba was unhappy with being treated as a sideline.  Very expressive**.

    "Chief of Staff, what is the combat effectiveness of the 13th Federal Infantry Division? Voronezh has been fighting for an entire afternoon, but with the help of the Allied Air Force, it failed to attack. Is there some kind of Khark in Ukraine?" Beiyang 1917 720  Chapter 5 (1) "The sacrifice cannot be in vain." The combat effectiveness of the Husband's Volunteer Division is so strong? If this is the case, it would be a bit difficult to handle, but wasn't the main force such as the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division also defeated by our 18th Infantry Regiment?  You can¡¯t say that the opponent¡¯s volunteer division is more powerful than the main infantry division of the national army, right?¡±

    Utsunomiya Taro walked back and forth a few steps with his hands behind his back, then turned to ask his chief of staff, Shunroku Hata.

    "Uh Your Excellency Commander, according to the intelligence collected by the coalition forces and the results of the interrogation of Ukrainian prisoners of war, the 1st Group Army of the Ukrainian National Army in Kharkov is the most powerful in the Ukrainian army.  The ones are Milevsky's 1st Infantry Division and Mihalik's 2nd Infantry Division! They are both composed of 3 infantry regiments and an artillery regiment!

    As for the 1st and 2nd Kharkiv Volunteer Divisions, they are far inferior in terms of equipment and training level. Each infantry division artillery regiment of the 1st Group Army of the Ukrainian National Army has 3 75mm field artillery battalions and 1  A 105mm howitzer battalion, while the Kharkiv Volunteer Division has a traditional layout of 1 division, 2 brigades and 4 regiments. Each division has only one 4-gun 75mm Krupp field artillery battery!  "

    "Beiyang 1917" Shunroku Hata, as the chief of staff, obviously has a thorough grasp of the situation between the enemy and ourselves. However, the 13th Infantry Division in Voronezh is also the most capable unit among the three infantry divisions of the Federal Voronezh Group Army. It can't even attack it.  The defensive line defended by the opponent's volunteer division was a bit unexpected for Shunroku Hata.

    "What do you mean the level of training and equipment is far from adequate? According to the federalAccording to the battle report of the 13th Infantry Division, although the other side defended the city of Kharkov with two volunteer infantry divisions, in order to avoid the damage from the coalition air raids, less than 10,000 troops were invested in the front-line positions.  The troop strength is, at most, the strength of a brigade and a regiment!  But just like this, Voronezh was actually unable to capture the enemy's position, and even caused its own artillery regiment to be completely lost in the firefight with the German heavy artillery battalion, losing the energy to continue the attack!  I suggest that the 13th Federal Infantry Division be held accountable for its disadvantages in combat!  "

    Oba Jiro grunted angrily. In his opinion, the 18th Infantry Regiment of Eizaki Masago was able to defeat more than 12,000 Ukrainian National Army's main infantry division with less than 4,000 troops, while the Volga Federal Infantry Division  The troops of nearly 13,000 people could not defeat the Ukrainian second-line volunteer division of less than 10,000 people. There is no reason why the combat effectiveness of the two sides should be so different. Most of it can be attributed to the fact that the Imperial Infantry Regiment of Masato Ezakizaki fought hard to win.  , and the Federal Infantry Division composed of former Soviet Russian prisoners of war in Voronezh is obviously not working hard!

    "You can't say that. Although Liukin Alexeevich Voronezh underestimated the German heavy artillery in Kharkov, under the threat of the enemy's heavy artillery, he decisively used artillery cover to withdraw the infantry on both sides of the attack.  After all, this kind of arbitrary battlefield command still reflects that the 13th Infantry Division is a force with strong leadership. The German 150mm heavy field howitzer is very powerful and cannot suppress the enemy's artillery fire, but the infantry charge is equal to  It¡¯s a sacrifice in vain!¡±
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