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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 727 (3) The next step

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    If you want to get across, you can only cover a little more than 4 kilometers on the left side of the opponent's position. If it is deployed behind the 3rd Battalion, the right side can almost cover the entire 13th Infantry Division's five-kilometer-wide right-wing defense line!  "The plan proposed by Li Shang, commander of the 3rd Battalion, is obviously more targeted.

    "Battal Commander Li, the artillery positions have been deployed behind your 3rd Battalion. What should I do if there are enemies in front of my 1st Battalion or on the left wing? Even if your artillery is in the center of the position, it is still more than 1 kilometer away from my 1st Battalion.  If the enemy fires at me from the other side of the river, the regiment's artillery will not be able to reach the opponent! " [ ] Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!

    Although Tao Dayong, commander of the 1st Battalion, admitted that Li Shang's suggestion was a good idea to take into account the friendly flanks, looking at the terrain, he remembered that the remainder of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division and most of the 2nd Division were still in Kharkov.  On the right bank of the river, if the opponent counterattacks, or even brings two other Ukrainian infantry divisions to fight back from the flank, the 1st Battalion's position lacks artillery, and they will be beaten without being able to fight back from a distance!

    "Captain Tao, the enemy in front of you is under the city of Kharkov in the southwest, not on the other side of the Kharkov River in the southeast. Besides, even if the artillery is deployed on the right wing, the range to the left can at least cover you.  All the positions across the river can still cover about 3 kilometers. If the enemy wants to cross the river to attack, the regiment's artillery can still provide you with fire support!" Li Shang joked with a smile.  ""Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!

    "Of course I'm not worried about the enemy's infantry, but what about the enemy's long-range artillery? Even if the opponent's artillery is just a 75mm Krupp field gun, the range is still 7,600 meters. As long as the opponent is deployed 5 kilometers across the river, the regiment's artillery cannot hit it.  They can defeat our battalion's position!" Tao Dayong pushed back not to be outdone.

    "Okay, don't argue! I have thought about it. I might as well send a reconnaissance company to cross the river to the other side of the Kharkov River to conduct searches and alerts. This can prevent problems before they happen. If the enemy really has a division to counterattack from the flank,  Even if we upgrade the artillery company to an artillery battalion, we won't be able to bear the cannons of the opponent's artillery regiment. In the end, we will have to ask the aviation team for air support!" Regiment leader Lu Huanyan stretched out his hand to stop the bullfight between Tao Dayong and Li Shang.

    "Pass my order. As soon as Xue Juru and the others come back, the artillery position will be deployed as soon as possible. It is located 500 meters behind the 3rd Battalion position. It must be well hidden. The ideological work of the Ukrainian prisoners must be more detailed. The Volga Federal Defense Forces  The treatment was quite good. Xue Juru said, what was the name of the Ukrainian artillery company commander who surrendered?

    Yes, Artillery Captain Ihor Belanov, commander of the 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division Artillery Regiment, then let him be attached to the mixed artillery battalion of the Armored Regiment and give him directly to a major. We are not afraid that he will not work with us.  , Anyway, this guy helped us fire artillery, go to a Japanese prisoner of war camp or become a Bundeswehr major in an armored regiment, let¡¯s see which one he chooses!  "The regiment leader Lu Huanyan decided the location of the artillery position with a wave of his hand.

    "I said to the commander, Kharkov is now said to be defended by a German infantry regiment plus two Kharkov volunteer divisions. So where has the enemy's main force gone? Are they all retreating?  "Going to the south?" Almost all the fellow villagers in this place have fled. The only ones who can be found in the village are old people and children. They all pretend to be deaf and mute. I can't even understand the Ukrainian dialect they speak.  Is there any prediction and response to the movements of this main force?  "Li Shang, commander of the 3rd Battalion, couldn't help but ask again.

    "According to the reconnaissance situation of the coalition air force, no traces of large-scale enemy troop movements were found near Kharkov during the day today. Now the command headquarters judges that the main force of the German army may shrink and retreat to the south in the direction of Dnipropetrovsk, and the Ukrainian  The remaining 3rd and 4th divisions of the 1st Army may withdraw eastward to the direction of Donetsk. The enemy is very cunning. They basically operate at night, and most of them use the cover of terrain and forests to mobilize. During the day,  Since we had control of the air, the opponent didn¡¯t even move on the railway line!¡±

    As the group leader Lu Huanyan said this, he used red and blue pencils to draw an arrow southward along the city of Kharkov on the map. Hit it?  , indicating the retreat direction of the main force of the German army, and an arrow was drawn from the east of Kharkov to the east, and two arrows were also drawn?  ?  , indicating the possible retreat routes of the 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions. Finally, the attentive Chinese regiment leader did not forget the place where the two sides fought in the Kharkov forest in the morning and morning, starting from the Kharkov River and heading towards  A small arrow is drawn on the east, southeast and northeast.

    "Xue Juru's telegram said that judging from the traces of the battlefield, the remnants of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division on the right bank of the Kharkov River, surrounded by their division commander Milevsky, broke through and ran to the east, while Kharkov  The remaining main force of the 1st Infantry Division, which was locked in a stalemate with the Japanese 18th Infantry Regiment on the left bank of the river, probably withdrew to the northeast after crossing the river. As for the southeast, that was the final retreat direction of the Ukrainian 2nd Infantry Division, roughly the same! "  Lu Huanyan said, throwing down the pencil in his hand.

      "What is the next step for our regiment?" the two battalion commanders Tao Dayong and Li Shang asked in unison.

    "Each battalion and company strengthens fortifications, pays attention to vigilance, and recovers and replenishes as soon as possible. The wounded will be sent back to the Middle Army Field Hospital in Belgorod along the railway line tomorrow morning. Pay attention to blocking the northeast direction of Kharkiv City. The most important thing is  It is to hold the position and prevent the enemy from jumping over the wall to counterattack. We must be more vigilant especially at night. The guard posts must be set out for at least 1 kilometer in both light and dark. For the rest, we must wait for the next order from the enemy headquarters! "

    Lu Huanyan, commander of the armored regiment, gave the order in a firm tone.

    July 30, 1918 18:00 Japanese Infantry 5th Brigade Headquarters 5 kilometers northwest of Kharkiv

    Continuous high-intensity marching operations exhausted both sides of the war. For the Central Army of the Allied Southwestern Front, although the first day's results seemed to be devastating, the number of enemies actually annihilated was limited.  , and the attack of the 13th Federal Infantry Division on Kharkov in the afternoon was like a kick to the iron plate. The losses were quite serious and morale was greatly frustrated!

    The Japanese 5th Infantry Brigade serves as the pioneer of the Central Route Army. The brigade commander Major General Kikuchi Shinnosuke, who was born in Ibaraki Prefecture of Mito Domain on the Kanto Plain, leads the brigade headquarters and the 6th Infantry Regiment. Although they are in a Chinese armored battalion  With their cooperation, they quickly advanced 40 kilometers along the tributary of the Northern Donets River the next day, but the results were limited to the annihilation of two opponent's infantry battalions on the Ukrainian first line of defense in the morning
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