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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 733 (3) The Cunning and Resolute Germans

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    To fight or not to fight?  Von Neuhaus's real goal in launching tonight's night attack is not to eat up the 5th Japanese Infantry Brigade, nor is it simply to boost the morale of the German-Ukrainian forces defending Kharkov. Of course, he can pass through when the enemy is unprepared.  Catching the opponent by surprise and killing the enemy in large numbers to demoralize them is one aspect. The important thing is that von Neuhaus wants to lure the snake out of the hole again and eat the opponent's artillery reinforcements!

    If the attacking party loses its artillery and relies solely on the advantages of the coalition air force, whether it is the Japanese or the Volga Federal Forces, it will not be that easy to capture Kharkov!  But the current situation puts the German-Ukrainian frontline commander who is solely responsible for the night attack in a dilemma. The artillery battalions and heavy artillery that have not yet fired in Kharkiv are used to deal with the opponent's artillery. If Tu is in pain now  Opening fire all at once can certainly eliminate the artillery brigade of the 5th Japanese Infantry Brigade in front of you, but it also completely exposes the strength and location of the artillery of the defenders in the city. If you try to annihilate the main force of the coalition's ground artillery by surprise, you may not be able to find it.  Opportunity.

    Tomorrow daytime, the bomber group of the Allied Air Force will focus on air strikes and bombing of the artillery positions in Kharkov. Although this city in Ukraine is the fourth largest city in Ukraine, there were only so many places and jars in 1918. No,  If they evacuate the city overnight, they really can't withstand the air raids of the Allied Air Force. If they withdraw from the city, they will lose the original intention of annihilating the Allied artillery through artillery battles, so von Neuhaus was a little hesitant for a while.

    "Reporting to the division commander, Colonel Dennis von Diekermeier said that if the artillery strength is not exposed, the effect of tonight's night attack has almost been achieved. The combat effectiveness of the infantry regiment of the 5th Japanese Infantry Brigade in front of them is quite strong.  , We want to eat up the opponent's strength, and the colonel suggests that we retreat!" A division staff officer in the temporary headquarters reported while covering the phone in his hand.

    In fact, the commander of the 139th German Infantry Regiment, Von Diekomeier, was grinning in distress on the right flank. This was the first time that the 139th German Reserve Infantry Regiment under his command had gnawed the bones of an eagle. Previously, it was  Neither the 139th Infantry Regiment, whether fighting the Tsarist Russian troops or the Soviet Red Army, or the Ukrainian guerrillas commanded by Simon Petliura, suffered such casualties as tonight.

    The Japanese 6th Infantry Regiment defends the front line""The strength of the troops is almost different from that of our own infantry regiment. We still have the advantage in artillery fire, but the little devil's artillery is also unambiguous. At this time, the regiment commander commanded the 6th Infantry Regiment.  The 1st Battalion and the 3rd Battalion gathered in front of each other and just took the shots blindly. It might not be impossible to rush forward in one go, but the Japanese troops are all veterans.  It was quite accurate. The company and platoon leader commanded by the German army suffered heavy casualties under the precise shooting of the Japanese army. This made Colonel von Dykomyer very distressed.

    The request on the phone from the commander of the 139th German Infantry Regiment, Von Dierkmeier, made his division commander Von Neuhaus finally make the decision. The man looked at the fighting situation on the front line with a telescope and gritted his teeth and ordered.  ,

    "Order the 3rd Battalion of the Ukrainian 75mm Krupp Artillery, which had previously opened fire, to concentrate its artillery fire on the enemy's outposts. Order Colonel von Dykomyer to stop attacking the main Japanese Army positions in the front, and deploy the 1st Infantry Battalion to attack the Japanese Army in a roundabout way.  Outpost!

    "Order the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Ukrainian 75mm Field Artillery to fire, targeting the Volga Federal Infantry Division position 3 kilometers due north of the Kharkov Ring Defense Line! After 3 minutes, move to the north 5" Beiyang 1917 733  Chapter (three cunning and resolute Germans "bombarded imaginary artillery positions for kilometers!"

    "Order the Ukrainian 105mm Howitzer Battalion to open fire, targeting the Japanese artillery position northwest of Kharkov. After annihilating the enemy artillery position, move the target, and together with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Ukrainian Artillery, move towards the Volga just north of the Kharkov Ring Defense Line.  During the day, the Federal Infantry Division's artillery positions were covered by fire from 500 to 1000 meters behind!"

    "Order the five 15mm heavy field howitzers of the German medium artillery battalion to be ready. After the enemy's reinforced artillery positions open fire, resolutely suppress and attack them!"

    "Order the division reconnaissance battalion and the 1st Infantry Battalion to work together to capture the Japanese outpost within 10 minutes after the artillery battalion prepares for artillery fire!"

    "Order the 2nd Infantry Battalion on the left wing to conduct a feint attack on the enemy's position to divert the enemy's attention, and order the 3rd Infantry Battalion on the right wing to conduct a feint attack on the enemy in front of them at the same time! Note that this is a feint attack, destroy all the mortars of each infantry company first.  Go up to the opponent's position!"

    "Division commander? Are we going to launch a general attack now?" On one side, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin von Dicko, "Beiyang 1917" Chief of Staff of the 139th German Infantry Regiment, was startled by a series of dazzling orders from his division commander.

    According to the regiment's chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel von Diksol, no matter how hard the 139th German Reserve Infantry Regiment can fight, and no matter how tenacious the soldiers are, the four available infantry battalions will eat up three Japanese infantry brigades.  They are all a bit reluctant. Of course, cannon is one of the decisive factors. The problem is, so??Send out all your artillery and blast them wildly. If you fall behind and are counterattacked by the enemy's heavy artillery, the consequences will be unpredictable!

    "We are preparing to retreat, but we must give the opponent a hard blow first and eat up the infantry squadron on the opponent's outpost! If we are bombarded with artillery and then attacked, the Japanese will definitely be panicking. Lord Liu, except for asking  The superior tactical instructor probably had no other thoughts. When our artillery fire was the fiercest, the two wings withdrew first, followed by the reconnaissance battalion. The 1st Infantry Battalion defended the opponent's outpost position and then retreated last!"

    There was cunning and perseverance in Von Neuhaus's eyes. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese troops was beyond his expectation, especially the Japanese infantry squadron that stuck to the core position of the outpost. Although it suffered more than half of the casualties, it relied on its "entertainment show" to fight against  The sturdier core field fortifications refused to retreat, and the reconnaissance battalion he attacked actually suffered more casualties than the opponent. This made von Neuhaus feel embarrassed, so although he had planned to retreat, he had to use the most violent force.  The offensive first shocked the 5th Japanese Infantry Brigade, otherwise it would be difficult for the opponent to chase and beat up the wounded and evacuate the wounded.

    Of course, for the German major general, since the du1i field heavy artillery regiment and the field artillery regiment under the Japanese 3rd Division, which was expected to have the coalition reinforcements in place, never opened fire to expose the target, Feng, who had to do the next best thing.  Neuhaus could only use guessing methods to preemptively bomb the allied positions in the darkness and the possible positions of artillery. If he could force the opponent to fight back and expose the target, von Neuhaus no longer minded.  Loss of 1 to 2 Ukrainian 75mm field artillery battalions.
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