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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 767 (3) So courageous

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    read_content_up;If you say that the division commander Koval is a fat-headed guy, he can lead the 3rd Infantry Division because he is more obedient and easy to handle. At best, he is more obedient, and at worst, he is rigid in fighting. It all depends on  The superior command asked him to make up his mind, but he had no idea. Although the failure of the artillery regiment to be rebuilt made him feel uneasy, he now firmly believed that the Japanese would cross the river in large numbers, as the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces had judged.  Go to the city of Kharkov instead of going to the big forest in the east

    "George Jovovich, my division commander, it's better if the Japanese don't come eastward. If they come, I'm really unsure. In terms of combat effectiveness, our 3rd Infantry Division doesn't dare to say Bimilevs  Isn't Ji's 1st Infantry Division better than Michalik's 2nd Infantry Division? And our division's artillery regiment is not here. We can't just attack the enemy. What if the enemy comes?  There is a forest road going east from the east city gate of Kharkov. Even a pig-headed enemy will know that most of us retreated along the road into the forest!"

    At this moment, it was the division chief of staff Nazarenko's turn to anxiously wander around the tent, while the division commander Koval began to wolf down the bread and milk in his hands. Although he is a major general and division commander, it is not easy for this guy to eat meat.  , the great famine has changed the color of the mountains and rivers in the land of Ukraine, and everyone looks hungry. As the national defense force of Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Army can barely guarantee that it can have enough food!

    "Chief of Staff, can you please stop wandering around in front of me? My heart was already in my stomach, but now that you have turned around like this, I feel uneasy again Didn't you see what the telegram from the former enemy headquarters said?  , wait in cover to avoid exposing the position, and when the Japanese pass by, we will take their retreat!" Division Commander Koval was eating in a hurry, choked on a piece of black bread, and quickly drank a large mouthful of milk and rinsed it down.  .  __//

    "Division Commander, I think we should adjust our position, get out of the way, and defend both sides. Anyway, to the east of us is the temporary position of the 2nd Infantry Division. If the Japanese really want to rush forward, let Mihalik's troops attack first. We  Arrange the main force of the division on the north side of the road. It will be more concealed and difficult for the enemy to detect. They must have thought that our main force will be on the south side!" The division chief of staff rolled his eyes and came up with an idea.

    "Withdraw to the north of the road? What to do to the south? When the Japanese troops crossing the river rushed, didn't they rush to the position of the 4th Infantry Division?" Division Commander Koval said blankly.

    "The only thing is to let them rush to the position of the 4th Infantry Division. Andrei Andropovich Yarmolenko's 4th Infantry Division has a full artillery regiment. Compared with our infantry,  The 3rd Division and the basically crippled 2nd Infantry Division. I think the 4th Infantry Division has the strongest combat effectiveness. Now, let¡¯s not block the coalition¡¯s march south. If necessary, our security forces can even release  The gun leads the enemy southward" Chief of Staff Nazarenko had a sly smile on his face.

    "Is this okay? Can the former enemy headquarters in Kharkiv agree? What if Yarmolenko suffers a loss later and complains to His Excellency Petliura?" Division Commander Koval is obviously a little bit confused.  worried.

    "There's nothing wrong with this. Our division's strategic mission is to outflank and cut off the enemy's retreat after the enemy's headquarters' strategy of luring the enemy deep into the territory takes effect. The rest are all side effects. If the coalition forces want to attack eastward, how can we do it without artillery?  Fight? The 4th Infantry Division is fully equipped in the southeast. It should shoulder the heavy task of holding the enemy frontally. If they can't stop the Japanese troops crossing the river, there is no reason for our 3rd Infantry Division to have no artillery support.  We can stop the Japanese!"

    The division chief of staff was obviously very convincing. Division commander Koval pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Then let's do it. Pass on my order. The 7th Infantry Regiment abandons its position on the left side of the road and moves to the northeast The Infantry Regiment  The 8th Regimentwithdrew 2 kilometers from the existing position to the northeast to reorganize the defense line. The 9th Infantry Regiment followed the division headquarters and moved 3 kilometers to the north. We gave up the main road and retreated to the south!"

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    July 31, 1918 7:00, the brigade headquarters of the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 3rd Division, seven kilometers northeast of the northern ring defense line of Kharkiv City on the left bank of the Kharkiv River

    "Muto-kun, the pontoon bridge of the 3rd Engineer Regiment has been built. After testing, the main force of the 23rd Infantry Brigade is ready to cross the river!" The person who broke into the tent to report was Shi Ke, the commander of the 3rd Engineer Regiment of the 3rd Division of Japan.  Colonel Yoyou.

    Although Nobuyoshi Muto is a major general of the Japanese Army and the commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade, he cannot actually command the 3rd Engineer Regiment directly under the division. However, this guy Shishi is a disciple and fan of Major General Muto, and he is from the same hometown.  , so he was reinforced by the division headquarters to the 23rd Infantry Brigade to assist in building a pontoon bridge across the river. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Shigeki, rolled up his sleeves and personally went into battle to supervise the battle.

    Since more than half of the materials for erecting the pontoon bridge floated down the river from the pontoon bridge built upstream, and the personnel and equipment of the 3rd Engineer Regiment?The engineer squadron was twice as large as that of the 18th Infantry Regiment, with richer experience and technology. Therefore, the enemy just north of Kharkov was unaware. In just one hour, a solid pontoon bridge was destroyed by the Japanese.  Engineers set up on the Kharkov River.

    The Japanese 3rd Division, which is a draft horse system, has a full strength of 700 engineers and 150 horses in the 3rd Engineer Regiment. The Regiment has two 300-man engineer squadrons, plus two engineer squadrons under the 23rd Infantry Brigade.  Nearly 1,400 Japanese engineers, under the personal supervision of the commander of the 3rd Engineer Regiment, Ishigashiri Yosuke, took only an hour to build a strong and solid pontoon bridge. The location of the bridge was also carefully selected, and the water flow was relatively gentle.  The distance between the two sides of the bank is relatively narrow, and the distance to the north of Kharkiv is exactly 9 kilometers away. This means that the German-Ukrainian artillery in the city cannot hit the pontoon bridge even if it pushes the artillery to the north side of the city

    Muto Nobuyoshi had no intention of hiding it. His 23rd Infantry Brigade wanted to build a bridge and cross the river openly. In fact, if it were not to save time, he would have been unwilling to send the 3rd Engineer Regiment to the division headquarters.  He was sent here to help him build the bridge. Using a telescope in the northeast corner of Kharkov City, you can overlook the busy Japanese army positions and bridge construction sites.

    In fact, Muto even wished that the enemy troops defending Kharkov would rush out and interfere with the bridge construction, so that he could win the battle without crossing the river, and ruthlessly deal with the Ukrainians who were defending the city, and the ragtag group of Kharkov volunteers.  He actually hid in the fortifications built with the help of German engineers and strictly confronted the imperial army outside the city. How brave he was!

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