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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 768 (2) I just don¡¯t feel at ease

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    What made von Neuhaus feel aggrieved was that because he had been stubborn to capture the Japanese outpost, the division reconnaissance battalion and the 1st Infantry Battalion were stranded on the Japanese outpost, and were attacked by the Japanese 150mm heavy artillery.  The artillery fire coverage caused heavy casualties. Otherwise, his battle damage rate would be only two-thirds of the Japanese casualties.  §êw§ë

    This is also an important reason why the midnight combat review meeting of the German-Ukrainian coalition was held until 2 a.m Simon Petliura saw hope from the night attack, because a German infantry regiment retreated freely in front of the coalition position and its combat effectiveness was quite strong.  The servant then suggested that we simply transfer the other two infantry regiments of von Neuhaus's 47th Reserve Infantry Division back to Kharkov. This way, not only would we have no worries about defending the city, but if we could concentrate our forces to counterattack, we could break the enemy's control of the north of the city.  Blockade and siege.  ",

    The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army is self-aware. His volunteer division hides in the trenches to guard the established positions and can barely rely on defending the homeland and defending the hometown of Kharkiv to boost morale and maintain the front line. If they go out to fight with the coalition forces in the field  , this guy felt that there was no chance of winning. In fact, yesterday afternoon, the 13th Federal Infantry Division of the Allied Powers invested two regiments in the attack. If it were not for the lack of artillery support, they might have attacked the position at that time.

    In response to Simon Petliura's request, the former enemy commander-in-chief of the German-Ukrainian coalition von Fran?ois was also a little moved. This commander of the 29th German Reserve Infantry Corps, the famous god of war in the Battle of Tannenberg on the Eastern Front in the European War, was deep in his heart.  Offense is advocated rather than defense. Of course, General von Francois's target is the Japanese 4th Cavalry Regiment operating in the west of the city. If the 140th and 141st German reserve infantry regiments are transferred back, they will be surprised on the western front.  If the Japanese cavalry regiment is surrounded and annihilated, the current passive situation will be greatly improved. ""Look

    However, Major General Sven von Neuhaus, the deputy chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the German-Ukrainian forces and the commander of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division who was actually responsible for commanding the front-line operations in Kharkiv, did not agree with this idea. In the view of the German major general,  The next day's air raid by the Allied Air Force will still be the biggest threat, and the power of the strengthened Allied Artillery cannot be underestimated. At this time, it is unwise to mobilize the main force to appear under the enemy's eyes in broad daylight.  !

    On the contrary, Von Neuhaus believed that the German-Ukrainian forces defending Kharkov at this moment were not too few, but too many. In the artillery battle last night, the Japanese artillery had broken the precedent of not attacking urban buildings, and yesterday afternoon the coalition aviation  Although the team is only the SE5 fighter squadron, it has already begun to attack the German artillery positions and anti-aircraft gun positions in Kharkov. This means that today, July 31, 1918, the coalition bomber force got a rest and supplementary recovery.  , will once again become a terrible cloud hanging over Kharkov.

    In the face of the three-dimensional attack of the coalition's air-ground and infantry-artillery coordination, the more troops on the front line, the better. Von Neuhaus believed that the defensive line around the city in the north of the city would be the focus of the enemy's attack. Of course, the solidity of the position was still guaranteed.  Even if it is not as good as the trench fortifications on the northwest border of Kharkov, it is much stronger than ordinary city defenses.

    Since the German Air Force would be able to make a comeback as soon as the third day, that is, August 1, 1918, and compete with the Allied Allied Air Force for air supremacy in Eastern Ukraine, von Neuhaus suggested that the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces' counterattack should be coordinated with the German  With the emergence of the Air Force, he convinced the former enemy commander-in-chief General von Fran?ois to survive this long July 31 with only the existing troops in Kharkov, wait until nightfall, and then use the cover of night  The main force of the German 47th Infantry Division was brought back, and the main force of the artillery regiment of the 47th Infantry Division was also brought back in order to start a local counterattack on August 1.

    The first target of the German-Ukrainian coalition counterattack is not the Japanese 4th Cavalry Regiment galloping between the Silopan River and the Yudi River in Kharkov City, but the Japanese troops that may appear in a roundabout way in the east of Kharkov City. This point,  Von Neuhaus had an inexplicable premonition that since the opponent had sent a Japanese cavalry regiment on his left wing to detour and harass, the opponent would not ignore the Kharkiv forest area on the right wing.

    The 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions evacuated and retreated fifteen kilometers east of the city. In addition to using the cover of the forest to avoid weakening the advantage of the coalition air force, they were also preparing to close the door and beat the troops that were outflanking the coalition right wing.  Counterattack trap laid.

    Simon Petliura could not defeat von Neuhaus, and von Francois, the former enemy commander of the German-Ukrainian forces, was finally persuaded by the German major general. Therefore, the forward guard position discovered early in the morning that Japanese engineers were building a bridge upstream of Kharkov.  , von Neuhaus and Simon Petliura were reported.

    Although you can¡¯t see clearly through binoculars at the frontline headquarters, according to the report from the observation post at the forefront of the circular defense line, the Japanese troops building a bridge across the river a few kilometers away are the 23rd Infantry Brigade and the Chinese Armored Forces.

    Simon Petliura clamored to evacuate the city of KharkovThe artillery was moved to the northeast corner. As long as the cannon could be pushed behind the circular position, the range would be enough to bombard the opponent's combined pontoons. However, this seemingly enterprising idea was categorically rejected by von Neuhaus for a simple reason.  ,

    "The Japanese artillery fire in front of them has exceeded the artillery force in Kharkov in both range and power, not to mention the five German 150mm heavy field howitzers, 105mm light field howitzer battalion, 75mm Krupp in Kharkov city at this moment.  The field artillery battalion has once again been broken into pieces and dispersed and concealed in the central and southern districts of Kharkov. If we move forward hastily at this time, any movement will inevitably be discovered by the Allied forces. By then, the positions will not even be ready.  Must be taken away by the enemy!"

    Just like this, I watched helplessly as the Japanese engineers built a bridge over the Kharkov River. In less than an hour, an endless stream of Japanese troops began to line up to cross the river through the telescopes of the observation post on the forward position.  , a series of reports came back. Although the frontline headquarters here had given additional orders to the 3rd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions in the forest fifteen kilometers east of the city, asking them not to alert the enemy, to hold their current positions, and to let go of the detours along the river.  The Japanese army surrounded the east and south of the city and waited for the German army's former enemy headquarters to unified command the counterattack.

    But Simon Petliura just doesn¡¯t feel at ease!

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