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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 768 (4) Key Points of Counterattack

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    "Our task during the day today is to defend Kharkov as much as possible with the minimum cost. Last night, the northern city area was bombarded by the opponent's four-year-old and fifteen-centimeter heavy howitzers. We even have to prepare to retreat to the southern city area, and  The opponent is mentally prepared for street fighting. As long as we can buy time, when Hermann Wilhelm Goering's fighter wing comes back, we will teach the opponent a lesson! "

    "But the forward observation post said that they were preparing to cross the river and go back to the east. The Japanese army is at least an infantry brigade. If the opponent advances to the east of Kharkov and launches an attack, how will we deal with it? It may not get dark so quickly.  What's more, the opponent also has the assistance of the Chinese armored forces. The hidden standby positions of the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions always feel a bit far away. If the opponent really attacks Kharkov from the east, it will be a stab in our waist.  After being stabbedit is still doubtful whether the city can be defended!"

    Simon Petliura's chatter seems a bit confused. This founder of the Ukrainian National Army guerrillas has never experienced a large-scale formal urban offensive and defensive war, especially a modern war that integrates air and ground and coordinates infantry and artillery.  In his previous experience of leading guerrillas to fight guerrillas secretly, Petliula had never seen so many planes in the sky and such dense artillery fire on the ground.

    "Calm down! You must remain calm for the sake of the general, otherwise your subordinates will be even more confused Your Excellency Petliura, the enemy is going to come back to the east of the city in a roundabout way. I think it will take at least 3 hours. Kharkiv Forest Water Network Wetland  The road is not that easy to walk, not to mention the blocking and guarding troops of the 3rd Infantry Division will harass and contain the opponent along the way!

    If the opponent goes back to the east of the city to attack the city, we will execute Plan C and let the enemy enter the city and then close the door and beat the dogs!  In this way, the opponent's artillery and air force cannot use all their strength to attack the enemy. Our volunteer divisions are all locals in Kharkiv who are familiar with the city streets and terrain, so this battle still has to be fought!  "

    In von Neuhaus's adjustment of the city defense force configuration overnight, the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Kharkiv Volunteer Division took over the defense line of the 1st Infantry Brigade, which fought fiercely with the 13th Allied Federal Infantry Division yesterday afternoon, and replenished  Ammunition and food were provided, and the fortifications and machine gun fire points were reinforced and repaired. However, according to von Neuhaus's order, the position of the 2nd Volunteer Infantry Brigade shrank a lot from the two wings to the center. The original defense line of about 5 kilometers on the left and right wings was  It shrunk to about 3 kilometers, and the positions in the river beach and water network areas near the banks of the Yudi River and the Kharkov River were temporarily abandoned.

    In this way, the 3rd and 4th regiments of the 2nd Brigade of Volunteer Infantry only need to defend a 3,500-meter-long position each. Of course, the troops deployed on the front line will not be as high as one meter per person on average. In fact, they have machine gun bunker fire support points as the core.  , the entire circular fortification is a bunker group with a depth of 2 kilometers, with traffic trenches, bomb shelters, and ammunition depots scattered all over. Basically, one company guards a core fortification. In terms of troop allocation, von Neuhaus followed the principle of front and light rear.  Heavy, each infantry regiment set up 2 battalions as reserves, and only put one battalion on the front line to defend it.

    In terms of firepower configuration, the focus is on strengthening the 76mm infantry mortars and 708 heavy machine guns to the front-line positions of the Volunteer Division, preparing to use rotational battles to resist the upcoming attack by the Allies.

    In addition to using the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Volunteer Division to conduct defensive operations on the circular defense line in the north of the city, the 1st Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 1st Volunteer Division were responsible for defending the west position of the city after being withdrawn. This position was due to the water flow of the Lopan River.  The river is wide, and the Japanese cavalry regiment has to brave the possibility of artillery fire to cross the river and attack. Even if the Japanese commander intends to let the 4th cavalry regiment launch an siege, the most feasible way is to be within the artillery range of the German-Ukrainian coalition.  Outside, build a bridge across the Luopan River upstream, and then go around to the south of the city to attack.

    The confluence of several rivers in the west of Kharkiv city to form a water network area actually hinders the march of the cavalry troops. Even if the 4th Japanese Cavalry Regiment can successfully go around to the upstream and build a bridge to cross the river, it is estimated that it will have to go all the way back.  It would take most of a day to launch an attack in the southwest of the city. The positions in the southwest were guarded by the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Volunteer Division, which had been withdrawn from the northern front. This force had a close relationship with the attackers yesterday.  An infantry regiment of the 13th Allied Infantry Division fought hard and showed no signs of weakness. At this time, it was replaced by Neuhaus to guard the southwest.

    On the right side of the position of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Volunteer Division is the 1st Volunteer Infantry Regiment guarding the west of the city, while on the left is the 139th Regiment of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division, which also experienced the baptism of last night's night attack.  Although this main regiment suffered as many as 800 casualties in yesterday's night attack, it has not lost its vigor. The task of guarding the core position of Kharkiv South Railway Station is a new test for them.

    Neuhaus deployed the 3rd Brigade and 5th Regiment of the 2nd Volunteer Division in the middle city area, preparing to retreat to the city and prepare for street fighting if the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Volunteer Division could not hold its position in the north of the city.  The 6th regiment is deployed in Nancheng District as a reserve team to respond to the south, southwest and southeast directions!

    The two main infantry regiments of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Volunteer Division were deployed in the east of the city.On the front line, this is also the area that is predicted to be most likely to be surrounded and attacked by the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army. However Neuhaus planned to put the opponent into Dongcheng and then deal with the opponent through street fighting!  This will prevent the coalition aviation fleet from conducting air strikes and bombings as they wish for fear of accidental damage.

    The MK08 heavy machine guns of each infantry regiment of the Volunteer Division have all been equipped with anti-aircraft gun mounts, and will launch air-to-air shooting at any time according to the command of the headquarters to suppress the air raid bombing height and strafing of the coalition aviation force!

    For the German army, in every major battle on the Western Front of the European War, the number of aircraft of the Luftwaffe was always at a disadvantage. However, the concentrated use of limited forces often caused the Luftwaffe to frequently compete for local air supremacy.  Instead, they had the upper hand. They just wanted the German 10th Army in Ukraine to conduct defensive operations with complete loss of air superiority over the entire Ukraine, especially over eastern Ukraine centered on Kharkov. Such experience is quite rare.

    So what if we just wipe out the Volunteer Infantry Division and beat Kharkov to pieces?  As long as he can delay the offensive of the Allied Powers, Major General von Neuhaus will have enough confidence to defeat the attacking Allied Powers once air superiority returns to his side. The federal infantry division's training and positional warfare are insufficient, and Japan  The 3rd Division's firepower was insufficient

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