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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 769 (2) Yamashita¡¯s doubts about Yonezawa

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    "Your Excellency, Commander of the Regiment, I suggest that only one cavalry brigade and artillery brigade be left at the predetermined crossing position, ready to wait for the engineers to build the bridge and then cross the Lopan River. The rest of the main force of the Regiment might as well go west along the north bank of the Lopan River.  From the map, we follow the Lopan River to the west and first take Borodukshiv, 40 kilometers northwest, which is the upper reaches of the Lopan River. From the map, we see that there are ready-made bridges to cross the river.  If you build a bridge, the river will be narrow, and it will be easier to collect equipment for crossing the river nearby! ¡±

    Yamashita Fengwen quickly came to the hanging combat map, heading west from the current position of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, pointing to Borodukshiv, an important town northwest of Kharkov, with excitement in his eyes.  §êw§ë138¿´Êé͇138¿´Êé͇

    "Occupy Borodukshiv? Captain Yamashita, if it's just to cross the river, we can't make it all the way back and forth. This small town is at least 3235 kilometers away from us. It will take 3 hours or more to rush there.  According to the aerial reconnaissance of the Allied Air Force, this small town should only be garrisoned by some Ukrainian militiamen. It would not be a problem to capture it. But if we rush back, it would be dark and tired before we reach the gates of Kharkov. How can we complete the Grand Court Division?  The task of attacking to the south of the city to cut off the retreat of the Kharkov defenders? "

    Yonezawa Kogoro frowned and stared at the map for a long time. He shook his head to express his disapproval of the suggestion attached to his regiment. Taking the important northwest town of Kharkov in Ukraine was certainly a good thing, but the Oba Division  The mission given to the 4th Cavalry Regiment is to attack the south of Kharkov. If the main force of the Cavalry Regiment goes to the northwest under the guise of crossing the river, then the main force of the cavalry regiment will not be able to catch up today no matter what.  I came back in time to launch an attack on the enemies in the south of the city

    "Your Majesty the Regiment Commander, I don't think the problem is big. We have left a cavalry brigade and an artillery brigade to build a bridge across the river. As long as we arrange it properly and build up momentum there is no problem in pretending to be the entire cavalry regiment. This can be done  The former enemy command asked us to move along the western front of Kharkov to attract the enemy's attention. And if we can cross the Lopan River today and penetrate to the south of Kharkov, I said Your Excellency will not think that the former enemy command  Do you really expect that one of our cavalry regiments can capture the South Railway Station position that the Germans are guarding in Kharkov?"

    Captain Yamashita narrowed his eyes and looked at his regimental commander with a half-smile. In his heart, Yonezawa was a good cavalry commander. The hard-working and combat effectiveness of the 4th Cavalry Regiment should not be underestimated. As for its shortcomings, then  It's just that he is a little too disciplined and follows the orders step by step If not, the king of China would not have parachuted Shunroku Hata to command the interception operations on the central and southern front of the Battle of Ufa, right?

    "Huh? Mr. Yamashita, what do you meanthe division commander asked us to make a circuitous route southward along the west side of Kharkov City with great fanfare. Is he just pulling a big flag and pulling a tiger skin to show off to the Ukrainians who were defending the city? Originally, I was the same.  This is understood, but this morning Major General Muto's 23rd Infantry Brigade began to build bridges on a large scale to cross the Kharkov River and move eastward. According to the latest order from the division commander in the telegram we just received, our regiment is required to use  Overcome all difficulties as quickly as possible, return to the south of the city as soon as possible, and cut off the retreat of the Kharkov defenders. This order is not ambiguous, right? "

    Yonezawa Kogoro frowned, trying to figure out the intention of the division commander's latest order. In his opinion, the division commander obviously expected his 4th Cavalry Regiment to take advantage of cavalry maneuvers and appear in Hal as soon as possible.  To the south of Kharkov City, we used a posture to cut off the enemy's retreat and mobilized the enemy's garrison forces in Kharkov City, which reduced the offensive pressure on the frontal battlefield in the north of the city. At the same time, it also created more space for the Mutoh Infantry 23rd Brigade to outflank the enemy in the east.  Relaxed conditions

    "Of course the order is unambiguous, but everyone understands that it is impossible to capture Kharkov just relying on the hard work of our 4th Cavalry Regiment, even if we only attack the opponent with Kharkov South Railway Station as our base.  The core southern position of the city!

    Your Excellency, Captain, our 4th Cavalry Regiment only has 4,000 troops. The opponent's German 139th Infantry Regiment has 3,000 troops. This does not include the nearly 25,000 troops of the two Ukrainian volunteer divisions in the city. Moreover, Germany  The main force of the 47th Infantry Division can be reinforced from the south along the railway line at any time Our 4th Cavalry Regiment can easily become the fat on the opponent's chopping block if we go deep into the south of the city alone!  "

    Yamashita Fengfumi stared seriously into the eyes of his regiment commander. Obviously, the cavalry captain of the regiment did not want his troops to be a big gift to the door, so he asked the Germans to make dumplings for him. The former enemy headquarters was the first to give the cavalry No. 1  The mission of the 4th Regiment is to harass the enemy's rear along the river. If they really wanted to raid and capture the city, why would they require the 4th Cavalry Regiment to make a big show of attention and sight on this side of the river to attract the enemy's attention and sight?

    Yamashita could even guess that the commander of the Grand Court Division suddenly urged the 4th Cavalry Regiment to speed up the outflanking to the south. The purpose was to attract more enemy attention to the main force in the north of the city and the outflanking troops in the east. Being a supporting role was notNo, but Yamashita Tomofumi is trying hard to be a supporting character with big benefits but little effort, instead of a supporting character who eats meat and fights tough battles while only chewing bones.

    "Well what you said makes sense, but what if the main force of the regiment moves too far westward and has no time to turn back to Kharkov, thus delaying the division commander's plan to attack the city?"

    Of course, the commander of the regiment, Kogoro Yonezawa, did not want his regiment to just chew bones and drink soup. They marched from the left bank of the Yudi River to here. Although they raided more than a dozen villages and towns, they encountered almost no organized resistance from the Ukrainians.  , most of the local people have evacuated, and the only ones left in the village are hungry, dying and lonely old people. Not only have there been no achievements in seizures, but it is difficult to capture a few local strong men to supplement the work of the civilian team.

    "Captain, can't you see? Before Lieutenant General Stepin's two federal infantry divisions arrived at the city of Kharkov, it would be impossible to capture this fortified city with the existing strength of our Central Army.  What a nightmare, unless the Germans give up and leave the Ukrainians to defend the city, I dare say that as long as the German army is still in this city, our siege will not be so easy. Last night they actually dared to press the enemy  We must not be blindly optimistic when we go out of the city to fight back!¡±

    Yamashita Nobumi, the second cavalry captain to graduate from the 28th batch of the Mainland University, is now a little confused about how the captain Yonezawa Kogoro was promoted to the captain of the Colonel Corps in ten years. Could it be that he just followed the instructions of Shangfeng in such a step-by-step manner?  Just turn the baton above?

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