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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 773 (4) See clearly

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    This guy is really not too sure whether the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Volunteer Infantry Division can hold the position in the east of the city under the command of the division commander Karitintsev. After all, relying on the 4th Brigade of Volunteer Infantry alone, both in terms of military strength and firepower,  , are no match for the Japanese 23rd Infantry Brigade that has turned around, not to mention that according to reconnaissance, the Japanese troops are reinforced by Chinese armored troops.  www.dyzww.com[First_Chinese_ÎÄ_Íø]

    Moreover, Simon Petliura was slightly displeased with von Neuhaus's unscrupulous tone when he was in a hurry. He admitted that Neuhaus was an outstanding general with a strong overall view of the battlefield and a strong sense of sensitivity, but he did not mean that  As the Prime Minister of the Ukrainian Cabinet, the Minister of Defense and the Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, I have no self-respect. In this Ukraine, in this Kharkov, I, Simon Petlyura, and his subordinates are the mainstay local snakes, aren't they?  Where do you put me, the boss of Ukraine, with all your yelling?

    Major General von Neuhaus was obviously aware of Simon Petliura¡¯s displeasure, and explained in a slower tone,

    "It's not that the Chengdong Bridge cannot be blown up, but it is used as a trump card at the last moment. If we really blow up the bridge before the main force of the enemy's outflanking troops comes over, then we will lose our ability to interfere with the situation on the right bank of the Kharkov River.  and the opportunity to control, the main force of the 1st Army, isolated in the forest area across the river, lost the opportunity to coordinate with the defenders of Kharkov City, and the enemy could confidently and boldly rush east to attack our 3rd and 3rd infantry units.  4Those two divisions!¡±

    At this time, the Ukrainian staff officer holding the phone in his hand reminded again, "Your Excellency, General, Commander-in-Chief, how do I reply to Division Commander Karitintsev?"

    Hearing this, Simon Petliura took a few steps over angrily, grabbed the phone from the staff officer¡¯s hand, and shouted into the phone,

    "Vladislav Vermilovich, my comrade division commander, the Kharkov River is a natural line of defense. Your 4th Infantry Brigade's main force can absolutely defend a bridgehead. If necessary, Kharkov  The artillery in the city will provide fire support, and the 3rd Infantry Brigade can attack from the southeast of the city at any time. You must calm down now. No one is allowed to blow up the bridge without the order of the former enemy headquarters! Do you understand, without me?  Order, whoever dares to blow up the bridge will have his head!"

    The aggrieved voice of Karitintsev, commander of the 2nd Volunteer Division, came from the receiver, "Commander-in-Chief, if we don't blow up the bridge, I'm afraid that the Japanese will rush up directly along the bridge under the cover of the Chinese armored forces. Although I pulled the  Several barbed wire fences and barricades have completely blocked the bridge deck, and the machine gun fortifications on the bridgehead are also strong. But after all, we only have heavy machine guns and mortars in our hands, and the troops below have no idea. The Chinese wheeled  The large-caliber machine guns of the armored fighting vehicles are very powerful. Everyone saw it on the defense line in the north of the city yesterday. How about you give me a 75mm mountain gun battery?"

    Here von Neuhaus has already snatched the microphone from Petliura¡¯s hand and ordered into the microphone,

    ¡°As a frontline commander, I remind you again, Vladislav Vermilovich, that there was no order from me von Neuhaus or General von Fran?ois¡­no¡­no orders from His Excellency Petliura  Under the order, anyone who blows up the Kharkov Bridge in advance without authorization will have to go to military court. The Japanese detoured around and it was just an infantry brigade, which killed 8,000 troops. Your 4th Brigade has more than 6,000 people at full strength. With the help of  Strong fortifications and bridgehead positions can completely stop them!"

    As he spoke, the German Major General slowed down his tone and said word by word,

    "Your Excellency, Division Commander, you not only have to block possible attacks from the enemy, but you also have to protect the east bridge to avoid being blown up by the enemy. As long as the bridge is still there, the Japanese 23rd Infantry Brigade will not be able to attack the forest eastward with confidence.  Our 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions are here, and in fact they can't attack you with all their strength, because the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions can rush from east to west at any time, and then the opponent will be attacked from both sides and out of control, so be calm.  Calm down, do you understand? The enemy only has 8,000 troops! What are you afraid of with at least 40,000 friendly troops on your left and right?"

    Apparently the words of the German Major General boosted the morale of Karitintsev on the other end of the phone. Karitintsev on the other end of the phone calmed down and thought that I really have nothing to fear. Since you, as your superiors, said you are not allowed to blow up the bridge.  , then I won¡¯t blow up the bridge. Anyway, I will retreat to the city if I can¡¯t be stopped. Then don¡¯t say why I didn¡¯t blow up the bridge.

    Von Neuhaus threw down the phone here and returned to the observation window to use a telescope to re-observe the situation on the northern front battlefield. The two infantry battalions of the coalition forces 1,200 meters away from their position had completely entered.  In the field fortifications, even the vague sound of Chinese-made m1h¨¨ firing was intermittent, and the firing of the M60 mortars in the coalition trenches was much sparser than before.

    Simon Petliura came over and looked at the telescope for a long time, murmuringHe said, "Your Majesty General what do you think what is the plan of the coalition forces now? They just send two infantry battalions on the northern front to dig up such a field fortification less than 800 meters wide and then they are done? Oh no,  They are still digging communication trenches from both ends to the middle. It seems that they want to connect the trench 1,200 meters away with the starting position 2,200 meters away behind. The amount of work is not small Could it be that these Volga Federation soldiers came from Tsarist Russia?  The army has returned to the Soviet Red Army and now it has become the Bundeswehr, but what is left of it is digging dirt? "

    Von Neuhaus held up a telescope and looked at the two wings again. He was also a little puzzled. Obviously, the allied forces on the opposite side had never invested more than 2 infantry battalions. Even if the reserves of the interlaced communication trenches dug vertically were added, now  The coalition forces that can be seen on the entire northern front battlefield do not exceed the strength of one regiment Is the opponent really so slow-thinking and not ready to launch a real attack?

    "I can't figure it out. If the opponent wants to capture Kharkov, there is no reason for the two artillery regiments to be so silent and not fire. The power of the Japanese 75mm Type 38 field gun and the 15cm heavy howitzer in Taisho 4  It's no worse than our German Krupp guns. Perhaps they plan to dig through the traffic trenches first to protect the follow-up troops from entering the front-line battlefield quietly. Unfortunately, we don't have reconnaissance planes in the sky, otherwise  You can see clearly all the way

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