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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 773 (5) No need to mention

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    Your Excellency Petliura, you must order the 1st Volunteer Division to stay calm. The 2nd Infantry Brigade on the northern front position cannot attack easily. We must beware of the enemy's heavy artillery suddenly opening fire and bombarding our defense line In case the enemy rushes out at that time,  If we open fire, it's hard to say whether we can pull back. After all, our artillery is deployed in Nancheng District, and the furthest it can reach is 1,500 meters in front of the position. The enemy's artillery position is still at least 5 kilometers away!  "

    Von Neuhaus's tone was full of instructions and care, but here Simon Petliura smelled something. The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army asked in surprise, "Your Excellency, General, you do not intend to continue to command the Northern Front."  Defense? "

    "The enemy on the northern front is far from ready for a full-scale attack. I plan to take the guard company to the east city to have a look. Karitintsev's 4th volunteer infantry brigade has not actually gone into battle. I'm afraid  His troops were frightened by the bluff of the Japanese troops who turned around, especially since the other side also had Chinese armored troops to help! As the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army, you are here to command the defense of the northern front for me, a former enemy.  How is the battle? If the enemy does not commit more than one brigade of troops to attack, our artillery deployed in the south of the city must not fire first. You can grasp this, right?" Von Neuhaus said to Petliula with a smile.  

    The Ukrainian Prime Minister was silent after hearing this. In fact, he had stayed with a confident and outstanding German general like von Neuhaus for a long time, and a Ukrainian general like Simon Petliura who came from a wild background and had some culture, even in name.  The one above is the leader of the Ukrainian National Army and the government. Once the war starts, he is really inseparable from the German major general in front of him. However, Petliura is also a competitive man and is unwilling to show his cowardice easily, so he  He gritted his teeth and nodded, saying

    "Well, the position of the bridgehead in the east of the city is indeed a key battlefield. This guy Karitintsev is quite capable as a guerrilla leader. Commanding a brigade of thousands of people has not been truly tested, not to mention roundabout ways.  The Japanese 23rd Brigade to the east of the Kharkov River has not yet appeared on the battlefield, so I will take charge here. General, you will take charge of the battle in the east of the city. I estimate that the Japanese Brigade may be there!  It is the main offensive force of the coalition forces to truly break through. Will it be too small if you only lead the guard company? "

    Simon Petliura mustered up the courage to accept von Neuhaus's arrangement, but he was still a little uneasy. The two artillery regiments of the coalition were still lying behind the enemy's position in the north of the city like two silent beasts in the dark.  , if he really had to open fire with all his strength to cover a brigade or even an infantry division launching an attack on the defense line north of the city, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army still felt a little cold on the back of his neck.

    This guy couldn't help but stop the German major general who was leaving with several staff members, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty General, what if the enemy's artillery bombards the position in the north of the city, but the main force of the opponent's ground troops does not come up?"

    "Then ask the 2nd Infantry Brigade to hold their heads and hide in the artillery holesthe artillery can't rush up to occupy the position, so we must pay attention to preserving the effective strength of the front-line troops! Our artillery can only be used when the enemy's infantry is large in size.  Just launch a thunderous strike during the attack!" Von Neuhaus raised his hand without looking back, and left the former enemy headquarters with several wolf-like German adjutants and staff.

    July 31, 1918 9:30 Kharkiv Forest, 5 kilometers east of Kharkiv

    Just an hour ago, the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 3rd Division, under the command of the brigade commander, Major General Nobuyoshi Muto, crossed the pontoon bridge built on the Kharkov River and arrived at the forest area on the right bank of the river.  Counting this, this is the fourth pontoon bridge erected on the Kharkov River in two days. Yesterday, engineers from the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division built a pontoon bridge across the river behind the position of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division upstream from Kharkov.  The purpose was to withdraw the artillery regiment of the 1st Infantry Division to the forest area east of Hedong to avoid the air strikes of the Allied Air Force.

    The pontoon bridge built by the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division was destroyed by an air strike by the coalition air force after completing its mission of allowing the division's artillery regiment to cross the river. However, the second pontoon bridge built by the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division, which followed a similar pattern, never had time to be put into use.  It was destroyed by a coalition air strike.

    After that, the third pontoon bridge was built by the engineers of the 18th Infantry Regiment of Masako Izaki at the request of the Chinese Armored Forces to assist Lu Huanyan's engineer company. In fact, they used the original pontoon bridge of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division that was blown up by an air strike.  It was just repaired. The purpose was to cross the river again with trophies such as the 105mm light field howitzer battalion cannon and six 75mm Krupp field guns captured by Xue Juru's company on the east bank of the river

    This morning, the 3rd Engineer Regiment of the 3rd Japanese Division built the fourth pontoon bridge across the Kharkov River in two days 7 kilometers northeast of Kharkov City. Since both sides are covered with forests,  It was quite easy to cut down trees and organize the equipment for crossing the river. The two engineering brigades of the 3rd Engineer Regiment and the 23rd Infantry Brigade worked together to erect the pontoon bridge in just an hour. Muto Nobuyoshi, who was responsible for the coalition's roundabout operations,  The 23rd Infantry Brigade, reinforced by the Chinese Armored 3rd Battalion andIt took nearly an hour to quickly cross the fast Kharkov River without the help of the U.S. Duli Artillery Battalion.

    During the march of Muto's roundabout force, Major Li Shang, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the Chinese Armored Regiment, led the 1st and 2nd Armored Companies as the vanguard of the roundabout force. They crossed the river in the first echelon and followed the forest path southward for reconnaissance.  , and the 3rd Armored Company, as the garrison of Muto Brigade Headquarters, followed the brigade headquarters. Colonel Mizuno Taisuke led the 7th Infantry Regiment across the river as the second echelon, following the Chinese 1st and 2nd Armored Company commanded by Li Shang.  Even advance.

    Muto Nobuyoshi himself personally led the brigade headquarters, the Duli Artillery Battalion of the 1st Chinese Armored Regiment and the 3rd Armored Company to cross the river as the third echelon. Colonel Itatsuya led the 19th Infantry Regiment followed closely as the fourth echelon, and the 4th Armored Regiment  The company, together with the brigade logistics unit, serves as the fifth echelon.

    Muto obviously used Li Shang's armored troops as reconnaissance spearheads rather than as assault iron fists. However, the Duli artillery battalion that had just been raised in the Chinese armored regiment did need protection, so Li Shang weighed it and reluctantly did not jump out to object.  The 3rd and 4th armored companies were arranged at the brigade headquarters and the arrangement of the baggage troops.  Otherwise, if a battalion of his armored troops were concentrated as an assault force, it would be easy to defeat a regiment of Ukrainian troops head-on.

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