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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 784 (4) Make up your mind after thinking about it

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    The advantage is that it can take advantage of the terrain and the number of troops through close combat, and makes it difficult to use the coalition's aerial bombing and long-range artillery traps for fear of accidental damage. The disadvantage is that the main force guarding Kharkov is not even the Ukrainian National Army at the moment, but  It is really uncertain whether the Kharkiv Volunteer Force, a group of Kharkiv citizens, businessmen, workers and refugees, can fight against the headwind. Once the city defense is abandoned and the coalition ground troops march straight into the city they will scream.  Whether the Ukrainian volunteers who are fighting to the death to protect their country will be defeated and defeated thousands of miles away is also unknowna huge unknown!

    For von Neuhaus, he judged that the coalition forces would definitely launch a ground attack after the artillery bombardment on the northern front stopped, and the scale would definitely be larger than the two battalions' attack launched in the morning. However, because the artillery on the Nancheng District was well prepared,  He is confident enough to use artillery to defeat the opponent's upcoming ground attack. The only variable is when the coalition aviation force will appear If it is time to bombard the opponent's offensive skirmisher line in front of his own artillery the coalition aviation force  If it happensthen the pressure of this afternoon's battle will be much greater

    In the worst case scenario, our artillery positions suffered heavy casualties and lost combat effectiveness under the intensive air strikes of the coalition forces, while the enemy's ground troops took advantage of the situation to attack the first-line positions This required the 2nd Brigade of volunteers guarding the positions.  It is not difficult to block the opponent's coordinated infantry and artillery attack with only machine guns, mortars and grenades But so what if the 2nd Volunteer Brigade is exhausted. These second-rate Ukrainian troops are  A few months ago, they were still cheering for the Ukrainian Soviet regime. Sacrificing these cannon fodder is said to be cleaning up dissidents for Simon Petlyura's national army

    "Simon don't worry about the shelling of the Japanese field artillery wing that is firing on the northern front. The power of 75mm mountain field artillery shells is limited. It is basically impossible to shake our trench-style defense line. Moreover, our troops are hidden in anti-gun holes and  Dodging bombs in the shelter You see, the roof of our headquarters has been hit by no less than ten artillery shells There is nothing we can do about it I am worried about the threat to our artillery positions after the enemy air force returns.  Too big Once the artillery support is lost, the defense of the northern front will be very difficult. Don't forget that the Japanese 3rd Division still has a duli field heavy artillery unit that has not yet opened fire! "

    The German major general's words were intended to inoculate the Ukrainian Prime Minister, so that he would be prepared to use human lives to fill the northern front positions if he had to, to hinder the enemy's advance as much as possible, and even finally abandon the northern circular defense line and let the coalition forces go.  Break in and fight in the streets Unexpectedly, after saying this, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian National Army tightened his nerves again. He grabbed the German major general's hand and said nervously,

    "What should we do? What should we do? I said politely, these bastards of the Volunteer Division have never fought in any war. They rely on solid fortifications to defend and barely use them. I hope they will retreat to the city to fight street fighting.  But no, by then it will definitely be a business of defeat and destruction!" Simon Petliura's forehead was sweating and his palms were wet, which made the German Major General frown.  wwwdyzww No. 1, //Free e-book download//

    "Simon you are right. The Volunteer Division is a bit reluctant to fight in such fierce close combat as street fighting But the key lies in how to divert the opponent's air force from air strikes. I thought about it for a while. I think, we  How about letting the three main divisions in the Kharkov Forest attack the Mutoh Brigade that the Japanese have detoured from?  Air strikes. Yesterday, the Japanese relied on air strikes to defeat the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division and repulse the 2nd Infantry Division. Today, as long as we exert the necessary pressure on the Muto Brigade, the enemy will definitely do it again!"

    Sven von Neuhaus stared closely at Simon Petliura and said his plan to draw the attention of the Allied Air Force to the forest to the east, "Simon, the forest is the best protection against air strikes by the Allied Air Force."  The power will be greatly weakened Moreover, if necessary, we can directly bombard the three-way intersection in the forest from the artillery position in the south of the city to cut off the Muto brigade's retreat Koval, Yarmolenko and Mihalik have close to 30,000 in their hands.  The main force, the Muto Brigade, which has less than 8,000 opponents, will not suffer too much loss"

    "Butbut, I say politely, the pontoon bridge on the Kharkov River has not been destroyed by us yet, and the coalition forces are still continuously delivering ammunition and logistical supplies to the Muto Brigade in the east of the river. The main force of the opponent wants to reinforce the Muto Brigade in the forced march.  It will only take more than 3 hours Are you sure if you let Koval and the others attack with all their strength to the west, you won't be kicked on the iron plate?  The strength of the semi-main division is quite important. More than half of them are old guerrillas he brought from near Kiev They are more important than the volunteer division in the city.??!

    "Is Kharkov more important or the forest troops to the east? I can't think of a third target more worthy of the coalition air force's air attack The opponent's bombers will definitely come back, and then all the bombs will be dropped.  If we are in the artillery position in the southern city, Kharkov may not be able to hold it By then, the Muto brigade in the east will continue to attack Kovar and the others after receiving ammunition replenishment. Instead of doing this, we should  Preemptively disrupt the opponent¡¯s deployment!¡±

    The face of the German Major General was a bit gloomy, and he was obviously a little disappointed and dissatisfied with the Ukrainian Prime Minister's performance of having to have both the wolf and the tiger fish at the same time

    Of course Simon Petliura was aware of Neuhaus's dissatisfaction. In fact, his original intention to stick to Kharkov, the new capital of Ukraine, was also the result of Petliura's insistence. According to the former enemy commander of the German-Ukrainian coalition von Fran  In Sova's original battle plan, Kharkov did not have to defend Kharkov at all. It would be best to simply retreat with a big step and place the coalition forces near Krasnov and then encircle and annihilate them. In this way, the logistics transportation line would be stretched to nearly 100 kilometers and guarded.  Kharkov will inevitably disperse its forces

    "Okay! Sven, it would be a pity to give up Kharkov so easily when the battle has reached this point. Didn't you say that the main force of the German army and artillery will be able to leave and come back this evening We can't just do it anyway."  After losing Kharkov, I agree with your plan and order the three main divisions in the forest to concentrate their efforts on attacking westward We must go all out! I have just given them promotions and awards, and I will not let this battle slip away again.  Promise!¡± The Ukrainian Prime Minister finally made up his mind after thinking about it!

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