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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 793 (5) The Risk of the Southern Route¡¯s Roundabout

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    In this cat-and-mouse game, both warring parties obviously believe that the other side has fallen into their own traps and traps. In comparison, the 2nd Detachment of the 1st and 2nd Detachment of the German Armored Army has a greater advantage. After all, the armored trains are mobilized along the railway line.  The armored train, which is faster and more powerful, cannot be easily defeated by the two cavalry brigades of the Yonezawa Regiment, which are only equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns

    Of course, the German pocket formations set up by the four dismounted infantry companies in the south will probably fail. What is the close combat capability of the armored train without the infantry on board, especially after the Allied Air Force makes a comeback?  Come on, Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt doesn't have many cards in his hand

    The intrigues between the two sides on the southwest battlefield did not affect the situation on the east battlefield

    July 31, 1918 15:00 southeast of Kharkiv, the brigade headquarters of the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade

    "Reporting to the brigade commander, progress is too slow if this continues I just received a telegram from the former enemy headquarters The commander of the Dating Division asked our brigade to strengthen the offensive at the east gate and cover the main force of the northern line to assault the northern city of Kharkov  The core line of defense" Colonel Takagi Yoshinari, chief of staff of the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade, handed over the telegram he had just received.

    "Baga The entire main force of the Central Army was concentrated on the northern front. The artillery alone consisted of 2 artillery regiments and 4 federal artillery battalions. Even the bombardment destroyed the city wall Why do we need to strengthen the offensive at the east gate?  Covering the Kikuchi Brigade? There is no way!" Nobuyoshi Muto, the commander of the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade, sat on the pony with a heavy breath and smashed the half-drunk water glass on the ground.  

    An hour and a quarter ago, Muto's brigade made the decision to move the main force southward along the right bank of the Kharkov River to the south of the city. To this end, Muto ordered the 19th Infantry Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment of Mizuno Taisuke to continue blocking the east gate.  To feign an attack, the three brigades of Xiangzhui, Duomen and Guzhuang withdrew and turned back to the three-way intersection, and then moved south. The armored troops of Major Li of China were asked to clear the way, and the artillery battalion of Major Wu and the 7th Infantry Battalion of Major Wu of China were invited behind.  , the artillery brigade of the 19th Regiment followed up, and the main force of the Muto brigade rushed south, which was sure to catch them by surprise!

    The Jianchuan Battalion and the Okamoto Battalion, which had previously been sent out to engage in roundabout operations on both wings, were ordered to continue to roundabout and feint on the two wings. They must frighten the three main Ukrainian divisions in front of them so that the other side would not dare to easily turn back to Kazakhstan.  Assault from the east gate of Erkov

    However, marching in the forest area is not as easy as imagined. Although the Muto Brigade is elite, it has been exhausted after a morning of hard work. Moreover, the Muto Brigade is only a packhorse brigade and not a mechanized force, so it turns south.  The battle has been going on for more than an hour, and the Chinese armored 2nd and 4th companies that were forward have disappeared. The three under-manned infantry brigades of Xiangzui, Duomen and Guzhuang have only moved 5 to the south.  About kilometers

    "Report to the brigade commander that there is a call from the Yonezawa Cavalry Regiment. They are expected to sneak across the railway line in half an hour and prepare to detour to the southeast to fight with us to jointly attack the German bridge position on the Lopan River Now the captain of the Yonezawa Regiment asks  The location of the main force of our brigade!" A brigade combat staff officer with the rank of captain hurriedly broke into the tent. Chief of Staff Takagi took the telegram and glanced at it, then leaned over to look at the map, raised his body and said to Muto,

    "Captain of the brigade, according to the current marching speed, it will take at least an hour and a half for the main force of our brigade to reach the south of the city, and we have to add in the time to rest and breathe. Even if we launch an attack, it will be two hours later, right?  Inform Yonezawa United to postpone the meeting? "

    "No, wouldn't it be good to let the Yonezawa unit try the German defense strength? Anyway, the two companies of the Chinese armored battalion should be able to reach the predetermined area in half an hour. That Major Li's command and combat capabilities are not weak, Yonezawa  With the support of two companies of Chinese armored troops, the regiment can still stand no matter what, right?" Muto Nobuyoshi was obviously still anxious. The telegram urged by the commander of the Otei Division just now could not not have an impact on him. Speaking of it, as a detour in Hedong  The main force, the Muto Brigade, has spent most of the day, and they have just seized a Kharkov Bridge that was abandoned by the Ukrainians

    The battle against three main Ukrainian divisions in the forest cannot be considered a victory in any way. At best, it is a temporary repulse of the opponent. To catch up and annihilate these three main divisions of the Ukrainian National Army, Muto asked himself that he did not have the air support of the Allied Air Force.  It is almost impossible to complete. You must know that yesterday, the Kikuchi Brigade's Shogo Keizaki Regiment achieved significant results with the help of a 2** scale air strike by the coalition forces, and more than half of this credit must be attributed to the two troops commanded by Lu Huanyan.  The head of the Chinese armored battalion

    The favorable conditions currently available to the Muto Brigade are much less than those of the Kikuchi Brigade yesterday. First, the main force of the air force was used by Oba Jiro in the direction of Kharkov. The Muto Brigade in the east forest only dialed 1 symbolically.  A squad of SE5 fighters and a squad of DH4 reconnaissance bombers provided air support, and addedThe armored unit assigned to the Muto Brigade was only Li Shang's 3rd Armored Battalion. Although the support of Major Wu Keren's Duli Artillery Battalion was very emboldening, after a bloody battle with the Ukrainian artillery regiment, the artillery unit  It¡¯s almost half lost

    Yesterday, Kikuchi Brigade's Masago Eizaki Regiment only had to deal with the Ukrainian troops in one direction. Now, the Mutoh Brigade had to deal with enemies from three directions at the same time The strength of the Kharkov Old City Fortress was obviously unsatisfactory.  Look down, since Lieutenant General Oba used an entire 150mmdu li field heavy artillery regiment on the northern front and failed to completely explode the opponent's turtle shell, the remaining 75mm field guns and 105mm light howitzers of the Muto brigade are about to explode.  The probability of Kharkiv East City is obviously even smaller

    Muto decided to speed up the main force of the three brigades to penetrate southward, and at the same time sent a message to Li Shang, who was leading the front, asking him to command two armored companies to prepare to meet Yonezawa who was coming from the railway line in the southeast direction of the southern part of Kharkov.  The Cavalry Regiment The Yonezawa Regiment's two previous attacks on the German positions in Nancheng District were repelled. However, when they tried to cross the railway line for the third time, they encountered a north-south pincer attack by the German armored detachment and suffered heavy casualties

    Although Li Shang's armored troops have strong combat effectiveness, they obviously don't have much chance of winning against the Germans' heavily armored armored trains on the fd17ii wheeled armored battlefield. To be honest, Muto's confidence is now shaken by the rush.  , his roundabout force obviously lacks the support of heavy artillery. If the coalition air force cannot play an active role, the roundabout operation on the southern front of Kharkov may once again end in vain This is absolutely unacceptable to Muto!
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