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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 794 (1) A bit of a dilemma

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    Many of the battlements at the top of the northern city of Kharkov Fortress had been destroyed by Koji Hashimoto's four-year-old and 15-centimeter heavy artillery. However, there was still a gap of ten meters between the destruction of the four-foot-high and three-foot-high north city walls.  Eighteen thousand miles

    "Division Commander, I still recommend ordering the Muto brigade to launch an attack from the east city. Judging from the results of aerial reconnaissance by the coalition air force, the strength of the North City of Kharkov is the most prominent among the four directions. The height of the walls of the East City and West City is  Although it is also 4 feet, the thickness is only less than 2 feet. Only the wall of Beicheng is close to 3 feet thick. We should not continue to smash the main force into the opponent's strongest defense line" The division chief of staff, Hisashi Karitaro, persuaded with sincerity.  It's Erlang Oba.  (None., pop-up windowwww.dyzww.com[first_ÖÐÎÄ_Íø]

    "Report, the Muto brigade called back. Major General Muto insisted that as the commander of the roundabout force, he has the right to make independent judgments based on the battlefield situation. Now the main force of the Muto brigade has moved south and is preparing to join the Yonezawa Cavalry Regiment in the south of the city.  In order to strive to occupy the bridge on the Lopan River and cut off the retreat route of the German-Ukrainian forces in the south, he believed that it was enough to leave an infantry brigade of the Mizuno Regiment at the east gate to maintain control of the Kharkov River Bridge. Major General Muto reminded the former enemy  The headquarters should not forget that his two infantry brigades, Jianchuan and Okamoto, are still undertaking the arduous task of suppressing the three main Ukrainian divisions in the eastern forest It is absolutely impossible to ask the main force of the brigade to turn around and attack the east gate at this time!  "

    A confidential staff officer of the 3rd Division sent a reply from the Muto Brigade that had just been received. The unruly Major General Muto apparently rejected the previous request issued by the Chief of Staff, Hisashikari Takahiro, in the name of the former enemy headquarters, for the Muto Brigade to attack Haha.  Erkov's east city defense line, an order to divert the attention of the Ukrainian defenders.

    "Can the Yonezawa unit break through the blockade of the German armored train?" Oba Jiro turned around and asked, his hands behind his back.

    "According to the telegram received previously, the Yonezawa Regiment has been divided into three groups. The Yamashita Regiment led a cavalry squadron to feint to the south, making a posture of attacking the Krasnorad River Railway Bridge, attracting the German armored train detachment.  The troops followed Colonel Yonezawa led the main force of the two cavalry brigades, Iida and Xiaoji, to take advantage of the opportunity to break through the railway line and insert themselves into the southeast in order to join the Muto brigade. The wounded and logistics and artillery troops of the Yonezawa regiment  , then slowly turn westward under the command of Major Shimizu Yoshige, the commander of the artillery battalion" Chief of Staff Hisashikari Takashi replied.

    "Division commander I still insist that we must request tactical guidance from the Allied Air Force. In addition, the 14th Federal Infantry Division should be moved to the front line in advance, and the 13th Federal Infantry Division, which replaces Major General Voronezh, will join the battle Infantry  The 5th Brigade suffered too many casualties and needs to be replenished and rested, otherwise the main force of the 3rd Division will be exhausted too quickly" Major General Shinnosuke Kikuchi, commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, put forward his suggestion straightforwardly.

    "Your Excellency, everyone, I would like to remind everyone that during the two consecutive days of fighting in the Ukrainian Campaign, the frontline troops of the Central Route Army suffered heavy casualties and losses. Of course, the Ukrainians' life was even more difficult, but we must see that,  The main force of the German Reserve 47th Division has not yet gone into battle. What remains in the southern part of Kharkov is the 139th Infantry Regiment. Now the Yonezai Regiment failed to break through the railway line for the first time under the attack of two German armored train detachments  If the main force of the German army moves north along the railway line to reinforce Kharkov before eveningis our current strategy and arrangement worthy of reconsideration?"

    Colonel Lu Huanyan, the commander of the 1st Chinese Duli Armored Regiment, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke from the side. In Lu Huanyan's view, Oba Erlang's current style of play was a bit desperate. To put it mildly, he wanted to get ahead of the enemy's reinforcements.  He captured Kharkov before arriving, and then relied on the protection of the Fortress to block the German counterattack. To put it bluntly, the division commander of the Japanese 3rd Division was a little confused

    "Lu Sang is right In fact, the shortage of troops in the Central Route Army is obvious The defensive side of the Kharkiv battlefield is composed of 4 divisions of the Ukrainian National Army and 2 volunteer divisions, with a total strength of nearly 80,000 people, and the Germans remain  We have a reinforced regiment with 3,000 elites. On the other hand, we only have the 3rd Division with less than 28,000 people on the front line, and the 13th Federal Infantry Division only has 40,000 people. The Ukrainians¡¯ fighting will is not that sparse.  We are fighting to the death to defend our country We currently have few troops and are too scattered, so it is obviously not possible to continue fighting like this"

    Major General Kikuchi of the 5th Infantry Brigade was the first to stand up and agree with Lu Huanyan's statement. The Kikuchi Brigade made great contributions in yesterday's battle. This guy didn't want to see his meritorious troops in the northern city of Kharkov the next day.  This meat grinder has been exhausted This Ukrainian campaign has only been fought for two days. The Sugimoto Regiment of the Kikuchi Brigade has already folded in an artillery battalion captain, Major Isokawa, and an infantry battalion captain, Fukushima Arata, while Eizaki is  Although the 18th Infantry Regiment just now did not have any first-level generals or battalion commanders killed in action, the squadron commander?Three were killed and two were seriously injured. Nearly half of the troops' casualties have just been replenished, but no matter what, their vitality is severely damaged

    "Baga Kikuchi, what you faced today was just a second-rate Ukrainian volunteer division and you didn't have the courage to win. When the main force of the German army comes back tomorrow, shouldn't your Kikuchi brigade turn around and retreat?  !" Division Chief Oba Jiro roared at Kikuchi Shinnosuke!

    "Hai!" A group of Japanese generals nodded along with Kikuchi. When they were furious and roaring on the top of the mountain, it was their duty as Japanese soldiers to lower their heads and shout "Hai". If General Utsunomiya was here to train Jiro Oba's division,  For a long time, Da Ting and his subordinates would shout "Hai" instead of "Hai". This is a well-established habit in the military.

    "If we don't capture Kharkov, once the main force of the German army comes up tomorrow, whether we can stand in the city of Kharkov is a matter of debate. Gentlemen, don't you understand this?!" Jiro Oba anxiously said to a group of Japanese soldiers.  The general was pacing back and forth. At this moment, the gunfire from the south had stopped. Hashimoto's heavy artillery regiment did not start a 30-minute heavy artillery bombardment as Jiro Oba had requested. In fact, Hashimoto's artillery  The ammunition carriers of the regiment were so tired that they couldn't even stand up

    "Division Commander, according to the requirements of the Allied Southwest Front Headquarters for the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign, our strategy should be to siege the city and provide reinforcements, focusing on annihilating the enemy's effective forces, rather than fighting for the gains and losses of one city or one place" Division  The regiment's chief of staff, Hisashi Karitaka, muttered. At this time, the battle had obviously reached a stalemate. Oba and his chief of staff both hoped to get tactical guidance from General Utsunomiya in the rear, but were also worried about being exposed. At this moment, they were in a stalemate.  Taro Utsunomiya and Shunroku Hata, who were in charge of Belgorod, came without further instructions This only put more pressure on the two of them.

    "If we don't capture Kharkov and the main force of the German army counterattacks, we may not be able to stand under the city" Oba Jiro's words point out the fundamental reason why the Central Army is in a dilemma at the moment

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