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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 797 (2) The fighting style is too ordinary

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    Lieutenant Colonel von Blomberg looked at his second-in-command, feeling more and more that the battle in front of him might not be as easy to fight as he imagined. Captain Catherine, the adjutant and chief of the operations section, smiled and comforted his two superiors.  boss,

    "Regiment commander, chief of staff, let me tell you, since the Ukrainian government's improvised volunteer troops can block the attack of that Volga Federation's main infantry division, I don't think we need to take each other too seriously. Last night the 139th Infantry Division  Didn't the regiment suppress the opponent's brigade and beat it up hard? If our regiment were to go into battle, if nothing else, we would be sure to eat up the five infantry and cavalry brigades of Japan's Muto Brigade and Yonezawa United  ¡­Of course, there must be fire support from the artillery regiment!¡±.

    "By the way, how does the division headquarters arrange the division's artillery? Should it be used centrally or assigned to the infantry regiment for combat?" Chief of Staff Major Feng Bock thought of this key question.

    "At present, the artillery battalion is assigned to the infantry regiment as a unit. The 140th Battalion of 105mm light howitzer will follow our regiment. The 141st Battalion is assigned to the 141st Infantry Regiment. The 139th Battalion and the regiment headquarters serve as the third echelon.  Reserve team" the regiment leader von Blomberg replied.

    "It seems that the division headquarters is still worried that the Allied Air Force will launch another air strike before Japan falls, so the artillery regiments are dispersed to avoid being crowded together and being attacked by air attacks without enough time for evacuation and air defense" the regiment chief of staff said thoughtfully  , here Captain Catherine immediately said, "Not only that, the division headquarters also requires that when the troops depart by train, an mg08 heavy machine gun must be mounted on the top of each carriage, and a high-shelf gun mount should be used to mount it for anti-aircraft fire.  Preparethe air threat from the coalition air force is too great!".

    "Chief of Staff, Captain, I think we can't stay on the railway lines and trains for too long, unless the coalition air force comes. If there is a wave of attacks before sundown today, it is very likely that the focus of the attack will be on the railways.  Lines and our troop trains" Regiment commander von Blomberg did not want his troops to be lost to the air raids and bombings of the Allied Air Force before they entered the battlefield

    "Well the regiment commander is right. The division headquarters requires our regiment to launch an attack as soon as it arrives at the designated area. It is better to wait for the 141st Infantry Regiment to come up, especially after the division commander joins us, and then fight under the command of the division commander.  ? "Major von Bock obviously hopes that the regiment will have more autonomy in operations. Of course, this depends on the changes in the battlefield south of Kharkov.

    "Chief of Staff, what do you mean the division commander may not have time to join us, so we will fight the Japanese first?" the lieutenant colonel asked his deputy.

    "Well, it's entirely possible. If we haven't arrived at the designated area, it's unlikely that the division commander and the guards will fight out of the city single-handedly. The Muto brigade and Yonezawa regiment combined have nearly 6,000 main troops, and there is also a Chinese  With the help of the armored battalion, the injured troops of the 139th Infantry Regiment cannot be dealt with alone Maybe we have to rely on the help of the 1st Armored Train Detachment The problem is Japan's Muto Brigade seems to have artillery.  Accompanying and supporting before we reach the starting position of the attack, the Japanese may attack the bridge on the Lopan River first!"

    The analysis of Major von Bock, chief of staff of the 140th Infantry Regiment, was obviously well-founded. Lieutenant Colonel von Blomberg nodded slightly after hearing this. Although his deputy wanted to let the regiment take charge alone, what he said was still true.  It is really possible that only after his regiment reaches the designated area, the division commander can come out of the city to join him, and the Japanese have to go to the southeast of Kharkov to see the scenery, whether it is to attack the city or intercept it.  Railway lines and bridges over the Lopan River are the best targets

    "Ha Commander, Chief of Staff, maybe the Japanese blew up the Luo Pan River Bridge. It's okay. Now the division commander can't leave the city even if he wants to come to the front line to command in person. But our regiment has to take the responsibility to teach the Japanese a lesson."  The Japanese the Muto brigade can't even attack the Ukrainian national army. I think the enemy has been tired for a whole day and has traveled dozens of kilometers. We are just waiting for work to take the train and fight them. If this battle is not fought, I think we have already occupied the territory.  Got the upper hand!"

    Captain Catherine's witty words diluted the solemn atmosphere at the regiment. Although the 140th Infantry Regiment was only a reserve infantry regiment with less than 3,000 people, its equipment was almost the same as the main German army on the Western Front, especially equipped with a battalion of 12 105mm guns.  After the light field howitzer, the regiment's combat effectiveness will be improved by more than one level, and Captain Catherine is right, the Japanese Mutoh Brigade and the Yonezawa Cavalry Regiment have been tired from the morning to now and have been marching and fighting all day long.  , casualties and ammunition losses may not have time to replenish the fire line, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as the end of a strong crossbow. The attack of the 140th Infantry Regiment, which is waiting for work, is likely to directly defeat the opponent!

    The 140th German Reserve Infantry Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Werner von Blomberg, is an infantry regiment with 3 battalions, namely the 418th Infantry Battalion, the 419th Infantry Battalion and the 420th Infantry Battalion. Each German infantry battalion  It has 4 infantry companies, a motorized platoon and a heavy??gun company.

    In other words, each infantry company of Lieutenant Colonel von Blomberg's regiment has two 7.6cm light infantry mortars and six Borgmann 1915 light machine guns. The total number of heavy machine gun companies belonging to the three infantry battalions is  The number of equipped mg08 heavy machine guns is 18.

    Captain Catherine's words about the Lopan River bridge being blown up might be better just before the eyes of the lieutenant colonel and major. Otherwise, there would be a lot of complaints when these words reach the division headquarters. Division Commander Sven von Neuhaus  Leading troops is actually quite rigorous. In a battle with a powerful enemy, casual attacks will never bring good results.

    "Captain, I don't think there is anything to blame. I will lead the 1st Battalion as the forward, and the Regiment Commander and Chief of Staff will lead the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion and 105mm Artillery Battalion to follow closely. We are three kilometers away from the Lopan River Bridge.  Get off the train early if you're nearbyand then line up in a row to outflank them eastward along the south bank of the Lopan River" Captain Catherine took the lead in saying his own strategy.

    "Captain, your fighting style is too ordinary. It's just a front-line push. The possibility of repelling the Muto brigade and Yonezawa unit is much greater than defeating and encircling the opponent I thought, since we are going north for reinforcements  As the vanguard, can we consider rushing across the Lopan River Bridge along the railway line, directly sending reinforcements to the city, and then fighting out from the east gate of Kharkov to defeat the Japanese infantry brigade occupying the Kharkov Bridge?  , and then occupy the three-way intersection in the forest, cutting off the retreat route of the Muto Brigade and the Yonezawa Cavalry Regiment in the south"
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