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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 798 (1) Keitel is here

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    "Captain, I think we can get off the train early The train of the 140th regiment must get off near the Lopan River Bridge and enter the battlefield as a whole team. As for us, although our train is behind them, we don't have to wait for them.  We made room to catch up and get off the bus. We put the alighting point three kilometers south of the Lopan River Bridge, and we launched the artillery first Of course, we had to disperse the advance team, and I took the regimental motorcycle.  The reconnaissance company will attack the front station, bring the radio, and go east along this road We can't get on the front line, but our artillery can get ahead of the enemy's artillery fire, right?"

    Don't tell me, Captain von Witzleben's idea really made his major acting commander's eyes light up. Von Lieb held his chin and looked at the map, and then looked at the staff officer who looked eager to try.  The commander muttered, "Chief of Staff, you are the think tank of our regiment commander and are inseparable day and night. Why, just thinking about making meritorious service and getting a medal for promotion, have you left the main force of the regiment and our regiment commander behind?"

    "Hey, regiment leader, where are we? Why don't you lead the advance team, and I and the regiment headquarters will stay behind? Is that okay? Commander, what I mean is that we can't just follow the 140th regiment to pick up foreign goods.  Fall, we have to find a new way to the east

    I estimate that after the Muto brigade crossed to the south to join the Yonezawa regiment, the main attack will be the Lopan River Bridge. Therefore, the 140th Regiment, as the vanguard of the counterattack, must have fought all the way to the bridge before getting off the bus. As for us,  On the contrary, we got off the bus 3 kilometers south of the Lopan River Bridge in advance. By the time the 140th Regiment got off the bus, our advance team was probably able to catch the enemy first in the east By then the artillery would also be launched  ¡­This lead belongs to our group¡­¡±

    The chief of staff of the regiment, Von Wetzler, is almost gearing up. Of course, the regiment leader needs to control the overall situation and the main force of the regiment. This is the errand of the advance team's reconnaissance company. In any case, the regiment leader cannot be allowed to personally take risks. Of course, Von Wetzler  It is true that Captain Leben is a little anxious. The 141st Reserve Infantry Regiment is originally a unit made up of reserve soldiers. In the 47th Reserve Infantry Division, it is the unit with the weakest combat effectiveness. The three battalion commanders are actually still in the rank of lieutenant. Several  Most of the company commanders are second lieutenants. This team is energetic but also lacks experienced backbones and officers

    This is both a flaw and an advantage. It is not an exaggeration to say that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Everyone wants to get a medal and be promoted to a military rank after a battle. If you can't win battles, you will have to wait for many years and months.  go?

    "Report, Captain William Keitel, commander of the 141st Artillery Battalion, is here to report!" The loud report came from the entrance of the regiment department, the voice was quite loud.

    "My dear William, old friend, come in quickly!" Major von Lieb hurriedly went to welcome the artillery battalion commander into his tent. Here, Chief of Staff von Witzleben also stepped forward enthusiastically and talked to him.  Captain Keitel shook hands. Of course, the three of them saluted each other in a serious manner before shaking hands and hugging.

    Keitel was born in Helmscherode, Braunschweig, Germany. His father was a middle-class landowner. Keitel completed his education in G?ttingen. He began his military career as a cadet in 1901 and later served in the 6th Lower Saxony Field Artillery of the German Army.  In 1909, he married Lisa Fontaine, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, and they had 6 children. During World War I, he served in the German 46th Field Artillery Regiment on the Western Front. In September 1914, while fighting in Flanders, he  His right forearm was seriously injured by shell fragments.

    After Keitel recovered from his injuries, he was sent to the "Staff Headquarters" as a staff officer in early 1915. After the First World War, he was retained in the "New German Army" and recruited and formed a new unit, the German Army zi you Legion Border Guard.  The army was stationed on the Polish border, and he also served as a division-level officer staff officer, and finally served as an instructor at the "Hanover Cavalry School" for two years.

    In this time and space of 1918, Captain Keitel, a former artillery company commander, had already served as the battalion commander of the 141st Artillery Battalion, 47th Regiment, 47th Reserve Infantry Division. Although his military rank was only a captain,  As mentioned before, the German army on the Eastern Front was originally a second-line force. After more than four years of the European War, as the reserve division of the second-line German army, there were not a few captains serving as battalion commanders and lieutenants serving as company commanders. Many reserve troops  The company commander was even just a second lieutenant.

    The 36-year-old Captain William Keitel, commander of the 141st Artillery Battalion, and Captain von Witzleben, the chief of staff of the 141st Infantry Regiment, are very close friends. This is why Captain von Witzleben suggested to the regiment commander von Lee.  Major Boo invited Captain Keitel to study the reasons for the action plan of the 141st Infantry Regiment.

    "William, with the help of your artillery battalion, Erwin just suggested that our artillery get off the train in advance and launch an attack on the Allied Mutou Brigade at the same time as the 140th Infantry Regiment. Do you think this plan is feasible?  We plan to park on the railway line 3 kilometers south of the Lopan River Bridge, then unload the artillery battalion and launch an artillery position near the intersection of the railway and this road. There is a forest nearby.It helps us hide our position"

    Although Major von Lieb was an acting regimental commander, he was definitely not a fool. He went straight to the point and pulled the artillery battalion commander named William, who was also named William, to the map, pointing to the planned location to get off the train and explaining.

    Captain William Keitel stepped forward and leaned over to take a closer look. He raised his head and said in confusion, "Major, why don't we follow the 140th regiment all the way across the Lopan River Bridge? If we get off the car and deploy the artillery position three kilometers south, although  It can buy time, but the maximum range of our artillery is just over 8 kilometers. In this way, our artillery fire can only cover the Nancheng District, and may not even be able to reach the East Gate If we cross the Luopan River  If we enter the southern city area and expand, my artillery fire can cover all directions of the entire Kharkov Old City Fortress"

    Captain von Witzleben and regiment commander von Lieb both blushed upon hearing this. The regiment chief of staff von Witzleben rushed to explain, "William, don't we still have the 140th Artillery Battalion in front of us?"  Is the 140th Regiment assigned to Lieutenant Colonel von Blomberg as the vanguard If we have to wait for them to unload and deploy the truck before we can unload the truck, we are afraid of wasting time, and We analyzed that the reason why the division headquarters assigned the artillery regiment to  The three field artillery battalions are dispersed and allocated to the infantry regiment. The purpose is not only to strengthen the regiment's support firepower, but also to prevent the artillery positions from being too concentrated, which makes the target too large and vulnerable to attack by the coalition air force! "
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