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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 916 (1) The withdrawal was too fast

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    You have to say that the choice of the commanders of these two German infantry regiments was quite wise. Only by going south can they enter the support range of their own long-range artillery fire. Even if they encounter the coalition brigade, they will still be able to fight. If they go north and return to the bridge,  There is no other way out except to take the shells from the coalition forces. The 4th Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Ukrainian Volunteer Infantry Division who is still in a daze on the bridge approach and on both sides of the road has lost a quarter of its troops.  The infantry regiment yiyang.

    The leader of the team that night was Sergio Sergio Pshenyheny, commander of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Volunteer Division. He commanded a regiment pieced together from the 7th and 8th regiments.  The temporary infantry regiment was previously defeated by a counterattack by the coalition armored company and defeated the 8th Infantry Regiment of the vanguard battalion. This time it was extremely unlucky. Brigadier Pshenyheni's reaction was not slow. After the coalition artillery group suddenly opened fire, this  The first reaction was to lie down, and the second reaction was to be glad that the Allied artillery's first choice of attack target was the German artillery position in the southwest, which gave the 4th Brigade and 8th Regiment a chance to retreat

    The battlefield communication between the front and rear of the Ukrainian volunteer troops was not as developed as that of the German army. The communications corps had wired and telephone lines put out and dragged along all the way regardless of the cost. Brigadier Pshenykhny ordered the entire army to retreat and follow the main road as quickly as possible.  and the approach bridge, and retreated to the city through the Kharkov Bridge This battle cannot be fought The coalition forces are simply pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, and it is hard to deal with them!  Once the withdrawal is complete, it¡¯s definitely over!

    The 8th Ukrainian Volunteer Regiment ran back in a chaotic manner. What was chasing after them was not the coalition's long-range artillery, but 20 wheeled armored fighting vehicles and 20 M2 Brownings from two armored companies advancing along the road.  The large-caliber heavy machine gun chased after the Ukrainians' butts and swept past them like cutting wheat. Those who ran fast were turned into guns and their souls were beaten to pulp. Those who ran slowly still had a chance to kneel on the ground and lift  hand surrender The infantry on board the coalition armored vehicles continued to get out of the vehicles and penetrated to both sides of the road like water seeping into the sand, leaving only part of the force to accommodate the Ukrainian prisoners.

    The two companies of the Lishang Armored 3rd Battalion have swept away the bad luck of being driven back by German artillery fire on the southern front and suffered serious losses. On the eastern front, they severely dealt with the overwhelmed 8th Ukrainian Volunteer Infantry Regiment

    ? 24:00, July 31, 1918, Kharkiv Forest, the second echelon headquarters of the coalition's east route roundabout

    "Reporting to the head of the regimentthe chief of staff commanded that the 1st and 2nd companies of the 3rd Armored Battalion have reoccupied the Kharkov Bridge. The Ukrainian infantry regiment in front of them was defeated and about 600 enemy troops were annihilated. The 2nd Armored Battalion that followed behind  The 4th Company captured about 1,200 Ukrainians. Both sides of the more than three kilometers of road were filled with Ukrainian corpses and wounded. The remaining small groups of enemies ran along the riverbank to the two wings, and only the enemy who were driven into the Kharkov River  The army will not leave a battalion The chief of staff asked for instructions whether to blow up the bridge as planned? "

    Lu Huanyan was surprised when he heard this. Did the Germans just give up the fight for the Kharkov Bridge?  Then the two battalions of German troops on the river beach must have withdrawn southward along the river beach!  Thinking of this, Lu Huanyan waved his hand and said, "Order the Chief of Staff to send a company to guard the bridgehead and assume a posture of attacking the east gate. The other two companies will be transferred back to me and prepare to join the pursuit on the southern front!"

    Just as he was talking about the call coming from the artillery position, Lu Huanyan strode up and took the call from the staff officer in person. The call came from the commander of the artillery regiment of the 14th Federal Infantry Division, Dmytrod Milovichza.  Colonel Birchenko's excited voice,

    "Your Excellency, Commander, my artillery group has knocked out the German artillery position in the southeast of the new city of Kharkov, annihilating at least two 105mm light howitzer batteries of the enemy artillery. However, after the transfer of firing, the observation post reported that the  The German troops are hiding under the towering river bank, and the artillery bombardment is not effective. Should we turn around and bombard the German troops on the southern front, or should we simply blow open the east gate and advance into Kharkov? "

    Lu Huanyan was also very happy and said loudly to the federal artillery colonel on the other end of the phone, "Congratulations, Dmytrod Milovich, the federal artillery fought well. The people who crossed the river east of the Kharkov Bridge  The Ukrainian infantry regiment has been defeated by our armored forces. I am going to hand over the task of shelling the east gate to the field artillery battalion of the 15th Federal Infantry Division on the northern front Your artillery group will strengthen the coordination with the infantry and artillery of the Mutoh Brigade on the southern front.  , prepare to blast the Germans into the Wuda River to feed the fish, and the focus is to block the enemy's retreat with artillery fire Do you understand?"

    "Don't worry After holding back the German shells all night, it's our turn to show off our skills. I used two companies of artillery to block the opponent's southern route. The Japanese artillery squadron and the other three artillery companies focused on attacking  As for the river beach area between the Uda River and the Kharkov River, I made it impossible for the Germans to retreat to the new city of Kharkov" The commander of the Federal Artillery Corps on the microphone sounded proud and confident.

    "Very good! Let's fight like this. We will also beat the positions of the two infantry regiments of the 4th and 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Divisions that are waiting in the southeast. The enemy is now frightened, so we must take advantage of them before they can fight back.Beat them up when you have the strength, and let me tell you good news. The Yonezai Cavalry Regiment on the other side of the Uda River killed at least half a battalion of German artillery. The opponent only had a few 105mm howitzers left, and it would be difficult to drag them to the city.  Not your opponent!  The old city of Kharkiv is now basically under the firepower of the two field artillery battalions of the 15th Federal Infantry Division on the Northern Front. The new city and the southeastern battlefield depend on your artillery group!  I'm waiting for your good news!  Don't save ammunition, shoot with maximum firepower intensity and density!  "

    Lu Huanyan was still very excited when he threw down the microphone. Then a staff officer covered the microphone and reported, but poured cold water on the former enemy commander of the second echelon. "Report to the leader Southern Front Muto Brigade reported that they were in person."  The German troops had begun to retreat, but the Masago Ezaki regiment had not yet reached the scheduled position. Major General Muto had ordered Liu Yifei's 2nd Armored Battalion, which had been cut off, to launch a counterattack. However, the Germans were very cunning and destroyed the road with engineer blasts. The armored troops were blocked.  Now Major Liu's three companies of vehicle-mounted infantry have dismounted and joined the pursuit together with the remaining three companies of the Ukrainian infantry battalion However, I'm afraid it will be too late to catch up"

    "The Germans withdrew too quickly?" Lu Huanyan didn't believe his ears. The sudden fire of the coalition's 75mm field artillery group, which had been holding back all night as a killer, would achieve huge results. Lu Huanyan had never doubted this.  He also expected that the Ukrainian infantry regiment and the two German infantry battalions on the southern front would retreat immediately to avoid their attack, but he did not expect that the two main German infantry regiments on the southern front would also retreat immediately without a fight This made Lu Huanyan's  The victory was greatly compromised. The Germans were not Ukrainians. Even if they wanted to withdraw, they would alternate cover step by step, and they knew how to destroy and delay the enemy's attack
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