Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Beiyang 1917

Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 916 (8) The first stage of post-war situation

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    This is also the reason why Lieutenant General Da Ting, who led the Central Route Army to achieve breakthrough results and captured the Ukrainian new capital of Kharkiv in one fell swoop, dared to set his sights on the West Route Army. In his view, the West Route Army originally fought  The preparations lagged behind the Central Route Army and the East Route Army. In the past two days, the entire railway lines in the two federal states of Voronezh and Kursk were used to ensure the supply of materials and ammunition for the Central Route Army. The West Route Army was not as well prepared as it was in the west.  Instead of rushing into battle, it is better to turn around and go south, transfer to the Belgorod Kharkiv front line by train, and march into Ukraine through the gap opened by the middle route army

    Of course, in this way, the commander of the Third Division, Ting Erlang, who originally only commanded the Central Route Army, is likely to directly obtain the command of the West Route Army. This is better than waiting for the injured Central Route Army to rest and replenish.  It would be much more efficient to restart the offensive

    However, due to the lag in logistics, ammunition and material support of the West Route Army, the original plan has been modified by the former enemy headquarters of the West Route Army. In the revised West Route Army offensive plan, Fujii and Ishihara Wanji assigned the West Route Army soldiers to  Divided into two lines, the 13th Infantry Brigade and the 7th Federal Infantry Division attacked westward along Rylisk as originally planned after the battle began, captured Glukhov and annihilated the 11th Ukrainian Infantry Division, while the second line,  The Chinese Armored Regiment, handed over to the 7th Cavalry Regiment and Colonel Shi Jie, attacked southward from Suja, south of Kursk, and captured the opposite city of Sumy, the capital of Sumy Oblast in Ukraine!

    The reason for this is that since Sumy is not defended by the main force of the Ukrainian National Army, and there is only one local security brigade, the 7th Japanese Cavalry Regiment of the West Route Army and the Chinese Armored Regiment can take down Sumy in one go.  , and Major General Kozic's 8th Federal Infantry Division followed the 7th Cavalry Regiment and the Armored Regiment. After occupying Sumy, the Western Route Army can continue to capture Romney to the west. To the southeast, we can coordinate and  Rush to the aid of Kharkov and head north to meet the main force of the West Route Army!

    The core of the Western Route Army's Plan B is to capture Sumei first, and then use Sumei as the center to retain arrows for attacking and supporting in the northwest, southwest and southeast directions.

    Sumy is only a little over 100 kilometers away from Glukhov and only 130 kilometers away from Kharkiv. Moreover, the roads and railways in Ukraine are relatively developed. Sumy is like the capital of Sumy Oblast, a railway and highway hub, with convenient transportation.  The special forces of the West Route Army have occupied Sumui and will become a mobile force capable of responding to three directions at any time!

    The hidden danger of the West Route Army's Plan B is that the troops are already insufficient and are divided into two parts. It will be more difficult to be counterattacked by the main force of the German army from the direction of Kiev. It will be difficult for the troops of the South Route Army to hold off two German divisions.  , this is why Tatsujiro Uchino, commander of the 14th Japanese Infantry Brigade, frowned and pointed out a possible way for the Germans to respond and counterattack!

    However, this is part of what Kanji Ishihara wanted to achieve in planning Plan B. The Western Route Army formulated Plan B in order to go to war in Sumy and mobilize the main force of the German army from the strong city of Kiev. As long as that von Kuss  Manny's main German division left Kiev and pounced on Sumy, then half of the Western Route Army's task of conquering Kiev was completed!

    In Plan B of Fujii and Ishihara, they plan to mobilize the main force of the German army to the direction of Sumy, and then take advantage of this opportunity to use the main force of the Western Route Army to attack Kiev This method seems risky and quite difficult. It depends on the opponent staying in Kiev.  What is the strength of the troops? In addition, if the main force of the German army really rushes to Sumy, how will the 7th Cavalry Regiment, the Armored Regiment, and the 8th Federal Infantry Division cope with it?

    This was also a question raised by many generals of the Western Route Army at the time. However, the point of view of the commander of the 13th Japanese Infantry Brigade, Kunisi Wuqi, was also very clear. The cavalry regiment has the support of the armored regiment and the federal infantry division. Defending Sumei attracts  The enemy can do it. When the 13th Infantry Brigade takes Kiev, the enemy will definitely turn around and come back to support Kiev. Then we will attack from the front and back and eliminate the opponent's two German divisions halfway. If this method is done well, it can be called an excellent plan.  .

    Uchino, the commander of the 14th Infantry Brigade, was worried that the Germans would not go to Sumy, but first take the train to Glukhov?  What to do?  If the opponent leaves one Ukrainian division to defend Kiev and uses the main two German divisions and one Ukrainian division to rush to support Glukhov, it will only rely on the 13th Infantry Brigade of the commander of the 5th National Brigade and Hessing's Federal Infantry Division.  Division 7 may not win!

    Ishihara Wanji said with a smile that it would be better if the main counterattack target of the German 27th Army was Glukhov. The Western Route Army happened to concentrate the 13th Infantry Brigade, the 7th and 9th Federal Infantry Divisions,  As well as the 14th Infantry Brigade as the general reserve mobile force, they surrounded and eliminated the main force of the German counterattack. At the same time, the 7th Cavalry Regiment and the Chinese Armored Regiment quickly moved north to cut off the enemy's retreat. The West Route Army completely won this battle.  Got it!

    The main point of the Western Route Army's Plan B is to lure the snake out of its hole, attract the main force of the German army in Kiev from the city to the direction of Sumy or Glukhov, and annihilate the main force of the German army in the field. This is the Western Route Army's proposal for the Western Route Attack in the Ukraine Campaign b  The biggest feature of the plan is thatThe situation on the battlefield is ever-changing. Just like the original battle plan of the Central Route Army was to besiege the city of Kharkov to seek reinforcements, but the Germans were not fooled. Only two Kharkov volunteer divisions and a German infantry regiment were placed in the city to defend the city.  , but put the main force on the eastern and southern fronts

    The failure of the German counterattack was not only due to the lack of troops at the hands of von Neuhaus, but also closely related to the fact that the First Ukrainian Infantry Army failed to perform its role in the counterattack.  It has something to do with the fact that four infantry divisions were crippled. The two main regiments of the 47th German Reserve Infantry Division with 6,000 troops alone would have to eat up the nearly 5,000 troops of the Muto Brigade, which was reinforced by two Chinese armored battalions.  It¡¯s simply an impossible task!

    The four infantry regiments that Ukraine had cobbled together had only played a role in the counterattack the night before. Although the two regiments of the 2nd Volunteer Infantry Division had strong fighting will, they were exhausted and lacked food and ammunition. Moreover, in China  The armored troops are vulnerable to a single blow. They can maintain their morale and will to fight while holding on to the fortress position. In the forest, fighting in the forest with the coalition armored troops who are armed to the teeth is just a matter of beating stones

    As for the 3rd, 2nd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions, which were badly beaten by the Kitamutoh Brigade and the Chinese armored forces in the Kharkov Forest, they retreated southward throughout the night, even though they sent two infantrymen who were not full.  The corps moved closer to the Muto brigade position, just to deal with the German-Ukrainian military headquarters in Kharkov. After the German counterattack was frustrated, the German artillery cluster in the new city of Kharkov was preemptively annihilated by Lu Huanyan's long-range artillery fire  The Ukrainians just ran away even though they were tired and panting, they even evacuated across the Uda River and escaped the disaster!
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report