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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 918 (3) The Last Resort

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    In this way, Japan's First Army will have a great chance to join the Ukrainian campaign sequence. All the hard bones will be eaten by Taro Utsunomiya's Third Army, and the remaining opportunity to eat soup and meat will be just in time for Tanaka's First Army to take over.  , Only in this way can we come from behind and reflect the value of Tanaka and the elite of Japan's First Army at the Allied Allied Forces Headquarters As for the Third Army and Taro Utsunomiya, wouldn't it be nice to use them as stepping stones for ourselves!

    "Your Excellency, General, it seems that the West Route Army is not in conflict with the eastward transfer plan proposed by the Front Army Headquarters and the Ukrainian Campaign Command. What Fujii and Oba are now at odds with is whether to transfer the main force of the West Route Army to the east or only the Southern Detachment Mobile Force.  Transferred east to Kharkov" Major Sasaki pointed out the dilemma before Utsunomiya Taro, which was also the reason why the Southwest Front brought the lawsuit to the Allied Forces Headquarters.

    "Pull them down It's just a matter of fighting for the command of the next phase of operations in the direction of Kharkov The central army of Da Ting paid a price to capture Kharkov. It is impossible to just give up the good opportunity to expand the results and continue the offensive."  Fujii's West Route Army did not waste a single shot. The main force of the German army in Kiev remained stagnant and did not rush to the direction of Kharkov. At this time, instead of sticking to the original plan of the West Route Army to dispatch the West Route Army from Rylisk and Suja to Weixi¨¦ Kiev, we also  It is better to use Kharkov in the middle as a breakthrough point to expand the results southward The Western Route Army does not object to this! "

    Tanaka Yiichi curled his lips and pointed out the truth about the dispute behind the scenes of the Southwest Front with disapproval

    Jiang Hongyu and Jiang Fangzhen were both surprised when they heard this, but soon smiled in relief. Tanaka Yiichi was obviously an arrogant man, not to mention that his biggest competitor and client, Utsunomiya Taro, was not present.  The general of Japan's First Army obviously had no scruples in what he said, but Tanaka's words were also to the point basically hitting the point.

    "What do you think?" Wang Geng turned his attention to Jiang Fangzhen and Jiang Hongyu. Although Jiang Hongyu's focus at the coalition headquarters has shifted to logistics, in order to balance the relationship between Jiang Fangzhen and Tanaka Yiichi, the so-called bowl of water  Duanping, so Jiang Hongyu still holds the post of chief of staff of the coalition forces concurrently, while Jiang Fangzhen and Tanaka only have the title of deputy chief of staff for the time being.

    Jiang Fangzhen pondered for a moment, then turned his attention to Jiang Hongyu, the official chief of staff. However, Jiang Hongyu obviously did not intend to usurp the title. Although he held the title of chief of staff at the moment, his work focus had already been placed on the coalition logistics headquarters.  The work of the General Staff Headquarters has actually been taken over by Deputy Chief of Staff Jiang Fangzhen. Of course, the War Room of the Allied Forces General Staff Headquarters is the actual staff execution organ. Jiang Fangzhen¡¯s Chinese 4th Group Army Staff Headquarters and Tanaka Giichi¡¯s Japanese First Army  The General Staff Headquarters has been constantly adjusting its capable staff officers to join the war room sequence of the Allied Forces General Staff Headquarters these days

    "Brother Baili The staff headquarters now relies on you and General Tanaka to preside over the work. I am only responsible for logistics. I came to the meeting today just to listen with my ears. You don't need to take into account my title as chief of staff at all I am  If you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern" Jiang Hongyu said with a smile.

    "Okay then let me tell you my opinion, Commander-in-Chief, everyone, I think Major General Hata Shunroku proposed to transfer the main force of the Western Route Army eastward, conduct a follow-up breakthrough attack in the direction of Kharkov, and temporarily give up the outflanking of Kiev.  , the strategy of using Ekaterinoslav as the next attack target is quite decisive and creative Through the first phase of the battle in Kharkov, everyone can see that the German army has a very strong combat effectiveness.  There is no shortage of will, and the divisional artillery firepower is also quite powerful

    Due to organizational limitations of the Japanese infantry division, the main reason is that the artillery of the brigade is too weak. This has caused a Japanese brigade to be unable to compete with a German infantry division alone, and a Japanese division to deal with a German division is too much of a waste of force!  "

    Jiang Fangzhen spoke concisely and to the point, and also pointed out the dilemma of the Southwest Front Army on the Ukrainian battlefield, and then changed the topic, "I think what General Tanaka is worried about, the issue of command authority after the West Route Army's eastward transfer, is actually very easy to solve, Yudu  General Miyataro and Chief of Staff Shunroku Hata originally led the front army headquarters in the middle, and they could uniformly command all coalition forces in the direction of Kharkov.

    As for the plan to leave the 9th Federal Infantry Division to control Rylisk and the 8th Division to control Suja on the west route, there is nothing wrong with it. We don¡¯t have to worry about the Germans coming in The Federal Infantry Division blocked the attack of an equal number of Ukrainian national troops.  It's certain not to mention that we don't compete for the gains and losses of a city or a place, the focus is to destroy the enemy's effective strength!  "Jiang Fangzhen's words clearly showed a clear attitude.

    In the opinion of the deputy chief of staff of the coalition forces, Taro Utsunomiya could settle the dispute between Fujii's 7th Division and Oba's 3rd Division by himself, but why did the Southwest Front hand over the dispute between the two to the coalition headquarters?  Come?  I'm afraid that Utsunomiya Taro is still pursuing his own little calculations. Jiang Fangzhen smells the lack of confidence caused by the insufficient strength of the Southwest Front Army on the Ukrainian battlefield. At leastIn the next phase of the battle marked by Sasaki

    The total strength of the West Route Army and the Central Route Army assembled in Kharkov is probably a little powerless in the face of the centripetal attack of the six main German infantry divisions This is the root of the problem. It is impossible for Utsunomiya Taro to do this.  He lowered his head and asked for help from the coalition headquarters, but in this implicit way, he reminded Samara that his troops were insufficient and it would be difficult to expand the results If the six main German divisions came up, the Western Route Army and the Central Route Army  With the existing forces, relying on Kharkov to force a tie is probably the best outcome. Of course, when both sides are evenly matched in air supremacy.

    "Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff Chiang Kai-shek, it is obvious that the Southwest Front Army has insufficient troops. Is this what Deputy Chief of Staff Chiang meant? Everyone knows this well. The Japanese brigade-level combat units have insufficient firepower, and the Chinese armored forces also lack  For artillery support, the Allied Southwest Front concentrated the 7th and 3rd divisions in Kharkov, and their firepower was also weaker than the divisional artillery of at least six infantry divisions that the Germans might invest not to mention the current third division in Da Ting.  The division's Kikuchi and Muto brigade are basically disabled"

    Tanaka Yiichi obviously understood the meaning of Jiang Fangzhen¡¯s words. Utsunomiya Taro couldn¡¯t keep his face and complained, so he had to cover it up by using the conflict between the West Route Army and the Middle Route Army over the command authority

    "Chief of Staff Tanakathe honor, pride and victory of General Utsunomiya and the Southwest Front cannot be doubted. And the difficulties they face, in your opinion, how to solve them?" Wang Geng smoked a cigar and smiled.  He frowned and asked Tanaka Yiichi, the commander of the Japanese First Army. He knew that Tanaka Yiichi could not wait to roll up his sleeves and personally lead the Japanese First Army to join the Ukrainian battlefield. However, this would disrupt the reorganization plan of the Central Front Army. At the same time,  It will also dampen the self-esteem of Utsunomiya Taro and the Southwest Front Therefore, it is only a last resort
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