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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 925 The German Army¡¯s Review and Countermeasures

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    As for Major General von Dietrich, chief of staff of the 29th Infantry Corps, he is responsible for commanding and dispatching the two German infantry divisions of the 31st Infantry Corps to defend Donetsk and Glukhov, and at the same time commanding the Ukrainian 2nd Army for coordinated operations.  Do you think the coalition forces will give up their attack on the east?  According to reconnaissance, the coalition forces have assembled a main force of at least 60,000 people in the border area of ??Tsaritsyn close to Donbas!  "

    General William Greiner's words did not dispel the doubts of the German generals present. Lieutenant General von Kusmani could not help but said, "Your Excellency, Commander, don't you think that the Kharkiv Ekaterinoslav line is the breakthrough of the coalition forces?"  The key area of ??the offensive? I doubt that the coalition forces on the eastern border were just bluffing and deliberately spreading our troops and deployment. In fact, we actually lost Kharkov in the first stage with only one infantry division.  This strong fortress"

    "Lieutenant General, our 10th Army does not have enough troops. The Eichhorn Group in Ukraine was originally composed of three armies. Now there is only one 10th Army left. The two of the three infantry armies are still composed of reserve infantry divisions.  Troops, under the offensive of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front, the first step is to ensure that Kiev and Odessa are Berlin's decision. Of course, it is also the battle plan I propose to Berlin. As for Kharkov, although this city is strong, it is far away.  The border of the Volga Federation is less than 40 kilometers, do you think it would be wise for us to concentrate our main force under the city of Kharkov?"

    William Greiner knew that his Lieutenant General von Kusmani had a close relationship with his predecessor von Eichhorn and was a confidant of the former Ukrainian tyrant. He had never taken his lieutenant general's chief of staff seriously.  He was promoted to general and took over the position of commander of the 10th Army left by von Eichhorn. This young lieutenant general felt very disappointed and unhappy Now, taking advantage of the setback in the battlefield situation in Eastern Ukraine, he came out  It¡¯s natural to challenge your own authority!

    "General Greiner there is no need to assemble the main force of the group army at all. I will take a division of the 27th Army to Yekaterinoslav by train as emergency reinforcements, and leave the remaining troops of the 29th Infantry Army to my command. No need.  Why is Simon Petliura's Ukrainian National Army messing around? I will command four German infantry divisions, and we will definitely be able to drive the enemy forces occupying Kharkov out of Ukraine Of course, Captain Goring's fighter unit  The team must be dispatched, my people on the ground can't resist the bombing and strafing of the coalition air force!"

    Lieutenant General von Cusmani simply rolled up his sleeves and volunteered to fight. His three division commanders and chiefs of staff also clamored to have their troops follow the commander to Kharkov and teach him a lesson.  I wonder when the Chinese and Japanese are so vast, but when did the glorious German Army fail to defeat even the yellow-skinned monkey soldiers from the East?  The honor of the German Army cannot be destroyed. The failure of a reserve infantry division by von Neuhaus cannot tarnish the honor of the German Army!

    "Don't be anxiousChief of Staff, please first talk about the current situation on the battlefield and the situation between ourselves and the enemy" General William Greiner gave von Cusmani a soft nail. The German reconnaissance and intelligence system is said to be the best in the entire Europe.  They are all famous on the battlefield, but the situation of the Allied Eastern Front Allied Forces that has appeared west of the Ural Mountains for just over a month is not clear enough. The limited information comes from Soviet Moscow and Simon Petliura.  The Ukrainian government mostly¡­

    "Your Excellency, Commander, everyone, according to the information we havethe total strength of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front exceeds 300,000its main force is the Third Group Army of the Chinese Participating Army and the Third Army of the Japanese Army. The person commanding the Third Group Army of China is Wu Peifu.  General, this man was once known as the most capable general in Beiyang. A year ago, he was just the commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 3rd Beiyang Division. Even earlier, he was an artillery regiment commander"

    Before Chief of Staff Major General Emil Herr finished speaking, Major General Palouse von Barlouis, Chief of Staff of the 27th Infantry Corps, had already shouted impatiently, "It's useless to talk about this. Emil, what you are talking about is all old history."  , according to the latest intelligence transferred from Berlin, the coalition forces have reorganized the Southwest Front Army and the Southern Front Army after the Battle of Ufa. The Wu Peifu you mentioned is now the commander of the Southern Front Army, leading 200,000 people to sweep across the North Caucasus and prepare to attack Baku.  Where¡¯s the oil field? Does this have anything to do with the Ukrainian battlefield?¡±

    Major General Emile Herr, the chief of staff of the group army, blushed when he heard this, and yelled with a blushing face, "Shut up, Major General von Baloui, this is the group army headquarters, not your 27th Infantry Corps, don't make any more noise to me."  Please, Commander, coax you out!"

    The verbal sparring between the two was actually just an interlude. Speaking of which, Emile Herr and Parrus von Barlouis were both staff officers of the 10th Army Headquarters. Although they often quarreled, their personal relationship was quite good. Von Barlouis  He was promoted to major general three months earlier than Emile Hull

    "Okay, hurry upmy Chief of Staff!" William Greiner frowned a little dissatisfied, "The battle conference room fell silent, and everyone listened to Army Chief of Staff Emile Herr continue to describe the situation between the enemy and ourselves on the battlefield

    ¡°The coalition defeated the main force of the Soviet Eastern Front in the Battle of Ufa, and then reached a compromise and ceasefire with the Soviet Bolshevik government, establishing the puppet Volga federal government. This regime is currently only recognized by the Allied Powers. Of course, the Allied Powers cannot recognize any similar  The puppet regime of the Allied Powers As von Barlouis said, the coalition forces moved very quickly after the Battle of Ufa. On the one hand, they used the puppet Volga Federation to accept large areas such as Kursk, Voronezh-Tsaritsyn, etc. on the left bank of the Volga River.  He also recruited Denikin's White Guards and took the Don River and the North Caucasus into his pocket"

    "The current arrangement of the coalition forces is to attack southward with the Southern Front commanded by General Wu Peifu. The targets are obviously Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. The ultimate goal is to capture the Baku oil fields. However, before that, it will be necessary to pacify the powder keg of the North Caucasus.  It took a lot of effort The Southwest Front Army, which was formed as the main body of the Japanese Third Army, focused on the Ukrainian battlefield. ¥»÷£?br />

    "According to the report of Major General von Neuhaus in the first phase, the Japanese 3rd Division, the Chinese 1st Armored Regiment and the main force of the 13th, 14th and 15th Federal Infantry Division were invested in the direction of Kharkov.  The strength of the artillery force is estimated to be close to or more than one-third of the Southwest Front. At the Tsaritsyn border opposite Glukhov, we judge that there is a concentration of coalition ground forces of the same size In the Battle of Kharkov, we have  The conclusion is that a German infantry division can effectively repel the attack of a Japanese brigade, but it will certainly not be able to stop a Japanese divisionThe Ukrainian troops play a better role in defense than in attack"
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