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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 948: Weakened from the first battle?

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    "Jiang Sang is right, and at that time, the 1st and 2nd regiments of the Chinese Armored Corps also formed the 1st Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army. Chinese Colonel Lu Huanyan served as the acting brigade commander of the 1st Armored Brigade of the Chinese Army, and the 8th Federal Infantry  The division's second artillery battalion, plus the two artillery battalions of the 15th Federal Infantry Division, formed the 1st ** Artillery Regiment, joining Lu Huanyan's combat sequence of the 1st ** Armored Brigade. Such a powerful assault force, at least!  Can you defeat a German infantry division?" Tanaka Yi said nonchalantly.

    "Yes, Director Qian, I remember that the 5th Kikuchi Infantry Brigade strengthened the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment of Tanaka to form the 5th Mixed Infantry Brigade, with Major General Shinnosuke Kikuchi still serving as the brigade commander. At the same time, the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment  The team replaced 48 Dodge trucks to tow 75mm mountain field guns. The streamlined personnel of the artillery regiment were added to the Kikuchi Infantry Brigade. Together with the additional troops from the infantry regiment, the Kikuchi Brigade restored its strength

    Muto Nobuyoshi's 23rd Infantry Brigade directly accepted two field artillery battalions from the 14th Federal Infantry Division, which was shining brightly in the Kharkov Forest, plus an artillery battalion from the 7th Federal Infantry Division, forming a mixed infantry.  Nobuyoshi Muto continues to serve as the brigade commander of the 23rd Brigade.

    After such a strong reorganization, the Kharkiv cluster has jurisdiction over 4 Japanese mixed infantry brigades, a Chinese ** armored brigade, a Japanese ** field heavy artillery brigade, plus the 14th, 15th, and 7th Federal Infantry Divisions.  Division and the 9th Division. Although the 13th Federal Infantry Division of Major General Liukin Alexeevich Voronezh withdrew to Voronezh for rest and replenishment, Voronezh was promoted to deputy commander and chief of staff of the group army, replacing Lieutenant General Stepin in commanding Kazakhstan.  The 14th and 15th Federal Infantry Divisions in the direction of Erkov, Lieutenant General Stepin returned to Voronezh to take charge of the base camp.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The preparations before the second phase of the war are very sufficient. How can the Kharkov cluster with such a strong force and firepower be defeated?  !  "

    Jiang Fangzhen followed Tian Zhongyi to coax him. Although he knew it was inappropriate, he couldn't resist such an impulse. Even he himself wondered. Could it be that he had been holding back for too long and wanted to go to the battlefield while running back and forth on the Ufa Plain to reorganize his troops?  Try it yourself?

    For the entire Kharkiv cluster, Fujii Yukitsuchi of the 7th Division served as the first deputy commander of the cluster, and Jiro Oba of the 3rd Division served as the first deputy chief of staff of the cluster. The cluster commander was personally assumed by the commander of the front army, General Utsunomiya, and  The chief of staff of the cluster was Major General Hata Shunroku, and Ishihara Kanji was unexpectedly appointed as the chief of staff of the 1st Armored Brigade of the Japanese Army and served as Lu Huanyan's deputy.

    The Kharkov Cluster is almost the essence of the Southwest Front. In the combat direction where the Eastern Front Allied Forces, especially the Japanese troops, have dominated, there has never been a combat sequence with such powerful firepower. How could they lose?  !  Could it be due to a command error?  It doesn¡¯t make sense to just say that the air force cannot be dispatched due to bad weather. Aren¡¯t the German planes unable to dispatch?  !

    The coalition generals present had the same questions as Tanaka Yiichi and Jiang Fangzhen.

    At 9:30 on August 8, 1918, the combat conference room of the Samara Allied Forces Headquarters,

    "How did we lose? An arrogant soldier will inevitably lose. He thought that after reorganizing the group, his firepower and troops were thicker and stronger. But even though we have become a mixed infantry brigade with a strengthened artillery wing, our troops and firepower are not as equipped as a German infantry division.  !

    According to the battle report of General Utsunomiya, the Kharkov cluster was spearheaded by the 5th mixed infantry brigade commanded by Shintaro Kikuchi and the 23rd mixed infantry brigade commanded by Nobuyoshi Muto, along the route of Ekaterinoslav in Kharkov.  Attacking on the railway and highway lines, we successfully occupied Yekaterinoslav's outer positions!  "

    The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Wang Geng, threw away the cigar butt in his hand and stood in front of the operational map again. Apparently he thought that the director of the war room could not control the situation and wanted Tanaka and Jiang Fangzhen to continue questioning him in this combat meeting.  Cheng Yi has been thinking about sweet things for a long time, how can this be done?

    Qian Tianfu handed over the baton in his hand and silently returned to his seat to sit down. He was complaining in his heart that he had not encountered the possible changes in the Ukrainian battlefield. The commander-in-chief was absolutely right. Due to the Battle of Ufa and the  After a series of devastating victories in the Southern Campaign, the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front were full of optimism. In fact, the first stage of the Ukrainian campaign was very difficult. Although the Allied Air Force relied on the advantage of the number and performance of aircraft to defeat Germany's No. 1 fighter  Wing, but in fact, its own 1st Fighter-Bomber Wing has almost lost its combat effectiveness.

    In the battle to conquer Kharkov, the two infantry brigades of the Japanese Third Division suffered nearly half of their casualties, and the 13th Federal Infantry Division also suffered more than half of their casualties. These huge casualties and losses were overshadowed by the previous victories and losses of the Eastern Front Allied Forces.  Covered by optimism and intoxicated by the capture of the Ukrainian capital in four days and five nights, the Japanese Third Division gritted its teeth to win glory for the Imperial Army, chewing hard bones and grinding its teeth without even crying out in pain!

    ¡°The German army guarding Yekaterinoslav is the main force of the 29th Infantry Corps, although it is from Kharkov.The 47th Infantry Division that came back was crippled, but the 48th Infantry Division and the 49th Infantry Division were still fully manned and ready to work!  Almost one-third of the Kikuchi Brigade and the Mutou Brigade each were newly added to the front-line troops, and the artillery regiment was temporarily integrated into the mixed brigade. They underestimated the enemy and rushed in. As soon as they met, they relied on the city defense to deal with it.  Lost a tooth!  "

    While Wang Geng quickly pointed at Yekaterinoslav's battlefield situation map with his baton, several staff officers hurriedly pasted the signs of offensive and defensive transitions and the numbers of the troops on both sides. At this time, Tanaka Yoshiichi couldn't bear it.  asked,

    "Why did Kikuchi and Muto wait for the main force of the cluster to arrive before launching an attack? But even so, if two mixed infantry brigades attack the positions of two German reserve infantry divisions, they shouldn't be easily defeated, right? There is a big gap in the strength of the two sides.  Even though our own troops are tired and filled with a large number of reserve reinforcements, it¡¯s not a bitter trick for the Germans to escape from Kharkov after being beaten all the way back, right?

    Tanaka Yiichi's words resonated with many generals in the conference room, especially the Chinese generals Li Mingzhong, Sun Liangcheng, and Xiong Shihui who had shined in the Battle of Ufa. They all had the same doubts. Although the firepower of the German army and even the Ukrainian National Army was  It is far stronger than the original Soviet Red Army, but General Utsunomiya's Japanese Third Army is also the elite main force of the Japanese Army. It has also strengthened artillery and temporarily reorganized mixed armored brigades!  Could it be that this kid Lu Huanyan has given up on this fight?  !
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