Beiyang 1917

In such a large conference room, the only person who didn't call out Hay was the head of a Chinese armored regiment assigned to the Central Route Army of the Southwest Front Army by the Allied Command. In front of the officials, the head of the Armored Regiment of the Ninth Division of the former Central Military Commission, who only had the rank of Army Colonel, was particularly conspicuous.

"Colonel Lu, what is your attitude? Do you have any disagreement with the Central Route Army's early launch of the Ukrainian Campaign?" The main force of the Southwest Front Army, the commander of the Japanese Third Division, and the former commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army Erlang Oba couldn't help but patted The table roared.

In Oba Erlang's view, if this Chinese regiment commander was not the chief officer of the only armored regiment of the Central Route Army, he would not be qualified to participate in the military meeting of the former enemy headquarters that only division-level and brigade-level cadres could attend. The former commander-in-chief of the enemy should be the one sitting in the middle and presiding over the meeting, but who can compete with Admiral Utsunomiya?

The head of the Great Court division was originally hot-tempered, so he was a little panicked and had nothing to say. Now seeing that the Chinese armored head surnamed Lu is just a little colonel, he stands out from the crowd and doesn't shout "Hay" together. He started yelling, and yelled with a tiger's face as if he was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.

The reorganized 9th Division of the Chinese Army Li Mingzhong, the commander of the armored regiment of the division is named Lu Huanyan. Although he is only a colonel of the Chinese Army, his qualifications in the Chinese army are not shallow. Lu Huanyan, born in Luchuan, Guangxi, was born in 1890. At the moment, he is only 28 years old. His name is Guangkui. He graduated from the Guangxi Army Primary School. After the Revolution of 1916, he was admitted to the third phase of the Baoding Military Academy.

Although Lu Huanyan came from a peasant family and went to a private school, he didn't like reading, but preferred to wield knives and guns. He fought from this county to other counties. He was a typical militant, so he was sent to Guangxi Army Primary School by his family. In the school, I hope to use military education to make him feel at ease. After entering the school, this guy studied artillery. It can be said that he and Bai Chongxi, Xia Wei, Huang Shaohong, and He Weizhen were classmates in the same period, but this guy's promotion in the army was relatively slow. , It has a lot to do with his strong and smelly temper that would rather be straight than bend.

At this time, as long as the students of the third phase of Baoding Military Academy join the army, most of them have already become brigade commanders and division commanders. Lu Huanyan is only the colonel commander of the division's armored regiment at the moment. The problem lies in In terms of his bad temper, the relationship with his superiors and colleagues has never been good, but this guy from the artillery department is really good at fighting. The fire organization and scheduling of machine guns and artillery are particularly good, and he can fight tough battles. .

Lu Huanyan didn't shout "Hay" with a group of Japanese soldiers and federal generals just now. Of course, it doesn't mean that he couldn't understand what Utsunomiya Taro said before, even if he couldn't hear it all by himself, the person sitting behind him understood Ri The staff adjutant of the regiment headquarters who speaks English and Russian has already translated it to him in Chinese in a low voice. Don't tell me, the formation of the Allied Forces has really cultivated and excavated many soldiers with certain talents in language.

Lu Huanyan has such a temper. Even if Wang Geng sits on top to preside over the meeting, this Colonel Lu may not be able to shout slogans along with him. Watching the nose, watching the heart with the nose, sitting upright like a mountain, he just followed the scene and called "Hay".

"Lu Sang, do you have any comments? If not, let's continue the meeting!" Utsunomiya Taro, the commander of the Southwest Army who was sitting at the main seat, was obviously dissatisfied with Oba Jiro's fuss. It doesn't matter to offend a federal general these days It is absolutely unwise to offend the Chinese generals. I heard that the commander of Li Mingzhong's subordinate can at least be a brigade commander and division commander in the squadron in terms of qualifications. It's okay, why do you provoke him? His Chinese armored regiment is my Central Route Army It was the third division of Japan that upset him with an iron fist.

Of course, Lu Huanyan could understand the Chinese words spoken by Taro Utsunomiya, and shook his head silently, expressing that he had no objection. I was upset, but looking at the face of Utsunomiya Taro and Hata Toshiro, the six chiefs of staff, it was not easy to follow their own division chiefs to make a fuss, and this small episode at the military meeting even passed by in a flash.

"Next, please tell the chief of staff about the deployment of troops in the campaign and the orders of each unit!" Taro Utsunomiya signaled Hata Shunroku to continue.

Hata Shunroku, Chief of Staff of the Southwest Front Army of the Allied Forces, stood up and walked to the battle map in front of the conference room, picked up the baton and pointed to the map and talked about the campaign plan of the Central Route Army.

"Gentlemen, according to our ground team's reconnaissance behind enemy lines and the aerial intelligence of the air force during this period, the Ukrainian troops defending the front line of Kharkov have increased. At present, there are 4 Ukrainian infantry divisions and two Kharkov troops. Husband Volunteer Division, the opponent's defense line is spread along the border, the first line of troops is two infantry divisions, barbed wire, fortifications, and permanent firepower points are all complete!"

"In the western section of the railway line is the defense line of the 1st Ukrainian Infantry Division. The front is about eight kilometers wide and 2500 meters deep. There are three trench positions in the front and back. On the eastern section of the railway line, the opponent's defense line is the 2nd Ukrainian Infantry Division. For defense, the width of the front is also 3000 kilometers, the depth is 1000 meters, and the same three trenches at the front and back are about [-] meters apart."

"The Ukrainian infantry division also has 2 brigades under the jurisdiction of a division, and each brigade has 2 regiments under its jurisdiction. In addition, there are du li reconnaissance units, logistics units and artillery units under the division. A Ukrainian division has about 12000 people. There are about 2000 people, and the opponent has organized an artillery group behind the defense line. Among them, a German heavy artillery regiment is arranged about 5 kilometers behind the border defense line near the railway line. According to our reconnaissance results, the opponent's German heavy howitzers have an effective range. It can cover a range of 3 kilometers from the border!"

"The Ukrainian authorities have placed the remaining two infantry divisions and two volunteer divisions on the second line of defense northwest of Kharkov. As for the south, there is a German infantry division stationed at the South Station of the Kharkov Railway. More than 12000 people are responsible for the entire southern defense line of Kharkov, from Kharkov to the south along the railway line, all the way to Dnepropetrovsk, along the line are two German divisions as mobile forces!"

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, why didn't Ukraine use all four divisions for the border defense line, but only used two divisions, and the width of their defense line combined is less than 20 kilometers. Aren't you afraid that we will outflank it?" Voronieri Army Commander Stepin couldn't help asking.