Beiyang 1917

()反倒是作为东线沿着哈尔科夫河畔森林地带迂回的偏师、步兵第5旅团的步兵第18联队这帮金泽农民子弟在酋崎正刚联队长的带领下取得了击溃乌克兰步兵第1师，俘虏敌人近千的辉煌战绩，这让自诩为步兵第5旅团主力的步兵第6联队上下都颇为不忿。

Taisao Sugimoto, the captain of the 6th Infantry Regiment, grinned unconvinced after learning of the results of the 18th Infantry Regiment, saying that his 6th Infantry Regiment just did not meet the main force of the Ukrainians, otherwise It is not to defeat, but to wipe out the opponent!

Of course, the news that the captain of the 6th regiment, Captain Sugimoto Kai, the brigade chief Shinnosuke Kikuchi, and the brigade chief of staff Kasumi Ogawa, calmed down a little. Telegrams for supplementary and tactical guidance.

Obviously, Masaki Masaki has grasped the rhythm very well. The so-called good news and not bad news must be at the end of the battle. Exaggerating the results of the battle to reduce losses and avoiding one's own losses are the common things that Japanese generals agree upon when they report the victory to their superiors. Choose, wait until the matter of meritorious service has been confirmed and reported to the coalition headquarters level by level, and then report your losses lightly when the overall situation is settled. The purpose is to obtain priority supplements and reinforcements as soon as possible. This army, this is called tactical guidance!

Just imagine, Kikuchi Shinnosuke's brigade headquarters can of course regard the results of the subordinate infantry regiment as the results of the entire 5th infantry brigade. When the good news of the victory is reported to the division headquarters and the front army headquarters, it is reported to the front enemy command of the Central Route Army After the Ministry, the situation where everyone is happy and rewarded for meritorious service is determined. As for the losses and costs that are displayed intentionally or unintentionally one by one later, they can be completely controlled and digested internally.

The victory of the 5th Infantry Brigade, of course, can also be attributed to the victory of the 3rd Division by Lieutenant General Erlang Baba, the commander of the 3rd Division. The price paid behind the victory of the alliance is also quite heavy. Nearly half of the artillery of the entire alliance was wiped out. It urgently needs to be supplemented and rested, otherwise it will not be able to continue to fight after the bad news.

Your Excellency, Division Commander, apart from pinching your nose and transferring an infantry brigade and an artillery squadron from the supplementary wing of the division to supplement... "" The 5th Infantry Brigade and the 18th Infantry Wing of Masaki Masaki He even had to hide as much as possible from the Front Army Commander Utsunomiya Taro and Chief of Staff Hata Shunroku, otherwise it would not only hit the face of the 5th Infantry Brigade, but also the face of the Japanese 3rd Division.

The heavy artillery of the German army in Kharkov helped the front-line Ukrainian Volunteers 1st Division and 1st Brigade to repel the invading enemy and defend the circular position in the north of the city. At the same time, it also made Shinnosuke Kikuchi and the infantry The soldiers of the Japanese Army of the 5th Regiment of the 6th Brigade took a breath. Obviously, the hope that the autumn wind would sweep away the Ukrainian buttocks and take Kharkov in one go was shattered.

artillery! Whether it is the 3rd Army of Japan or the 3rd Division of Japan led by Lieutenant General Daba, the number of artillery in the establishment is still too small. As one of the 3 infantry brigades of the 2rd Division, the brigade itself does not govern Li Artillery Regiment, and the long-range artillery of the 2 infantry regiments of each brigade adds up to 2 artillery brigades, 16 75mm 18-type field artillery, not to mention that at this moment, the [-]th infantry regiment of Masaki Masaki The wing is still licking its wounds in the Kharkov forest waiting for additional personnel, supplies and ammunition.

"Beiyang 1917 Chapter 720 Eighth (6) Thinking about it makes me sweat." Kikuchi Shinyuki's assistant has a 2th Infantry Regiment. There is only one artillery brigade and two 4-door artillery squadrons. There are many people, but not many cannons. , Dare to attack the city with 8 cannons?Take Kharkov?If it is said that before the 13th Federal Infantry Division kicked the iron plate in the middle, Major General Kikuchi still had the idea of ​​entering the city first, in fact, after the attack of the 13th Federal Infantry Division was frustrated and deflated, Kikuchi Shinnosuke decisively ordered to stop the attack .

Originally sending a cavalry squadron up behind an infantry brigade was to take advantage of the fire and wanted to wait for the 13th Federal Infantry Division in the middle to attack, and then attacked from the flank to pick up cheap ones. It turned out that the Ukrainians actually suppressed two battalions of federal infantry in front of the position. Dilemma, still unable to open the situation, and then the opponent's artillery, especially the German heavy artillery, opened fire. Major General Kikuchi's first reaction was to withdraw the troops to the starting position, hurry up to repair the fortifications, and guard against the enemy's shelling!

In fact, the positions of the 5th Infantry Brigade and the 6th Infantry Regiment led by Kikuchi Shinnosuke are located in the northwest of Kharkov, at least 5 kilometers away from the Ukrainian defense line around the city. The position is about the same distance from Kharkov's opponent's defense line. On the contrary, it is the position of the 1917th Federal Infantry Division, which launched an attack in the afternoon of "Beiyang 13", only 3 kilometers away from the defense line around Kharkov.

If Kikuchi Shinnosuke tries to launch an attack in the northwest direction again, then he has to move his position forward. At this moment, the starting position 3 kilometers away from the opponent's circular position can only be regarded as the outpost position of the 6th Infantry Regiment. At this moment, there is only one squadron of troops stationed there for the purpose of security surveillance.

Kikuchi Shinnosuke's right line of defense is also about 5 kilometers wide from east to west. The Chinese armored battalion was arranged as a mobile force behind the brigade headquarters of the 5th Infantry Brigade to rest, while the 6th Infantry Regiment's Infantry ** Corps, The 2.5st Infantry Team is responsible for a defense line of about 8 kilometers each, and the 75st Infantry Team is deployed on the third line of defense behind the two brigades as the wing's reserve team.The positions of the eight [-]mm field guns of the Artillery Brigade are also located behind the brigade headquarters.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I didn't expect the German artillery fire to be so accurate. Although there were only 12 150mm heavy field howitzers firing in the front and rear of Kharkov, it is no exaggeration to say that I saw the du li field heavy artillery of our division. The 24 150mm cannons have never fired such precise and rapid artillery fire!" Chief of Staff Kasumi Ogawa, the brigade chief of staff of the 5th Infantry Brigade, obviously still has lingering fears. So early in the rush, who can guarantee that the German heavy artillery will not come over?Thinking about it now, I feel sweat in my palms.

"Chief of Staff, let me tell you, if we rushed earlier, the fighter squadron of the coalition air force hadn't returned yet, and the enemy in Kharkov would have no time to deal with us, and Lieutenant Commander Nishimura's infantry brigade might rush up with the cavalry squadron. Occupied the enemy's northwest corner position, and I could see clearly through the binoculars that the Ukrainian troops had shrunk to the center to resist the attack of the 13th Federal Infantry Division!"