Beiyang 1917

()"Ignore Koval, isn't his 3rd Infantry Division full of staff and high in morale? There are 2 infantry brigades, so according to the organization of the Japanese brigade, the opponent can only invest in 4 infantry brigades to attack on the eastern front, at most less than 6000 people. The 3rd infantry division of Koval alone has more than double the strength of the opponent. Didn't he boast that the old guerrillas have strong combat effectiveness, didn't he claim that the 3rd Division is the real main division of the army, let him try the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade first."..

Yamorlenko obviously refused to adopt the so-called pre-emptive artillery tactics. The amount of ammunition carried by his troops was limited, and the 4th Artillery Regiment retreated from the central artillery position behind the first trench defense line on the border. The farthest, the most physical consumption, a total of 2 and a half base ammunition were rushed out. Now the Kharkov Bridge in the west has fallen into the hands of the Japanese detour troops. The Ukrainian troops in the forest do not know when they will get new ones. Supplies and reinforcements, how can you waste ammunition by firing indiscriminately.

"Andrei Andropovich, according to the order of the former enemy headquarters this morning, Koval, the commander of the 3rd Division...is authorized to be the commander of the former enemy on the Eastern Front, and he will command the 3rd and 4th Infantry Divisions and the Mi The rest of Halic's 2nd Division is fighting... We are so stubborn that we can't fire, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain in front of His Excellency Simon Petliura..." Although Olynik, the chief of staff of the 4th Division, is tall and thick , but the mind is not so rough.

"Che... Koval is planning to direct the disaster towards our 4th Division. The artillery of the main force of the coalition forces on the northern front has not fired at Kharkov so far. Our artillery ambushed in the southern city of Kharkov is here. When the attack and defense of the Kharkov Bridge was extremely fierce, he could grit his teeth and not fire. When he was in the Kharkov Forest, Koval could command my artillery to fire? Are you afraid of recruiting the coalition air force? ..

Since let us hold our ground first, then we will wait for work at leisure. The artillery brigade of Japan is far away in the west to bombard the city. Why are we so anxious here? The main road is blocked, I want to see how Ri himself rushes up without artillery support! Isn't that Takeda in Japanese history called immovable as a mountain?Now we also know how to be as ignorant as a mountain, and we can guarantee to expose the target with every move! "

Don't tell me, after all, he was a history teacher at the Kiev National Middle School. Although Yamorlenko, the commander of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division, lacks the experience of commanding the entire division to fight wars, it is quite difficult to refute what he said on paper.

The division chief of staff Olynik couldn't think about it. Seeing that he couldn't persuade his division commander to fire, he pinched his nose and shouted at the division combat staff behind him, "Go, call the 3rd division back, saying that our artillery still needs time to adjust its position." And prepare, when the time is right, we will naturally bombard the Japanese devils!"

The Ukrainian staff officer with the rank of captain promised to start ringing the phone to the 3rd Division a few kilometers to the north. At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes outside the tent, and a sweaty orderly rushed in out of breath and shouted, ,

"Report to the division commander and the chief of staff. The 2nd Infantry Regiment found an enemy on the flank. The number is at least one infantry brigade. It is less than 1500 meters away from our position. It is making a detour to the southeast. If the phone number of the division headquarters does not work, our regiment commander will send me to deliver a message! Ask for instructions, can we fire to intercept, and ask for divisional artillery support!"

The sudden enemy situation caused chaos in the headquarters of the 4th Infantry Division. The division commander Yamorlenko and the chief of staff looked at each other. The collar of the military uniform roared, "What's going on? When did this happen? Why didn't the 11nd Regiment's phone get through? Why didn't you hear the gunshots? Did your regiment's police post encounter the other party? Ri himself launched an attack No?! Where is the exact location of the enemy? Where is it?!"

Olynik is tall and strong, with a big arm and a round waist. Before retiring, he was a discus thrower, and later he became a physical education teacher at the National Middle School in Kiev, Ukraine. Now, the orderly of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters slipped away. The orderly's neck was strangled He couldn't catch his breath, his face turned red and he rolled his eyes. Behind him, the division commander Yamorlenko reminded his chief of staff dissatisfied, "You put him down and ask again, or everyone will be strangled to death by you!"

Olynik let go of his hands when he heard the words, and the orderly of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters fell to the ground. He coughed and bent down while panting. Seeing this, the division commander Yamorlenko first ordered the communications staff around him to say, "Ask the communications corps to quickly check the line. If you can't answer the phone number of the 15nd Infantry Regiment within 2 minutes, the battalion commander and company commander will all be dismissed, and everyone below the platoon leader will be shot!"

The orderly of the 11th Infantry Regiment Headquarters was so flustered by the news that he didn't care to catch his breath, so he straightened up and reported loudly,

"Report... to the division commander, the chief of staff... Our regiment's position is located in the southeast flank of the 1st regiment. It was originally at least 5 kilometers away from the enemy. The police post and patrol post have been placed 1000 meters in front of the position. The front of the position is A swampy land in the forest... The police sentry was killed by the Japanese scouts. Come directly to our position, and move from northwest to southeast about 1500 meters in front of our position... The regiment leader judged that Ri himself was going to go back to our flanks and rear... Ask if our department can fire and attack, and the division headquarters If the phone doesn't work, then I was sent here..."

The stuttering messenger of the 11th Infantry Regiment finally answered all the questions asked by the chief of staff, and cursed in his heart that Olynik, who has such a strong hand and has grown into a rough embryo, how can he be the chief of staff of the master division? It's right to be a groom or a cook. The chief of staff should be the one who uses his brain to think for the whole division, not the one who almost strangles people with brute force.

"1500 meters... No wonder the 11th regiment didn't fire. Only our mg08 heavy machine gun can play a role at this distance, but since the opponent is not attacking, and the forest is so dense, it is estimated that the bullet can fly 500 meters without hitting the tree. At 1500 meters, we can't even see the enemy... Commander, do you want to let the 11th regiment attack? Our firepower is not comparable to that of the volunteer division. The Japanese devils only have the strength of a brigade when they come to your door. Our strength is at least as strong as the opponent's Two and a half times as much!"