Beiyang 1917

() At least the morale of the soldiers of the 2 volunteer divisions in Kharkov has improved a lot. Husev, the commander of the 1st Volunteer Division, and Kalitintsev, the commander of the 2nd Division, are holding back their energy Of course, at this time, the invaders who can defeat the attack are the first, but why did our volunteer division defend the dangerous city of Kharkov and repel the attack of the Allied Forces, but did not get promoted in time? And rewards, and the 1st Army assembled 3 main divisions to repel the attack of an infantry brigade in Japan with superior strength, but suddenly promoted the rank and position of 2 division commanders?

"Master, what should we do? The former enemy headquarters said that there was only one 23rd Infantry Brigade of Nobuyoshi Muto's allied forces crossing the river, and the main force of Muto's brigade was repelled by the main force of the 1st Army of the National Army in the east of the forest and suffered heavy losses. With our noses lowered, only the brigade of the Japanese army occupied the bridgehead, which is completely bluffing, the headquarters asked us to organize forces to launch a battle to retake the bridgehead!" Bazan, chief of staff of the 2nd Volunteer Division, saw his division commander holding a binoculars A little distracted, couldn't help reminding. ..

Kalitintsev, who came back to his senses after being urged by his chief of staff, said angrily, "The nearly 3 main force of the three divisions blocked the attack of an 8000-strong infantry brigade of the opponent. At least one brigade of the Muto brigade is still in a stalemate with us in the east city, and has not been involved in the battle in the east of the forest. In this way, Koval and Yamorlenko used almost 5 times the strength to block more than 6000 Japan The devil's attack... This can actually be exchanged for the promotion of Lieutenant General? This is too bullying..."

"Teacher... Who said it wasn't... But the 4th Brigade of our division lost the Kharkov Bridge and the bridgehead position. Compared with others... it seems that we have suffered a bit. I said, Teacher, what are we doing? Should we fight back, taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese troops at the bridgehead do not have long-range artillery support, and our strength is at least 4 or 5 times that of the opponent... If we don't fight, I'm afraid we will miss the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, Your Excellency Petliura It was not easy for us to explain..." ..

The Chief of Staff of the 2nd Volunteer Division, Bazin, was persuading his division commander's grievances, while muttering in his heart that the main force of the 1st Ukrainian Army is from the troops near Kiev, and His Excellency Petliura favors the main division troops from his guerrillas This is not the first time with the generals, our Kharkov Volunteer Division is like a second-line army raised by stepmothers, we are the ones who fight and defend the dangerous city, eat bones, eat meat and drink soup to gain benefits, and we are not there. share...

"Amihir Fransoyevich, you are right, we have to take advantage of Japan's setbacks in the east to teach the Japanese army guarding the bridgehead a lesson. If we can hide the bridge, it is estimated that the two of us It's not impossible for each to improve, but don't wait for the reinforcements from the Japanese devils to come up and it will be troublesome..."

Speaking of this, the division commander Kalitintsev turned his head and shouted at the staff of the division headquarters, "Pass down the order of the division commander, and call the commander of the 4th brigade and the two regiment commanders to the division headquarters for an emergency combat meeting! In addition, Chief of Staff, order the 2rd Brigade defending the southeast line of the city to transfer 3 battalions to strengthen the defense line of the east city!"

Not long after, the commander of the 2th Brigade of the 4nd Division of Volunteers arrived at the command post near the gatehouse of the east wall of the fortress with the heads of the 7th and 8th regiments. The commander of the 2th Brigade, Sergio Sedeyevich Pshenykhny climbed up the city gate with a big belly and was already out of breath. Before the war, this guy was the owner of the largest fur and satin shop in Kharkov. After the establishment of the Ukrainian Soviet regime This guy's family property was confiscated and almost suppressed by the Cheka as a saboteur. Pshenikheny, who escaped from the city, became an enemy of the Soviet and defected to the Ukrainian national military regime.

"Master, I said what are the artillerymen of the 3rd Division in the city waiting for? Hasn't their division commander Koval been promoted to lieutenant general and deputy commander of the group army? Why are they still hiding and refusing to fire? The brigade was repelled, and the opponent's artillery was hit hard again, as long as you give me the fire support of a 75mm Krupp field artillery company, I will personally lead the 7th regiment to retake the bridgehead!" 4th Brigade Commander Pschenyi Herney muttered while taking out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face.

"Our brigade commander is right, Vladislav Fmilovich. I said, Your Excellency, why the artillery still refuses to fire? As long as there is an artillery company in the southern city to provide us with fire support, my regiment must not lose it." After crossing the Kharkov Bridge, as long as the artillery is in place, I will definitely take back the bridgehead. I have already seen that Ri himself occupied the bridgehead with only 2 squadrons. I will invest 2 battalions to counterattack. With the opponent's firepower, it is absolutely certain to win the bridgehead!"

The one who spoke was Valdimir Vadilovich Lysenko, head of the 2th Regiment of the 4th Brigade of the 7nd Division of the Volunteer Division. The main battalion of the 7th Regiment guarding the bridgehead suffered heavy losses, but the remaining 2 battalions The troops are still well preserved, and now they stand up with their chests patted and want to fight back to the bridge!

"Pull it down... I think my 8th regiment has to fight back. Valdimir Vadilovich's 7th regiment failed to hold the bridgehead and suffered heavy losses. At this time, changing hands is like changing knives. My The main force of the 8th regiment is well preserved. If the division headquarters can strengthen and add a few mortars to me, I can regain the bridgehead and the bridge without the fire support of those 75mm Krupp field artillery companies in Nancheng District who refuse to fire! "The one with a loud voice was Valenty Valenty Sliusa, commander of the 8th Infantry Regiment.

This guy's troops were responsible for defending the second line of defense in the east city of the fortress in the morning. Although the mortar team suffered heavy casualties, the main force of the infantry regiment was safe and sound in the hiding cave under the stone wall, and the mg2 heavy machine gunner The loss was not large. Of course, this had something to do with not exposing all the machine gun fire points in the fortifications. At the same time, it was also because the coalition m08aa anti-aircraft guns that rushed to the bridge were attacked by German mortars and damaged each. The remaining anti-aircraft gun was withdrawn to the forest about...

The coalition position in the opposite forest area is about 1200 meters away from the east side of the Kharkov Fortress, which makes the M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns on the coalition wheeled armored combat vehicles a little weaker than when they press down on the bridgehead to shoot. The three coalition wheeled armored combat vehicles that had rushed to the east side of the Kharkov Bridge had now become semi-fixed firepower points at the bridge head. The Japanese soldiers used sandbags to protect the front of the armored vehicles to form a semi-open space. Barricades...