Beiyang 1917

()1918年7月31ri13：40哈尔科夫城北联军西南方面军中路前敌指挥部

"What should we do now...Your Excellency, Division Commander, once the cannons in Kharkov opened fire, they lasted so long. The 26th Brigade of the Federal Infantry suffered heavy casualties. Although they have occupied the frontline positions, they must continue to break through. The second position with the main body on the north wall of the fortress is obviously a bit powerless..." The Chief of Staff of the Japanese 3rd Division Ryu Hishihishi Kari whispered in front of the head of his division.

The atmosphere in this two-storey building located at the Kharkov North Suburb Railway Station is obviously quite dignified. The air-ground battle over Kharkov just now was more intense than anyone imagined. The enemy's artillery position in the city was completely destroyed, but the opponent's cannons were so tenaciously bombarding the 2 infantry battalions of the 10th Federal Infantry Brigade exposed in front of the position for such a long time, with horrible and bloody rivers. It is not an exaggeration to describe the 26 meters of open land in front of Ukraine's first line of defense. ..

Liukin Alexievich Voronievich's face was ashen. As the ground commander of this positional attack, he witnessed how the enemy's heavy artillery used accurate and violent artillery fire to harvest the lives of his own troops in the open field. , the German heavy artillery is obviously prepared. In order to maintain the shooting speed to the maximum, the opponent's 8 150mm Krupp heavy howitzers were not even willing to stop and adjust the gun positions, and continued to bombard the position with uninterrupted artillery fire. cutting edge……

No one can question the performance of the coalition air force. You must know that it takes 4 minutes for dh3000 to take off and climb to an altitude of 9 meters. The speed of dumb is not slow. The 10 coalition fighters are carrying out air raids and bombings against the enemy's scorching anti-aircraft machine gun firepower. It is a delicate job to command the formation and enter the bombing position one by one. Under the command of Li Zaolin, the performance is almost perfect.....

Moreover, the coalition air force also paid a huge price in order to destroy the enemy's artillery positions in the shortest time. More than a dozen low-altitude dive SE5 fighters were damaged, and 2 SE5 and 1 DH4 were shot down. This price is not small. At the same time, it also proved the tenacity of the enemy and the determination of the coalition air strikes...

"Your Excellency, Commander, please Hashimoto's Du Li Field Heavy Artillery Regiment continue to bombard and suppress the Ukrainians' second position on the north wall of the fortress. Orderer, send my order, the 25nd of the 2th Infantry Brigade The reserve team of the whole battalion is all pressed up, and all the division's supplies and logistics stretcher teams are dispatched...Remove the lightly and seriously wounded as soon as possible!" Although Voronieri was distressed by the loss of his main force, he only took a breath, but he didn't intend to Accept the olive branch handed over by the chief of staff of the RI Third Division, Hisashi Kari Takashi...

Nainai, Lao Tzu's main brigade was almost disabled before rushing up to occupy the first line of defense. At this time, the enemy artillery in Kharkov finally disappeared under the attack of the coalition air force. This is equivalent to Kharkov How can the honor be handed over to someone else when the strong fortress and fortress of the Husband has opened its arms and waited for someone to attack?So Voronieri gritted his teeth and ordered the two infantry battalions of the 25th Infantry Brigade to go into battle... This is almost the last property of the 2th Federal Infantry Division...

The head of the Japanese 3rd Division pondered in front of the court for a while, but before he could speak, Kikuchi Shinnosuke, the brigade commander of the 5th Infantry Brigade, couldn't hold back and said, "Major General, your main force The brigade fought bravely, but the casualties were so high. I think the 13th Division of the Federation is already blunt. It is better to let the follow-up troops of the Kikuchi Brigade continue to attack under the cover of the Chinese armored company. Your troops can withdraw first to rest , save a little vitality and seeds for the 13th Division..."

Lu Huanyan grinned as he listened from the sidelines, and thought to himself that Major General Juchi looked so young, how could he be so popular? He co-operated with the 13th Division of the Federal Infantry and the Allied Air Force and paid a heavy price to walk away. Your Juchi Brigade is in a hurry. Face up to rush to pick peaches?You also have to pull Lao Tzu's armored company to block Ukrainian machine gun bullets for you. Is your wishful thinking too good?

"Major General Juchi, you should have said this before my troops launched an attack. Now that the battle has been fought like this, it is impossible to ask my men to withdraw from the battlefield and let you pick up the fruits of victory! Lao Tzu's troops are not cannon fodder." Work for you in the minefields and block the German shells, and win the honor of Kharkov, there is no doubt that we are the army that has made the most sacrifices and should reap the most!" Voronie's face was ashen and vicious Staring at the small Kikuchi Shinnosuke and shouted, a group of staff officers from the 13th Federal Infantry Division surrounded him spontaneously, and surrounded Kikuchi and several Japanese generals with cold eyes.

"Reporting to the head of the division, we have received a report from the coalition air force on the battlefield. The artillery positions concealed by the defenders in the southern city of Kharkov have all been destroyed. The number of enemies eliminated is about 3000. A 75mm field artillery battalion and 2 150mm heavy artillery companies, nearly 08 mg80 machine gun groups... Now the main force of the 2nd fighter-bomber wing will return, and the remaining 1 se5 fighter and 1 dh4 reconnaissance bomber brigade have not yet dropped bombs and will continue to stay in the sky over Kharkov Cooperate with the ground troops to fight...but at most they can continue to hover for another 40 minutes!"

A staff officer of the Japanese army sent a telegram just received from the leader of the air force of the coalition air force.

"Reporting to the head of the division, Muto's brigade sent a telegram that the artillery unit of the 23rd Infantry Brigade has just received a base of 1mm and 75mm ammunition. Attack, ask the coalition air force for tactical guidance, carry out air strikes and bombs behind the Ukrainian positions, and cut off the opponent's retreat!" Another telegram sent by the Muto Brigade hurriedly sent by the staff of another Japanese lieutenant.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, taking Kharkov with all one's strength is the top priority now. The aviation team retains 1 fighter squadron and 1 bomber squadron to stay in the sky over Kharkov, isn't it just to help the main forces on the northern front win Kharkov? Well, Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think that the Muto Brigade can attack alone with the supplementary ammunition, or even need not attack, as long as they contain the strength of the three enemy divisions, no, no, the Muto Brigade should even send troops to attack Go south, and try to take down the enemy's southern position with the 4th Cavalry Regiment of Yonezawa, and block the opponent's retreat and reinforcement channels!"