Beiyang 1917

() The 139th Reserve Infantry Regiment is the ace main regiment of the 47th Division of the German Army, so the configuration of commanders at all levels is high-level. Then he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in early 1916... If it wasn't for the division commander Sven von Neuhaus who followed Ludendorff's path, Colonel Dicomayer would have been the most promising candidate to take over as division commander of the 1918th Division of the Reserve Infantry .

"Kevin...here, have two snacks...the black brinjal cake that my cook just baked...it's expected that Ri himself will fire...there's no need to be in such a hurry to call the Iron Armored Detachment to help us, Master The Ministry has repeatedly reminded us that before the main reinforcements of the division come up, our task is not only to defend the Lopan River Bridge and the Nancheng District position, but also not to scare away the Muto Brigade..." Colonel von Dicomayer picked up the steaming He took a sip of his coffee and said to his assistant with a smile. . .

"But Dennis, Nobuyoshi Muto in Japan not only started bombarding the bridgehead position of the Lopan River, but also observed the presence of coalition armored troops on the riverbank road less than 3 kilometers north of the Uda River, at least the size of a battalion... Obviously they are rushing to our bridgehead position... The Chinese armored vehicles cannot be stopped by the mg08 machine gun alone, and the 7.6cm infantry mortars may not be able to stop the opponent unless they are directly hit..."

The chief of staff of the regiment, Kevin von Dixor, was obviously a little distracted. The 139th Infantry Regiment won first and then lost when it counterattacked the Kikuchi Brigade in the north of the city last night. Nearly 300 people were killed and nearly 500 were lightly or severely injured under the bombardment of the enemy's heavy artillery. People, this is definitely not a small loss to the 2500th Infantry Regiment, which has a total strength of only about 139... Although the supplementary soldiers have already been dispatched to the battalions, the impact of the loss of the combat backbone on the combat effectiveness of the troops must not be ignored …… . .

Of course, in the battle this afternoon, the 139th Infantry Regiment did not take much effort and casualties to repel the Japanese cavalry units that had turned to the southwest and tried to attack the bridge from the south bank of the Lopan River. The morale of the supplementary soldiers who joined has been restored and improved, and the sadness of the veterans has also been relieved...

The problem is that after two consecutive days of fierce fighting, the German-Ukrainian coalition forces in Kharkov lost almost all their long-range artillery. Now the troops are like a tiger whose teeth have been pulled out, only machine guns and mortars are left to guard Nancheng District and the Lopan River Bridge position... At this time, the armored train detachment directly under the group army maneuvering on the opposite bank railway line became the only long-range firepower that the guards could rely on.

Of course, since the 1st Detachment of the Armored Train is directly under the 10th Army Headquarters in Kiev, this makes the 29th Reserve Infantry Army, or the 29th Infantry Division under the 47th Army, can only rely on the German-Ukrainian Allied Forces in Kharkov. In the name of the headquarters, the armored train detachment was mobilized and used, and Colonel von Dicomyer was only the head of the 47th Infantry Regiment under the 139th Infantry Division.

If you really want to call, you have to authorize and issue orders through Sven von Neuhaus, the division commander of the German-Ukrainian Allied Army Front Command in the old city of Kharkov...

Of course, Colonel Dicomayer believes that the focus of the coalition's offensive has shifted from the northern front to the east and southeast, and Major General von Neuhaus, the acting former enemy commander and division commander of the German-Ukrainian coalition's former enemy headquarters, will never miss it. Opportunity to counterattack on the southern line, the 140th Infantry Regiment boarded the troop train from Yekaterinoslav at the camp near Krasnorad 40 minutes ago, and it will arrive in Los Angeles in 20 minutes. Across the Pen River...

The 141st Infantry Regiment will follow closely behind... A counterattack on the southern front with the two infantry regiments of the 47th Division of the German Reserve Infantry as the main force is about to launch, and the division commander, Major General von Neuhaus, will never miss the chance to personally command the counterattack Opportunity to fight, so Colonel Dennis von Dirkmeier, the commander of the 2th Infantry Regiment, would never take the risk of scaring the snake into a panic and rush to fight back with artillery fire before the division commander rushed over to command the overall situation. matter.

"Kevin, my chief of staff, the armored vehicles of the coalition forces... are just trucks welded with steel plates, not the tracked tanks of the British on the western front. It is basically useless to go through the anti-tank trenches of our forward positions, and Let the opponent let the horse come over, and we may be able to teach the opponent a lesson after entering the mortar firing range... Moreover, the 140th regiment will reach the bridgehead at 17:30 at the earliest, and the 141st regiment will follow closely. Three battalions of 3mm howitzers were also used for this counterattack... I am afraid that the Muto Brigade will not come, not them... This credit... can't be given to the guys in the Iron Armor Detachment who have high eyesight and low hands!"

The words of the head of the regiment, Colonel von Dickermeier, made the chief of staff von Dixor ponder. Obviously, the colonel went further than he thought... In fact, it was the defense that was restless before. The troops of the 2th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 6nd Division of the Ukrainian Volunteers in the southeast of the New City of Erkov... This infantry regiment is responsible for guarding a line of defense that is about 3 kilometers away from the left bank of the Kharkov River. The Kharkov River, otherwise it would not be able to threaten the position of the Volunteer 3rd Brigade and 3th Regiment on the opposite bank, but the Ukrainians saw a Chinese armored battalion appearing rumbling on the north bank of the Uda River from the binoculars as soon as the guns rang The panic-stricken Liushen who came here urged the German army to shoot and intercept the emergency calls one after another...

The city of Kharkov is divided into the Old City Fortress of Kharkov in the north and the New City of Kharkov in the south. The Lopan River rushes from the west of the city, and North Donets meanders from the northwest. The Uda River, a tributary of the river, first converges in the west of the city and then flows eastward along the south side of the new city, while the Kharkov River in the northeast of Kharkov comes from north to south, along the edge of the eastern city of Kharkov, until The south of Kharkov City and the Lopan River converge to form a new Uda River that runs southeastward...

The Uda River finally re-injects into the North Donets River at Chuguyev (chuguyev), with a total length of 164 kilometers and a drainage area of ​​3,890 square kilometers...

The new city of Kharkov is where the southern city of Kharkov is located. The core location is the railway station and barracks in the southern suburbs of Kharkov. The Lopan River Bridge across the confluence of the Lopan River and the Kharkov River is Kharkov. The gateway to the south of the city... In fact, this bridge is located at the "people" position at the confluence of the two rivers. The Muto brigade is now on the right bank of the Kharkov River and at the same time on the north bank of the Uda River in the south, which means If the Muto Brigade wants to attack the southern city of Kharkov, they must either re-cross the Kharkov River or take down the Lopan River Bridge. The same is true if they want to cross the Uda River to the south...