Beiyang 1917

() As for the chief of staff of the 29th Infantry Army, Major General Von Dietrich, he is responsible for commanding and dispatching the two German infantry divisions of the 31st Infantry Army to defend Donetsk and Glukhov, and at the same time commanding the Ukrainian 2nd Army to coordinate Combat, do you think the coalition forces will give up the offensive on the east road?According to reconnaissance, the coalition forces have assembled a main force of at least 2 people in Tsaritsyn's border area near the Donbass! "

The words of General William Greiner did not dispel the doubts of the German generals present. Lieutenant General von Kusmany couldn't help but said, "Your Excellency, don't you think that the Kharkov Yekaterinoslav line is the breakthrough of the coalition forces?" The key area to attack? I doubt that the coalition forces on the eastern border will just bluff and deliberately disperse our forces and deployment. In fact, we actually lost Kharkov in the first stage with only one infantry division. This fortified fortress..." ..

"Lieutenant General, our 10th Army is short of troops. The Eichhorn Group originally stationed in Ukraine was made up of three armies. Now there is only one 10th Army left. Two of the three infantry armies are still composed of reserve infantry divisions. Troops, under the attack of the Eastern Allied Forces of the Allied Powers, the first step is to ensure that Kiev and Odessa are the decision of Berlin, and of course the battle plan I proposed to Berlin. As for Kharkov, although the city is strong, it is far away. The border of the Volga Federation is less than 40 kilometers away, do you think it would be wise for us to concentrate our main force under the city of Kharkov?!"

William Greiner knew that Lieutenant General von Kussmanny under him had a close relationship with his predecessor von Eichhorn and was a confidant general of the former Ukrainian tyrant. He was promoted to a general in one step and took over the post of commander of the 10th Army left by von Eichhorn, which made this young lieutenant general feel very disappointed and unhappy... Now, taking advantage of the setback in the Eastern Ukraine battlefield, he came out It is only natural to challenge your own authority! ..

"General Greiner... There is no need to gather the main force of the group army. I will take a division of the 27th Army to take a train to Yekaterinoslav for emergency reinforcements, and give the remaining troops of the 29th Infantry Army to my command. Why is Simon Petliura's Ukrainian National Army meddling, I will command 4 German infantry divisions, and I will definitely be able to drive the enemy troops occupying Kharkov out of Ukraine... Of course, the fighter unit of Captain Göring The team must be dispatched, my people on the ground can't resist the bombing and mopping of the coalition air force in the air!"

Lieutenant General Feng Kusmani simply rolled up his sleeves and volunteered to fight. His three division commanders and chiefs of staff also clamored to let their troops follow the commander to Kharkov and teach them a lesson. I don't know the Chinese people and the Japanese themselves, when the glorious German army can't even beat the oriental yellow-skinned monkey soldiers?The honor of the German Army cannot be destroyed once, and the honor of the German Army cannot be tarnished by the failure of a reserve infantry division in Von Neuhaus!

"Don't worry... Chief of Staff, first talk about the current situation on the battlefield and the enemy's situation..." General William Greiner hit a soft nail on von Kusmani. The German army's reconnaissance and intelligence systems should be said to be the most popular in Europe. The battlefields are all well-known, but the situation of the Eastern Allied Forces of the Allied Powers that appeared west of the Ural Mountains for more than a month is not clear enough. The limited information comes from Moscow, Soviet Russia and Simon Petliura. Ukrainian government mostly...

"Your Excellency, Commander, everyone, according to the information we have...the total strength of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front of the Allied Powers exceeds 30...the main force is the Third Army of the Chinese Participating Army and the Third Army of the Japanese Army. Admiral Wu Peifu, this man was once known as the most capable general in Beiyang. A year ago, he was only the brigade commander of the sixth brigade of infantry of the third division of Beiyang. Before that, he was an artillery regiment commander..."

Before the chief of staff, Major General Emil Herr, had finished speaking, the chief of staff of the 27th Infantry Army, Major General Parus von Baloui, shouted impatiently, "It's useless to say these things, Emil, you are talking about old calendars. , according to the latest information from Berlin, after the Battle of Ufa, the coalition forces have reorganized the Southwest Front Army and the Southern Front Army. The Wu Peifu you mentioned is now the commander of the Southern Front Army, leading 20 people to sweep the North Caucasus and prepare to attack Baku. What about the oil fields! Does this have anything to do with the Ukrainian battlefield?"

Major General Emil Herr, Chief of Staff of the Army Group, blushed when he heard the words, and said with a blushing face, "Shut up, Major General Von Barlouis, this is the Army Group Headquarters, not your 27th Infantry Army, please quarrel with me again." Commander, please coax you out!"

The verbal battle between the two was actually just an episode. Speaking of which, Emil Herr and Parus von Balouis were both staff officers of the 10th Army Command earlier. He was promoted to major general three months earlier than Amir Hull...

"Okay, hurry up... Your Excellency, Chief of Staff!" William Greiner frowned a little dissatisfied, and the combat conference room fell silent, and everyone listened to the army chief of staff Emil Hull continuing the situation on the battlefield. Go on...

"The coalition forces defeated the main force of the Soviet Russian Eastern Front in the Battle of Ufa, and then reached a compromise and armistice with the Soviet Russian Bolshevik government, and established the puppet Volga Federation government. This regime is currently only recognized by the Allied Powers. Of course, the Allied Powers cannot recognize it. Any similar puppet regime of the Allied Powers... As Feng Balouis said, the pace of the coalition forces after the Battle of Ufa was very fast. A large area, on the one hand, recruited Denikin's White Guards, and included the Don River and the North Caucasus..."

"The current arrangement of the coalition forces is to attack southward with the southern front army commanded by Admiral Wu Peifu. The targets are obviously Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. The ultimate goal is to take down the Baku oil field. It took a lot of effort... and the Southwest Front Army formed by the Japanese Third Army as the main body focused on operating the Ukrainian battlefield, so the other side launched the Ukrainian campaign, and Kharkov was the first to suffer the attack!"

"According to the report of Major General Von Neuhaus...the first stage invested in the 1rd Japanese Division, the 13st Chinese Armored Regiment and the main force of the 14th Federal Infantry Division, the 15th Division and the [-]th Division in the direction of Kharkov The artillery force is estimated to be close to or more than one-third of the Southwest Front Army, and on the Tsaritsyn border opposite Glukhov, we judge that there is a similar scale of coalition ground forces assembled... During the Battle of Kharkov, we The conclusion reached is that a German infantry division can effectively repel the attack of a Japanese brigade, but it certainly cannot stop a Japanese division... Ukrainian troops play a better role in defense than offense..."