Beiyang 1917

() "It is a taboo for military strategists to underestimate the enemy. You all remember it for me. Yekaterinoslav's battle was a complete defeat. First of all, he lost in his mind. The Kharkov group's style of play is to lure the enemy If it doesn't work, he will besiege the city and fight for aid, so General Utsunomiya left the main force of the group in Krasnorad, 90 kilometers away, including the 1st Hybrid Armored Brigade, and the 4 federal infantry divisions did not leave Hal directly as a reserve team. South of Kov, even at the beginning of the second phase of the campaign, the 7th and 9th Divisions of the Federal Infantry were still stranded in Belgorod waiting for the train wagon!"

The roar of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces silenced the entire meeting room again. It could be seen that the young Huaxia King was on the verge of going berserk, and finally calmed down his emotions. Wang Geng then continued pointing to the battle map to explain, ..

"It's a great success in my bones. I just thought about destroying Gula and pushing it to the Dnipro River to prepare to clean up the battlefield. I thought that the 29th German Infantry Army had already lost its courage and would not stick to Yekaterinoslav, let alone Take the initiative to fight back and make your own dumplings!

上了那个冯诺伊豪斯的当，菊池和武藤两个混成旅团加起来近100门75mm山野跑的炮兵，轰城的时候噼里啪啦打个痛快啊！结果被德军埋伏在两翼阵地上的2个师属炮兵团后发制人一锅端掉！怪谁？怪集群野战重炮兵旅团没有第一时间赶到前线？还是怪德国佬比他们多24门150mm克虏伯重型榴弹炮？！”

The stern and distressed voice of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief echoed in the meeting room. Some of the coalition generals were thoughtful, some clenched their fists, and some were fascinated by their souls. Will it win or will it win? ..

"Commander-in-Chief, could it be that the coalition air force was unable to provide support on the ground due to bad weather, causing the Kikuchi and Muto brigades to be at a disadvantage in terms of firepower?" Li Mingzhong boldly raised his hand and said below.

"Without air superiority, you can't fight a war? The European war was over tmd a few years ago. The number of German fighter jets on the Western Front has never had the upper hand. It depends on the flexible dispatch and the wit and bravery of the pilots! You guys Do you think war is just one, two, three punches and kills?

Let me tell you, on the Western Front or the Eastern Front, in the previous major battles, whether it was the Allied Powers or the Allies, the artillery preparation of the offensive side before each battle was as short as five or six hours, and as long as it took a week. They are all bombarded by heavy artillery above 150 mm. If you can't withstand the enemy's artillery fire, why do you fight? !Otherwise, where would the trenches be for it? ! "Wang Geng severely taught the coalition generals present.

"Commander-in-Chief, the Kharkov group also wants to send troops quickly. Before the German troops in Kiev and Donetsk rescue Ekaterinoslav, test the city's defensive strength? It's a pity that the aviation team failed to participate in the battle. , if not, maybe we can take down the opponent's position and city?!"

Xiong Shihui also boldly raised his hand below to speak. He didn't want to intercede for the two Japanese brigade leaders, Kikuchi and Muto, but felt that his commander-in-chief was a little out of character. Judgment and evaluation from the front line...

1918年8月8ri9:45，萨马拉联军司令部作战会议室，

"Commander-in-chief, I don't know, how about the casualties of the Kharkov cluster..." As the deputy chief of staff, Jiang Fangzhen asked this question carefully. Both he and Tanaka Yoshiichi rushed back from their respective army bases early this morning. The road was extremely muddy, and both of them were bumpy enough, and the latest battle report and casualty statistics of Utsunomiya Taro who retreated to Kharkov were reported only in the early morning.

"Director Qian, read the battle report of the Kharkov cluster!" Wang Geng threw down the baton in his hand angrily, and threw this heavy topic to Qian Tianfu.

"During the second phase of the battle, which lasted for a week, more than half of the Kikuchi Brigade, which attacked Yekaterinoslav on the first line, lost more than half, and the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, which was strengthened, was wiped out. The regiment leader Tanaka was killed. During the breakout, they were intercepted by artillery fire. The brigade commander Kikuchi was killed, the commander of the 6th Infantry Regiment Sugimotokai Taisa was killed, and the commander of the 18th Infantry Regiment Masaki Masaki was injured. The number of casualties exceeded 5000! Among them, 2125 were killed and 892 were missing. , 2312 people were injured, and the artillery was completely lost!"

"The casualties of the 23rd Muto Mixed Infantry Brigade were slightly better. The field artillery regiment lost 7%, and the two infantry regiments lost two-fifths. Only those above the regiment commander were injured but not killed. The casualties of the entire brigade were less than 4000 people, 1232 killed, 687 missing, and 1833 wounded."

"As the second echelon, the 13th Brigade of Mixed Infantry and the 14th Brigade of Mixed Infantry were close to one-third of the casualties, the artillery wing lost nearly half, and the du li field heavy artillery brigade lost a quarter! In Krasno During the breakout period of Lade, it was the 1st Hybrid Armored Brigade that opened the gap and encirclement. However, Colonel Lu’s armored brigade lost one-third of its vehicles and one-quarter of its personnel. The 4 mixed brigades and cluster headquarters encircled by infantry divisions may not be able to stand out from the encirclement!"

When Qian Tianfu read the battle report, his tone was very heavy, and the meeting room was completely silent at the moment. Obviously, the defeat that His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief mentioned was a complete defeat, and the casualties were beyond everyone's expectations. The Chinese armored forces also suffered heavy losses, and Shinnosuke Kikuchi, the commander of the 5th Brigade of the Mixed Infantry, was killed in battle.

On the whole, the Kharkiv group suffered more than 3 casualties in this offensive, of which nearly 2000 were killed, more than 18000 people were missing, and more than 2 people were injured. The artillery and armored forces suffered heavy losses. The main German casualties were roughly 3 About [-] people, or even less... The [-] divisions of the Federal Infantry stayed on the front line of Kharkov and did not fight. Otherwise, the casualties on our side would be even greater, because most of the four infantry divisions were recruited and the artillery battalions were all transferred to strengthen them. Mixed brigades and armored brigades.

After Qian Tianfu finished reading the battle report, he raised his head and looked at Wang Geng. The commander-in-chief of the coalition waved his hand, signaling him to continue talking, so the director of the war room picked up his baton and returned to the map to continue explaining the battle situation.

"In the second phase of the Ukrainian campaign, due to severe weather changes, the air force that the coalition is proud of failed to dispatch to support the ground battle!