Ren Dadao, the chief of staff of the 1st Armored Regiment, originally thought that Lu Huanyan was still a bit arrogant, but now the regiment commander agreed to counterattack, it would be better than always being calm. As for leading three armored companies along the road to repel a Ukrainian volunteers and occupying the bridge... Chief of staff Ren felt that this was the credit for him... But he was careful and asked Lu Huanyan in a low voice, "Captain, the German artillery group in the southeast of Kharkov New City covers firepower to the line at the bridgehead with three forks. Do you first order the Federal 75mm field artillery battalion to knock the other side first?"

"You still need to say this? I'll prepare for you 20 minutes. Before midnight, I'll let the Germans know the power of our coalition's attack! Chief of Staff, inform Major General Muto of my plan and copy it to the Lieutenant General of the Court. Don't expect to go to bed tonight!" Lu Huanyan waved his hand.

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Kharkov Forest, Muto Brigade Command

"Report to the commander of the brigade, Colonel Lu Huanyan, the commander of the second echelon, asked us to continue to retreat northward and let the main force of the German army's southern line advance 23 kilometers northward. The Masato Infantry Regiment of the Masato Infantry will take a Dodge military truck from the logistics unit to the south. At that time, it will enter the battlefield at the designated location and accept the command of the brigade commander!" Colonel Takagi, the chief of staff of the Muto Brigade, put down his microphone and reported in surprise and joy.

"Well... this Lu Huanyan... just knew how to be careful... He had just transferred two companies of Li Shang's armored third battalion, but he brought me a Kikuchi infantry corps? So, he was going to fight back on the northern line, and at the same time he was worried about scaring away the German army on the southern line?" Muto Nobuyi frowned and looked at the map hanging in the tent, saying thoughtfully.

"Mutou Jun... Obviously, Lu Huanyan is a tactful Chinese general. He knew that the huge sacrifices our Muto Brigade had made on the southern line needed to be appeased, so he treated the Masakori Edge as a reinforcement force to deal with you. It was still Muto Brigade and You who commanded and won this way, not Lu Huanyan's second echelon to conquer the world, so he did not even ask our multiple gates, Kasuzu and Guzhuang Brigade to retreat to the north to rest... Even the third company of Liu Yifei's armored 2nd Battalion and the battalion of the 13th Federal Infantry Division are under your command..."

Colonel Takagi was obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp. He saw Lu Huanyan's intention. This arrangement really made the Muto Brigade's spirit recover a lot. At least at this moment, the brigade commander did not jump up and refused to rush to retreat northward. The remaining troops of Duomen and Xiangzhi, which were originally on the front line, were only about 600 people left, and the Guzhuang Brigade had less than 800 people. However, the three armored companies of Liu Yifei's armored 2nd Battalion were not seriously injured and suffered only two tanks. The vehicles carrying infantry on the vehicle were less than 30 casualties, while the 1st Battalion of the 51st Regiment of the Federal Infantry suffered more than 100 casualties, and morale was still strong...

The worst thing is that Wu Keren's artillery battalion, who made great achievements in military affairs, lost all artillery, and the gunners of each company suffered more than 80% casualties. Although the organization of the artillery battalion is still there, it has become an unarmed infantry... The life of the German artillery is not easy. The German artillery 140th Battalion was wiped out, and the 139th Battalion lost one company. Only the 141st Battalion on the other side of the Wuda River is intact. Now it is moving its position...

"Transfer my order. The main force of the brigade turned north 3 kilometers and was preparing to join the Kaezaki Masato Regiment. Liu Yifei's armored troops broke the rear and resisted the enemy's pursuit. The 1st Battalion of the 51st Federal Infantry Regiment protected the flanks of the entire army and monitored the movements of the Ukrainians and Germans in the southeast... I want to see, how Lu Huanyan relied on Bivlov's three infantry battalions and three armored companies to eat the 2 German infantry battalions and a Ukrainian infantry regiment on the northern line!" Muto's Nobuyi smiled.

After several hours of fierce fighting in the night forest, the Germans who fought back and the retreating Muto Brigade basically had a draw. The most losses of both sides were the infantry and artillery. The main force of Muto on the southern line lost long-range artillery at this moment and became a toothless tiger. This was also the reason why he agreed to continue to move north. Although the casualties of the two brigades of Duomen and Kasumi were not light, fortunately, the logistics and transportation were always kept smooth. The minor and serious wounded soldiers of the coalition were transported in time to a temporary field hospital about one and a half kilometers east of the three-fork intersection in the north and were treated.

This made the Muto Brigade not lose the initiative in combat, although he fought and retreated, the German army did not lose the initiative in combat. The German army was also unfamiliar with the terrain of the Kharkov forest area. The swamps and wetlands also hindered the German wings' encirclement and pursuit. At midnight, the German army surrounded the two wings of the southern line occupied the previous defensive positions of the Muto Brigade, but found that there was no one... This made Major Bok, the chief of staff of the regiment commanding the 140th infantry regiment and Major Rib, the acting leader of the 141st infantry regiment, so angry...

Because they led the main force of the German army to detour on both wings and took a lot of detours, the task of attacking along the main road was handed over to the infantry regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division of Ukrainian Volunteer Infantry Division. As a result, these Lady Kharko attacked several times and were beaten back by the dense and sharp large-caliber heavy machine gun firepower of the coalition armored vehicles, and they began to mow. The guns were lively, but they did not attack northward. Therefore, they did not find out in time that the coalition forces had evacuated northward one after another, which made the German detour troops who had fought with the swamp for a long time in the forest and rushed into the air...

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Southeast of Khazerkov New City, the German-Ukrainian coalition command

"Report to General... During the transfer of the 141st Battalion of the artillery on the other side of the Uda River, it was attacked by the cavalry of the 4th Regiment of the Japanese Yonezawa Cavalry in the coalition. Lieutenant Colonel Von Lundersted's armored train troops dispersed the Japanese cavalry with artillery fire, but the 141st Battalion of the infantry suffered huge losses, with a total loss of 6 105mm light howitzers, and nearly one-third of the gunners were injured and killed. The size of the Japanese cavalry was a cavalry brigade!"

The sudden bad news made Major General Von Neuyhaus so angry that he had not been able to help Von Lundstead in time, it would have been estimated that the 141st Battalion of the Artillery would have asked the Japanese cavalry to take all the pots on the other side of the Uda River to be slaughtered... This variable actually planted the factors that affected the final result of the German army's difficult counterattack this night.

"Order the 141st Artillery Battalion to transport the remaining six artillery here as fast as possible. I will give them 30 minutes. If you don't take your seat, all the battalion-level commanders of the Artillery Battalion will be shot!" The German major general raised his hands and roared!
Chapter completed!