Beiyang 1917

() At the end of July in 1918, the 7-year-old Captain Rommel was the commander of the battalion-level infantry unit. The 27 companies under him were also elite troops formed by him. As the commander of the former mountain battalion, Although Rommel is now commanding the infantry carried by the armored train unit, he still regards his infantry as an elite unit that surpasses ordinary infantry.

The courageous Captain Rommel, who is highly skilled, finally snatched the job of luring the enemy as an infantry commander. This guy decided to go to the west of the railway to lure the enemy, and arrange the other three companies on the east of the railway. The railway bridge over the Norad River is less than 10 kilometers to the south. The three infantry companies he left on the east side of the railway will form one side of a pocket, while the armored train of his armored 2nd unit will feign north. After the cavalry was lured into the narrow strip between the Krasnorad River and the railway line in the south by his troops, the squad leader, Lieutenant Colonel von Rundstedt, would command the armored train to kill the carbine. ..

It was Captain von Manstein, chief of staff of the detachment, who was responsible for coordinating and commanding the operations of the three infantry companies on the east side of the railway. The brave but too young Lieutenant Günter Blumentritt stayed on to continue to serve on the armored train. The personal guard of the squad leader. After dispatching all 4 infantry companies, the infantry on the armored train itself has only one squadron guard platoon. The burden on the shoulders of the lieutenant may not be lighter than that of Captain Rommel and Captain Manstein .

The 1nd Division of the 2st Detachment of the Iron Armor du Li, as the Iron Armored Detachment, left the railway line and the train, but it was just an ordinary infantry. Although Captain Rommel believed that his infantry was better than the infantry of the 47th Regiment of the 139th Division of the Reserve Infantry, but here It's not a mountain, and he's not commanding a mountain battalion. This guy just managed to get 4 motorcycles and 2 1-ton Daimler military trucks... ..

This is not enough to carry the 1st Company of Armored Infantry under his command. A German infantry company has 3 platoons, of which the first platoon has 2 infantry squads, 2 light machine gun squads, and a grenade mortar squad, with a total of 45 people. There is no mortar squad in the second row, which is 2 people. The third row is the same as the first row, which is also 36 people. Such a German infantry company in 3 also had 1 fighters, plus the company squad For about 45 people.

2辆2轮奔驰军用摩托搭载2人、2辆3轮奔驰摩托搭载6人，2辆一吨半的戴姆勒军用卡车只能搭载第一排的45人，于是第2排和第3排只能坐上了临时从铁路东面村子里收刮来的骡车，骡车的式样不过是乌克兰农村三套马车的形制，只是凑不齐拉车的马，只能用大走骡代替。

The 1st company commanded by Rommel took on the task of luring the enemy, so this nondescript motorized infantry company swaggered along a dirt road crossing the railway line and rushed to the west to kill it. 4 motorcycles, The smoke and dust rolled up by 2 large trucks and 10 troikas is quite spectacular from a distance.

隆美尔亲自坐在一辆奔驰三轮摩托车里指挥整个行军队列，他的探路尖兵自然是那2辆2轮摩托车和跟在后头的那一辆架起了博格曼轻机枪的三轮摩托，mg08重机枪则架在了后边2辆1吨半军用卡车的车顶，毕竟mg08这样水冷式的重机枪要搁在三轮摩托上使用还是太局促了一点。

The tactic determined by the 1nd Detachment of the 2st Detachment of the German Iron Armor is to lure the Japanese cavalry regiment to the pocket formation in the south through small troops, and then close the door to beat the dogs. The 4th Regiment of the Japanese Cavalry has the same tactics at this moment. It is to send a cavalry to lure the enemy to divert the German armored trains entrenched at the intersection of railway lines and highways to the south, so that the cavalry The main force of the regiment can quickly cross the railway to the east, in order to join the 23rd Muto Infantry Brigade, which is detoured on the east road...

Turn the clock back to 10 minutes ago...the headquarters of the 4th Japanese Cavalry Regiment

"Commander, gentlemen, what I mean is that we can't fight the opponent's armored train head-on. The 4kg aerial bomb dropped by the dh50 bomber of the coalition air force failed to paralyze the opponent's iron-clad train. My 75mm field gun Not to mention... In my opinion, we have to divert the tiger away from the mountain, send a troop to penetrate south along the railway line, divert the enemy's armored trains away, and then the engineers approach the railway line, plant explosives to blast it, Try to blow up a few more holes, so that the opponent's armored train can't get through..."

Major Shimizu Kishige, captain of the Artillery Battalion of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, said while still feeling sorry for his brigade’s heavy losses just now. In his opinion, the Nishio Battalion was at a disadvantage when it was cut short. It doesn't matter if you attack from two directions like a closed door, the opponent's armored train is like a steel monster covered with hedgehogs, not only has a large number of 2mm guns...

...The Germans were actually equipped with 105mm light howitzers and 150mm heavy howitzers on the train. Although there were not many heavy artillery, they were quite powerful...Moreover, the anti-aircraft firepower was also quite sharp...Although the coalition air force destroyed a locomotive and 2 One carriage, killed one 1mm train gun and two 150mm guns, but actually paid the price of being shot down a fighter jet and injuring a bomber.

"Diverting the German armored train away? It's a good idea...but...who will take on this dangerous task...this is a race against the train with cavalry!" The idea is not bad, but the troops used as bait are extremely risky, and Yamashita does not intend to let the Iida brigade who has been raiding with him all morning take on such a dangerous task...

"My brigade is exhausted... I have run nearly 90 kilometers in the morning, and I have fought such a battle with the Ukrainians in the northwest. I am still out of breath even after taking Porodukshiv!" Iida Sadagu was the first to take his own brigade out of this dangerous task. Let others take the limelight, and the 10th Cavalry Brigade did not do this coolie work.

"My brigade suffered heavy casualties just now. Without rest, recovery and replenishment, it is unable to undertake such a arduous task!" Hisao Nishio was also unambiguous, and refused to attack his brigade that had just suffered heavy losses.

Now everyone's eyes are focused on the face of the captain of the 12th Cavalry Battalion, who has been serving as the reserve team, Koiso Kunizaki. As a bait, to single out two German armored trains?

Captain Yonezawa Kogoro of the 4th Cavalry Regiment looked at Kunizaki Koiso, hesitated to speak, and was a little uncertain, although he thought that Shimizu's idea was the only feasible solution at present.