Beiyang 1917

() From the unsatisfactory point, a total of 8000 infantry brigades were divided into three battles. Although Taisuke Mizuno and the 19th Infantry Battalion occupied the Kharkov Bridge, more than one third of them were killed or injured. Jianchuan Although the brigade used brown sugar tactics to drive away the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division, there were only less than 900 soldiers left to fight, and the most tragic one was the 56th Infantry Brigade of Okamoto Renichiro, who was almost dumped by the Ukrainians Eat it... If I hadn't acted on the spur of the moment and asked Captain Imamura Jun to command the improvised 75mm field artillery unit to make a rescue...

The Muto Brigade was going to create a disgraceful record of an infantry brigade being wiped out by the Ukrainians on the second day of the ground battle in the Ukrainian campaign! ..

"Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, I think that although the main force of the brigade has formed a supporting force across the river from Colonel Yonezawa, after a day of fierce fighting and marching back and forth across the river, the strength and energy of the troops have been exhausted. I suggest adopting a defensive position at the current position, which is enough to deter the opponent!" Arai Chen, the captain of the 19th Infantry Regiment, also boldly said this.

1918年7月31ri16：50哈尔科夫东南约七公里、ri本第3师团武藤旅团旅团部

Arai Tatsuya, the captain of the 19th Infantry Regiment, is a descendant of a decent Nagoya local samurai. You must know that the Japanese 3rd Division was formed in Nagoya. The 3rd Division is also called the Nagoya Division. This Nagoya is in Japan is second only to Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Yokohama City and Osaka City, and ranks fourth in Japan's national population. Nagoya is located between Tokyo and Kyoto, known as Chukyo, one of Japan's three major metropolitan areas. Nagoya circle) central city.In addition, it is also a city designated by the government decree, and it is the local political, economic and cultural hub of central Japan. Historically, the Owari Tokugawa family ruled Owari with the current Nagoya City as the base. ..

Unlike the 7th Infantry Regiment of the Muto Brigade, the 7th Infantry Regiment under the command of Taisuke Mizuno was organized in Kanazawa, while the 19th Infantry Regiment of Arai Tatsuya was formed in Nagoya, and they were serious Nagoya soldiers. , the descendants of the Owari family, from the Oda family to the Toyotomi family to the Tokugawa family in history, there are a lot of historical celebrities:

Minamoto Yoritomo (the first general of the Kamakura shogunate, Oda Nobunaga (Warring States general), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Warring States general), Shibata Katsuie (Warring States general), Niwa Nagahide (Warring States general), Kato Kiyomasa (Sengoku generals), Maeda Toshiie (Sengoku generals), Sasa Narumasa (Sengoku generals), Sakuma Nobumori (Sengoku generals), Sakuma Morimsa (Sengoku generals), Maeda benefit (Maeda Keijiro, Sengoku generals)

Of course, Nagoya will have Akio Morita (entrepreneur, one of the founders of Sony Corporation) in Nagoya three years later, and Kiichiro, the founder of Toyota Motor, is only 3 years old at the moment (entrepreneur, founder of Toyota Motor Corporation).

Ito Ranmaruyumichi founded Matsuitaya in 1611 (the vassal of Oda Nobunaga, the founder of the Japanese chain department store Matsuzakaya), and Takenaka Fujibei Masataka (the vassal of Oda Nobunaga, the founder of Takenaka Gongwudian) Etc., etc.

On the contrary, Mizuno Taisuke and his Kanazawa-born 7th Infantry Regiment are actually the hereditary vassal territory of Maeda Toshiie, a former Warring States million-stone daimyo. The capital of Ishikawa Prefecture and the largest city in the Hokuriku region.Located at the junction of the foothills and the Kanazawa Plain, it is the capital of Ishikawa County (Ishikawa Prefecture; Ishikawaken) in Japan and the largest city in the Hokuriku region with a population of about 45.The Maeda family ruled the city for three centuries, after its first ruler, Maeda Toshiie, came to the city in 1583.

It is precisely because of the local moderately rainy weather and abundant snowfall in winter that Kanazawa's special products such as rice, rice wine, and sweets are famous all over the world.

Kanazawa is surrounded by the Alps called Japan, Hakusan National Park and Noto Peninsula National Park.Two rivers run through the city of Kanazawa in Japan. Saikawa is said to be a lively river of masculinity, while Asanogawa is a river of tenderness and tenderness for women.Such beautiful natural scenery makes the whole city full of poetic and picturesque.

Because the Kaga family has invited many artists and craftsmen to come here, which makes the level of handicraft here reach a very high level, and it is still prosperous until today.

All in all, in the 3rd Division known as the Nagoya Division, the generals and troops from Nagoya, Chukyo, are more popular than the generals and troops from Kanazawa, the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture. Therefore, the Muto brigade marched and fought, which is dirty work Most of the hard work was undertaken by the Mizuno 7th Infantry Regiment, which played the forward position, while Arai's 19th Infantry Regiment often did a good job of harvesting the fruits of victory, and was basically used to rear and clean up the battlefield.

Unlike the bad-tempered Kanazawa boy Mizuno Taisuke, Arai Tatsuya is a man and a woman. In terms of body shape, Arai Tatsuya is also a strong man with a height of more than 180 cm and a weight of more than 80 kg, but he usually speaks softly and does not easily bluff. This is also an important reason why Captain Arai United won the trust of Muto, the brigade commander. As Major General Muto Nobuyoshi, who is known for his taciturnity, he is bored with those generals who are always noisy and irritable.

Now, the captain of the 19th Infantry Regiment, who usually doesn't take the initiative to rush to speak, made an unprecedented speech, which surprised the generals of the Muto Brigade present, and at the same time cast their appreciative glances. The pressure faced by the top and bottom is not just a little bit. Exhaustion, heavy casualties and low morale are a true portrayal.

The ones with the most eager eyes were not the captains of the Muto Brigade, but the captain of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, Captain Yonezawa Kogoro, who came across the river on a raft to participate in the military meeting. Almost ran west and north along the city of Kharkov, while the Muto Brigade just walked one side from the east, north and south, not to mention, the Yonezawa United team took it to the opposite side of the Uda River Among the 8 cavalry squadrons, the 3 squadrons of the Iida Sadagu Battalion returned after a long-distance raid to capture the city of Polodukhiv...

"There are less than two hours before dark, enough time for us to launch an attack..." Major General Muto, the head of the brigade, looked a little gloomy. When he said this, all Japanese generals from Chief of Staff Takagi Yoshinari down to Keeping their heads down... Li Shang of the 3rd Chinese Armored Battalion and Wu Keren, commander of the Artillery Battalion, were noncommittal and did not express their views, although both sides understood from their eyes that the detour troops were almost at the end of their battles, unless there was another support from the coalition air force, Otherwise, it is a dream to win the Lopan River Bridge.

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