Beiyang 1917

() "It's all in moderation...it's nothing to worry about!" Colonel Ishihara Waner, who had been silent on the side and looked tangled, suddenly broke out, and Lieutenant General Fujii and Major General Brigade Commander Fujii, who had three military ranks above him, Both Guosi and Uchino were taken aback, and everyone noticed that from the moment they received the telegram to now, Ishihara, the chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the West Route Army, sat with a sullen face and was in a daze all the time.

Faced with the latest order of the Allied Army Headquarters to merge the West Route Army and the Central Route Army into the Kharkov Group, and form the FireWire Group into a mixed brigade, Ishihara Wanji felt more disappointed than anyone else. To be the imperial envoy of the West Route Army, serving as the chief of staff of the West Route Army is regarded by Ishihara Waner as the most critical moment in his military career, that is, to lead the West Route Army to victory on his own...

Fortunately, the war started only a few days ago. The result of the Central Army's crippled attack in Kharkov caused the West Army to suffer unreasonable disasters. It was canceled... I, the chief of staff of the West Route Army, was laid off in a blink of an eye... The 29-year-old Ishihara Waner was still young and energetic after all, and now he finally couldn't help shouting out of control!

"Baga! Ishihara, what's your attitude? These are all your seniors and seniors, without any courtesy or sense of propriety? Why don't you apologize quickly?!" Jotaro Watanabe, Chief of Staff of the Seventh Division, who graduated from Luda's 17th class The veins on his neck were exposed, and he clenched his fists and roared angrily. If Ishihara, who was 15 years younger than himself, unexpectedly became the chief commander when he was less than 30 years old, this kind of extraordinary promotion also made Ishihara Waner countless enemies in the Japanese army. People are envious, jealous and entangled.....

According to the Japanese army's promotion practice based on seniority and years of seniority, as long as the Japanese army graduates with a little background or excellent grades and enters the top six saber teams, it will not be difficult to become a major officer half a year after graduation, but it will take at least 56 years to get there. To be promoted to Lieutenant Commander, and another 56 years to be promoted to Colonel Commander, three guys like Hata Shunroku, Ishihara Kanji, and Itagaki Seishiro, who have been promoted to three ranks in a year and a half, are absolutely unimaginable in the past...

The 29-year-old army commander and chief of staff of the West Route Army, Ishihara Waner, originally served as the supervisor and supervisor of the Southwest Front Army to the West Route Army and the Seventh Division. The technical and tactical level of the army's staff headquarters coordinates the relationship between the Japanese army, the federal army and the Chinese armored forces. How can it be so easy to be the boss of a group of brigade commanders in their early 40s and divisional generals in their early 50s? public?

"I said you are wasting time. This is not the decision of the Front Army Command. It is the decision of the Allied Forces Headquarters. It is the decision of the Allied Forces Commander-in-Chief. What else can I do except implement it without reservation? The first battle in Kharkov completely It exposed the shortcomings of the Japanese division's bloated organization and insufficient firepower of the brigade. Let me say that the decision of the coalition headquarters is very wise and decisive! What is the third division and the seventh division fighting for? The Central Route Army is all nonsense, now it is a matter of setting up the commanders and staffing of the mixed brigade and reporting, and it is a matter of setting off for Kharkov as soon as possible!"

Ishihara Waner stretched his neck, his eyes were red and he yelled at Watanabe unwilling to be outdone.

Although the two guys, Guosi and Uchino, are not upset that Ishihara Wanji climbed to the position of Chief of Staff at a young age, but Ishihara is not a member of the Seventh Division, and most of them will have to return to the Japanese Third Army Command or even the Allied Forces Headquarters in the future. Going to work, it is the chief of staff of the division, Kotaro Watanabe. Although he is only a commander, he is the boss of the two people, Guosi and Uchino. At the same time, he is also the biggest stumbling block in the way of these two brigade leaders...

Therefore, Wu Qi, the State Secretary, did not agree with Chief of Staff Watanabe's reliance on Ishihara Waner's old age, but just hummed in his nose, "Ishihara said Yuan Ye is correct... the order of the coalition headquarters, even General Utsunomiya dare not say it easily. No word, Chief of Staff Watanabe, don't push our division chief to be scolded by the general, and think about it now, how can the Seventh Division have a place in the Kharkov cluster headquarters?!"

In fact, in the Seventh Division, although the chief of staff Jotaro Watanabe is only a major, his promotion speed in recent years has not been slow. After serving as the staff officer of the Japanese-Russian War Base Camp and the adjutant of Shan County Youpeng, the promotion speed became faster and faster. After 5 years as a minor, he was promoted to the middle officer, and then he became the chief in less than three years. In less than a year, there is a good chance to be promoted to a 5-year-old major general after the Ukrainian campaign!

So don't think that Japan's Seventh Division is friendly. Chief of Staff Watanabe has formed a competition and threat to the careers of his division commander Fujii and the following two brigade leaders. On the contrary, it is the 29-year-old Ishihara Wan who was airborne. Most of Er can only be a passer-by, which also makes Fujii, Kokuji and Uchino dare not easily offend Ishihara Wanji, and there is no need for that at all. The young generals who have been promoted... If they fail to keep up in the future, they will have to rely on the coordination of the other party and the relationship between the coalition headquarters!

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think Guo Sijun and Ishihara are right. Blindly questioning the decisions of the Front Army Headquarters and the Allied Army Headquarters will not help. We can only do our part. You and Sen Watanabe The Chief of Staff wants to get a place in the Kharkov Group Command, so that the mixed brigades below us will not suffer. As for Chief of Staff Ishihara, I believe that the Front Army Command will definitely have a new appointment...

In any case, hurry up now to upgrade the two infantry brigades of the Seventh Division to a mixed brigade, and then go to Kharkov as soon as possible. Tell the guys from the Third Division to pick them off..."

The turmoil and episode between the Japanese generals of the West Route Army Command was thus revealed... After discussion, the organization plan and candidates for the West Route Army mixed brigade were reported to the top immediately...

The 13th Infantry Brigade strengthened the 7th Field Artillery Regiment and formed the 13th Brigade of Mixed Infantry. Two artillery companies of a field artillery battalion of the 14th Division formed the 9th mixed infantry brigade, with Uchino Tatsujiro serving as the brigade commander. Since the Japanese field artillery regiment was composed of three field artillery brigades plus one mountain artillery brigade, The total number is 75 8mm mountain field guns, and the artillery battalions of the Federal Infantry Division each administer three 2-gun 14mm field artillery companies. Therefore, the number of field guns of the 3th Mixed Infantry Brigade is 48 artillery battalions and 75 pieces, which is more than that of the mixed infantry. The 3th Infantry Brigade has an extra artillery battery...