Beiyang 1917

() "Lieutenant General, I think Samara's decision to make such a decision is quite timely. According to the battle report of the first phase of the Kharkov Battle, the weak artillery fire at the brigade level of the Japanese Army is the biggest weakness. And the establishment at the division level is too bloated. Obviously, the first phase of the Ukrainian campaign will not be a large corps operation. Therefore, the role of strengthening the mixed brigade will be very obvious.”

Itagaki, chief of staff of the cluster, was speaking. Although Samara's decision was a bit sudden, for Itagaki, he felt that it was just the right time. The reorganization plan of the Donetsk cluster based on the Eastern Route Army had been announced. The 12th Infantry Brigade strengthened the 12th Field Artillery Regiment to form the 12th Mixed Brigade, commanded by Major General Morioka Morinari, while the 24th Infantry Brigade strengthened 3 federal field artillery battalions to form the 24th Mixed Brigade. The commander is Junior General Isomura. ..

To say that the most dissatisfied with the mixed organization plan should be the Federal Infantry Army, but Lieutenant General Yegorov, the commander of the Tsaritsin Army, took it calmly. The two 18mm field artillery battalions of the 75th Infantry Division that have not completed the refit The 17st Field Artillery Battalion of the 1th Infantry Division has been strengthened to the 24th Brigade of the Mixed Infantry, which means that the 17th and 18th Divisions of the Federal Infantry will mainly undertake the tasks of the garrison and the second-line reserve team. The Lord's two infantry divisions, which still use Russian weapons, are of great benefit.

Yegorov was a cautious general in the southern front of the Soviet Russian Red Army. At this moment, whether it is the Eastern Route Army or the Donetsk Group, the people in charge are all Japanese generals, Shibagoro's Itagaki Yegorov didn't know what his abilities were, but he was actually very happy to see the Japanese No. 12 Division under the command of Chai Goro and Itagaki hit a snag, so that his Tsaritsin Army had a chance to perform. ..

Although at the moment Yegorov only has the 16th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Maxim Alexievich Inza as the main division, all officers and soldiers are composed of former Tsarist Russian prisoners of war and former Soviet Russian prisoners of war, more than half of them are At the beginning, the main force of the 9th Army of Soviet Russia changed from a prisoner of war camp to a national defense force loyal to the Volga Federation. It has a full set of Chinese-made American weapons and equipment, and all aspects of logistical support are also sufficient. Although the time for rest and reorganization is only half a month , but the spirit of the 16th Infantry Division is already quite strong!

"Your Excellency, Commander, Chief of Staff, the Kharkov Group has formed the Field Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Kharkov Group with the two du li field heavy artillery regiments of the 12rd and 12th Divisions. Our Donetsk Group What should we do? There is only one du li [-]th Field Artillery Wing, so why not just change its name to the Donetsk Group Du li Field Artillery Brigade?" The man who spoke was Colonel Fujita Akutagawa who commanded the [-]th du li Field Heavy Artillery Wing.

"Here, two 16mm field artillery battalions from the 75th Federal Infantry Division, plus one field artillery battalion from the 17th Infantry Division, form the 1mm Field Artillery Regiment, and mix with your Heavy Artillery Wing to form a Cluster Field Artillery Brigade , That's it, Lieutenant General Yegorov, Major General Inza, I hope you understand the difficulties of the cluster command... The direction of Kharkov is two Japanese divisions and four federal infantry divisions. Our lack of troops is a last resort And for it!"

The chief of staff of the cluster, Seishiro Itagaki, answered Fujita's question with a little apology, while comforting Yegorov and Inza, who were not very good-looking.

Sure enough, Inza, the commander of Yegorov's main division, was originally a titan, and now the two artillery battalions of his infantry division have been ordered to go to strengthen the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, isn't that right? Let his tiger's teeth be pulled out?The fellow stood up with a slack in his neck and patted the table, saying,

"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, since you know that the strength of the Donetsk Group is only half of that of the Kharkov Group, why do you have to forcefully form a du li field heavy artillery brigade? Just a heavy artillery regiment will do, and no one else will do that Why bother to imitate others? My 16th Infantry Division must have its own artillery unit, otherwise it will not be able to complete the mission delivered by the group!" Although Inza's Japanese is not good, the adjutant translator next to him put He translated the original text with Japanese and Chinese Russian.

"Baga, Major General, what is your attitude? Use the artillery battalion of the Federal Infantry Division to form an artillery regiment, and strengthen the mixed brigade and heavy artillery brigade is the meaning of the headquarters of the Samara coalition army and the Southwest Front Army Command. Before that, the Japanese infantry Doesn’t the brigade fight without the artillery regiment? Doesn’t your 16th infantry division know how to fire without the field artillery battalion? Did an infantry division have so many artillery in the Battle of Ufa?!”

Itagaki Seishiro looked down on Yegorov, the defeated general, in his heart. In the Battle of Ufa, Yegorov led the main force of the 4 Soviet Russian Red Army, including nearly 9000 sturdy Cossack cavalry. A Siberian cavalry division was eaten to death, and now a mere commander of Yegorov's subordinates dared to pretend to be a wolf with a big tail in front of him. How could this be possible?Definitely suppress it!

"Putting it down, Colonel Itagaki, Samara only said that we should form a mixed brigade and report the formation plan and commander candidates, but he didn't say that the Donetsk Group must also form a heavy artillery brigade. Besides, There is only one armored du li three regiments in the cluster, do you plan to combine the Dodge trucks of the supply unit and form a mixed armored brigade?" Inza also didn't pay much attention to Itagaki, who was also on the Eastern Front back then. The master of the Tsarist Russian army who has fought against the Germans is really not afraid of Ri himself!

At this moment, Dennis Zubuyevich Kikweize, commander of the 17th Infantry Division of the Federation, and Oleg Nikolaevich Usti, commander of the 18th Infantry Division, also stood up and started arguing. Sakako helped Inza into a quarrel with Itagaki and Fujita. Lieutenant General Yegorov sneered and lit the pipe in his hand and did not stand up to stop his three division commanders from messing around. In the end, it was Shibagoro's The roar stopped the meeting room.

"Baga Yalu, shut up all of you! How decent is Cheng, do you fight among yourself before going to the battlefield? Fujita, shut up! Inza, you sit down too!"

At 1918:8 on August 1, 12, in the territory of the Volga Federation, Yekhtinsky, Kamensk, the headquarters of the East Route Army of the Southwest Front Army

"Baga! What's there to argue about? The strength of the Donetsk Group only accounts for one-third of the Southwest Front Army, but it undertook the offensive task of the entire Donbass region in the Ukrainian Campaign. Its strength is insufficient. If you can’t unite sincerely before fighting, how can you win this battle? I issued a military order in front of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces and General Utsunomiya. It doesn't matter whether it's against the cluster, whoever dares to play tricks on me, I still have the ability to tear Ma Su down!"