Beiyang 1917

() Lieutenant General Chai Goro, commander of the cluster and head of Japan's No. 12 division, finally controlled the order in the conference room after such a roar and roar. The chief of staff of the cluster, Seishiro Itagaki, and the 12th regiment of the Du Li Field Heavy Artillery Fujita knew well that the Commander seemed to reprimand both sides, but he was actually standing on the side of Itagaki and Fujita, and his elbows did not turn outward.

Inza, Kikweize, and Utis, the three former commanders of the Soviet Russian Red Army, and now the major general of the Volga Federation sat down angrily, but their eyes were still staring at Itagaki and Fujita on the opposite side. Speaking of Kikweize He and Utis are actually just helping each other. The 17th and 18th infantry divisions they command are mainly recruits. Only the artillery battalion has been replaced with the 75mm field artillery produced by the Chinese Allied Forces. Handing over the artillery battalion just saved the situation. The infantry division will undertake arduous and daunting combat tasks in the future, why not do it? ..

Inza's thinking is much more positive than that of Kikweize and Utis. For one thing, the 16th Division of his infantry is the only main division of the Tsaritsyn Army. Gorov and Inza, under the old subordinates of the Ninth Front Army of the Soviet Red Army, were equipped with new Chinese-style field rifles, M1 Garand semi-automatic rifles, Browning light and heavy machine guns, and two sharp infantry soldiers, M60 and M81. Mortars can be regarded as high morale and strong troops!

Inza was waiting to roll up his sleeves and lead his soldiers to show their talents in the Ukrainian campaign. At this time, a reorganization was made, and the two 2mm field artillery battalions that he regarded as the biggest reliance were gone. Those were 75 cannons. , It is equivalent to the firepower of 36 artillery companies of the infantry division of the Soviet Red Army earlier, and the Japanese 6-type field artillery is lighter, more powerful, and has a longer range than the old Russian-made artillery! ..

How could Inza swallow this breath?This is tantamount to pulling out the two tiger teeth of his 16th Federal Infantry Division. In the future, there will be no artillery support. If you fight against the Germans who are armed to the teeth, you will have to pay for it with your life. How can this be bearable?Even if it is equipped with 2 field artillery battalions, the firepower of the Federal Infantry Division is much weaker than the artillery of the German Infantry Division's three 3mm light howitzer battalions plus a 105mm heavy howitzer battalion.

"I said Maxim Alexievich, Your Excellency the Commander is right. The Donetsk cluster is a complete group. Sincerity and unity are the most important thing. Your two 75mm field artillery battalions count. It's nothing, I believe that when you are really going to be sent to battle, the 12th Heavy Artillery Brigade of the cluster can also be assigned to your infantry for use and combat!"

Alexander Ilyich Egorov, as the deputy commander and deputy chief of staff of the group, and also the commander of the Tsaritsyn Army of the Volga Federation, completely reversed the atmosphere in the meeting room as soon as he opened his mouth. Shibagoro laughed The interface said, "Lieutenant General Yegorov is right. The purpose of forming the Du Li Heavy Artillery Brigade is not to allow the Du Li artillery brigade to fight, but to use good steel on the edge of the knife. Major General Inza, maybe at that time Didn't your division lose two field artillery battalions, but one more field artillery battalion and one du li heavy artillery regiment to cooperate with you?"

"I hope so! Let me put it bluntly in advance. The artillery unit must accept the unified dispatch of the commander of the front-line infantry unit. Otherwise, coordination and cooperation will be out of touch!" Inza groaned and sat down to stop arguing. up.

"Everyone, the time is very tight. Samara only gave us 2 days for the mixed work. The Luftwaffe is still on the front line of Kiev. This is good news, but it also makes people feel uneasy. The Germans Fighter pilots are mostly aces, our coalition air force is basically a rookie team, good luck will not always favor one side on the battlefield, the difficulty of future battles cannot be ignored!"

Lieutenant General Chai Goro, the commander-in-chief of the group, stood in front of the big battle map with his hands behind his back, lost in thought. Behind him was a group of brigade commanders and division commanders from the Japanese No.12 Division and the Tsaritsin Army, whispering together. Chief of Staff Itagaki said again at this time,

"Your Excellency Commander, everyone, I think that although Samara asked our group to suspend the deployment so that when the Kharkov group in the center attacked south, the German-Ukrainian coalition forces in Donetsk dared to go north for reinforcements and mobilization, but in my opinion Come on, it doesn’t matter that the Donetsk group is always so provocative and does not easily expose the target, and the morale of the troops is not easy to maintain, so I have a bold idea!”

Saying that Mr. Itagaki got up and came to the battle map, he picked up his baton and pointed to the road on the map, "Originally we attacked on two fronts. The southern line used the 3rd Du Li Armored Regiment and the 12th Cavalry Regiment as mobile units. Now according to Mixed plan, this force can be called a group mixed armored brigade, of course it cannot be compared with the wealthy Kharkov group, we only have one armored regiment and one cavalry regiment, for this reason, I suggest using two field artillery regiments After changing into Dodge trucks, the pack horses and troops replaced will form a new cavalry regiment, so that the strength of the 2nd Donetsk Group Mixed Armored Brigade will grow stronger!"

"Ha, this is a good feeling. However, Your Excellency, the mules and horses of the 12th Field Artillery Regiment of Japan and the 12th Regiment of Duli Field Heavy Artillery are of course good for pulling carts, but I'm afraid they can be used as mounts for cavalry. A bit choking?" The speaker was Colonel Zhao Yikuan, the commander of the 3rd Armored Army Regiment.

This Zhao Yikuan is a native of Tianjin in Zhili, with a wealthy family background. He entered the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy in 1914 and graduated from the cavalry department in 1915. After joining the army, he first served as the major and battalion commander of the divisional reconnaissance battalion in Wu Peifu's third division. He led the cavalry reconnaissance battalion in the battle to regain Outer Mongolia and made a lot of contributions. Because of his meritorious service, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In the battle to recover Lake Baikal, the regiment leader was injured. This guy led the troops to fight bravely and tenaciously. After the war, he was promoted to Colonel Commander of Infantry.

Afterwards, the three divisions under Wu Peifu's Third Army changed clothes and formed three divisional armored regiments. This guy became the head of the divisional armored regiment of the 20th Division, and he was also considered a brave general. The experience of studying abroad, this guy speaks Japanese very fluently, so seeing that the head of the infantry brigade dared to look down on the cavalry and armored troops at this moment, he couldn't help but jumped out to help Captain Pinewood.

To say that Zhao Yikuan became a colonel at the age of 32, and his qualifications are not the fastest among the Chinese soldiers who participated in the war. Fortunately, the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School retained the student status of these Chinese students at that time and allowed them to return to school to complete their studies in the future. Among Colonel Zhao's classmates at the same period in the Non-commissioned Officer School, Zhang Qun and Wang Bailing were the most famous .