Beiyang 1917

() In the era of the early years of the Republic of China, if you were a Japanese soldier, you would usually be awarded a second lieutenant after graduation from the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and only very outstanding graduates would be awarded a lieutenant or captain. Captain or Major, if you want to be promoted to Major, you can’t do it without more than ten years of experience. In contrast to China, returnees were much more popular than non-commissioned officers who graduated from Baoding Military Academy at that time. When you come back from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, you just need to move around and leave. With the connections of the local warlord or something, you can get a school-level officer in a blink of an eye, and after two years, you may be promoted to a major general or brigade commander or something.

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In Wang Geng's previous life, he was just a non-commissioned officer graduate from the West Point Military Academy. He returned to China and joined the Ministry of War. When he participated in the Paris Peace Conference as a military attache in a blink of an eye, he was already a colonel in the army.

Zhao Yikuan kept a low profile in both the Chinese participating army and the East Army of the Southwest Front Army, but once he opened his mouth, he often hit the point. Itagaki's plan for the formation of the 2nd Hybrid Armored Brigade obviously did not win the approval of Colonel Zhao Yikuan, and this fellow, no In the event of an accident, he will become the acting brigade commander of the new 2nd Hybrid Armored Brigade, so his opinion is very important.

"Sogar...Colonel Zhao, I disagree with you. I don't mean to offend. The mules and horses of the Field Artillery Regiment can both pull carts and ride them. According to the teaching materials training requirements in the training class, the cavalry in the era of hot weapons is mainly used for maneuvering, and the combat method is mainly on horseback, supplemented by horseback riding. The mules, horses and personnel of the regiment have a lot of wealth after being replaced by Dodge trucks, so why not form an infantry regiment if they are not used to form cavalry?" ..

The questioner was Fujita Osamu, the captain of the 12th Heavy Artillery Regiment. He believed that his regiment was full of elite soldiers. How many!

At 1918:8 on August 1, 12, in the territory of the Volga Federation, Yekhtinsky, Kamensk, Donetsk Group Command of the Southwest Front

"There is nothing wrong with forming an infantry regiment. Don't look at the two newly formed mixed infantry brigades. They are strong and strong. When they fight, they will definitely need a large number of reserve soldiers. Don’t you see Kove’s lesson? Instead of forming a temporary cavalry regiment that doesn’t deserve the name, it’s better to form a mechanized infantry regiment!”

Zhao Yikuan's words were unhurried, but it made all the generals present cheer up. Major General Inza, the commander of the 16th Division of the Federal Infantry, slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, let me tell you, Commander Kong's idea is good. Let me tell you, the Artillery Wing in Japan should stop switching to Dodge trucks to drag the cannons, and directly equip the Dodge one and a half ton Dodge trucks that pull the cannons to my division. If there are 100 Dodge trucks, at least 25 can be carried. One infantry company, that’s six battalions, isn’t that just right?”

"Maxim Alexievich is right. This clustered mixed armored brigade governs a Chinese armored regiment, a Japanese cavalry regiment, a federal mechanized infantry regiment, and a federal artillery battalion. Is this a model plan for sincerely uniting against the enemy?" Kikweize once again stood up to support Zhao Yikuan and Inza's proposal, and the meeting room became chaotic again.

"Commander, Chief of Staff, what do you think? In fact, the mixed task of our group is much lighter. After all, the mules and personnel of the two Japanese artillery regiments are replaced by Dodge trucks and drivers. The workload is not small, and it takes time to adapt, so instead of this, it is better to use the trucks brought in by the coalition logistics to form a federal mechanized infantry regiment! This method is very creative!"

It was Yegorov who stood up to express his position at this moment. Anyway, he commanded the Tsaritsin Army, the leader of an army of nearly 4 troops with six brigades of three divisions.

"The task of the clustered mixed armored brigade is to continue to carry out interspersed and detour operations on the southern road. The Donbas coal field is surrounded by mountains and hills. I am afraid that if the degree of mechanization is too high, the roads will be congested and blocked. Furthermore, it is the decision of the coalition headquarters to replace the artillery wing of the Japanese division with Dodge trucks. La to explain? How to explain to the soldiers of the two artillery regiments of the [-]th Division?"

Itagaki's words are obviously a bit impulsive. He used a big hat to suppress Zhao Yikuan, Inza and Yegorov in the front, but he told the truth later. Who would give up hundreds of brand new Dodge trucks to the federal troops when they had the opportunity to switch from mules to mechanization?

Sure enough, Itagaki's words were not convincing, Zhao Yikuan hummed and did not speak, and Yegorov jumped up first, "Itagaki, the six full-staffed mechanized artillery battalions under the jurisdiction of the three infantry divisions of my father are here. You Japanese troops, are you so shy to tell me that 100 Dodge trucks cannot be let go? If you want to take away the cannons of the six artillery battalions, I will keep all the Dodge trucks pulling the carts, which add up to exactly 108 Dodge trucks !"

"Commander Yegorov is right, the cannons are for you to toss with mixed brigades, you can use the mules, horses and personnel replaced by the two artillery regiments to drag these cannons, we leave the trucks for ourselves To form a mechanized infantry regiment, what a waste of time to talk to Ri himself, a bunch of fools who can't understand whoever asks for it!" Utis jumped out at this time and set fire to it, the adjutant was so scared that he turned pale and didn't dare to translate the whole text up.

Chai Goro and Itagaki used to be Huaxia hands, but they also became Russian hands in the past six months after entering Siberia and participating in the Eastern Front of the Allied Powers. Although Utis's Russian has a strong accent, the two group leaders actually listened to Bajiu. Not far away, Itagaki's face was livid, he was about to have an attack and he was a little guilty, Chai Goro snorted in his nose, wondering what kind of gunpowder did these old men take today?Why do you keep doing it?

The conference room fell into a cold spot. The two major generals of the mixed brigade, Nen Isomura and Morioka Morinari, frowned. They wanted to jump out to help Itagaki and Fujita, but they felt that what General Maozi said was not unreasonable. It is indeed a bit unreasonable to have the troops of China and Japan participate in the mixed armored brigade of the cluster, but not to allow the federal troops to participate?

"Okay, let's stop here. The clustered mixed armored brigade consists of the 3rd Armored Regiment, the 12th Cavalry Regiment, and a Federal Mechanized Infantry Regiment. But what about the artillery battalion? Colonel Hanagata's field artillery regiment has been strengthened to Major General Morioka's 12th Mixed Infantry Brigade, three federal artillery battalions were reinforced to Major General Isomura's 24th Mixed Infantry Brigade, and the other three federal artillery battalions were reinforced to the grouped mixed heavy artillery brigade commanded by Fujita , Then, where did the artillery battalion of the mixed armored brigade commanded by Colonel Zhao come from?"