Beiyang 1917

() Chai Goro thought for a long time, and decided to cut the mess quickly, and followed the formation method suggested by Zhao Yikuan and Inza, and formed a cluster mixed armored brigade, but the problem was that there was still a lack of an artillery battalion, which was a bit difficult.

"It's not a big problem. Just take a field artillery battalion of the 16th Infantry Division out of the mixed heavy artillery brigade and join the mixed armored brigade. The lack of 18 75mm field guns won't hurt Colonel Fujita!" Zhao Yikuan said succinctly. He made his own plan, and naturally won the approval of Inza, Kikweize, and Utis. ..

Fujita wanted to fight, but was stopped by Chai Goro. The commander of the group now finds that none of these subordinates are fuel-efficient. It is not easy to be a good official, but he knows that Yegorov is one of the most promising federal generals of the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, but he really dare not wantonly suppress Yegorov and his rebellious subordinates. Fortunately, wait It is much easier to rub and rub on the battlefield.

"That's the end of the mix-up. Let me ask the chief of staff to talk about the follow-up deduction of the Ukrainian campaign and the combat plan of this cluster!" Chai Goro waved his hand, hummed and sat back to the position where he presided over the meeting, and put the battle map Let it out and hand it over to Chief of Staff Itagaki.

"Your Excellency Commander, everyone, I think that the Donetsk Group cannot wait for a result in the direction of Kharkov on the northern line before dispatching. Even if Samara asked us to suspend the dispatch to avoid alerting the Germans and Ukrainians, but , This does not mean that we just sit and wait for the situation on the northern front to become clear. Defeating the enemy and defeating the enemy are two concepts. Occupying the Donbass coal fields and encircling and annihilating the main force of the German army in Eastern Ukraine are our goals!"..

Seishiro Itagaki rolled up his sleeves, with a long-lost look on his face.

August 1918, 8 at 1:12, Volga Federation, Yekhtinsky, Kamensk, Donetsk Group Command of the Allied Forces

"Your Excellency, Commander, everyone, according to the previously revised combat plan of the Eastern Route Army, we use the 12th Cavalry Regiment of the 12th Division and the Divisional Armored Regiment of the 20th Division of China to form a mobile force, and insert it to the south from Xinsha Hejing. The 12th Infantry Brigade of Major General Morioka took the lead, still attacking from Kamensk, followed by the 16th Infantry Division of Lieutenant General Yegorov, and the 24th Infantry Brigade of Major General Isomura. The plan of the reserve team to follow the "board of the former enemy headquarters" is still an effective routine. The troops attacking on the southern line in separate routes are regarded as flanking and circuitous troops, emphasizing mobility.

As soon as the plan came out at the meeting, there was a lot of talk in the conference room. Yegorov thought at the time that Itagaki's style of play was quite satisfactory, and the main force of the Eastern Army launched a frontal attack on the northern line to attract the opponent's attention. , and using cavalry and armored troops to detour and copy the opponent's back is a better way of fighting with limited troops.

And just when many people nodded frequently and felt that they recognized Seishiro Itagaki's style of play, everyone still remembered that it was Isomura, the brigade commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade, who heard the words and stood up and said,

"Chief of Staff Itagaki, with your arrangement, there is no problem with the main force on the northern front. We have 2 brigades and a federal infantry division to defeat the opponent's two Ukrainian national army infantry divisions and a German reserve infantry division. There is no problem."

"But the cavalry and armored troops on the southern line you arranged totaled more than 7000 people. If the three divisions of Donetsk's enemies rushed forward, how would the detour troops resist? Should cavalry and armored troops be used to guard the trenches? At least 5:1, how do you tell them to fight this battle? In my opinion, leave the armored troops to the main force on the northern front, and I will take the 24th Infantry Brigade and the Cavalry Wing to attack the southern front. Eat the opponent's three divisions, but I will definitely hold the opponent back!"

At that time, when the young general Isomura said this, everyone inevitably talked about it, and many people thought that the division of troops by the head of the Isamura brigade was safe!There are 12 infantry brigades plus a federal division plus a Chinese armored regiment on the northern front. The three divisions on the opposite side should be able to gain the upper hand. In the south, although there are fewer troops, there is a brigade plus a cavalry regiment with 16000 people. , It is still possible to block the opponent's three divisions!It is more reliable than using 7000 cavalry and armored troops to block!

Later, Colonel Zhao Yikuan, who was still the 3rd Chinese Du Li Armored Regiment, stood up and patted his chest to promise, "Everyone, the Browning 17 large-caliber heavy machine gun equipped on the Chinese fd12.7ii wheeled armored combat vehicle is definitely more powerful than the 20mm high Germans. For shooting guns, apart from the problem of continuous firepower just mentioned, the Browning 12.7mm heavy machine gun can also be used for both high and low-level purposes. Armor-piercing tracers, armor-piercing incendiary tracers, etc."

"In the fd17ii wheeled armored combat vehicle, there is an anti-aircraft armored vehicle specially equipped with a 360-degree rotating bracket, and the Browning 12.7mm double-mounted high-shelf machine gun installed on it. Ground-to-air shooting, when dealing with aircraft, it can effectively penetrate 2 ～5mm thick Dura aluminum aircraft skin, 4～6mm thick armor plate.

When shooting at ground targets after laying flat, it can penetrate medium-carbon steel plate transport trucks with a thickness of 13mm, front armor plates with a thickness of 15mm or side armor plates with a thickness of 6-9mm on armored personnel carriers, and can destroy light fortifications.When shooting at sea targets, it can deal with small ships with 1-12mm thick and medium carbon steel plates. "The Chinese colonel is obviously very proud of his beloved armored combat vehicle and Browning 12.7mm large-caliber heavy machine gun.

At the meeting, the words of the head of the Chinese armored regiment made all the federal generals in the conference room exclaimed, clamoring that their troops should also be equipped with armored vehicles and large-caliber heavy machine guns, and several Japanese generals turned pale It's weird, except for the captain of the cavalry regiment, Song Mu, who nodded at Zhao Yikuan with a smile on his face, the heads of the two infantry brigades obviously didn't know what to say, and the adjusted plan of the East Route Army's two-way attack was decided like this .

At this moment, Seishiro Itagaki's excellent memory ability was fully displayed, and he recounted the revised two-way attack plan in a few words.

"Everyone, the original plan was for the 12th Cavalry Regiment and Colonel Zhao's 3rd Armored Regiment, together with Major General Kikweize's 17th Infantry Division, to launch an offensive and detour on the southern line of Xin Yehejing, while the northern line It is the two main infantry brigades of the No.12 Division plus the main attack of the 16th Inza Infantry Division, and the enemy forces at Glukhov on the northern line are one German infantry division plus two Ukrainian National Army infantry divisions!"