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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 730 (3) Defense posture at night

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    Kikuchi led the brigade headquarters and the 6th Infantry Regiment in a large circuit along the North Donets River to the right bank of the Kharkov tributary, and fought in the swampy areas along the river for most of the day. In the end, not a single Ukrainian soldier was found.  Instead, the 18th Infantry Regiment followed the main force of the Chinese Lu Huanyan Armored Regiment and detoured along the forest area on the left bank of the Kharkiv River on the eastern front. Taking advantage of the coalition air force and the Chinese armored forces, they launched a plan to defeat Ukraine.  The brilliant record of the 1st Infantry Division, the main force.  ¡¾¡¿

    Fortunately, Major General Kikuchi of the 5th Infantry Brigade was more cautious than the young brigade commander Muto Nobuyoshi. Although he gritted his teeth and wanted to bring glory to the 5th Infantry Brigade and the Kikuchi family under the city of Kharkov,  However, the Major General's adventurous attack was stopped at the last moment by the 52-year-old Kikuchi himself.

    The machine gun and mortar firepower of the 13th Volga Federal Infantry Division attacking from the center was no worse than that of the 5th Infantry Brigade, and the number of long-range artillery of the Federal Division was four times that of its own. As a result, with the support of the Allied Air Force, it was still  They were defeated by the bombardment of the German heavy artillery ambushed in the city of Kharkov. It was even the first time that the city of Kharkov saw such dense anti-aircraft artillery and machine gun firepower.  The squadron was driven away.

    Therefore, Major General Shinnosuke Kikuchi immediately gave up and used an infantry brigade to accompany the brigade's cavalry reconnaissance squadron. From the northwest corner of Kharkov along the right bank of the North Donets River tributary, he took advantage of the 13th Federal Infantry Division and the defenders to fight in the middle.  A battle plan to fish in troubled waters and attack when the solution is difficult to resolve.

    Since the attack was abandoned, the 6th Infantry Regiment, the main force of the 5th Infantry Brigade, naturally withdrew to its own position 5 kilometers away from the northwest corner of the northern ring defense line in Kharkiv, leaving only one infantry squadron stationed one kilometer away to the south.  On the forward position, since the Ukrainians' first trench-style fortification defense line was easily captured near the border, even though it was discovered that the enemy's will to defend Kharkov was stronger and more determined than expected, the Japanese infantry  The morale of the officers and men of the 5th Brigade Headquarters and the 6th Infantry Regiment is still quite high, or in other words, they still underestimate the enemy.

    Sending only one infantry squadron to station at the outpost is a reflection of such a mood. Of course, it can also be said to be an expression of caution by the 52-year-old Japanese Major General Brigade Commander"" It turns out that in fact, the 5th Infantry Squadron was originally  The brigade has three front and rear fortifications on the western front, namely the main position 5 kilometers away from the enemy's position, the attack position 4 kilometers away from the enemy's position, and the advance position only 2500 meters away from the enemy's position.

    In view of the fact that there was only one 6th Infantry Regiment of Kaita Sugimoto, and the power of the German heavy artillery in Kharkov City made it impossible to guard against, Shinnosuke Kikuchi sent the 6th Infantry Regiment from 4 kilometers away.  The position was withdrawn to the main position 5 kilometers away, and the advance position 2500 meters away from the enemy position was abandoned. Moreover, only one infantry squadron was placed on the exit position 4 kilometers away.

    In the time and space of 1918, in the Japanese 3rd Army and 1st Army of the Allied Powers on the Eastern Front, a standard Japanese infantry squadron (225+19 included:

    A 19-person squadron headquarters: squadron leader, executive officer (squadron deputy, 3 sergeants, 4 health workers, officer's orderly, bugler, 8 correspondents,

    Three 75-man squads: Each of these 75-man infantry squads has a machine gun group (two Chinese-made 7.62-bore "Beiyang 1917 Chapter 730 (Defensive Situation at Three Nights)" Langning squad light machine gun  , a mortar group (two Chinese-made 60mm caliber mortars and three rifle groups. Each light machine gun is staffed by four people (commander, shooter, two deputy shooters carrying ammunition, each mortar  The gunnery crew consisted of two men, and each rifle crew consisted of 21 men.

    The 1st Squadron of the 16th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Regiment of the Japanese Infantry Brigade is an infantry squadron of 225 people. The entire squadron has a total of 6 Browning squad machine guns and 6 6omm platoon mortars.  , the number of people is nearly double that of an infantry company of the Chinese participating army, but there are 3 fewer machine guns and the same number of mortars.

    "Xiaojiao-kun, please pay attention to strengthen the security. It is already dark Our squadron is the outpost security force of the entire 6th Regiment and the brigade headquarters In other words, everyone is tired and has to rush to repair before evening.  We must grit our teeth and hold on to the fortifications. The main force in the north can rest, but our 1st Squadron must not rest!" In a temporary shelter dug semi-underground, Taishi Taguchi, the squadron leader of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Infantry Regiment!  The lieutenant ordered Second Lieutenant Kojima Kamezo, the leader of the 1st team, who was about to go out to check the sentry!

    "Hai"Beiyang 1917"please rest assured, squadron leader, the Ukrainians have been frightened out of their wits. How is it possible for them to come out to attack us in the middle of the night? I don't think the Germans have many heavy artillery left. If they want to shell them, they will have to attack us long ago."  There's a bombardment, there's no need to wait until it's dark to provoke us!" Second Lieutenant Kojima, the leader of the 1st Squadron, was obviously very confident. Although he felt sleepy, the stout second lieutenant resisted his sleepiness and fatigue and stretched out his chest in front of the squadron leader!  De Lao Gao.

    Squadron leader Lieutenant Taguchi was not in such a relaxed mood.The squadron belongs to the main squadron of the 1st Infantry Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Nishimura Hiroshi. Although this outpost trench was originally not dug deep, its winding length reached a width of about 1500 meters. It was the entire 1st Infantry Regiment.  It was repaired in a hurry this afternoon, but now according to the order of the wing headquarters, the group leader Nishimura Lieutenant Colonel led the main force to withdraw to the main position 1 km to the north, leaving only his own squadron to defend the group's original position.

    The 1st Infantry Squadron with a combat force of 225 people is obviously struggling to defend a 1500-meter-long trench. If the enemy really wants to attack, almost every soldier will have to defend a 10-meter line of defense. This defense density is obviously far from enough.  This guy in Taguchi also knows that many of his squadrons are responsible for security missions. In other words, he should keep his eyes open and look carefully, and don't let the Germans or Ukrainians quietly sneak into the main position.  Killing.

    Fortunately, Captain Nishimura strengthened Taguchi¡¯s squadron with a machine gun squad. The firepower of four 7.62mm Browning m1918a1 air-cooled heavy machine guns was quite fierce and domineering.

    Therefore, in this 1500-meter outpost position, Taguchi did not evenly distribute the defensive forces. Instead, he focused on the core position in the middle and established a defensive position like a plum blossom pile. The main position of the first infantry team was placed.  In front of the entire squadron, 200 meters apart on the left wing is the core position of the 2nd Infantry Team, and 200 meters apart on the right wing is the core position of the 3rd Infantry Team
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