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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 769 (4) Mortars are awesome

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    Iida Sadagou graduated from the 22nd class of the mainland university, so he is considered to be the senior of Yamashita Houbumi, who graduated from the 28th class of the university. However, like the captain Yonezawa Kogoro, Iida knew that Yamashita Tomoe, the second-ranked graduate of the 28th class of the mainland university, was  He is the talent that General Utsunomiya Taro, the commander of the 3rd Army, is dedicated to cultivating. He is likely to become another guy who will be promoted quickly after Hata Shunroku, Ishihara Kanji, and Sakagaki Seishiro. Therefore, Major Iida puts his position very low.  , the captain of Yonezawa United is not here, that means Yamashita United is in charge, no ambiguity at all.  __/138¿´Êé͇138¿´Êé͇/

    "Iida-kun, everything depends on your support Although we only have one cavalry brigade, we still have to show the style of the Imperial Japanese Army. Last time when we followed Shunroku Hata to pursue Tukhachevsky and Xia Boyang,  Your brigade performed well, and now I believe it's our turn to stand alone! Unfortunately, if Yonezawa Colonel gives me two brigade, then I can mix the entire west of Kharkov into a pot of water!  Porridge!" Yamashita Fengfumi still seemed to regret that he could not persuade Yonezawa to hand over the main force to him.  ",

    Cavalry Captain Yamashita Fengfumi has a stout figure. It was his first time commanding a field cavalry brigade. At this time, Yamashita Fengfumi was about 174 meters tall and weighed 90 kilograms, which was equivalent to the weight of a first-level makuuchi-level rikishi in Japanese wrestling.  In Wang Geng's previous life, because Yamashita Fengwen's weight was the same as the 37mm caliber 11-year-old flat-firing infantry gun made in Japan, during the exercise, a riding horse could not bear his weight, so there must be a replacement horse.  At that time, the 11-year-old infantry gun happened to be carried on two horses. Therefore, "infantry gun" became Yamashita Fengfumi's original nickname.  ""look

    Of course, the current year of 1918 is only the 7th year of Taisho. The 11th-year infantry gun with a 37mm caliber has not yet been developed. Captain Yamashita Fengfumi does not have an official nickname at this time, but his colleagues in the 4th Cavalry Regiment privately call him the 4th Cavalry Regiment.  The Demon King refers to the fact that Captain Yamashita will be ranked as the fourth Japanese general with the most hope of rapid promotion in the Eastern Front Allied Forces, after Hata Shunroku, Ishihara Kanji, and Sakagaki Seishiro.

    By then, the ranks of the three Heavenly Demon Kings, Shunroku Hata, Kanji Ishihara, and Seishiro Itagaki, which are widely circulated in Japan's 3rd Army, will expand into the era of the Four Heavenly Kings.

    The 10th Cavalry Brigade of the 4th Japanese Cavalry Regiment is trained by Major Iida, a serious cavalry graduate. It can be regarded as the main force of the regiment. The Iida Cavalry Brigade has 4 cavalry squadrons, each  Each cavalry squadron has three cavalry squads, and each cavalry squad has a full strength of 72 people.

    Each of the 72-man Japanese cavalry squad has a machine gun team (two Chinese-made 762 Browning squad light machine guns), a mortar team (two Chinese-made 60mm caliber platoon mortars) and  Three mounted rifle groups.  Each light machine gun is staffed by 4 people (commander, shooter, and two assistant shooters carrying ammunition), each mortar is staffed by 2 people, and each rifle team is staffed by 20 people.

    In addition to the Meiji 32-style saber, the Japanese cavalry is mainly equipped with the 44-type lance which was improved from the 38-type mounted rifle. The Nanbu pistol is also the standard equipment of the Japanese cavalry in the Allied Eastern Front Allied Forces.  The Type 44 lance was improved from the Type 44 lance because during the experience of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army discovered that cavalry often had to dismount to fight. When faced with a hand-to-hand battle, the bayonet was usually hung on the horse.  There are often situations where slowing down is not enough, so the bayonet is required to be directly attached to the gun and can be extended directly when needed.  Trial production of the Type 44 Cavalry began in 1909 and was finalized at the end of 1910, named the Type 44 Cavalry Gun.

    In Wang Geng's previous life, this gun was produced until 1940. Starting in 1941, the production of Type 38 short rifles began to replace the Type 44 cavalry. At the same time, because its main purpose was to equip cavalry, the output was very small. Ogura  A total of only 91,000 pieces were produced by Ai Nagoya Nagoya.

    There are 4 cavalry squadrons under the jurisdiction of Iida's cavalry brigade. In addition to the 3 cavalry squadrons under the squadron, there are also 15 cavalry squadrons, including the squadron leader, executive officer, 3 sergeants, 3 health workers, and officers.  (2 orderlies, 5 signalmen/buglers). The full strength of such a Japanese cavalry squadron is 231, and the total number of 4 cavalry squadrons is 924. In addition, Iida¡¯s cavalry brigade has an additional 30 people, plus  Shanxia Fengwen's regiment comes with 1 orderly, 2 adjutants and 4 confidential communicators, plus a 30-man brigade-affiliated 81mm mortar unit (8 81mm battalion-affiliated mortars), the 4th Cavalry Regiment  The total number of troops divided and moved northwest was 962.

    Don't underestimate the Iida Cavalry Brigade, which has less than a thousand cavalry. Since the full establishment is equipped with Chinese standard squad machine guns, platoon mortars and battalion mortars, the infantry firepower of the Cavalry Brigade is quite sharp, with each 231  Each cavalry squadron has 6 Browning squad machine guns, 6 60mm platoon mortars, and Browning heavy machine guns.

    Based on more than 4 years of bloody fighting experience on the European battlefield, in this era when machine guns and artillery trenches are prevalent, the traditional cold weapon combat method of cavalry fighting with sabers is gone forever, and cavalry combat is moreThey tend to use mounted infantry combat methods, that is, mount their horses to maneuver around, outflank or even charge. However, at the critical moment of stalemate and offense and defense, they dismount and rely on field positions to use firepower to fight.

    What makes Yamashita Tomofumi and Iida regretful is that the Type 44 lances equipped by the Japanese cavalry are as powerful as the Type 38 rifles, and cannot match the firepower of the M1 Garand mounted rifles equipped by the Chinese cavalry or armored forces.  For example, the 5-round manual rifle is obviously unsatisfactory for the cavalry in terms of firepower continuity and density, especially in close combat. Of course, you can say that the saber and the southern pistol can make up for it to a certain extent, but it can be compared with the semi-automatic continuous rifle.  Compared with the Chinese M1 Garand that shoots 8 rounds of bullets, there is a huge gap.

    In the cavalry establishment of Japan's domestic permanent divisions, a cavalry regiment only consists of four cavalry squadrons and one machine gun squadron. However, the Japanese cavalry regiments in the Allied Eastern Front Allied Forces have all been strengthened and organized into one cavalry regiment.  There are three cavalry brigades and one cavalry artillery brigade. However, at the cavalry brigade and squadron level, there are still no mountain artillery configurations, and some are only Chinese-style mortars.

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