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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 774 (3) Muto Nobuyoshi¡¯s Choice

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    Although he is only assigned to the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade, Major Wu Keren is obviously very confident. Even though most of his artillerymen were prisoners of war in Ukraine yesterday, today, as long as there is a chance, he believes that his artillery battalion will be in Kazakhstan.  He played a mainstay role on the battlefield east of the Erkov River.  www.dyzw8.com

    It depends on how Muto Nobuyoshi, the Japanese brigade commander, plans his strategy and arrangements. Should he go east to search and attack the remaining divisions of the Ukrainian 1st Army?  Continue to advance south and outflank Kharkov to the south?  Or directly seize the Kharkov Bridge and conquer the enemy's defense line east of Kharkov?

    The two Chinese majors, Wu Keren and Li Shang, are speculating on what choice Muto Nobuyoshi, who is sitting at the top, will make!

    July 31, 1918, 10:45, on the battlefield east of Kharkov, at the headquarters of the 23rd Infantry Brigade of Muto Shingi

    "Everyone, I have just received a report from Lieutenant General Otong. The attack and defense on the northern battlefield of Kharkiv are currently in a stalemate. The 13th Federal Infantry Division in Voronezh has attacked 1,200 meters in front of the opponent's position. However, if they attack further, there will be no  The artillery support is obviously unsustainable. The Hashimoto Artillery Regiment and the Tanaka Artillery Regiment insist on targeting the Ukrainian and German artillery in Kharkov. Now the 13th Infantry Division is desperately digging trenches and transportation.  ditch¡­¡­"

    Muto Nobuyoshi¡¯s deputy and the chief of staff of the 23rd Japanese Infantry Brigade, Takagi Yoshinari, sat upright to the left of his brigade commander, leaned over and pointed at the combat map spread on the ground with a branch in his hand, and said.

    Several captains of the 23rd Infantry Brigade followed their respective captains and bent down to look at the map. The captain of the 7th Infantry Brigade, Taisuke Mizuno, was impatient and was the first to raise his head and said loudly,

    "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff, I think these two guys, Hashimoto and Tanaka, were frightened by the heavy German artillery in Kharkov. It is said that the first strike is controlled by others, and the last strike can control them. That's basically it.  They are passive and timid, and the artillery does not provide fire support. How can the Ukrainians attack the opponent's trench-style defense line with dense heavy machine gun fire? It is obvious that they want to capture the enemy's position without a fierce battle!  A fantasy!"

    Mizuno Taisuke is a member of the 23rd Infantry Brigade. He can be regarded as the senior student of King Tanaka. However, in mainland China, he is one grade lower than Hashimoto Koji, and Muto Nobuyoshi's 23rd Infantry Brigade.  It is an arrogant and domineering elite unit in Japan's 3rd Division. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is stronger than Kikuchi Shinnosuke's 5th Infantry Brigade, but its discipline is worse in all aspects. Mizuno, the captain of the 7th Infantry Regiment and his own brigade  The group leaders all have the same temperament and personality. They are typically those who put their eyes above the top and look down on others.

    "Mizuno-kun is right. However, the commander of the Oba Division personally directed the attack in the north of Kharkov City. I believe that Lieutenant General must have his own considerations. Hashimoto and Tanaka's artillery did not go into the attack. It was obvious that the division commander had  With the tacit consent of the 13th Federal Infantry Division, we can only rely on the 13th Federal Infantry Division to dig trenches and communication trenches to organize the attack It's a bit unsatisfactory" Arai, the captain of the 19th Infantry Regiment next to Chief of Staff Takagi Yoshinari, touched his mustache.  Said calmly from the side.

    The commander of the 19th Infantry Regiment, Tatsu Arai, was Mizuno's classmate at the same time at the University of Japan. The two were promoted to captains of the Colonel Corps almost at the same time. They had a good personal relationship, but their personalities were completely different. Mizuno had a bad temper and was courageous, while Arai was more cautious.  and more cautious, so the 7th Infantry Regiment of Arai has always been the vanguard of the Mutoh Brigade, while the 19th Infantry Regiment of Arai often assumes the role of rearguard and reserve of the brigade.

    The several captains around them all nodded silently, staring at the map for a while, then looking at the brigade commander and their co-captain above. Like this, the brigade headquarters held an evaluation meeting, unless the superiors asked for opinions by name.  , otherwise only the wing captains have the opportunity to take the initiative to speak. The most satisfactory behavior is for the captains to listen and nod.

    "Chief of Staff, what are the latest instructions from the former enemy headquarters to our brigade?" Arai then asked. Obviously, as the brigade commander, Muto Nobuyoshi held a command knife in his posture and would not easily express his position first.  Or something, his face was just frowning with a thoughtful expression at the moment.

    Chief of Staff Takagi Yoshinari glanced at Muto next to him. Seeing that the brigade commander had no expression, the guy hesitated for a moment and said, "It seems that the division commander has given up on the plan to launch an all-out attack on the northern front. Now we will  Only Liukin Alexeevich Voronezh was allowed to command his division as a groundhog digging field fortifications and communication trenches under the eyes of the Ukrainians The orders to our brigade were made on the fly and depended entirely on the brigade.  Your Excellency, you and we will decide"

    "Soga" Mizuno and Arai answered in unison, and then the two of them looked at each other, and then together with their subordinates, the captain's eyes turned from Takagi's face to the center where he was sitting upright, holding a command knife in his hand.  NeverThe angry brigade leader Muto's face showed.

    Muto raised his head and glanced at the generals, and finally said, "Gentlemen the former enemy headquarters obviously hopes that our 23rd Infantry Brigade's detour and attack in the east of the city will expose the weaknesses of the Kharkov City defenders  ¡­Chief of Staff, what are your thoughts on our next move?¡±

    Seeing that Muto was the first to ask himself, Takagi felt both embarrassed and relieved. As the chief of staff of the brigade, Takagi with the rank of Colonel is actually about the same seniority as the two regiment commanders Mizuno and Arai, and he is as senior as Arai and Mizuno.  Unlike the regimental commanders who were born in the field forces, Takagi Yoshinari was mostly in the staff headquarters and dispatched overseas in the Japanese Army. This guy's performance in the staff headquarters was actually quite good.

    Takagi Yoshinari is Muto Nobuyoshi's classmate in the 13th batch of the Mainland China University. Although he did not graduate from the saber group, he has a very close relationship with Muto, the chief classmate and fellow countryman. When Muto served as the European and American section chief of the Japanese Army Staff Headquarters, Takagi was his deputy.  After Muto was transferred to the 4th Guards Infantry Regiment as the captain, Takagi Yoshinari took over the post of the European and American Section Chief of the General Staff Headquarters on Muto's recommendation. Within two years, Muto returned to the General Staff Headquarters as the Chief of the Operations Section.  At that time, Takagi became his deputy again.

    Muto was promoted to major general on May 2, 1916, and served as the 23rd Infantry Brigade. Within half a year, he transferred Takagi to his side as the chief of staff of the brigade. Takagi also wanted to die for his confidant, but  Because Takagi has never led a field force, it will be difficult for this guy to be promoted to major general. After all, it is very rare for a Japanese general like Muto to be promoted to major general at the age of 48, as talented as him.

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