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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 779 (5) Kashii Tamon carries the heavy burden

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    The 7th Regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division has 3 infantry battalions, one battalion has 4 infantry companies, and a heavy machine gun company has 3 2-gun MG08 heavy machine gun platoons. Each infantry company has 3 platoons, of which  The first platoon has 3 infantry squads, 1 mg08 heavy machine gun squad, and a 7.6cm light infantry mortar squad, with a total of 45 people. The 2nd platoon has no mortar squad, but is equipped with a Borgman 1915 light infantry squad.  Machine guns, the number is 36 people. The 3rd platoon has the same organization as the 2nd platoon, also 36 people. It also has a Burgman 1915 light machine gun.

    Calculated in this way, the 7th Ukrainian Infantry Regiment that Kashii Kohei's Japanese Infantry 20th Battalion has to face has 18 mg08 heavy machine guns, 12 7.6cm light infantry mortars, and 24 Borgman 1915 light machine guns.  .  

    Each infantry squadron under the 20th Infantry Battalion of Kashii Kohei has 6 Browning squad machine guns and 6 M60 platoon mortars. The four squadrons add up to 24 squad machine guns and 24 M60 platoon mortars.  Mortars, in addition to the 12 M1918A1 Browning air-cooled heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron, and the 8 M81 battalion mortars of the artillery squadron.

    The two sides are almost the same in terms of firepower. The Ukrainians are familiar with the terrain and have preset defenses and positions. The Ukrainians have more heavy machine guns, and the Japanese have more M60 mortars. Of course, under the interference of forests and giant trees, the M60 mortars  The power has been further reduced After all, the shells of the m60 mortar only weigh 1.5 kilograms, and even the shells of the m81 mortar only weigh 3.6 kilograms. The shells of the Ukrainian short-range 7.6cm light infantry mortar are heavier.  Up to 4.5 kg.

    When the two sides are almost evenly matched, it is not easy for the Japanese army, who is unfamiliar with the country, to make a big breakthrough. Fortunately, the width of the position defended by the 7th Ukrainian Infantry Regiment is 2 kilometers, and Kashii Kohei's attack is concentrated on the opponent's left wing.  With a width of about 1 kilometer on one side, and the artillery brigade of the Japanese Army in the rear also provided timely fire support, the 21st Infantry Battalion of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division on the left flank only held on for less than 20 minutes before collapsing.  Go down……

    Kashii Kohei's brigade captured the position of one of the opponent's battalions at the cost of dozens of casualties. Of course, they were overjoyed. Although they only killed more than a hundred Ukrainians, they captured two 7.6cm mortars and 1  It's an MG08 heavy machine gun, but this can be regarded as the first battle of the 20th Infantry Brigade in the Ukrainian campaign, and it was a victory!

    Kohei Kashii's luck was not that good. Due to the rapid advancement of his attack, the follow-up troops of the brigade followed up very quickly. This allowed 12 75mm Krupps from the 10th Battalion of the 4th Artillery Regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division.  The first shelling of the field artillery hit behind Kashii Kohei's battalion. Kashii Kohei, who had escaped the disaster, gathered his troops and moved closer to the road while continuing to attack eastward At this time, the retreat happened to be close to Ukraine.  Human artillery is beating wildly. Only by constantly advancing and attacking can we avoid the enemy's artillery fire as much as possible.

    Of course, Kashii Kohei's good luck has its limits. After the remaining two battalions of the 7th Regiment of the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division received support from 1 battalion of the 8th Regiment, especially when the Ukrainian artillery opened fire on the Japanese army's positions  After that, a round of counterattack was launched. As the Ukrainian National Army defending the country, it was not the main force that Kashii Kohei imagined would collapse across the board after being broken through at one point. Obviously, a mere Japanese infantry brigade with less than 1,200 people  In terms of military strength, they want to easily defeat the 3rd Ukrainian Infantry Division with over 10,000 troops. This may not be impossible, but it is very small. Especially after the Ukrainian artillery shows its power, the morale of the three Ukrainian infantry divisions on the defensive side can be regarded as boosted.

    Responsible for attacking along both flanks of the road, while covering the engineers and baggage troops in clearing roadblocks and big trees on the road, was the 21st Infantry Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment. The captain was Major Jiro Domon.

    Domon Jiro (たもんじろう, September 10, 1878 - February 15, 1934), whose last rank was Japanese Army Lieutenant General.  The commander of the Second Division before and after the September 18th Incident.  Jiro Tamon was also born in Shizuoka Prefecture.  The second son of doctor Nobuo Domon.  Graduated from high school, Army Infant School, and graduated from the 11th class of the Army Officer School in November 1899. In June of the following year, he was appointed as an infantry second lieutenant and assigned to the 4th Infantry Regiment.

    ? Served as the superintendent of the Sendai Army Regional Infant School, etc., and the captain of the 4th Infantry Regiment during the Russo-Japanese War.  After the war, he successively served as adjutant of the 4th Infantry Regiment, adjutant of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, etc. In December 1909, he graduated from the 21st class of Army University.  Later, he served as an Army sergeant instructor and staff officer of the 6th Division. At the end of 1917, he was transferred to the captain of the 21st Infantry Brigade of the 7th Infantry Regiment.

    In this time and space of 1918, the captains of the 23rd Muto Infantry Brigade, although all of them graduated from the 11th to 13th classes and their ages ranged from 1878 to 1882, without exception they were all  The 21st graduates of Mainland University, Muto Brigade is also known as the 21st batch of Mainland University. Of course, Domon is not as dazzling as Furuzhuo, Okamoto and Takekawa, whether at Mainland University or after graduation. This master is 40 years old.  Still holding the rank of Major.

    Major Domon's 21st Infantry Battalion has always been the rearguard unit of Mizuno Taisuke's 7th Infantry Regiment. It hangs out with the baggage and logistics reinforcements all day long. Speaking of which, Domon is responsible for his own battalion's mission of attacking from the center.  quiteTo criticize, the Duomen Brigade was originally the successor to the Xiangzhui Brigade. However, because the Guzhuang Brigade of the 19th Infantry Regiment in the middle route reportedly took the initiative to apply to serve as the reserve team of the brigade, the important task of opening a path in the middle suddenly fell on it.  At the head of the Duomen Brigade.

    One of the reasons is that Domon has a good temper and has always been a good guy and a scalper. Another reason is that the 19th Infantry Brigade led by the commander of the regiment, Mizuno Taisuke, is still more than ten kilometers away to the west.  There was a fierce battle under the city of Kharkov. At the combat meeting at the brigade headquarters here, the Xiangzhui Brigade and the Domen Brigade of the 7th Infantry Regiment were a bit like stepbrothers, so unwelcome.

    Although Captain Arai of the 19th Infantry Regiment on the opposite side is not very impressive, the three captains of the three battalions, Furushuo Chiro, are the 21st Saber Chief of the mainland. Renichiro Okamoto and Miji Takekawa are also members of the saber team. This is very important in the brigade.  The weight in the eyes of the leader, Nobuyoshi Muto, is just a bit higher than that of the two non-saber team graduates, Kozue and Domon What's more, the captain of the 7th Regiment, Mizuno, is not here yet, so the dirty work  The hard work fell on Xiang Zhui and Duo Men!
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