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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 795 (6) Captain Xiong Gu died in battle

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    The leader of the Muto brigade couldn't stand the young and energetic guy Guzhuang. One important reason was that Guzhuang was nicknamed the handsome man in the army. Moreover, at the age of 36, he actually had two beautiful beards on his upper lip.  He has the same virtue as the old Maozi Cossack general. In fact, Guzhuang Qianlang is really handsome with thick eyebrows and big eyes. If this guy shaves off those two big beards, he will be like Wang Geng, who participated in the "Ye" in Hong Kong in his previous life.  The actor surnamed Fan was carved out of the same mold.

    In fact, at this time, because the commander of Japan's 3rd Army, His Excellency Taro Utsunomiya, has two powerful beards, among the generals of the three divisions of the entire Japanese 3rd Army, there are few commanders like Major Furushuo Chiro.  His Majesty's style has led to more than two Japanese generals with big beards. Muto couldn't stand Furushuang. The reason obviously cannot rule out the possibility that Furushuo was a dashing chief of the saber division when he graduated from mainland China.  

    Among the outstanding Japanese soldiers, some people can sympathize with each other, but some people may not be able to do so. It is common for stories of jealousy and envy to be complicated and confusing.  However, Taro Utsunomiya has a high position and he certainly values ????his fellow Saga fellow, Major General Nobuyoshi Muto, the leader among the young generals of the Japanese army.

    "Chief of Staff Takagi, my brigade is located in the far south. What we can determine so far is that the enemy's position is more than 5 kilometers away from our ambush circle. The width of the opponent's position will not be less than 3 kilometers. The specific location of the artillery position has not yet been investigated.  Qing, but I suggest that we can send a brigade from the south side 5 kilometers away. This position is within the range of our artillery. When the time comes, my brigade will rush and fight hard, and we can use the radio to call the brigade artillery support.  , the opponent's position is likely to be thickest and has the most troops near the road, while the south side is relatively weak"

    Lieutenant Colonel Okamoto recalled what he said and judged when he volunteered to fight at noon. In fact, his 57th Infantry Regiment was familiar with the task of outflanking. The 19th Infantry Regiment always used the "pin" shape when going into battle. Major Furumoto's  The 55th Infantry Group was at the front, the 56th Infantry Group was trailing behind on the left wing, and Okamoto's group was behind on the right wing.

    Okamoto had actually calculated that according to brigade commander Muto's idea, if he broke through and attacked from the center along both sides of the road, it would definitely be the opponent's most heavily defended area, and all three of the opponent's divisions could hit the center concentrically.  If they make a roundabout route to the south, no matter what, the roundabout troops will only have to face one Ukrainian infantry division.

    Of course, using an infantry brigade to attack an opponent's infantry division head-on may not necessarily lead to the expected progress, but Okamoto has also made some calculations. He plans to rely on radio command to dispatch the artillery of the brigade to attack the opponent's position, and his own infantry will only be used when necessary.  The attack at the breakthrough point, and Yesterday, the 18th Infantry Regiment of Masago Eizaki received two air supports from the Allied Air Force. In today's battle, as long as the Allied Air Force can appear over the forest once, the 19th Infantry Regiment will  The team has a great chance of winning this battle.

    "Send the 56th Infantry Brigade to continue to detour south? Isn't it too far? The situation on the southern front is unclear. What if the Germans come with reinforcements from the south?" Takagi, the brigade chief of staff, did not support it at the time.  Such a bold move from Okamoto.

    "Lieutenant Colonel Okamoto, this Ukrainian forest is not that simple. From the map, looking to the south and southeast, there are wetlands and lakes crisscrossed by river networks. There are also countless paths and traps in the forest. If we take a detour back to the south, you  How is it possible for an infantry brigade to hold back three enemy divisions? On the contrary, it weakens our frontal assault and offensive forces!" It was not just Furushuo Chiro who made the sarcastic remarks at the beginning, but Okamoto in the encirclement now heard it in his ears.  In response to Guzhuang¡¯s objections at the time.

    "Captain! The position of the 1st Squadron was fought over three times, and the squadron leader, Lieutenant Kumagai, was killed!" A messenger, furious and sweating, rushed to Lieutenant Colonel Okamoto, who was drinking water in the corner behind the fortification under the shade of a tree, and reported in a hissing voice!

    "Nani?! What's going on!" Okamoto was shocked, grabbed the collar of the messenger who was covered in mud and water, and roared, "Haven't reinforcements been sent up? Why did Xiong Gu die in battle?!"  Lieutenant Colonel Okamoto felt his heart tightening suddenly.

    The 1st Squadron of the Okabe Battalion is the 221st Infantry Squadron in the Japanese Army's organizational structure, or the Kumagai Troop. The squadron leader Kumagai Keiichi is Captain Okamoto's confidant.

    Kumagai is from Shizuoka Prefecture. The news of Kumagai's death in the 221st Infantry Squadron brought a huge impact to Okamoto's group headquarters. Morale dropped sharply. The 32-year-old Kumagai Squadron Leader was a fierce general of Okamoto's group and charged into the battle.  and the rear guard, often the most arduous and difficult tasks are undertaken by Kumagai Squadron Now even Lieutenant Kumagai has been killed

    Before the Okabe Brigade set off for the roundabout at noon, it was still a full infantry brigade. In the Japanese troops of the Allied Eastern Front in 1918, a standard brigade of 1,100 people was included.??: 30-man group headquarters, a 110-man transport squadron (carts and mules), 4 infantry squadrons; a 174-man machine gun squadron (14-man squadron and 3 machine gun squads, 1 ammunition squadron  ), 4 Browning 7.62 air-cooled heavy machine guns per row, 12 in total; a 55-man artillery team (a 10-man team headquarters, a 15-man ammunition squad, and two 15-man gun squads  Each is equipped with four Chinese-made 81mm battalion mortars.

    For example, the 221st Infantry Squadron commanded by Lieutenant Keiichi Kumagai was a standard Japanese infantry squadron before the war started (225 people + 19 people), including: a 19-person squadron: squadron leader, executive officer, 3 sergeants, 4  health worker, officer's orderly, bugler, and 8 correspondents), three 75-man squads, each of these 75-man infantry squads has a machine gun group (two Chinese-made 7.62 Browning squad light machine guns  ), a mortar group (two Chinese-made 60mm caliber platoon mortars) and three rifle groups.  Each light machine gun is staffed by four people (commander, shooter, and two deputy shooters carrying ammunition), each mortar is staffed by two people, and each rifle team is staffed by 21 people.

    During the detour, the Okamoto brigade had lost more than ten non-combat personnel due to long journeys, injuries, and lag behind. During the artillery battle between the Mutoh brigade and the Ukrainians at noon, they encountered a counterattack by the opponent's artillery and lost nearly thirty people.  Casualties then retreated first and continued to detour When advancing eastward from the path between the two swamps, Okamoto had just over a thousand capable soldiers.
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