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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 799 (5) Okamoto in Danger

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    "Damn Japanese devils! I'm still thinking of capturing hundreds of the opponent's horses and transforming you into armored cavalry troops, just like what Voroshilov of the Soviet Red Army did in Tsaritsyn. Now it's terrible  Well I actually asked these Japanese devils to cross the river and run away They dared to jump into such a deep river What a bunch of lunatics!"

    Captain Erwin Rommel's face was ashen and he stamped his feet fiercely. Next to him, Lieutenant Paulus murmured, "It's a pity that not all of them drowned in the river, but Erwin, I think the other cavalryman  The squadron has lost at least half of its strength, and it is insignificant for the remaining men to cross the river. Should we send people to go around the railway bridge to pursue it, or should we just forget it? "

    Of course Paulus didn't know that although this guy now only holds the rank of lieutenant, infantry company commander, in Wang Geng's previous life, this guy was a celebrity in the Battle of Stalingrad. Just now Captain Rommel said that he wanted to capture the Japanese cavalry horses and put them to death.  The four vehicle-mounted infantry companies of the 2nd Armored Division formed the city's armored cavalry force The example is the Voroshilov's troops of the Soviet Southern Front that grew up during the three Tsaritsyn defense battles.

    In the current time and space of 1918, the Austrian corporal who later caused the tragedy of the Battle of Stalingrad was still serving as the regimental messenger of the 16th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, and Ferdinand became the first German field marshal to be captured and surrendered in the history of the German army.  Riderich Paulus was still just an infantry company commander of the 2nd detachment of the 1st detachment of the German armored train. The character of the lieutenant in charge of commanding the 1st company did not have so much indecision and intolerance.

    "Don't chase after the poor enemy Protecting the smooth flow of the railway line is a top priority It is estimated that major changes have occurred on the northern line. Since there is only one Japanese cavalry squadron in the encirclement here, the main force of the Yonezawa Cavalry Regiment must come from the north.  The line forcibly crossed the railway line, and we failed this time. We only hope that the lieutenant colonel and the armored train can stop the attack of the main force of the opponent's cavalry! "

    Captain Erwin Rommel's tone was obviously a bit bitter. Of course he would not shirk his responsibilities. Who would have thought that the Japanese cavalry would risk their lives to cross the Krasnorad River The other party chose to stop.  This piece of woods really saved the other party's life!

    July 31, 1918 16:00, Kharkov Forest, the core position of the Okamoto Brigade of the Japanese Mutoh Brigade under siege

    The Okamoto Battalion is the 56th Infantry Battalion of the 19th Japanese Infantry Regiment. The captain is Lieutenant Commander Okamoto Renichiro. Okamoto Renichiro is four years older than Furushuo Yoshiro, but they are classmates who graduated from the 21st batch of Mainland University at the same time.  , but the relationship has never been good. The reason is that the young and energetic Furushuo took away Okamoto's chief qualification, so that the eldest brother Okamoto only received an excellent rating.

    The news of the death of Kumagai of the 221st Japanese Infantry Squadron brought a huge impact to the besieged Okamoto Group Headquarters, and morale dropped sharply. The 32-year-old Kumagai Squadron Captain was a fierce general of the Okamoto Group, charging into the battle and escorting the rear.  , often the most arduous and difficult tasks are undertaken by Kumagai Squadron Now even Lieutenant Kumagai has been killed

    The 56th Infantry Brigade commanded by Okabe Renichiro was still a full infantry brigade before setting off for the roundabout at noon. In the Japanese forces of the Allied Eastern Front in 1918, a standard 1,100-man brigade included: 30-man brigade  Headquarters, a 110-man transport squadron (carts and mules), 4 infantry squadrons; a 174-man machine gun squadron (14-man squadron headquarters and 3 machine gun squads, 1 ammunition squad), 4 rifles per platoon  Langing 7.62 air-cooled heavy machine guns, 12 in total; a 55-man artillery team (a 10-man team headquarters, a 15-man ammunition squad, and two 15-man artillery squads each equipped with 4 Chinese-made 81mm  Battalion owned 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.

    As a result, the Okabe brigade, which was tortured by the swamp, just crossed the swamp and ran into a main infantry regiment of the Ukrainian 4th Infantry Division. Okabe wanted to command his brigade to defeat the Ukrainian infantry regiment, but he could not withstand the opponent.  The firepower of light and heavy machine guns and 7.6cm infantry mortars is no worse than our own, and our troop strength is even better than our own.Above The exhausted Okamoto brigade was unable to move the Ukrainian position that blocked the way.

    The Type 38 rifles in the hands of the Japanese infantry have no advantage at all compared to the brand-new German-made Mauser 98 rifles in the hands of the Ukrainians. Although the marksmanship of Japanese veterans is not necessarily much worse than that of the Ukrainian National Army soldiers who use shotguns to hunt rabbits,  But the 38-gun bullets have strong penetrating power, but the rolling and stagnation properties after hitting the human body are too poor. As long as it does not hit the vital part or bone, it will penetrate directly with one shot and two eyes. The hole left by the 6.5mm caliber bullet  Poor little one

    And within a range of 1 kilometer, the 4.5 kilogram grenade of the Ukrainian 7.6cm light infantry mortar is more powerful than the 3.6 kilogram shell of the M81 battalion mortar equipped by the Okamoto brigade, let alone  The M60 platoon mortar equipped by the army only has a 1.5 kilogram grenade, and its killing power is simply incomparable to the opponent.

    The power of the Chinese-made M1918A1 air-cooled 7.62-caliber Browning heavy machine gun equipped by the Japanese army is almost the same as that of the German-made mg08 water-cooled heavy machine gun equipped by the Ukrainians. It is just that it is lighter and lighter to carry. Speaking of which, it is easier to use in the forest.  The Browning squad machine gun equipped by the brigade shows its great power. Although the magazine only has 20 rounds of ammunition, it has good shooting accuracy, is light and can be transferred quickly. Moreover, the Ukrainian National Army lacks squad machine gun equipment and only has a small number of Borgmans.  1915 light machine gun only.

    The position of the Okabe Group is almost ten inverted triangles. The 222nd Infantry Squadron and the 223rd Infantry Squadron are at the two east corners. The 221st Infantry Squadron is at the corner in the middle of the swamp behind it. The group headquarters is with the 224th Infantry Squadron.  While guarding the core position in the middle, the 12 Browning air-cooled heavy machine guns of the machine gun squadron were strengthened into each infantry squadron in the form of a machine gun squad.  The eight M81 battalion mortars of the artillery squad to which the brigade belongs have become the mobile support firepower on the core position
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