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Volume 3 Far East Stories Chapter 800 (3) Catching a Turtle in a Jar

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    At this time, we have reached the critical moment to catch the turtle in the urn. The top priority is to eliminate the Japanese infantry brigade in the encirclement. Otherwise, when the Germans come up, our troops may have no use. The combat effectiveness and firepower of the German army are not that of our own nation.  The infantry division of the German army can match it. Last night, a German reserve regiment was able to beat a Japanese brigade until it was bruised and swollen. If the 47th German reserve infantry division came up tonight

    It is estimated that none of the Japanese Muto brigade that he fought with today can escape. The German artillery regiment is not equipped with 75mm field guns, but serious 105mm light howitzers and 150mm heavy field howitzers  The Japanese are definitely no match for the remaining 75mm cannons from their own artillery Even if the coalition forces capture a few 105mm light howitzers, it won't make a difference.  

    "Chief of Staff, give orders to the positions of the three regiments, asking the regiment commander to go down to the battalion, and the battalion commander to go down to the company. The company commander is going to lead the assault team directly to charge. I will give them 20 minutes to prepare. After 20 minutes, I will mobilize the entire division.  General attack, if we can't take the position and eliminate the Japanese, all three regiment commanders will be dismissed! The commanders below the battalion will be shot directly!" Yamolenko, the commander of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division 20 minutes ago, waved his hand and ordered.

    The commander of the 4th Ukrainian Division is obviously ready to make a desperate move. If he can eat the Japanese brigade in the encirclement before the main force of the Mutoh Brigade comes back to his senses, then the old man Koval on the credit book will not be able to compete with him no matter what!  Yarmolenko didn't think that his own division could deal with the elite Japanese Muto brigade. However, there was only one Japanese Okamoto brigade with more than 700 people left in front of him. This weak persimmon must be pinched and eaten!  

    The wired telephones on the positions of the three infantry regiments of Yarmolenko's 4th Infantry Division have been connected, which allows him to coordinate the offensive of the three infantry regiments, especially in the use of mortar fire, but the Japanese's own peripheral defense line  I am very alarmed. The hope of relying on the 7.6cm mortar to reach the opponent's core position to destroy all the M81 mortars in one fell swoop has come to nothing. The artillery of both sides is almost evenly matched. Fortunately, the direction of the mg08 heavy machine gun  It’s the Ukrainians who have the upper hand

    In the encirclement, the Japanese army has a total of 12 Browning heavy machine guns in a machine gun squadron, and each infantry regiment of the 4th Yarmolenko Infantry Division has 1 mg08 water-cooled heavy machine gun. Of course, the Ukrainians are very good at heavy machine guns.  The 3:1 advantage was offset a lot by the 24 m60 light infantry mortars of the Japanese Army's Okamoto Group and the same number of m1917bra squad machine guns

    The defensive side relies on favorable terrain, while the attacking side relies on strong military strength and offensive initiative

    The Ukrainians launched a general attack at 15:50. After 16:00, the two sides fought fiercely for ten minutes but each paid a heavy price. The position of the Japanese Army Hamamoto Squadron in the northwest corner was occupied by the 10th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division.  During the occupation, the Japanese squadron leader, Lieutenant Kisaburo Hamamoto, was killed. The 222nd Infantry Squadron withdrew less than a squad of troops under the fire support of the central core position. The entire squadron suffered casualties as high as 70%

    Hamamoto Kisaburo (はまもときさぶろう, May 22, 1885 (Meiji 18), October 14, 1956 (Showa 31)) was a soldier of the Japanese Army.  The final level is Army Lieutenant General.

    Born in Kyoto Prefecture.  Graduated from the Army Sergeant School (18th term) in November 1905 (Meiji 38).  In June of the following year, he was appointed as a second lieutenant of the army infantry and was assigned to the 9th company of the infantry.  In November 1917 (Taisho 6th year), he graduated from Army University (29th term).

    Of course, like Lieutenant Keiichi Kumagai who graduated from the 29th batch of Mainland University at the same time, Lieutenant Hamamoto is also a model of those who are the first to have their ambitions broken In fact, this guy's leg was severed by a rain of bullets from the Ukrainian mg08 heavy machine gun.  During the retreat, he was surrounded by Ukrainians and fired a Chinese-made M18 grenade, becoming another battlefield flower of the empire that withered before it bloomed. Of course, there were also five or six Ukrainians buried with Lieutenant Hamamoto

    The loss of the Hamamoto Squadron position in the northwest corner was not only outnumbered, but also had an important relationship with the exhaustion of mortar shells on the core position. The 3rd Squadron of the 224th Infantry Squadron, as the general reserve, reinforced the Kumagai Squadron in the southwest corner position behind it.  On the position, the 1st team reinforced the position of Dobashi Squadron in the southeast corner. In fact, it can only be regarded as the second line of defense of Dobashi Squadron, which is probably less than 150 meters away from Okamoto's core position.

    As for the squad that Hamamoto Squadron withdrew, Lieutenant Ando of the 224th Infantry Squadron took over the command. Together with the 2nd squad of Ando Squadron, a force of about 120 people was barely established about 100 meters northwest of the core position.  The second line of defense, 35-year-old Lieutenant Ando, ??was also a classmate of Kumagai and Hamamoto in the second phase of the mainland university.

    Although Ando is not the top student in the 29th-term saber team of the mainland, he is a master who can lead troops and fight. Saburo Ando, ??who was born in 1883, is 3 years older than Kumagai and Dohashi, who were both born in 1886.  Kisaburo Hamamoto, who was born in 2001, is also 2 years older. The eldest son of the Toba clan is not considered a eldest son.Above all are the children of nobles and warriors.

    In fact, Saburo Ando's younger brother performed quite well after being adopted into the Setani family. In Wang Geng's previous life, although both brothers were eventually promoted to Army Lieutenant Generals, Saburo Ando inherited the Ando family and Kei Setani inherited.  It's the Setani family.

    Of course, Lieutenant Kei Setani, who was at the same time as Kanji Ishihara at the University of Japan, was still working hard on his pre-graduation internship, while his elder brother, Lieutenant Saburo Ando, ??faced the first major crisis in his life in the Okamoto Brigade, Ukraine.  The general offensive of the people compressed the Okamoto brigade's position to an area of ??less than one square kilometer.

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

    The general attack launched by the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division from three directions put the Japanese Army's Okamoto Group in the encirclement into a desperate situation. First, the position of the 222nd Infantry Squadron in the northwest corner was lost. Squadron Leader Kisaburo Hamamoto was hit by a Ukrainian heavy machine gun while retreating.  After breaking his leg, he had no choice but to fire the Chinese-made G18 melon grenade on him to serve the emperor and the Japanese Army. In the end, the nearly 230 troops of Hamamoto Squadron withdrew only more than 60 people, half of whom were wounded.

    The 2nd Squadron of the 224th Infantry Squadron of the General Reserve Infantry Squadron of the Okamoto Brigade fought bloody battles under the command of squadron leader Saburo Ando. At great cost, the remainder of the Hamamoto Squadron was transferred to the second-line position in the northwest corner, with about 120 troops.  A second line of defense was barely established about 100 meters northwest of the core position.
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