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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 804 (3) Okabe Renichiro

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    The one who stood up to support Guzhuang was Brigade Chief of Staff Takagi Yoshinari. This guy knew that if he didn't stand in the way for Guzhuang, Major General Muto, who was originally quite dissatisfied with Major Guzhuang's lack of initiative to attack and stand up, might be killed.  It¡¯s time to scare the monkeys and use Guzhuang Major to establish his prestige. Now among the three infantry brigades here, Guzhuang¡¯s brigade is the best-preserved. If Guzhuang was captured because he bluntly said that he offended the brigade commander, this would  The war is even more impossible to fight!

    For Muto Nobuyoshi, Takagi Yoshinari, a classmate of the 13th batch of the Mainland University, is his personally selected deputy. The personal relationship and friendship between the two have never had any cracks since they were classmates. Takagi Yoshinari calls Muto Nobuyoshi in most cases.  To call him "Muto-kun" to express his closeness, he would only address Muto Nobuyoshi's position as "brigade leader" to express his dissent in a tactful way to strengthen his tone. Of course, Takagi is not a guy who only knows how to be obedient, and he has no ability to communicate with him.  You can't be Major General Muto's deputy with courage. If Takagi is particularly dissatisfied with Muto's performance, he will call Muto's military rank "Your Excellency Major General"!  . .

    At this point, the attitudes of those participating in the military meeting include Colonel Yonezawa of the 4th Cavalry Regiment, Colonel Arai of the 19th Infantry Regiment of the Mutoh Brigade, Major Furuso, Captain of the 55th Infantry Brigade, and Takagi Yoshinari, the brigade chief of staff.  It is relatively clear that although the headquarters is reunited across the river, it is exhausted. With less than 2 hours until dark, it is difficult to complete the attempt to attack and occupy the Lopan River Bridge south of Kharkov.  Task¡­¡­

    None of the four Japanese infantry and artillery battalion captains, Kozui, Domon, Okabe and Obata, made a sound, and obviously did not support the brigade commander Muto's idea of ??launching an attack. Li Shang and Wu Keren, two generals of the Chinese armored forces,  He remained silent, not intending to stand up and pat his chest and promise anything But if a fight really came, Li Shang's armored troops and Wu Keren's artillery would obviously bear the brunt of the battle.  . .

    "Gentlemen Of course I am aware of the fatigue of the troops But if we do not launch an attack today, the situation in Kharkov may be completely different tomorrow. The German Air Force will make a comeback as early as tomorrow day, and the Allied Air Force will only compete for air supremacy.  They have no time to care about it. This is why the Allied Air Force has reservations today and has not devoted all its energy to bombing. More importantly, once the German Air Force comes back to compete with us for air supremacy, the German ground forces that have withdrawn to the south will not hesitate.  Hesitantly launch a counterattack If we don't take advantage of the opponent's weakest moment to make a move, it will be much more difficult to take over Kharkov and take the initiative tomorrow than it is now!"

    Muto Nobuyoshi, the commander of the 23rd Infantry Brigade, stood up and almost roared a long string of words. Although Li Shang and Wu Keren were not yet proficient in Japanese, they understood what Muto Nobuyoshi said.  For a moment, the generals of Muto's brigade blushed and looked thoughtful and lost after hearing this. There was almost no words in the tent except for Muto Nobuyoshi's breathing.

    "Major General Muto, the Uda River is deep and wide I think if the Central Route Army wants to occupy Kharkov, it must indeed cut off the bridge over the Lopan River in the south of the city, but Lieutenant General Otani and the former enemy command  The Ministry may still be heading towards the second phase of the battle, so it is reluctant to destroy the bridge now, otherwise a bomber brigade will blow up the bridge in turn" Li Shang, commander of the Chinese Armored 3rd Battalion, said so  said.

    "I agree with Li Shang's view. To put it bluntly, the former enemy headquarters is a bit like a rat. It is always afraid that it will be troublesome to repair it later if it breaks the pot. The Germans and Ukrainians are not like this, so both sides are unwilling.  Destroy railways and bridges, but our troops and firepower are limited nowUsing ground troops to capture the bridge is absolutely a waste of troops. We have to use firepower and air superiorityMy eight 105 light howitzers can bombard Lopan.  River Bridge, but it is very difficult to destroy the bridge with a 105mm gun The reinforced concrete bridge built by the Russian old man is extremely strong The power of the 105mm light howitzer is far from enough"

    The person speaking was Major Wu Keren, the commander of the Chinese Du Li Artillery Battalion. A day ago, this guy was just the artillery company commander of the Lu Huanyan Armored Regiment. Relying on the captured Ukrainian cannon and the captured Ukrainian gunners, Wu Keren's artillery company was stunned.  It was upgraded to a duli artillery battalion, and played a huge role in today's PK with the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division Artillery Regiment in the forest. However, at this time, he only has 8 105mm guns left, and the remaining 9  The 75mm field guns and gunners were handed over to the artillery unit temporarily formed to relieve the Okamoto brigade, commanded by Captain Jun Imamura, the artillery staff officer of the Muto brigade.

    "Major Wu is right. The steel bars of Lao Maozi's railway bridge are very strong. Even the 150mm heavy artillery may not be able to collapse easily, let alone the 105mm light howitzer I think we have to use ** to blast the bridge piers, or  The Handley Petty O/400 heavy bomber of the Allied Air Force must carry a 250-kilogram heavy aerial bomb to achieve the best effect" The Japanese ArmyAt this time, Captain Naosaburo Okabe of the 7th Infantry Battalion also stepped forward to help weigh his Chinese colleagues.

    At this time, on the Ukrainian battlefield at the end of July 1918, Naosaburo Okabe, a short man with a nudist beard in the Mutoh Brigade headquarters, as the commander of the 7th Artillery Battalion, stood up to support the views of his Chinese counterpart, Major Wu Keren.  That is, the power of the 105mm howitzer alone cannot easily destroy the railway and highway bridge over the Lopan River Even the 150mm heavy artillery may not be able to do it. If you really want to cut off the railway bridge, you will have to dispatch heavy bombers from the Allied Air Force.

    The 32-year-old Major Okabe Naosaburo is considered a young man among the generals at the level of captain of the Mutou Brigade. This commander, Yamashita Tomofumi and Anami Yuki were classmates in the 18th batch of Roku University and graduated from the 28th batch of Roku University.  The reason why Naosaburo Okabe was able to become a major at the age of 32 was that the Japanese army lacked excellent commanders in the artillery section Of course, Okabe-san, the artillery battalion captain, only had two men equipped with four 75mm field guns in his full staff.  Just an artillery squadron

    What's more, at this moment, Major Naosaburo Okabe and Major Toshishiro Obata, the two artillery captains of Muto Brigade, are both bare commanders. In the fierce artillery battle with the Ukrainians, their artillery teams only fired 2 guns and they were all deployed.  He joined the temporary artillery detachment commanded by Captain Jun Imamura to relieve the Okamoto Infantry Brigade, but at this moment, the artillery units of the two regiments of Okabe and Obata were of no use on the bank of the Uda River.  It was a daydream that the reinforced concrete Lopan River Railway Bridge was collapsed by the shelling of 75mm field artillery.
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