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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 888 Lord Maeda

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    The task given by Jiro Oba to Lu Huanyan was to follow the route that Muto Brigade took across the river in the morning, lead the team into the forest east of Kharkov, and with the cooperation of the three infantry brigades left by Muto Brigade, defeat them.  Or wipe out the 3rd, 2nd and 4th Ukrainian Infantry Divisions, thereby completely eliminating the Ukrainian threat east of Kharkov, and connecting the entire northern and eastern routes into a line. The 3rd Japanese Infantry Division  The engineering and baggage regiments went all out to ensure the crossing and advance of the second echelon!

    The task before Lu Huanyan was not as simple as imagined. Obviously, the three Ukrainian divisions in the eastern forest of Kharkiv fought very smoothly, and the opponent's infantry equipment was exclusively German-made weapons.  From Ruger pistols to Mauser rifles, mg08 water-cooled heavy machine guns, 7.6cm light infantry mortars, and German-made long-handled grenades, what these former Ukrainian guerrillas have in their hands is not fire sticks, and the opponent has obviously learned from yesterday's infantry  The lesson learned from the defeat of the 1st and 2nd Divisions by the coalition forces was that the three divisions gathered together and gritted their teeth and refused to retreat.  high speed

    The artillery regiment of the 4th Ukrainian Infantry Division is no worse than the artillery battalions of the two regiments of the Mutoh Brigade in terms of fire coverage and accurate shooting. However, although Wu Keren's improvised artillery battalion performed bravely,  They tried hard, but at best they were evenly matched with each other. In the end, the cannons on both sides were exhausted and the sound of cannons fell silent.

    It has only been 3 hours since Lu Huanyan accepted the mission, and the distance from the base camp of the Allied Middle Route Army at the northern suburbs railway station in Kharkov to the Kharkov River in the east is almost 5 kilometers. After crossing the river through a pontoon bridge, you enter Kharkov  The length of the Kov Forest is 2 kilometers. This road stretches from north to south to about 12 kilometers three kilometers across the river outside the east gate of Kharkov. Although it seems to be only a 20-kilometer marching route, the distance across the river is  Efficiency cannot be compared with moving forward on the forest road. Read the full text of Spirit God.  

    Due to the limitation of the load capacity of the pontoon bridge, the coalition's wheeled armored combat vehicles have to be emptied before they can carefully drive across the pontoon bridge. The same is true for the artillery team and logistics trucks. The unloaded ammunition and personnel equipment have to be transported by people and horses.  After crossing the river, they reloaded their vehicles. The most terrible thing was that when the second echelon was halfway across the river, the pontoon bridge could not bear the pressure and collapsed. Although the engineering team of the Japanese 3rd Division quickly completed the repairs, it still caused a huge delay in time.  delays

    Fortunately, Lu Huanyan's armored regiment headquarters and the two main armored battalions, the 1st and 2nd battalions, served as the vanguard. After three hours of tossing, they finally arrived near the three-way intersection in the forest. This was also the location of the earliest Mutoh brigade headquarters.  At the place where he stayed, there were obvious traces of troops stationed there. However, Lu Huanyan did not choose the northeast corner of the three-way intersection as the location for his headquarters to be stationed. Instead, he located the headquarters in the southeast corner. It is said that soldiers never tire of deceit.  Well, maybe they don¡¯t want to fall into the trap of fighting hard and gaining little for the Muto brigade.

    The reconnaissance company of the armored regiment, under the command of the company commander Captain Xue Juru, has advanced eastward to 10 kilometers east of the three-way intersection, and has reunited with the remnants of the Jianchuan Infantry Brigade and Okamoto Infantry Brigade of the Muto Brigade who have gathered back.  , it is better to say that the rendezvous was a successful reception of the two Japanese infantry brigades that were slowly retreating to the west.

    At the same time, the 19th Infantry Brigade of the Mizuno Taisuke Regiment stationed outside the east gate of Kharkov also contacted Lu Huanyan's headquarters. The 7th Infantry Regiment Captain Mizuno Osaka of the Mutoh Brigade sent  The liaison officer is Major Toshio Fu Maeda of the 7th Regiment.

    "Lu Sang, thank you for your hard work. Colonel Mizuno sent me here to obey your orders. Our 7th Infantry Regiment Wing Headquarters and Nakamura Brigade firmly guarded the bridge outside the east gate of Kharkov. The Ukrainians are not  Dare to go one step further, but Our unit has suffered heavy casualties and is severely short of medicine and supplies. Captain Mizuno hopes that Lu Sang's reinforcements can urgently provide us with a batch of medicine and supplies. If a company of armored fighting vehicles can be dispatched, then we can  We can even take down the East Gate of Kharkov!¡±

    Although Major Toshio Maeda, who was born into an aristocratic family, wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and had a very elegant look on his face, which was full of exhaustion and gunfire, he entered the tent and shook hands with Colonel Lu Huanyan, and he started to ask for help and took a big breath.  Bian was going to go back to the bridgehead with Lu Huanyan and the armored company to show off. Of course, it would be best if a few trucks of canned beef and mortars could be pulled over. Otherwise, if Captain Mizuno didn't come by himself, why did he send Major Maeda to contact him?  Woolen cloth?

    This is not an easy thing to say. Toshimi Maeda is a native of Ishikawa Prefecture, the fifth son of Toshiaki Maeda, the lord of Nanari City Domain, and the adopted son of Toshiaki Maeda, the lord of Kanazawa Domain.  On June 13, 1900, he inherited the title of Marquis Maeda Toshi.  On March 30, 1905, he graduated from the 17th Infantry Division of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School (ranked 79th out of 363 people). On April 21 of the same year, he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant of the infantry and was appointed attached to the 4th Guards Infantry Regiment. He graduated from the Army on November 29, 1911.  University School No. 23 (3rd place among 52 people.

    After graduating from Mainland University, the third top student of the 23rd Saber Team, Maeda Toshio, first served as an assistant to the Staff Headquarters. Marquis Maeda then went to Germany to study at his own expense. The European War had just begun.At that time, he served as a military attach¨¦ of the British Army, and later returned to the General Staff Headquarters as a member. Then when the Japanese Third Army was formed, he was transferred to the Mutoh Brigade to serve as the regiment attachment of the 7th Infantry Regiment of Mizuno Taisuke.

    Maeda Toshie is the 16th generation head of the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain. His ancestor is Maeda Toshiie, a famous military general in the Warring States Period of Japan and one of the five elders of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.  His adoptive father, Maeda Satoshi, was granted the title of Marquis after the Meiji Restoration and served as a member of the Iwakura mission to Europe and the United States for inspections.  Generally speaking, most of the Chinese sons of Gongqing are mediocre, but this Maeda Toshio can be regarded as an outstanding one, and he has the legacy of his ancestors as military commanders.  At the age of 19, despite his family's opposition, he enrolled in the Army Sergeant School. After graduation, he participated in the Russo-Japanese War with the Guards Division.

    In the 23rd period of Mainland China, this prince ranked third, following Umezu Yoshijiro and Nagata Tieshan. He is one of the so-called elite saber groups.  Moreover, this guy and Hideki Tojo were classmates in the 17th class of Lu Shi before, but Tojo graduated from Lu Shi in the 27th class, four years after his graduation.

    It is said that the feud between Maeda Toshio and Tojo Hideki has been going on for a long time.  Maeda Toshi, a nobleman who is a hereditary marquis, thinks Tojo is "not only stupid but also short-sighted", while Tojo Hideki, a descendant of a Noh musician who sang for the nobles, scolded Maeda Toshi for saying "you are a pampered marquis who doesn't know what the outside world knows."  (.)
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