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Volume 3 Far East Story Chapter 920 The Formation of the Mixed Brigade

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    "Enough is enoughit's all unfounded worries!" Colonel Ishihara Wanji, who had been silent and looked troubled, suddenly burst out, calling Japanese Lieutenant General Fujii, the division commander, Major General Brigade Commander Kuniji and the three others above him.  Everyone in the field was startled. Only then did everyone notice that from the moment they received the telegram to now, Ishihara Kanji, the chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the Western Route Army, had been sitting in a daze with a gloomy face.

    Faced with the latest order from the Allied Forces Headquarters to merge the West Route Army and the Central Route Army into the Kharkiv Cluster and organize the cluster into a mixed brigade, Ishihara Kanji felt more disappointed than anyone else. He was originally parachuted into the Southwest Front Army and the Allied Forces Headquarters.  As the imperial envoy to the Western Route Army and serving as the chief of staff of the Western Route Army, Ishihara Wanji regarded it as the most critical moment in his military career, that is, he was responsible for leading the Western Route Army to victory

    Fortunately, just a few days after the war started, the Central Route Army was crippled in Kharkov, but the West Route Army suffered an unreasonable disaster. Not only did the West Route Army's offensive plan previously planned come to nothing, but the organization of the West Route Army was also ruined.  It was cancelled I, the chief of staff of the West Route Army, was laid off in the blink of an eye After all, the 29-year-old Ishihara Wanji was still young and energetic. At this moment, he couldn't help but yelled out of control!

    "Baga! Ishihara, what's your attitude? Here are your seniors and seniors, no courtesy or sense of propriety at all? Why don't you apologize quickly?!" Watanabe Teutaro, chief of staff of the 7th Division who graduated from the 17th class of Mainland University  The veins on his neck were exposed, and he clenched his fists and roared angrily. Ishihara, who was 15 years younger than him, actually became a colonel before he was 30 years old. Such an exceptional promotion also made Ishihara Wanji countless enemies in the Japanese Army. How many people  Envy, jealousy and hatred are so entangled

    According to the Japanese Army's promotion practice based on seniority, as long as you graduate from a Japanese mainland university with some background or excellent grades and enter the top six saber divisions, it will not be difficult to become a major six months after graduation, but it will take at least 56 years to be promoted to the rank of major.  It would take another 56 years for Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel to be promoted to Colonel. It would have been absolutely unimaginable before for three guys like Shunroku Hata, Kanji Ishihara and Seishiro Itagaki to be promoted to three levels in a year and a half

    The 29-year-old Army Colonel and Chief of Staff of the Western Route Army, Ishihara Kanji, originally served as the war officer and supervisor sent by the Southwest Front Army to the Western Route Army and the Seventh Division. Of course, he was called to make plans to increase the number of Western Route Army.  The technical and tactical level of the staff headquarters, coordinating the relationship between the Japanese army, federal forces and Chinese armored forces, but being the boss of a group of brigade commanders in their early 40s and division first-level generals in their early 50s, how can it be so easy to convince the public?  ?

    "I said you are just wasting your time. This is not the decision of the Front Army Headquarters. This is the decision of the Allied Forces Headquarters. It is the decision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces. Apart from executing it without reservation, what else can you do? The battle of Kharkov is complete.  It exposed the shortcomings of the Japanese divisions' bloated establishment and insufficient firepower of the brigades. I would say that the decision of the coalition headquarters was very wise and decisive! At this time, they are still fighting for the Third Division and the Seventh Division, and they are fighting for the West Route Army and the Central Route Army.  Army, it¡¯s all nonsense, now it¡¯s just a matter of formulating and reporting the commanders and personnel of the mixed brigade, and it¡¯s a matter of setting off for Kharkov as soon as possible!¡±

    Ishihara smiled and frowned, staring at Watanabe with red eyes and yelling unwilling to be outdone.

    Although the two guys, Kunji and Uchino, are not resentful that Kanji Ishihara climbed to the position of Chief of Staff at such a young age, Ishihara is not from the 7th Division, and most of them will have to return to Japan's Third Army Headquarters or even the Allied Forces Headquarters in the future.  In his current position, he is the chief of staff of the division, Colonel Watanabe Taro Taro. Although he is only a colonel, he is the boss of the two brigade commanders and Uchino. He is also the biggest stumbling block in the advancement of these two brigade commanders

    Therefore, National Secretary Wu Qi did not agree with Chief of Staff Watanabe's favoritism towards Ishihara Wanji. He just snorted and said, "Ishihara is right about what Ishihara said Even General Utsunomiya did not dare to say the order from the coalition headquarters.  No, Chief of Staff Watanabe, don¡¯t encourage our division commander to get scolded by the general, right now, let¡¯s think about how to give the 7th Division a place in the Kharkov Cluster Headquarters!¡±

    In fact, in the 7th Division, Chief of Staff Watanabe Taro, although he is only a colonel, his promotion speed in recent years has not been slow. This guy was only a captain when he graduated from the University of Japan, and it took 5 years to be promoted to major. However, by virtue of his position  The fate of the staff officer of the Russo-Japanese War Headquarters and the adjutant of Shan County Yutomo. After that, the promotion speed became faster and faster. After serving as a major for 5 years, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Then he became a colonel in less than three years. He watched as he led the colonel for two years.  Less than that, there is a good chance that he will be promoted to Army Major General at the age of 45 after the Ukrainian campaign!

    So don¡¯t think that there is harmony in the Japanese 7th Division. Chief of Staff Watanabe has formed competition and jealousy over the career of his division commander Fujii and the two brigade commanders below. On the contrary, the 29-year-old Ishihara Kanji who was parachuted in  Most of them can only be passers-by, which also makes powerful groups such as Fujii, Kuniji and Uchino dare not offend Ishihara Kanji easily, and there is no need at all, Ishihara?The person that General Utsunomiya values ????is also a young general trained and promoted by the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces In the future, if he is not safe, he will have to rely on the other party's coordination and the relationship with the Allied Forces Headquarters!

    "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I think Kunji-kun and Ishihara are right. Blindly questioning the decisions of the Front Army Headquarters and the Allied Forces Headquarters will not help. We can only do our part. You and Watanabe  The Chief of Staff must strive to find a place at the Kharkiv Cluster Headquarters, so that the mixed brigades below us will not suffer. As for Chief of Staff Ishihara, I believe there will be a new appointment at the Front Army Headquarters

    In any case, we should seize the time to upgrade the two infantry brigades of the 7th Division into mixed brigades, and then set off for Kharkov as soon as possible. Don¡¯t complain about it being late, all the good things will come of it.  Ask the guys from the Third Division to pick them off"

    The turmoil and episode between the Japanese generals at the West Route Army Headquarters has thus been revealed After discussion, the organization plan and candidates for the mixed brigade of the West Route Army were reported as soon as possible

    The 13th Infantry Brigade strengthened the 7th Field Artillery Regiment to form the 13th Mixed Infantry Brigade. The brigade commander was Major General Guosi Wuqi. The 14th Infantry Brigade strengthened the two 75mm field artillery battalions of the 9th Federal Infantry Division and the Federal Infantry.  Two artillery companies of a field artillery battalion of the 8th Division formed the 14th mixed infantry brigade, with Tatsujiro Uchino serving as the brigade commander. Since the establishment of the Japanese field artillery regiment was three field artillery battalions plus a mountain artillery battalion, the total number  It is 48 75mm mountain field guns, and the artillery battalions of the Federal Infantry Division each have three 6-gun 75mm field gun batteries. Therefore, the number of field guns of the 14th Combined Infantry Brigade is 3 artillery battalions and 54 guns, which is more than that of the mixed infantry.  The 13th Brigade has an additional artillery battery
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