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Volume Three Far East Stories Chapter 935 (2) Kazan¡¯s Appeal

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    Especially in the first phase of dispatching troops to the Far East, the Japanese 12th Division, which was responsible for the Vladivostok Expeditionary Force, suffered heavy losses at the Vladivostok Fortress. Almost all of one infantry regiment was shattered, and another infantry regiment suffered nearly half of its casualties. Although the Chinese Air Force  The accidental damage caused by bombing and air raids was included, but Shibagoro's 12th Division had a bad start, but it could not escape this label. This made Lieutenant General Shibagoro single-handedly achieve a beautiful record in the Ukrainian campaign, and contributed to Japan's success.  The Army and the 12th Division are more urgent than anyone else to restore their honor!

    In this urgent mood, Seishiro Itagaki, a junior, went from Army Major to Army Colonel in less than a year. As the Imperial Envoy from the Allied Forces Headquarters in Samara to the Allied Southwest Front, he came to help those below.  The troops better understand the tactical and campaign requirements of the coalition headquarters. To put it bluntly, they are here to grab credit and supervise the troops.

    Since the two mixed infantry brigades and the main force of the heavy artillery brigade of the Kurume Division were concentrated on the northern front, it was a certainty that Shibagoro would lead the group headquarters to take personal command. At this time, Itagaki, the thorny chief of staff, was sent to the army with only  Less than half of the northern front's southern front troops were mobilized. This could be said to be the best of both worlds, which was exactly what Shibagoro wanted. On the one hand, Togaki was gearing up and wanted to be on his own. On the other hand, the main force on the northern front commanded by Lieutenant General Shibagoro was a direct descendant of the Kurume Division.  The main force, of course, does not want the honor of victory to be shared by Itagaki, an outsider.

    Shibagoro's thoughts were also the thoughts of the generals of the Japanese 12th Division, and Itagaki himself was well aware of it. Therefore, although Matsuki, the captain of the cavalry regiment, saw a fierce fight with the Chinese Colonel Zhao, he was under the personal command of the chief of staff.  When it comes to the operations of the mobile troops on the southern front, Songmu and the generals of the 12th Cavalry Regiment will never stand up to help.

    "In this case, does Chief of Staff Itagaki want to organize a southern front enemy headquarters on his own, or does he plan to follow my mixed armored brigade headquarters?" Zhao Yikuan changed the topic and looked at Itagaki's army from another angle.

    Seishiro Itagaki was a little embarrassed when he heard this. The cluster mixed armored brigade was composed of the 3rd Chinese Armored Corps Regiment, the 12th Japanese Cavalry Regiment, and the 61st Mechanized Infantry Regiment of the 16th Federal Infantry Division. Itagaki was decentralized from the coalition headquarters in Samara to the southwest of the coalition.  The front army only brought adjutants and orderlies with it. The main body of the staff headquarters of the Southwest Front Army was composed of the Japanese Third Army Headquarters Staff Headquarters of Taro Utsunomiya, but at least one-third of the people stayed at the Samara Allied Forces Headquarters, and the rest  The lower one is divided into three.

    Major General Shunroku Hata also served as the chief of staff of the Allied Southwest Front, so almost half of the staff adjutants were left to Shunroku Hata. He formed the Ukraine Campaign Staff Headquarters and served as staff and staff for Taro Utsunomiya, while the rest were left to Ishihara.  Wanji and Seishiro Itagaki, the stars of hope for the Japanese Army, were divided into two.

    Itagaki's subordinates brought a total of one adjutant and two staff officers, and even the orderlies were shared. At this time, he definitely didn't have the ability to form a full-scale former enemy headquarters. He would either follow Zhao Yikuan's armored regiment, or  Following Matsuki's cavalry regiment, we can't place the former enemy headquarters on the southern front at the headquarters of the improvised federal mechanized infantry regiment, right?

    Zhao Yikuan thought very clearly that if Itagaki's former enemy headquarters followed his own mixed armored brigade headquarters, he would sooner or later leave this guy alone and take command himself. If it followed Matsuki's 12th Cavalry Regiment, that would be even better.  , he can only directly command the 12th Cavalry Regiment, and the remaining armored regiments and mechanized infantry regiments should be commanded by himself Let's see how Itagaki resolves his own problems?

    Unexpectedly, Itagaki had not yet answered, so the cluster commander Shibagoro spoke directly, "What a problem. Colonel Itagaki's former enemy headquarters was of course located at the cluster mixed armored brigade headquarters. Colonel Zhao, you are in charge of the southern command.  The enemy's deputy commander on the front line, Matsuki, serves as the chief of staff. The regiment of Inza's division is led by the commander of the 31st Infantry Brigade, Sekovsky, right? Then he is the deputy chief of staff of the southern front, Kikweize's 33rd Infantry Brigade.  Brigadier Myaliev also serves as deputy chief of staff, and everyone is alive!¡±

    "Colonel Zhao, do you have any more questions?" Itagaki Seishiro's expression was not very good. Shibagoro's rescue made him realize that his prestige as chief of staff in the Donetsk cluster was far from established. However, he  I am confident that in the next process of commanding the southern front attack, I will let everyone see whether I, Itagaki, can only talk on paper or have real talents!

    "Well, that's no problem. I was originally worried that Mr. Itagaki wouldn't look down on the food of my mixed armored brigade headquarters. Now that everyone has to stir food in the same pot, it doesn't matter who is in charge. Mr. Matsuki  , Do you think so?" Zhao Yikuan did not continue to pester, and sat down with a haha, not forgetting to drag Colonel Matsuki Naoliang in.

    "As the Chief of Staff of the Southern Front, I will do my best to cooperate with Itagaki-kun and Zhao Jun, and strive to gain the reputation of a clustered mixed armored brigade! Onboard!" Colonel Matsuki actually shouted the slogan with excitement!

      August 1, 1918, 13:00, Samara, General Headquarters of the Allied Forces, Office of the King of China

    "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Prime Minister Pepe is accompanying Hastings, Chief of Staff of the Kazan White Guard Army, to seek an audience." A young guard reported at the door in a low voice.

    "Invite them to come in" Wang Geng put down the telegram in his hand. Kolchak's deputy Guillaume Nikolayevich Hastings rushed to Samara yesterday evening to ask for a meeting, but he did not  Instead of arranging a meeting, let Pepelyaev, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Volga Federation, talk to the other party first.

    For the King of China, the launch of the Ukraine Campaign has made the material and logistical support of the Allied Forces on the Eastern Front quite tight. At this time, the main force of the Southern Front of the Allied Forces commanded by Wu Peifu is far in the south, so it can only suspend large-scale military operations at present.  Although large-scale wars were avoided in the North Caucasus due to Denikin's surrender, and ammunition consumption was not large, the supply of food was quite scarce, and the railways and roads were in disrepair and needed to be restored.

    The coalition headquarters has actually ordered Wu Peifu's Southern Front to move south. Otherwise, the front line will become longer and longer. The front line will only have oil and no food security. It will be a big deal.

    The Volga Federation now has 1 million square kilometers of land and a local population of more than 10 million. With the arrival of the Chinese 4th Army and the Japanese First Army, the second echelon of the Eastern Front Allied Forces, the three fronts of the Allied Eastern Front Allied Forces plus the Volga Federation  The National Guard, the police forces and government personnel at all levels maintaining public security, and as many as 800,000 people are off work, which puts great pressure on logistical support and material supply, especially food.
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