Chapter 355: Ishihara's smile
~Date: ~November 15th~
Xiong Shihui received a report from Gu Xiaosi on the front line, and did not dare to neglect the armored reconnaissance battalion. While forwarding it to the Ufa coalition command, he was thinking whether he should attack as soon as possible to intercept the Slaven division who was running west. As for the movements of the other two divisions of the Fifth Army, Xiong Shihui didn't care about it. No matter where you run, he would have to turn west in the end.
Since it is now confirmed from the prisoners that Slaven himself had a division and all the artillery heavy machine guns and flew northwards and then rushed to the west, Xiong Shihui was a little unstoppable in the command center of Almetievsk. The coalition headquarters had already dispatched the Second Ural Cavalry Division of Jiang Hongyu's troops to penetrate southwards towards Nurrat, but what if Slaven did not stop and let Slaven run away?
Xiong Shihui thought about Gu Xiaosi's dissatisfied armored reconnaissance battalion, which could not have caught a division on the other side. Slaven was obviously a little sloppy in the war. Jiang Hongyu's second mixed armored brigade rushed southeast, but did he just chased the ducks for him and asked him to capture a chief of staff of the army and then arrested a commander of the army? If it doesn't work, good things cannot be taken away by Jiang Hongyu.
Thinking of this, while sending a power to Jiang Hongyu's troops to inform him of the enemy situation in person, the man ordered two hours ago to set out south and advance into Briguma to meet the 180th Infantry Regiment of the 60th Mixed Brigade, which was the 60th Mixed Brigade, who was responsible for armored reconnaissance, to pursue the west. In his opinion, Slaven was unlucky and was defeated by Jiang Hongyu. Otherwise, he would have no problem with a 180th Infantry Regiment plus an armored reconnaissance battalion to deal with a broken light infantry division of the Soviet Red Army.
Xiong Shihui soon received a call from the Ufa coalition command at the command center:
"Xiong Shihui's troops, according to the battlefield information feedback from your troops, given that Slaven only brought one division to retreat to the northwest, the two main divisions of the Fifth Army may be detoured to the northeast or to the south and the Ninth Army. While your troops send the Japanese Seventh Cavalry Regiment to search east, the 13th Brigade of the Japanese 13th Brigade should also be deployed to the east. The Fifth Infantry Division of the White Guard Army of the Second Army of Ufa, just keep Almetivsk in the hands and keep mobility in their hands and deal with subsequent battlefield changes at any time!"
"Your unit sends the 180th infantry regiment to cooperate with the armored reconnaissance battalion to pursue the deployment of the Slaven Division, but you should pay attention to strengthening night combat and strengthening the battlefield liaison and coordination with Jiang Hongyu's troops who are heading south. The Slaven division obviously cannot escape. Another direction of movement of your 180th infantry regiment can be the front line of Briguma. You can consider how to fight for it yourself!"
Ufa coalition command July 11, 1918 21:15
At the same time, more than 4,000 members of the Seventh Cavalry Regiment of the Japanese Seventh Division, which set out from Almetievsk to search eastward two hours ago, searched within 50 kilometers east of Almetievsk under the leadership of Ishihara Kanji Nakazo, but did not find any traces of the Soviet Red Army.
The Cavalry Regiment stopped to rest and drink horses by a small river. Although Ishihara was a Nakasaku, he was sent by the coalition commander and served as the commander of the Japanese cavalry detachment. The leader of the Seventh Cavalry Regiment, Colonel Goro Hashimoto, had to be his deputy. The Seventh Cavalry Regiment was under the jurisdiction of three cavalry brigades and one ** field artillery brigade. Fortunately, the mortars of the Chinese participating troops had also been equipped with squads and brigades according to the unified deployment of the coalition forces. Each brigade was equipped with 2 60-caliber mortars, and each brigade had a ** mortar brigade of battalion mortars under the jurisdiction of 81-caliber battalion mortars.
"Grandpa Ishihara, will the Ufa command be a misjudgment? How could the Soviet Red Army run east? We rushed to run almost 50 kilometers overnight. We didn't see a figure from the Soviet Red Army, and the people were so tired!" Goro Hashimoto, the captain of the Seventh Cavalry Regiment, grumbled while gnawing a rice ball wrapped in seaweed for a midnight snack.
Although Ishihara Kanir was a Nakasaku, he was one of the most powerful people among the rising stars in the General Staff of the Army. It is said that the youngest candidate for the future general. Although the uncrowned king at the Japanese University of Mainland China was not the first place for offending the instructor, he was at least the second place when he graduated from the 30th class of Mainland China. Therefore, Colonel Goro, who graduated from the 28th class of Mainland China, did not look down on himself, as the junior of the Nakasaku.
Ishihara unscrewed the kettle and drank a few sips of water, wiped his lips, and said in a low voice, "Hashimoto, please tell me that we should go to the east to have a chance to perform. On the west is Chief of Staff Jiang's second armored brigade. We have to go there and be supporting roles to do some minor work.
You have also seen the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Armored Brigade with his own eyes. We and the Second Ural Cavalry Division rushed away for half the night, and they played the role of peasant soldiers and footmen. Chief of Staff Jiang used an armored brigade to defeat the three infantry divisions of Aihe. We were all left with the errands of shaking flags and shouting to help with the containment and escort prisoners." Ishihara Kaner was a little depressed these days. He was a dignified Japanese Imperial Army, but he had become a supporting role for the Chinese.
But you have to accept that if the three divisions of the Fifth Soviet Army of the Soviet Union came to their seventh cavalry corps, let alone defeating the other side, it is a different story to whether their more than 4,000 cavalrymen could defend their positions. Of course, Ishihara knew that like Ban-Yuan, he was a promising young general in the eyes of the commander-in-chief of the coalition, and was highly valued by the Chinese king. Otherwise, he would not have allocated ten Chinese FD-17ii wheeled armored vehicles to himself as a direct team.
"Japan is really too poor. Lord Ishihara, the Chinese military forces are strong in combat effectiveness. That's because they are completely armed with new weapons. If the Imperial Team also armed with the level of equipment of the Chinese military forces, our combat effectiveness will definitely be stronger than them! But the big men of the Army Department are reluctant to equip us with 1 Galand semi-automatic rifle! The chariot of your armored company was ordered by the King of the Chinese personally to allocate to you from the logistics of the military forces!"
The commander of the Seventh Cavalry Regiment, Goro Hashimoto, knew that Shinro Hata, Kanir Ishihara, and Seishiro Ishihara were both valued by Wang Geng, the commander-in-chief of the Army and the commander-in-chief of the coalition. Speaking of which, his cavalry regiment had reported early in the morning to require the Chinese FD-17ii wheeled armored combat vehicles of the Chinese warriors, even if they were replaced with a battalion first. As a result, the Army said they had no money when they were both hands. It was not until Ishihara came down to lead the cavalry regiment that the coalition command temporarily moved an armored company from the Chinese warriors, which gave Ishihara Zhuangzhu.
"I think we are too hurrying. In the enemy situation reported by the Hawkeye Early Warning Plane in the evening, the Fifth Soviet Army of the Soviet Union was still 20 kilometers north of Bavre. Two hours ago, Lieutenant General Xiong's armored reconnaissance battalion encountered an attack from an opponent's division five kilometers south of Briguma. If the other two divisions of the Fifth Army really deviate northeast, they would only be more than 20 kilometers at most in three hours."
As he said that, Ishihara spread the map on the cover of the armored vehicle and gestured at the largest marching range of the other party in three hours. At this time, the communications consultant took a report that he had just received:
"Report to the commander of the troops, and received a telegram from Xiong Shihui Almetievsk Command. It has confirmed that the commander of the Fifth Army, Slaven, brought a division and all artillery and heavy machine gun battalions to the west. The command asked our headquarters to search carefully and seal the two divisions that were most likely to detour in the northeast. The 13th Imperial Army Infantry Brigade was on the way to reinforce us!"
"Soga! There is no problem now. Since the two divisions of the Russians were not with Slaven, the other party must have adopted the move of breaking through the road. We can catch a big fish tonight. What is the name of their group army political commissar? Bulumberg? The political commissars of the Bolsheviks have no ability to direct the war. As long as these two divisions dare to come to the east, we will definitely deal with him!" Ishihara Kaner looked excited after reading the telegram!
"Grandpa Ishihara, I'm sorry, if the other party really has two divisions of troops coming, our cavalry corps will only have 4,000 people, and our weapons are not as good as the Chinese warriors. It's a bit difficult to block the other party's 20,000 people!" The captain of the regiment was obviously a little lacking in confidence.
"The other party is a frightened bird. Let's ambush him. Besides, you haven't heard of it. Slaven took all the artillery, heavy machine gun battalion and a division of the Fifth Army to the west. Then the remaining two divisions brought by the political commissar basically only have light weapons and rifles. We have mortars and a ** field artillery brigade to pull 18 cannons. I think the 13th Infantry Brigade just won't come, so we can let the other party drink a pot!"
Ishihara Kanir seemed full of confidence. Although the cavalry corps he led had only more than 4,000 people, it had 24 81-caliber mortars, plus 12 75-caliber 38 field guns and 6 75-caliber 41 mountain guns, as well as 72 60-caliber mortars. Each team also had a 1917bra squad machine gun equipped by the coalition forces, and all firepower was stronger than the infantry division of the Soviet Red Army on the opposite side!
"The key is to catch the enemy. The moon is OK tonight. I ask the cavalry reconnaissance squadron to search south. I don't believe that I can't find the two divisions of the other party, and there are 20,000 people! Can he go to heaven and earth?!"
Ishihara Kaner Nakasa pounded hard on the map.
Chapter completed!