Chapter 306: Sharing the Sky
The Sixth Division, again known as the Kumamoto Division.
This is a Japanese first-class division regiment, with a standard four-unit system, with a full strength of 28,500 people.
The Sixth Division was very famous in another time and space, not because of how strong their combat effectiveness was, but because their military discipline was really ......
Well, military discipline does not exist in the 6th Division, this is a bunch of beasts in human skin.
The commander of the 6th Division, Lieutenant General Genjiro Akashi, was more like a politician than a general, and he once financed the "gray cattle" in Russia during the Russo-Japanese War to launch the 1905 revolution, which turned Russia upside down, and was called a figure who "one person can reach ten divisions".
However, Akashi Genjiro probably could not have imagined that he did take advantage of the unrest in Russia to sow the seeds of the rebellion, but once this seed took root and sprouted, it was precisely the Japanese who would bear the brunt of the damage.
Genjiro Akashi, known as the "King of Genius Agents", once wrote a book called "A Guide to Riots", which was regarded as the golden rule by radicals in some countries.
It seems to be predestined in the dark, and it is amazing that an agent from the early 21st century meets an agent king of the early 20th century.
Akashi Genjiro also felt wonderful, especially when he led his army into the Feron Tade Noy region, this feeling was even stronger.
As a secret agent, Genjiro Akashi was the leader of his time, he spoke eight Chinese, and during the Russo-Japanese War, he used to travel alone across the European continent in search of Russian unstable elements, and he thought he was well-informed, but he never imagined that East Asians, especially Chinese, could achieve such success in Europe.
In fact, the role played by Akashi Genjiro during the Russo-Japanese War was not as big as the Japanese advertised, just because the Japanese needed heroes, so Akashi Genjiro was born.
With such experience, although Genjiro Akashi had heard about Qin Zhiyuan's deeds on the way here, Genjiro Akashi believed that it was mostly because of propaganda needs, not a fact.
If the Chinese really had such a talented and outstanding general, then the Beiyang government would definitely not let him go to Europe. Genjiro Akashi thought that Japan would do this, so he drew an analogy to the Chinese Beiyang government.
But this self-righteousness was shaken when it entered the Feron Tade Noy region.
As the commander of the lieutenant general's division, Genjiro Akashi owned one of the few cars in the 6th Division as a means of transportation, which was of course provided by the French, and Akashi Motojiro happily accepted it.
It's not just cars, like the Foreign Legion, the 6th Division is now equipped with all the weapons that are made in France, from M1916 rifles to Haqikis heavy machine guns.
It seemed normal for Japan to send out men and France to shoot them, and Genjiro Akashi thought it was normal and was very proud that his troops had received new weapons.
You must know that Japan is also a country that lacks resources, and the long-term shortage of materials has caused the same frugality in Japan. The cartridge box on the waist of the Japanese soldier was never filled with bullets, and he was as wealthy as the French, and the bullets were piled up there to carry casually, which simply made Akashi Genjiro red-eyed, and for a moment, Akashi Motojiro wanted to empty the huge ammunition depot as far as the eye could see.
The well-stocked Japanese soldiers were satisfied, dressed in new, generally oversized uniforms, carrying brand-new rifles, and carrying full cartridges around their waists, singing "Kimi-no-yoi" and marching to Faironta de Noy in high spirits.
Entering the area of engagement, the 6th Division came to the armed outposts set up around the area of Ferontade Noy.
As the commander of the division, he was in the rear, and of course Akashi's car had to be at the front of the line, so he was the first to be intercepted by the sentry post.
A blonde, blue-eyed French sergeant stopped the leading troops with a serious expression and asked to wait on the spot until they were confirmed before they were released.
This was understandable, but when Genjiro Akashi in the car saw that the French sergeant was saluting a Chinese second lieutenant, the whole person felt bad.
At this time, it was raining in the sky, and the road was barely able to walk because of the rest and paving a layer of stones, but when there were many people walking, it was inevitable that there would be a lot of mud. The French sergeant was running in the mud in the rain and looked calm, and the Chinese ensign sitting in the sentry box was also calm.
This is not a drill, but their normal order of superiors and subordinates.
Could it really be that the Chinese could command the pure French?
Could it be that the rumored "Eastern overlord from the Far East" is true?
Akashi Genjiro wasn't sure, and he was going to wait and see for a while.
The speed of a normal march is fast, but if you are careful to observe everything with an analytical eye, it will be slow.
So Akashi Motojiro went extremely hard along the way.
Not far ahead, Akashi Motojiro saw the legendary tank.
The word "tank" has become widely known with its power in several wars, and of course Genjiro Akashi knows it too.
Unlike Foch, Petain and other old-fashioned French generals, Genjiro Akashi was very interested in tanks, believing that they were a new weapon that could change the tide of war, and it was only because the Japanese government had no intention of sending troops to Europe that Akashi did not have the opportunity to get close to tanks.
Now that he finally had the opportunity, Akashi Genjiro was very excited, and immediately ordered the driver to stop and get out of the car to get out of the car and take a closer look at the "tank", a weapon of war that would change the shape of the war.
Sure enough, just like Akashi Motojiro imagined, the body made of steel, the hideous artillery, the same machine gun with a black hole, the surging power, and the solid and reliable tracks......
Akashi Genjiro couldn't think of any more adjectives, and slapped the body of the car twice to express his inner praise.
"What?" With the unhappiness of being disturbed, a person stood up on the roof of the car.
I beg your pardon, but Genjiro Akashi did not know that the roof of the tank was called a "turret", and he himself was in shock, because the man standing up on the roof was Chinese.
100% Chinese, although the tanker spoke French and wore a neat and handsome French uniform, Akashi Genjiro could still be sure at a glance that the person in front of him was Chinese, just as under normal circumstances, Chinese people could tell at a glance that Akashi Genjiro was Japanese.
Unlike Westerners who look at the Chinese, in the eyes of Genjiro Akashi, the faces of the Chinese are not exactly the same, even if the angle of the corners of the eyes is slightly different, Genjiro Akashi can distinguish them.
This is an essential quality of an agent.
When he learned that the tanker was Chinese, Genjiro Akashi felt even more shocked.
When the 6th Division landed from Marseille and arrived in Paris to collect its equipment, Genjiro Akashi made it clear that he wanted to get some heavy weapons, even if he didn't have the tanks and self-propelled guns that were already famous all over the world, even if he gave a few 75 misses.
As a "European expert", Akashi Genjiro knew very well that compared with the current powers, the Japanese soldiers' will to fight may indeed be a little better, but in terms of weapons, Japan was not half a star behind the European powers at this time. With the weapons that the Japanese troops are now equipped with, they can also scare and frighten the Beiyang government, which does not even have a few machine guns, and if they really encounter Westerners, the Japanese will be completely blown up in terms of technology, and they will not have the slightest ability to resist.
If possible, Akashi Genjiro wants to get some advanced European weapons back to Japan, even if it is limited to national strength and cannot be mass-produced, at least he must understand how to do it, and form a certain technical reserve.
The French did not equip the 6th Division with heavy firepower, not even "Miss 75", it was not that Leoté was defending against the Japanese, but according to the regulations of the French army, the Foreign Legion was indeed not allowed to equip heavy firepower.
Don't take Qin Zhiyuan as an analogy, Qin Zhiyuan is an "angel", a "god of war Ares", and a "hegemon of the East from the Far East", while the Sixth Division is nothing now.
Although he did not receive a heavy weapon, Genjiro Akashi did not care.
Akashi Motojiro believes that this is the internal rule of the French army, and the French army will not open up to a unit that has not made an inch.
It wasn't until he saw the Chinese tanker get up from the turret that Genjiro Akashi realized that those French "ghost animals" in Paris were also saying one thing and doing another.
"Hey, what are you doing? We have set aside a path for you, and if you don't go, then we'll go first? "The Chinese tankmen are still chattering.
To Akashi's relief, judging by the Chinese tankman's badge, this is a captain. When he saw the lieutenant general logo on Akashi's chest, the Chinese captain raised his hand and saluted, although it was not standard, but it was also an acknowledgment of each other's hierarchical relationship.
"Chinese?" Genjiro Akashi tried to ask in Chinese.
"That's right! You're not Chinese? The tankers were even more surprised.
"We are the 6th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army." Akashi Motojiro looked arrogant.
"Damn, that's really bad luck." The Chinese cursed, re-intracted the turret and closed the top cover.
The tank made a 180-degree turn in place, and the exhaust port on its butt "suddenly" spewed out a puff of black smoke, and suddenly started to gallop away.
"Bastard, is this your attitude towards your superiors?" Genjiro Akashi's chief of staff, the commander of the 11th Brigade Major General Brigade Yasuyuki Koike scolded.
The answer to him was the mud spots thrown out of the tank tracks, and a few stars even threw them in the face of Genjiro Akashi.
"These bastards, it's too much." Koike Yasuyuki scolded and took out his handkerchief and respectfully presented it.
"Koike-kun, pay attention to your attitude, don't treat them as ordinary Beiyang soldiers." Akashi Motojiro's expression was complicated, and he felt a strong hostility from the Chinese captain just now.
Nonsense, of course there is hostility.
Almost all Chinese know that Qin Zhiyuan's father died in the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle of the Qing Dynasty, and then Qin Zhiyuan's mother also followed, which is the hatred of killing his father and breaking the family.
The kind that doesn't share the sky!
(To be continued.) )