The 33rd Army and the 34th Army of Zhou Yuanjian's troops did not encounter strong attacks from the Japanese army. After half an hour of artillery attack, the Japanese army launched a squadron's tentative attack.

After discovering that the position is tightly defended, they chose to stop the attack and maintain surveillance. The reason for this is that the Japanese army was established, and the two divisions also knew that if they fought hard, they might not be able to take the position.

Therefore, they directly stopped the attack on Kaifeng and Pingdingshan. Instead, they waited for the breakthrough of the 10th Army in Xuchang. But what they did not expect was that on the first day, the attack of more than 3,000 people in a whole regiment was defeated and retreated.

It's coming down. This is beyond their expectations.

"Mo Song, don't blame yourself. I have seen the situation just now. The resistance of the Jinsui Army is indeed very fierce. You have lost the cover of the chariots, and the other side has reinforcements. So a temporary defeat does not mean anything."

In the command of the 10th Japanese Army, the commander of the 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, head of the 114th Division, Lieutenant General Shimatsu, and Chief of Staff Colonel Isoda Saburo comforted him softly.

"Hay! Thank you Commander for your understanding, but after all, it was the mistake of our 114th Division that led to the failure of this battle! I ask Commander for another opportunity to give our Division so that we can wash the battlefield

Your own shame!”

"Yoxi! Matsu is worthy of being a model for the Emperor! Good! As the commander of the 10th Army, I will support your approach!" Yanagawa Heisuke laughed and said to Lieutenant General Matsu Shigeji: "Tomorrow, our aviation will be

The team will provide the greatest support to us. Then you will launch a second attack! I will let the chariot corps fight together with you, and be sure to take this position down!"

"Hay! My subordinates will definitely live up to the commander's entrusted!" Momatsu Shigeji replied loudly!

At this time, the 17th Army guarding Xuchang was filled with miserable mist.

"Ren Zixun!! What fuck did you fight?! It was just a charge, and your position would have been almost lost! If the 5th Regiment hadn't come up, your position would have been lost long ago!!"

Ren Zixun, the leader of the 499th Regiment, was called to the command center and scolded him.

"And you! Li Shaotang! What are you doing?! Did you fight on the first day?! I didn't even read the "Tactical Guidance" I gave you?! I said that the Japanese's hand-to-hand combat is very powerful, but they all told you that they would still be.

I suffered a loss in this regard!”

"Brothers over two thousand! Because you stupid guys are just like this! It's not an exaggeration to kill you!!" Gao Guizi, the commander of the 17th Army and the commander of the 4th Division, came to the command center in front of the formation and faced him.

The two of them cursed.

It was the first day of the war! One regiment under his command was knocked out half, and the other lost one-quarter of its troops. How can it prevent Gao Guizi from being angry?!

"It's only the first day! Your Li Shaotang's 25th Brigade lost more than half a regiment. Tell me how to fight the next battle?!" Gao Guizi's finger was almost pointing to Li Shaotang's nose.

Li Shaotang's face turned red and could not say a word.

"Commander! Don't worry, if the position is broken, I, Old Li, come to see you!!" After holding it for a long time, Li Shaotang could only say this.

"Grandma, my leg! What do I want your head to do?! I want you to defend the position!!" Gao Guizi was so angry that he almost slapped him, but he gave up when he saw Ren Zixun present.

"I looked at the situation today and it was clear that someone was helping us. The Japanese artillery position was obviously attacked by heavy artillery, and the iron turtle that hit your position exploded for no reason. All this shows that someone was secretly helping us.

We, but we don't know who they are for the time being."

"Captain. I also discovered this." Li Shaotang came to his senses at this time and said to Gao Guizi: "I sent someone to investigate nearby and saw that some places should have been artificially set up some positions.

.”

"The locations of these positions are very good. If it weren't for the fact that a few veterans under my command would have almost missed it." Li Shaotang said with some confusion: "But I don't understand, since they helped us why they didn't.

Show up.”

Gao Guizi smiled and said nothing, and ordered Li Shaotang: "Don't think about these things that are not available, I will keep the position! If something goes wrong, I will not skin you!"

As he said that, Gao Guizi led the guard and left the position directly.

Gao Guizi is much smarter than Li Shaotang. When the Japanese tank exploded, he guessed that these should be the support given to them by the National Defense Forces. Moreover, this unit should be a small elite force.

As for why they don’t contact them, it’s very simple: a weapon that can destroy Japanese tanks. Can it not be a treasure?! If this weapon falls into the hands of the Japanese army, how much damage will it cause?!

After all, although this army supported the Jinsui Army, it still distrusts the Jinsui Army. Gao Guizi sighed helplessly. It is normal for others to not believe him.

With one charge, his 17th Army left more than 2,000 people behind him. There was a whole army opposite him! If this battle continued, could he defend it?!

Although Gao Guizi never thought that his 17th Army could compete with the National Defense Force, he always felt that he could support at least a few rounds, right? But judging from the current situation, he might not be able to support even a few rounds.

As well as the garrison, the 10th Army was among the early defensive attacking parties of Nanjing's Second Army. At that time, the Second Army of the National Defense Force blocked the Japanese army outside Nanjing and was unable to move for more than ten days.

In the end, the Japanese army was forced to take dangerous moves and jumped to Wuhan to open up a new battlefield. I have to say that their combat effectiveness is stronger than themselves!

It is true that this has something to do with the weapons and equipment of the National Defense Forces. But more of the reason is that the National Defense Forces are extremely familiar with the Japanese tactics. The two sides have fought dozens of times, and their familiarity is not comparable to the Jinsui Army.

At the same time, the training, morale, and confidence in not being able to fight to the point of not being in chaos are not comparable to the Jinsui Army.

"Yo Xi! Yanagawa Heisuke's fight was very good! Very good!" Matsui Ishien narrowed his eyes and looked at the map under the light and said with a smile.

"Commander, please forgive me for being stupid. This time the 10th Army dispatched a regiment, but retreated after a fierce battle. I don't know why the Commander wants to praise him." Tsukada, Chief of Staff of the Central Front Army, Tsukada, Tsuruka, Chief of Staff of the Central China Front Army

Major General Attacked in a deep voice at Matsui Ishigen.

"In the eyes of our subordinates, we should report the battle situation to the base camp! Order Yanagawa Hei to help the position of the Yuqiu Sui Army to implement a strong offensive breakthrough!?

Matsui Ishione turned around and said in a deep voice to his chief of staff: "Tsukada. You are still too young! You should learn more!"

As he said that, Matsui Ishigen walked towards the map and pointed at Zhengzhou and said in a deep voice: "If I force the 10th Army to break through Xuchang, then what will we face next?! It's Zhengzhou City!"

"In other words, if we force the 10th Army to break through directly, we will face the troops of at least three armies in Zhengzhou City." Matsui Ishigen paused and said in a deep voice to Major General Tsubasa: "

Prepare completely and wait for the hard work. Tsukada, how much do you think we need to pay to win Zhengzhou City?!"

"This..." Tsukada Oku couldn't help but feel silent. He had never thought about this problem.

"Also, the other side has two armies in Kaifeng and Pingdingshan. If we directly attack Zhengzhou City, then we have to use two divisions to attract the Jinsui army in these two places. In other words, we really participated in the battle.

It was just a 10th Army that suffered a great loss, and the two divisions we now have."

Matsui Ishione smiled and said to Tsukada: "You want to ask, why did I judge that the 10th Army would suffer a significant loss? It's very simple, today's attack can be seen. The opponent is obviously very good at fighting in position tunnels, which leads to

It is difficult to exert our army's heavy artillery and air superiority."

"And, according to today's battle report, Yamada Takata's infantry 56th Regiment lost 1,000 people. The other party dispatched two troops of about 5,000 people. The 17th Army guarding was Jinsui.

The army's elite troops have two divisions and four brigades under their jurisdiction. This time the counterattack was one brigade."

"And this is just their first encounter with us. Next, they will definitely constantly adjust their tactics. We will lose a thousand emperors and men in one attack, so we must transfer four brigades from the other side.

To defeat us, we must consider losing at least four thousand to five thousand emperors.”

"That is, we are likely to face only four available divisions and one division with a gap of more than half to attack the city of Zhengzhou with tens of thousands of troops, and we also have to face possible support from the enemy.

Tian, ​​do you understand?!"

Tsukada Ota nodded, he understood Matsui Ishien's approach.

"So, is the commander thinking about forcing the Jinsui Army to continuously reinforce Xuchang and use the aviation team and heavy artillery to carry out a large amount of killing and injuring the Jinsui Army's livelihood forces?!"

"Yo Xi! You can teach me!" Matsui Ishigen nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the map and said: "The other party's commander will face two choices at that time. First, provide reinforcements to Xuchang. This is what we are willing to see

Yes, we have the advantage of firepower to continuously increase their casualties. As long as we drag out a army from Zhengzhou City, we will reduce the pressure to attack Zhengzhou City."

"Actually, my real breakthrough point is here!" A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Matsui Ishigen's eyes, and he poked a place hard: Kaifeng!

"I let Kaifeng's divisions attack just tentatively, and the main purpose is to confuse the Jinsui army. Let them think that our main attack direction is actually Xuchang. Then, our large troops can go directly from Kaifeng when they are careless.

Make a breakthrough!”

"Kaifeng City is only a few dozen kilometers away from Zhengzhou. If we are quick, we can completely pounce on Zhengzhou City and the Jinsui Army cannot react. This is my real combat plan!"
Chapter completed!