In less than three days, the commander of the Japanese Guards Division, Kita-Shirakawa Palace Nengjiu, came to Hsinchu County with the Guards Division, but Kita-Shirakawa Palace Nohisa did not attack directly, but completely camped here. And he has apparently already decided that this Taiwanese army is a hard bone and not so easy to solve. After all, being able to completely annihilate a wing and a brigade is probably already very powerful in his eyes, at least no less than the combat effectiveness of a Japanese brigade. And now that the Japanese army has annihilated a wing, then the opponent is at least equal to the combat effectiveness of a brigade, then I am afraid that they must be opponents. In the eyes of the North Baichuan Palace, now Wang Guorui's troops are equivalent to the combat strength of one of their brigades, so it is better for the Japanese army not to attack in a hurry, otherwise it will suffer a great loss.

"It's a pity, this old devil is so ghostly, he didn't take the initiative to attack! If he is reckless and takes the initiative to attack, then we may be able to take the opportunity to set up an ambush, so that their losses will be very heavy! Wang Guorui said.

Tanya snorted, "Do you think you can eat all the fresh food with the same tactics?" The Japanese army suffered such a big loss in front, then they will definitely pay attention to us. If they don't pay attention to us, then I wonder how he became the commander of this Japanese division. If they are knocked down by the same stone in the same place, then such generals will definitely be shot by their superiors, because such people can only waste the lives of soldiers innocently. So he didn't rush to the punch, that was the right choice. Attacking rashly without knowing the enemy's situation is either a last resort or an absolute fool. ”

"This devil doesn't want to get the news out of his annihilation of a wing, so that we have more time to keep us safe. As long as the time drags on, there will be more and more soldiers, and the army will become more and more elite. Wang Guorui said.

Beibaichuan Gong Nengjiu used a telescope to look at the subordinates of Wang Guorui's troops in the distance, and they also dug some trenches, and then deployed barbed wire in front. Kita-Shirakawa Palace Nengjiu didn't know what this barbed wire fence was for, because there was no real theory about the method of trench warfare, and the battle mode of real trench warfare was mature in the Russo-Japanese War, so Kita-Shirakawa Palace Nengjiu was not able to see what was wonderful about Wang Guorui's tactics of digging trenches and barbed wire. And the North Baichuan function doesn't know how many machine guns Wang Guorui has.

"Let the second wing, prepare to test the attack!" Kita-Shirakawa Miyano said.

The reason why Kita-Shirakawa Palace Noejiu did not let other wings test it implied that because the so-called first wing had just been reorganized, the soldiers and officers had not yet run in, so they naturally could not fight. And the 4th Wing was annihilated by a brigade, and the losses were not small. And only the second and third wings can fight, that is, only the second wing can be tested. Because the 2nd Wing is one of the oldest wings in the Japanese army, it was formed at the same time as the 1st Wing. Now that the first wing has been completely annihilated by the enemy, it is natural for the second wing to test it.

"Kill, give!"

The soldiers of the 2nd Wing of the Japanese Army began to charge.

"Pass the order down and get ready for battle!" Wang Guorui said.

"Kill, give!"

"1st Artillery Battalion, fire!" Wang Guorui said.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

The first battalion of the artillery regiment immediately prepared to open fire, and more than a dozen shells began to hit the road of the Japanese charge.

"Uhh

At first, many Japanese troops were blown up, but Wang Guorui was not very satisfied, and said: "Why is the result of the battle so small, a shell can only kill three or four at most, which is much worse than the original!" ”

But Hu Wei said helplessly: "Lord Wang, these Japanese soldiers are too shrewd, they seem to be soldiers who have invested in a wing, but their queues are very scattered. You can see that they are almost in a long snake formation, and he guarantees that there is only one person within a radius of a few meters. In this way, even if we are lucky within a radius of more than ten meters, we can only kill three or four people. They seemed to be shouting a charge, but they weren't too keen on charging at all, they couldn't charge much faster than they could walk. I guess they're testing our firepower and don't really want to attack us. If my prediction is correct, then the Japanese army should soon withdraw and prepare for the next round of attack! ”

Sure enough, as Hu Wei expected, after the Japanese army lost about 100 people, it immediately began to withdraw. Such losses are actually not too large, probably just a squadron. Moreover, the dead and wounded troops were also scattered in different teams, and there was no formation to kill and wound the Japanese army. In this way, the losses of the Japanese army were not enough to be touched by some skins, not even minor injuries. And this time the Japanese army didn't want to really attack, but just to test the firepower of Wang Guorui's army.

"These people really have some ability, eighteen heavy artillery, no wonder the first wing will suffer before. The artillery strength of the 1st Wing is not stronger than theirs, so losses are inevitable. If they had used some trickery to destroy the 1st Wing's artillery in the first place, then maybe the 1st Wing might have been wiped out! Kita-Shirakawa Miyano said.

And a staff officer next to him immediately said: "Your Royal Highness, at that time, the First Wing was just ambushed and plotted, and they could naturally succeed if they had a calculation or no intention." And we will not be afraid, because our artillery is very strong, our Guards Division has an artillery wing, a full forty-eight cannons, and we do not need to be afraid of them at all. It's remarkable that they can have a dozen cannons, so our artillery can easily suppress them. If you add the artillery of the wing below us, it can completely beat them to the ground! ”

It's no wonder that the Japanese army opened its mouth and closed its mouth to artillery, because if there were no artillery in this era, then I'm afraid there was really no way to fight this war. In this era, artillery is the only suppressive firepower, in this era there are no planes and no missiles, and if you want to suppress the enemy, you can only rely on artillery. If you don't have a cannon, you can only let the enemy hit you, but you can't hit the enemy. In this era, as long as there is artillery, it is completely possible to suppress the enemy, and it is almost easy to bully those who do not have artillery. If it was World War II, you could still call in aircraft support, but in this era, only artillery can suppress the enemy.

In this era, the competition is about whose artillery has more and whose artillery is high. In addition, there are generally no light machine guns in all countries in the world, so the person who can cover the infantry charge is also artillery. It was almost impossible for ordinary infantry to charge with heavy machine guns, and the light machine gun was not invented, and the artillery suppression became the only suppressive firepower. Therefore, the Japanese army also thinks so, as long as they can defeat Wang Guorui in artillery, it is very simple.

On Wang Guorui's side, he was obviously prepared.

"Tell the brethren of the artillery, as long as the Japanese army does not attack on a large scale, then we will not be able to expose all the artillery. We have only exposed one artillery battalion at the moment, and we can only fire one artillery battalion at a time, and the rest of the battalions have to rest for me. The three artillery battalions take turns to fight at any time and exercise their own artillery skills. Unless they attack with the whole Japanese army, then we will all go to war. Such a good live target, then it would be a waste if we didn't exercise it. Chen Liyan, commander of the artillery regiment, said.

Of course, Wang Guorui will not expose his practice of having three artillery battalions, because the Japanese army currently thinks that Wang Guorui only has one artillery battalion, so Wang Guorui will just plan and take the initiative to expose one. After all, don't play the hole cards in your hand all at once, if you expose that you have an artillery regiment and 54 cannons, then the Japanese army is not stupid, they will immediately ask for domestic support. At present, these Japanese high-ranking people did not think of asking for domestic support because of their own evil intentions. If Wang Guorui revealed that he had an artillery regiment, the Angol Japanese army might also think that it could not conquer Taiwan independently, and would definitely ask for domestic support. At that time, Japan will send more troops over, which will be very unfavorable to Wang Guorui.

Wang Guorui's second division still needs to be trained, and it will take about two months to complete the training. Since the Japanese army is so "cooperative", why did Wang Guorui break this cooperation? The Japanese army will not take the initiative to ask for support for the sake of their own face, so Wang Guorui must also cooperate, maintain a tacit understanding, and not expose too much strength. As long as the commanders of the Japanese army, Shiki Kayama and Kita-Shirakawa Shrine, do not completely despair about conquering Taiwan for a long time, then they will not take the initiative to ask for domestic support. Once domestic support is requested, Security will also expose their loss of troops, and they will probably have to go to court-martial.

Therefore, Wang Guorui needed time to train the soldiers, and the Japanese commanders did not want to be exposed. This creates a wonderful situation, and time passes slowly. What Wang Guorui has to do is to continue to maintain this situation, and let his second and even third divisions be trained and reorganized, and then the anti-Japanese resistance can enter the second stage.

Wang Guorui also divided his anti-Japanese resistance into three parts, and now carries out the first part, that is, strategic defense. And the second stage, that is, after the completion of the training of the second and third divisions, is the strategic stalemate. As for the third stage, that is, after the fourth and fifth divisions are trained, it will be a strategic counteroffensive. And the Japanese army is still very cooperative at present, and Wang Guorui will not take the initiative to break his plan.