The 33rd Army under Zhou Yuanjian and Yang Chengyuan's 34th Army really did not encounter a strong attack by the Japanese army, and the Japanese carried out a tentative attack by a squadron after half an hour of artillery bombardment.

After discovering that the position was heavily defended, they chose to stop the offensive and keep watch. The reason for this was that, firstly, the established tactics of the Japanese army, and secondly, the two divisions also knew that they might not be able to take the position if they fought hard.

Therefore, they directly stopped the attack on Kaifeng and Pingdingshan. Instead, they waited for the breakthrough of the Tenth Army in Xuchang. But what I didn't expect was that on the first day, the attack of more than 3,000 people in the whole wing was so defeated. This was a great surprise to them.

"Suematsu, don't blame yourself. I have seen the situation just now, the resistance of the Jin Sui army is indeed fierce, and you have lost the cover of the chariot, and the other side still has reinforcements. So a temporary loss doesn't mean anything. ”

In the headquarters of the Japanese Tenth Army, the commander of the 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, whispered with relief to Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division, and Saburo Isoda Osa, chief of staff.

"Hay! Thank you for your understanding, but after all, it was our 114th Division's mistake that led to the defeat of this operation! I beg Your Excellency the Commander to give our division another chance so that we can wash away our shame on the battlefield! ”

"Yo Si! Suesong is worthy of being a model for the emperor's ** people! Good! As the commander of the 10th Army, I will support your approach! Yanagawa Heisuke smiled and said to Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu: "Tomorrow, our air force will provide us with the greatest support. When the time comes, you will launch a second attack! I'll have the Chariot Wing work with you, and I'll take this position!" ”

"Hay! The subordinates will definitely live up to the commander's trust!! Shigeji Suematsu replied loudly!

At this time, the 17th Army garrisoning Xuchang was a gloomy fog.

"Ren Zixun!! What the fuck are you fighting?! It's just a charge, and your position is almost lost! If it hadn't been for the 500 regiment, your position would have been lost a long time ago!! ”

Ren Zixun, the commander of the 499th Regiment, was called to the headquarters and scolded.

"And you! Li Shaotang! What are you with?! The first day of war?! Didn't you even read your "Tactical Guidance"?! It's all said. The little devil's white-knuckle battle is very powerful, and as a result, I tell you that you still suffer in this regard! ”

"More than 2,000 brothers! Because that's what you fools are all about! It's not an exaggeration to kill you!! Gao Guizi, commander of the 17th Army and commander of the 84th Division, came to the front headquarters and scolded the two of them.

It's only the first day of the war! One of his regiments was knocked out in half, and the other lost a quarter of its troops, how could this not make Gao Guizi angry?!

"It's only the first day! Your Li Shaotang's 250 Brigade lost more than half of the regiment, and you tell me how to fight the next battle?! Gao Guizi's fingers were almost pointed at Li Shaotang's nose.

Li Shaotang's face turned red and he couldn't say a word.

"Commander! Don't worry, if the position is broken, my old Li will come to see you!! After holding back for a long time, Li Shaotang could only hold back such a sentence.

"Grandma's legs! What do I want your head for?! Lao Tzu wants you to hold your ground! Hold your ground!! Gao Gui was so angry that he almost slapped him, but he gave up when he saw Ren Zixun present.

"I took a look at the situation today and it was clear that someone was helping us. Japanese artillery positions were clearly under heavy artillery fire. And the Iron King Eight who stormed your position exploded for no reason. All of this shows that someone is secretly helping us, but we don't know who they are for the time being. ”

"Commander, I've found out about this." Li Shaotang came back to his senses at this time and said to Gao Guizi: "I sent someone to reconnoiter nearby, and I saw that some places should have been artificially set up some positions. ”

"The positions in these positions are well chosen. If it weren't for a few of my veterans, I would have almost missed it. Saying that, Li Shaotang said with some doubts: "But I don't understand, since they helped us, why didn't they show up." ”

Gao Guizi smiled and didn't say a word, and instructed Li Shaotang: "Don't think about what you have or don't have, the position is defended by Lao Tzu!" If something goes wrong, see if Lao Tzu doesn't pick your skin! ”

With that, Gao Guizi left the position directly with the guards.

Gao Guizi is much smarter than Li Shaotang. When the Japanese tanks exploded, he guessed that this was supposed to be the support given to them by the Wehrmacht. Moreover, this unit should be an elite unit in small units.

As for why they didn't get in touch with themselves, it was very simple: the weapons that could destroy the Japanese tanks could not be treasures?! If this weapon falls into the hands of the Japanese army. How much damage would that cause?!

And in the final analysis, although this army supported the Jin Sui army, it still did not trust the Jin Sui army. Gao Guizi sighed helplessly, it was normal for people not to believe in themselves.

A charge, their own

The Seventeenth Army lost more than 2,000 men. There's a whole army on the other side! If this battle continues. Can you hold it yourself?!

Although Gao Guizi never thought that his 17th Army could compete with the Wehrmacht, he always felt that he could at least support a few rounds, right?! But the current situation looks like. I may not be able to support myself for even a few rounds.

Also garrisoned, the Tenth Army was among the attackers of the early defense of the Second Army in Nanjing. At that time, the Second Group Army of the National Defense Army blocked the Japanese army outside Nanjing and could not move for more than ten days.

In the end, the Japanese army was forced to make a dangerous move and jumped to Wuhan to open up a new battlefield. I have to say that other people's combat effectiveness is stronger than their own!

True, this has something to do with the armament of the Wehrmacht. But the more reason was that the Wehrmacht was very familiar with the tactics of the Japanese army. The two sides have fought no less than dozens of times, and the degree of familiarity is not comparable to that of the Jin Sui army.

At the same time, the training, morale, and confidence of the Wehrmacht were not comparable to those of the Jin Sui Army.

"Yo Si! Yanagawa Heisuke played very well! Very good! Matsui Ishone squinted his eyes and smiled as he looked at the map in the light.

"Your Excellency, Commander, forgive me for being stupid. This time the Tenth Army sent a wing, but was defeated after a day of fierce fighting. His subordinates didn't know why His Excellency the Commander praised him. Major General Tsukada Tsuka, Chief of the General Staff of the Central China Front, said in a deep voice to Matsui Ishone.

"In the eyes of our subordinates, we should report the battle situation to the base camp! Order Yanagawa Heisuke to immediately carry out a strong attack on the position of the Jin Sui army and break through! ”

Matsui Ishine turned around and said in a deep voice to his chief of staff: "Tsukada, your age is still too young! You should learn a lot! ”

As he spoke, Matsui Shigen walked to the map and pointed to Zhengzhou and said in a deep voice: "If I force the Tenth Army to break through Xuchang, then what will we face next?!" It's Zhengzhou City! ”

"In other words, if the Tenth Army is forced to break through directly, then we will still face troops of at least three armies in Zhengzhou City." Matsui Ishine paused, and said in a deep voice to Major General Tsukada: "Prepare completely, wait for work." Tsukada, how much price do you think we need to pay to take Zhengzhou City?! ”

"This ......" Tsukada couldn't help but be dumbfounded. He hadn't thought about it.

"Moreover, the other side has two armies that are now in Kaifeng and Pingdingshan. If we attack the city of Zhengzhou directly, then we will have to use two divisions to attract the Jin Sui army in these two places. In other words, we really participated in the battle only with a 10th Army with considerable losses, and now we have two divisions in our hands. ”

Matsui Ishine smiled and said to Tsukada: "You want to ask, why did I judge that the Tenth Army would have heavy losses?!" Quite simply, today's attack can be seen. The opponent is obviously extremely good at positional tunnel operations, which makes it difficult for our army's heavy artillery and air superiority to be brought into play. ”

"And, according to today's war report. Tsuneta Yamada's 56th Infantry Wing lost a thousand people. The other side dispatched two regiments of about 5,000 troops. The 17th Army, which was garrisoned, was the elite unit of the Jin Sui Army. It has two divisions and four brigades. This time, it was a brigade that counterattacked. ”

"And this is just their first encounter with us. In the future, they will definitely continue to adjust their tactics. In one attack, we lost 1,000 emperors, so to defeat the opponent's four brigades, we must consider losing at least 4,000 to 5,000 emperors. ”

"In other words, we are likely to face only four usable divisions and one division with a shortage of more than half to attack the city of Zhengzhou, which has three armies of tens of thousands of people, and at the same time we will also face possible support from the enemy. Tsukada, do you understand?! ”

Tsukada nodded, he somewhat understood Matsui Ishone's approach.

"So, is Your Excellency the Commander thinking of forcing the Jin Sui Army to continuously reinforce Xuchang, and using aviation and heavy artillery to inflict a large number of casualties on the living forces of the Jin Sui Army?!"

"Yo Si! The child can be taught! Matsui Ishine nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the map and said, "The commander of the other party will face two choices at that time, first, reinforcements to Xuchang. This is what we would like to see, and we have superior firepower to increase their casualties. As long as we drag out the troops of Zhengzhou City, we will reduce the pressure to attack Zhengzhou City. ”

"Actually, here's my real breaking point!" A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Matsui Shigen's eyes, and he poked a place fiercely: Kaifeng!

"I let Kaifeng's division only make a tentative attack, and the main purpose is to confuse the Jin Sui army. Let them think that our main direction of attack is actually Xuchang. Then, our large forces can completely break through directly from Kaifeng when they are paralyzed! ”

"Kaifeng City is only dozens of kilometers away from Zhengzhou, if we are fast, we can directly pounce on Zhengzhou City and the Jin Sui army can't react. That's my real battle plan! ”

ps: Go out for a walk with your wife~ Let's continue to code words when we come back~~ A man whose wife is pregnant~ They can't afford to hurt......