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Chapter 931 Japanese Army Decision

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    Their armored units suffered heavy losses, and more than half of them were lost in one afternoon of fighting.  These tanks and armored vehicles with fragile armor plates are not only unable to block the bombardment of flat-fire cannons, but they are also unable to completely withstand large-caliber heavy machine gun bullets.

    At this time, the pile of corpses in front of the position was already two stories high.  Many corpses had been blown apart by artillery shells, and broken arms and limbs could be seen everywhere.

    Some Soviet veterans, when they first entered the battlefield, saw such a tragic scene, they even couldn't help but vomited.

    As for the soldiers who stayed in the trenches, they were used to such scenes.

    Although Zhukov and General Stavsky have handed over command to Xia Yang, they focus on remotely commanding the Soviet troops on the frontal battlefield.  But Zhukov still found time to go to a high place and observe the situation on the battlefield with a telescope.

    I saw Xia Yang¡¯s troops fighting to the death on their positions.  Zhukov sincerely admired these soldiers.

    He thought to himself, if at the beginning of the Battle of Nomenhan, the soldiers under his command were so well-trained.  Rather than a group of new recruits, the lower-level commanders are also excellent commanders full of combat experience, rather than a group of dumb young men who have just graduated from military schools. By this time, this battle may have been over long ago.

    Xia Yang yawned widely and wiped the cannon fodder off his face.  Just now, another Japanese artillery shell landed not far from his command post, covering his face with cannon fodder.

    His commander is located not far from the position, making it easier for him to direct the deployment of troops on the position.

    Seeing the Japanese attack, they were repulsed again.  Xia Yang already had a very good chance of winning this battle.

    Although they suffered heavy losses, the Japanese army suffered even worse than them.

    Itagaki Seishiro's reckless attack caused the number of casualties of the Japanese army to rise sharply.  Although the scale of the battle to siege Tamtsag Prague was not comparable to their previous battle with more than 100,000 Soviet armored troops on the frontal battlefield.  However, the number of casualties they paid in one day was more than that on the frontal battlefield.

    The most critical thing is that although they suffered such huge casualties, they failed to successfully capture the position where the Fourth Division was stationed.

    After finally rushing into the position, Xia Yang's troops organized a swift counterattack and took the position back again within a short time.

    Faced with such a high-intensity battle, even soldiers as tough as the Japanese army were already very exhausted.  Some Japanese soldiers even fell into collapse.

    "As for Xia Yang, the situation is slightly better. After all, they occupy a geographical advantage and have strong firepower.

    But even so, their casualties were high.  If it weren't for the Soviet army's reinforcements and the transport planes that arrived in time, they might have lost part of their position.

    "Order the troops to repair and wait for the attack at night." Itagaki Seishiro finally gave the order to stop the attack.

    After receiving the order to stop the attack, the Japanese soldiers withdrew from the battlefield one after another.

    These soldiers all looked depressed, their eyes were blood red and cloudy, and they looked like dead people.

    Seeing that the Japanese army had stopped attacking, a large number of members of the medical team immediately rushed into the position and began to transfer the seriously injured to the field hospital in the rear so that they could receive timely surgical treatment.  As for the lightly wounded, they were simply bandaged and allowed to continue fighting on the battlefield.

    Looking at the clock on his wrist, the hour hand already indicated half past six in the evening.

    At this time, there is still about an hour before it gets dark.

    The Soviet armored forces have arrived at the outskirts of Tamtsag Prague.  But Xia Yang ordered them not to try to break through the Japanese defense line and enter Tamtsag Prague, but to let them wander around the periphery and become a "Sword of Damocles" hanging over the heads of the Japanese army to deter the Japanese army.

    When the daytime battle in Tamtsag Prague was coming to an end, the Soviet armored forces on the front battlefield were basically ready for all preparations.

    According to the order issued by Zhukov, they will launch an attack on the Japanese divisions staying on the front in the early morning of tomorrow.

    At this time, the Japanese troops stationed on the frontal battlefield only had one division and one brigade. Moreover, they were all units that had not received many reinforcements after a long period of fighting.

    It is said that they are a division and a brigade, but in fact their soldiers?, only more than 20,000 people were left.

    The 23rd Division on their flanks, in order to defend the flanks and prevent the Soviet armored forces from directly detouring from the flanks and making dumplings out of them, could not return to support the front.

    But even with the addition of the 23rd Division, the number of Japanese troops left here is only more than 40,000.

    Before that, they had received orders from Michutaro Komatsubara.  It is said that the Soviets are probably going to hit the main force in the front, so that they must withstand it no matter what.

    ¡°At least, we have to wait until they defeat Tamtsag Prague, otherwise they will lose everything.

    In this regard, the Japanese soldiers who stayed on the front expressed that they were under a lot of pressure.

    Because what they now need to face is Soviet soldiers that are several times their number, and armored forces that are dozens of times their number.  They didn't know if they could withstand the first charge of the Soviet armored group.

    Before, their first line of defense fell, but they could still rely on subsequent troops to push back.  This time they were the first line of defense. Behind them was the vast grassland, and there were no troops to help them push forward.

    In the headquarters of Michutaro Komatsubara, Seishiro Itagaki and other Japanese commanders came here just as it got dark.

    They need to discuss the next step at this time.

    In fact, if they choose to stop and retreat directly now, they can still ensure that the main force is not lost.  If you continue to attack, you are taking a gamble. If the frontal defense line cannot hold out for even a day, it will be directly breached.  And if they didn't attack Tamtsag Prague, they would be finished.

    Michutaro Komatsubara looked solemn. To be precise, everyone looked very solemn.  Only Itagaki Seishiro still had a hint of madness in his eyes.

    "Our troops have reached the edge of the cliff. Now we retreat to ensure that the main force is not lost. If we continue to attack, the entire line may collapse." Komatsubara Michutaro said the situation of the Japanese army at this time.

    The other division commanders and commanders did not choose to speak first, but focused their attention on Michutaro Komatsubara and Seishiro Itagaki.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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