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    It would be fine if it was just a reconnaissance plane. The biggest headache for the Japanese now is that there are also fighter jets and bombers coming with the reconnaissance plane.

    These fighters and bombers, driven by pilots, poured bombs and bullets from cannons into the Japanese ranks again and again.

    However, despite this, the Japanese army was still not completely defeated.  It's just that their morale is low at this time, and they move forward with their heads buried in the ground, like eggplants beaten by frost.

    The remaining 15,000 men of Itagaki Division are responsible for the rear to block the pursuers from the rear.  The other retreating Japanese troops were only seven or eight kilometers away from them.

    According to Xia Yang¡¯s suggestion, Zhukov temporarily modified the pursuit order to allow the armored troops deployed from the frontal battlefield to directly intercept the Japanese troops from the flanks.

    Xia Yang obtained the general route of the Japanese retreat through reconnaissance planes and the guard battalions following the Japanese.  He easily made the judgment that the Japanese army would withdraw into the Hailar area.

    ¡°And the route the Japanese army wants to take is the same route they used to withdraw from Hailar to Tamtsag Prague.

    It is precisely because of this that Xia Yang suggested to Zhukov that the Soviet armored group troops should take advantage of their mobility to directly intercept the Japanese army on the only way they must pass.

    If this is the case, they can even complete the encirclement of the Japanese army.

    The troops from both sides stretched out for dozens of kilometers on this vast grassland.  The mighty team, like giant dragons, wandered on the grassland.

    Xia Yang led his armored troops, motorized infantry regiments, and highly mobile cavalry regiments in pursuit.

    However, Xia Yang did not get ahead of the Soviet armored forces. On the one hand, he did not want to have another direct confrontation with the Japanese army, which would cause further losses to his troops.  Another aspect is that the group of Soviet armored units that had not participated in the war were all eager to grab the credit, charging harder and harder, and Xia Yang's troops really couldn't keep up.

    The pursuit by both sides continued until night. The Soviet armored division and motorized infantry division finally collided with the blocking force of Itagaki Division.

    Although most of the Japanese divisions are Category A divisions, they have basically become mules and horses.  However, there are still some obvious gaps in mobility capabilities with the Soviet armored forces that have completed mechanization.

    In order to help the main force retreat, it is necessary to have troops responsible for blocking the attack of these Soviet armored units.  This gives the main force time to retreat.

    The Itagaki Division had assumed such a task and was determined to die.

    Their divisions were fortified on more than a dozen gentle slopes.  Most of Outer Mongolia is flat open land, or there are low and gentle hillsides.

    This kind of terrain is very unfavorable for infantry combat, but very conducive to armored and cavalry combat.

    Choosing to block the pursuing troops here, Itagaki Seishiro had no choice.

    The failure of his plan to attack Tamtsag Prague made him feel very guilty. He felt that he should die on this battlefield as a warrior in order to complete his own salvation.

    With this idea in mind, he chose to have his troops deploy defenses on more than a dozen higher hillsides, hoping to block the Soviet armored forces and motorized infantry divisions from attacking.

    His defensive line is not very long, but it is very deep.  As long as the Soviets did not choose to ignore them and go around, they would have to spend more time breaking through the several lines of defense set up by the Fifth Division.

    The two armies exchanged fire in the evening, and the Soviet attack was very fierce.  After several days of wandering around the outside world, they had already built up their strength and wanted to have a good fight.

    Now that they finally have the opportunity, they are naturally unwilling to let it go.

    The forces of two entire divisions arrived on the battlefield one after another, and then followed their commander's orders and devoted themselves to the offensive against the Japanese Itagaki Division's positions.

    The forces of Itagaki Division were not completely concentrated in this area.

    In fact, although Itagaki Seishiro was determined to die, he also knew that his main task was to delay as much time as possible.

    Therefore, the Japanese army¡¯s first line of defense was only garrisoned by one regiment.

    The several lines of defense not far apart at the back are also jointly deployed by one wing or two wings.

    By doing this, although they dispersed their forces and prevented them from concentrating their superior forces for a while, they also increased the depth, which ensured that the Soviet attack would not have to be spent.??More time to resolve the Fifth Division's blockade.

    The two sides fought from dusk until nightfall. Although the Soviet armored forces annihilated a large number of Japanese troops, they still failed to break through the first line of defense set up by the Japanese troops there.

    At that time, a commander suggested that they should directly bypass this Japanese army and attack the main force of the Japanese army.  But after this approach was reported to Zhukov, it was directly rejected.

    The reason is very simple. If the entire fifth division of the Japanese army is left behind, then this army may stab you in the back at any time.  At that time, the losses they would suffer would be much greater than in a frontal attack.

    The Soviets were also fierce enough. They fought for five or six hours from evening to midnight.  The Japanese regiment lost more than half, but still held on to several major positions.

    At this time, Xia Yang, who was originally behind, had also rushed over with his troops in the middle of the night.

    Seeing some Soviet tanks burning in front of the Japanese position, and Soviet soldiers sitting on the ground dejectedly resting, Xia Yang knew that their attack was not going very smoothly.

    "Davari, it seems that your attack is not going too smoothly." Xia Yang walked up to the Soviet armored division commander and said.

    The commander of the armored division knew Xia Yang.

    Zhukov repeatedly told him on the phone that he could listen more to Xia Yang's opinions during the pursuit.

    In addition, during the defense battle of Tamtsag-Prague, his troops also directly obeyed Xia Yang's orders.  Only after the Japanese troops retreated did his command return to Zhukov's hands.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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