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Although it was Taro Sakai¡¯s first time fighting against the Fourth Army.
But he is mature and prudent, and unlike those arrogant Japanese generals, he regards the Fourth Army as a real opponent.
After carefully analyzing a large number of battles against them by the Fourth Army, he determined that this was a very powerful enemy. It was even more difficult to deal with than the Central Military Armament Division he had encountered before.
Taro Sakai, Neji Okamura, and Yoshio Shinozuka all have good personal relationships. Both of them were defeated by Xia Yang, so it was definitely not an accident.
What's more, Taro Sakai also knows that the strategy and command abilities of the two of them are definitely no worse than his own, or even better than his own.
But even they lost so completely.
That means that the enemy's troops have strong combat capabilities, and the enemy's commander is also a very good commander, or even a better commander than them.
He believes that admitting that the enemy is more powerful than yourself is always the key to victory.
Because only in this way can he have a humble heart.
It is better to go all out with the attitude of a pursuer than to be arrogant and underestimate the enemy with the attitude of a winner, and the probability of final victory is higher.
The Japanese troops on the defensive position had a brief battle with the troops of the Fourth Army.
Then he realized how correct the order given by their commander-in-chief was.
Because after just one confrontation, these experienced Japanese frontline commanders already knew how powerful the enemy on the opposite side was in terms of combat capabilities.
Whether it¡¯s their firepower during the attack, their tacit cooperation between squads, or even their roundabout insertions, as well as their flexible use of weapons, etc. All very good.
The most important thing is that the enemies facing them do not lose their fighting will.
Sometimes they will even resort to suicidal attacks in order to make progress.
These commanders of the Japanese army also have relatively rich combat experience. Naturally, we know that these enemies are very powerful opponents.
As front-line commanders, they will not look down upon the enemy without seeing them like those commanders in the rear.
He Changxing¡¯s attack was not smooth.
They took advantage of their advantages in night fighting to continuously break through multiple Japanese defensive positions.
Inside He Changxing's headquarters, there was no expression of excitement on his face.
¡°In fact, he is frowning now, as if tonight¡¯s offense has suffered a huge setback.
This made the staff of the First Division very puzzled, so they asked He Changxing: "Master, our attack went very smoothly tonight. Why do you still look unhappy?"
He Changxing shook his head and said: "Although the attack went smoothly, the Japanese troops on the opposite side showed no signs of large-scale mobilization.
Their mobile troops almost only provide support to nearby positions, and they are all small-scale support. The little devil on the opposite side was conserving his strength.
I¡¯m sure that the kid opposite is waiting for daylight to come. As long as it's daytime, these little devils will definitely launch a counterattack. "
After hearing this, his chief of staff turned his attention to the map and combined it with the recently sent intelligence.
¡°It is indeed as He Changxing said, the Japanese troops did not make large-scale mobilizations.
¡°What the Fourth Army is best at is exposing a lot of flaws when the Japanese troops are mobilized. And they took advantage of this flaw to pursue and attack the Japanese army while their foothold was not stable, and to eliminate the effective strength of the Japanese army to the greatest extent possible.
But in the situation they are facing now, although the Japanese army has lost a lot of positions, its effective strength has been well preserved.
Until now, the casualty statistics reported to them from the front show that the number of casualties of the Japs is only three to four thousand.
"Tell the troops on the front line not to rush forward, occupy existing positions, and prepare for defense." He Changxing ordered decisively.
"yes!!"
His chief of staff responded immediately.
It was already late at night, and there was only less than two hours until dawn.
The attacking troops of the First Division began to retreat slightly at this time, and turned to consolidate the positions they had acquired.
Such behavior surprised Taro Sakai.
He originally thought that the enemyHuman advancement will continue until dawn. As a result, at this time, they chose to stop the attack.
Taro Sakai thought about it carefully and felt that the enemy should have discovered his intention, so he did not want to extend the battle line too long or too wide, otherwise it would be difficult for them to defend.
"The other side is indeed a very good commander!" Taro Sakai thought to himself, thinking that coming here to fight with the Fourth Army is indeed a hard job.
A little-known enemy commander can have such a keen sense of battlefield.
At this time, in a place ignored by Taro Sakai and other Japanese commanders, Xia Yang had assembled three divisions and was ready to cross the river.
Before them, two hundred elite soldiers from the Guard Regiment had successfully smuggled to the other side of the Yellow River using diving suits.
The Japanese army set up many small-scale outposts along the coast. Used to observe the situation along the river bank.
Once they discover Xia Yang's main force crossing the river nearby, they will immediately send a telegram to the joint command headquarters in Zhengzhou.
The Japanese troops will immediately come over with reinforcements and block Xia Yang's troops on the other side of the Yellow River.
In Zhongmou, between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, a small detachment of the Japanese army was stationed at the outpost for a week.
Their task is very simple. They mainly use searchlights to observe the surrounding Yellow River at night. Prevent enemies from sneaking into their side in small boats.
There are outposts like theirs every five kilometers. From Zhengzhou to Kaifeng, it doesn't take many people to monitor the conditions on this section of the Yellow River.
Not to mention a large group of troops crossing the river, they can clearly see even a small boat passing by on the river.
For the Japanese soldiers at this post, this is obviously a pretty good job.
Because compared to other troops, they need to fight the enemy on the front line. All they have to do is patrol the banks of the Yellow River, and at night they can take turns using searchlights to observe the conditions on the Yellow River.
At this time, the sound of artillery in the Zhengzhou area was rumbling, and they could hear it clearly even from such a distance.
Occasionally looking to the west, you can still see the light emitted by the explosion of illumination bombs and artillery shells, tearing the curtain of night into pieces.
What they didn¡¯t know was that on the other side, a group of Guard Corps soldiers wearing black diving suits were already slowly touching the water. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com