They naturally responded positively to the call of the Eighth Route Army.
Especially the Eighth Route Army has made corresponding promises. If it can help their army transport food, then if the war is victorious in the future, they can use their IOUs to exchange for food, or oceans.
With multiple measures, the Eighth Route Army¡¯s propaganda team mobilized a large number of people in the first two days after going out.
Many people pushed their own carts and pulled their own donkeys and cattle to help them transport food and grass.
Just as the logistics forces in the Hailar area were being organized bit by bit and devoted to the larger war offensive ahead, at this moment in the distant city of Harbin, dark clouds of battle were hanging over it.
Xia Yang looked at the gradually falling raindrops and knew that after the rainy season arrives, this place will be washed away by rain.
For them, this is not a good thing.
Because if the heavy rain continues in the future, their power in the air will be greatly weakened.
Of course, this is only an issue that the Japanese troops outside the city need to consider before they invade the city.
If they wait until the Japanese army invades the city, their air power will not be able to launch a direct attack on the Japanese offensive troops, and can only bomb the Japanese rear forces.
"Heavy rain is coming, and we need to be prepared for hard times."
Xia Yang said with a heavy expression.
At this time, the Japanese troops on the opposite side were preparing for the next round of offensive in the gradually heavy rain.
Last night they attacked continuously, and although they paid a very heavy price, they still successfully took out several strongholds deployed by the Fourth Army on the periphery.
This also greatly increased the morale of the Japanese troops. For them, although the exchange ratio was a bit ugly, they finally won a victory and achieved the goal of a battle, even if they sacrificed more personnel.
For Guderian and the Japanese commanders, the casualties were completely acceptable.
The Japanese army is also recruiting more soldiers in their rear. Now many Japanese soldiers are just fourteen or fifteen-year-old children who are not as tall as the rifles in their hands, and they have begun to participate in this war.
Of course, there are also many child soldiers on the Fourth Army, the Eighth Route Army, and even on the National Army side.
Some were even less than ten years old and had to carry rifles and put on leggings to fight against the enemy on such a cruel and bloody battlefield.
Now the country has reached a point where for them, there is no place to hide and no space to survive.
"The little devils on the opposite side are preparing to attack. I don't think they will give up the bombardment, even if they use flat-fire cannons."
Qiu Guoping said.
Xia Yang nodded and said: "I know this. I roughly calculated that our city wall should be able to support two or three days.
The soldiers delayed the Japanese attack and took them away. After our troops in the Hailar area arrived in Qiqihar, they could launch a counterattack against the Japanese troops on the opposite side. "
"How many troops does Hyrule have now?"
Qiu Guoping asked.
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¡°I heard He Changxing tell me that these Eighth Route Army propaganda troops were very powerful. Just after noon, they mobilized the local people.
They are our transportation force in the Hylar region.
Subsequent troops from the southern front will arrive there one after another. In up to five days, we can launch a large-scale counterattack in the Qiqihar area. "
This sentence made Qiu Guoping on the side very excited. He had long known that the troops in the southern front area were supporting them in this direction.
But he didn't expect it to be so fast.
As you can imagine, their transport planes almost never stopped, transporting those troops 24 hours a day.
A transport aircraft can transport up to fifty people, so these tens of thousands of people will require an unknown number of transport aircraft to transport them all.
¡°The defense of the city is also a key point. We cannot lose too many troops in this defensive operation.
When the counterattack is launched in the direction of Qiqihar, our troops will also need to cooperate with them to launch a large-scale counterattack against the Japanese troops outside the city.
I do?We want to see how Guderian on the opposite side solves this dilemma. "
Xia Yang said, looking forward with sharp eyes.
What I have to admit is that Guderian is definitely a very strong opponent.
The many defensive strategies and offensive strategies he adopted created a lot of trouble for Xia Yang and his soldiers.
Fortunately, Xia Yang and his soldiers showed strong adaptability and tenacity in combat during the battle with the Japanese army.
At this time, the Japanese troops were still occupying the Harbin area.
But once Xia Yang¡¯s offensive on the northern front is fully launched, the Japanese army on the opposite side will need to face defensive pressure from three directions at the same time.
One is in the direction of Baicheng, where the Fourth Division, although its current strength is not very large, with the arrival of additional troops from the rear, the strength in this direction will reach or even exceed 50,000 people.
¡° In this way, they can launch a large-scale offensive in the direction of Baicheng, mainly attacking the communication line between Changchun and Harbin, and cutting off the Japanese army¡¯s material supply lines here.
In the direction of Qiqihar, although their strength is now only 30,000, when their southern front troops arrive, the strength here will exceed 60,000.
There were only about 50,000 Japanese troops resisting them head-on.
Although the strength of the troops is comparable, there are essential differences between these Japanese and Fourth Army armored forces in terms of firepower and aerial fire support.
It is almost impossible for them to use equal forces to resist the advance of Xia Yang and his large forces.
Not only that, at this moment, in the other direction, their troops were also advancing vigorously, brutally pursuing the Japanese army.
That is, in Pingjin and Hebei areas, the remaining Japanese troops are being continuously pursued by them.
After their troops are eliminated in this direction, Xia Yang and his troops fighting in the northern front area will receive a large-scale increase in numbers.
As for the city of Harbin where they are now, although it is in a defensive posture, their strength exceeds 50,000.
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