Amidst the loud noise, the last bit of Japanese resistance on the other side of the river disappeared into a cloud of smoke and explosions.
All the Japanese troops originally stationed in this area were finally completely wiped out.
The troops of the Fourth Army on the front did not immediately attack the Japanese troops on the other side of the river, but temporarily retreated to the woods behind to rest and recuperate.
Seeing that the enemy on the opposite side began to retreat, Otomo Katsumasa began to think about the next countermeasures.
At present, it seems that the enemy on the opposite side does not intend to cross the river immediately. This may be because the enemy on the opposite side does not have sufficient conditions to cross the river. On the other hand, it is possible that the enemy on the opposite side intends to confront themselves.
If the former possibility is still the case, then they should do everything possible to strengthen their defense lines and at the same time strengthen patrols on the river banks to prevent enemy troops from suddenly crossing the river.
If it is the second possibility, then they can breathe a sigh of relief. At least the enemies on the opposite side will not attack them again in a short period of time.
However, Otomo Katsumasa did not wait too long, he got the information reported by the scouts ahead.
"Some of our remaining soldiers on the other side of the river have given us the news that the enemy's troops are on the other side of the woods, carrying out logging work.
They should be planning to use the trees in the woods to make some rafts to facilitate their crossing the river. "
This news is good or bad. For Otomo Katsumasa, if the enemy on the opposite side remains stationary, that is actually what worries him the most.
If the enemy on the opposite side starts to cut down trees, it means that the enemy on the opposite side has made plans to attack them, and their basic tactics and tactics have been exposed.
¡°If this is the case, then our current troops don¡¯t have to be so nervous.
It will take a certain amount of time for the other side to make enough rafts. The soldiers at the front, let them take a break.
At the same time, we need to strengthen patrols at night. The enemy on the opposite side may use the cover of darkness to cross the river at night. "
Otomo Katsumasa said, looking at the sky outside again.
There are still a few hours until dark.
In the past few hours, their entire brigade has been buried on the other side of the river. At this time y*un xua*n ge.o*rg Zhang Si
This was a heavy blow to the Japanese 78th Division.
But the same thing is that the enemy on the opposite side cannot cross this river in a short time.
Now this river is a natural barrier for the Japanese army.
However, they did not expect that the troops of the Fourth Army would cross the river more than 30 kilometers away from them.
Such a long river crossing requires highly mobile troops, which the Fourth Army can exactly meet.
Although the main body of the Fourth Division is infantry, there are also many troops that can be deployed individually for high-mobility operations.
Now these troops are ready to land in the distance.
In the Songyuan area, the Japanese troops who retreated from the direction of Qiqihar have arrived at Songyuan City along the highway in their carriages and cars.
Originally, there were not many Japanese troops stationed in this place. Now the arrival of a reorganized Japanese division and other attached troops makes Songyuan City look extremely crowded at this moment.
After they arrived here, they began to set up a defense line.
The direction of the defense line is mainly to the north, and also to the west.
To the north are the enemy troops gathered in Daqing City, which may move south to attack the Songyuan area at any time.
As for the enemy force to the west, they no longer had to guess, because that force had already launched a ferocious attack on the Japanese army during the day, annihilating a Japanese brigade.
After the Japanese army arrived at Songyuan City, in addition to building a defense line, they then dispatched a regiment of troops and a tank brigade to the Japanese defense line east of Baicheng to support the Japanese troops stationed there. 78th Division.
This order was personally issued by Guderian. He had noticed that the enemies on the opposite side were ready to make certain breakthroughs and progress in other directions.
He needs to guard against the enemies on the opposite side and intercept their retreat, and the enemies that pose the greatest threat to them are naturally the enemies in the Baicheng area.
Those enemies as long as they are generalsIf the defense line in the Baicheng area breaks through, they can attack directly to the west and cut off their retreat.
All the roads, railways, and key bridges used by the Japanese troops to retreat were occupied or destroyed.
No matter what it is, it is unacceptable to Guderian and the troops he assembled in the Harbin area.
If their railway lines and highway lines in the south are cut off by the enemy, then there will be no place to replenish the supplies of the more than 100,000 Japanese troops.
He naturally does not want to see this kind of thing, which means that they may have failed before they have a large-scale battle with the enemy on the opposite side.
Therefore, the current focus of the Japanese defense lies in the Songyuan area, and the direction of their focused attack is the handover point between the Harbin area and the Daqing area. 强牺 yunxuange.org 读牺
According to their previous plan, although the enemies currently facing the front can hold on to the city, if they cut off the communication lines that the enemy has finally opened up, they will not be able to escape.
If we cut off the connection between Harbin and Daqing City and prevent enemy soldiers and supplies from entering Harbin City, then the enemies on the front will inevitably fall into chaos.
The most basic thing is that the current material situation in Harbin may have reached a state where emergency supplies are needed.
Otherwise, the enemy on the opposite side would not be so anxious to open up their communication line with Daqing City.
Now if they attack this communication line, the enemy on the opposite side will have to fight their troops in the plains and hilly areas between Daqing and Harbin City. Zhida z.com Zhixiao
In this way, the Japanese army can get rid of the street fighting that the Fourth Army is best at, and they do not have to engage in street fighting with the enemy on the opposite side.
Nowadays, many Japanese troops have suffered heavy casualties due to street fighting with the Fourth Army, and they already have shadows in their hearts.
Some Japanese soldiers even thought that the entire city of Harbin was a man-eating monster. As long as they entered it, they would be swallowed directly by the monster and then chewed to pieces