In fact, Zhang Chi immediately realized that Tadashi Hosokawa underestimated the enemy.

"The Japanese army will hope to take advantage of the riots of the people. Their intention is to rush into the city and fight streets with us as soon as possible!" Zhang Chi said: "In other words, the Japanese thought they could easily break through our army's defense line..."

The fellow villagers looked at Zhang Chi incrediblely: "What the master means is that... the war has come to this point, but the Japanese are still looking down on others? No way!"

"I think it's possible!" said Staff Liang: "These Japanese were transferred back from the Manchuria-Mongolia border. They may have some combat effectiveness, so it's normal to look down on people!"

When the fellow villagers heard this, they couldn't help laughing: "Then the relationship is good, let's give the Japanese a little bit of awesomeness!"

"Go..." Chief Liang raised his head to the fellow villager: "Do you know how to show the Japanese awesome?"

"That's not simple..." The fellow villager replied: "It's a mule or a horse to take it out for a walk. You'll know if you come up and fight for a while?"

Staff Liang replied angrily: "According to your playing style, isn't it obvious that you tell the Japanese about our strength and then let them prepare again?"

"This..." Hearing the words, the fellow villager couldn't help but touch his head: "What should I do?"

"Secretary, look..." Staff Liang looked at Zhang Chi.

"Put the Japanese in and fight!" After thinking about it, Zhang Chi pointed to the map and said, "We built two lines of defense outside the city and the 'Research Institute'... Since the Japanese underestimated the enemy, they just set up a trap for them to jump and pass the orders down. The two lines of defense outside resisted slightly and retreated, and waited for the enemy to attack... At that time, they would use the city and 'Research Institute' as bases to launch a counterattack from the two wings!"

"Yes!" The fellow villager and Staff Liang responded.

Then the Japanese army indeed launched an attack on the expeditionary army's positions.

The attack was launched by the 53rd Brigade of the Japanese army. The two corps under their jurisdiction launched an attack on the city and the "Research Institute". The 232nd Regiment attacked the city of Qiqihar, and the 233rd Regiment attacked the "Research Institute".

(Note: The 53,54th Brigade of the 59th Division of the Japanese Army is under its jurisdiction, and each infantry brigade is under its jurisdiction)

In fact, the Japanese 59th Division also has a chariot corps... After all, it is a division stationed on the Manchurian-Mongolia border to resist the Soviet Union. Without some tanks, there are no ways to deal with the overwhelming Soviet tanks. This was recognized by the Japanese army in the Battle of Nomenkan. Therefore, no matter how hard the Japanese army worked on the Pacific battlefield and the Chinese battlefield, these Japanese divisions on the Manchurian-Mongolia border would be equipped with a tank corps and anti-tank weapons without exception.

Of course, these anti-tanks are limited to anti-tank guns and magnetic thunder.

It’s just that the tank speed is relatively slow, and there are also fighter jets from the Chinese team along the way... Tanks are very expensive for the Japanese army. On the other hand, the armor of the Japanese tanks really cannot withstand the strafing and bombing of fighter jets, especially the strafing... Generally speaking, the air force that attacks tanks should be better for bombers. The bomber can drop bombs. The fighter will often be blocked by tank armor and it will not play much role.

However, the situation against Japanese tanks is just the opposite... The bomber cannot bring a few bombs, so the number of attacks is very limited. On the contrary, the combat power is much more machine gun bullets than bombs. When he sees a tank, he dives and a row of bullets will smoke. Although it may not be able to destroy and explode, it will definitely be useless on the battlefield. These tanks even seem to be fine outside. The tank crew, instruments and other things inside have been beaten into a mess...

This is due to the secondary killing of bullets. After the bullet penetrates the armor, it rolls in the tank compartment and even rebounds. So a string of bullets came down, and the tank crew hiding inside screamed miserably... It was almost like dismantling eight pieces.

However, humans are nothing. Casualties have never been a big deal for the Japanese army. What's worse... The mechanic came up to check and found that either the engine was shot or the fuel tank was penetrated. If it was not repaired, it would definitely not be able to move.

There is no way, who makes the Japanese tanks thin?

Therefore, the Japanese tanks only marched at night and did not dare to emerge during the day, so they fell far behind the team.

With the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy, Tadakayasu Hosokawa would not wait for any chariot corps... With a command, two infantry corps surrounded him.

Zhang Chi slowly emerged from the trench and looked out, holding a telescope. He saw a dark Japanese army outside, holding a bayonet in his hand and looking colder under the reflection of the snow light.

These Japanese troops were relatively cautious at first. They bent down and trotted and hid in the crater. When they found that the direction of the Chinese team was almost in resistance, they became bolder and faster.

The gunshots sounded about four hundred meters apart... This is common sense for fighting against the Japanese army. The Japanese army has a very terrible weapon called "grenade launcher". The range of this thing is about 200 meters. Each team of Japanese troops is equipped with two. If so many grenade launchers are fired at the same time, there is basically nothing that can be stopped.

The soldiers of the New First Division had more dealings with the Japanese. They knew very well... either suppress the grenade launcher with powerful artillery fire like the US military, or don't let the Japanese army approach two hundred meters. Otherwise, a grenade would hit him, and the Japanese army then launched a bayonet charge... Even if it could be blocked, it would be seriously injured.

As soon as the Expeditionary Force fired the dense bullets, it immediately crushed the Japanese army to the ground. Then more than ten artillery shells exploded one after another in one after another... The Expeditionary Force soldiers were all veterans, and their guns were fed with bullets, so you can tell if there were any attacks. The Japanese army that was charging fell down more than a hundred people in just a moment.

This surprised Tadaoka Hosokawa, who was holding a telescope outside the field to watch the battle. Such strong firepower and such accurate shooting skills... There are only more than 3,000 people in a corps. If you continue to fight like this, you will be wiped out in less than half a day?!

In fact, the Expeditionary Force still hid its strength at this time: only one of the two machine guns was fired, and only one of the three mortars was fired, but even so, Tadaoyashi Hosokawa felt that the combat effectiveness of the troops in front of him was beyond his imagination.

But Tadahiko Hosokawa was already in a difficult situation. Retreatment at this time not only slap himself, but also likely to reduce the morale of the troops. So Tadahiko Hosokawa had to grit his teeth and ordered: "Attack with all your might!"

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!