Hosokawa Tadayasu soon paid the price for his light enemies...... With a brigade of more than 6,000 people, it surrounded the expeditionary force with more than 3,000 people in one regiment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In terms of the comparison of troops alone, the position defended by more than 6,000 people attacking and defending more than 3,000 people should be said to be comparable, to be precise, the Japanese army still has the upper hand with these 6,000 people, because the terrain of Qiqihar is flat and there is no danger to defend, which is conducive to the Japanese attack.

Coupled with the advantage of attacking more than defending, and the Japanese army still has the follow-up 54 brigade and a tank wing, the Chinese expeditionary force is afraid that it will have to pay a very heavy price if it is to withstand it.

It's just that Hosokawa Tadayasu didn't seize this opportunity...... Attacking more than defending means that the enemy's forces and firepower deployment will be reconnoitred in detail, and then a targeted battle plan will be drawn up based on this strength and firepower deployment.

Hosokawa Tadayasu, on the other hand, did nothing, and as soon as he came up, he lined up and surrounded him, and then rushed up with a burst of artillery fire.

In this way, there is no so-called "attack over defense" advantage, on the contrary, the expeditionary force on the defending side can make full use of the fortified Japanese army to launch a counterattack.

Just like now, there are two lines of defense outside the "research institute", these lines of defense are built from the inside to the outside, and there is not much defensive effect for the Japanese army at all, but for the expeditionary force, these fortifications are tailor-made for them, and once they are occupied, they are an excellent counterattack base, and there are even grenades and grenadiers in the trenches that the Japanese army did not have time to move away when they fled in a hurry, so they immediately became the equipment in the hands of the soldiers of the expeditionary force and beat the Japanese army indiscriminately.

What's worse is that in order to increase the accuracy of artillery bombardment of the "research institute", the Japanese army pulled the artillery units to about two miles of the defense line and set up artillery positions......

Originally, there was no problem, the expeditionary force parachuted to Qiqihar, and there was basically no heavy artillery in its hands, only the M1 81mm mortar, which had a range of only three to four kilometers.

Hosokawa Tadayasu estimated that the distance before the defense line was one or two kilometers, and the two defense lines were three or four kilometers, separated by two miles...... It is also outside the range of the artillery fire of the expeditionary force, so you can rest assured that the expeditionary force will be bombed.

This is really the shortcoming of the parachute troops...... The parachute troops of this era were not like modern parachutes, there were transport planes tailored for parachuting, howitzers, jeeps, reconnaissance vehicles and even armored vehicles, all of which could be airdropped to the target area to provide fire support for parachute troops.

Parachute in this era was still relatively primitive, and it would be nice to have such equipment as mortars, and even mortars were rare...... This is not to say that they can't bring mortars, but after the parachute troops land, they often have to maneuver as quickly as possible to reach the target position and immediately launch an attack on the target, which determines that the parachute troops cannot carry more ammunition, so the mortars bring more and no shells.

In this regard, the expeditionary force will be relatively better, because the expeditionary force opened an airfield in Qiqihar after the airborne landing in Qiqihar, and then C47 transported ammunition through the airport in batches, so there is no shortage of ammunition and mortars, but large-caliber howitzers are still "consumed".

Hosokawa Tadayasu also knew something about parachuting (note: Hosokawa Tadayasu was transferred from the Japanese parachute unit to the 59th Division as the division commander), so he was relieved to put the two howitzer battalions in a position of about five miles...... In this way, not only will the accuracy of the artillery be improved, but it will also be more conducive to coordination with the infantry, and even more than a dozen carts of artillery shells have been pulled.

Unexpectedly, the battle situation was beyond Hosokawa Tadayasu's imagination, the expeditionary force counterattacked the Japanese army like a tide, and the artillery also dropped their artillery and ammunition and fled, and even Hosokawa Tadayasu's command was worried that it would be threatened and retreated five miles.

As a result, more than 20 artillery pieces and more than a dozen truckloads of artillery shells from the two howitzer battalions of the Japanese army fell into the hands of the expeditionary force.

"Master, Master!" The fellow villagers who returned with the troops hurriedly reported to Zhang Chi: "I beat the devil away, and I also handed over dozens of howitzers...... We were worried that the cannon would be useless, so the devil sent it to us! ”

"Well played!" Zhang Chi praised: "But these howitzers ...... Or the second battalion assigned to defend the urban area! ”

"Yes!" Staff Officer Liang nodded and said: "The houses of the 'Research Institute' are few and low, and such a large howitzer is too conspicuous in the 'Research Institute', and it can be hidden in the urban area, and the devil doesn't know where to fight back if he wants to!" ”

"Yes!" The townsman replied: "I will immediately send the artillery to the city!" ”

On the other side, Hosokawa Tadayasu, who was beaten to ashes, was so angry that he screamed.

"These bastards!" Hosokawa Tadayasu scolded: "I was actually deceived by them!" ”

"Tricked by them?" Hongo staff looked at Hosokawa Tadayasu in confusion.

"You still don't see that?" Hosokawa Tadayasu said angrily: "Their defeat and retreat are all fake, and when we concentrate our forces to attack with all our might...... They launched a counteroffensive! ”

"Oh!" Hongo staff officer suddenly realized: "The hateful Shina man is really cunning!" ”

At this time, the commander of the 63rd Division, Lieutenant General Ye Deputy Changdeok, made another phone call.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Nobu Changde pretended to be respectful on the phone and asked, "I heard that your first attack was unfavorable?" Do you want the 63rd Division to transfer troops to support? ”

"No, you don't need to!" Hosokawa Tadayasu replied: "Don't worry, Qiqihar will be handed over to me, you can attack Xingren Town with confidence, please!" ”

"Yes!"

Hosokawa Tadayasu hung up the phone fiercely, and he could almost see Nobu Shotoku triumphantly on the other end of the phone...... Nobu Changde has always wanted to replace Hosokawa Tadayasu, and this phone call is obviously to ridicule Hosokawa Tadayasu.

After being silent for a while, Hosokawa Tadayasu asked, "Have the casualties been counted?" ”

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Hongo staff officer replied: "Eight hundred and fifty-two people were wounded, six hundred and thirty-one people died, and more than 50 people are missing." ”

Whereabouts are unknownIt is common on the battlefield, especially during the retreat, when a considerable number of soldiers fall in the enemy's position without knowing for sure whether they are alive or dead.

Hearing this, Hosokawa Tadayasu couldn't help but gasp, this attack alone killed and wounded more than 1,400 people, almost half of the wing was knocked out, and the enemy's casualties were only a handful...... In particular, it was his two artillery battalions that worked hard to drag the artillery from the Manchurian-Mongolian border, more than 400 kilometers away, but they were used to deliver it to the enemy.

If this news spreads, I am afraid that it will be treated as a joke by other troops.

After thinking about it, Hosokawa Tadayasu gave an order to Hongo's staff officer with an ugly face: "Let the chariot wing speed up!" ”