sjar Chapter 896: Moving Forward Together
Chapter 896: Moving Forward Together
But all of this happened in the past. It may not be so good now. The Japanese have learned lessons from the war and adopted the strategy of gathering all troops and advancing in unison, giving us no chance to infiltrate.
In the past, when the Japanese army appeared in front of us, they would lead the charge with tanks, assisted by armored vehicles and jeeps. As long as the first round of ammunition was poured in hard enough, we would be able to break into the Japanese positions. After two rounds of intrusion, the Japanese army would basically be defeated. If they still had any combat effectiveness, they would be the reincarnation of Amaterasu.
But from this moment on, the Japanese did not give us this opportunity at all. All the armies were tightly pressed together, advancing in unison, invading our land. When our army wanted to infiltrate, hundreds of members of the Hitman Group blocked the front of our tanks. If you dare to rush forward, I will find a place to lie down on the spot, and when the tanks rush over, I will quickly die together with the tanks.
In the fighting in the past week, more than 80 of our tanks have been destroyed. Although the armored vehicles have already fired at the surrounding areas, some Japanese soldiers buried themselves in front of the position, using only a tube for ventilation, and then crawled out from underground after hearing the roar of the tanks.
In short, the Japanese side has put a lot of thought into the suicide attack and no longer treats these soldiers as human beings.
“Do you feel like the game is over?”
In the combat command room of Tianjin Airport, Li Shaoyi and Zhao Tiezhu frowned and looked at the sand table in front of them. They really couldn't find any other solution.
"Originally, the buildings along the way could have served as a hiding place for us during the offensive, but now the Japanese are bombing these buildings before they even take a single step forward, leaving us no chance at all."
Zhao Tiezhu said speechlessly that the Japanese army originally wanted to retain Tianjin, but after suffering heavy losses in this city, these guys changed their tactics, especially the places where our army was hiding. They either used explosive packs to blast or concentrated artillery shells to bombard, in short, they did not give us the opportunity to fight.
"I've received news that the Japanese headquarters gathered a group of high-quality staff and conducted a period of research on street fighting. They ultimately found that given our superior weaponry, if they were to fight us on every street and every room, their total casualties would be around 50,000. Therefore, the Japanese have decided not to take over Tianjin."
Every time Miss Gu appears, she can explain some of the problems that everyone can't figure out. The Japanese definitely want the city of Tianjin very much, but if they have to continue to lose 50,000 people on the existing basis before they can take the city, I guess no Japanese would be willing to do that.
"I wouldn't want it either. The total number of Japanese casualties in the area around Tianjin alone is over 140,000. If you add those who were bombed in Kaesong, the number is already 160,000."
When talking about this, smiles appeared on everyone's faces. The more losses the Japanese suffered on our territory, the less strength they would have to continue attacking in the future. Li Shaoyi had told them before that when we meet the Japanese, we should not care about the gains and losses of a city or a place, but try our best to destroy their vitality.
Take the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army behind us for example. They were enthusiastic about resisting Japan, but their combat strength was not that good. It was impossible to expect them to kill the Japanese army's manpower. We killed a large number of Japanese troops in the port of Tianjin. By the time they continued to move in, the number of the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was more than five times that of the Japanese army, so there was still room for fighting.
At the beginning, Li Shaoyi didn't think about carrying all the anti-Japanese war affairs on his own back. That was a bit unrealistic. Even if he had a system, he was facing a fully developed industrial country, and the combat effectiveness of their soldiers was not weak in the world.
Now we are doing quite well, so Li Shaoyi has made a decision. Instead of suffering heavy losses in the next battle and fighting a war of attrition with the Japanese, it is better for us to retreat first.
"We've been fighting for such a long time, and the Japanese haven't attacked us yet. If we retreat now, I'm afraid the soldiers will feel uncomfortable."
Zhao Tiezhu frowned and said that it was obvious that Tianjin could not be defended. The Japanese army was coming in wave after wave. No matter what method we used, we could only slow down their attack speed. If we wanted to keep them all here, it was not realistic.
A large number of our troops were tied up in the north. Although small batches of troops could be transported in at any time, they could not reverse the situation at all. If the stalemate continued, we would be fighting a war of attrition with the Japanese. The Japanese basically understood our strategy, and it would be unlikely to annihilate them on a large scale as before. Therefore, we took the initiative to keep a distance and let some Japanese troops break away from the tactics of advancing in lockstep. We would attack whichever Japanese army showed up first.
After Li Shaoyi explained it clearly to his men, smiles appeared on their faces again. Don't worry about the gains and losses of a city or a place. Even if you can defend it now, can you still defend it after the Japanese increase their troops?
But if the number of Japanese soldiers decreases, then in the next battle, we can completely take back the lost land. Of course, it is too early to talk about this now. We must first attract out the unstable factors in the Japanese army.
Currently, to the east of Tianjin, four divisions plus two independent brigades are advancing in unison, with no gaps between them at all, leaving the 72nd Army no chance to attack.
In the northeast of Tianjin, two divisions, plus a Korean division, also adopted the same tactics.
To the north of Tianjin, three divisions and more than 12,000 Japanese troops have already formed such a situation.
On the south side of Tianjin, two divisions of Japanese troops had already landed and were ready to surround the entire city at any time. Li Shaoyi also saw this situation and knew that we could not hold on any longer. If we continued to hold on here, we might be surrounded by them at any time.
It was extremely difficult for the Japanese army of more than 200,000 to keep Li Shaoyi and his tens of thousands of men, so the Japanese army gave way to the retreat route towards Beijing, forcing Li Shaoyi and his men to retreat on their own initiative. They did not dare to push Li Shaoyi too hard.