The fall of Hailar, the news was like a bombshell, exploding in the hearts of Anan Weiji and Umezu Mijiro.

On the evening of August 1, Anan Weiji, who was dispatching troops to work on the map, received "exact" news, confirming that Hailar Fortress and Hailar City were indeed lost, and most of the defenders were "shattered". This news shattered his once fantasy. He fantasized that he used this as an opportunity to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces who came out of the mountain. After the fantasy was shattered, he was furious.

When I received a telegram from the Hailar defenders in the morning that the fortress was attacked by heavy troops from the Anti-Japanese United Army, Anan Weiji was even happy for a long time after anger. He also instructed Noda Tomi to fight well and delay the enemy for some time so that he could mobilize his army to encircle and annihilate this group of guys who "do not know the height of the sky and the earth" and dare to make ground on Tai Sui's head.

Unexpectedly, in just one morning, the fortress fell, and Anan Weiji, who was angry, kept cursing Noda, and Noda Tomi, who was like a bastard, was it that the three thousand imperial troops under your command all had no choice but to eat waste snacks? Is it a dough or a dung ball rolled into a dung beetle, soft and smelly, and stinking.

This fortress, which cost the imperial state countless efforts and countless lives, collapsed like this. It is really unbelievable that even the small Anti-Japanese Allied Forces could not resist. Can they still expect them to resist the Soviet army? Ananwei had a deep doubt on the construction of this fortress and the rationality of its existence several times.

No matter how much they scolded, they still had to fight. The 23rd Division stationed in Manzhouli and the 57th Division, which was resting in Qiqihar, gathered again. The troops who set out first attacked Hailar along the railway line, one south and one north, were both blocked. The 361st Division of the 101st Army of Ma Zhanshan was blocked from the Japanese army from Manzhouli to help the Japanese army. Under the leadership of the new division commander Ma Defang, he made a limited blocking of the 23rd Division. Although the blocking force was not strong, it was enough to make the 23rd Division in a hurry. Due to the destruction of the railway, the 23rd Division failed to pass through Barhu Town, 30 kilometers away from Hailar that night. It was only early the next morning that "opened" the opponent's empty interception line.

The 57th Division was intercepted by the 12th Detachment of the Fourth Route Army of the Anti-Japanese United Army, and failed to even pass through the Zalantun area 200 kilometers away from Hailar. The next day, the two armies were still in a stalemate. It was not until the afternoon that the Anti-Japanese United Army suddenly withdrew and left the 57th Division with wide eyes.

After learning about this result, Ma Zhanshan was very dissatisfied with Ma Defang and called to scold Ma Defang: Bastard boy, he has been compared by the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces again. I asked you to defend until August 2. Why did you withdraw early in the morning? Isn’t it okay to defend until night? You have to learn about the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and fight for a while and kill more Japanese.

The 361st Division is Ma Zhanshan's old foundation, strong and fully equipped with American equipment. Ma Zhanshan always believes that this unit's combat effectiveness is no worse than the main division of the Anti-Japanese United Army, and is compared everywhere. Now that he has just changed his new division commander, he was compared by Geng Dianjun, the 12th Detachment of the Anti-Japanese United Army in the first battle. He is so angry that he can't say.

Ma Defang felt wronged. He believed that Ma Zhanshan's order had been implemented. Whether it was retreating in the morning or at night, weren't they all retreated on the 2nd day? Besides, can you compare me with Geng Dianjun's 12th detachment? They are all cavalry, coming and going without a shadow, fighting, and running away whenever they want, and getting rid of the enemy anytime and anywhere. My 361st Division is not allowed to choose a place that is easy to block and retreat. How can there be so many such places?

Ma Defang had no courage to defend Ma Zhanshan at all. At this time, he was extremely envious and admired his brother Ma Qian'an. Why was Ma Qian'an not afraid of Ma Zhanshan at all. Even if he did something wrong, he could not make Ma Zhanshan angry. In the end, he seemed to be full of reasons. He was really amazing.

When the Japanese reinforcements were still on the road, the ten detachments were ready to stick to each other for a long time. They used anti-tank trenches to hide their tanks in them, and raised them with soil every other section in the anti-tank trenches so that Tucker could expose the turret as a moving turret. They dismantled the cannons and drove the cars into the anti-tank trenches, used logs to pave the edges of the trenches to cover the cars, or even covered the cars with soil to bury them.

The reconstruction of the original fortifications was much faster than building from scratch. The ten detachments were stronger than the general Japanese army, which was that they had a lot of artillery, including more than 200 large and small mountain cannons, infantry cannons, and mortars. After hiding into the underground of various underworlds, a complete defense system based on artillery was quickly established.

On the morning of the 3rd, the 71st Mechanized Wing, the 72nd Wing, the 13th Field Artillery Wing, the 23rd Engineer Wing and the 23rd Transport Wing finally "break through the obstacles" and arrived in the northwest of Hailar. The division command arrived at the same time. On the afternoon of the 3rd, the 16th Tank Wing arrived.

Only the 64th mechanized corps and a battalion of cavalry were left in the important town of Manzhouli. The division commander Oikawa Gen Seventh Lieutenant General was very worried about Anan Weiji's mobilization of troops like this. He called to ask how to deal with the emptiness of the border, but Anan Weiji replied rudely: The hinterland is not guaranteed, and the border is discussed, and the foreign defense must be settled first.

At noon on the 5th, the 52nd Regiment, the 117th Regiment and the enemy 57th Field Artillery Regiment, which had experienced "harassment", finally arrived at the battlefield.

In recent days, a large number of puppet troops from the Third Military Control Zone and the Ninth Military Control Zone of the Puppet Manchuria and the Tenth Military Control Zone have reached 7 mixed brigade numbers and 6 cavalry regiments. Almost all puppet troops in the region have been dispatched in full swing.

Lieutenant General Kamura, the highest commander of the 57th Division, arrived in Hailar City on the evening of the 5th. As soon as he arrived at the edge of the city, he was shocked by the fierce battlefield scenes in the distance.

The red tracer bullet tracks were like a large airtight net covering the Beishan and Aobao Mountain positions. The pale light emitted from the muzzles came one after another, and it was clearly extinguished. The mountain head seemed to be on fire as bright as daytime, and the rumbling explosion sounded like a rumbling sound.

After a little settled down and inquired, I realized that in more than two days from No. 3 to No. 5, the 23rd Division had launched more than a dozen attacks, but none of them had achieved their goal. The fortress still stood tall like an unyielding giant.

Not only that, Kanan Umura also found out that the 117th Regiment, the first to arrive in Hailar, suffered heavy losses. They were suddenly bombarded by long-range artillery fire while they were marching. When they fell, almost a squad of soldiers were killed. The corps captain was shot and died.

A vague feeling of vagueness arose in the heart of the Gannan Shangmura. In order to understand the truth and to better cooperate with the 23rd Division, the Gannan Shangmura came to the command center of the 23rd Division at around 8 o'clock in the evening, under the protection of a group of guards.

Lieutenant General Oikawa Gen was getting angry and was slapping a slap from a savior officer. Suddenly, when Kanano Uemura was visiting, he had to let go of the gang leader Ito, who was ineffective in attacking, and turned to greet the senior.

"You are." Guamura was shocked when he saw Oikawa's blood-red eyes, and hurriedly asked.

Oikawa Genqi waved his hand silently and guided the Uemura kid to sit down. When the orderly soldiers saw the two of them sitting down, they hurriedly delivered two cups of hot tea and retreated in panic.

"Is it difficult to fight?"

"Yes... it's hard to fight." Oikawa murmured, his expression becoming depressed. "More than 2,000 people have been killed, and nearly 4,000 injured, but I haven't even captured the anti-tank trenches!"

"The notice said," Uemura thought about the words and tried to avoid irritating Oikawa. "There are more than 2,000 troops in the Noda marquis, and they didn't last long when they occupy the geographical advantage. So, we are facing a bandit, so it takes more time!"

His words were kind-hearted, and he comforted Oikawa's current painful heart, but can Anan Weiji and Umezu Mijiro "consider" themselves like this? These two generals sent a telegram almost two hours to ask about the situation of the battle and scolded themselves.

Everyone was tortured by a problem. If the fortress was difficult to fight, then why could the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces easily conquered? If it was easy to fight, then why were tens of thousands of imperial troops helpless to use this fortress in three days?


Chapter completed!