On the third day after Roosevelt talked to Hull, the battle of Hylar was coming to an end.**--*

Ten days ago, when the 23rd Division and the 57th Division left behind the troops found that a small number of Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were approaching Hailar, they sent a unit of more than 5,000 people to fight. Unexpectedly, they were trapped by the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces to lure the enemy. They were surrounded by a large army more than 20 kilometers outside the city. They rushed left and right and suffered heavy losses. They were forced to give up their idea of ​​defeating the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and desperately broke through to Hailar City. Unexpectedly, Ma Qian'an led most of the main forces of the Ten Detachment to attack the remaining Japanese troops in Hailar City at this time. The two sides immediately stirred up together. The Third Route Army and the Fourth Route Army that followed then joined the battle group, and thousands of Japanese troops were eliminated in the suburbs of the city.

There were only 7,000 Japanese troops besieging the fortress. They retreated into the city under the pressure of ten detachments to defend. The offensive and defensive transformation between the Anti-Japanese United Army and the Japanese army was almost completed in an instant, and the situation changed immediately.

Urban battles and street fighting have always been something Ma Qian'an wanted to avoid, but it is impossible to avoid it at this time. Street fighting is necessary to eliminate the remaining enemies.

The cruelty of street fighting is unimaginable, it is just a meat grinder. Fortunately, Hailar City is not big. If it is too big, it will be difficult for Ma Qian'an to make up his mind to make such sacrifices.

The Japanese retreated into the city and had no time to make strict deployments. The chaos made Kanan Uemura feel very difficult. The defensive battle was passive at the beginning, and he lost most of his heavy equipment in the battle around the fortress that had just passed, which greatly reduced his combat power.

Ma Qian'an did not give Shangcun Gannan any more time to breathe and adjust the deployment. The soldiers of the tenth detachment almost followed the last Japanese army retreating into the city, rushed into the city, and occupied the northern edge of the city on the same day.

On the second day, the Third Route Army went south to the Daxinganling Mountains to set up blocking positions, and the other three detachments of the Fourth Route Army successively entered the Hailar battle.--)

There are not many civilians in the city. During the fortress siege for a month, they could not capture the battle for a long time, and the two sides could not decide the outcome. The citizens were already scared when they listened to the rumbling guns and cannons every day and were constantly evacuated to the countryside. When the street fighting began, there were only less than a thousand citizens left. This also relieved Ma Qian'an's other concern about accidentally hurting civilians. In such battles, there are battlefields everywhere, and it is inevitable that civilians will be injured by accident. Of course, the fewer people are injured by accident, the better.

The battle is cruel, and even the veterans are a little scared, let alone the new recruits who have not participated in several battles. The new recruits who have just come out of the mountains are gradually showing their fear of war, which has affected the progress.

The troops immediately adjusted the combat sequence, drawn veterans to take the lead, and the recruits followed up to learn. Most of the veterans were laborers. The main sources of the early Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, including the laborers who were constantly rescued in Dongning, Xiaoxing'anling and other places. They showed extremely tenacious fighting qualities in previous battles and were the most trustworthy forces of the heads of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. They set an example in front of new soldiers who had just joined the army for less than half a year and had only experienced low-intensity and small-scale battles. Especially after the Jia Yonggen 16th Detachment, composed of the Old Eighth Route Army as the main force, entered the battle, the advancement speed was greatly accelerated.

Despite this, some new recruits sneaked away. As a last resort, Ma Qian'an was forced to organize a supervising team and implement battlefield discipline.

On the fifth day, under the unified deployment of Ma Qian'an, the four detachments adopted new tactics. The teams were equipped with heavy firepower, and they were flattened and fought for each building. The teams were basically equipped with at least one heavy guy, mountain cannon, infrasher cannon, and tanks above the rocket followed not far behind the assault troops. Once the front encountered obstacles, they immediately stepped forward and bombarded.

The pre-war idea was to expel or destroy the Japanese army by trying to preserve the city as completely as possible. Now it seems that this is not enough. The Japanese army will defend the enemy without escaping. If the city is not destroyed, the enemy cannot be completely eliminated. Compared to the city being complete or to reduce the sacrifices of the soldiers, Ma Qian'an chose the latter. If the city buildings are gone, it can be rebuilt, and if the people are gone, they will never survive.

The Japanese army could not resist such fierce direct-sighted artillery fire, and kept retreating under the pressure of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.

By the ninth day, the city had almost turned into ruins, and the air-control battles over the city were basically decided. More than 100 Japanese planes of various types fell around the city, and the rising smoke pillars told their failures.

On the tenth day, after nine consecutive days of unstoppable attacks, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces finally squeezed the remaining Japanese troops into the Hailar Radio Building after paying the price of more than 2,000 people being sacrificed and injured by more than 5,000 people.

The last moment is approaching. Whether it is the dying Japanese army or the anti-Japanese alliance, both sides are too lazy to engage in any attacking battle against each other, and both sides are already red in their eyes.

The strong radio building, which was built with a bright blue twilight, was shaking and wailing under the violent bombardment of more than a dozen mountain cannons.

The smoke and bullets continued to emerge from the windows along with the thick smoke and fire, and the Japanese would rather die than surrender.

Ma Qian'an stood behind a pile of bricks three hundred meters away from the building, holding a telescope and quietly observing the weaknesses of the building. There was no expression on his face, and he could not see anxiety or joy.

The solidity of the building was beyond everyone's expectations. The 76mm mountain shells hit the wall, which could only explode the size of a basketball crater, and could not even penetrate the wall. When I found a lucky resident living nearby, I found that the thickness of the bluestone wall was as thick as one meter. Ordinary shells hit a point at a discontinuous attack and could not blow up the wall. Such a thick wall was helpless and could not be hit. The cloud explosion bombs were exhausted, and the bomber had just turned around an hour ago and could not count on it now. Moreover, even with bombers, Ma Qian'an could not guarantee that these bomber bombers could drop bombs accurately.

There are still one or two hundred Japanese in the building, and they resist stubbornly.

Is it worth a strong attack? Is it worth a strong attack to announce the occupation of Hailar as soon as possible? At least hundreds of warriors will be sacrificed. Not worth it! Ma Qian'an thought it through and issued a "strange" order.

"Stop the attack, arrange three blockade lines around the building, and hold on to the position! If you don't surrender, you will starve them to death!"

On the same day and night, the Hailar Radio, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, announced to the world in various different bands: the Hailar Battle ended successfully, annihilated more than 31,400 Japanese and puppet troops, and captured more than 2,000 enemies. The next day, the Hailar Radio forwarded the results of the Manzhouli Battle: the Manzhouli Battle killed and wounded more than 53,000 Japanese and puppet troops, and captured more than 10,000 enemies.

The vast majority of the prisoners were "Manchukuo" troops, and very few Japanese prisoners were captured. Most of the Japanese wounded soldiers were either killed or committed suicide during stubborn resistance.

On the third day, the Kwantung Army released a battle report: After tenacious fighting, the Imperial Army and the "Manchukuo" army successfully moved to the eastern foot of the Daxingan Mountains, blocking the "Teena" army west of the Daxingan Mountains. In a month and a half, more than 100,000 "Teena" troops were killed, and the Imperial Army only killed 3,211 people and injured 5,600 people in battle. The Manchu Army fought bravely and completed the order of Commander Anan Weiji.

"Hull, what do you think?"

Roosevelt received the expected report and handed him to Hull, who came to the White House to discuss the issue again.

After Hull finished reading it, he handed back the report. He was not very clear about what Roosevelt was going to ask, and asked back to the point of being safe: "Mr. President, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!