In fact, the squadron did it.

When Zhang Chi led two battalions of the Third Regiment back to Qiqihar at dawn, the Japanese army had already built fortifications and were waiting for the squadron.

This surprised Zhang Chi because for the Japanese army, if they continue to stay in Qiqihar, they will only be wiped out by the Expeditionary Force... You should know that the military strength comparison has undergone a fundamental change at this time. The Expeditionary Force has been about twice as many as the Japanese army. Moreover, it is still during the day. The Expeditionary Force can send air forces to cooperate. In addition, the squadron and the support of the people, and the Japanese army's supply was cut off again. This battle is an unstoppable battle for the Japanese army. Zhang Chi thought that the Japanese army would "fly far away" before they arrived.

But this is not surprising. This is not only because most Japanese troops have a spirit of fighting to the end, but also because the Japanese army has no choice but to retreat... Where can they run? Heilongjiang Province is either the Sino-Mongolia border or the Sino-Soviet border. Whether they flee to Mongolia or the Soviet Union, they will be captured by the Soviet army... Although the Soviet Union and Japan signed a non-aggression treaty, this does not mean that the Japanese army can transit.

If you want to escape, there is only one way, that is, you will go back along the Zhongchang Railway and then retreat south to North Korea. But if you do this...not to mention that there are many squadrons and guerrillas along the way, even if no one chases, there will be no supplies along the way, and they will starve to death if they are hungry.

So Tadaokazu Hosokawa had only one choice, which was to fight to the death with the squadron on the spot!

But this battle can hardly be called a battle...

The Japanese army had been beaten to a complete loss of temper, but the morale of the squadron was at its peak. The only advantage of the Japanese army was tanks and artillery, but the artillery shells were almost done at this time, and the tanks were suppressed by a squadron fighter jet transferred by Zhang Chi, which was completely powerless to fight back.

Then the expeditionary army counterattacked with the cooperation between the inside and outside, and defeated the Japanese army and fled... Although the Japanese army did not know where to escape, they would just take a breath before talking about it.

Tadahiko Hosokawa completely lost confidence at this time. As he ran away, he sighed to the sky and said to the staff officer of the Hongo: "Hongo, the Manchukuo is over, the Great Japanese Empire is over... I don't want to see this scene, let me take a rest!"

"Lieutenant General!" Hongo didn't understand what Hosokawa Tadakayashi meant, and he persuaded him hoarsely: "Calm yourself, we will join Nobuya Nakaku..."

Before he finished speaking, Tadaoka Hosokawa quickly pulled out his pistol and pointed it at his head and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang!"

"Lieutenant General!" The Hongo staff officer had no time to stop him. When he rushed over, Tadaoyasu Hosokawa had already fallen to the ground with a broken brain, and his legs were still twitching in dying.

"The Lieutenant General committed suicide, the Lieutenant General died..."

The news of Tadahiko Hosokawa's suicide spread like a plague. These deserters were actually barely maintained by Tadahiko Hosokawa's rope. At this time, Tadahiko Hosokawa committed suicide, and the Japanese army completely collapsed and soon fled in all directions and disappeared...

On the other hand, Naosaburo Okabe was stunned when he heard that the Japanese 59th Division collapsed and Qiqihar completely fell into the hands of the squadron.

At this time, the staff advised Okabe Naosaburo: "Take the current squadron is insufficient, retreat to Mudanjiang, and then retreat south to North Korea!"

But Naosaburo Okabe rejected the suggestion.

"No!" Naosaburo Okabe shouted madly: "I must not let Manchukuo be destroyed in my hands, and order the 63rd Division to attack Qiqihar with all its strength..."

However, this is obviously impossible to succeed.

The 63rd Division rushed back and forth on the way from Qiqihar to Harbin. The supplies and ammunition they carried were almost consumed on the road. Now the supply line has been cut off again, so it is not an exaggeration to call it the last of a powerful crossbow.

Especially at this time, Zhang Chi discovered a "magic weapon" in Qiqihar.

This "magic weapon" was discovered by Chen Yangui, who was stationed in the city... After repelling Tadakayasu Hosokawa, Qiqihar's expeditionary force began to actively defend in case of another attack that the enemy might launch.

The first step in defense is to search for as much available equipment as possible, and the focus of the search is naturally the city.

Then in the evening that day, Chen Yangui called Zhang Chi's division headquarters with a phone call and reported: "We found several trains at the division seat!"

"What are the best reports on the train?" Zhang Chi replied.

"No, these trains are a little different!"

“Where is different?”

"I can't explain it clearly, either!"

Zhang Chi took Staff Liang to the warehouse and saw... Good guy, they were five armored trains equipped with guns and cannons.

The armored train was created by the Japanese army in order to protect the railway. Originally, the Japanese army only tried to produce several "temporary armored trains". To put it bluntly, it was actually putting armor, artillery, machine guns, etc. on a train with more than a dozen cars, and transforming the train into a steel fortress that can be operated by railways.

Needless to mention its advantages, it can load a lot of ammunition and supplies for long-term maneuvering and patrols on the railway, and the maximum speed can reach 80 kilometers per hour, which is very necessary during the construction and maintenance of the Middle-Changhai Railway by the Japanese army... When the Japanese army built the Middle-Changhai Railway, a large number of anti-Japanese guerrillas in the northeast destroyed and attacked the Japanese army everywhere, which enabled the Japanese army's armored trains to show their skills. They frequently dispatched time and time again to successfully provide strong firepower and sufficient supplies to the Japanese army in various places with armor and firepower.

According to statistics, the number of armored trains of the Japanese army dispatched more than 1,000 times within a year.

When the Japanese saw that this "temporary armored train" was still so useful, they immediately upgraded it... simplified the original 12 cars to 8 to make it more flexible, and added firepower and armor, and installed anti-aircraft guns, howitzers, light and heavy machine guns, etc., which was the Japanese Type 94 armored train.

But who would have thought that after the production of the Type 94 armored train, the main forces of the Northeast guerrillas retreated to the Soviet Union for rest and rest due to severe energy damage. In addition, the Japanese army's demand for resources has increased day by day, which made railway transportation very busy. Not only did the armored trains not only had no combat demand, but became an obstacle to resource transportation, so the Japanese army temporarily sealed it up.

These armored trains were sealed in Qiqihar. Perhaps because of concern that the guerrillas would one day rekindled, these armored trains were actually well preserved.
Chapter completed!