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When Zhang Chi returned to Qiqihar with two battalions of the third regiment at dawn, the Japanese army had already built fortifications and was waiting for the Chinese army.

This made Zhang Chi a little surprised, because for the Japanese army, continuing to stay in Qiqihar was the only way to be wiped out by the expeditionary force...... You must know that at this time, the ratio of forces has undergone a fundamental change, the expeditionary force has been about twice as large as the Japanese army, and it is still daytime at this time, the expeditionary force can be transferred to coordinate with the air force, coupled with the support of the Chinese army and the people, and the supply of the Japanese army has been cut off, this battle is a battle that cannot be fought by the Japanese army, Zhang Chi thought that the Japanese army would "fly away" before they arrived.

But this is not unexpected, this is not only because most of the Japanese troops have a spirit of fighting to the end, but also because the Japanese army has no way to retreat...... Where can they go? Heilongjiang Province is surrounded by either the Sino-Mongolian border or the Sino-Soviet border, and whether you escape to Mongolia or the Soviet Union, you will be captured by the Soviet army...... Although the Soviet Union and Japan signed a non-aggression pact, this did not mean that the Japanese army could cross the border.

If you want to escape, there is only one way, and that is to take a long journey back along the Zhongchang Railway, and then go south back to North Korea, but if you do...... Not to mention the large number of Chinese troops and guerrillas along the way, even if no one pursues them, and there are no supplies along the way, they will starve to death if they are hungry.

So Hosokawa Tadayasu had only one choice, that is, to stay in place and fight to the death with the Chinese army!

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

The Japanese army had been completely defeated, while the morale of the Chinese army was in full swing, and the only advantage of the Japanese army was tanks and artillery, but the artillery shells were almost at this time, and the tanks were completely powerless to fight back under the suppression of a squadron of fighters transferred by Zhang Chi.

Then the expeditionary force responded to a counteroffensive from inside and outside, and defeated the Japanese army and fled...... Although the Japanese army did not know where to flee, they just took a breath first.

Hosokawa Tadayasu completely lost confidence at this time, and he looked up to the sky and sighed as he fled, and said to Hongo's staff: "Hongo-kun, Manchukuo is over, and the Japanese Empire is over...... I don't want to see this, let me rest for a while! ”

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Hongo didn't understand the meaning of Hosokawa Tadayasu's words, and persuaded him hoarsely: "Cheer up, let's join forces with Lieutenant General Novice......"

Before the words fell, Hosokawa Tadayasu quickly pulled out his pistol and aimed it at his head, pulling the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang!"

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Hongo Staff Officer didn't have time to stop it, and when he pounced, Hosokawa Tadayasu had already fallen to the ground with a burst of brains, his legs still twitching in death.

"The lieutenant general committed suicide, the lieutenant general died......"

The news of Hosokawa Tadayasu's suicide spread like a plague to the Japanese deserters, these deserters were actually barely maintained by the rope of Hosokawa Tadayasu, at this time Hosokawa Tadayasu committed suicide, and the Japanese army completely collapsed, and soon scattered and fled without a trace......

On the other hand, Okabe Naosaburo couldn't help but be stunned when he heard that the 59th Division of the Japanese Army had collapsed and Qiqihar had completely fallen into the hands of the Chinese army.

At this time, the staff officer's advice to Okabe Naosaburo was: "Take advantage of the current shortage of Chinese troops, retreat to the Mudanjiang River, and then retreat south to Korea!" ”

But Naosaburo Okabe rejected the suggestion.

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

However, this is clearly unlikely to succeed.

The 63rd Division was running back and forth on the road from Qiqihar to Harbin, and the supplies and ammunition it carried with it had been almost exhausted on the road, and now that the supply line had been cut off, it was not an exaggeration to call it the end of the crossbow.

Especially at this time, Zhang Chi also found an "artifact" in Qiqihar.

This "artifact" was discovered by Chen Yangui, who was stationed in the city...... Having repelled Hosokawa Tadayasu, Qiqihar's expeditionary force began to actively defend in preparation for another possible attack by the enemy.

The first step in defense is to search for as much equipment as possible that can be used, and the focus of the search is naturally on the urban area.

Then in the evening of that day, Chen Yangui made a phone call to Zhang Chi's division headquarters and reported: "Division, we found a few trains!" ”

"What is there to report on the train!" Zhang Chi replied.

"No, these trains are a little different!"

"What's different?"

"I can't tell!"

Zhang Chi took Staff Officer Liang to the warehouse to take a look...... Good guys, that's five armored trains with guns.

Originally, the Japanese army was just trying to produce a few "temporary armored trains", but to put it bluntly, it was actually a train with more than a dozen carriages wearing armor, artillery, machine guns, etc., and converting this train into a steel fortress that could rely on railway maneuvering.

Needless to say, it can load a lot of ammunition and supplies for long-term maneuvering and patrolling on the railway, and the maximum speed can reach 80 kilometers per hour, which is necessary during the construction and maintenance of the medium-length railway by the Japanese army...... When the Japanese army was building the Zhongchang Railway, there were a large number of anti-Japanese guerrillas in the northeast who sabotaged and attacked everywhere, which made the Japanese army's ironclad trains show their skills, and they frequently dispatched again and again to successfully provide powerful firepower and sufficient supplies for the Japanese army in various places with armor and firepower.

According to statistics, the Japanese armored train made more than 1,000 sorties in a year.

The Japanese saw that this "temporary armored train" was still so useful, so they immediately upgraded it...... The original 12 carriages were simplified to 8 to make it more flexible, and the firepower and armor were increased, and anti-aircraft guns, howitzers, light and heavy machine guns were installed on them, which was the Japanese army's Type 94 armored train.

But who would have thought that after the production of the 94-type armored train, the main force of the guerrillas in the northeast was withdrawn to the Soviet Union for rest and recuperation because of the serious injury of vitality, and the Japanese army's demand for resources was increasing day by day, which made the railway transportation very busy, and the armored train not only did not have combat needs, but became an obstacle to the transportation of resources, so the Japanese army temporarily sealed it.

These armored trains were mothballed in Qiqihar. Perhaps because of the fear that the guerrillas would one day resurrect, these armored trains turned out to be very well preserved.

Zhang Chi said secretly: Now the 63rd Division of the Japanese Army is in big trouble!

(To be continued.) )