The frontline commander of the Japanese army turned his head and looked at the headquarters in the rear. Then he shook his head and said, "Something's wrong. We haven't been able to contact the headquarters in the rear since just now. Logically speaking, our military police force has a good number. Even if the rear is attacked, they can handle it themselves.
??Besides, for more than half an hour, there wasn¡¯t even a single person to send us weapons and ammunition. Don¡¯t you think this is strange?
I suspect they may have abandoned us and ran away. "
The frontline commander of the Japanese army kept a calm mind. At this time, he had analyzed his own situation and also understood what his commander was doing.
However, the sudden sound of gunshots coming from behind made him feel a little strange.
Could it be that the enemy had other troops in the city, and they attacked the headquarters that was now empty of troops?
He does not rule out this possibility, but it does not mean much to him whether the headquarters in the rear will be attacked or not.
Because their commander had abandoned them, the Japanese frontline commanders felt betrayed.
So, he took out the pistol from his waist and said to the staff officer beside him: "Tell the soldiers to resist the enemy's attack no matter what."
"Ah? Thenif the brigade commander abandoned us and let the soldiers resist the attack, wouldn't he be waiting to die here?"
He said, looking towards the block ahead that was shrouded in gunfire.
In that direction, a large number of enemy troops, like a pack of wolves, were eating away at their defense line bit by bit.
It only takes a while, maybe an hour, or even half an hour, for their front line of defense to collapse under the enemy's onslaught. This is completely predictable.
Hearing these words, the frontline commander of the Japanese army snorted coldly, then looked at his staff officer and said: "You are such a fool. If you continue to fight here, we will also die. These soldiers , you can use their lives in exchange for the time we need to break out, do you understand?"
"Butbut in that case"
When his staff officer heard these words, he looked at his commander with eyes filled with surprise and suspicion.
¡°If you don¡¯t plan to die here, I have no objection, but now I¡¯m taking people out of this damn city. If you want to die here with them, I won¡¯t stop you.
But you have to know how precious the power of survival is in such a battle. I hope you can cherish this power that others can only dream of. "
As he said this, he had already begun to issue gathering orders to everyone in his headquarters.
The staff officer of the Japanese army did not hesitate for too long and immediately made his own choice.
It is not that difficult to make this choice. He does not have so many obsessions with bushido. Being able to survive, especially when others will die, is such an attractive offer that he cannot refuse, even if Even if he agreed that he would feel guilty for the rest of his life, he couldn't refuse.
They are no longer the passionate warriors who could die for the empire of their dreams.
Just like the empire in front of them, it is also crumbling and about to collapse.
The collapse of their inner courage is just a precursor to the collapse of this huge empire.
The commanders and senior leaders of the Japanese army are choosing to retreat.
But some people have no way to make any choice. Those Japanese soldiers who have not received any retreat orders are still fighting the Fourth Army in their extremely simple barricade positions, and then they are under the steel torrent of the Fourth Army. , turned into meat patties on the ground, turned into sieves under bullets, turned into cold corpses.
At the east gate of the Japanese army, a large number of Japanese troops gathered here have begun to retreat.
They were led by Gendarmerie Captain Inoue, and totaled about 2,000 people.
According to their plan, they plan to follow the railway line all the way east. In this way, they only need to walk for about three hours to reach the next train station.
There, they can take a train to leave here and go to Qiqihar.
But such a plan can only exist in their fantasy.
When formulating the attack plan for Hailar, Qiu Guoping and Chen Shiliang had already considered the possible breakout routes for the Japanese army.
?They want to kill all the Japanese troops here, leaving no one behind.
Therefore, a section of the eastern railway line had already been destroyed by them at the beginning of the battle.
This makes it impossible for Japanese trains to pass through. If engineering troops are sent here to build it, it will take a while.
What's more, an infantry regiment and a tank regiment assembled here will not give them such a chance at all.
When the Japanese army advanced, about ten kilometers away from the Japanese army, the ambush troops of the Fourth Army were ready for battle.
When the Japanese army began to break through and retreat to the east, they had already received a telegram from the forward headquarters telling them that the Japanese army was moving in their direction.
The troops ambushing here, although the strength of the next two regiments, is very sophisticated, there are also a large number of tanks and armored vehicles.
There are not many routes for the Japanese army to break through, and this is the only way for them to pass.
At the same time, this place is close to the river bank. If they ambush the Japanese army here, the Japanese army will have only two choices.
¡°Either they launch a charge against their positions and then be wiped out all of them, or they choose to swim across the extremely cold river and freeze to death in it.
At this time, the ice on the Hailar River has thawed, but the spring water is the coldest time.
If these Japanese soldiers choose to jump into the river, they will inevitably die in the most painful way.
The Fourth Army troops ambushing here are hiding in the surrounding woods. Only tanks and armored vehicles are waiting in the other direction.
If the Japanese army enters this area, tanks and armored vehicles will circle back and block their retreat.
At this time, the Japanese military police captain still didn¡¯t know what kind of battle he would face.
Inoue looked at his troops, turned his head, and looked at Hylar, which was still flickering with fire, and at the same time there were occasional explosions and gunshots.
Now they have lost contact with their commander Tetsuharu Ueno, and they cannot get in touch with the dead.
For them, the endless darkness ahead is the only place where there is hope. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com