At this time, the Japanese Army finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the Navy had to dispatch warships to receive the Army's withdrawal from Tianjin, but even with these more than 100,000 devils, the Japanese Kwantung Army still did not dare to relax. After winning the Battle of Hailar, Zhukov considered that the strength of the Chinese Eighteenth Army was enough to take Pingjin, so he did not continue to move south, but crossed the Daxing'an Mountains to the east and entered the original North Manchurian base area of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and now the Northeast Military Region.

After meeting with Xu Gao and the two military commanders, in order to enlist the help of the Chinese comrades in providing guidance and covering the flanks, Zhukov not only immediately asked his subordinates to hand over the newly occupied Hailar and other places to the Northeast Military Region as soon as possible (in fact, it was also to free up mobile troops), but also sent all the captured Japanese light weapons to the Northeast Military Region free of charge, so that they could arm at least 100,000 troops again. At the same time, the arrival of the Soviet army also directly frightened the hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Army who were still sabotaging in North Manchuria in the face of the severe cold back to the south of the Songhua River

At the end of 1938 and the beginning of 1939, the Seven Battles and Seven Victories of the Anti-Japanese Federation were once powerful in the world, but with the continuous increase of the Japanese Kwantung Army, coupled with the fatigue of the troops after a long battle and the large consumption of ammunition, they finally had to retreat to the base area for repair. The strength of more than 400,000 Japanese troops (another 100,000 during the sweep) offset the relatively vast depth of the North Manchurian base area, and the bitter cold of the North Manchurian winter made it impossible for many people to hold on outdoors for a long time (especially at night, even if they had good haode warm clothing, not to mention that most of the people at that time did not even have this condition). As a result, it has become difficult to move people with people in the mainland, which is relatively easy to do.

As a result, the soldiers of the Anti-United Nations either had to fight hard with inferior forces and devils; Either they had to abandon the old and weak women and children who could not stand the cold outdoors, and as a result, a considerable number of them were taken away or killed by the Japanese army; In desperation, the commanders and fighters had to take them away with a fluke mentality, but because of the cold outdoors in winter, especially at night, a large area of frostbite caused by frostbite; In order to keep out the cold, many people and even soldiers built fires to keep warm despite the ban. But as a matter of course, it attracted the devil's plane, and as a result, it was bombed and even surrounded and suppressed by large forces

By the end of February 1939, the total number of casualties among the officers and men of the Anti-Japanese Union had exceeded 300,000. Among them, more than 50,000 died of freezing and disease, more than 100,000 fell ill from frostbite (of which more than 20,000 were disabled and permanently reduced), more than 70,000 were killed in battle, and more than 30,000 were missing and did not return, and the number of permanent attrition exceeded 180,000. The masses in the base areas suffered even more disasters, and the number of people killed by the devils alone exceeded 30,000. In addition, more than 10,000 women and children were taken captive by the Japanese army, and in order to escape the devils, more people in the base areas had to brave the extreme cold of minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius or even lower outdoors to hide in the mountains and wilderness. As a result, the total number of people who died of freezing, sickness, and missing exceeded 200,000. In addition to casualties, the devils also burned down more than 100,000 houses, stole hundreds of thousands of livestock and poultry, and destroyed tens of thousands of acres of farmland (Note 1), adding to the already poor economy of the base areas

Although such "results" were achieved, the Japanese Kwantung Army also paid a huge price, and in just over a month, the total number of casualties of the Kwantung Army was as high as more than 200,000. Among them, the number of people who died of freezing and frostbite alone reached more than 20,000 and more than 100,000 respectively, while the number of people killed in battle, died of disease, and went missing was even higher, and the total number of permanent attrition of the Japanese Kwantung Army in these two months exceeded 120,000, and the losses were not insignificant. But for the Kwantung Army, which continued to receive additional troops, they could afford to pay the price.

In the past two months, Xu Xiangqian, who was regarded as a god by his subordinates because of his invincibility, finally exposed his shortcomings of being too belligerent, so the number of enemies destroyed was large, and his own casualties were also large, and even affected the shortcomings of developing the team and protecting the masses. It's just that even so, after the devils fought hard at all costs and even implemented the extermination policy of "killing all the Chinese in North Manchuria, how long the main forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which had been greatly injured, could hold out, even the two leaders of Gao Xu were somewhat bottomless in their hearts

Originally, both of them pinned their hopes on the South Manchurian Column, which had been initially revitalized during the "Seven Wars and Seven Victories", but they did not expect that at this time, the Soviets would fight with the devils, which could be a great help to the Anti-Japanese Union. Not only were the main forces of the Kwantung Army that invaded the base area scared away, but the Anti-Japanese Federation also obtained light weapons that could equip more than 100,000 people, and it was suddenly relieved. Xu Xiangqian even proposed to Zhukov that the two armies work together to further expand the results of the battle, and although Zhukov was a little worried about the threat of Japanese aircraft, he still agreed with his desire to make meritorious contributions.

So the Northeast Military Region immediately mobilized all the liliang that could be mobilized, and worked hard to piece together an army of 400,000, although many of them were still holding shotguns, and there were not a few underage soldiers, but after so many people crossed the Songhua River and surrounded the northeastern town of Harbin for the second time, the Japanese Kwantung Army Command was shocked, and hurriedly sent more than 100,000 people from 1 army to the rescue. As a result, I didn't expect that the armored unit of Zhukov's 1st Army would also quietly drive south of the Songhua River (at this time, the Songhua River had not yet thawed, and tanks could be opened on the ice, but in order to prevent the enemy's artillery bombardment from damaging the ice, they could only sneak across the river at night, saying that the winter in the northeast was too cold), and used camouflage to avoid the aerial reconnaissance of Japanese aircraft. When the more than 100,000 Japanese troops approached Harbin, they quickly moved to the flank of the enemy and launched an unexpected surprise attack. In just a few hours, the Japanese army of more than 100,000 people had been routed on all fronts, and the main force of Zhukov's 1st Army also drove through the Songhua River in a timely manner to pursue them (Note 2), annihilating almost all of the more than 100,000 devils

Note 1: The winter in the Northeast is too cold, the fields are frozen hard like stone slabs, and the crops that overwinter are very short, so it is not as convenient to destroy as in the mainland, so the devils quickly gave up, otherwise the losses would be greater.

Note 2: The first target of the Japanese planes was the Soviet tanks, so there would be no time to prevent the Soviet infantry artillery from crossing the river, and when the Japanese aircraft group appeared, the first thing the Soviet tanks and armored vehicles had to do was to find a place to hide and protect themselves, so the pursuit could not be sustained, and they could only rely on these infantry who crossed the river. (To be continued.) )